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Senate Intelligence Panel Approves Gina Haspel as CIA Director

The Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday voted 10-5 to advance the nomination of Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump’s pick for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, to the Senate floor in a bipartisan vote celebrated by both leaders of the committee.

CIA nominee Gina Haspel testifies during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence

Taiwan Thanks White House for Standing Up to China

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Taiwan on Sunday thanked the White House for standing up to China, after Beijing recently threatened U.S. airlines to change the way they listed Taiwan on their websites.

Trump prepares China trade sanctions, Beijing vows retaliation

Jeff Sessions Decides Not to Recuse Himself Over Michael Cohen Probe

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is not backing down this time.

On Tuesday, he decided against recusing himself from an investigation into President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, and will reportedly only consider stepping back from specific questions related to the probe.

The Associated Press

James Comey Under Fire for Leaking Classified Memos

Former FBI Director James Comey has questions to answer, after a report on Friday revealed he leaked at least two memos documenting his conversations with President Trump that contained classified information.

Comey Happy

Lawmakers Recommend Clinton, Comey, Lynch, McCabe for Criminal Referrals

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday sent a slew of criminal referrals to Attorney General Jeff Sessions for a number of Obama administration officials and senior FBI employees for violations of the law in connection to the Clinton email and Trump-Russia investigations.

Hillary Clinton and James Comey. (Reuters and AFP/Getty Images)