Senate Republicans push for answers on Trump team's Russia ties

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Senate Republicans push for answers on Trump team's Russia ties

By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior Republicans issued their boldest challenge yet to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, promising to get to the bottom of the relationship between his aides and Russia, and calling for ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn to testify before Congress. Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and other senators in Trump's party pushed for more information as the White House becomes engulfed by questions about contacts between Trump's team and Russia.

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Highlights: The Trump presidency on Feb. 15 at 12:12 P.M. EST

(Reuters) - Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday: RUSSIA Trump assails U.S. intelligence agencies and dismisses reports of contacts between members of his presidential campaign and Russian intelligence officials. The Kremlin says U.S. media reports about Russian intelligence connections to Trump's presidential campaign are groundless. Congress should start a bipartisan investigation if there were inappropriate contacts between Trump's campaign and Russia, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says.

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Dollar flat after hitting one-month peak on upbeat U.S. data

By Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar was flat on Wednesday as investors took profits after it reached a one-month high early in the session versus a group of currencies as U.S. data showed robust growth in retail sales and consumer prices in January. The greenback was on track for its 11th straight day of gains, then retreated as U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, in her second day of economic testimony before Congress, offered no additional insight on the timing of the central bank's next rate hike. ...

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Congress blocks rule barring mentally impaired from guns

The Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday to block an Obama-era regulation that would prevent an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from being able to purchase a firearm. The measure now goes ...

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Key U.S. House Democrat to push for expanded Russia probe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Democrat said on Wednesday he would push the panel's Republican chairman to expand a probe of Russian hacking to include the calls to a Russian diplomat made by President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser. Representative Adam Schiff said he would make his case to Republican Devin Nunes, the committee's chairman, when he met with him later on Wednesday. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle)

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