U.S. prosecutors pull encrypted messages from phones seized in Cohen raids
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors investigating U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen have extracted more than 700 pages of messages sent using encrypted programs like WhatsApp and Signal on phones seized from Cohe…
U.S. judge sends ex-Trump campaign head Manafort to jail pre-trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A judge on Friday sent longtime Republican political operator and businessman Paul Manafort to jail pending trial after a charge of witness tampering, the latest episode in a slow fall from grace of a man who was President Donald…
Trump’s personal lawyer Cohen loses bid for quick Avenatti gag order
(Reuters) – Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, on Friday lost his bid for an emergency gag order to stop Michael Avenatti, a lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, from maligning him in frequent media appearance…
U.S. judge sends former Trump campaign head Manafort to jail
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Friday sent Paul Manafort to jail pending trial after he was charged with witness tampering, in the latest episode in a slow fall from grace of a man who was President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman in 2…
Cohen loses bid for immediate restraining order against Avenatti
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday refused to grant Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, an immediate restraining order against the attorney for adult film actress Stormy Daniels.
Trump says possible he will meet Putin this summer
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday it was possible he could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this summer, and Moscow did not rule out a meeting.
House immigration bill plans in turmoil following Trump opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican efforts to debate immigration legislation next week in the U.S. House of Representatives were in turmoil on Friday after President Donald Trump blasted one of two delicately crafted proposals that had a better chance o…
Call me any time: Trump says he gave North Korea’s Kim direct number
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had given Kim Jong Un a direct phone number and suggested he might call the North Korean leader on Sunday, following their summit in Singapore this week.
Judge sends Trump’s former campaign chief Manafort to jail
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday sent President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, to jail pending trial, after Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged him last week with witness tampering.
U.S. nuclear, coal plant bailout plan still being ‘fleshed out’: Perry
BARILOCHE, Argentina (Reuters) – A plan requested by U.S. President Donald Trump to prevent struggling nuclear and coal power plants from shutting is still being “fleshed out” by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the White House, Energy Secretary…