The Democratic takeover of the U.S. House could spell trouble for current and former aides of the president, including his son Donald Trump Jr. and his long-time aide Roger Stone.
As Democrats take control of the U.S. House today, the new leaders are expected to introduce new legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller.
The U.S. House approved legislation Monday aimed at reforming the beleaguered Secret Service, which has been beset by lax security, poor management and scandals.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The increasing use of 3-D printers has made it easier for people to make plastic weapons that can evade metal detectors and X-ray machines, the Associated Press reports. The U.S. House responded by passing a bill that would renew the 25-year-old prohibition against plastic firearms by a decade. After returning from a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. House narrowly rejected a plan that would have limited the controversial collection of telephone records on domestic calls Wednesday after the extent of the surveillance was leaked last month, the USA Today reports. The 217-205 vote means the NSA can continue collecting domestic surveillance without as much as a warrant….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security’s struggle to track high-risk chemicals at plants like West Fertilizer Co. could result in the federal agency losing $9 million, The Dallas Morning News reports. The threat by the U.S. House comes a month after the deadly fire and explosions at the Wester Fertilizer plant in Texas. Homeland Security officials…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday that Republicans plan to file a civil suit to force the Justice Department to release of more information on the botched ATF drug-running case known as Fast & Furious, ABC News reports. The suit is the latest effort to force the release of related…
