Eli Yokley

By Eli Yokley Top Stories By a 351-66 vote, the House sent a $717 billion defense policy bill to the Senate that would give the military a 2.6 percent pay hike – the largest in nine years. Among its provisions, the measure would block the use of operational military units or military equipment if President […]

By Eli Yokley Top Stories A group of lawmakers from both parties is set to meet with top intelligence and law enforcement officials for a classified briefing about the Russia probe, as President Donald Trump raises suspicions about the federal investigation into his 2016 campaign. Two meetings have been scheduled: one with House Intelligence Committee […]

By Eli Yokley Top Stories Kentucky voters nominated Amy McGrath, the first Marine woman to fly an F-18 fighter jet, to challenge Republican Rep. Andy Barr, while Texas candidate Lizzie Fletcher, who was backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, defeated progressive activist Laura Moser for the party’s nod to take on Republican Rep. John […]

By Eli Yokley Top Stories Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky hold primary elections today to nominate candidates for the November midterms. In Texas, voters will settle several primary runoffs stemming from the first round of voting in March. (The Associated Press) President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet today with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who […]

By Eli Yokley Top Stories The Justice Department asked its inspector general to assess whether political motivation tainted the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s probe into ties between Russia and President Donald Trump’s campaign. The development came after Trump tweeted a “demand” that the Justice Department “look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled […]

By Eli Yokley Week in Review The Trump administration President Donald Trump said he will nominate Robert Wilkie, the acting secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to lead the agency. Wilkie, who’s also undersecretary for defense and readiness at the Pentagon – has served as acting secretary since Trump fired David Shulkin in March. […]

By Eli Yokley Top Stories The Trump administration is set to announce a new policy that would withhold family planning funds from any facility or program that promotes abortion or refers patients to a caregiver that will provide one, according to three administration officials. The policy, which takes aim at Planned Parenthood, is the latest […]

By Eli Yokley Top Stories The United States and China will hold trade talks today in Washington as part of an ongoing effort to defuse a trade war. Peter Navarro, the White House trade adviser, had initially been excluded from the negotiations with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, according to two administration officials, but he […]