Politics & Government

Politics & Government

Conservative Lawmakers File Impeachment Articles Against Rod Rosenstein

9:51am July 26, 2018

by Kelsey Snell

Eleven conservative lawmakers in the House of Representatives have moved to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing the Russia investigation.

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An agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms trains a sniffer dog at its facility in Front Royal, Va.

In Dog-Eat-Dog World Of Congress, 2 GOP Lawmakers Spar Over Canine Training Facility

8:28am July 26, 2018

by Brian Naylor

The ATF facility is in the Virginia district of Rep. Bob Goodlatte, who says Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby wants it in his state.

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Cokie Roberts On Presidents And Their Cabinets

6:41am July 26, 2018

Cokie Roberts answers questions and talks with NPR's Noel King about the history of the president and his relationship with his Cabinet.

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News Brief: Trump And EU Ease Trade Tensions, Family Separation Update

5:15am July 26, 2018

President Trump and the EU Commission's Jean-Claude Juncker said they would work to remove trade barriers between the U.S. and Europe. Also, Emma Platoff of the Texas Tribune on separated families.

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U.S. And Europe Reach Apparent Ceasefire In Trade War

11:42pm July 25, 2018

by Mara Liasson

President Trump met with the European Commission president and with farm state Republicans Wednesday. Trump's allies in rural America and U.S. allies in Europe are alarmed by his trade policies.

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CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins talks during a live shot in front of the White House on Wednesday. Collins says the White House denied her access to an open press event because officials found her earlier questions to the president "inapprop

White House Reporter Says She Was Banned From Press Event For Inappropriate Questions

10:59pm July 25, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins said she was told not to attend a White House later event because Trump communications officials didn't like the questions she'd asked earlier in the day.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, and FBI Director Christopher Wray, left, appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on June 28. Some members complain they are stonewalling.

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House Conservatives File Impeachment Articles Against Rod Rosenstein

9:39pm July 25, 2018

by Miles Parks

Allies of President Trump have targeted the deputy attorney general over what they call foot-dragging by the Justice Department in response to requests for information.

The U.S. Census Bureau hosts public meetings of its advisory committees at the agency's headquarters in Suitland, Md.

Census Bureau Stops Plans For 2020 Census Advisory Committee

8:20pm July 25, 2018

by Hansi Lo Wang

The decision comes as the Census Bureau battles lawsuits over a new citizenship question and cybersecurity concerns about the 2020 census. The 2010 census committee's chair calls the move a "mistake."

President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker deliver a joint statement on trade in the Rose Garden of the White House Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

Trump And EU Agree To Work Toward Zero Tariffs

6:54pm July 25, 2018

by Brian Naylor

President Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker say they will not impose further tariffs on each other as long as trade talks continue.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies during a hearing before Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Pompeo Faces Skeptical Lawmakers After Trump Summits Raise Concerns

6:51pm July 25, 2018

by Ayesha Rascoe

Committee Chairman Bob Corker was blunt in his opening statement, telling Pompeo that "in the summit's aftermath, we saw an American president that was submissive and deferential" toward Russia.