WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has a way of presenting missions as accomplished even when they’re not.
So it was when he told Iowans he’s put farmers back at their plows, secured a historic increase in military spending and empowered […]
WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller, the somber-faced and demanding FBI director who led the bureau through the Sept. 11 attacks, and James Comey, his more approachable and outwardly affable successor, may be poles apart stylistically but both command a wealth […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested he was just trying to keep fired FBI Director James Comey honest with his cryptic tweet implying there might be recordings of their private conversations.
Trump ended a monthlong guessing game Thursday by tweeting that […]
U.S. President Donald Trump does not have recordings of conversations with former FBI Director James Comey, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Days after firing Comey, Trump tweeted on May 12 that the former head […]
WASHINGTON — Less than one-third of Americans support President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, a new poll shows, and just 18 percent of respondents agree with his claim that pulling out of the international […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump confirmed Friday he was under investigation and appeared to take aim at a senior Justice Department official, in a tweet that seemed to encapsulate his frustration with the ongoing focus on Russia’s involvement in […]
NEW YORK — CNN chief Jeff Zucker says the level of threats faced by his journalists is more serious than people realize and he lays the blame squarely at the feet of President Donald Trump and other politicians he says […]
WASHINGTON — A clear majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump has tried to interfere with the investigation into whether Russia meddled in the 2016 election and possible Trump campaign collusion, a new poll released Thursday shows. Just one […]
WASHINGTON — The special counsel appointed to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 presidential campaign is now examining whether President Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice, it has been reported.
Accusations of obstruction arose last month when Trump fired FBI […]
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions heatedly denied on Tuesday having an undisclosed meeting with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. or conversations with any Russian officials about the U.S. election that sent Donald Trump to the White House. He vowed […]
SEATTLE — Another U.S. appeals court stomped on President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban Monday, saying the administration violated federal immigration law and failed to provide a valid reason for keeping people from six mostly Muslim nations from coming […]
WASHINGTON — The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia plan to sue President Donald Trump.
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine and Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh plan to announce what they call a “major lawsuit” […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump refused Friday to say whether his private conversations with fired FBI Director James Comey were taped – a matter at the heart of conflicting accounts of what passed between them – and asserted that nothing […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump claimed Friday that James Comey cleared him of wrongdoing in his testimony to Congress. That’s not what the fired FBI chief did.
TRUMP tweet: “Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication.”
THE […]
WASHINGTON — Claiming “total and complete vindication,” President Donald Trump broke his Twitter silence Friday morning to weigh in on fired FBI Director James Comey’s closely watched testimony.
Trump, who had refrained from tweeting all day Thursday – even as […]
WASHINGTON — For three hours, former FBI Director James Comey leveled an unrelenting attack on the credibility of the president of the United States.
The White House’s statements were “lies, plain and simple.” Comey took notes on their conversations because […]
WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey asserted Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia’s ties to the Trump campaign, bluntly accusing the White House of spreading “lies, plain and simple.”
Comey […]
WASHINGTON — In a hugely anticipated hearing, fired FBI director James Comey will recount a series of conversations with President Donald Trump that he says made him deeply uneasy and concerned about the blurring of boundaries between the White […]
WASHINGTON – Former FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump asked him to drop an investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn as part of a probe into Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 […]
WASHINGTON — Fired FBI Director James Comey will testify under oath Thursday that President Donald Trump repeatedly pressed him for his “loyalty” and directly pushed him to “lift the cloud” of investigation shadowing his White House by declaring publicly […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration has granted about two dozen ethics waivers to ex-lobbyists and others now working in government – outpacing former President Barack Obama’s administration despite the new president’s promise to “drain the swamp” of Washington.
The […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he’ll nominate a former Justice Department official as FBI director.
Trump’s tweets that his choice – lawyer Christopher Wray – is “a man of impeccable credentials.”
There’s no more information in the two-sentence tweet that […]
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the ongoing investigations into allegations that Russia interfered in the 2016 election (all times local):
2:20 p.m.
The White House says President Donald Trump will not assert executive privilege to try to block testimony by fired […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump kept a campaign promise by announcing Thursday that he is immediately withdrawing the U.S. from a global climate pact. Trump had said as a candidate that the Paris climate accord, signed by nearly 200 […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Thursday he was withdrawing the U.S. from the landmark Paris climate agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat climate change and distancing the country from many allies abroad. He said […]
WASHINGTON — A top White House communications staffer has resigned as President Donald Trump considers a major staff overhaul.
The departure of Michael Dubke, Trump’s communications director, comes as aides say Trump has grown increasingly frustrated by allegations of Russian […]
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats on Sunday demanded to hear directly from top White House adviser Jared Kushner over allegations of proposed secret back-channel communications with Russia, saying the security clearance of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law may need to be […]
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump’s time in office has been a “complete disaster” aside from foreign affairs, fellow Republican and former U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said at an energy conference.
The former Ohio congressman said he has been friends with Trump […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proposal to sell nearly half the U.S. emergency oil stockpile is renewing debate about whether the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is still needed amid an ongoing oil production boom that has seen U.S. imports drop […]
WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director John Brennan told Congress Tuesday he personally warned Russia last summer against interfering in the U.S. presidential election and was so concerned about Russian contacts with people involved in the Trump campaign that he convened […]
President Donald Trump urged two senior intelligence officials in March to publicly deny there was any evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing current and former officials.
Director of National Intelligence Dan […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told Russian diplomats last week his firing of “nut job” James Comey had eased the pressure on him, even as the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation had moved into the White House, according to reports Friday […]
WASHINGTON — The Latest on investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible Trump campaign connections with the Russians (all times local):
4:35 p.m.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says Donald Trump has shown his disrespect for the presidency if, […]
WASHINGTON — During his meeting with Russian officials last week, President Donald Trump said recently fired FBI Director James Comey was a “nut job” whose ouster relieved “great pressure” on him, according to a report Friday in The New […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s attorneys initially wanted him to submit an updated financial disclosure without certifying the information as true, according to correspondence with the Office of Government Ethics.
Attorney Sheri Dillon said she saw no need for Trump to […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has departed for his maiden overseas trip as president amid the controversy surrounding investigations into whether his campaign associates collaborated with Russia to sway the election.
Air Force One departed Friday from Joint Base Andrews, […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is “very close” to naming a new FBI director to replace the one he fired more than a week ago and that former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman was among his […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump persists in suggesting that his 2016 campaign has been exonerated on the question of whether it colluded with Russians, even as a powerful investigation forms to look into that matter and multiple other inquiries […]
WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
4:40 p.m.
President Donald Trump has responded with a direct “no, no” to a question about whether he asked former FBI Director James Comey to shelf an investigation into his former […]
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