• WATCH: Chris Wray says Trump-Russia probe is not a 'witch hunt'

    WATCH: Chris Wray says Trump-Russia probe is not a 'witch hunt'

    Jul 12, 2017 04:08 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — Breaking with the president, the lawyer Donald Trump picked to lead the FBI declared Wednesday that he does not believe a special counsel investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign is a "witch hunt." Christopher Wray, the former high-ranking Justice Department official whom Trump ...

  • White House criticizes Russia sanctions stalled in House

    White House criticizes Russia sanctions stalled in House

    Jul 11, 2017 04:01 PM EST

    ... to say "we don't want this legislation to pass. That has never occurred," he said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bItwqPQVnBs The new Russian identity is a combination of religion, old Russian traditions and rediscovered patriotism. It helps explain how today’s Russians think, how President Putin acts ...

  • Russian lawyer describes meeting with Donald Trump Jr.

    Russian lawyer describes meeting with Donald Trump Jr.

    Jul 11, 2017 12:17 PM EST

    https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/884742547066634240 WASHINGTON — A Russian lawyer tells NBC's "Today" show that she was summoned to Trump Tower during last year's presidential campaign to meet with Donald Trump Jr. and asked if she had information on the Clinton campaign. The lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, told NBC ...

  • Trump Jr. admits he wanted info on Clinton from Russian

    Trump Jr. admits he wanted info on Clinton from Russian

    Jul 10, 2017 11:28 AM EST

    ... Putin to meet with Trump. Putin canceled the session, sending a Trump a friendly letter and a lacquered box in appreciation, the Post has reported. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MrpLIvBQxM President Trump's son, Donald Jr., met last summer with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer, along with Paul ...

  • Trump-Putin talk ends with conflicting reports on Russian meddling

    Trump-Putin talk ends with conflicting reports on Russian meddling

    Jul 07, 2017 09:43 PM EST

    ... and Russia, "because it's not clear to me that we will ever come to some agreed-upon resolution" on the 2016 race. One problem? Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a different takeaway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2qGpa1xSa0 President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held ...

  • Supreme Court ruling in travel ban case leaves some questions unanswered

    Supreme Court ruling in travel ban case leaves some questions unanswered

    Jun 27, 2017 01:25 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's decision to partially reinstate President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban has left the effort to keep some foreigners out of the United States in a murky middle ground, with unanswered questions and possibly more litigation ahead. The justices ruled Monday in an unsigned opinion ...

  • Supreme Court rules in favor of Missouri church in playground case

    Supreme Court rules in favor of Missouri church in playground case

    Jun 26, 2017 04:09 PM EST

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that churches have the same right as other charitable groups to seek state money for new playground surfaces and other non-religious needs. By a 7-2 vote, the justices sided with Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Missouri, which had sought a grant to ...

  • President Trump appears to dispute Russian interference in 2016 election

    President Trump appears to dispute Russian interference in 2016 election

    Jun 22, 2017 04:07 PM EST

    ... to benefit Trump. The findings are at the heart of an investigation into contacts that members of Trump's campaign team may have had with Russian officials during the campaign and the transition. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877879361130688512 Trump, frequently lashes out at the Russia investigation as a "witch ...

  • Intel officials detail how Russian cyberattacks sought to interfere with U.S. elections

    Intel officials detail how Russian cyberattacks sought to interfere with U.S. elections

    Jun 21, 2017 04:18 PM EST

    ... the integrity of the voting process. He said 33 states and 36 cities and counties used his department's tools to scan for potential vulnerabilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYEHu9dMnrE A Senate hearing on how to best stop Russia from intervening in the 2018 and 2020 elections will ...

  • WATCH LIVE: Jeh Johnson testifies in House Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia

    WATCH LIVE: Jeh Johnson testifies in House Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia

    Jun 21, 2017 12:23 AM EST

    ... Jeff Sessions -- have publicly testified in recent weeks. Read Jeh Johnson’s prepared testimony on Russia Trump criticized allegations about his campaign's ties to Russia on Twitter last week, calling them a "witch hunt." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/875701471999864833 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/875698062030778368 The Washington Post ...