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This video does a great job explaining exactly what happened step by step with the emails that went back and forth...

The Democratic National Committee’s legal team, bolstered by Obama White House lawyers, moved to dismiss a lawsuit from onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, arguing the "gist" of British ex-spy Christopher Steele's controversial dossier was true. In January, Page filed a lawsuit against the DNC, powerhouse law firm Perkins Coie, and its lawyers Marc Elias and Michael Sussmann, alleging they maliciously engaged in a defamatory conspiracy in 2016 that cast false light on his character and interfered with his ability to make a living. “The Defendants are private actors who used false information, misrepresentations, and other misconduct to direct the...

With the postmortems of this year’s biggest congressional events winding down, it’s not too early to start forecasting the top Hill stories of the year ahead. Whatever happens in the career of John A. Boehner is sure to make the list. If he makes good on his own current assertions by securing a third consecutive term as speaker of the House, that will be one of the more notable events at the Capitol in 2014. That’s because it would seal a total turnabout from the shaky hold he had on his power only a few weeks ago and would mean...

On behalf of myself and my family I hope that this Christmas Season continues to be full of peace and joy for you and your loved ones. The greatest honor of my lifetime has been the opportunity to serve my Iowa neighbors in the United States House of Representatives. And, as I travel around the state I take great pride and joy in the many accomplishments that you and I have worked to achieve on behalf of our great state. As I noted earlier this year, my service to Iowa has never been motivated by titles, accolades or a drive...

Iowa Republicans are channeling Ronald Reagan in their response to Karl Rove's Conservative Victory Project, set up to derail "unelectable" candidates like GOP Rep. Steve King before they can win primaries and spoil the party's general election chances. Rove, they say, is not the solution to the problem; Rove is the problem. “We’re concerned about Steve King’s Todd Akin problem," Steven Law, the group's president, told the New York Times earlier this week. Law softened his stance on King in a subsequent interview with National Review, but Iowa Republicans are still crying foul. The problem, according to Iowa GOP Chair...

September 2, 2010 – Ames, IA – Congressman Tom Latham, Honorary Chairman of For America’s Republican Majority, announced on Thursday the winners of the For America’s Republican Majority’s Iowa FARM Team project’s unique online contest – Iowa Republican Idol. The online contest, held at the organization’s website IowaFARMTeam.org, asked Iowans to cast their votes for their favorite Iowa Republican House and Senate State Legislative Candidates. The winners of each the House and Senate Iowa Republican Idol contests will be receive a $5,000 contribution from For America’s Republican Majority for their campaigns. Thousands voted over the past two months and Iowans...

Democrats keep saying how they support the troops, but not the war, right? If that’s true, then how do they explain this? Susan Jaenke traveled to Washington last month to ask lawmakers for help after her daughter was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. Before her death, Navy reservist Jaime Jaenke wrote a letter to her mother, telling her she wanted the military’s $100,000 “death gratuity” to be given to her parents to help raise her daughter, Kayla.

Gone: Lindsay Tanner says "Mark Latham has done a very good job in difficult circumstances". AN exodus of senior faces from Mark Latham's front bench is becoming a stampede with the departure yesterday of Victorian Lindsay Tanner. Mr Tanner became the sixth shadow minister to quit since Labor's election drubbing. Fifty-five years of frontbench experience has now disappeared from Mr Latham's senior team as he strives to hold the dispirited party together. Mr Tanner, regarded as a Labor thinker, blamed the ALP's post-election direction for his retreat to the back bench. "I have absolutely no complaint about how Mark Latham...

Mr Howard is now slightly ahead of Mr Latham The latest opinion poll for Australia's federal election showed Prime Minister John Howard slightly ahead of his main rival, Labor leader Mark Latham. A survey by market research firm ACNielsen gave Mr Howard's conservative coalition 52% of the vote, compared to Labor's 48%. With less than a week to go before the 9 October poll, Mr Latham has turned his attention to Tasmania's forests. On Monday he pledged to reduce logging in the area, while safeguarding jobs.

...Australians go to the polls next week to choose a new parliament and perhaps a new prime minister. John Howard, the current prime minister, is a staunch U.S. ally, one of the first national leaders, along with Britain's Tony Blair and Spain's José María Aznar, to send troops to fight alongside the Americans in Iraq. Mr. Howard's principal opponent, Labor's Mark Latham, has chosen to make Australia's participation in the multinational coalition in Iraq the main issue in his campaign. Following the lead of Spain's José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who defeated Mr. Aznar's party last spring after the terrible terrorist...

U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, (IA-4): “The Kerry/Edwards ticket is out of step with mainstream Iowans. Collectively their legislative records of higher taxes, more government regulation, and blocking attempts at a national energy policy have negatively affected Iowa’s families, farm economy, small businesses and their employees. Iowa needs leaders who will more ably represent their interests and values.” Iowa Senate Majority Leader Stew Iverson: “Senator Edwards shares the unfortunate views of Senator Kerry on the issues that matter most to the people of Iowa, such as his vote against our troops on the front lines in Afghanistan and Iraq. Additionally, Edwards...

Poll: Vilsack, Harkin in lead By Kathie Obradovich . DES MOINES — Incumbents hold the edge going into the homestretch of the campaign, a statewide poll of Iowa voters shows, including a comfortable, 22-point lead for U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin and a 13-point advantage for Gov. Tom Vilsack. . The telephone poll of likely voters shows Republican Rep. Jim Nussle holding a lead over Democrat Ann Hutchinson in the 1st Congressional District race. . Incumbent Congressmen Jim Leach, Tom Latham and Leonard Boswell hold statistically significant leads over their opponents, but high number of undecided voters still could make a...

<p>HORSERACE JOURNAL- ISM: Iowa Republicans are starting to feel better about their prospects next week. They've been out-hustled by the Democrats' absentee-ballot program and have been a little down. It looks like Republicans might lose a number of close races because of that program. But GOP polls are looking up, and Democrats appear to be having some problems with their absentee-ballot effort.</p>