Section: The Blaze (USA)
Senate rejects resolution to block President Trump from lifting sanctions on Russia
The Senate failed to advance a bill to prevent President Donald Trump from lifting sanctions on three Russian businesses. Eleven Republicans joined 46 Democrats to vote for cloture on the bill, but they fell three votes short of the 60 votes needed to end debate. Congress has the power to reject any lessening of sanctions on Russia, but only if...
Mueller team claims Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors despite plea deal
In November, special counsel Robert Mueller announced that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort had violated his plea deal by lying. Newly released documents from Mueller’s office reveal the extent of those alleged lies.What do the documents say?Konstantin Kilimnik was already a known person of interest in the Mueller investigation....
Russia claims it has arrested a U.S. citizen and charged him with ‘espionage’
The Russian FSB State Security agency claims that it has arrested a United States citizen named Paul Whelan who was “caught spying” in Moscow. According to BBC, the U.S. Department of State confirmed that Moscow notified them of the alleged arrest, but did not confirm the arrest or the man’s name. According to Reuters, the man...
News you might have missed: Morning links for Friday, May 25
Trump is deregulating space exploration (Bloomberg) Outer space is no escape from the long arm of bureaucracy. Decades-old restrictions are keeping many space start-ups grounded, while even larger companies like SpaceX are struggling to obtain permits that seem hopelessly outdated. To clean up this process. President Donald Trump signed his...
News you might have missed: Morning links for Thursday, May 24
Trump cancels his planned summit with Kim Jong Un… (TheBlaze) The White House released a statement on Thursday announcing the cancellation of President Donald Trump’s planned summit with Kim Jong Un. The open letter from the president to Kim cited a “statement” made by North Korea as the reason for the cancellation, although it is not...
Breaking: Federal judge just ruled on Paul Manafort’s motion to dismiss Mueller charges
A federal judge ruled Tuesday against the motion by lawyers for Paul Manafort to dismiss the charges in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference. Here’s why the judge ruled against Manafort The former campaign manager for President Trump is being charged in Washington D.C. with failing to...
News you need: Morning links for Tuesday, May 15
It’s primary day in Pennsylvania, Idaho, Nebraska, and Oregon (CBS News) Pennsylvania is seeing competitive elections in both House and Senate races. Democrats in Nebraska vote on their candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, in Idaho, Sen. Raul Labrador, the founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, is hoping to...
Federal judge in Manafort case says Mueller’s goal is ‘prosecution or impeachment’ of Trump
A federal judge in the trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort said he does not really believe that special counsel Robert Mueller cares about Manafort’s alleged bank fraud. Instead, the judge argued, Mueller’s sole objective is the “prosecution or impeachment” of President Donald Trump. What’s the background?...
Breaking: Here are the questions for Trump leaked from Mueller’s investigation
The New York Times claimed Monday that they had obtained a copy of the questions the special counsel Robert Mueller intended to ask President Trump in his investigation into Russian election interference and alleged collusion. Here’s the questions that were leaked “We have obtained a list of four dozen questions Mueller wants to ask Trump,”...
Expelled Russian diplomats may have been tracking Russian dissidents and their families in America
Some of the Russian diplomats expelled from the United States last month may have been tracking Russian dissidents and their families who relocated to the U.S., according to a CNN report. At least one of the dissidents had been given a new identity by the CIA. Wait, what diplomats? On March 26, the U.S. government announced that it would expel 60...
