Feb 27 White House restricts press access as Kim, Trump meet By Jonathan Lemire, Jill Colvin, Associated Press The White House restricted press access Wednesday to portions of President Donald Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam. Continue reading
Feb 27 Chicago will elect a black woman as its mayor for first time By Herbert G. McCann, Associated Press A former federal prosecutor and a county board leader will face each other in a runoff to become Chicago’s first black female mayor after leading a large field Tuesday that included a member of the Daley family that has dominated… Continue reading
Feb 27 WATCH: House oversight chairman says public has right to hear Cohen By Associated Press Democrat Elijah Cummings of Maryland says Cohen's testimony is necessary because it's the committee's job to search out the truth. Continue reading
Feb 27 WATCH: As Michael Cohen hearing opens, House GOP object to late night release of evidence By Associated Press Rep. Mark Meadows, a top Trump ally, said Cohen was showing "disdain" for the committee process by failing to submit his prepared remarks ahead of time. Continue reading
Feb 27 Florida Bar opens investigation into GOP congressman who taunted Cohen By Associated Press Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, a House Republican who taunted former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen ahead of a congressional hearing, says he did not intend to threaten Cohen. Continue reading
Feb 27 See the check Michael Cohen says Trump signed as reimbursement payment By Yamiche Alcindor Michael Cohen, on Wednesday, plans to present at least one check showing that President Donald Trump personally reimbursed him for hush money payments made to adult film star Stephanie Clifford, known as Stormy Daniels, during the 2016 campaign in order… Continue reading
Feb 27 Drug company CEOs admit prescription prices are too high. But will they change? By Laura Santhanam Together, the pharmaceutical companies that testified before Congress this week earn billions of dollars treating the world’s maladies and operating under the premise that today’s profits will fund research and development for tomorrow’s cures. But at what price?… Continue reading
Feb 27 Cohen says Trump knew about WikiLeaks email dump beforehand By Mary Clare Jalonick, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press On WikiLeaks, Michael Cohen says in the prepared testimony that he was in Donald Trump's office in July 2016 when longtime adviser Roger Stone called Trump. Continue reading
Feb 27 Pakistan says 2 Indian warplanes downed, pilot captured By Roshan Mughal, Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press Pakistan's military said Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured two pilots, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to a level unseen in the last two decades. Continue reading
Feb 27 Read Michael Cohen’s full prepared testimony on Trump’s Russia plans, WikiLeaks email dump By Travis Daub, Joshua Barajas Michael Cohen plans to tell lawmakers that Donald Trump often asked during the 2016 campaign about negotiations with Russia over a planned Moscow Tower project and what the then presidential candidate knew about the WikiLeaks email dump that targeted the… Continue reading