WASHINGTON — The U.S. presidential election was six months ago, but a Senate panel Monday is probing further into Russian meddling in the contest and connections between aides to President Donald Trump and Moscow interests, even as he disparages the effort. Trump, not wanting to give credence to any Russian link that undermines the legitimacy of […]
U.S. President Donald Trump wasted no time Monday night in firing an acting attorney general who earlier in the day ordered the Justice Department not to defend his executive order temporarily banning travelers from seven mostly Muslim countries. A White House statement said Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, “betrayed […]