Controversial Agriculture Nominee Withdraws Amid Russia Scandal
President Donald Trump’s controversial pick for a key Department of Agriculture post withdrew from consideration Thursday, just days after the emergence of explosive details about his involvement in...
View ArticleJeff Sessions Under Fire As New Revelations Cast Further Doubt on His Russia...
Sen. Al Franken on Thursday issued a fiery letter demanding answers from US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, amid reports Sessions emphatically rejected a proposal in March 2016 from former Trump...
View Article3 Times Jeff Sessions Made False Statements to Congress Under Oath
When special counsel Robert Mueller announced two indictments and a guilty plea last week in his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the biggest loser outside of those...
View ArticleCarter Page’s Mysterious Trip to Budapest Highlights Hungary’s Effort to Win...
What was Carter Page up to in Budapest? Among the notable nuggets in the 243-page transcript of his recent interview with the House Intelligence Committee is discussion of Page’s August 2016 trip to...
View ArticleRussia Threatens Retaliation Against US Media Outlets
Russian lawmakers vowed Friday to adopt legislation targeting American media outlets in response to the US Justice Department forcing RT, the English-language Russia television channel, to register as...
View ArticleJeff Sessions Had a Very Bad Day
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Tuesday that he does not recall details of a March 2016 gathering where a junior campaign advisor pitched a plan to set up a meeting between Donald Trump and...
View ArticleSessions Admits He Has “Not Followed Through” on Pledge to Protect Elections...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that he has “not followed through” on a vow to review how the United States can protect its elections from future Russian interference. In a congressional...
View ArticleFeinstein Presses Insiders on Trump-Russia Dealings
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday demanded an interview and documents from Felix Sater, a developer and former convict who worked for President Trump during the 2016 campaign on a secret...
View ArticleJared Kushner Was Aware of a “Russian Backdoor Overture,” Senators Say
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, was aware of a “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite” but failed to provide that information to the Senate Judiciary...
View ArticleKushner May Have Withheld Even More Key Information From Congress
Jared Kushner may have a new problem regarding his testimony in the Trump-Russia scandal. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, told Capitol Hill investigators that he did...
View ArticleDonald Trump Jr. Wondered If “Weird Twitter” From WikiLeaks Was Real
Donald Trump Jr. seemed flummoxed by a direct message he received from the WikiLeaks Twitter account on September 20, 2016. After the group contacted him, Trump emailed several senior Trump campaign...
View ArticleTrump Wants to Install a Reliable Mouthpiece on Russia at the CIA
The White House is considering replacing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo and giving Pompeo’s job to Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, the...
View ArticleDemocrats Demand Jeff Sessions Explain What He’s Doing to Stop Russian...
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are giving Attorney General Jeff Sessions another chance to explain what the Justice Department is doing to protect against Russian interference in elections....
View ArticleWhy the Flynn Guilty Plea Is Bad News for Pence—and Other Senior Trump Officials
When special counsel Robert Mueller announced a criminal charge against retired Gen. Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, it was far more than an embarrassment for...
View ArticleBob Menendez Wants His Committee Chairmanship Back
Following the mistrial in his bribery case, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) wants his job back as the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He stepped down from this position when he...
View ArticleTrump Knew Flynn Had Lied to FBI, Reports Say
President Donald Trump was informed in late January that Michael Flynn had probably lied to the FBI about his contacts with Russian officials during the presidential transition period, according to...
View ArticlePaul Manafort Just Tried to Secretly Collaborate With a Colleague Linked to...
Following his October 30 indictment on federal charges, Paul Manafort worsened his legal woes by secretly drafting an editorial defending his work on behalf of a former Ukrainian president—cowriting...
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Senate Investigators Confirm They Will Soon Grill Donald Trump Jr. on Russia...
Donald Trump Jr. will face questions from two congressional committees in coming weeks about his multiple meetings with Russian representatives and his efforts to obtain damaging information on Hillary...
View ArticleDonald Trump Jr. Refuses to Disclose His Discussions With His Father About...
During eight hours of questioning by the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, Donald Trump Jr. acknowledged that he and his father had discussed news of his controversial 2016 meeting with a...
View ArticleFBI Chief Defends Bureau Against Trump’s Attacks
FBI Director Christopher Wray defended the bureau on Thursday against President Donald Trump’s recent attacks, saying that its agents are working hard to stop “child predators” and “spies from Russia,”...
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