House panel votes to release Dems’ Russia memo rebuttal
WASHINGTON — The House intelligence committee voted unanimously Monday to release a Democratic rebuttal to the GOP’s memo on the Russia investigation that President Donald Trump declassified last week.
The document now goes to Mr. Trump, who has five days to decide whether to declassify it. A decision to stop it could lead to an ugly standoff between the president, his top law enforcement and intelligence advisers and Democrats on Capitol Hill.
The 10-page Democratic document aims to counter the Republican memo, which accuses the FBI
BLUE ASH, Ohio — President Donald Trump accused Democrats on Monday of being “un-American” and perhaps even “treasonous” for refusing to cheer positive news during his State of the Union address, as he turned an appearance arranged to promote new tax cuts into a session bashing the political opposition.
Even as Mr. Trump celebrated the tax cuts and the economy, the Dow Jones industrial average took a wild ride. Mr. Trump remained silent about the day’s gyrations during his appearance at an Ohio company that makes cylinders.
During what turned into a wide-ranging speech, Mr. Trump criticized House Democratic leader Nancy
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Pelosi for describing as “crumbs” the bonuses of $1,000 or more that some companies, including the one he spoke at, are giving their workers as a result of the tax cuts.
He also accused Democrats of being “un-American” for not clapping during his address to the nation last week, in contrast to fellow Republicans, who Mr. Trump said were “going totally crazy wild” over everything, he said.
“They were like death. And un-American,” Mr. Trump said about the Democrats. “Somebody said treasonous. Can we call that treason? Why not?”
“They certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much,” he said.
Mr. Trump’s wife, Melania, accompanied the president to Ohio but peeled off to visit Cincinnati’s child r e n ’ s hospital to be briefed on the opioid epidemic.
Tweet gets it wrong
Mr. Trump took a swing at Britain’s beloved National Health Service on Monday, tweeting that Britons were marching in the streets because their universal health care system was financially strapped and dysfunctional.
That’s not why they were protesting. The Britons were marching in support of the NHS and calling for greater government funding.
Shutdown threat looms
House Republican leaders are proposing a long-term boost to military funding in a bill that would give other federal agencies a short-term extension of current spending levels, a move that stands to heighten tension with Democrats and complicate plans to keep the government open pastThursday.
Powell sworn in
Jerome Powell was sworn in Monday as the 16th chairman of the Federal Reserve.
He succeeds Janet Yellen, the first woman to lead the nation’s central bank in its 100-year history.