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White House Blasted by Legal Experts for Blocking Don McGahn Testimony

The White House cited a legal opinion drafted by the Justice Department that stated the former Trump official was immune from being compelled to testify.

May 20, 2019

White House counsel Don McGahn (right) at a cabinet meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on October 17, 2018. PHOTO BY CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES

US President Donald Trump speaks during the National Association of Realtors Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo in Washington, DC, on May 17, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Judge orders Trump accounting firm to hand over records to Congress

May 20, 2019

Joe Biden beats Trump in 2020 by most secure margins, new poll shows

May 17, 2019

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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

During her press conference Thursday on Capitol Hill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed how the House may move to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress.CreditCreditErin Schaff/The New York Times

May 08, 2019

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

House Democrats moved to hold a contempt vote against Attorney General William P. Barr, who has not released the fuller Mueller report.CreditCreditErin Schaff/The New York Times

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

President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he departs after the presentation of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point football team, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 6, 2019, in Washington. (AP

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

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, leaves his apartment in New York on May 6, 2019.Jeenah Moon / Reuters

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

FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 4, 2019. © Reuters / Yuri Gripas

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

Donald Trump says the Obama Administration spied on his campaign. Picture: AFPSource:AFP

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

Nancy Pelosi expressed her frustration with Attorney General William Barr's testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, telling colleagues that she couldn't sleep after Wednesday's hearing. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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

Robert Mueller wrote that Attorney General William Barr’s summary “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of the investigation. | Win McNamee/Getty Images

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

AFP / Rod Rosenstein: "We enforce the law without fear or favour"

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

ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to launch his 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday morning.

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

US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFPSource:AFP

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

The president’s efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful,’ Robert Mueller wrote. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

April 19, 2019

Trump's Obsession With Self-Preservation Laid Bare by Mueller

President interfered in probe, directed officials to lie

April 19, 2019

Donald Trump on April 18. Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America

April 18, 2019

In Highly Anticipated Report, Mueller Reveals Trump’s Efforts to Thwart Russian Inquiry

The report does not find that Mr. Trump or his aides conspired with Russians, but it lays bare how Mr. Trump was elected with a foreign power’s help.

April 18, 2019

The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, issued his highly anticipated report on Thursday.CreditCreditTodd Heisler/The New York Times