The United States is considering reviewing a travel ban put in place barring most American citizens from traveling to North Korea, the State Department’s top North Korea negotiator said Wednesday. Steve Biegun told reporters the evaluation would take place “early next year” if the conditions are right. However, the US appears to only be looking…… MORE
A cybersecurity firm says hackers were able to infiltrate a European Union communications system for years and copy thousands of sensitive diplomatic cables, The New York Times has reported. Area 1, the cybersecurity firm which discovered the vulnerability, said thousands of EU diplomatic cables were accessed using “techniques resembling those long used by an elite…… MORE
A newly obtained document shows President Donald Trump signed a letter of intent to move forward with negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Russia, despite his attorney Rudy Giuliani claiming on Sunday the document was never signed. CNN’s Chris Cuomo obtained a copy of the signed letter of intent that set the stage for…… MORE
Senate Republicans are drafting a stopgap spending bill to extend the funding deadline for approximately 25% of the federal government until February 8, according to three sources. The decision to move forward on the short-term plan hasn’t been finalized, the sources said. There are still senators who are urging GOP leaders to negotiate for a…… MORE
The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee said Tuesday that he has moved past personal attacks by former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and he would keep investigating Zinke’s tenure despite his resignation. Asked by CNN’s Erin Burnett whether he would move on from Zinke’s insults, Grijalva said yes. “Yes, because I think ……… MORE
Almost daily, reality deals another blow to the alternative narrative that President Donald Trump has constructed around his scandal-plagued presidency, campaign and business legacy. On Tuesday, in a courtroom cliffhanger, Michael Flynn effectively eviscerated the President’s claims that the former national security adviser was trapped into lies and flipping on his boss under unfair FBI…… MORE
The Trump administration is reversing a controversial policy implemented this summer that immigration advocates say caused thousands of unaccompanied migrant children to remain in shelters for extended periods. The Department of Health and Human Services is no longer requiring fingerprint checks for all adult members of a sponsor’s household when the sponsor applies to take…… MORE
Four days after attorneys secretly argued over a grand jury subpoena suspected to be related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian influence in the 2016 election, a federal appeals court is forcing an unnamed company to comply with the subpoena. The appeals court did not identify the company, nor did the appellate judges…… MORE
If Congress does, literally, nothing else every year, the two chambers are supposed to pass a series of appropriations bills that appropriate — eh! — money to the various parts of the federal government to keep it all up, operating and open. And yet, as of this evening, it looks virtually certain that Congress will…… MORE
Never shy about taking credit for the stock market when it soared, President Donald Trump has been characteristically quick to assign blame as Wall Street sputters. Whipsaw markets and a string of steep dives have spawned a pervasive anxiety in the White House, according to senior officials, where for the past two years the strength…… MORE
