Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges on Wednesday at his arraignment. Democrats accuse the Justice Department of political persecution, while Republicans say further charges could be coming following a report alleging the FBI spied on conservative lawmakers.
President Donald Trump announced that he may travel to the Middle East this weekend as his negotiators work to seal a Gaza hostages-for-ceasefire deal, saying the agreement is “very close.” Negotiators have been meeting in Egypt, with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner also joining the talks.
Trump held a roundtable Wednesday afternoon at the White House focused on Antifa. He accused the group, recently designated a terrorist organization, of “carrying out a campaign of violence against ICE agents and other officials charged with enforcing federal law,” and said federal law enforcement will be “looking very strongly at the people funding these operations.”…