Democrats Launch Investigation Into White House Security Clearance Breaches
Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A top House Democrat launched a broad investigation Wednesday into what he calls “grave breaches” in the security clearance process at the White House and on Donald Trump’s presidential transition team. In a letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the chairman…
The Supreme Court Just Let Trump’s Ban on Transgender Military Service Move Forward
Sipa/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Supreme Court permitted the Trump administration’s ban on transgender members of the armed services to move forward. In a 5-4 ruling Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court allowed the government to proceed with the controversial directive while the court considers whether it will formally review…
Trump’s New Cybersecurity Agency Is Suffering a Major Setback Thanks to the Government Shutdown
gorodenkoff/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Cybersecurity officials celebrated in November when President Donald Trump launched a new agency within the Department of Homeland Security focused entirely on protecting vulnerabilities in the federal government’s computer systems. But just over a month after the agency was established, nearly half of the staff of…
House Democrats Want Answers on Admin’s Decision to Lift Sanctions on Deripaska Companies
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testifying before the Senate Finance Committee on February 14Ting Shen/Xinhua/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. House Democrats are demanding answers from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on why his agency removed companies owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska from its list of sanctioned companies last month.…
Paul Manafort’s Botched Redactions Reveal New Details on Trump-Russia Interactions
Paul Manafort arrives for a court hearing on April 19, 2018, in Washington.Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Paul Manafort dropped a bombshell on himself Tuesday. In sections of a court filing that lawyers for the imprisoned former Trump campaign boss unsuccessfully tried to redact, Manafort’s attorneys disclosed that…
Paul Manafort’s Lawyers Tried—and Failed—to Redact This Sensitive Legal Filing
Bill Clark/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When lawyers for Paul Manafort filed documents on Monday responding to special counsel Robert Mueller’s allegations that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman had repeatedly lied to federal investigators, they did so under seal, with Manafort’s defense team signaling that redacted versions would…