John Siciliano

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"Leadership has not been clever enough, or strong enough, or perhaps visionary enough," Brown said. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

California Gov. Jerry Brown: Democrats not ‘clever enough’

John Siciliano · August 6, 2017 2:23 pm

"At the rallies, with the chants 'lock her up,' we shouldn't be the party for jailing your political opponents," Flake said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeff Flake warns ‘populism is a sugar high’

John Siciliano · August 6, 2017 2:18 pm

"Referring to our colleagues across the aisle as losers or clowns is not the direction to go," Flake said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jeff Flake: Trump calling lawmakers ‘clowns and losers’ isn’t presidential

John Siciliano · August 6, 2017 1:36 pm

President Trump praised the United Nations after the Security Council voted 15-0 to slap more sanctions on North Korea for its ballistic missile testing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

National Security

Trump: UN sanctions will have ‘big financial impact’ on North Korea

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 11:17 pm

"By stalling and scaling back this event -- in addition to removing 'just' and 'democratic' from the State Department's mission -- Secretary Tillerson is sending a dangerous signal to the world about the priorities of the United States," said Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Top Democrat Steny Hoyer blasts Rex Tillerson for stalling global democracy event

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 10:48 pm

"This was a gut punch to North Korea today," said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley after a Security Council vote on a new sanctions resolution that would increase economic pressure on North Korea to return to negotiations on its missile program. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

National Security

Nikki Haley: Today’s UN sanctions vote was a ‘gut punch’ to North Korea

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 10:10 pm

"If the law is ambiguous we can often clarify it through litigation," said California Gov. Jerry Brown. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California Gov. Jerry Brown open to suing Trump over ‘sanctuary cities’

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 8:29 pm

Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., marked the second anniversary of the Gold King Mine disaster by calling it an "injustice" that the Environmental Protection Agency caused but has yet to rectify. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Energy and Environment

Sen. Tom Udall marks EPA mine disaster by calling it an ‘injustice’

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 8:07 pm

At a recent public meeting, a number of birders pressed their concerns that the $30 million Tiger Woods golf center tied to the development of the Obama Center would ward off millions of migratory birds that stop in the borough of Jackson Park, the Chicago Tribune reported. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Energy and Environment

Obama Center stokes the ire of bird enthusiasts: Report

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 5:55 pm

Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, aspires to be the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee if the GOP maintains its hold on the chamber in the future. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mike Conaway open to becoming House intelligence chief

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 4:28 pm

A principal voice of opposition against President Vladimir Putin says he has a 50-50 chance of being killed at the order of his rival. "Well, like, 50 percent I would be killed, or I would not be killed," said Alexei Navalny said in a recent interview with CBS News, which will be aired in full on Monday. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has 50-50 chance of being killed by Putin

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 3:19 pm

Former Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak denied Saturday that he discussed state secrets, or the issue of U.S. sanctions on Russia, with Trump's now-ousted national security adviser Mike Flynn. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Former Russian envoy Sergei Kislyak: Talks with Mike Flynn were entirely appropriate

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 3:00 pm