Trump administration renews efforts on probe into Clinton emails
Donald Trump's administration is amping up an investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, The Washington Post reported Saturday, breathing new life into a pet issue used by the president to rail against his opponent during the 2016 elections. The question of whether Clinton improperly used a ...
The National Rifle Association acted as a "foreign asset" for Russia in the run-up to the 2016 election, and NRA insiders provided access to the American political system to advance personal business interests, a Democratic senator charged Friday in a new report. The report by ...
Russia tells U.S. not to release Trump-Putin meeting transcripts
Russia on Friday urged the United States not to publish Donald Trump's conversations with Vladimir Putin after a growing scandal led the White House to release a transcript from a call with Ukraine's leader. "As for transcripts of phone conversations, my mother when bringing me ...
Trump cites Crowdstrike cybersecurity firm in cryptic remark to Ukraine leader
President Donald Trump's call with his Ukrainian counterpart contained an intriguing, if incomplete, reference to the cybersecurity company Crowdstrike Inc. It came after Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to "do us a favor." "I would like you to find out what happened with this whole ...
Ex-FBI No. 2 Andrew McCabe may face charges in alleged Trump vendetta
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of President Donald Trump's wrath, faces the prospect of criminal charges after his lawyers failed to persuade senior Justice Department officials that he didn't intentionally lie to internal investigators. Two people familiar with the matter said ...
Russia blasts idea a CIA mole in Kremlin lifted lid on its meddling in U.S. election
Russia on Wednesday condemned as lies and slander suggestions a suspected CIA mole in President Vladimir Putin's administration had handed over information to the United States about alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential elections. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov made the comment after U.S. ...
Investigations, lawsuits and more set to follow Mueller testimony
After months of anticipation, Congress finally heard testimony from former special counsel Robert Mueller. So what now? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Mueller's appearance was "a crossing of a threshold," raising public awareness of what Mueller found. And Democrats after the hearing said they had ...
Robert Mueller has spoken, but 2020 election may be the final word
Robert Mueller's testimony Wednesday sent the clearest signal yet that impeachment may be slipping out of reach for Democrats, and that the ultimate verdict on President Donald Trump will be rendered by voters in the 2020 election. Democrats had hoped the former special counsel's appearance ...
U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before House panels on July 17
U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller, who issued a report in April on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, will testify in open session before the House of Representatives Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17, the panels' Democratic chairmen said Tuesday. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, ...
Russia effort in 2016 U.S. election was 'vast' and 'professional,' researchers say
Russia's efforts to sow misinformation on Twitter ahead of the 2016 U.S. election was more extensive and professional than earlier believed, security researchers said Wednesday. A report by the security firm Symantec said some of the accounts linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency dated back ...
Facebook must proceed with privacy breach suit linked to Cambridge Analytica, judge rules
Facebook Inc. must defend itself in a District of Columbia lawsuit accusing the social network of failing to safeguard users' personal data and allowing a U.K. political consulting firm to mine the information for the benefit of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. The decision on ...
Trump briefly admits Russia boosted his election, then walks remarks back
President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time Thursday that Moscow helped him win the White House in 2016 — before retracting himself to launch a fiery attack on Robert Mueller and the Russia probe. "Russia, Russia, Russia! That's all you heard at the beginning ...
