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Tom Steyer, the billionaire environmentalist and Democratic mega-donor, says he is considering a run for political office -- and that he sees the United States in a "complete crisis, honestly," under President Donald Trump.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is attempting to interview current and former senior Trump administration officials, including former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, as part of the Justice Department's investigation into Russia's efforts to influence last year's presidential election, The New York Times reported Saturday, citing three sources briefed on the discussions.

President Donald Trump said Friday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "will truly regret it and he will regret it fast" if he issues an overt threat or attacks Guam or a US ally.

North Koreans are raised to be soldiers and "have no ounce of freedom," a journalist who lived undercover in the reclusive nation told CNN.

From long before he took office, President Donald Trump has touted loyalty -- his to others, and others' to himself -- as a prize virtue.

When Mitch McConnelll told a local group in Kentucky on Monday that President Donald Trump "had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process," he couldn't have fully suspected what might come next.

Sen. Dean Heller, while talking about health care, said Friday that he felt "real pleased at the way this thing turned out," referring to a legislative battle that ended in Heller casting a yes vote on a bill that ultimately failed.

The commandant of the US Marine Corps announced a 24-hour operational pause for all of the branch's aircraft Friday, a move that comes after the Marines suffered two deadly crashes in recent weeks.

A bipartisan group of senators recently introduced legislation designed to prevent the firing of the man investigating President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.

States of emergency are nothing new for the United States.

A top Democratic National Committee leader called the Republican Party "the party of racism" at a conference for liberal activists Friday, pointing to President Donald Trump's positions on immigrants and refugees.

Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned of the gravity of the situation between the US and North Korea, saying, "we're dealing with probably the most serious crisis involving a potential nuclear war since the Cuban Missile Crisis."

Several key congressional leaders say they have yet to hear from the White House on the administration's North Korea strategy as President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his rhetoric threatening "fire and fury" against Pyongyang.

President Donald Trump will speak by phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday night about North Korea, he told reporters.

Customs and Border Protection spent millions of taxpayer dollars in recent years on polygraph exams for job applicants who admitted to disqualifying criminal acts or drug use on their applications or pre-polygraph interviews, according to a review by the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general.

President Donald Trump was being "sarcastic" when he thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday for expelling hundreds of American diplomats from the country, a White House spokeswoman said.

A reported memo about deep state attacks against President Donald Trump written by a former White House National Security Council official highlights growing friction within the White House and mounting tension between two of Trump's closest advisers.

The Senate judiciary committee is calling on the White House to provide new details about President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner's security clearance application, including whether his initial failure to list meetings with Russian officials influenced the administration's ability to trust him with sensitive information.

Over the past 96 hours, President Trump has made news three times with his over-the-top rhetoric directed at the volatile rogue regime of North Korea.