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After weeks of bombshell revelations highlighting apparent FBI misconduct in the cases of former Trump aide Carter Page and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, the Republican-controlled Senate on Monday took two major steps toward launching its own comprehensive probe into the matter -- even as the Justice Department's separate criminal investigation, led by U.S. Attorney John…

President Donald Trump. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo Donald Trump has made clear he will attack Joe Biden unmercifully in order to ensure the election is a choice between him and Joe Biden — rather than an up-or-down vote on the president’s handling of the coronavirus. Scott Walker has a different view, at least when it…

Republicans flatly rejected a more than 1,800-page coronavirus package from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying the $3 trillion HEROES Act is a transparently unserious wishlist. The bill is likely to pass the House on Friday and although Democratic leaders insist Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) must allow a vote, some Democrats admit the bill’s…

President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, July 29, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE** more > By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times - Thursday, May 14, 2020 The 2020 presidential race is shaping up for a lot of voters to be another choice between the lesser…

WASHINGTON — Republican Senators are split over the path forward for future coronavirus relief — not only on adding more money for states and local governments, but also on providing flexibility for states to use already appropriated funds."I'm for it," Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said when asked about flexibility. "I think we're all hearing…