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Former U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., is calling for the release of a document he says could be a “game-changer” in the scandal over Democratic claims that the 2016 Trump campaign colluded with Russia. Top Barack Obama administration officials peddled the claims, including FBI Director James Comey, who leaked memos to the media to prompt a special counsel investigation. Robert Mueller’s probe, however, concluded there was no collusion and declined to refer obstruction of justice charges. On Sunday, Gowdy said in an interview with “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo that a transcript of a conversation between an FBI informant...

The SAS were said to have regularly tested US security by probing the perimeters of RAF Woodbridge in the English county, which allegedly stored Nuclear warheads and was believed to be a key target for Soviet agents. But when an SAS troop parachuted into the complex one night in August 1980 they were unaware the guards had upgraded their radar system. Their black parachutes were immediately detected and the British were hauled off for questioning. They claimed they were beaten up by their captors who refused to believe who they were and repeatedly referred to as ‘unidentified aliens’, before being...

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Not only is the pending Republican—controlled Congress scaring the daylights out of ardent Democrats and liberals throughout the nation, but are causing one famous actress acute anxiety. Controversial producer, actress, and HBO "Girls" producer Lena Dunham, who ignited a storm of controversy recently over revelations that the reported rape she recounted in her bestselling "memoir" (despite that Dunham is only 28 years old) "Not That Type of Girl" at the hands of a Republican while in college have been all but proved false, said Tuesday that she "already feels" the pending GOP Congress in January "invading her...

Attorney General Eric Holder dodged and weaved in response to tough questioning by Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee yesterday mainly on the issue of whether dangerous terrorist detainees would be brought to the United States from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.   Several of the members asked Holder -- again and again, in a variety of ways -- precisely how bringing trained terrorists into the United States would make America safer. All Holder would say is that he believes we are safer if Gitmo is closed than if it remains open.   After the all-day session, it’s...

Seven prominent conservative writers turned up in The Washington Monthly magazine almost begging Democrats and voters to put a spineless, incompetent Republican Congress out of its misery.

Republicans have been poring over the exit polls, and will continue to do so in the coming months, trying to see where they succeeded, where they failed, and what policy positions and strategies are likely to lead to electoral success in the future. It goes without saying that Democrats are doing the same. I am going to go way out on a limb, and make what will be considered by many to be a wild prediction. I hope to convince you that this isn't as wild a prediction as it may first appear. A caveat: this is not something I...

Three Irish republicans charged with training Colombian rebels have issued a statement insisting they were in the country to observe the peace process.While training Marxist guerillas to fight? Pull the other one. - Ivan In the statement which was read during an evidence hearing in Bogota, the alleged IRA members complained that they could not get a fair trial in Colombia because of the highly political nature of the charges. James Monaghan, Niall Connolly and Martin McCauley are accused of training Farc insurgents in explosives and other techniques for about a month. The three were arrested at Bogota's airport 14...

Foreign investment is seen as one of the best ways to kickstart the development of African economies. Many firms also invest in social initiatives to help the development of the local community. Africa's vision for future growth is to win yearly investments of $64bn, more than five times last year's total. BBC News Online takes a closer look at some of the continent's investment hotspots. Chad's pipe dreams "Laying the first stone, a turning point for the Chadian people," reads the banner at the inauguration of ExxonMobil's oil project. Chad's hopes are so high because its other prospects are so...