CAPITOL HILL — The House Intelligence Committee will probe Russian interference into the U.S. election in public for the first time during a hearing March 20, committee chair Representative Devin Nunes announced Tuesday. Among those invited to give public testimony are James Comey, the current director of the FBI who has been at the center of […]
WHITE HOUSE — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from any federal investigation of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Sessions met with reporters Thursday after The Washington Post reported that as a U.S. senator and member of the Trump campaign, Sessions held two pre-election meetings with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak but […]
Wednesday Ryan Zinke was confirmed to serve as the 52nd Secretary of the Interior with a Senate vote of 68-31. The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) congratulated and welcomed Secretary Zinke to his new role as trustee to 567 Tribal Nations. As a key partner in advancing the trust relationship between the United States […]
Making his first address before the U.S. Congress, President Donald Trump projected a brighter luster Tuesday night than he did in the speech at his inauguration six weeks ago. “The time for small thinking is over,” he declared. “The time for trivial fights is behind us.” But there was reference to fighting – especially the […]