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FILE — From left: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, Ivanka Trump and White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, in Washington, March 8, 2018. President Donald Trump ordered his chief of staff to grant Kushner a top-secret security clearance last year, overruling concerns flagged by intelligence officials and the White House’s top lawyer, four people briefed on the matter said. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT169 XNYT169

February 28, 2019 at 3:24 pm

Trump ordered officials to give Jared Kushner a security clearance

The president overruled concerns by intelligence officials and the top White House top lawyer about giving his son-in-law access to sensitive information, four people briefed...

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters after signing a directive centralizing all military space functions under a new Space Force, which will be overseen by the Department of the Air Force, in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS) 1270650 1270650

February 19, 2019 at 1:12 pm

Intimidation, pressure and humiliation: Inside Trump’s two-year war on the investigations encircling him VIEW

President Trump’s public war on the investigations encircling him is no longer shocking. Now, an examination by The New York Times reveals the extent of...

FILE — Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, at an event in Washington, May 5, 2018. Giuliani said Jan. 20 that the president recalled that his discussions with Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, about building a Trump Tower in Moscow lasted through the November 2016 election, months longer than previously confirmed. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
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January 20, 2019 at 11:14 am

Giuliani says talks for Trump Tower in Moscow lasted through 2016 election

The president's personal lawyer said in an interview that Donald Trump “recalls a series of conversations” with his former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, about...

January 11, 2019 at 5:40 pm

FBI opened inquiry into whether Trump was secretly working on behalf of Russia

Counterintelligence investigators had to consider whether the president’s own actions constituted a possible threat to national security. Agents also sought to determine whether Trump was...

November 20, 2018 at 5:49 pm

Trump pushed for Justice Dept. prosecution of Clinton, Comey

The request was one of the most blatant examples yet of how President Donald Trump views the typically independent Justice Department as a tool to...

November 1, 2018 at 12:54 pm

Roger Stone sold himself as a WikiLeaks pipeline to Trump’s campaign. Was he?

WASHINGTON — When WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared on a video link from Europe a month before the 2016 presidential election and vaguely promised to...

September 21, 2018 at 8:20 pm

Report: Rosenstein suggested secretly recording Trump and discussed 25th Amendment

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was said to have made these suggestions in spring 2017 when President Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey as FBI...

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August 18, 2018 at 11:12 am

Wary of taking the fall, White House counsel cooperates with Mueller VIEW

WASHINGTON — The White House counsel, Don McGahn, has cooperated extensively in the special counsel investigation, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart...

August 17, 2018 at 9:14 pm

Accusing Trump Adviser of Repeatedly Lying to Investigators, Mueller Asks for Jail Time

The special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has told a judge that a former adviser to the Trump campaign repeatedly lied...

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FILE — President Donald Trump with his son Donald Jr. leave the White House in Washington on their way to a political rally, July 5, 2018. Trump on Aug. 5 denied a report that he is worried about the legal exposure for his son, who hosted a June 2016 meeting between some of Trump?s top campaign advisers and a Kremlin-connected lawyer. (Samuel Corum/The New York Times) XNYT23 XNYT23

August 5, 2018 at 4:40 pm

President admits focus of Trump Tower meeting was getting dirt on Clinton

People close to the president believe that he may be increasing his legal jeopardy by continuing to speak publicly about sensitive matters even as his...