The Latest: Trump complains on Twitter about ‘illegal leaks’

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., center, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, leaves after a closed-door meeting of that panel on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2017. The Senate intelligence committee has scheduled perhaps the most high-profile testimony involving the Russian meddling probes since former FBI Director James Comey appeared in June.

The most popular governor in the country is a Republican from Massachusetts. Yes, really.

... are going well in Massachusetts so it shouldn't come as a shock that the governor's approval ratings are high. US News and World Report named Massachusetts the number one state to live in the country. The unemployment rate is low. The public schools ...

Senate intel committee subpoenas the research firm tied to the bombshell Trump-Russia dossier

The Senate Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed the research firm responsible for the bombshell Russia dossier that contains unverified memos related to President Donald Trump's activities in Russia. An attorney for Fusion GPS cofounder Glenn Simpson rejected a request to voluntarily appear before a Senate Judiciary hearing next week, citing Simpson's vacation plans.

Anthony Scaramucci is the communications director for the…

Anthony Scaramucci's first appearance behind the White House podium could hardly have gone more differently than Sean Spicer's. Where Spicer struggled to defend the indefensible - President Donald Trump's inauguration crowd size - Scaramucci came in on a day of chaos at the White House and painted a picture of relative calm .

The Latest: Panel in talks with Manafort, Trump Jr. reps

In this June 21, 2017 file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election and possible connection to the Trump campaign, at the Capitol in Washington. President Donald Trump's legal team is evaluating potential conflicts of interest among members of Mueller's investigative team, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

Anthony Scaramucci, Susan Collins, Rand Paul: Sunday guests

CBS' "Face the Nation," 10:30 a.m. on WKMG-Channel 6: Sen. Susan Collins , R-Maine, of the Senate Intelligence Committee; Rep. Adam Schiff , D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee; Sen. John Barrasso , R-Wyo., chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. The panel will be Dan Balz of The Washington Post, Jamelle Bouie of Slate, Megan McArdle of Bloomberg View and Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report.

Trump’s legal team weighs how to curtail special counsel – reports

U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers are reviewing ways to limit or undermine the special counsel investigation of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including by examining the backgrounds of the investigators, according to newspaper reports. FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel Robert Mueller leaves the U.S. Capitol Building after meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017.

Trump attack puts Sessions in bind

Trump's scathing criticism in an interview with The New York Times immediately sparked new questions about whether the nation's top cop, one of the president's earliest supporters, enjoys his confidence and support. Sessions on Thursday made it clear he has no plans to leave his post, and several Republican lawmakers rushed to his defense.

Rep. Yarmuth: Republicans Know That Individual Insurance Market…

Rep. John Yarmuth told a July 20, 2017 news conference that Democrats will pursue a "government-organized or a government-run alternative" to the Obamacare's failed insurance co-ops "essentially, a public option of sorts," he said. "I don't know many people in the insurance industry who will contend that the individual insurance market is viable without government involvement," Rep. John Yarmuth , the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, told a news conference on Thursday.

Maxine Waters is joking about 2020 – but not about Trump

Yet the buzz surrounding the long-serving California Democrat has reached a fever pitch this year, as she's lobbed bomb after bomb at President Trump. Waters is emerging as the president's harshest congressional critic, enraging Trump's conservative supporters and electrifying the Democrats' liberal base, some of whom are pushing -- only slightly tongue-in-cheek -- for Waters to launch her own White House bid.

Jewish Ohio Senate candidate condemns Anti-Defamation League

Earlier this week The Anti-Defamation League released a guide called: "From Alt Right to Alt Lite: Naming the Hate." WASHINGTON - Josh Mandel, the Ohio treasurer who is running for the Republican nomination for US senator, expressed solidarity with figures listed by the Anti-Defamation League as having a "hateful impact" on the political scene.

Embassy officials visit US student held in China over taxi row

Mother of Guthrie McLean, 25, who has yet to be allowed to visit her son, says he is 'enduring' in captivity US embassy officials on Thursday visited the American university student detained in China over an altercation with a taxi driver, as family and friends continue to lobby for his release. Guthrie McLean, a 25-year-old student at the University of Montana, is being held at a detention centre in Zhengzhou, Henan province.

‘Very disturbing if Trump considering Russia pardons’

The highest-ranking Democrat on the US Senate intelligence committee said it was "extremely disturbing" if President Donald Trump was contemplating a pardon for aides that could be implicated in a probe on Russian meddling in last year's presidential election. WASHINGTON: The highest-ranking Democrat on the US Senate intelligence committee said it was "extremely disturbing" if President Donald Trump was contemplating a pardon for aides that could be implicated in a probe on Russian meddling in last year's presidential election.

Even with Trump warning, Mueller likely to probe finances

President Donald Trump's growing anxiety about the federal Russia probe has spilled into public view with his warning that special counsel Robert Mueller would be out of bounds if he dug into the Trump family's finances. But that's a line that Mueller seems sure to cross.