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President Trump's tweets are official statements, White House
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by telephone on Wednesday with Abu Dhabi's crown prince and stressed the importance of unity among Gulf Arab states, which are in the grips of a diplomatic crisis over accusations by some of them that Qatar supports terrorism, the White House said. [Full Article...]
Sessions Offered to Resign Amid Tension With President
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House deputy press secretary, told reporters during an off-camera press briefing Thursday that she had a " conversation " with Trump about the matter on Wednesday. The original source of the rift between Trump and his AG goes back several weeks, to the moment when Sessions chose to recuse himself from the Russian Federation investigation. [Full Article...]
Comey Testimony Raises New Questions About Jeff Sessions And Russia
Police arrest woman accused of stabbing daughter and grandkids

House passes sweeping bill to strip back financial rules
While across Capitol Hill on Thursday the Senate was drawing attention for its hearing with James Comey, the fired Federal Bureau of Investigation director, the House passed a bill to roll back some of the strongest Wall Street regulations from the financial crisis. [Full Article...]
Suspect Steals Backhoe, Uses It To Try To Break Into ATM

Florida Woman Sentenced in Sandy Hook Parent Threat Case

Trump administration 'defamed' Comey, lied about Federal Bureau of Investigation
Comey , finally free to speak his mind about the president who sacked him, made a decision to play two roles at once: The prototypical G-man, always on the straight and narrow, dedicated only to truth and justice, and the aggrieved victim of an undisciplined, line-crossing president. [Full Article...]