WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says the White House is “functioning perfectly,” challenging accounts it is in chaos from his eldest son’s disclosure of how he met last year with a supposed Russian government lawyer who offered incriminating information about Hillary Clinton, Trump’s Democratic election opponent. The news accounts described the president, with a light […]
WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he did not record his conversations with former Federal Bureau of Investigation chief James Comey. Comey has said the president urged him to curb the agency’s investigation into Russia’s meddling of the 2016 presidential election, which Trump denies. Trump wrote on Twitter: “With all of the recently […]
WASHINGTON — As Congress again dives into concerns about Russian interference in the 2016 election with two hearings Wednesday, worries persist that President Donald Trump’s handling of the issue is driving a wedge between him and the country’s intelligence agencies. Trump’s relationship with the intelligence community has been fragile from the start as he continually downplayed […]
Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether President Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice, also is reportedly probing the finances and business dealings of the president’s son-in-law, who is one of the president’s top advisers. The Washington Post reported Mueller’s probe into Kushner’s financial transactions Thursday. Previous Post articles have mentioned Kushner’s meetings with […]