By Jake Tapper, Washington Correspondent Updated 1:14 PM ET, Mon March 27, 2017 Washington (CNN) It has been something of a mystery, the whereabouts of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes on the day before his announcement that he saw information suggesting that communications of then-President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers may have been swept up in […]
By ERIC LIPTON MARCH 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — Since Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor, was named by President Trump as a special adviser on regulatory matters, he has been busy working behind the scenes to try to revamp an obscure Environmental Protection Agency rule that governs the way corn-based ethanol is mixed into gasoline nationwide. CLICK IMAGE […]
The Republican intelligence chairman got a message and jumped out of an Uber. The next morning he dropped a bombshell based on classified information. Tim Mak 3.24.17 Hours before the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee announced his shocking claims about surveillance of the Trump transition team on Wednesday morning, he practically disappeared. Rep. Devin Nunes was traveling with a senior […]
James Woolsey says he attended a September meeting where other participants, including then-Trump adviser Mike Flynn, talked of moving Fethullah Gulen back to Turkey without going through U.S. extradition process. By JAMES V. GRIMALDI, DION NISSENBAUM MARGARET COKER March 25, 2017 Retired Army Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, while serving as an adviser to the Trump campaign, met with top Turkish government […]
By Eric Levitz March 24, 2017 This week, the Republican tasked with leading the House’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election — and, thus, into the allegation that Trump aides participated in that interference — decided to personally brief the president on some interesting intelligence reports he’d come across. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to story. […]
By MAGGIE HABERMAN MARCH 25, 2017 Boris Epshteyn, an official in the White House press office who had a contentious relationship with television producers and was once a frequent presence on TV himself, is leaving his job, according to three people with knowledge of the move. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to story. The departure was treated […]
By ROBERT PEAR, JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, JENNIFER STEINHAUER and THOMAS KAPLAN MARCH 24, 2017 WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders, facing a revolt among conservatives and moderates in their ranks, pulled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act from consideration on the House floor Friday afternoon in a spectacular defeat for President Trump on the first legislative showdown of his presidency. CLICK […]
By Jonathan Cohn: 03/23/2017 White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Thursday defended the idea of taking away guaranteed maternity coverage in health insurance, denying that it would mean women must pay relatively more for their health care. CLICK IMAGE for link to video. CLICK HERE for link to story: He’s wrong about that. Ending the […]
ALISON KODJAK March 23, 2017 When House Speaker Paul Ryan says he wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act so that people can buy insurance that’s right for them, and not something created in Washington, part of what he’s saying is that he wants to get rid of so-called essential health benefits. That’s a list of 10 general […]
By Leon Shane III March 23rd. WASHINGTON — Democrats thrust veterans into the center of Congress’ contentious health care debate on Thursday, saying the Republican bill replacing the Affordable Care Act could end up marginalizing millions of former service members eligible for medical care at the Department of Veterans Affairs. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to story. “Veterans […]
