California Democrats open convention with eye on Trump

Thousands of California Democratic activists gathered Friday for a three-day convention as they look to lift the party's national prospects after last year's stunning loss to President Donald Trump. In a state where Democrats are itching to lead the liberal resistance to Trump and the Republican Congress, the party's activists find themselves singularly united behind the goal of stunting the GOP.

Putin paid Trump? Republicans think McCarthya s statement has to be a joke.

The Post's Adam Entous discusses a 2016 conversation between GOP leaders in which House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy made an explosive claim about Donald Trump. Rep. Kevin McCarthy's Republican colleagues were ready Wednesday to accept the House majority leader's explanation that he was joking in his private comments last year suggesting that then-candidate Donald Trump was being paid by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Paul Ryan: Some people want to harm Trump

House Speaker Paul Ryan says it is obvious some people want to harm President Trump, and that he's confident the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is going to hear from former FBI Director James Comey. Russian President Vladimir Putin is offering to provide US Congress a transcript of President Trump's exchange with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The Latest: Dem calls report on Trump, intel ‘disturbing’

WASHINGTON - The Latest on the report that President Donald Trump shared classified information with Russian officials : The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee says a report that President Donald Trump shared intelligence about the Islamic State group with Russian officials is "deeply disturbing." Rep. Adam Schiff of California said in a statement Monday that "this disclosure could jeopardize sources of very sensitive intelligence and relationships we have with key partners."

Face the Nation transcript, May 14, 2017: Schiff, Sasse, Gates

JOHN DICKERSON, HOST: Today on FACE THE NATION: The president fires the FBI director, and the White House struggles to get its story straight. For a president who made his reputation firing people on television... DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You're fired.

Adam Schiff on “Real Time with Bill Maher”: James Comey…

In the aftermath of James Comey's firing, "Real Time" host Bill Maher did not need to go far to find the right guest to discuss the latest developments with the FBI and the Russia investigation. Rep. Adam Schiff , D-Calif., who's congressional district includes Hollywood and Burbank, stopped by Maher's Los Angeles studio Friday night to offer his insights as the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee.

Trump tapes? If they exist, they could spell trouble

For the first time since an Oval Office taping system was removed by President Richard Nixon's chief of staff nearly 44 years ago, a president has hinted that White House conversations might again be secretly recorded. If so, President Donald Trump is following a problematic precedent.

With ‘tapes’ tweet, Trump evokes Nixon’s White House

For the first time since an Oval Office taping system was removed by President Richard Nixon's chief of staff nearly 44 years ago, a president has hinted that White House conversations might again be secretly recorded. If so, President Donald Trump is following a problematic precedent.

Red Lies: Women’s March Organizer Says There Is Evidence Trump…

Liberals are now outraged that President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. There is a growing chorus from the Left that a special prosecutor should takeover the investigation into whether the Trump campaign has colluded with Russian intelligence during the 2016 election.

Top Dem: Trump did interfere with Russia probe

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said President Donald Trump hasn't made any effort to impede the investigation into possible ties between his campaign and Russia -- but a top House Democrat disagrees. "I don't think you can say so categorically he's made no effort to interfere," Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in an interview with CNN's "Erin Burnett Outfront" Thursday night.

The Latest: Schumer seeks briefing from Justice official

President Donald Trump fired Comey on Tuesday, ousting the nation's top law enforcement official in the midst of an investigation ... Graphic shows key dates in tenure of FBI Director James Comey; 4c x 4 inches; 195.7 mm x 101 mm; . President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a meeting with Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under President Richard Nixon, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 10,... .

The Latest: Trump calls Comey ‘showboat,’ ‘grandstander’

President Donald Trump says former FBI Director James Comey is a "showboat" and a "grandstander" who has brought turmoil to the agency. Trump, who abruptly fired Comey earlier this week, tells NBC News in an interview Thursday that the FBI was in "virtual turmoil" less than a year ago and hasn't recovered.

Trump defends Comey firing, says both parties will thank him

President Donald Trump defended his firing of FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday, asserting in a flurry of tweets that both Democrats and Republicans "will be thanking me." Trump did not mention any effect the dismissal might have on FBI and congressional investigations into contacts between his 2016 election campaign and Russia.

Trump firing Comey shrouds Russia probe in doubt, turmoil

President Donald Trump's stunning firing of FBI Director James Comey throws into question the future of a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign's possible connections to Russia and immediately raised suspicions of an underhanded effort to stymie a probe that has shadowed the administration from the outset. Democrats likened Tuesday's ouster to President Richard Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre" and renewed calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor, and some Republicans also questioned the move.

Stephen Colbert hits Trump below the belt

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events After Infowars founder Alex Jones said in March that Rep. Adam Schiff "looks like the archetypal c---sucker," Jones's ex-wife tried to submit the remark as evidence in a child custody trial . When Fox News's Jesse Watters said of Ivanka Trump last week that he "really liked how she was speaking into that microphone," he took an abrupt "vacation" while the outrage died down.