Mueller is taking another shot at interviewing Trump as the…

Robert Mueller, the special counsel in charge of the Russia investigation is back to negotiating with President Donald Trump's lawyers for an interview with the commander-in-chief, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing two unnamed people familiar with the discussions. Talks between the two sides have apparently been at a stalemate, partly due to the public stance Trump's defense attorney Rudy Giuliani has taken on the matter.

White House says Trump’s call to end Russia probe “not an order”

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's tweet earlier this morning urging Attorney General Jeff Sessions to shut down the ongoing Russia probe is an "opinion," not an "order." The response came hours after Trump said in a tweet that Sessions should stop the probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller, marking an escalation of his attacks against the wide-ranging inquiry and raising speculation about his intention.

NYT: Trump Pushing to Sit Down With Mueller to Clear His Name

President Donald Trump is eager to meet with special counsel Robert Mueller's team to clear his name, and in recent days has pushed his legal team to come to an agreement for a sit-down interview, according to three sources who spoke with The New York Times. The report comes a day after Mueller responded to a letter from Trump's attorneys regarding the scope and format of a potential interview.

Sources: Mueller Wants To Ask Trump About Obstruction Of Justice

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office wants to ask President Donald Trump about obstruction of justice, sources close to the White House tell ABC News. According to sources, the president learned within the last day that the special counsel will limit the scope of questioning and would like to ask questions both orally and written for the President to respond to.

US court declares Trump’s ‘sanctuary cities’ order illegal

President Donald Trump's executive order threatening to withhold funding from "sanctuary cities" that limit cooperation with immigration authorities is unconstitutional, but a judge went too far when he blocked its enforcement nationwide, a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday.

White House: DOJ didn’t consult Trump on 3D-printed guns

The White House said Wednesday that the Justice Department did not consult President Donald Trump when officials dropped litigation that would have prevented the posting of instructions on how to make 3D-printed plastic guns, which are illegal to own or assemble. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the Justice Department "made a deal without the president's approval," referring to a settlement reached by the State Department in June.

US appeals court: Trump a sanctuary citiesa order is illegal

President Donald Trump's executive order threatening to withhold funding from "sanctuary cities" that limit cooperation with immigration authorities is unconstitutional, but a judge went too far when he blocked its enforcement nationwide, a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday. In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the order exceeded the president's authority.

US appeals court: Trump ‘sanctuary cities’ order is illegal

A U.S. appeals court says President Donald Trump's executive order threatening to withhold funding from "sanctuary cities" that limit cooperation with immigration authorities is unconstitutional. But the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday that a lower court went too far when it blocked the order nationwide.

Renegade Republican Whitman Wants Trump To Retire

Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman kept up her attacks on President Donald Trump Tuesday, insisting it was time for her "fellow Republicans" to urge the president to remove himself from office. As the Washington Examiner notes, Whitman, who admits she supported Hillary Clinton for president in 2016, told CNN that Trump's news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin convinced her that Trump must go.

President Trump criticized for not leading effort to secure elections

As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond. Both Republicans and Democrats have criticized the administration's response as fragmented, without enough coordination across federal agencies.

Trump called out for not leading effort to secure elections

As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond. Both Republicans and Democrats have criticized the administration's response as fragmented, without enough coordination across federal agencies.

‘We are Q’: Conspiracy cult leaps from the internet to the…

"Tampa rally, live coverage," wrote "Dan," posting a link to President Donald Trump's Tampa speech in a thread on 8chan, an anonymous image board also known as Infinitechan or Infinitychan, which might be best described as the unglued twin of better-known 4chan, a message board already untethered from reality. The thread invited "requests to Q," an anonymous user claiming to be a government agent with top security clearance, waging war against the so-called deep state in service to the 45th president.

Trump administration widens availability of skimpy, short-term…

The Trump administration issued new insurance rules Wednesday morning to encourage more Americans to buy inexpensive, skimpy health plans originally designed for short-term use. The policies, intended to fill brief gaps in coverage, will be available for 12 months at a time, up from a current limit of three, and customers will be able to renew them for additional years.

Trump Campaigns In Florida

Tampa Bay Times : "Declaring himself the most popular Republican in the history of America, President Trump revved up thousands of fans Tuesday night at a rowdy Tampa Bay campaign rally to help gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis and, above all, celebrate Donald Trump." Of note: "One new element of this Trump was the widespread presence of people wearing T-shirts or carrying signs touting the fringe 'QAnon' conspiracy theorist.

Paul Manafort’s $15,000 ostrich jacket raises tantalizing…

Tuesday was the first day of the first trial to arise from the special counsel's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. The defendant, Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, faces unrelated federal charges of financial fraud that could send him to prison for years.

Journal Junction for Aug. 1

Joe Manchin has the capability to influence the rejection of Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court but it's a good bet he will not do so. He will indicate that he is comfortable with Kavanaugh doing This is how disgusting it's getting: U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., who is campaigning for Govenor, is his children- one a baby the other a toddler- about the ways of Trump.

Facebook uncovers political influence campaign ahead of US midterm polls

Facebook said Tuesday it shut down 32 fake pages and accounts involved in an apparent "coordinated" effort to stoke hot-button issues ahead of November midterm US elections, but could not identify the source although Russia is suspected of involvement. It said the "bad actor" accounts on the world's biggest social network and its photo-sharing site Instagram could not be tied directly to Russian actors, who American officials say used the platform to spread disinformation ahead of the 2016 US presidential election.

Trump criticized for not leading effort to secure elections Source: AP

As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond. Both Republicans and Democrats have criticized the administration's response as fragmented, without enough coordination across federal agencies.

Not good, not nice’: At Florida rally, Trump says China has – targeted our farmers’

TAMPA, Fla. - President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a defiant defense of his trade policies, praising American farmers for weathering Chinese tariffs and telling a crowd at a rally for Republican candidates that "the days of plundering American jobs and American wealth - those days are over."