Donald Jr. Accidentally Admits His Dad Is Lying About Comey Meetings (Video) During an interview Saturday night, Donald Trump Jr. seemed to contradict his dad and confirm former FBI Director James Comey’s version of events. As Comey testified under oath this week, Donald Trump asked him to drop the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Donald Trump has said that he never asked Comey to drop the investigation and that the issue never came up. But Donald Jr. seems to have missed the memo. Here is how he described the situation: “When he tells you to do...

Lobbyists Working in White House Haven’t Signed Waivers Remember when Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp? Well, there are about a half-dozen former lobbyists working in Trump’s White House, but they haven’t received waivers from the administration’s ethics rules, according to Politico. This raises questions about how much the rules do to actually prevent conflicts of interest. Trump has granted exemptions from the rules for a handful of staffers, which has been done by presidents previously. But, what makes this worse, at least six former lobbyists now working in the White House haven’t received such waivers, meaning they...

Trump Puts Trip to Britain on Hold, Scared of Protests Looks like the London mayor may have gotten his wish. The Guardian is reporting that Donald Trump has called British Prime Minister Theresa May, explaining that “he does not want to go ahead with a state visit to Britain until the British public supports him coming.” The call was made recently, according to a Downing Street adviser. And those present said May was surprised. Trump also said that he refused to visit if there were large-scale protests. May, who was the first foreign leader to visit Trump after the...

Jeff Sessions To Testify Before Senate Intel Committee This Week Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee this week. Seasions was originally scheduled to testify before the Judiciary committee but after former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony this week which revealed the FBI had evidence that Sessions had a third undisclosed meeting with the Russian ambassador he was forced to change venues. In a statement Sessions said that he will send a deputy to replace him at the original hearing instead after hearing that lawmakers would question him about the investigation into ties between Russia...

Justice Department Declares Foreign Payments to Trump Are Legal The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), run by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, has responded to the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), who brought suit against Trump in January, alleging that he violated the emoluments clause because his real estate and hotels accept payments from foreign governments. Trump’s own Justice Department announced it has cleared Trump saying his businesses are legally permitted to accept payments from foreign governments while he is in office, and Trump is not in violation of a constitutional clause barring the acceptance of emoluments....

Trump Losing Support In Military Communities   Military communities were a key area of support for Donald Trump in 2016 and have long been part of the Republican Party’s coalition. However, according to a new polling analysis of Gallup data by NBC News, military communities are increasingly souring on Trump. Trump’s military support has dropped sharply in the last month from 51 percent approval during first 100 days in office to just 43 percent approval for the month of May. At the same time, Donald Trump’s disapproval from military communities during his first 100 days was 41 percent but...

Body Slamming Montana Republican Pleads Guilty To Assault The incoming Republican Congressman from Montana Greg Gianforte will plead guilty to assaulting a reporter on the day before his election to the House, According to the Associated Press. The prosecutor said Gianforte will enter his plea at a sentencing hearing on Monday. Gianforte assaulted reporter Ben Jacobs after Jacobs asked him a question on health care the day before the Montana special election. Gianforte and Jacobs reached a settlement in civil court this week and as part of the settlement, Jacobs said he would not object to Gianforte entering a...

Trump’s Treasury Nominee Lied About Degree From Dartmouth It turns out that Donald Trump’s nominee to run a major regulatory post in the Treasury Department has been lying about his college degree. According to a Bloomberg News report Friday, Joseph Otting, Trump’s pick to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, listed a degree on his resume from the “School of Credit and Financial Management at Dartmouth College.” However, as the report points out that school was never affiliated with Dartmouth University. “Joseph Otting is not a Dartmouth graduate,” Dartmouth spokeswoman Diana Lawrence said on Wednesday. “Dartmouth...

New York Attorney General Investigating Eric Trump Foundation The New York attorney general is looking into the Eric Trump Foundation after a bombshell report that the charity likely violated New York state laws. A new Forbes report quotes the New York attorney general’s office saying, “The attorney general’s office is looking into the issues raised by this report.” The New York attorney general is likely looking into whether the Trump’s engaged in self-dealing. Essentially, Donald Trump was upset that his son’s charity wasn’t paying to use his golf course to raise money for children with cancer. So Donald Trump...