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Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe revealed that he was the one behind the orders to start obstruction of justice and counterintelligence probes into President Trump’s connections to Russia after meeting with him about his predecessor James B. Comey, who was fired.
“I was speaking to the man who had just run for the presidency and won the election for the presidency and who might have done so with the aid of the government of Russia, our most formidable adversary on the world stage,” Mr. McCabe said in an interview clip released Thursday. [Read More]
Ocasio-Cortez says Ilhan Omar’s grilling of Trump Venezuela envoy ‘feels like justice (FOX News)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has thrown her support behind Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., after her fellow freshman Democrat’s controversial questioning of a U.S. diplomat.
Omar clashed with Elliott Abrams, the Trump administration’s new special envoy for Venezuela, during a House hearing on the Caracas crisis after the congresswoman tried to turn the focus to Abrams’ history in Latin America while asking him point-blank whether he’d support “genocide” if it served American interests. [Read More]
Congress To Vote On Yet Another Huge Spending Bill No One Has Read (The Federalist)
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Congress rams through a massive piece of legislation costing hundreds of billions of dollars without bothering to read it. Meet Congress under a Democratic majority—same as under the old majority.
Late Wednesday evening, congressional leaders still had not publicly released their omnibus appropriations legislation, and were not planning to do so until near midnight—hardly an auspicious time to embark on reading a bill exceeding 1,000 pages: [Read More]
Ohio lawmakers reintroduce ‘heartbeat’ abortion bill (The Hill)
Ohio legislators on Tuesday reintroduced a “heartbeat bill,” which bans abortion if a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks into the pregnancy.
The bill, introduced in the state Senate by Kristina Roegner (R) and in the state House of Representatives by Ron Hood (R) and Candice Keller (R), will likely have the support of the state’s governor. [Read More]
Heart Failure: Most People Give Their Partner An ‘F’ On Valentine’s Day Romance (Study Finds)
The pressure is on for millions of couples across America on Valentine’s Day. Do you go with flowers or chocolates? Fancy restaurant or home-cooked meal? A new survey finds that when it comes to the romantic holiday, most people wind up completely failing to steal their partner’s heart.
The survey of 2,000 adults in relationships asked respondents to grade their significant others on how well they bring the romance every February 14th. A flower-wilting 58 percent gave their partners an “F” for their V-Day efforts. [Read More]
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