Jun 07 Read James Comey’s prepared statement before Thursday’s Senate hearing By Laura Santhanam In his remarks, the fired FBI director detailed his interactions with President Donald Trump on several occasions. Continue reading
Jun 07 WATCH: Trump to address infrastructure, health care in Ohio By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The White House has yet to detail specifics of the plan, which it hopes to achieve largely through public-private partnerships. Continue reading
Jun 07 Intel officials won’t publicly discuss private conversations with Trump By Associated Press The testimony comes the day before fired FBI director James Comey is scheduled to testify before Congress. Continue reading
Jun 07 WATCH: Rosenstein, McCabe and Coats testify at Senate Intel hearing By Associated Press High-level Justice Department and FBI officials will testify before Congress today at 10 a.m. ET as part of a review of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that comes on the heels of continued scrutiny about the relationship between the Trump… Continue reading
Jun 07 Trump to nominate Christopher Wray as next FBI director By Associated Press The announcement on social media came ahead of fired FBI director James Comey's much-anticipated testimony before Congress about the relationship between the Trump administration and Russia. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 4:03 News Wrap: Russia denies trying to hack U.S. voting equipment By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Russia is denying that it attempted to hack U.S. voting computer software and equipment before last year’s presidential election. Also, President Trump waded into the political conflict over the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar with… Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch 6:53 Is the GOP’s ambitious to-do list running out of time? By PBS News Hour Members of Congress are back in Washington, ready to return to their legislative to-do lists. Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate are diving right back into the debate over health care -- maybe the biggest item on the GOP… Continue watching
Jun 06 Watch 9:10 Difficult battle for ISIS capital Raqqa begins By PBS News Hour U.S.-backed Syrian groups have begun the battle to retake the city of Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State’s so-called caliphate. The U.S. military says the battle will be "long and difficult," and perhaps made more complicated by the crisis… Continue watching
Jun 06 Michael Flynn turns over documents to panel as part of Russia investigation By Mary Clare Jalonick, Deb Riechmann and Chad Day, Associated Press Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn turned over about 600 pages of documents to the Senate intelligence committee as part of its investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, according to a congressional aide. Continue reading
Jun 06 Siding against ally Qatar, President Trump injects U.S. into Arab crisis By Josh Lederman, Associated Press President Donald Trump injected the U.S. into a volatile crisis among America's Mideast allies, siding with Saudi Arabia and other countries against Qatar in a dispute that threatens to disrupt efforts to defeat the Islamic State group and counter Iran. Continue reading