Trump Orders Declassification Of DOJ, FBI Documents
President Donald Trump ordered the immediate declassification of several documents relating to the 2016 FBI investigation of his campaign, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Monday evening. “The President has directed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice (including the FBI) to provide for the immediate declassification of the following materials: 1. pages 10–12 and 17–34 of the June 2017 application to the FISA court in the matter of Carter W. Page; 2. all FBI reports of interviews with Bruce G. Ohr prepared in connection with the Russia investigation; and 3. all FBI reports of interviews prepared in connection with all ... Read More
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US Slashes Number of Refugees to 30,000 for Next Year
The U.S. will slash the number of refugees it will accept for a second straight year, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday, insisting amid criticism from human rights groups that the country is still committed to providing sanctuary to people fleeing the world's danger zones. Up to 30,000 refugees will be allowed into the country next year, down from a cap of 45,000 this year. It will be the lowest ceiling on admissions since the program began in 1980. The announcement comes despite calls from global humanitarian groups that this year's cap of 45,000 was too low. Pompeo sought to head off potential ... Read More
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Kavanaugh, Accuser Set for High-Stakes Senate Showdown
Senate Republicans retreated from plans to have Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh sitting on the Supreme Court by Oct. 1, and instead said they’ll call him back to Congress to testify next week about allegations of a decades-old attempted sexual assault. Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor who has now made her allegations public, will also appear — setting up an incredibly high-stakes showdown between Judge Kavanaugh and his accuser, with the Supreme Court vacancy on the line. “Anyone who comes forward as Dr. Ford has done deserves to be heard,” Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley said. He canceled a committee vote that had been ... Read More
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Senate Passes Sweeping Bill to Battle Opioid Epidemic
A Senate riven by disputes on a Supreme Court pick set aside the sniping long enough Monday to approve legislation to combat the opioid epidemic by limiting the runaway flow of addictive pills, expanding treatment and giving inspectors new tools to root out deadly fentanyl in the mail stream. The lopsided 99-1 vote underscored the depth of the drug-overdose crisis that’s hammering every corner of the U.S. and resulted in 72,000 deaths in 2017, nearly 49,000 of which were from opioids. “The scope is simply staggering,” said Sen. Gary Peters, Michigan Democrat. The opioid bill packages proposals from 70 senators, giving them a chance to point to ... Read More
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China Vows 'Countermeasures' to US Tariff Hike
China said Tuesday it will take "countermeasures" to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to raise tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports and an American business group warned a "downward spiral" in their trade battle appears certain. The Commerce Ministry gave no details of a possible response to U.S. tariffs imposed in the fight between the two biggest global economies over Beijing's technology policy. But China previously released a $60 billion list of American goods for retaliation. The Trump administration announced the tariffs on some 5,000 Chinese-made goods will start at 10 percent, beginning Monday. They rise to 25 percent on ... Read More
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