In the final months of the 2016 campaign, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone repeatedly discussed his backchannel communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and claimed knowledge of forthcoming leaks from the group, a CNN KFile review of his public statements shows.
A car drove up to a White House checkpoint late Saturday night and the driver claimed to have a bomb in his vehicle, two law enforcement officials tell CNN.
On Monday FBI Director James Comey testified before the House Intelligence Committee, publicly confirming for the first time that the bureau is formally exploring the relationship between Donald Trump and Russia, and the role said relationship played in affecting the 2016 US election.
Two US defense officials told CNN Monday that the rocket engine North Korea tested Sunday could possibly be used in an eventual intercontinental ballistic missile.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer incorrectly diminished the role of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, remarks made at the same time as a House Intelligence Committee hearing investigated whether campaign aides colluded with Russia during last year's presidential race.
The Trump administration on Monday opened up its first line of attack on so-called sanctuary cities, naming jurisdictions that decline to detain immigrants who could be subject to deportation.
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has dropped to 37%, while 58% of Americans disapprove of his performance so far as president, new Gallup figures show.
The first time that James Comey ever delivered bombshell testimony on Capitol Hill, it was about how he stood up to the White House, refusing to let it carry on with warrantless wiretapping through the National Security Agency.
For the duration of his confirmation hearings, Neil Gorsuch will be cross-examined by skeptical or downright contemptuous Democratic senators. They will seek to paint -- or expose, depending on your point of view -- him as a right wing ideologue. Republicans will praise Gorsuch, touting his judicial sobriety and personal decency.
Republicans and Democrats of the House Intelligence Committee both questioned FBI Director James Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers on Russian activities Monday, but the parties spotlighted very different issues during the hearing.
President Donald Trump, once a critic of his predecessor's golfing, has visited one of his golf courses in Florida -- seemingly to play the sport -- five of the last seven weekends.
In a radio interview Monday, Roger Stone said that mentions of him at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Russian intererfence in the 2016 election amounted to "red-baiting and "fear mongering."
Supporters of Judge Neil Gorsuch are pushing back strongly against late-breaking allegations that the Supreme Court nominee suggested in a law class last year that women unethically use companies for maternity benefits, creating some last-minute tension as his first day of confirmation hearings begin on Monday.
As Republican leaders barrel toward a vote to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on the House floor Thursday, the Republican leadership strategy to court undecided members remains the same: Remind them that their bill is just one of three steps to overhaul the country's health care system.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration summoned two dozen religious leaders to a private meeting. The mission: to rally support for Neil Gorsuch, Trump's Supreme Court nominee.
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