Trump cites executive privilege to block Congress from getting full Mueller report
The White House on Wednesday invoked the legal principle of executive privilege to block the release of the unredacted Mueller report on Russian election meddling, challenging U.S. House Democrats as they met to vote on holding Attorney General William…
Victim in Colorado school shooting was 18-year-old robotics enthusiast
The 18-year-old student killed in a shooting at a suburban Denver school was a high school senior days away from graduating, police said as they continued to search for a motive in the attack that also wounded eight people.
White House asserts ‘executive privilege’ as House panel takes aim at Barr
The White House on Wednesday took the aggressive step of invoking “executive privilege” to block the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report as a Democratic-led U.S. congressional panel moved toward holding Attorney General Willi…
U.S. Justice Department defends Trump’s executive privilege assertion
The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday defended Trump’s use of executive privilege to withhold U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report from House Democrats, but said it should not prevent Mueller from testifying before lawmakers.
House Speaker Pelosi: Trump making impeachment case by ignoring subpoenas
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday President Donald Trump was moving closer to impeachment with his effort to thwart congressional subpoenas and obstruct lawmakers’ efforts to oversee his administration.
Colorado police probe what sparked deadly shooting at suburban school
Colorado police on Wednesday tried to determine why two students walked into their school and allegedly opened fire with handguns, killing one person and wounding eight, miles from the site of one of the nation’s deadliest school massacres.
House panel chair: ‘No choice’ but to hold Barr in contempt
A U.S. House panel was poised to vote on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena that demanded the full, unredacted report by special counsel Robert Mueller.
House Speaker Pelosi urges contempt of Congress finding for Barr
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said she believed that Attorney General William Barr should be held in contempt of Congress for not providing it with the full report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
U.S. House committee prepares contempt vote against Barr
A U.S. House panel was poised to vote on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for defying a congressional subpoena that demanded the full, unredacted report by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Pentagon suspends efforts to recover troops’ remains as North Korea talks stall
It was one of the most concrete agreements to come out of the first U.S.-North Korea summit last year, but now the Pentagon says it has given up hope of recovering any more remains of U.S. troops killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War in the near future.
