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Stephen K. Bannon, the pugnacious former White House chief strategist and former executive chairman of Breitbart News, blasted establishment Republicans in Congress for going along with Democrats’ efforts to “nullify” the election, according to a report.

Troops will not receive a paycheck this Friday if Congress fails to pass a budget or another short-term spending measure by then, according to the Pentagon.

Senate intelligence committee Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden (OR) wants the committee’s probe of Russian meddling to move into President Trump’s finances, despite opposition from Republican — and even Democratic — colleagues.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis plans to take his first official visit to China in the spring, to seek further cooperation on North Korea, according to the South China Morning Post.

U.S. counterintelligence officials cautioned Jared Kushner that Chinese-American businesswoman Wendi Deng Murdoch could be using her friendship with him and wife Ivanka Trump to further Chinese government interests.

A professor close to the Kremlin said during a discussion in Washington on Thursday that Russians were laughing at Americans’ hysteria over Russia, echoing President Donald Trump’s tweet this week.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis recently spoke out in favor of the Iran protests, stating that the United States does not have any issues with the Iranian people, only with the regime.

President Trump in an interview on Thursday called the senior Federal Bureau of Investigation official who texted his lover about an insurance policy in the case of Trump’s election “treasonous.”

The U.S. military’s senior noncommissioned officer issued a blunt warning to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS): Surrender or die.

Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy who Fusion GPS hired to work on the Trump dossier, went to the FBI after a source told him the story that led to the document’s infamous designation as the “pee dossier.”

BuzzFeed’s editor-in-chief Ben Smith wrote an op-ed in the New York Times on Wednesday that declared he was “proud” of publishing the dossier exactly one year ago.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller in November added veteran cyber prosecutor Ryan K. Dickey to his team investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, according to a spokesman for the team.

Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) may have tried to discredit Republican scrutiny of Fusion GPS and its dossier’s role in the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign, but could have ended up justifying it instead.

Publication of the Trump dossier has led to someone’s death, a lawyer for Fusion GPS, the firm that produced the dossier, said during testimony released by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Tuesday.

The #MeToo campaign reached a fever pitch in America this winter, taking down a slew of high-profile Hollywood, Washington, and news media figures. But those who served in the military say there has been no similar reckoning for them.

House and Senate committees are investigating whether FBI agents who led the Russia investigation improperly leaked to news media, according to a report.

The salacious new book Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff has excited President Trump’s critics, who argue that its contents show that a June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between the Trump campaign and Russians was collusion.

President Trump is likely to be interviewed in some capacity by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to reports.

The Justice Department has agreed to make documents and eight senior officials available to the House Intelligence Committee for interviews this month, according to the committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA).

The establishment wing in the White House pushed for a “middle option” plan in Afghanistan that would send as many as 7,000 U.S. troops to the war zone, according to Fire and Fury, a controversial new book by Michael Wolff.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have recommended a criminal investigation of Christopher Steele, author of the Trump dossier commissioned by Fusion GPS.

Millions in South Korea could die if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, including hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops and Americans civilians who live there, according to a recent study.

At a remote military base in Jordan earlier this month, U.S. Marines were abuzz with excitement — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was in town.

In a letter on Thursday to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, House intelligence committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) blasted the Justice Department for not fully producing documents related to the Trump dossier, subpoenaed by the committee four months ago.

Trump’s legal team is prepared, should former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn accuse the president or senior aides of any wrongdoing.

Devin Nunes (R-CA) has subpoenaed David Kramer, a former State Department official who was briefed on the Trump dossier and gave it to John McCain.

Allegations that FBI and Justice Department officials worked against President Trump’s election are no longer flickering at the “fringes of political debate,” according to the Washington Post.

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales announced on Sunday that he will move his country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, following President Donald Trump’s lead.

Southern Poverty Law Center is tracking the hashtag #Christmas, #MerryChristmas, and #ChristmasEve, as part of “trends in a community of far-right Twitter users.”

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump spent their afternoon Sunday taking calls from children wanting to know Santa’s whereabouts, as they eagerly awaited his arrival on Christmas Day.

Patron Dwayne Clarke, 59, decided to leave a $3,000 tip on his $39.60 bill, along with an inspiring message, according to a WLTX report.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that “several countries” are considering moving their embassies to Jerusalem after President Trump’s decision to recognize the city as the capital of Israel.

Did the Obama administration launch an investigation into the Trump campaign based solely off of unverified political opposition research?

U.S. troops serving in the Middle East will be enjoying a traditional holiday meal this Sunday, thanks to men and women of the Pentagon’s Defense Logistic Agency Troop Support.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) has launched a parallel investigation into corruption by Obama Justice Department and FBI officials during the election against the Trump campaign, according to reports.