Robert Mueller — the former FBI director now overseeing the Department of Justice’s investigation into Russia’s election-year meddling and contact with the Trump campaign — has been briefed on the contents of some of the memos that former FBI Director James Comey kept to document his conversations with President Donald Trump, according to a person […]

President Trump began a two-day visit to Israel on Monday with what amounted to a blunt assessment for Prime Minister Benamin Netanyaho: If Isreael really wants peace with its Arab neighbors, the cost will be resolving the generations-old standoff with the Palestinians, reports The New York Times. WashPost: Can Michael Flynn Refuse to Turn Over […]

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said he thought President Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey was the right call, providing his first public account of his role in the controversial dismissal, reports Bloomberg. NYTimes: FBI Once Warned GOP Congressman That Russian Spies Were Recruiting Him Reuters: Trump Faces Diplomatic Hurdles During 28 Hours in […]

Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump’s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the exchanges told Reuters. Information on these previously undisclosed interactions are now said […]

The latest approval rating poll from Morning Consult/Politico released Wednesday found President Donald Trump has hit its lowest point thus far in his presidency, reports Newsweek. The survey was taken before two new problems had arisen for the Trump administration—reports that the president divulged classified intelligence to a Russian official and a leaked memo from […]