Hicks is one of President Trump's longest-serving aides, having worked with him from the beginning of his campaign. The announcement comes a day after Hicks spent hours testifying before the House Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and any possible coordination between Moscow and the Trump campaign.
President Trump, who has long criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions over his decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe, questioned why Sessions was relying on the Justice Department's Inspector General to review the surveillance allegations.
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The Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust is designed to help defray the costs faced by aides to President Trump drawn into the various Russia investigations. There are still unanswered questions about how the trust will disclose contributors.
The announcement came weeks after USOC board members defended Scott Blackmun and resisted calls from senators for his resignation over the case of Larry Nassar, the USA Gymnastics doctor who was convicted of sex crimes.
As the Interior Department hosts public "listening sessions" to explain its proposal, which would open 95 percent of the nation's outer continental shelf to potential drilling, a growing chorus of bipartisan opposition is finding its voice.
President Trump launched into a freewheeling, televised strategy session with lawmakers over the issue of guns by declaring that he will unilaterally bar so-called "bump stocks" and asking Congress to send him one "terrific" bill aimed at reducing gun violence.
The major retailer also said it will ban high-capacity magazines and will not sell any guns to people younger than 21. The move carried both symbolic and retail heft as companies have been pressured to drop special discounts and other ties to the gun industry and the National Rifle Association.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High students returned to a place both familiar and surreal, with armed guards, TV trucks and piles of flowers and homemade memorials outside.
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Graham, heralded as "America's pastor" who connected with millions worldwide, is the first member of the clergy and the fourth private citizen to lie in honor in the Rotunda.
Sen. John McCain's wife responded to the swipe the president took at her husband in an address to the Conservative Political Action Conference last week.
Donald Trump was awarded the degree from Lehigh University during a commencement ceremony in 1988 in which he warned students about foreign competition and AIDS. Thirty years later, the faculty has an overwhelming message for its leaders: Take back Trump's degree.
More than 100 free agents remain unsigned as teams are changing the way they value players, shifting the balance of power toward owners and away from the players union.
Federal records show that the Department of Housing and Urban Development spent $31,561 on a conference table set for a room where the secretary has lunch with guests.
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