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May 22, 2019 at 8:25 am

Justice Department to turn over some Mueller documents

WASHINGTON (AP) — Easing some of the escalating tension between Congress and the White House, the House intelligence committee postponed efforts to enforce a subpoena...

May 21, 2019 at 9:15 pm

Trump stalks out on Democrats, demands end of investigations VIEW

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she believes the president is "goading" Democrats into impeachment. Donald Trump appeared to relish the party division in a...

May 20, 2019 at 9:34 pm

Democratic impeachment calls swell as McGahn defies subpoena VIEW

White House counsel Don McGahn was a key figure in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, describing ways in which the president sought to curtail that...

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May 20, 2019 at 3:34 pm

Cohen claims Trump lawyer shaped false statement to Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former fixer, Michael Cohen, told Congress it was Trump's personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, who suggested he tell lawmakers that...

May 17, 2019 at 3:52 pm

Step by step: Democrats play the long game against Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — First came the sternly worded letters. Then the subpoenas. Now the votes to hold Trump administration officials in contempt of Congress. As...

May 16, 2019 at 9:41 am

Schiff plans ‘enforcement action’ against DOJ over Mueller VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Thursday that his panel will vote on "enforcement action" against Attorney General William Barr or...

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., leads his panel on a hearing about executive privilege and congressional oversight, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA109 DCSA109

May 15, 2019 at 10:27 am

White House escalates resistance to House probes

The White House labels congressional investigations as efforts to "harass" President Trump in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election interference:...

FILE — Don McGahn, then the White House counsel, attends the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018. The White House stepped in on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, to stop McGahn from handing over documents subpoenaed by House investigators because President Donald Trump may want to assert executive privilege over them. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT206 XNYT206

May 14, 2019 at 8:00 am

House intelligence panel seeks interviews with Trump lawyers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Intelligence Committee has called four lawyers linked to President Donald Trump and his family for interviews as part of an...

FILE – In this Thursday, March 28, 2019, file photo, Donald Trump Jr. speaks at a rally for President Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, Mich. The chairman of the Senate intelligence committee says the panel subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. after he backed out of two interviews that were part of its Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) NYSB116 NYSB116

May 13, 2019 at 8:49 pm

Trump Jr. was sent a subpoena when he declined interviews, sources say

Senators on the intelligence committee want to go over answers Trump Jr. gave the panel's staff in a 2017 interview and ask further questions. It's...

May 10, 2019 at 11:14 am

Mueller won’t testify next week, House chairman says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says special counsel Robert Mueller won't appear before his panel next week, despite the committee's...