Investigators hone in on Donald Trump Jr’s meeting with Russians

Things continue to heat up due to reports of a June 2016 meeting between President Donald Trump's eldest son and a lawyer connected to the Russian government. A congressional source informed CBS News that federal investigators are interested in obtaining the phone records and cell phone records pertaining to the June 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr., former campaign manager Paul Manafort, son-in-law Jared Kushner and a Russian lawyer connected to the Kremlin.

Bipartisan Senate bill aims to protect special counsel’s job

Two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are moving to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller's job, putting forth new legislation that aims to ensure the integrity of current and future independent investigations. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware plan to introduce the legislation Thursday.

Two U.S. senators plan to introduce bill to protect special counsel Mueller’s job

In this June 21, 2017, file photo, Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election at the Capitol in Washington. In this June 21, 2017, file photo, Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election at the Capitol in Washington.

Mark Zuckerberg has hired a Democratic pollster

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have hired a Democratic pollster, increasing speculation that the Facebook CEO is considering entering the political arena, according to a Politico report published on Wednesday. The pollster, Joel Benenson, is a former top adviser for Barack Obama and was chief strategist for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

John Kelly called Jeff Sessions to assure him job is safe

The new White House chief of staff called the attorney general, reassuring him that his position was safe despite criticism he has taken from Trump. John Kelly called Jeff Sessions to assure him job is safe The new White House chief of staff called the attorney general, reassuring him that his position was safe despite criticism he has taken from Trump.

New website aims to track Russian-backed propaganda on Twitter

A website launched on Wednesday seeks to track Russian-supported propaganda and disinformation on Twitter, part of a growing non-governmental effort to diminish Moscow's ability to meddle in future elections in the United States and Europe. The "Hamilton 68" dashboard was built by researchers working with the Alliance for Securing Democracy, a bipartisan, transatlantic project set up last month to counter Russian disinformation campaigns.

James Comey has book deal, publication set for next spring

Flatiron Books told The Associated Press on Thursday that Comey will write about everything from allegations of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign to the bureau's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. According to Flatiron, Comey will draw upon his career in government as he writes about "good, ethical leadership" and how it influences "sound decisions."

Ex-FBI chief James Comey signs book deal

Mr Comey is writing a book about leadership and decision-making that will draw upon his career in government, Flatiron Books told the Associated Press. He will write about experiences that made him the best-known and most controversial FBI head in recent times, from his handling of the bureau's probe into Hillary Clinton's private email server to allegations of ties between Russia and Mr Trump's presidential campaign.

GOP super PAC pins MTA mess on Cuomo to dash reelection hopes

A national Republican group unleashed its fury on Gov. Cuomo Wednesday with a new campaign blaming the governor for the city's ongoing transit woes. In a pre-emptive strike on the governor's 2018 reelection campaign and his still-unannounced 2020 presidential ambitions, the GOP-oriented America Rising PAC launched its "Andrew Cuomo Initiative" with a website, video and Snapchat filter - all of which place blame for the so-called Summer of Hell on the governor's mismanagement of the transit system.

President Trump keeps celebrating stock market highs. That’s a big flip-flop.

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events "Stock Market could hit all-time high 22,000 today. Was 18,000 only 6 months ago on Election Day.

Baby plans, not policy, first hurdle for New Zealand Labour’s new female leader

New Zealand's charismatic new Labour leader, who took over in a desperate gamble to revive her struggling party seven weeks out from an election, spent her first 24 hours in the job fielding questions about babies rather than her policy plans. Jacinda Ardern, 37, took over as Labour's youngest leader on Tuesday after her predecessor quit over "disturbing" opinion poll results, leaving little time to plot a strategy to break the centre-right National Party's decade-long hold on power.

Trump dictated son’s misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer

On the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Germany last month, President Donald Trump's advisers discussed how to respond to a new revelation that Trump's oldest son had met with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign - a disclosure the advisers knew carried political and potentially legal peril. The strategy, the advisers agreed, should be for Donald Trump Jr. to release a statement to get ahead of the story.

Wash. Post: Trump dictated son’s misleading statement on Russian lawyer

On the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Germany last month, President Trump's advisers discussed how to respond to a new revelation that Trump's oldest son had met with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign - a disclosure the advisers knew carried political and potentially legal peril.  The strategy, the advisers agreed, should be for Donald Trump Jr. to release a statement to get ahead of the story.

Trump dictated son’s statement on Russia talks a ” report

President Donald Trump personally dictated a misleading statement in which his son Donald Trump Jr said a meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 election was focused on adoptions, The Washington Post reported Monday. It later emerged that during that fateful June 2016 meeting, Trump's eldest son, his son-in-law Jared Kushner and then campaign manager Paul Manafort met with a Russian government attorney who an intermediary claimed had incriminating information about Trump's rival Hillary Clinton.