WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen (all times local): 5:15 p.m. Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says he’s worried that if the president doesn’t win re-election, there will not be a “peaceful transition of power.” Cohen is testifying Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee. He told the Read more about The Latest: Cohen says he’s worried about fate of US[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Monday that American citizen Danny Burch has been freed after 18 months of captivity in Yemen in what the State Department suggested was a rescue operation. In a statement, Trump thanked the United Arab Emirates for its role in reuniting Burch with his family. “Danny’s recovery reflects the Read more about Trump announces American freed from captivity in Yemen[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump describes drugs flowing across the hinterlands from Mexico, a federal prison population laden with criminals who are in the U.S. illegally and a Texas city transformed by a border barrier into a safe place to live. It’s a misleading and in some ways false picture, and one that underpins Read more about AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s skewed picture of border perils[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee voted Tuesday to subpoena Trump administration officials over family separations at the southern border, the first issued in the new Congress as Democrats have promised to hold the administration aggressively to count. The decision by the Oversight Committee will compel the heads of Justice, Homeland Security and Health and Read more about House targets family separations in first Trump subpoena[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s appearances this week before Congress (all times local): 2:50 p.m. President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer is now an ex-lawyer. Michael Cohen was officially disbarred on Tuesday while he was in Washington giving closed-door testimony to the House intelligence committee. A New York court ruled that Read more about The Latest: Trump’s ex-lawyer Cohen disbarred[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated Jeffrey Rosen to be the next deputy attorney general. Rosen is current the deputy transportation secretary and oversees the department’s day-to-day operations. He also served as general counsel and a senior policy adviser at the White House Office of Management and Budget from 2006 to 2009. Rosen Read more about Trump nominates Jeffrey Rosen for deputy attorney general[…]
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Was it the black bean soup that drew them? If not, maybe the carrot ginger soup. Or was it the chance to mingle with not one, not two, but three Democratic presidential hopefuls in one spot? The Story County Democratic Party’s annual soup supper drew an estimated 300 activists to the Read more about Soup for 3: Democratic hopefuls mingle with voters at church[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a damning depiction of Donald Trump, the president’s former lawyer on Wednesday cast him as a racist and a con man who used his inner circle to cover up politically damaging allegations about sex, and lied throughout the 2016 election campaign about his business interests in Russia. Michael Cohen, who previously Read more about ‘Racist,’ ‘con man’: Cohen assails Trump before Congress[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State group in Syria and now wants to return to the U.S. with her child (all times local): 8:55 p.m. The lawyer for an Alabama woman denied return to the U.S. after joining the Islamic State group in Syria Read more about The Latest: Lawyer says woman who joined IS a US citizen[…]
Where investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president obstructed the investigation. Trump also plays a central role in a separate case in New York, where prosecutors Read more about Where the investigations related to President Trump stand[…]