Trump invokes executive privilege over unredacted Mueller report, subpoenaed materials

President Donald Trump is invoking executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller's unredacted report and other documents subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee. The claim would allow Trump to withhold those materials from Congress.

Trump pardons former US soldier who killed Iraqi prisoner

President Donald Trump has pardoned a former U.S. soldier convicted in 2009 of killing an Iraqi prisoner, the White House announced Monday.

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin denies House Dem's request for Trump's tax returns

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in a letter Monday, denied House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal's request for President Trump's tax returns, saying the request lacked a “legitimate legislative purpose.”

Hundreds of ex-prosecutors say Trump would face obstruction charges if he wasn't president

More than 400 former federal prosecutors contended in a letter that President Donald Trump would have been charged with obstruction of justice for acts detailed in Robert Mueller's report if he were anyone other than the president.

President Trump now says Mueller should not testify before Congress

President Donald Trump said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller should not testify before Congress, abandoning his previous declaration that he would leave that decision to his attorney general.

Mueller testimony before House committee tentatively set for May 15, Dem rep says

Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., said on Sunday that a tentative date of May 15 has been set for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to appear before the House Judiciary Committee and face questioning over his report on Russian interference in 2016 election.

Biden labels Trump a 'clown' during campaign stop

Former Vice President Joe Biden took a page out of President Trump’s playbook on Saturday when asked at a South Carolina fundraiser if he had a nickname for the president.

Text of Robert Mueller's letter to AG William Barr

Text of a letter, dated March 27 and made available Wednesday by members of Congress and the Justice Department, from special counsel Robert Mueller to Attorney General William Barr, on Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and obstruction of justice. In the letter, Mueller expressed frustration to Barr about how the attorney general was portraying...

US government to give DNA tests at border to check for fraud

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will begin DNA testing in cases where officials suspect adults are fraudulently claiming to be the parents of children as they cross the U.S.-Mexico border together.

Barr, Mueller trade barbs as Russia probe rift goes public

Private tensions between Justice Department leaders and Robert Mueller's team broke into public view in extraordinary fashion Wednesday as Attorney General William Barr pushed back at the special counsel's "snitty" complaints over his handling of the Trump-Russia investigation report.

Trump wants to charge asylum-seekers fee to process application

President Donald Trump is proposing charging asylum-seekers a fee to process their applications as he continues to try to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross into the U.S.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submits resignation

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submitted his resignation Monday, ending a nearly two-year run defined by his appointment of a special counsel to investigate connections between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia. His last day will be May 11.

Former Vice President Joe Biden launches 2020 presidential campaign

Joe Biden has officially launched his presidential campaign for 2020, making him the 20th Democratic candidate to join the race.

Trump makes new threat to send soldiers to US-Mexico border

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is making a new threat to send armed soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump tweeted Wednesday that "Mexico's Soldiers recently pulled guns on our National Guard Soldiers, probably as a diversionary tactic for drug smugglers on the Border," but he didn't support the drug-smuggling claim.

Back to Earth: Washington set to allow 'human composting'

Washington appears set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as 'natural organic reduction' - an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks.

AP source: Biden to announce 2020 bid on Thursday

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Vice President Joe Biden will launch his 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday, according to a person familiar with his plans. The 76-year-old Democrat is scheduled to face voters in Pittsburgh on Monday, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to disclose private conversations.

Trump says 'nobody disobeys' him, has no impeachment worries

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged divided fellow Democrats to focus on fact-finding rather than leaping to talk of impeachment to hold President Donald Trump accountable for the 'highly unethical and unscrupulous behavior' described in special counsel Robert Mueller's report.

Trump sues to block Democrats' subpoena for his financial information

Lawyers for President Trump on Monday sued to block a subpoena issued by members of Congress that sought the business magnate's financial records.