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Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Used the Same Delaware Company for Payment Deals to Two Women - Federal probe looks closely at money flowing in and out of Essential Consultants - Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, used the same Delaware limited-liability company Trump was right to pardon 'Scooter' Libby - Justice deferred may be justice denied. But for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby - former Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, who was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in 2007 - President Trump's pardon on Friday, however belated, was welcome.

Justice Watchdog Says McCabe Misled Investigators

Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein tells confidantes he is prepared to be fired - WASHINGTON - Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has struck a stoic and righteous tone in private conversations he has had this week about the fate of his job as President Donald Trump has launched public criticism Comey says Trump asked if he could disprove salacious prostitute allegations in 'dossier' - Former FBI director James Comey says President Donald Trump asked him to investigate the salacious allegations from the so-called "dossier" to "prove that it didn't happen" and said it would be Publisher printing 850,000 copies of James Comey book - Comey: Briefing Trump felt like out-of-body experience - The publisher of James Comey's book "A Higher Loyalty" is printing 850,000 copies to meet the expected demand from buyers.

Trump expected to pardon Scooter Libby

A White House official said President Donald Trump is expected to pardon Scooter Libby, the chief of staff to former Vice President Dick Cheney. Libby, who served as chief of staff to then-Vice President Dick Cheney, was convicted of perjury in the probe into who leaked the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.

A war built on falsehood

President Bush in October, 2002, signing the authorisation for use of force in Iraq, which the congressional leaders around him approved. Photo: Reuters For months and years, George Bush and Tony Blair built the case with certainty that Iraq is an evil power that possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction .

Trump’s Effort to Purge Disloyal Civil Servants May Already Be Underway

Has the State Department been subjected to an ideological purge under the auspices of President Donald Trump? Inquiring House Democrats want to know. In a letter sent to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan on Thursday, Representatives Elijah Cummings and Eliot Engel, the ranking Democrats on the House Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees, are demanding an explanation after receiving "disturbing new documents" from a whistle-blower indicating that senior political appointees at State worked to push out or demote career diplomats deemed insufficiently loyal to Trump and his agenda, with the assistance of right-wing activists and White House officials.

Why Trump’s remark about Nigerians and ‘huts’ is so appalling

The well-educated and well-spoken African responded: "Yes, it is true, and the U.S. Embassy is the biggest hut next to my hut!" It was funny then, until my friend was asked that same question at her school in Washington. President Trump's reported statement that when Nigerians see America they never want to go back to "their huts" is downright appalling.

Senate to explore president’s unchecked nuclear authority

In this June 25, 2014, file photo, an inert Minuteman 3 missile is seen in a training launch tube at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. Here's a question rarely raised before Donald Trump ran for the White House: If the president ordered a pre-emptive nuclear strike, could anyone stop him? The answer is no. Not the Congress.

Former Presidents Bush Opine on Trump in a New Book Called “The Last Republicans”

Both former Bush presidents, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush have broken their silence on the current president, Donald Trump, in a new book being released later this month called, Trump's howling loyalists have taken even the most benign statements by either Bush as treason against the throne, insisting that the men are holding a grudge, because of how Jeb Bush was treated by Trump during the primaries. Yeah.

United States: Grand jury issues subpoenas in connection with Donald…

A grand jury has issued subpoenas in connection with a June 2016 meeting that included President Donald Trump's son, his son-in-law and a Russian lawyer, two sources said on Thursday, signalling an investigation is gathering pace into suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. The sources added that US Special Counsel Robert Mueller had convened the grand jury investigation in Washington to help examine allegations of Russian interference in the vote.

Lewd, Rude, Crude? The White House Has Heard it All

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, when asked Thursday about the friction playing out in the public eye between White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and new White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, said conflict between White House staff is the result of "healthy competition." Sanders' comment came hours before the New Yorker magazine published a vulgarity-laced interview with Scaramucci.

TV’s nonpartisan July 4th: fireworks, the US Constitution

This image released by HBO shows President Barack Obama, left, with filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi during the filming of "The Words That Built America," airing on the Fourth of July on HBO. This image released by HBO shows President Donald Trump during the filming of "The Words That Built America," airing on the Fourth of July on HBO.

GOP demand for ‘Hamilton’ tix cooled after Pence visit

"Hamilton" is still the hottest ticket in town, but demand for the much-coveted seats have dropped among one sector: Republican pols. Interest from the right side of the aisle started to sag after Vice President Mike Pence's much discussed visit to the red-hot Broadway hit , Public Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis told us at the Public's annual gala at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

Who makes a presidency succeed or fail?

To journalist Chris Whipple, President Donald Trump's approach to running the White House "is the most dysfunctional " in modern history. Whipple has some ideas about the subject, having just written " The Gatekeepers : How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency," his new book with interviews of 17 former chiefs, including Rahm Emanuel, Dick Cheney, Leon Panetta and Donald Rumsfeld.

Michael Hayden, former CIA director: Russiaa s election hacking wasna t an a act of wara

Russia 's involvement in last year's White House race was no "act of war," former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden said Tuesday, discounting claims raised across Washington amid lingering accusations over Moscow's role in the 2016 U.S. presidential race. "I would never use that term," the retired four-star Air Force general told The Hill in an interview Tuesday, separating himself from a growing list of Democrats and Republicans who claim Russia committed an "act of war" by interfering in last year's presidential election.

Trump’s Attorney General Wins Respite by Sitting Out Campaign Probes

Attorney General Jeff Sessions' sudden decision to recuse himself from election-related Russia probes eased some of the political pressure that was building around his two meetings with the Russian ambassador. But it came with a cost: the nation's top law enforcement officer now will be mostly sidelined on the agency's highest-profile, highest-stakes federal investigation, barely weeks into taking over the job.

Pence: Administration backs Israel abroad, business at home

Vice President Mike Pence is assuring the Republican Jewish Coalition that he and President Donald Trump will work tirelessly on foreign and domestic issues important to the group, such as enacting business-friendly policies at home and supporting Israel abroad. "If the world knows nothing else, the world will know this: America stands with Israel," Pence told the group Friday night.

The Latest: Pence to address influential GOP Jewish group

Vice President Mike Pence's speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition will be the visual evidence of the fruits of years of labor by the politically active group. The annual conference at billionaire donor Sheldon Adelson's casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip has become a de facto campaign stop for Republican presidential candidates over the past few years.