Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s tenure at the Justice Department (DOJ) may be coming to a close and with it his oversight of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation after a series of reports Monday. News of Rosenstein’s potentially imminent departure broke in an Axios report Monday morning that he had “verbally resigned” in a conversation […]
Breaking: Right After Endorsing Clinton, Obama Meets With Official Deciding Her Fate
June 9, 2016 by
Shortly after announcing his endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday, President Obama met privately with Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the Oval Office. Lynch, as head of the Department of Justice, will ultimately decide whether to prosecute the former secretary of state for the alleged mishandling of classified information and political corruption […]
Senate passes ‘fast track’ trade deal, but fate uncertain in the House
May 24, 2015 by
“I’m committed to working with my colleagues in the House to get this across the finish line,” the bill’s chief Senate sponsor, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said. (AP) After weeks of wrangling, Senate lawmakers approved legislation that would give President Obama “fast track” powers to negotiate international trade deals. The vote came after lawmakers defeated several […]