Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Word on the Hill: What’s Buzzing on Capitol Hill?
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Politics · 115th Congress
McCain Argues Americans Should ‘Give a Damn’ About the CIA Torturing Terrorists
Watch: Haspel’s Confirmation Hearing Felt Like Deja Vu to 2014 Interrogation Debate [jwp-video n=”1″] While Gina Haspel, the president’s nominee to head the CIA, is not directly referenced
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Says Pompeo Secures Release of 3 American Detainees From North Korea
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 9, 2018var rcrdTwitter = 1; Secretary Pompeo and his “guests” will be landing at Andrews Air Force Base at 2:00 A.M. in the morning.
Politics · 115th Congress
McCain: Senate Should Reject Gina Haspel Over Torture Involvement
Watch: Haspel Faced Protesters, Questions on Interrogation [jwp-video n=”1″]
Politics · 115th Congress
Manchin’s Backing Likely Ends Haspel Suspense
Watch: Haspel’s Confirmation Hearing Felt Like Deja Vu to 2014 Interrogation Debate [jwp-video n=”1″] Tester has found himself targeted by President Donald Trump over his role in releasing
Politics · 115th Congress
Gina Haspel Performs Well but Raises More Questions During Hearing
Watch: Haspel Faced Protesters, Questions on Interrogation [jwp-video n=”1″] Another somewhat perplexing exchange came with Democratic Sen.
Politics · 115th Congress
If Not Gina Haspel, Then Who?
Watch: Haspel’s Confirmation Hearing Felt Like Deja Vu to 2014 Interrogation Debate [jwp-video n=”1″] Partisan divide But several members of the Senate Democratic Conference, both on and
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: John McCain’s Empty Seat at the Gina Haspel Hearing
Watch: Expect a Full-Throated Push to Confirm Haspel as Next CIA Chief [jwp-video n=”1″] A really big gap Also problematic for Haspel was her advocacy for destroying nearly 100 hours of CIA
Politics · 115th Congress
Analysis: Trump’s Iran Policy Unmoored From Facts
Watch: Trump Announces Withdrawal From Iran Nuclear Deal [jwp-video n=”1″] Enrichment limits Trump said the deal has allowed Iran to enrich uranium.
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Hunkers Down On Haspel Nomination Ahead of Showdown
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2018var rcrdTwitter = 1; Watch: Expect a Full-Throated Push to Confirm Haspel as Next CIA Chief [jwp-video n=”1″] White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee
Politics · 115th Congress
CIA Nominee Gina Haspel Meets Senators Even as Questions Remain
Watch: Expect a Full-Throated Push to Confirm Haspel as Next CIA Chief [jwp-video n=”1″] Haspel had scheduled meetings Monday with a trio of committee Democrats ahead of Wednesday’s confirmation
Politics · 115th Congress
Judicial, CIA Nominations Highlight May Congressional Agenda
Watch: Expect a Full-Throated Push to Confirm Haspel as Next CIA Chief [jwp-video n=”1″] But as is often the case when judicial nominations highlight the activity on the Senate floor, much
Politics · 115th Congress
Paul Ryan Backing Rosenstein, Despite Conservatives’ Impeachment Threat
Watch: Senators Support Mueller Protection Bill for Different Reasons [jwp-video n=”1″] Todd Ruger contributed to this report.
Politics · 115th Congress
Pompeo Vows ‘Tough Diplomacy,’ Return of State’s ‘Swagger’
Watch: Senate Votes to Confirm Pompeo as Top Diplomat [jwp-video n=”1″] The new chief diplomat, formerly Trump’s CIA director, also said the administration has “put a hurt on the ISIS Caliphate
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Slams Leak of Mueller Questions as ‘Disgraceful’
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 1, 2018var rcrdTwitter = 1; The president was reacting to a New York Times report citing a list that his personal legal team compiled after a meeting with the special counsel
Politics · 115th Congress
White House: Kelly Not In Running for Veterans’ Affairs Nomination
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 30, 2018 var rcrdTwitter = 1; Sanders’ Tuesday briefing wasn’t all about the ongoing drama inside the West Wing.
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Pushes DMZ as Kim Summit Site, Bashes U.S. Immigration Laws
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 30, 2018 var rcrdTwitter = 1; There are many skeptics about whether the meeting will even happen, but not the president.
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump, Merkel Portray a Functional Relationship
But on a coming May 1 deadline for U.S. and EU officials to work out an EU waiver for Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, Merkel said the decision is Trump’s. Macron v.
Politics · 115th Congress
Senate Confirms Pompeo With Split Among 2018 Democrats
Watch: Senate Votes to Confirm Pompeo as Top Diplomat [jwp-video n=”1″] Heitkamp, Donnelly and Manchin declared their support for Pompeo early in the process, while Tester came out
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Vows Hands-Off Approach to Justice Department — Maybe
Watch: Still No Trump, But This Year’s Correspondents’ Dinner Will Be Different [jwp-video n=”1″] “And if we had a Justice Department that was doing their job instead of spending …” Trump