Trump lawyer Cohen vows to defend himself, puts family first: ABC News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen vowed to defend himself and protect his family and country first if Trump or the president’s legal team tried to discredit him, ABC News reported on Monday.
From top to bottom, Trump’s White House churns through staff: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Forty percent of the staff members who were working a year ago in U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House have since left for other jobs, a new report shows, providing a snapshot of the chaos among Trump’s closest subordinates….
White House attorney McGahn to lead Trump’s Supreme Court search
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top White House attorney Don McGahn will oversee President Donald Trump’s selection and confirmation process for a Supreme Court nominee to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, the White House said on Monday.
Massachusetts top court upholds 20-day voter registration cut-off
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ top court on Monday unanimously upheld a state requirement that people must register to vote 20 days before an election, ruling in a case that could impact the ability of thousands of citizens to cast ballots.
Russia’s Lavrov to meet U.S. Congressmen on Tuesday: Ifax cites foreign ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with a delegation of U.S. Congressmen on Tuesday, Interfax news agency cited the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Monday.
Trump lawyer Cohen says family, U.S. have his ‘first loyalty’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen, in a television interview aired on Monday, declared his loyalty to his family and the United States and said he would fight back if the president or his legal …
Kennedy’s departure from high court could benefit business interests
WASHINGTON(Reuters) – In a hotly contested case before the U.S. Supreme Court three years ago, Justice Anthony Kennedy cast the deciding vote to uphold the broad scope of race discrimination claims that can be brought under the Fair Housing Act.
Senator Collins will not back anti-abortion Supreme Court nominee
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A key moderate Republican U.S. senator said on Sunday that she will not support a nominee to fill a soon-to-be-vacated seat on the Supreme Court who would overturn a landmark legal ruling that supports a woman’s right to abortion…
Trump will press Putin on election meddling denials: security aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will press Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Moscow’s denial of meddling in the 2016 presidential election when the two leaders meet next month, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.
U.S. has plan to dismantle North Korea nuclear program within a year: Bolton
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday he believed the bulk of North Korea’s weapons programs could be dismantled within a year, as the United States and North Korea resumed working-level talks.