WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump called for unity and touted what he sees as accomplishments on foreign policy and the economy, during his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. “Tonight, I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground, and to summon the unity we need […]
Andrew McCabe, the FBI’s No. 2 official whom President Donald Trump publicly criticized for alleged political bias, has left the bureau several weeks ahead of his retirement in March, an FBI official said on Monday. McCabe, a 22-year FBI veteran and its deputy director for the past two years, was planning to retire in March […]
WASHINGTON — Key Republicans voiced strong support Sunday for special counsel Robert Mueller’s handling of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but split on whether Congress needs to approve legislation to block President Donald Trump from firing Mueller. Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine, breaking with […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is claiming credit for beginning the end of what President Donald Trump has termed “American Carnage,” a spike in violent crime during 2015 and 2016, the final two years of the Obama administration. In an opinion piece published Tuesday in USA Today, Sessions pointed to preliminary FBI data showing […]