Democrats say hack alert was false alarm
U.S. Democratic National Committee officials incorrectly interpreted security testing conducted on behalf of Michigan Democrats as a sign foreign hackers were looking to attack a party voter database, a DNC source said on Thursday.
Senate panel votes to advance Trump pick to head consumer watchdog
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted on Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s pick to head the federal consumer watchdog despite criticism from Democratic senators.
Bolton says warned Russian envoy against election meddling in 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton said on Thursday he had warned Moscow against meddling in the U.S. midterm elections in November during talks with the head of Russia’s National Security Council.
Russia agrees to re-open various communication channels with U.S.: RIA
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said he and his U.S. counterpart John Bolton had broadly agreed to re-open communication lines between their respective foreign and defense ministries, the RIA news agency reported on Thursday.
Democrats say report on cyber attack was false alarm
The U.S. Democratic National Committee said it has determined its voter-data website was not the target of a recent cyber attack, correcting a warning on Wednesday that a sophisticated hacking group was trying to break into the system.
Factbox: Trump on Twitter (Aug 23) – No Collusion
The following statements were posted to the verified personal Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
Trump says ‘I will stay uninvolved’ after slamming Sessions, Justice Dept.
President Donald Trump expressed sympathy for his former campaign manager Paul Manafort and said he would remain “uninvolved” after he attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the U.S. Justice Department in an interview broadcast on Thursday.
Cohen told Congress he did not know if Trump was aware of Russia meeting: Axios
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen told lawmakers under oath last year that he did not know if the then candidate was aware of a Trump Tower meeting with Russians in 2016, three sources with knowledge of Cohen’s testimony have to…
California Congressman Hunter to be arraigned on campaign finance charges
California Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter was set to be arraigned on Thursday in federal court in San Diego on charges of misusing $250,000 in campaign funds, in a case that could hand the Trump supporter’s otherwise safe seat to a Democrat.
Manafort juror says ‘one holdout’ kept jury from convicting on all counts
The jury in the trial of Paul Manafort would have convicted the former Trump campaign chairman on all 18 criminal charges if not for one juror who had questions about the reasonable doubt standard of guilt, a juror told Fox News on Wednesday.
