23 hours agoBroward misses machine recount deadline -- by 2 minutesA Broward County election official said late Thursday that the county had uploaded the results of its recount 2 minutes after a 3 p.m. deadline – making the machine recount tally void. Instead, the results from last Tuesday’s election will stand.
1 day agoActing AG Whitaker doesn't see need to recuse himself 'legally or factually,' Graham saysActing Attorney General Jasson Whitaker sees no reason to recuse himself from overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said after meeting him Thursday on Capitol Hill.
2 days agoMira Ricardel to leave White House, after Melania Trump's office called for her dismissalJust one day after the office of first lady Melania Trump called for her dismissal, deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel is officially set to exit the White House, the Trump administration has announced.
2 days agoFlake vows to boycott GOP judicial nominees after McConnell torpedoes Mueller protection legislationSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday blocked an effort by outgoing Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake and Delaware Demoratic Sen. Chris Coons to introduce legislation protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
2 days agoTrump says 'disaster' Snipes should be removed as election head, calls her 'very competent but in a bad way'President Trump on Wednesday called embattled Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes a "disaster" who should be fired, and suggested she is intentionally trying to throw elections to Democrats.
3 days agoBob Woodward criticizes CNN's Acosta lawsuit, says media's 'emotionally unhinged' about TrumpBob Woodward, the Watergate journalist whose recent book "Fear" described chaotic infighting at the White House, on Tuesday criticized CNN for filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration and charged that too many media figures "have become emotionally unhinged."
3 days agoTrump announces 'regulatory czar' Neomi Rao as nominee to take Kavanaugh's seat on D.C. Circuit Court of AppealsPresident Donald Trump announced Tuesday he will nominate Neomi Rao, a former law professor who heads the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, to take the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals seat vacated by new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
4 days agoFormer Infowars editor Jerome Corsi says he expects Mueller indictment soon: 'My only crime was that I support Donald Trump'Former Infowars Washington Bureau Chief Jerome Corsi said in a livestream on Monday that he expects to be indicted soon for perjury in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, which has already produced dozens of indictments since it began in May 2017.
5 days agoDem-leaning Palm Beach County says it likely won't make recount deadline in Florida governor, Senate racesAs Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott openly accused his Democratic opponent, Sen. Bill Nelson, of trying to steal the election, more than half of Florida's 67 counties began recounting votes Sunday in the razor-thin Senate and gubernatorial races.
5 days agoDems to probe Trump's treatment of CNN, Amazon, Washington Post in triple-threaded abuse-of-power inquiriesThe incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said this week that when the new Congress is seated in January, Democrats plan scrutinize whether President Trump abused his power by taking adverse action against three of his favorite punching bags: Amazon, CNN, and The Washington Post.
