Trump has hurled us into a constitutional crisis

To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: On Sunday, via Twitter, Trump demanded that the Justice Department concoct a transparently political investigation, with the aim of smearing veteran professionals at Justice and the FBI and also throwing mud at the previous administration.

Trump ‘demands’ that DOJ examine spying claims

U.S. President Donald Trump demanded on Twitter on Sunday that the Justice Department look into whether his 2016 presidential campaign was infiltrated or surveilled by the agency or the FBI under the Obama administration. Trump's simmering anger over Special Counsel Robert Mueller's year-old Russia probe appeared to spill over into a series of well-worn recriminations in several tweets, including that the investigation was politically motivated and had its roots in the administration of his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama.

‘STOP!’ Trump demands of Mueller investigation, calling it a ‘$20,000,000 Witch Hunt’

Didn't the guests like Prince Charles' organic feast? Huge crate of PIZZA is delivered to Windsor Castle during Harry and Meghan's evening bash 'STOP!' Trump demands of Mueller investigation, ranting about a '$20,000,000 Witch Hunt' that should be looking into Hillary Clinton The prolonged Twitter attack from the president raged about the New York Times, special counsel Robert Mueller, and Hillary Clinton His rant follows an explosive New York Times article on Donald Trump Jr. that revealed countries other than Russia sought to influence the 2016 election Trump claimed that because Mueller's investigation 'has found nothing on Russia & me' investigators now had to look 'at the rest of the World!' His tweets also targeted wealthy, colorful Democrats who have long ties to the Clintons and have been under investigation for similar matters President Donald Trump demanded to know Sunday when ... (more)

Trump Goes on Twitter Rant About Mueller Probe and Asks: What About Her Emails?

President Donald Trump had taken a little break from his tradition of unhinged Sunday morning Twitter rants. But he was back with a vengeance this week, ready to spew out all the pent up frustration and served up a whopping six angry tweets that started out slamming the New York Times, went on to criticize Robert Mueller's probe, worry about the midterms, all to end with the cherry on the unhinged sundae: talk of Hillary Clinton's emails.

Trump: Justice Department using spy to try to frame me

Donald Trump has used his Twitter account to advance an unverified theory circulating among conservatives that the Justice Department planted a spy in his 2016 campaign and is now "out to frame him". Donald Trump has used his Twitter account to advance an unverified theory circulating among conservatives that the Justice Department planted a spy in his 2016 campaign and is now "out to frame him".

Trump says in tweet Justice Dept is ‘out to frame’ him

President Donald Trump on Friday used his Twitter account to advance an unverified theory circulating among conservatives that the Justice Department planted a spy in his 2016 campaign and is now "out to frame him." Trump's early morning tweet seemed intended to undercut the ongoing Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, which he has repeatedly called a "witch hunt."

Trump: Russia probe is a scandal – bigger than Watergate’

President Donald Trump asserted on Twitter on Thursday that federal investigators attempted to infiltrate his 2016 campaign with a confidential informant - a scandalous overreach, he said, that would be "bigger than Watergate." In some sense, many analysts have said, he is right: Efforts by a hostile foreign power to influence a U.S. presidential election - with or without the assistance or knowledge of the winning candidate - may well be a scandal "bigger than Watergate!" The FBI and a team of special prosecutors are investigating whether any of Trump's associates were coordinating with Russia to help Trump defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton.

Trump draws rebuke for ‘animal’ remark at immigration talk 3 hours ago

While railing against California for its so-called sanctuary immigration policies, President Donald Trump referred to some people who cross the border illegally as "animals" - drawing a sharp rebuke from Democratic leaders for the harsh rhetoric. "We have people coming into the country, or trying to come in -- and we're stopping a lot of them," Trump said during the immigration round table after a sheriff commented about gangs.

Campaign 2018: Hispanic activists show support for Dean Heller

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller this week unveiled a "Juntos con Heller" campaign with a coalition of 254 Hispanic activists committed to helping the Republican win re-election. U.S. Sen. Dean Heller this week unveiled a "Juntos con Heller" campaign with a coalition of 254 Hispanic activists committed to helping the Republican win re-election.

Russian hackers posed as IS to threaten military wives

Army wife Angela Ricketts was soaking in a bubble bath in her Colorado home, leafing through a memoir, when a message appeared on her iPhone: "We know everything about you, your husband and your children," the Facebook message continued, claiming that the hackers operating under the flag of Islamic State militants had penetrated her computer and her phone. "We're much closer than you can even imagine."

Trump Says ‘Retainer’ To Lawyer Covered Porn Star Payment

President Donald Trump said Thursday that reimbursement to his personal lawyer for hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels was done through a monthly retainer and "had nothing to do with the campaign." Trump previously claimed he didn't know about the payments or the source of them.

Trump says – retainer’ to lawyer covered porn star payment

President Donald Trump said Thursday reimbursement to his personal lawyer for hush money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels was done through a monthly retainer and "had nothing to do with the campaign." On Twitter, Trump says his personal attorney Michael Cohen received a monthly retainer "from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA."

President Trump slams leaked questions in Russia probe

President Donald Trump is slamming a leaked list of questions that the Justice Department's special counsel may want to ask him as part of the Russia investigation. Trump on Twitter Wednesday promoted a comment from attorney Joseph diGenova describing the questions as an "intrusion" into the president's constitutional powers and saying it would be "outrageous" to ask the president what he was thinking when firing members of the executive branch.

Harassment at the Center for American Progress

The Center for American Progress, founded in 2003 by former Bill Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, promotes itself as pushing "bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action." On April 23, the left-leaning website BuzzFeed reported there's a sexual harassment problem at this "politics and policy hub of the Democratic establishment."

‘Bonkers’ Trump Rages on Twitter Over Leaked Mueller Questions,…

Two big stories broke late yesterday, and have obviously gotten well under Donald Trump's skin given a series of new tweets ranting about them. First, the New York Times leaked a series of questions that special counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask Trump.

Comedian Faces Criticism After Controversial Remarks At D.C. Gala

President Trump's absence for the second year in a row from the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner may end up being the least controversial thing about Saturday night's gathering of the White House press corps. Chatter online amongst Washington, D.C., journalists and some in the administration's orbit after the event was full of criticism for comedian Michelle Wolf, who was the evening's headliner; criticism and soul-searching about the annual event itself; and an effort by former White House press secretary Sean Spicer to pressure the leadership of the White House Correspondents' Association into answering for Wolf's vulgar, personal jabs leveled primarily at the president and his inner circle.