World Jun 25 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s plane leaves Bangkok to U.S. for plea deal and later freedom By Jintamas Saksornchai, Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Politics Jan 20 Judge fines Donald Trump, lawyer for ‘frivolous’ lawsuit against 2016 rival Hillary Clinton A Florida judge has sanctioned former President Donald Trump and one of his attorneys, ordering them to pay nearly $1 million for filing a bogus lawsuit against Trump's 2016 rival Hillary Clinton. By Jill Colvin, Associated Press
Politics Oct 19 Donald Trump’s 3-year probe into 2016 ‘deep state’ conspiracy reveals little evidence Former President Donald Trump once predicted that a special prosecutor appointed during his administration would uncover "the crime of the century" — a conspiracy to sink his 2016 campaign. By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Politics Sep 18 Assange lawyer says Trump offered deal to avoid extradition to U.S. A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told a London court that her client was indirectly offered a deal by President Donald Trump that would see him avoid extradition if he revealed the source of a leak of documents… By Pan Pylas, Associated Press
Politics Aug 18 Senate panel finds Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election The report purposely does not come to a final conclusion, as the other reports did, about whether there is enough evidence that Trump’s campaign coordinated or colluded with Russia to sway the election, leaving its findings open to partisan interpretation. By Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Mar 17 Watch 2:21 News Wrap: Rockets strike near U.S. embassy in Baghdad In our news wrap Tuesday, rockets struck near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, the latest in a series of assaults, including one on a coalition military base only hours earlier. There were no reports of injuries. Also, Russian company Concord… Continue watching
Dec 10 Barr says FBI’s Russia investigation was based on ‘bogus narrative’ By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Attorney General Barr leveled blistering criticism at how the Russia investigation was conducted, saying it was based on a “bogus narrative” that the Trump campaign might have conspired with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. Continue reading
Nov 22 Trump doubles down on debunked Ukraine conspiracy theory By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Trump called in to “Fox & Friends” and said he was trying to root out corruption in the Eastern European nation when he withheld aid over the summer. Continue reading
Sep 30 U.S. sanctions Russian’s yacht and planes for election meddling By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press U.S. and many foreign ports would face penalties for transactions involving the vessel or aircraft, according to a U.S. Treasury Department. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 6:14 Divided on Trump, how this couple keeps their relationship together By Amna Nawaz In rural Virginia, 150 miles from the White House, sits one of the more than 200 counties in the U.S. that voted for President Obama twice and then President Trump in 2016. As the 2020 presidential campaign heats up, Amna… Continue watching