Guccifer 2.0 Emerges To Slam Intelligence Community's "Fake Evidence"…

“I am grateful to the Department of Justice’s IG for taking on this review.

He is professional and independent and the FBI will cooperate fully with him and his office.

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Democrats press U.S. housing…

DOJ investigating FBI decisions in Clinton email probe

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Deportations of illegal aliens living inside the United States have tanked 73 percent since 2009, when President Obama first took office, according to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies.

CIS…

Blackout halts Pompeo confirmation hearing

Blackout halts Pompeo confirmation hearing

The Thursday morning confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA got off to a dim start.

During his opening…

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WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday that U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called him to denounce the "false and fictitious" report about a dossier that makes salacious, unverified claims about him in Russia.

Clapper, in a statement on Wednesday, said he had spoken with Trump that evening and expressed…

Billionaire Democratic donor George Soros lost about $1 billion in the market following President-elect Donald Trump’s White House win, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Soros expected the market to drop sharply…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic members of the U.S. Congress called on Monday for the creation of an independent commission to investigate Russia's attempts to intervene in the 2016 election, similar to the Sept. 11 panel that probed the 2001 attacks on the United States.

Their "Protecting our Democracy Act" would create a 12-member, bipartisan independent panel to interview witnesses, obtain documents, issue…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jewish community centers in several U.S. states were evacuated on Monday after they reported receiving bomb threats, according to the organizations and national umbrella organization, though no explosives were found and no injuries reported.

Fifteen JCCs across the United States reported the calls and all resumed normal operations by 4:30 p.m. ET (2130 GMT), after police determined there was no…

LIVE COVERAGE: At least 9 people reportedly shot at Ft. Lauderdale airport

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Exclusive: Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton emerges as Trump’s top SEC choice

A general exterior view of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington, June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan…

Nearly 200 children freed from south India brick kiln in one of biggest rescues

CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian police rescued nearly 200 children, most of them under the age of 14, who had been found working in a brick kiln in the southern state of Telangana in one of the biggest operations in the region, officials said on Wednesday.

The children were rescued from a brick kiln in…

Ukraine moves to blacklist Le Pen over…

Britain's top EU diplomat quits with blistering attack over Brexit

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LONDON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Britain's top diplomat at the EU quit his post with a blistering attack on the government, giving voice to what several sources say is wider frustration among officials over Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy.

The early resignation of envoy…