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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey has agreed to testify before the Senate intelligence committee after Memorial Day. The committee's chairman, Sen. Richard Burr, and the ranking Democrat, Sen. Mark Warner, announced Friday that Comey will testify in an open setting before the committee. Burr says the committee wants to hear from Comey on his role in the development of the U.S. intelligence agencies' assessment that Russia interfered in last year's election.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will issue a call for unity in the fight against radicalism in the Muslim world, casting the challenge as a "battle between good and evil." According to a draft of the speech obtained by The Associated Press, Trump will abandon some of the harsh anti-Muslim rhetoric of his campaign when he addresses the leaders of Arab and Muslim nations in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The speech envisions new partnerships with America's traditional allies in the Middle East.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former congressman Anthony Weiner has left a New York City courtroom after pleading guilty to exchanging sexually explicit texts with a 15-year-old girl. The Democrat cried in court earlier Friday as he apologized for his behavior and said he had destroyed his "life's dream in public service." He pleaded guilty to a single count of transmitting sexual material to a minor.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton says he's not in Iowa laying the groundwork to run for president, but is touching on familiar themes of those who have. He spoke to about 100 Iowa Republicans at a fundraiser Friday night in Council Bluffs, laying out a broader vision. He noted President Donald Trump's victory but grouped it generally with GOP wins in November that he attributed to general dissatisfaction with Congress and the federal government.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has declared that the Confederacy was "on the wrong side of humanity" as he delivered a speech on the city's decision to remove four Confederate monuments from public view. Friday afternoon's speech came as workers continued their efforts to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the towering pedestal it has occupied on a New Orleans traffic circle since 1884.
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