Dec 04 Former Florida Rep. Brown gets 5-year prison sentence in fraud case By Associated Press A federal judge on Monday sentenced former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown to five years in prison on fraud and other charges related to a purported charity for poor students that she used as a personal slush fund. Continue reading
Dec 04 WATCH: Trump complains about ‘very unfair’ treatment of Flynn By Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump tried to contrast Michael Flynn’s treatment with that of his Democratic presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, who he said “lied many times to the FBI and nothing happened.”… Continue reading
Dec 04 Billy Bush says Trump ‘Access Hollywood’ tape is real By Associated Press Billy Bush said it was indeed Donald Trump’s voice captured on a 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape talking about fame enabling him to grope and try to have sex with women. Continue reading
Dec 04 Trump offers full support for embattled Roy Moore as Alabama election nears By Nancy Benac, Associated Press President Donald Trump endorsed embattled Republican Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race on Monday, looking past sexual misconduct allegations against the GOP candidate to argue that his vote is needed in Congress. Continue reading
Dec 03 Watch 4:16 With low approval ratings, Trump continues to pursue agenda By PBS News Hour On Friday, hours after President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russia, Senate Republicans passed a bill that could usher in major changes to the U.S. tax code. Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch 4:15 Top transition officials knew Flynn was talking to Russia, says report By PBS News Hour The White House said Michael Flynn independently conversed with Russia during the presidential transition, but a report in The New York Times says that account conflicts with internal emails. A note from transition advisor K.T. McFarland, forwarded to six top… Continue watching
Dec 03 Utah’s tenacious efforts to take back federal land stand out By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Utah has gone well beyond any other state in the region in trying to pry the federal government’s hands off land it sees as belonging to its residents. Continue reading
Dec 03 Why Republicans who once fought budget debt now embrace it By Josh Boak, Associated Press Over the next decade, the Republican tax plan would add at least $1 trillion to the national debt on top of an additional $10 trillion in deficits over the same period. This borrowing spree would mark a sharp reversal for… Continue reading
Dec 03 Trump lashes out at own FBI in a series of tweets By Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack Sunday on the credibility of his own FBI. Continue reading
Dec 03 Trump suggests he may be flexible on corporate tax rates By Ken Thomas, Associated Press President Donald Trump has suggested that he may be willing to negotiate changes to a significant portion of the tax overhaul, the corporate tax rate, injecting an element of uncertainty into the tax plan only hours after it cleared the… Continue reading