Avenatti charged with stealing from Stormy Daniels to cover lavish lifestyle
On Twitter, Avenatti denied the charges. “No monies relating to Ms. Daniels were ever misappropriated or mishandled,” he said.
May 22, 2019
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May 20, 2019
Judge orders Trump accounting firm to hand over records to Congress
In court, Douglas N. Letter, general counsel of the House of Representatives, has charged that the lawsuit would dismiss Congress’s constitutional oversight powers as “a nuisance . . . getting in [Trump’s] way while he’s trying to run the country.”
May 20, 2019
May 17, 2019
Joe Biden beats Trump in 2020 by most secure margins, new poll shows
Mr Biden is the only Democrat in the poll whose lead over Mr Trump is outside the margin of error in the new Fox News poll
May 17, 2019
May 09, 2019
Pelosi Declares Nation Is in a ‘Constitutional Crisis’
Democratic leaders may wait to pair the Judiciary Committee’s contempt recommendations with another, most likely from the Intelligence Committee should its conflict with the Justice Department get to that point.
May 09, 2019
May 08, 2019
10 Years Of Trump’s Tax Information Released By New York Times
10 Years Of Trump’s Tax Information Released By New York Times
May 08, 2019
May 08, 2019
Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Reportsserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report
By asserting executive privilege, the White House is denying Congress access to the evidence gathered during Mueller's investigation. The House Judiciary Committee has issued subpoenas for the materials.
May 08, 2019
May 06, 2019
Treasury denies Democrats' request for Trump tax returns
The White House and the president's attorneys declined to comment on the deadline to turn over Trump's returns.
May 06, 2019
May 06, 2019
Michael Cohen reports to prison after Trump hush-money plea
Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said Monday that "there still remains much to be told" about the president, as his feud with his ex-boss continues.
May 06, 2019
May 05, 2019
Pelosi fears Trump may borrow page from Democratic playbook by challenging 2020 election legitimacy
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has warned her fellow Democrats that Donald Trump may question the legitimacy of the 2020 election if he loses by a slim margin – a cowardly political tactic not seen since the Democrats lost in 2016.
May 05, 2019
May 03, 2019
Report claims FBI ‘spied on Trump’
Donald Trump has said a story written by The New York Times that the FBI used a woman to spy on the Trump campaign will be “bigger than Watergate”.
May 03, 2019
May 02, 2019
Pelosi: Barr committed a crime by lying to Congress
“Nobody is above the law. Not the president of the United States, and not the attorney general.“
May 02, 2019
May 01, 2019
Barr takes shots at Mueller during tense Senate hearing
The attorney general went on the offensive after it was revealed Mueller twice pushed Barr to release Russia probe summaries.
May 01, 2019
May 01, 2019
William Barr hearing live updates: Mueller frustrated as AG faces lawmakers
Attorney General William Barr said that during a March meeting with special counsel Robert Mueller, Mueller "reiterated several times in a group meeting that he was not saying that but for the OLC [Office of Legal Counsel] opinion he would have found obstruction."
May 01, 2019
April 29, 2019
US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein quits
US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has handed in his resignation to President Donald Trump.
April 29, 2019
April 25, 2019
Joe Biden Holding Kickoff Fundraiser At Comcast Exec’s Home
But he says he won’t take money from federal lobbyists.
April 25, 2019
April 25, 2019
Former Vice President Joe Biden Announces 2020 Presidential Run
With an early-morning tweet and accompanying video, former Vice President Joe Biden announced that he is making a third run for his Democratic Party’s presidential nomination, but some Democrats are bracing for a rough start
April 25, 2019
April 24, 2019
Trump threatens Supreme Court fight with Democrats over impeachment
Donald Trump has vowed to go directly to the US Supreme Court if the Democrats try to impeach him, however his threat may have already encountered a major obstacle.
April 24, 2019
April 20, 2019
All the president's men and women: how disobedient aides saved Trump
Mueller report reveals how staff told to do illegal things did not but some say that doesn’t mean Trump is not guilty of a crime
April 20, 2019
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