Mollie Reilly 02/16/2017 02:21 pm ET NBC reporter Peter Alexander corrected President Donald Trump during a press conference Thursday after the president again made a false claim about his Electoral College victory margin. CLICK IMAGES for link to story and video. The press conference was called to tout the president’s choice of attorney Alexander Acosta for the role of labor […]
BY CLARK SPENCER FEBRUARY 15, 2017 6:17 PM When he’s not running his baseball team, Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria typically spends part of his summers visiting Europe in search of art. Loria could be spending a lot more time there if he ends up getting a coveted diplomatic job as U.S. ambassador to France. CLICK IMAGE […]
By SHANE HARRIS and CAROL E. LEE Feb. 16, 2017 12:33 a.m. ET Decision to withhold information underscores deep mistrust between intelligence community and president. CLICK IMAGE for link to story. U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the […]
By Pamela Brown, Jim Sciutto and Evan Perez, CNN Wed Feb. 15, 2017 10:37 PM ET (CNN) High-level advisers close to then-presidential nominee Donald Trump were in constant communication during the campaign with Russians known to US intelligence, multiple current and former intelligence, law enforcement and administration officials tell CNN. CLICK IMAGE for link to story & video. President-elect Trump and then-President […]
By Sarah N. Lynch | WASHINGTON Wed Feb 15, 2017 | 9:04 pm ES In a blow to President Donald Trump as he tries to assemble his administration, his nominee for labor secretary, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his name from consideration on Wednesday amid concerns that he could not garner enough Senate votes to be confirmed. CLICK IMAGE for link […]
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MARK MAZZETTI and MATT APUZZO FEB. 14, 2017 WASHINGTON — Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials. American law enforcement and intelligence agencies […]
BY KEVIN G. HALL, PETER STONE, GREG GORDON AND DAVID GOLDSTEIN February 15th, 2017 WASHINGTON A Russian diplomat who worked in the Washington embassy left the country last August while federal investigators examined whether he played a key covert role in the alleged Kremlin-directed plot to influence last fall’s U.S. elections. CLICK IMAGE for link […]
By Abby Phillip, Ellen Nakashima and Jenna Johnson February 14 at 4:59 PM Vice President Pence first learned that former national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled him about the nature of his contact with a Russian official on Feb. 9, a full two weeks after other White House officials were briefed on the matter, an […]
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR FEB. 14, 2017 WASHINGTON — The resignation on Monday night of Michael T. Flynn as national security adviser caps a remarkably tumultuous first month for President Trump’s White House that has burdened the early days of his presidency with scandal, legal challenges, personnel drama and questions about his temperament during interactions with world […]
Glenn Greenwald February 14 2017, PRESIDENT TRUMP’S NATIONAL security adviser, Gen. Michael Flynn, was forced to resign on Monday night as a result of getting caught lying about whether he discussed sanctions in a December telephone call with a Russian diplomat. The only reason the public learned about Flynn’s lie is because someone inside the U.S. government violated […]
