Raid on Trump’s Lawyer Sought Records on ‘Access Hollywood’ Tape The F.B.I. agents who raided the office and hotel of President Trump’s lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, were seeking details on his relationship with the Trump campaign and his efforts to suppress negative information about Mr. Trump, according to three people […]
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Trump signs ‘FOSTA’ bill targeting online sex trafficking, enables states and victims to pursue websites President Trump signed a bill Wednesday that gives federal and state prosecutors greater power to pursue websites that host sex-trafficking ads and enables victims and state attorneys general to file lawsuits against those sites. Addressing […]
California governor, a frequent Trump critic, agrees to limited National Guard role at Mexico border California Gov. Jerry Brown (D), the only border state governor who had not yet committed troops to President Trump’s National Guard deployment, said Wednesday that he will accept federal funding for 400 personnel — though […]
Accused Parkland killer wants to give inheritance to victims: Attorney The alleged gunman in the Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida wants to give any inheritance due him from his late mother’s estate to the victims’ families or an organization that will help the community […]
DOJ gives Nunes access to document that launched FBI’s Russia probe House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes’ dispute with Depuity Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared to de-escalate Wednesday after Nunes was given access to the document that kicked off the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign […]
Sex Claims Against Missouri Governor Vividly Detailed in Report He blindfolded and bound a woman to exercise equipment, spanked her, and tried to kiss her without her consent. Those are among the scandalous allegations against Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri that were released in a legislative report on Wednesday that […]
Paul Ryan’s GOP swept away by a Trumpian revolution he could neither contain nor control As he announced his exit from public life, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan tried hard to show appreciation for the man who took the Republican Party from his grasp and transformed it into something else. […]
The long read Vladimir Putin’s politics of eternity mericans and Europeans have been guided through our new century by what I will call the politics of inevitability – a sense that the future is just more of the present, that the laws of progress are known, that there are no […]
Syria war: Thousands flee twin offensives in Afrin and Ghouta As many as 50,000 people have fled separate offensives against rebel forces in northern and southern Syria in recent days, activists say. About 30,000 have left the northern town of Afrin as Turkish forces and their allies stepped up a […]
Saudi Crown Prince Is Hiding His Mother, U.S. Officials Say Saudi Arabia’s future king has hidden the whereabouts of his mother from his father and the public, according to U.S. officials. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has given his father, King Salman, a number of different explanations for her absence, […]
