Commission would also combat fake news and regulate political ads

Three weeks ago, the Cabinet discussed and approved plans from Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy to radically change how elections in this country are run.

President Donald Trump has lashed out at the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, a day after Democrats and Republicans said the president was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia investigation.

The four-page document includes revelations that might complicate the effort to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing probe.