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Special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE‘s report said WikiLeaks pushed conspiracies about slain Democratic National Committee (DNC) staffer Seth Rich to obfuscate the source of the hacked DNC emails it published in 2016. “As reports attributing the DNC and [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee] hacks […]

Conservatives are rallying around economist Stephen Moore as President TrumpDonald John TrumpHouse Dems demand Barr cancel ‘inappropriate’ press conference on Mueller report DOJ plans to release ‘lightly redacted’ version of Mueller report Thursday: WaPo Nadler accuses Barr of ‘unprecedented steps’ to ‘spin’ Mueller report MORE‘s controversial pick for the Federal Reserve Board faces a tough […]

President TrumpDonald John TrumpHouse Dems demand Barr cancel ‘inappropriate’ press conference on Mueller report DOJ plans to release ‘lightly redacted’ version of Mueller report Thursday: WaPo Nadler accuses Barr of ‘unprecedented steps’ to ‘spin’ Mueller report MORE‘s update of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would provide a very modest boost to the economy, […]

A federal judge is considering setting the trial for former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig for August, according to multiple media reports. The reports noted U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson appeared receptive to an August trial date during a hearing Monday, as suggested by Craig’s attorneys. But The National Law Journal reported that […]

Herman Cain said Thursday that he intends to pursue a spot on the Federal Reserve Board and will not “run away from criticism.” Cain said in a Fox Business Network interview that he will not withdraw from consideration for a Fed nomination, floated by President TrumpDonald John TrumpHouse Dems demand Barr cancel ‘inappropriate’ press conference […]

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that apprehended migrants do not have the right to be held in the same state as their children while in detention, thrusting the issue of migrant family separations back into the spotlight. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling that migrants do not […]

Top congressional Democrats on Thursday accused Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrHouse Dems demand Barr cancel ‘inappropriate’ press conference on Mueller report DOJ plans to release ‘lightly redacted’ version of Mueller report Thursday: WaPo Nadler accuses Barr of ‘unprecedented steps’ to ‘spin’ Mueller report MORE of “deliberately” distorting large swaths of special counsel Robert MuellerRobert […]

Happy Thursday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Ellen Mitchell, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.   THE TOPLINE: Acting Defense Secretary Patrick ShanahanPatrick Michael ShanahanOvernight Defense: US strike in Somalia kills ISIS deputy | Trump’s love of acting officials | Terrorist designation against Iranian military unit […]

CVS is agreeing to pay $535,000 to settle allegations the pharmacy chain filled prescriptions for Percocet, a powerful painkiller, that its pharmacists should have recognized were forgeries. The fine was announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island. CVS locations in Rhode Island filled 39 prescriptions for Percocet, a Schedule […]

State Department and intelligence officials reportedly clashed over a Trump administration report on international arms control compliance, expressing concerns that the report politicized evaluations about Iran, Reuters reported Wednesday. The clash reportedly occurred on Tuesday when the State Department briefly posted an unclassified version of its annual report on international cooperation with arms control agreements before removing it, according to the […]