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First House Republican Calls For Special Investigation Committee Into Russia Hack Republican Congressman Walter Jones is officially the first House Republican to co-sponsor a bill calling for an independent investigation of foreign interference with the 2016 elections. While Republicans have almost uniformly opposed the idea of setting up a special committee to investigate Russia’s hacking of the election, it looks like we are seeing the first cracks in the ice. Congressman Eric Swalwell who is one of the co-sponsors of the bill said, “Congressman Jones is brave enough to do the right thing.” Swalwell also said, “Walter Jones deserves credit...

AP Report: Trump Considering Ordering National Guard To Round Up Immigrants For Deportation The White House is attempting to deny an Associated Press report that the Trump administration is considering a plan to use the National Guard to arrest immigrants who are undocumented. The AP report cites a draft memo that proposes mobilizing 100,000 National Guard troops to round up undocumented people for deportation. The AP report said, “The 11-page document calls for the unprecedented militarization of immigration enforcement as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as far east as New Orleans, Louisiana. Four states that border on Mexico are...

Trump Concedes Defeat on First Muslim-Ban, Vows Second One Next Week The Trump Justice Department informed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that it does not plan to ask a larger panel of judges to rehear its failed court challenge to a lower court’s suspension of Trump’s Muslim-ban, according to CNN. Trump had previously promised to “SEE YOU IN COURT” when he lost their appeal at the 9th Circut Court, but now Trump is clearly conceding defeat in the court battle on the first Muslim-ban. executive order on immigration at this Instead, Trump plans to draft a new version...

WATCH: Seth Meyers Hilariously Slams Trump’s Disastrous Press Conference In Thursday night’s “A Closer Look” segment, Seth Meyers turned his attention to Donald Trump’s disastrous press conference. Meyers noted the intense chaos the Trump administration has created for itself. Meyers said, that it “can only be described as a batsh*t-crazy press conference.” “Being a world leader sitting with Trump right now is like being a woman on a date with a guy and then his wife shows up screaming, ‘You’re kids want to know where you are!’” Meyers joked. And on Trump’s decision to go back out onto the...

Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill To Increase Social Security Benefits Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation to increase Social Security benefits for poor Americans and make wealth high-income Americans pay more into the Social Security system. “Anyone who tells you Social Security is going broke is lying,” Sanders said. “We can increase Social Security benefits for millions of Americans and extend the life of Social Security if we have the political will to tell the wealthiest Americans to pay the same rate as everyone else.” Sanders’ bill would increase Social Security benefits for seniors who make less than $16,000 by about $1,300 per year....