Politics

June 16, 2017

Trump confirms he is under investigation in Russia inquiry

President Donald Trump has appeared to acknowledge he is under investigation in the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election.

June 16, 2017

June 15, 2017

Senate votes to punish Russia and Iran over election interference, aggression

U.S. intelligence officials have warned that Putin and his accomplices will continue to meddle in future elections in the United States and Europe

June 15, 2017

June 13, 2017

'Detestable lie': Attorney General Sessions rejects charges of collusion with Russia

Sessions said he met with career department officials, including senior ethics officials, about his recusal.

June 13, 2017

June 13, 2017

US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions testifies on meetings with Russians, James Comey’s firing

US ATTORNEY-GENERAL Jeff Sessions has vehemently denied colluding with an alleged Russian bid to tilt the 2016 presidential election in Donald Trump’s favour.

June 13, 2017

June 08, 2017

Everything We Learned From Former FBI Director Comey's Senate Hearing

Trump did ask for Comey's loyalty.

June 08, 2017

June 08, 2017

‘Flynn stuff is BS’: Donald Trump Jr. tweets up a storm during Comey testimony

Trump Jr. took particular issue with Comey’s testimony that the president asked him to end the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

June 08, 2017

June 08, 2017

James Comey testimony takeaways: He plays political hardball

Former FBI Director James Comey shares his candid reaction to President Trump's suggestion that he drop the Russia investigation

June 08, 2017

June 08, 2017

James Comey accuses Donald Trump of telling ‘lies, plain and simple’

SACKED Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey has launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump, accusing him of telling “lies, plain and simple”.

June 08, 2017

June 02, 2017

Hillary Clinton told to 'move on' from her loss

Hillary Clinton has been told it's time to "move on" after she added her own party officials to the list of those she blames for her 2016 election loss.

June 02, 2017

May 30, 2017

Donald Trump's personal lawyer becomes focus of Russia investigation

The lawyer said he had rejected a request to provide documents

May 30, 2017

May 25, 2017

Kushner 'under FBI scrutiny' in Russia investigation - US sources

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, is under FBI scrutiny as part of the Russia investigation, US media report.

May 25, 2017

May 22, 2017

White House Proposes Long-Shot Budget with Deep Spending Cuts

The core assumptions of the budget proposal—which allow the Trump Administration to claim it will bring the budget to balance

May 22, 2017

May 17, 2017

Vladimir Putin says can prove Trump did not pass Russia secrets

A Kremlin aide, Yuri Ushakov, later told reporters that Moscow had in its possession a written record of the conversation, not an audio recording.

May 17, 2017

May 15, 2017

Trump Goes Silent

After the most trying week yet of his young presidency, in which members of his own party leveled criticism at his decision to fire the FBI director amid a probe of his campaign's potential ties to Russia, President Trump seems to have gone dark

May 15, 2017

May 12, 2017

Donald Trump threatens James Comey on Twitter after sacking the FBI director

DONALD Trump has threatened James Comey on Twitter, warning he may have something over him if he starts leaking to the press.

May 12, 2017

May 12, 2017

‘Comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations’ before leaking to press – Trump

US President Donald Trump has tweeted that recently fired FBI Director James Comey had better hope there are no tapes of their conversations “before he starts leaking to the press.”

May 12, 2017

May 11, 2017

Trump denies any links to Russia: 'No loans, no nothing'

Trump fights assertions that he or anyone close to him could have ties to Russia

May 11, 2017