As Comey Testimony Looms, Trump Shifts Focus to Jobs

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Comey tests GOP loyalty to Trump

Former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to Congress will be a deep test of Republican loyalty to President Trump.

Comey’s appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday may be the most dramatic hearing on Capitol Hill in decades.

It’s must-watch TV, and CBS and Fox announced Monday that they would carry the hearing live.

Republicans are unlikely to reflexively defend Trump, say Senate aides.

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Legislative agenda failing, Trump revives infrastructure plans

As Obamacare repeal and tax reform stall on Capitol Hill, the White House has decided that maybe President Trump can launch a nationwide push to repair roads, bridges, ports and tracks this year after all.

As Comey testimony looms, Trump shifts focus to jobs

President Trump is leaning on infrastructure and jobs to lift his political fortunes, with support for other initiatives slipping amid questions about the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Draft of Obamacare repeal bill is near, amid uncertainty over passage

Details of a draft to repeal and replace Obamacare remained murky on Monday, even as senators expressed a lack of consensus over whether Republicans would be able to pass a bill at all this year.

Congress may go after software vulnerabilities, DHS’s cyber role this summer

Bills on reorganizing the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity functions and on software vulnerability disclosure appear to be the most likely cyber-policy candidates for action as Congress returns this week to begin the summer legislating season.

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Trump nominates author of Bush-era ‘torture memos,’ attorney in Trump University case to federal jobs

President Trump announced the nominations of several executive branch positions Monday night, including Steve Bradbury and Carlos Muniz.

Former military chiefs: Cleaner energy a matter of national security

President Trump’s pro-fossil fuel policies should be a “bridge” to cleaner, more advanced energy technologies to meet future energy demand at home and abroad, former military leaders recommended in a new report issued Tuesday.

Trump’s backing boosts air traffic control privatization in Congress

President Trump’s proposal to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system has dramatically improved its chances in Congress and has even won over House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who declined to move a similar bill in the last Congress.

Todd Young: Nikki Haley is about to hold the UN Human Rights Council accountable

Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, will address the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva this week. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., writes that she is correctto hold the council accountable.

Emery: Hillary Clinton sounding no saner than Trump nowadays

It didn’t matter who won. We were doomed to elect a deranged zillionaire from the beginning.

Steamroller Ryan: Speaker boosts 160 members with record haul, ceaseless travel

House Speaker Paul Ryan has become a one-man defensive line for the embattled House GOP, tirelessly hitting the campaign trail to raise millions and pitch the Team Ryan agenda.

Chaffetz: ‘I want people in handcuffs’ for leaking classified info

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz blasted several government agencies Monday for not having necessary safeguards in place to prevent leaks.