WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump cranked up the heat Tuesday on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, scorning him as “very weak” and refusing to say whether he’ll fire the nation’s top law enforcement officer and his onetime political ally. It was ...

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The U.S. special counsel investigating possible ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia in last year’s election is examining a broad range of transactions involving Trump’s businesses as well as those of his associates, according to a person familiar ...

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WASHINGTON – The challenge for President Donald Trump’s legal team has become, at its core, managing the unmanageable – their client. He won’t follow instructions. After one meeting in which they urged Trump to steer clear of a certain topic, ...

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WASHINGTON – A California Democrat has followed through on threats to file impeachment articles against President Donald Trump, but there remains little indication that the effort will progress in the near future. The resolution filed Wednesday by Rep. Brad Sherman, ...

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President Donald Trump and high ranking members of the White House staff were sued on Tuesday by the Knight First Amendment Institute, which alleges the president’s blocking of dissenting Twitter users violates the Constitution. The suit filed in Manhattan federal ...

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Maybe it happened in person. Or by phone. Or through email. Kerwin Olson wanted to know how the incoming president of the United States struck a deal to save the jobs of hundreds of workers in his city – seemingly ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump may be the nation’s tweeter-in-chief, but some Twitter users say he’s violating the First Amendment by blocking people from his feed after they posted scornful comments. Lawyers for two Twitter users sent the ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has been handing out his cellphone number to world leaders and urging them to call him directly, an unusual invitation that breaks diplomatic protocol and is raising concerns about the security and secrecy of ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump defended revealing information to Russian officials, saying in a pair of tweets Tuesday that he shared “facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety” and had “the absolute right” to do so. Trump was ...

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The top attorneys from 16 states and the District of Columbia say President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban would hurt their higher education and medical institutions and have a chilling effect on tourism. The attorneys general ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — An organization that advocates for restaurant workers has joined a lawsuit that claims Republican President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by letting his businesses accept money from foreign governments. Restaurant Opportunities Centers United and a ...

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WASHINGTON – Two new plaintiffs – an association of restaurants and restaurant workers, and a woman who books banquet halls for two D.C. hotels – plan to join a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump has violated the Constitution’s emoluments ...

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