Ex-Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos says applied for pardon
Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, the first person charged in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, said on Tuesday his lawyers have applied for a pardon and that he may withdraw his guilty plea.
U.S. House fails to override Trump veto of resolution to end border wall emergency
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to override President Donald Trump’s first veto, leaving in place the “national emergency” he declared last month to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall that Congress has not funded.
McConnell backs push for investigation of Russia probe missteps
The top Republican in the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday he supported a push by a Republican colleague for an inquiry into potential law enforcement missteps in a probe of possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia.
U.S. Supreme Court justices divided on partisan electoral maps
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward letting the judiciary curb the contentious practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to entrench one party in power, as the court appeared divided largely along…
Ex-Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos says applied for pardon
George Papadopoulos, the first Trump campaign aide charged in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, said on Tuesday his lawyers have applied for a pardon from President Donald Trump and that he is considering a withdrawal of his guilty…
Can Trump block Twitter users whose views he dislikes? U.S. Appeals Court skeptical
A federal appeals court on Tuesday cast doubt on U.S. President Donald Trump’s ability to keep Twitter users whose political views he dislikes from responding to his own account, suggesting it might violate those users’ free speech rights.
U.S. House fails to override Trump veto in border wall dispute
The U.S. House of Representatives failed on Tuesday to override President Donald Trump’s first veto, leaving in place the national emergency he declared last month to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall that Congress has not funded.
U.S. sanctions firms accused of helping fund Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
The United States on Tuesday imposed fresh sanctions on a network of companies and people in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates it said was helping to raise billions of dollars to fund the operations of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards.
Trump administration steps up Obamacare attack, asks court to overturn law
President Donald Trump’s administration has stepped up its attack on the Obamacare healthcare law, telling a federal appeals court it agrees with a ruling by a U.S. judge in Texas that the entire statute is unconstitutional and should be struck down.
U.S. House panel OKs move to give Congress records of FBI probes against Trump
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution directing the Justice Department to give Congress all records on FBI obstruction of justice or counterintelligence probes against President Donald Trump.
