Mary Clare Jalonick

Trump’s pick for national intelligence director, Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe, is withdrawing

August 2, 2019 at 4:44 p.m.

President Donald Trump's pick for national intelligence director, Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe, withdrew from consideration Friday after just five days as he faced growing questions about his experience and qualifications.

Former special counsel Robert Mueller, accompanied ...

In hours of testimony Robert Mueller answers questions from Congress about Russia probe

July 24, 2019 at 2:16 p.m.

Robert Mueller told Congress he explicitly did not clear the president of obstructing his investigation and rejected assertions it was a "witch hunt" and hoax.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes a ...

Mueller’s testimony poses risk for Trump, but also Democrats

July 20, 2019 at 6:05 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress will depend not so much on what he says, but that he's even saying it at all.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks ...

House blocks maverick Democrat抖阴ap Trump impeachment effort

July 17, 2019 at 5:44 p.m.

The House easily killed a maverick Democrat's effort Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for his recent racial insults against lawmakers of color.

“It will not be easy”: Dems prepare for their Mueller moment

July 10, 2019 at 7:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Some are watching old video of his previous testimony. Others are closely re-reading his 448-page report. And almost all are worrying about how they'll make the most of...

FILE – In this March 24, 2019 photo, then-special counsel Robert Mueller walks past the White House, after attending St. John’s Episcopal Church for morning services, in Washington. Mueller will testify publicly before House panels on July 17 after being subpoenaed. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Robert Mueller to testify publicly before House committees July 17

June 25, 2019 at 8:51 p.m.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify publicly before two House committees after Democrats issued subpoenas to compel him to appear, the chairmen of the two committees announced Tuesday.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives for a closed-door meeting with her Democratic Caucus prior to a vote that would would authorize lawsuits against Attorney General William Barr and former White House counsel Don McGahn for defying subpoenas pertaining to special counsel Robert Mueller's report, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Barr and McGahn defied the subpoenas on orders from President Donald Trump.

Pelosi says Democrats “not even close” to starting impeachment

June 11, 2019 at 4:26 p.m.

Brushing back calls for impeachment, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday "it's not even close" to having enough support in the House, while Democrats pushed forward on other fronts to investigate...

FILE – In this March 24, 2019, file photo, the U.S Capitol is seen at sunrise in Washington. Progressive groups are expressing “deep disappointment” over House Democrats’ failure to start impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump and calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to act. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

White House tells 2 ex-aides to defy congressional subpoena

June 4, 2019 at 6:24 p.m.

The White House on Tuesday again directed former employees not to cooperate with a congressional investigation, this time instructing former aides Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson to defy subpoenas and...

FILE – In this Thursday, March 28, 2019, file photo, Donald Trump Jr. speaks at a rally for President Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, Mich. The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee says the panel subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. after he backed out of two interviews that were part of its Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Panel reaches deal with Trump Jr. for interview, AP sources say

May 14, 2019 at 5:51 p.m.

he Senate Intelligence Committee has struck a deal with Donald Trump Jr. to appear for a closed-door interview next month, pulling the two sides back, for now, from a confrontation...

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., waits to start a hearing on the Mueller report without witness Attorney General William Barr who refused to appear, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pushing off impeachment, Democrats find unity attacking AG William Barr

May 3, 2019 at 9:45 p.m.

Democrats are splintered by calls to impeach President Donald Trump. But they have found another common enemy and an alternate political foil in Attorney General William Barr.

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