The ‘dossier’ and the uranium deal: A guide to the latest allegations

Fusion GPS is an opposition research firm run by ex-journalists, but how is it connected to the Trump dossier, Donald Trump Jr.'s Trump Tower meeting and the 2016 election? The Fact Checker's Glenn Kessler explains. As a service to readers bound to be confused by an increasingly tangled story, here's a brief guide to the latest developments in the tangled allegations involving Russia, President Trump and Hillary Clinton Background: The "dossier" is a collection of 17 memos concerning President Trump and Russia written by Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, between June 20 and Dec. 13, 2016.

President Trump’s approval ratings just hit a new all-time low

U.S. President Donald J. Trump listens during a Department of Veterans Affairs announcement of a new program using video and software technology to provide medical care to veterans at The White House August 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump's approval ratings have fallen to their lowest point since the start of his presidency, a new poll finds.

Time: Trump’s Cabinet Is Dismantling Govt. As We Know It’

The most recent cover of Time Magazine - or I should say what's left of it, given its parent company's recent decision "reducing circulation and frequency" of the formerly iconic publication - calls President Donald Trump's cabinet "The Wrecking Crew" on a mission of "dismantling government as we know it." Separate reports singled out EPA Director Scott Pruitt, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and HUD Secretary Ben Carson for scrutiny.

Most Americans say divisions under Trump as bad as during Vietnam, poll shows

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to declare the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, in Washington. Seven in 10 Americans say the nation's political divisions are at least as big as during the Vietnam War, according to a new poll, which also finds nearly 6 in 10 saying Donald Trump's presidency is making the U.S. political system more dysfunctional.

MSNBC Guest: ‘Virtually All Racists Belong to the Republican Party’

Saturday's AM Joy on MSNBC displayed the latest example of the liberal news network's eagerness to bring the kind of Republicans onto their shows who will trash other Republicans. While appearing as a guest to promote his book, former George H.W. Bush Treasury official Bruce Bartlett actually asserted that "virtually all racists belong to the Republican party today," and made a Nazi reference to Josef Goebbels as he attacked the right-wing media for supposedly misinforming conservatives.

Ill-defined group courted by all sides

In this Oct. 26, 2017, photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, whose panel is charged with writing tax law, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump and Republican leaders are promoting their tax-cutting plan as needed relief for the stressed American middle class and a catalyst for job creation.

For Trump, words are stupid things

In Britain late last week, Conservative Member of Parliament Nicholas Soames, grandson of Winston Churchill, described Donald Trump as a "daft twerp." Soames rightly was objecting to a Trump tweet that tried to link a 13 percent rise in the crime rate in England and Wales to radical Islamic terrorism, a notion that the president may have picked up .

Trump Often Says He Has Proof For His Claims. But He Never Comes Through.

One of the most stunning parts of the White House's debacle over Donald Trump's recent call to a Gold Star family was how it caught both the president and the chief of staff in outright lies. One of the most stunning parts of the White House's debacle over Donald Trump 's recent call to a Gold Star family was how it caught both the president and the chief of staff in outright lies.

The Congresswoman Trump Attacked on Twitter Is Avoiding Washington…

Rep. Frederica S. Wilson has avoided Washington, D.C., in recent days because sheA a a s received A a A"racist and rudeA a A threats following her clash with President Donald Trump and members of his administration. Wilson was the congresswoman riding in a limo alongside Myeshia Johnson when Trump called the widow to issue condolences on the death of her husband, Sgt.

Senate Intelligence Committee Zeroes in on Trump Tower Meeting

The Senate intelligence committee, as part of its ongoing investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal, has completed interviews with several key participants in the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower meeting between a Russian lawyer and members of Trump's inner circle. Yet so far it has not questioned Donald Trump Jr., who organized the gathering, hoping to obtain dirt on Hillary Clinton as part of what he was told was a secret Russian government effort to help Donald Trump win the White House.

Democrats are split on whether to support Trump-bashing senators

While some Democrats praised Flake's denouncement of Trump, the Democratic National Committee issued a statement critical of the senator. Democratic leadership sent conflicting messages following Republican Sen. Jeff Flake's dramatic Tuesday announcement that he will not run for reelection in 2018.

Trump unhappy with JFK files secrecy

It was a showdown 25 years in the making: With the world itching to finally get a look at classified Kennedy assassination files, and the deadline for their release just hours away, intelligence officials were still angling for a way to keep their secrets. President Donald Trump, the one man able to block the release, did not appreciate their persistence.

Watergate and White House interference at DOJ

A few years after President Richard Nixon resigned, Attorney General Griffin Bell gathered Justice Department lawyers in the department's elaborate Great Hall to address their independence in the post-Watergate world. "The partisan activities of some attorneys general combined with the unfortunate legacy of Watergate, have given rise to the understandable public concern that some decisions at Justice may be the products of favor, or pressure, or politics," he said in the September 6, 1978 address.

Is Fox News Hurting Donald Trump?

A thought struck me today as I watched a bit of Fox News both before and after the Mueller indictments hit: the network may actually be hurting Trump by giving him a false sense of confidence. It's common knowledge that Trump watches Fox News religiously, especially Fox and Friends in the morning.

Senator says Trump rolling back protections at Utah sites

President Donald Trump is shrinking two national monuments in Utah, accepting the recommendation of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to reverse protections established by two Democratic presidents to more than 3.6 million acres. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said he was "incredibly grateful" that Trump called him on Friday to say he is approving Zinke's proposal on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.

Trump, Corker both see disapproval ratings rise in new MTSU poll

As President Donald Trump and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., continue their public feud, both have seen an increase in their disapproval rating among Tennessee voters, according to a poll out of Middle Tennessee State University. Corker's disapproval rocketed to 41 percent, a 14-point increase from polling last spring.