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U.S. Edition EditionsAustralia EditionChina EditionIndia EditionSingapore EditionUnited KingdomUnited States Apr 13, 6:03 AM EDT Subscribe BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureMillennial MoneyOpinionSportsLuxury National By Bobby Ilich On 03/18/18 AT 3:39 PM Speculation that President Trump would consider firing special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election, surfaced again Sunday and drew some fierce opposition from Republican lawmakers after two critical Twitter comments directed at the former FBI Director. Trump has remained insistent that there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia and suggested the investigation is politically motivated. Trump on Saturday repeated the assertion that the investigation is a "witch hunt."Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans? Another Dem recently added...does anyone think this is fair? And yet, … [Read more...] about Will Donald Trump Fire Robert Mueller? Top Republicans Comment On Growing Rumors

Department of Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen on Friday said she was "horrified" that Democratic lawmakers would stoop to twisting the "animals" comment made by President Donald Trump, calling it "dangerous" and "unprofessional." A guest on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" morning show, Nielsen said it was clear from the jump that the president was calling MS-13 gang members "animals," not immigrants in general. "Personally, I think those lawmakers owe the president an apology. They are (misrepresenting) facts in a very dangerous way," Nielsen told the Fox panel. "The president's … making clear he will not stand for this violence in our communities. "And here you have elected members of Congress pretending he's talking about something entirely different. It's dangerous, it's inappropriate, and frankly, it's just unprofessional," Nielsen said. Trump on Wednesday referenced "animals" when responding to a question about MS-13 during an anti-Sanctuary city meeting at the … [Read more...] about DHS Chief: Dems Owe Trump Apology for Twisting ‘Animals’ Comment

World Iran Donald Trump Iran Deal Barack Obama Travel Ban Fox News President Donald Trump has shared the claims of a senior Iranian cleric who said that former President Barack Obama granted 2,500 Iranian visas—many to relatives of government officials—ahead of the 2015 nuclear agreement that the current administration has since abandoned. The story was first featured last week by reformist Iranian newspaper Etemad and was cited by the semi-official Fars News Agency. Hojjat al-Islam Mojtaba Zolnour, head of the Nuclear Committee of Iran's parliamentary National Security Commission, told Etemad that Obama's offer even stoked "a competition among men and women over whose children could be part of these 2,500 Iranians" to travel to the U.S. On Monday, one of the president's most frequently promoted media outlets, Fox News, carried the story. The article featured comments from Fox News commentator and former Obama administration State Department … [Read more...] about Trump Cites Iran Media Story About Obama That Fox News Commentator Calls ‘Made Up BS’

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed updating the agency’s comment system after millions of fake comments were posted in response to the rule change on net neutrality, The Wall Street Journal reports. Pai sent a letter on July 6 to Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Penn., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., requesting permission from Congress to move funds for an overhaul of the FCC’s comment system. Earlier this year, millions of comments were posted to the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality, many of which were made under people’s names without their knowledge or consent. "It is troubling that some bad actors submitted comments using false names," Pai wrote in the letter, according to the newspaper. "Indeed, like you, comments were submitted in my name and my wife’s name that reflect viewpoints we do not hold." One of the changes Pai proposes is to require that users fill out a Captcha, which would prove that the comments are being made by humans and not … [Read more...] about FCC Chief Pai Proposes Change to Comment System

Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa., criticized President Donald Trump’s recent statements, saying they are “not helpful.” “These comments that come out of the president’s mouth are not helpful to NATO, they’re not helpful to international stability, and that’s a very big concern,” Costello said Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day.” He also critiqued Trump over the president clarifying a statement he made during a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which the president openly questioned his own intelligence agencies' finding that Russia meddled in the 2016 election. “We don’t know what was said by our own president in a 2-hour meeting, but we know what that following press conference was, and the fact that nothing was said for 24 hours,” Costello said, referring to Trump’s wait to clarify the statement as criticism mounted. “It’s deeply damaging and we shouldn’t sugarcoat … [Read more...] about Rep. Ryan Costello: Trump’s Comments ‘Not Helpful’