May 10 House Democrats release more than 3,500 Facebook ads created by Russians By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The intelligence committee Democrats released a sampling of the ads purchased by Russia’s Internet Research Agency last year, but they are now releasing the full cache of ads that Facebook officials turned over to the panel after acknowledging in September… Continue reading
May 10 U.S.-North Korea summit set for June 12 in Singapore, Trump says By Associated Press President Donald Trump is providing details for the first time about the history-making meeting between a sitting American president and the leader of North Korea over denuclearization. Continue reading
May 10 Pentagon report finds multiple failures leading to Niger attack By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Defense officials said they will lay out Thursday how the mission in Niger unfolded and led to the gruesome ambush, and then explain what is being done to correct the problems brought to light by the incident. Continue reading
May 10 A Texas suit could speed DACA's path to Supreme Court By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press President Donald Trump's decision in September to phase out the Obama-era program, called DACA, resulted in protests and a failed congressional effort to salvage it. Experts say it's a matter of when, not if, the Supreme Court will rule on… Continue reading
May 10 Trump thanks North Korea's Kim Jong Un for releasing 3 Americans By Associated Press Welcoming the three Americans at a military base outside Washington early Thursday, President Donald Trump said of Kim, “I really think he wants to do something.”… Continue reading
May 09 Watch 4:53 Gina Haspel vows never to resume CIA interrogation as Senate presses her on moral code Gina Haspel couldn't talk about her work for three decades. On Wednesday, she had to defend it. Haspel, who played pivotal roles in the agency's most controversial recent actions in the years after 9/11, promised to never restart brutal interrogation… Continue watching
May 09 Watch 7:59 The arguments for and against Gina Haspel as CIA director Should the Senate confirm CIA director nominee Gina Haspel? Nick Schifrin gets two views on her background and role in a controversial detention and interrogation program from John Rizzo, a former DIA chief legal officer, and retired U.S. Army Brig. Continue watching
May 09 Watch 5:27 Why did major companies pay Trump's personal lawyer through a shell company? Payments totalling more than $4 million were made to a shell company set up by Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, and included about $500,000 from a U.S. company with ties to a Russian oligarch who is close to Vladimir… Continue watching
May 09 Republicans pledge to show Ohio is still 'a Trump state' By Dan Sewell, Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press In the GOP Senate race, Renacci emerged victorious with 47 percent of the vote. He urged Republicans to unite after a five-way primary that saw investment banker Mike Gibbons sue him and accuse him of making defamatory campaign statements including… Continue reading
May 09 Stormy Daniels' lawyer says Russian paid Trump attorney Cohen By Jill Colvin, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press The memo says Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian billionaire, and his cousin "routed" eight payments totaling approximately $500,000 to Cohen's company, Essential Consultants, between January and August 2017. The reason for the payments was not immediately known. Continue reading