GOP senator: Work during August recess to help confirm judges

Charles Ernest Grassley GOP lawmakers, top advisers have campaigned to stop Trump from firing Sessions: report Senate grapples with prison reform bill Break the partisan gridlock on judicial nominations MORE said on Friday that the Senate should work into the August recess to help confirm judicial nominations, blaming Democrats for trying to "obstruct" Donald John Trump Trump tells Trudeau on NAFTA: US will agree to fair deal or 'no deal at all' Dem senator suggests Trump 'sending a message to witnesses' with pardons Kim Jong Un hasn't changed his stance on denuclearization: report MORE "Lets work Friday/Saturday/August recess to get more done in the Senate [and] help the judicial branch do its job," Grassley wrote in a tweet.

The man who investigates the investigators, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz

When President Donald Trump recently tweeted his demand that the Justice Department determine whether his campaign was improperly "infiltrated or surveilled," the task of conducting that inquiry fell to the agency's inspector general, Michael Horowitz. Horowitz is the man in Washington who investigates the investigators and is now assigned to determine whether there is any truth to Trump's allegation of a spy being planted in his campaign, which he dubbed "spygate," or to many other allegations the president and his lawyers have leveled against the Department of Justice and FBI leadership.

Editorial: Tariffs and Trumpspeak

As we stumble into trade actions and retaliations that neither the U.S. nor anyone else needs, it's hard not blame President Donald Trump's peculiar and one-sided economic views. The European Union tried a wake-up call to Republicans, targeting retaliatory tariffs against products from Republican states: Harley-Davidson motorcycles and bourbon felt the bite of new tariffs.

Sunday on – This Week’: President Trump’s Personal Attorney Rudy Giuliani

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani introduces Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump to deliver remarks at a campaign event in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Oct. 22, 2016. This Sunday, George Stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani to discuss the Trump team's strategy in the Mueller investigation.

Trump pardons favor the celeb-connected, conservative causes

President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned a conservative commentator he claims "was treated very unfairly by our government!" and announced he's thinking about clemency for Martha Stewart and former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, among "lots" of other people. "What they did to him was horrible," Trump told reporters, speaking of his decision to clear the name of Dinesh D'Souza, who had pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud.

Trump Says He May Pardon Fellow Westchester Estate Owner Martha Stewart

President Donald Trump told reporters on Thursday that he is considering pardoning Martha Stewart and commuting former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's sentence. Trump floated the idea of pardoning or commuting the sentences of the two former "Apprentice" series stars on May 31, just hours after he pardoned the conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza.

Trump mulls commuting Blagojevicha s term, pardoning Stewart

President Donald Trump said Thursday he's considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, and pardoning lifestyle entrepreneur Martha Stewart, who served a stint in federal prison after being convicted of charges related to a stock sale. Hours earlier, Trump said on Twitter that he will pardon conservative commentator and Obama critic Dinesh D'Souza, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud.

The Latest: Lawyer says Blagojevicha s sentence was too harsh

A trial attorney for imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says she's excited that President Donald Trump is considering commuting the Democrat's 14-year prison sentence for corruption. Lauren Kaeseberg tells The Associated Press the sentence was too harsh.

Trump to pardon Dinesh D’Souza for campaign finance violations

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would offer a full pardon to conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to violating federal campaign finance laws but later said he was targeted for his conservative views. "Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D'Souza today," Trump wrote on Twitter on Thursday.

Trump says he’s giving full pardon to Dinesh D’Souza

In this May 20, 2014 file photo, conservative scholar and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, left, accompanied by his lawyer Benjamin Brafman leaves federal court, in New York. President Donald Trump says he will pardon conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud.

Trump revises Comey firing, Giuliani blasts ‘lynching mob’

President Donald Trump declared Thursday that he didn't fire FBI Director James Comey over the Russia investigation, despite previously citing that as the reason. His lawyer, meanwhile, blasted federal investigators as "a lynching mob" the Trump team will "knock the heck out of" in the end.