The CIA on Friday declassified a 2011 disciplinary memo that concludes Gina Haspel "acted appropriately" regarding the destruction of videotapes showing brutal interrogations of detained terrorist suspects — a move aimed at assisting...
Democratic lawmakers and activists are assailing the Trump administration over changes made to the State Department’s annual human rights report, which was released Friday, with many especially unhappy over dramatic cuts to sections on women’s...
Tennessee Republican Bob Corker and 65 of his Senate colleagues demanded that the Turkish government release American pastor Andrew Brunson, who is imprisoned in the country while on trial for alleged connections to terrorist groups and...
Continue to article content The fight over obtaining the memos had become the latest front in a larger multi-pronged counterattack on leaders of the Justice Department and FBI, which many conservatives have worked to discredit as anti-Trump...
Trying to avoid another debacle over government spending — this time in an election year — House and Senate Republican leaders are pushing for quick action on annual appropriations bills. With Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) taking over the...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Rep. Jim Clyburn, one of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s top lieutenants, said Friday that if Democrats fail to retake the House in November, the party’s entire House leadership team should step down. “If we’re still in...
Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson’s nomination to be Veterans Affairs secretary may be in trouble, according to senators and aides in both parties. Republicans are considering postponing his confirmation hearing this week as senators pore over...