Eddie Scarry

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Some Republicans claim Clinton played some role in the sale, and have noted that the Canadian company, Uranium One, once gave money to the Clinton Foundation. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Media nervous about Clinton special counsel

Eddie Scarry · November 16, 2017 5:01 am

Matt Drudge takes aim at Steve Bannon, former strategist for President Trump, for backing Roy Moore. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File)

Matt Drudge swipes at Steve Bannon over Roy Moore scandal: ‘Lesson on leaving politics to the professionals’

Eddie Scarry · November 15, 2017 4:46 pm

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks at a rally for U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Fairhope, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Wall Street Journal: Steve Bannon ‘obvious loser’ in Roy Moore scandal

Eddie Scarry · November 15, 2017 3:11 pm

"Bill Clinton is not the president. Hillary Clinton is not the president. Trump is," Ruth Marcus wrote. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Washington Post editor: ‘Give it a rest’ on Bill Clinton sex abuse allegations

Eddie Scarry · November 14, 2017 9:29 pm

"We have recently learned that Matt Zimmerman engaged in inappropriate conduct with more than one woman at NBCU, which violated company policy," the NBC statement said, referring to NBCUniversal. "As a result he has been dismissed." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NBC News fires senior staffer after allegations of ‘inappropriate conduct’ with women

Eddie Scarry · November 14, 2017 6:24 pm

Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist to President Trump, said the Corey Lewandowski-Michelle Fields incident "shows you the snowflake nature of the media." He said it was "all about getting Corey out as campaign manager because they wanted to destroy Trump." (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Steve Bannon: Media ‘used’ Michelle Fields because they ‘wanted to destroy Trump’

Eddie Scarry · November 14, 2017 4:31 pm

Citing anonymous sources, the New York Times reported Monday night that Pirro, who has pushed for such a special counsel on her weekend show, met with Trump in the Oval Office on Nov. 1. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Jeanine Pirro, Fox News host, met with Trump about special counsel to investigate Hillary Clinton

Eddie Scarry · November 14, 2017 3:43 pm

Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist to President Trump, said he did not see the alt-right as a group motivated by racism. Instead, he thought that welcoming the group into the fold was more about harnessing the energy it brought to the culture wars. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Steve Bannon: Racists in alt-right will be ‘burned out over time’

Eddie Scarry · November 14, 2017 3:08 pm

Mueller's investigation, looking into Russia's election meddling and whether the Kremlin colluded with President Trump's campaign, ensnared the Podesta Group in its indictments against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, regarding tax issues and non-disclosures in representing foreign interests. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Podesta lobbying firm on verge of closing after entanglement in Mueller probe: Report

Eddie Scarry · November 11, 2017 9:30 pm

Former New York Mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg, left, speaks with Fiji prime minister and COP president Frank Bainimarama in the U.S. Climate Action Center at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Energy and Environment

Michael Bloomberg, Democrats pledge to fulfill Paris climate deal without Trump at Germany conference

Eddie Scarry · November 11, 2017 9:16 pm

"The Director stands by and has always stood by the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment entitled: Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections," the CIA, which is now run under the leadership of Mike Pompeo, said in a statement Saturday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

National Security

CIA stands behind conclusion that Russia meddled in 2016 election after Trump disputes it

Eddie Scarry · November 11, 2017 8:56 pm

On Twitter Saturday, David Axelrod said Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer's TV ads urging Congress to impeach President Trump appear to be done for selfish reasons. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)

David Axelrod: Tom Steyer impeachment ad ‘unhelpful’

Eddie Scarry · November 11, 2017 8:27 pm