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Sen. Rick Scott: Venezuela will become ‘this hemisphere’s Syria’ if Maduro not ousted
BOGOTA, Colombia — Florida Sen. Rick Scott sees Venezuela in the starkest of terms: a toxic brew of hunger, desperation and “bad actors” that are threatening to turn the country into “this hemisphere’s Syria” and swamp the region in trouble. And he’s become one of the few voices on Capitol Hill openly advocating for U.S….
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Trump Tax Returns Won’t Be Released Until May 6 After Another Deadline Is Missed
President Trump will not comply with a Tuesday deadline set by House Democrats to release his tax returns to Congress, according to the White House.CreditCreditErin Schaff/The New York Times WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin again delayed a decision on whether to turn over President Trump’s tax returns to Congress, telling House lawmakers late Tuesday…
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US Treasury misses congressional deadline to hand over Trump tax returns
US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin speaks during a briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2019. (Photo by AFP) US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed to meet a final congressional deadline on Tuesday for turning over President Donald Trump’s tax returns to lawmakers, setting…
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Trump: ‘No reason’ for White House to comply with congressional investigations
President Trump on Tuesday said he doesn’t want current and former White House aides to testify in front of Congress following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. In an exclusive interview with The Washington Post, Trump said complying with further investigations was not necessary after the White House cooperated with Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion in…
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Netanyahu: ‘I will name a Golan Town after Trump’
Netanyahu said there “is a need to express our appreciation by calling a community or neighborhood on the Golan Heights after Donald Trump.” If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has his way, alongside Katzrin, Ramot and Ramat Magshimim on the Golan Heights, there may someday soon be a community named Kiryat Trump. Netanyahu, who on Tuesday…
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Trump takes aim at Dem talk of impeachment
President Trump on Sunday took aim at the Democrats pushing to advance impeachment proceedings against him as the dust settles from special counsel Robert Mueller‘s report on Russian election interference. “How do you impeach a Republican President for a crime that was committed by the Democrats? MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump tweeted shortly after arriving in Washington following an Easter Sunday spent…
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AG Barr Gave Dems A Chance To See Some Redacted Portions Of Mueller’s Report. They Said No.
Seemed like a fair offer Congressional Democrats, even before the Mueller report was released, have expressed outrage that portions of the report would be redacted by special counsel Robert Mueller and Attorney General William Barr. When the report was released, however, they turned down a chance to see more of the report than the general…
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Ari Fleischer: Trump should move on from Russia, let Dems ‘walk that impeachment plank’
U.S. President Donald Trump waves upon arrival at Palm Beach International airport, Florida, on April 18, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) No wonder Donald Trump was so angry. No wonder he wanted to stop the Mueller investigation. He didn’t collude with the Russians to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016. He knew he was innocent. And almost…
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Trump: I could have shut it all down
President Donald Trump asserted Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe only saw through to its end because he let it, in his first reaction since a redacted version of the report went public Thursday. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Special counsel Robert Mueller was able to complete his investigation because President Donald Trump let him, the president…
