Politics

There's a lot more to the Michael Cohen probe

What's now slowly coming to light as we gather more pieces of the puzzle is a coordinated pattern and practice by Trump associates to silence those with potentially embarrassing information about Trump in the weeks leading up to the 2016 election.

April 13, 2018

There's a lot more to the Michael Cohen probe

Comey says Trump asked if he could disprove salacious prostitute allegations in 'dossier'

April 13, 2018

Paul Ryan is set to retire from Congress

April 11, 2018

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April 10, 2018

Forced out? Trump’s Homeland Security adviser resigns

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced the resignation of President Donald Trump’s Homeland Security adviser, Tom Bossert.

April 10, 2018

April 09, 2018

FBI raids Trump's private lawyer in what he calls ‘total witch hunt’

FBI agents have raided the home and office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing business records that reportedly include details of payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.

April 09, 2018

Police and security outside offices of US President Donald Tump's lawyer Michael Cohen, New York, US, April 9, 2018 © Andrew Kelly / Reuters

April 09, 2018

FBI agents raid Manhattan office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen

Ryan said the search was not directly correlated to Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling, but likely relates to information his team had uncovered and flagged for prosecutors in New York.

April 09, 2018

Federal prosecutors got a search warrant for Michael Cohen's office after receiving a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller. (JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS)

April 01, 2018

'I did not resign': Veterans Affairs chief David Shulkin insists he was fired

Ousted VA secretary disputes White House version of exit
Distinction could have serious ramifications for agency

April 01, 2018

‘There would be no reason for me to resign. I made a commitment, I took an oath, and I was here to fight for our veterans’, David Shulkin said on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

March 13, 2018

Trump replaces Rex Tillerson as U.S. secretary of state

'Thank you to Rex Tillerson for his service!' Trump tweets, naming CIA head Mike Pompeo to the post

March 13, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that current CIA director Mike Pompeo, left, would replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. (Reuters)

March 13, 2018

Trump sacks Rex Tillerson as state secretary

US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, replacing him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo.

March 13, 2018

Mr Tillerson lasted in the job for just over a year

March 12, 2018

House Republicans reach opposite conclusion from intelligence community

Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican leading the Russia investigation, said Monday that the committee had concluded its interviews for the Russia investigation, and the Republican staff had prepared a 150-page draft report that they would give to Democrats to review on Tuesday morning.

March 12, 2018

March 08, 2018

Trump's lawyer reportedly got a secret order barring porn star Stormy Daniels from dishing on tryst

A lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels says she did have sex with President Donald Trump more than a decade ago.
Daniels is suing to be released from a nondisclosure agreement that she signed on the eve of the 2016 presidential election with a company set up by Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen.
Cohen has admitted facilitating a $130,000 payment to Daniels but has denied she had an affair with Trump.
Trump has never publicly responded to the claims about Daniels.

March 08, 2018

Tom Williams | Roll Call | Getty Images Adult film star Stormy Daniels appeared at a news conference to tout the success of Restricted to Adults (RTA) website and other efforts by the adult film industry to protect children from inappropriate mate

March 08, 2018

White House claims Trump won Stormy Daniels suit in arbitration, but porn star’s lawyer says that’s nonsense

Not tired of all the winning!

March 08, 2018

Stephanie Clifford aka Stormy Daniels alleges in her suit that as recently as last week, Trump’s attorney tried to initiate an arbitration proceeding against her. (ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGES)

March 07, 2018

Gary Cohn: experienced Democrat was singular figure in Trump's White House

Analysis: Former Goldman Sachs No 2 had global outlook that put him at odds with Trump, whom he reportedly held in low personal regard

March 07, 2018

tAFP / Gary Cohn was director of the National Economic Council under President Trump

March 06, 2018

Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Gary Cohn Is Leaving The White House

The former Goldman Sachs executive and frequent target of the right has been the subject of job rumors for months.

March 06, 2018

President Donald Trump and Gary Cohn. Michael Sohn/AP Images

March 05, 2018

Trump 'may have done something during the election,' former aide says

In a separate interview hours later with CNN, Nunberg continued to undercut the Trump administration’s claims that no collusion had taken place between its campaign staff and the Russian government to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.

March 05, 2018

Trump 'may have done something during the election,' former aide says

March 05, 2018

Donald Trump: White House experiencing ‘dark days’

DONALD Trump is angry, isolated and trusts no one. Aides have lifted the lid on the darkest days in the White House.

March 05, 2018

US President Donald Trump, pictured with First Lady Melania, is said to be fuming over negative publicity and headlines. Picture: Jim Watson/AFPSource:AFP

February 25, 2018

2 Weeks After Trump Blocked It, Democrats’ Rebuttal of G.O.P. Memo Is Released

The Democratic memo amounted to a forceful rebuttal to the president’s portrayal of the Russia inquiry as a “witch hunt” being perpetrated by politically biased leaders of the F.B.I. and the Justice Department.

February 25, 2018

Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, pushed to release a memo from Democrats as a rebuttal to a Republican memo about the Russia investigation. Credit J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press

February 24, 2018

Former Trump Adviser Rick Gates Has Pleaded Guilty in Robert Mueller's Investigation

A former top adviser to the Trump campaign pleaded guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Gates will now help special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation in "any and all matters" as prosecutors continue to probe the 2016 campaign

February 24, 2018

February 19, 2018

US President Donald Trump open to tougher gun background checks after Florida high school massacre

AS AMERICA reels from the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school, Donald Trump has suggested he’s willing to act.

February 19, 2018

Donald Trump has suggested he’s open to tougher gun laws, a move that has surprised many. Picture: APSource:AP

February 13, 2018

Spy chief warns on Trump aides' clearance

A US spy chief has warned that presidential aides with interim security clearances should have "limited" access to secret information.

February 13, 2018

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly (L) has come under fire for defending Rob Porter (R) / AFP