President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, is under FBI scrutiny as part of the Russia investigation, US media report. Investigators believe Mr Kushner, 36, has significant information relevant to their inquiry, US officials told NBC News. The FBI is looking into potential Russian meddling in the 2016 election and links with Mr Trump’s … Read more
Subpoenas are flying, a special prosecutor is taking the reins, and explosive revelations hit the press almost daily: the investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia is heating up. With Trump reported to have retained a personal lawyer to represent him, here is where the sprawling probe into alleged Russian interference … Read more
Former CIA director John Brennan said Tuesday he became increasingly concerned last summer over contacts between Donald Trump’s campaign officials and Moscow, as a Russian effort to interfere with the US presidential election became evident. Brennan’s testimony before the House Intelligence Committee gave a much clearer view of how seriously US intelligence took the Russian … Read more
Trump tells Israel Iran will never have nuclear weapons Mr Trump (C) met both Mr Netanyahu (R) and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (L) (AFP) US President Donald Trump has told Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that Iran will never have nuclear weapons. He suggested the Iranians thought they could “do what they want” since negotiating … Read more
President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn will not comply with a Senate subpoena for documents on his links to Russia and will invoke his constitutional protection against self-incrimination, a source close to Flynn said Monday. Flynn, a key target in the explosive probe into links between Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia’s alleged … Read more
James Comey, the former FBI chief whose firing by President Donald Trump has triggered uproar, has agreed to testify publicly about Russian interference in the 2016 elections, lawmakers announced Friday. “I hope that former Director Comey’s testimony will help answer some of the questions that have arisen since Director Comey was so suddenly dismissed by … Read more
An embattled Donald Trump complained Wednesday that no US leader had been treated “more unfairly,” as top Republican lawmakers demanded the facts on the swirling scandals convulsing his presidency. The White House has been thrown into turmoil by a succession of stunning allegations against the president, most damagingly the suggestion he may have obstructed justice … Read more
The shock dismissal of the FBI chief James Comey has triggered days of turmoil in Washington and thrust the spotlight back onto allegations that Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with a Russian bid to sway last year’s presidential election. Here are the key players in the sprawling affair: The man at the center of the storm, … Read more
US President Donald Trump has insisted he is not under investigation, while dismissing the FBI director he fired as a “showboat” and “grandstander”. Mr Trump also told NBC News it was his decision alone to sack James Comey. Mr Comey was leading an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election and possible collusion … Read more
Donald Trump has tweeted photos of meetings he had with the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers – a day after the White House was left red-faced when Moscow surprised it by releasing pictures of its closed-door meeting. The President had met Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian diplomat Sergey Kislyak on Wednesday morning in … Read more
US President Donald Trump has insisted he is not under investigation, while dismissing the FBI director he fired as a “showboat” and “grandstander”. Mr Trump also told NBC News it was his decision alone to sack James Comey. Mr Comey was leading an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election and possible collusion … Read more
Donald Trump said Thursday he asked his now-fired FBI director on three occasions whether he was the target of ongoing investigations, stoking allegations of presidential interference. Trump acknowledged asking James Comey if he was the subject of counter-intelligence probes into Russian influence in the 2016 election, twice in conversations over the phone and once over … Read more
Donald Trump’s administration was left red-faced Thursday after the Kremlin surprised them by releasing pictures of a closed-door meeting between the US president and Russia’s top diplomat. The images — issued by the Russian state news agency TASS, and subsequently published by much of the global media — showed a grinning Trump shaking hands with … Read more
The head of US intelligence agencies offered a pessimistic assessment Thursday of the security situation in Afghanistan, where the US government is planning to send more troops to combat resurgent Islamic extremists. “The political and security situation in Afghanistan will also almost certainly deteriorate through 2018, even with a modest increase in the military assistance … Read more
The acting chief of the FBI told the US Congress Thursday that President Donald Trump’s shock firing of James Comey will not derail the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Trump dismissed the FBI director citing his handling of the probe into Hillary Clinton’s emails, but opponents suspect his ouster was a … Read more
The White House says it is unaware whether the deputy attorney general threatened to quit after he was blamed for the FBI chief’s sacking. Rod Rosenstein reportedly was on the verge of resigning after the White House cast him as the prime catalyst to fire James Comey, US media reported. He detailed Mr Comey’s “serious … Read more
A US Senate panel investigating Russian interference in last year’s election has issued a rare formal demand for documents from President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser. Michael Flynn has failed to voluntarily co-operate with the investigation, the Senate Intelligence Committee says. He was forced to resign in February after failing to disclose the content … Read more
A US Senate panel investigating Russian interference in last year’s election has issued a formal demand for documents from President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser. Michael Flynn has failed to voluntarily co-operate with the investigation, the Senate Intelligence Committee says. He was forced to resign in February after failing to disclose the content of … Read more
The US Senate’s top Republican Wednesday dismissed growing calls for a special prosecutor to probe allegations of Russian election interference after President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey. Comey ouster has raised urgent questions over the future of the FBI probe into Russian meddling, and into possible collusion between the Kremlin and Trump’s team. … Read more
Democratic and Republican lawmakers will be “thanking” Donald Trump for firing FBI director James Comey, the president has said. In early morning tweets, Mr Trump defended his shock decision to fire the FBI chief over his handling of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails. His comments come just before he is set to meet the … Read more