Mar 22 Read the rules special counsel Robert Mueller must follow with his report By Gretchen Frazee Federal regulations require that the special counsel deliver a confidential report to the attorney general, who then decides whether to make it public. Continue reading
Mar 22 Read Attorney General Barr’s full letter confirming delivery of Mueller’s report By Joshua Barajas William Barr, who will decide how to disclose the report to the public, wrote in a letter dated March 22 that Mueller submitted his final Russia report Friday to the Justice Department. Continue reading
Mar 22 Mueller delivers final Russia report to Justice Department Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday turned over his long-awaited final report on the contentious Russia investigation that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump's presidency, entangled Trump's family and resulted in criminal charges against some of the president's… Continue reading
Mar 22 Trump nominates economic analyst Stephen Moore to Federal Reserve By Catherine Lucey, Martin Crutsinger, Josh Boak, Associated Press Moore served as an economic adviser to Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, helping to draft his tax cut plan. Continue reading
Mar 22 Jimmy Carter is now the longest-living president in U.S. history By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Friday is the 172nd day beyond Carter's 94th birthday, exceeding by one day the lifespan of former President George H.W. Bush, who died Nov. 30 at the age of 94 years, 171 days. Both men were born in 1924: Bush… Continue reading
Mar 22 Trump steps up effort to discredit Mueller’s Russia report By Associated Press In an interview with Fox Business Network to be aired Friday, Trump said: "I have a deputy, appoints a man to write a report on me, to make a determination on my presidency. People will not stand for it."… Continue reading
Mar 21 Marines cut training to cover costs of hurricane damage, border mission By Lolita Baldor, Associated Press The top Marine general warned the problem is "imposing unacceptable risk" to Marine Corps combat readiness. Continue reading
Mar 21 Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump critics By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Cesar Sayoc sent rudimentary bombs — none of which detonated — to 16 targets, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, former Vice President Joe Biden, several members of Congress, former President Barack Obama and actor Robert De Niro. Devices were also… Continue reading
Mar 21 Cummings: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s private emails, texts raise security concerns By Chad Day, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said in a letter to the White House that the use of private email accounts and the messaging application WhatsApp by senior administration officials raises "security and federal records concerns."… Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 9:51 Why Louisianans blame government, not corporations, for pollution problems By Paul Solman UC Berkeley sociologist Arlie Hochschild traveled to Louisiana, the second-poorest state, to explore why its neediest populations simultaneously rely on federal aid and reject the concept of “big government.” As Paul Solman reports, the author and professor discovered many residents… Continue watching