Giuliani Says Trump Has the Ability to End Mueller’s Probe And…

President Donald Trump has "broad powers" that include the ability to terminate the Russia probe and pardon himself, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press. "Constitutionally it sure looks that way," Giuliani said when NBC News' Chuck Todd asked him whether Trump could end Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible collusion with Russia by Trump associates during the 2016 election But Giuliani added that Trump would likely not exercise those powers, specifically pardoning himself if he did face any charges connected to Mueller's investigation, due to the "unthinkable" political ramifications.

Trump believes he is above any and all laws

Five months ago, the lawyers for Donald Trump crafted an incredible 20-page letter to special prosecutor Robert Mueller claiming their client, as president, has "absolute authority" on any and all investigations, including the one against him. The letter surfaced Saturday in The New York Times and attempts to make a case that Trump is above the law in any and all matters that concern him and anyone else he deems invulnerable.

Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District issues

Twenty-one candidates are vying to replace U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen, who represents Nevada's 3rd Congressional District and is leaving the House to run for the Senate. Twenty-one candidates are vying to replace U.S. Rep. Jacky Rosen, who represents Nevada's 3rd Congressional District and is leaving the House to run for the Senate.

Giuliani says legal battle would ensue if Mueller subpoenas President Trump: ABC

An attorney of U.S. President Donald Trump said that if the special counsel investigating Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election were to subpoena the president, it would set off a legal battle, according to an ABC News report on Saturday. President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani arrives with his guest Jennifer Leblanc at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 30, 2018.

Giuliani threatens legal battle with Mueller over subpoena

The president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani threatened a legal battle with special counsel Robert Mueller if he attempts to subpoena Donald Trump. His latest comments come on the heels of the publication of a 20-page confidential letter sent by Trump's lawyers to Mueller arguing that the president cannot legally obstruct justice in the Russia investigation due to his position as "chief law enforcement officer."

California’s open primaries are a cautionary tale about political reform

At a time of broken politics and polarization, the impulse to seek out reforms to the political process is understandable. California, which will hold important primary elections Tuesday, offers a cautionary tale about how good intentions alone are not enough.

Bob Corker: GOP senators working on plan to ‘push back’ on Trump policy

Sen. Bob Corker said Saturday that he is working with other Senate Republicans on an effort to "push back" on President Donald Trump's use of authority "in ways never intended and that are damaging to our country and our allies." Earlier Saturday, the Tennessee Republican tweeted out a pair of articles focusing on the administration's recent announcement that it is imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the European Union, and some of its other economic interventions that go against traditional free-market Republican orthodoxy.

Trump Allies Attack Rep. Gowdy Over FBI Comments

South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy is being hammered by President Donald Trump's allies after he said it was appropriate for the FBI to use an informant to investigate Russian activities during the 2016 presidential election and that the agency did not plant a spy in the Trump camp for political purposes despite the president's claims, Politico reports. Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal attorney, on Thursday said Gowdy was "drinking the Kool-Aid," in buying the FBI's story.

NYT: Trump lawyers argue President can’t obstruct Russia probe

President Donald Trump's lawyers argued in a confidential January letter to special counsel Robert Mueller that the President cannot illegally obstruct the Russia probe because the Constitution empowers him to "terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon," The New York Times reported Saturday. The letter, which CNN reported on last week and the Times has obtained, also says that Trump could not possibly have committed obstruction because he has unfettered authority over all federal investigations.

Trump lawyers assert executive privilege to avoid Mueller questioning

President Donald Trump's lawyers have for months quietly waged a campaign to keep the special counsel from trying to force him to answer questions in the investigation into whether he obstructed justice, asserting that he cannot be compelled to testify and arguing in a confidential letter that he could not possibly have committed obstruction because he has unfettered authority over all federal investigations.

Trump’s tariffs: What they are and how they would work

U.S. companies that export products, such as agricultural producers in the Midwest, say their businesses will suffer if the U.S. moves forward with imposing tariffs, only to see other countries retaliate with similar measures. WASHINGTON - As a tool of national trade policy, tariffs had long been fading into history, a relic of 19th and early 20th centuries that most experts regarded as mutually harmful to all nations involved.

Trump factor looms large in races for state attorney general

In this May 23, 2018, photo, one of two Democrats seeking the party's nomination to run for attorney general in Colorado, Phil Weiser speaks during a campaign stop at a senior living community in Highlands Ranch, Colo. First-time candidate Weiser, a law school dean, explains in a TV commercial that he's running for attorney general because of President Donald Trump.

In NYC, a Republican ex-con fights to return to Congress

The former Republican congressman from New York City's Staten Island is fighting his party, his president and the stigma of a felony conviction in a no-holds-barred primary June 26. Just two years out of prison, the amateur boxer with a fiery temper wants his old job back. And he has a legitimate chance to seize the nomination from the incumbent, Dan Donovan.

Sanders: ‘Authoritarian’ Trump Wants to ‘Undermine American Democracy’

Sen. Bernie Sanders said President Donald Trump wants to "undermine American democracy," exhibits "strong authoritarian tendencies" and "kind of likes" authoritarian leaders in other countries, The Hill reported Saturday. "We have a president who has strong authoritarian tendencies; who wants to, every day, undermine American democracy," Sanders said Friday on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."