An American doctor who conducted several medical and mental health evaluations of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange inside Ecuador’s Embassy in London over the last two years says that she believes she was spied on and that the confidentiality of her doctor-patient relationship with Assange was violated. Dr. Sondra Crosby, an associate professor of medicine and […]
Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair Congress has finally grown a spine. For the first time in more than forty years, Congress has invoked the War Powers Resolution to demand that the US end its assistance to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in their war against Houthi rebels in Yemen. The […]
I trust Attorney General William Barr to handle the final report of special counsel Robert Mueller almost as much as I trusted James Clapper to handle national intelligence during the Obama years. Which is to say, I do not, and neither should you. This is the same man, after all, who supported pardons during his […]
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on April 4 voted 14-6 to move the nomination of Acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, a former Westlands Water District and oil industry lobbyist, to a full Senate vote, setting the stage for a contentious and heated debate. In his lobbying disclosures, Bernhardt has listed “potential legislation regarding […]
WASHINGTON — A redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation will be sent to Congress by mid-April and will not be shared with the White House beforehand, Attorney General William Barr said Friday. Barr’s timeline, included in a letter to the chairmen of the House and Senate judiciary committees, sets […]
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is to be released by mid-April, Attorney General Bill Barr said on March 29. Barr, in a letter to the chairmen of the House and Senate judiciary committees, said he was in the process of redacting sensitive material from […]
Lawyers Worldwide Urge International Court: Investigate Israeli Crimes How to Find Hope in the Age of Trump Trump-Appointed Board Proposes Major Blow to Air and Rail Unions At Michigan Rally, Trump Mocks Asylum Seekers Fleeing Violence Adam Schiff Delivers Massive Smackdown on Trump How Trump Could Easily Get Private Land for His Border Wall President […]
CHICAGO—Prosecutors on Tuesday abruptly dropped all charges against Jussie Smollett, the “Empire” actor who was accused of lying to police about being the target of a racist, anti-gay attack in downtown Chicago, his attorneys said. Smollett’s attorneys said his record had “been wiped clean” of the 16 felony counts related to making a false report […]
The prime minister of Romania stayed at President Donald Trump’s hotel during her trip to Washington over the weekend. She is the first foreign government leader known to have booked a room at the property in more than a year. The stay at the Trump International Hotel by Viorica Dancila, who is attending the annual […]
<!– –> Robert Mueller (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is suddenly a morecomplicated issue for Democrats, but it also provides Democratic presidential contenders with an avenue to find new donors through the frenzy. Democrats have responded to Attorney General Bill Barr’s four-page summary of the special counsel’s findings by calling for the […]
President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House on Jan. 25, 2019. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images Late Monday night, President Donald Trump cited a letter from a coalition of pro-Israel pressure groups to Democratic Party leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “Jewish groups have just sent a petition to Speaker Pelosi asking […]
WASHINGTON – More than 215 groups today urged the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee to increase the budget for endangered species conservation from about $252 million to $486 million. The groups submitted a letter asking for the budgetary boost to the Endangered Species Act as part of the Interior and Environment subcommittee’s public witness […]
Russia-based private-equity group Baring Vostok has appealed to President Vladimir Putin to “take personal control” of a criminal investigation into its jailed American founder and five other executives. Baring Vostok Capital Partners (BVCP) made the call in an open letter to Putin posted on its website on February 25, after Russian prosecutors last week formally […]
Dimitri Lascaris says opposition parties sent a letter asking the government to preserve all incriminating evidence of the SNC-Lavalin case, since there is concern it could be destroyed The post Trudeau “Disappointed” his Ex-Justice Minister Resigned After He Demoted Her appeared first on The Real News Network.
