President Donald Trump’s White House appears to have figured out the secret of congressional oversight: There’s not much Democrats can do if they say no to everything.

The millions of voters who elected a Democratic House in November are about to find out how hard it is for one party — with just one chamber of Congress and without the cooperation of the other party — to investigate a president who’s determined to run out the clock.

• Yes, House Democrats can subpoena whoever and whatever they want — but those subpoenas are hard to enforce.
• They can hold administration officials in contempt, but in all of the most recent examples where Congress did that, it fizzled.

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Attorney General William Barr on Thursday released a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his sprawling investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The release of the report comes just over three weeks after Barr laid out what he described as Mueller’s core findings in a four-page letter that effectively cleared President Donald Trump of allegations of criminal coordination between his campaign and Moscow, and just over an hour after Barr held a press conference reiterating there was no “collusion.”

The report is redacted to conceal grand jury material, classified information, details about ongoing investigations and information that could implicate the privacy of “peripheral” third parties. Read Full Story at The Hill

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel to Atlanta next week to discuss the opioid crisis at an annual substance abuse summit.

Organizers of the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit announced Tuesday that the Trumps will appear at the event, which is hosted by the National Conference of Addiction Disorders.

The president and first lady will address the conference of medical professionals, government officials, and other stakeholders on Wednesday.

President Trump has declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency to free up additional resources to combat the epidemic, which claimed the lives of nearly 50,000 Americans in 2017.

Melania Trump has focused on the opioid crisis as part of her “Be Best” campaign, which also addresses social media use and general well-being among young people.  Read Full Story at The Hill

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