Proposed Trump order on campus speech follows wave of complaints
President Donald Trump's proposed executive order to protect free speech on college campuses follows a growing chorus of complaints from conservatives that the nation's universities are attempting to silence their voices when they're heckled, disinvited or their presence on campus…
Ex-acting AG Matthew Whitaker leaves Justice Department
Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec says Whitaker's last day was Saturday.
WATCH: Senate panel approves William Barr, Trump’s attorney general nominee
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved William Barr's nomination for attorney general along party lines Thursday, with Republicans praising his credentials and Democrats questioning how transparent he'll be once special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation concludes.
WATCH: ‘I make the decision,’ Barr said on whether he’d recuse himself from Mueller probe
Attorney general nominee William Barr says he would seek the advice of career Justice Department ethics officials about whether he should recuse himself from overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
President Donald Trump on Friday tapped Barr, who served as attorney general under George H.W. Bush, to fill the post left empty by his firing of Jeff Sessions.
Trump is scheduled to speak at 12:50 p.m. ET. Watch the president's remarks here.
President Donald Trump says he will nominate William Barr, former President George H.W. Bush's attorney general, to serve in the same role.
Stepping up Democratic efforts to shield the Russia investigation, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he would seek to tie a measure protecting special counsel Robert Mueller to must-pass legislation if the new acting attorney general does not recuse himself…
President Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from his new acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, whose past business ties and comments on the Russia investigation and other topics have drawn scrutiny.
