GOP silence on Spygate fades after FBI informant briefing
Republicans show rare openness after briefings on the FBI informant tied to the Russia investigation. Rep. Trey Gowdy defended FBI actions while White House and party leaders avoided endorsing Trump’s spy claims. Nunes and Giuliani offered mixed public comments amid shifting rhetoric on surveillance.
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Trump regrets hiring Sessions as attorney general
President Trump says he wished he had hired someone other than Jeff Sessions to lead the Justice Department reflecting anger over Sessions recusal from the Russia investigation. He echoed Rep. Gowdy's remarks in tweets and tied the issue to ongoing fallout from Roseanne Barr's remarks and ABC's response.
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North Carolina Declares Emergency Over High River Levels
Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency in NC mountain counties as heavy rains caused mudslides and landslides. I 40 near Asheville closed and evacuations were ordered downstream of a McDowell County dam before Lake Tahoma near Marion was deemed safe and I 40 reopened.
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Illinois Ratifies Equal Rights Amendment After Long Fight
The Illinois House approved the Equal Rights Amendment on Wednesday by 72 to 45, ratifying it more than 45 years after Congress approved the measure and moving the state to within one vote of possible inclusion in the U.S. Constitution.
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Kremlin critic Babchenko resurfaces at Ukrainian briefing
Arkady Babchenko, long required by Kyiv authorities to report on his alleged murder, appeared alive at a televised briefing. Officials claimed the death was staged as part of a Ukrainian operation to foil an assassination plot against him.
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