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William Barr personally asked foreign officials to aid inquiry into CIA, FBI activities in 2016
Attorney General William Barr has held private meetings overseas with foreign intelligence officials seeking their help in a Justice Department inquiry that President Donald Trump hopes will discredit U.S. intelligence...

Memo detailing Trumpâs call with Ukrainian president shows him offering U.S. assistance for Biden investigation
President Donald Trump told his Ukrainian counterpart to work with the U.S. attorney general to investigate the conduct of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and offered to meet with the...

Hacker accesses 100 million Capital One applications
Capital One, the Virginia-based bank with a popular credit card business, announced Monday that a hacker had accessed about 100 million credit card applications, and investigators say thousands of Social...

Figure linked to Trump transition charged with transporting child pornography
A key witness in former special counsel Robert Mueller III's investigation of Russian election interference has been indicted by federal officials on child pornography charges, according to court documents.

Mueller complained that Barrâs letter did not capture âcontextâ of Trump probe
Special counsel Robert Mueller III wrote a letter in late March complaining to Attorney General William Barr that a four-page memo to Congress describing the principal conclusions of the investigation...

Mueller report lays out obstruction evidence against the president
The long-awaited report from special counsel Robert Mueller details abundant evidence against President Donald Trump - finding 10 episodes of suspicious behavior - but ultimately concluding it was not Mueller's...

President Trump issues first veto in targeting congressional rejection of his emergency declaration
President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency Friday to secure federal money for a border wall he promised as a candidate and considers a crucial priority for...

National Enquirer says it will “thoroughly investigate” extortion allegations made by Jeff Bezos
The parent company of the National Enquirer said it would thoroughly investigate extortion claims by Amazon chief executive Jeffrey Bezos, who said the Enquirer threatened to publish intimate pictures of...

Trump confidant Roger Stone pleads not guilty to false statements, obstruction charges
President Donald Trump's longtime friend Roger Stone pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

Jeff Sessions’ law enforcement legacy overshadowed by Trump’s fury
To Jeff Sessions, President Donald Trump was the man who could do no wrong. To Trump, Sessions was the attorney general who could do no right.