Impeachment

WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary disclosure of U.S. intelligence materials, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe released newly declassified records on Friday of intercepted calls between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Russian Ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak.The detailed call summaries from December 2016, in the weeks…

opinionJill Lawrence USA TODAYPublished 9:59 AM EDT May 26, 2020When our son was very young, we used to tell him he had won at miniature golf because he had the highest score. I think of that whenever I hear President Donald Trump use phrases like “amazingly well” and “badge of honor”…

Senator Cory Gardner’s political relationship with the president reads like a tawdry romance novel. Todd S. Purdum May 25, 2020 The AtlanticUpdated at 4:19 p.m. ET on May 25, 2020.In the future museum of Never Trumpers turned Ever Trumpers, Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado will have pride of place. In…

He’s made the presidency about himself, and now the same is true for down-ballot races. Peter Nicholas May 23, 2020 Drew Angerer / Al Drago / Mark Wilson / Sara Silbiger / Getty / The AtlanticSenate Democrats liked former President Barack Obama, but never feared him; Senate Republicans fear incumbent…

Trump's pick follows 9/11 truther and QAnon conspiracies The Republican-dominated Senate today confirmed Texas GOP Rep. John Ratcliffe as the new director of national intelligence (DNI). He becomes the fourth person to hold the job for Trump in less than one year. The vote was 49-to-44, along party lines. Ratcliffe…

Republicans on Capitol Hill are issuing subpoenas demanding documents and preparing reports directed at damaging former Vice President Joe Biden during the general-election campaign.It's a familiar strategy designed to produce drip-drip revelations and negative media coverage akin to the hits leveled on former Sen. John Kerry in 2004 and Hillary…

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the disclosure to a Democratic-led House of Representatives committee of grand jury material redacted by President Donald Trump's administration from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report documenting Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. In a brief order, the justices put on hold…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily prevented the House of Representatives from obtaining secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.The court’s unsigned order granted the Trump administration’s request to keep previously undisclosed details from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election…

In July, the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee asked a judge for access to information the Justice Department withheld when it made most of Mueller’s report public. Lawyers for the House said the committee needed the uncut report as part of its impeachment investigation of Trump, but that process eventually went…

A Republican-led United States Senate committee has voted to issue a subpoena as part of its investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden's son, a move that met immediate opposition from Democrats who said the panel should be focused on overseeing the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate's…