Manafort jailed over tampering charges

A federal judge ordered Paul Manafort to jail Friday over charges he tampered with witnesses while out on bail - a major blow for President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman as he awaits trial on federal conspiracy and money-laundering charges next month. "You have abused the trust placed in you six months ago," U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Manafort.

Grassley: Too soon to declare North Korea summit a success

Sen. Chuck Grassley is encouraged by President Donald Trump's meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but said it's too soon to declare success. "I would be very cautious," Grassley told reporters Wednesday, adding later that despite the historic nature of the summit, it's also premature to talk about a Nobel Peace Prize for the president.

3 important questions from Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate hearing…

The US Senate recently shared over 450 pages of Facebook's responses to questions from Senators, as the company attempted to address the numerous questions CEO Mark Zuckerberg was unable to answer during his April 10 testimony . The testimony focused on the role Facebook played in a number of scandals involving the improper handling of user data, particularly in the year leading up to the 2016 presidential election.

The Memo: Trump’s media game puts press on back foot

Donald John Trump Trump announces North Dakota rally for June 27 Kim Kardashian on running for office: 'Never say never' State Dept. warns Americans of terrorist threat at World Cup MORE 's reality show presidency took a new twist on Friday morning, as he held an impromptu question-and-answer session with reporters in the White House driveway for the first time.

Rudy Giuliani flips, says Trump won’t pardon anyone in the…

Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's lead defense attorney in the Russia investigation, said on Friday night that Trump would not pardon anyone involved in the probe while it is ongoing. Hours earlier, following news that a federal judge sent Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to jail, Giuliani hinted that "things might get cleaned up" in the Russia investigation "with some presidential pardons."

Both Trump, critics find things to like in watchdog report

From left, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, respond to the Justice Department's internal 18-month review of the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 14, 2018.

US child migrants: 2,000 separated from families in six weeks

Rudy Giuliani says Mueller probe 'might get cleaned up' with 'presidential pardons' in light of Paul Manafort going to jail - In one of his most forceful attacks on the special counsel yet, Rudy Giuliani on Friday claimed the Russia investigation could get "cleaned up" Manafort ordered to jail after witness-tampering charges - A federal judge ordered Paul Manafort to jail Friday over charges he tampered with witnesses while out on bail - a major blow for President Trump's former campaign chairman as he awaits trial on federal conspiracy and money-laundering charges next month.

Ap Fact Check: Trump falsely claims exoneration from report

President Donald Trump came out swinging Friday, lodging a remarkable series of claims and accusations about a new watchdog report about the Justice Department's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of emails. In an impromptu press conference on the White House driveway, the president used the report to revive his complaints about the FBI and to declare himself exonerated in the ongoing Russia probe.

GQR: Cruz 49, O’Rourke 43

A new poll of likely voters, commissioned by End Citizens United and conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, shows a single digit contest in the Texas Senate election with Representative Beto O'Rourke trailing Senator Ted Cruz by just six points, 43 to 49 percent with eight percent undecided. Click here to read the full polling memo .

Ohio’s House of Representatives gets back to work

Last Wednesday, June 6, State Representative Ryan Smith of southeast Ohio was selected as the Speaker of the House following a grueling 11 rounds of voting by the legislature. The political jockeying among Republicans, who hold the majority in the state's legislature, began on Tuesday, April 10, when former Speaker Cliff Rosenberger announced his resignation amid an FBI probe into alleged favors given to Rosenberger by representatives of Ohio's payday loan industry.

The Latest: White House says Trump backs immigration effort

The White House says President Donald Trump does indeed support an immigration bill crafted by House leadership that he said he wouldn't sign in a morning interview. Trump had said in the interview with "Fox & Friends" Friday that he was looking at two House immigration bills, but that he "certainly wouldn't sign the more moderate one."

White House says Trump would sign either Republican immigration bill

The White House scrambled on Friday to clarify President Trump's position on a Republican immigration bill, with a spokesman saying the president supports the GOP leadership proposal despite Trump's own remarks saying he would not sign it. On Friday morning, Trump said he was looking at the two Republican immigration bills set for a House vote next week.

Trump raises hopes, says North Korea returning US remains

It's been more than a decade since North Korea turned over the remains of American troops missing from the Korean War. So, President Donald Trump's suggestion Friday that Pyongyang has begun delivering remains to the U.S. raised the hopes of families who have sought closure for more than 60 years.

Nearly 2,000 minors split from parents at border in six weeks: US

Critics of a Trump administration policy that separates children from their parents when they are detained after crossing the US border are demanding changes to the policy, as this protest in Los Angeles. WASHINGTON: Nearly 2,000 minors were separated from their parents or adult guardians who illegally crossed into the United States over a recent six-week period, officials said on Friday , as debate raged over how to end the deeply controversial practice.

Ap Fact Check: Trump assails Dems for his own migrant policy

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Friday, June 15, 2018. President Donald Trump ignited eleventh-hour confusion Friday over Republican efforts to push immigration through the House next week, saying he won't sign a "moderate" package, an apparent damaging blow to GOP lawmakers hoping to push legislation through the House next week.

Tourists visiting San Francisco question if they’re in ‘bad side of town’

Recent social media posts by tourists visiting San Francisco casts a troubling light on the City by the Bay over its homeless issue, open drug use and filthy streets. Since the beginning of the year, reports have surfaced of hypodermic needles dotting the streets, piles of human feces and expanding shanty towns for the increasing homeless population -- and now tourists are noticing, SFGate reported.