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President Donald Trump has lashed out against special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, branding it "an attack on our country" and exhibiting mounting concern about the yearlong probe after federal authorities raided the offices of his personal attorney. Caught off guard and furious with the encroaching inquiry, the president showed a flare of temper watching cable news coverage of the raid Monday afternoon, summoning lawyers Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow to get their opinion of what was happening.
Monday's news that FBI special agents in New York executed search warrants on the office of President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is just another reason why, as an old colleague of mine said recently, "If I were the subject of a Bob Mueller-led investigation, I'd be peeing my pants." What today's action demonstrates is that the special counsel is not only conducting a serious investigation of Russia interference in our democracy, and of those U.S. persons who may have colluded or conspired or otherwise enabled it, but a thorough one.
The Denver Post is in open revolt against its owner. Angry and frustrated journalists at the 125-year-old newspaper took the extraordinary step this weekend of publicly blasting its New York-based hedge-fund owner and making the case for its own survival in several articles that went online Friday and are scheduled to run in The Post's Sunday opinion section.
A Deadspin composite video shows Sinclair Broadcast Group stations reading a scripted statement warning against "biased and false news." A reader applauds this effort.
Democratic Rep. Nydia Velazquez denounced immigration authorities for arresting an illegal immigrant inside a New York City courthouse on Friday, saying the controversial tactic "has no place" in the city. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents nabbed Panamanian national Diogenes Pinzon as he walked out of an eighth-floor courtroom in Brooklyn Criminal Court Friday morning, reported the New York Daily News, citing court officials.
Scott Lloyd, director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, oversees the program for tens of thousands of refugees who are looking for shelter in the United States, but he spends much of his time trying to stop young, undocumented immigrants from getting abortions, The New York Times reported. Lloyd has instructed his staff to provide a spreadsheet each week that lists any minors that are not accompanied by parents who have asked for an abortion, and how far along they are in their pregnancy, the newspaper reported.
Eight unknown Democrats are fighting for a spot to challenge a high-profile Republican in Washington state's reliably red 8th District. It's a familiar battle in the 8th, where voters have chosen the Republican for almost four decades since the U.S. House district's creation in 1980.
Mueller authorized by DOJ to investigate alleged Manafort collusion with Russian government - Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told special counsel Robert Mueller in a classified August 2, 2017, memo that he should investigate allegations that President Donald Trump's former Justice official authorized Mueller to investigate whether Trump campaign chair colluded with Russia Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III was authorized by a top Justice Department official to investigate whether Paul Manafort, the onetime chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign Jeff Sessions Quietly Appointed a Prosecutor to Probe Trump's Foes. That Could Be an Unprecedented Disaster.
Mueller authorized by DOJ to investigate alleged Manafort collusion with Russian government - Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told special counsel Robert Mueller in a classified August 2, 2017, memo that he should investigate allegations that President Donald Trump's former Justice official authorized Mueller to investigate whether Trump campaign chair colluded with Russia Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III was authorized by a top Justice Department official to investigate whether Paul Manafort, the onetime chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign Jeff Sessions Quietly Appointed a Prosecutor to Probe Trump's Foes. That Could Be an Unprecedented Disaster.
President Trump is jumping to the defense of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which is under fire following the rapid spread of a video showing anchors at its stations across the country reading a script criticizing "fake" news stories. Trump tweeted Monday, April 2, 2018, that it was funny to watch "Fake News Networks" criticizing Sinclair for being biased.
The Kushners Saw Redemption in the White House. It Was a Mirage. - It was sweet redemption for Charles Kushner last year when his son Jared was named senior White House adviser.
We have had family in town this past week. Yesterday I gave one of the crew my tour of the Twin Cities, more or less as sketched out in "Welcome to the Twin Cities!" My current version of the tour begins at the recently restored state capitol building in St. Paul and ends in Little Mogadishu on the other side of the river in Minneapolis.
The Environmental Protection Agency has handed documents to Congress that show new travel expenses from agency administrator Scott Pruitt, totaling some $68,000 in hotel stays and air travel, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The Environmental Protection Agency has handed documents to Congress that show new travel expenses from agency administrator Scott Pruitt, totaling some $68,000 in hotel stays and air travel, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Emails released to The Associated Press show then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence faced widespread backlash from conservatives after agreeing to change a "religious freedom" law critics decried as anti-gay. Emails released to The Associated Press show then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence faced widespread backlash from conservatives after agreeing to change a "religious freedom" law critics decried as anti-gay.
Activist Elizabeth Smart, 30 poses for a portrait, on March 27, 2018, following an interview with USA TODAY, in New York. After being kidnapped from her home at age 14 and rescued nine months later, Smart has used her ordeal to become a champion for child safety.
On Tuesday, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens published an op-ed in The New York Times calling for repealing the Second Amendment, banning civilian ownership of semi-automatic weapons, and raising the minimum age to buy a gun from 18 to 21 years old. Stevens was inspired to write his piece by the "March for Our Lives," which he praised as a uniquely impressive example of "civic engagement" that "demand[s] our respect."
This image released by CBS News shows Stormy Daniels, left, during an interview with Anderson Cooper which aired on Sunday, March 25, 2018, on "60 Minutes." This image released by CBS News shows Stormy Daniels, left, during an interview with Anderson Cooper which aired on Sunday, March 25, 2018, on "60 Minutes."
Facebook's CEO apologized for the Cambridge Analytica scandal with ads in multiple U.S. and British newspapers Sunday. The ads signed by ... On the same day Facebook bought ads in US and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from... On the same day Facebook bought ads in US and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from Android devices.
Facebook's CEO apologized for the Cambridge Analytica scandal with ads in multiple U.S. and British newspapers Sunday. The ads signed by ... On the same day Facebook bought ads in US and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from... On the same day Facebook bought ads in US and British newspapers to apologize for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social media site faced new questions about collecting phone numbers and text messages from Android devices.
President Donald Trump's favorite TV network is increasingly serving as a West Wing casting call, as the president reshapes his administration with camera-ready personalities. Trump's new national security adviser, John Bolton, is a former U.N. ambassador, a White House veteran - and perhaps most importantly a Fox News channel talking head.