Allegations that Donald Trump dictated a misleading account of a meeting between his son and a Russian lawyer rattled the White House Tuesday — and deepened the president’s entanglement in the saga. Trump’s secretive and personal intervention, first reported by The Washington Post, casts doubt on claims he knew nothing about a meeting during the … Read more
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner on Monday said he had four contacts with Russian officials but denied any collusion to help his father-in-law Donald Trump win the presidency, US media said. In a statement Kushner released hours before he was to appear before the Senate intelligence committee, he described contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey … Read more
President Donald Trump downplayed his second, undisclosed meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, saying the conversation consisted of ‘pleasantries more than anything else’. Trump said that his second meeting with Putin lasted about 15 minutes during dinner for world leaders at the G20 summit in Germany earlier this month. The US president acknowledged … Read more
The White House and Kremlin on Wednesday played down the significance of an additional, previously undisclosed meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin during this month’s G20 summit. The two powers united in their condemnation of reports questioning why the meeting was not disclosed. “Once again, the Russia fever has caught up with the media … Read more
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had an additional, previously undisclosed chat at this month’s G20 summit in Hamburg, the White House acknowledged on Tuesday. After a brief greeting at the start of the two-day summit and a two-hour bilateral meeting with their foreign ministers on July 7, Trump and Putin also chatted over dinner on … Read more
US President Donald Trump returns to Washington Sunday after a brief overseas respite, facing an enduring and intensifying storm over his campaign’s contacts with Russia. During two pomp-filled days in Paris and another two playing maitre d’ to professional female golfers driving, chipping and putting their way around his Bedminster course in New Jersey, Trump … Read more
Donald Trump’s eldest son Don Jr may be in the media spotlight over his notorious Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. But the latest revelation in the burgeoning scandal has added to the pressure on another family member who was at the meeting and is already in the crosshairs … Read more
President Donald Trump says the mood in the White House is “fantastic” despite intense scrutiny of his campaign’s alleged dealings with Russia. He told Reuters the administration was “functioning beautifully”. The president also defended his son, who it has emerged met a Russian lawyer during the election campaign. US media describe the White House as … Read more
CNN on Wednesday released a video showing Donald Trump attending a dinner with key figures at the center of a growing controversy over alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election. The video was shot on June 15, 2013 on the eve of the Miss USA pageant, according to the network, which described it as … Read more
Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Christian conservative broadcaster Pat Robertson on Wednesday amid a cascade of revelations about Russian election meddling that have rocked the White House. Trump has had next to nothing on his public schedule since he returned to the US last weekend from Germany. He heads back to Europe … Read more
Donald Trump has agreed to sit down for an interview with Christian conservative broadcaster Pat Robertson on Wednesday amid a a cascade of revelations about Russian election meddling that have rocked the White House. “The president will have the opportunity to address a wide range of issues from the Russia coverage and former FBI director … Read more
US Vice President Mike Pence sought Tuesday to distance himself from the snowballing scandal over possible collusion with Russian election interference that increasingly threatens President Donald Trump. After Trump’s son Donald Jr. admitted to meeting a Russian lawyer offering dirt on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton last June, Pence declared in a statement that he knew … Read more
The bombshell revelation that President Donald Trump’s oldest son Don Jr. met with a Kremlin-tied Russian lawyer hawking damaging material on Hillary Clinton has taken suspicions of election collusion with Moscow to a new level. There are several probes into whether the Trump team colluded with Russians to swing the election away from Clinton, but … Read more
US President Donald Trump’s eldest son on Tuesday released emails showing he embraced Russia’s efforts to support his father’s presidential campaign, and admitting he would “love” to get dirt from Moscow on Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump Jr was told by an interlocutor that he could get “very high level and sensitive information” that was “part … Read more
In business as in the White House, Donald Trump leans on family. While daughter Ivanka deflects criticism by projecting tolerance on social issues, elder brother Donald Jr. has come out swinging for his father. When Trump jets off to his New Jersey golf club on Friday, he leaves behind a US capital buzzing after the … Read more
In business as in the White House, Donald Trump leans on family. While daughter Ivanka deflects criticism by projecting tolerance on social issues, elder brother Donald Jr has come out swinging for his father. When Trump jets off to his New Jersey golf club on Friday, he leaves behind a US capital buzzing after the … Read more
Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron will attend a private school in Maryland after he and his mother move into the White House this summer, the first lady announced Monday. The announcement will likely save New York tens of thousands of dollars a day in police costs incurred by 11-year-old Barron and his mother Melania remaining … Read more
Pepe the Frog, the cartoon character hijacked by the far right and turned into a symbol of racial hatred, has been killed off by its horrified creator. The cartoon amphibian started out life in 2005 as a harmless character in Matt Furie’s online “Boy’s Club” strip, but was adopted by white supremacists and extreme-right hate … Read more
US President Donald Trump is spending the weekend at his golf club in New Jersey, saying he wanted to spare New York the chaos of a presidential visit while saving taxpayers’ money. “Rather than causing a big disruption in N. Y.C., I will be working out of my home in Bedminster, N.J. this weekend,” he … Read more
New York is poised to recuperate millions of dollars for protecting Donald Trump and his family, which Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio hailed Tuesday as a victory for the police. The money was set aside in a bipartisan deal struck by members of US Congress on Sunday providing $1.163 trillion in overall federal spending through … Read more