The Plot Thickens: Grassley-Graham Letter Sheds New Light on Steele Dossier, Nunes Memo

Feb. 8, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where the revelations keep coming. John Malcolm analyzes the new facts that came out about the FBI and the Steele dossier in a new letter from two senators. How bad is the new budget deal? Justin Bogie weighs in and Rachel del Guidice reports on the uproar from conservatives. Plus: Ken McIntyre on a magistrate discriminated against because of her faith, Chrissy Clark on the inspiring new Gerber baby, and Jarrett Stepman on how President Trump isn't the first president to want a military parade.
Commentary The Plot Thickens: Grassley-Graham Letter Sheds New Light on Steele Dossier, Nunes Memo The memo suggests that some of the information fed to Christopher Steele and included in his dossier did not come from highly placed Russian sources, but from people associated with the Clintons. Read More
Commentary 5 Things to Know About Congress's Latest Budget-Busting Deal Over the next two years, the deal would raise the Budget Control Act caps by $296 billion with only a third of that being paid for. Read More
News Obama's Interest in FBI Case Cited in Text Messages 2 Months Before Election In a Sept. 2, 2016, text message to Peter Strzok, deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterintelligence division, FBI lawyer Lisa Page suggests that, as president, Obama was tracking the progress of one or more cases. Read More
News Conservatives Criticize $300 Billion Spending Deal Proposed by Leadership "This budget deal is a betrayal of everything limited government conservatism stands for and I will be voting no," says Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, not pictured. Read More
News North Carolina Settles With Magistrate It Forced Out for Not Doing Gay Marriages The state of North Carolina has restored lost salary and retirement benefits to a former magistrate whom officials forced out because she wouldn't abandon her religious beliefs to perform civil marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples. Read More
Commentary The Constitutional Amendment That Would Rein in Spending Tax revenue is not our problem. The federal government has collected nearly 20 percent of the nation's gross domestic product almost every year since 1960. Read More
News Gerber 'Spokesbaby' for 2018 Is the First Ever With Down Syndrome "Every year, we choose the baby who best exemplifies Gerber's long-standing heritage of recognizing that every baby is a Gerber baby," says Gerber CEO Bill Partyka. Read More
Commentary America's Long History of Military Parades President Trump is reportedly working with the Pentagon to host a military parade in the District of Columbia. Trump was impressed by France's Bastille Day parade, which he witnessed in July. Read More
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