Trump aide communicated with ex-Russian intelligence officer during 2016 election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Russian intelligence officer who worked with U.S. President Donald Trump’s former top campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates was communicating with Gates late in the 2016 presidential campaign, according to cour…
Justice Dept watchdog to probe Republican claims of FBI surveillance abuses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The internal watchdog at the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday he is launching a review, after Republican members of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee alleged that the FBI made serious missteps when it sought a warran…
Trump attorney discussed pardons with Flynn, Manafort lawyers: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An attorney for President Donald Trump raised the idea of Trump pardoning two of his former top advisers last year as Special Counsel Robert Mueller was building a case against them in his probe into possible Russian interference…
U.S. judge refuses to toss suit against Trump on foreign payments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s legal troubles deepened on Wednesday as a federal judge refused to throw out a lawsuit accusing him of flouting constitutional safeguards against corruption by maintaining ownership of his business empire…
Trump ‘stands in solidarity’ with Orange County on California sanctuary law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday extolled a major California county for joining his administration’s legal challenge to the state’s new limits on how much local police and sheriff’s departments support his rigorous deportation…
Supreme Court finds solution elusive in pivotal electoral map case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared conflicted over what to do — if anything — to rein in politicians who draw state electoral maps with the aim of entrenching their party in power in a closely watched case from M…
Ex-Trump campaign aide communicated with person tied to Russian intelligence in 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A former Russian intelligence officer who worked with U.S. President Donald Trump’s former top campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates was communicating with Gates during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to court…
Trump gives positive sign on talks with Kim, good review of Xi meeting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looked forward to meeting with him, indicating the planned landmark talks between the isolated Asian leader and Republican president will go forwa…
Justice Department welcomes Orange County’s support in ‘sanctuary state’ lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it welcomed a decision by California’s third largest county to join its court challenge to the state’s new law limiting how much local police and sheriff’s departments support the Tru…
Americans reflect on Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy 50 years on
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) – A half century after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, visitors still flock to the Memphis, Tennessee, site where the civil rights leader was assassinated and say that while there has been progress in racial equality, more…
