Politics Jul 12 WATCH: FBI agent testifies before Congress after anti-Trump texts Peter Strzok, who helped lead FBI investigations into Hillary Clinton's email use and potential coordination between Russia and Donald Trump's campaign, was testifying publicly for the first time since being removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team following the discovery…
Politics Jul 11 Senate narrowly confirms new head of Justice Department's criminal division, who worked for Russian bank Democrats have strongly opposed the nomination, partly because of his work for a leading Russian bank with ties to President Vladimir Putin.
Politics Jun 28 WATCH: Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray testify before Congress on Russia probe Republicans accused top federal law enforcement officials Thursday of withholding important documents from them and demanded details about surveillance tactics during the Russia investigation in a contentious congressional hearing that capped days of mounting partisan complaints.
Politics Jun 23 DOJ gives Congress new classified documents on Russia probe The Justice Department says it has given House Republicans new classified information related to the Russia investigation after they had threatened to hold officials in contempt of Congress or even impeach them.
Politics Jun 07 Justice Department offers new briefing as lawmakers dispute Trump spy claim The move comes as Republican congressional leaders are publicly disputing Trump's claims that the government planted a spy in his 2016 campaign "to help Crooked Hillary win" — a reference to his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
Politics Jun 06 Paul Ryan contradicts Trump's claim that the FBI planted a 'spy' House Speaker Paul Ryan is agreeing with another senior House Republican who says there's no evidence that the FBI planted a "spy" in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign in an effort to hurt his chances at the polls.
Politics May 17 Trump Jr. unapologetic when questioned about meeting with Russian lawyer Questioned intently by a Senate committee, President Donald Trump's son struck a firmly unapologetic tone, deflected many queries and said he didn't think there was anything wrong with meeting a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in hopes of election-season dirt…
Politics May 16 Senate panel backs intelligence agencies findings on Russian meddling in 2016 election Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., chairman of the Senate panel, said his staff spent 14 months "reviewing the sources, tradecraft and analytic work" conducted by the intelligence agencies. He said the committee uncovered no reason to dispute the conclusions of the…
Politics May 16 Trump Jr: Can't recall discussing Russia probe with father WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee last year he couldn't remember whether he had discussed the Russia investigation with his father and said he didn't think there was anything wrong with meeting a Russian lawyer at…
Politics May 10 House Democrats release more than 3,500 Facebook ads created by Russians The intelligence committee Democrats released a sampling of the ads purchased by Russia’s Internet Research Agency last year, but they are now releasing the full cache of ads that Facebook officials turned over to the panel after acknowledging in September…