Karoun Demirjian

U.S. Attorney General William Barr departs his home on March 26, 2019, in McLean, Va.

Redacted Mueller report, nearly 400 pages long, will be delivered by ‘mid-April, if not sooner’

August 22, 2019 at 3:50 p.m.

Special counsel Robert Mueller III's report detailing his investigation of President Donald Trump and Russia's election interference will be delivered to Congress "by mid-April, if not sooner," Attorney General William...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24, 2019.

Senate backs McConnell’s rebuke of Trump’s military drawdown plans in Syria, Afghanistan

August 22, 2019 at 3:24 p.m.

The vast majority of Senate Republicans backed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday in a rebuke of President Donald Trump's rationale for withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan, voting...

Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., left, and committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., speak during a March 2017 news conference on Capitol Hill.

Russia favored Trump in 2016, GOP-led Senate panel says in break with House Republicans

August 22, 2019 at 8:54 a.m.

The Senate Intelligence Committee has determined that the U.S. intelligence community was correct in assessing that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election with the aim of helping then-candidate Donald...

In this Nov. 14, 2017, photo, Glenn R. Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS, arrives for an appearance before a closed House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. A document produced by the House Intelligence Committee's GOP majority focuses on discrediting Fusion GPS, according to sources.

GOP memo on surveillance ‘abuse’ targets dossier; Democrats call it ‘misleading’

August 22, 2019 at 7:27 a.m.

A document described by House Republicans as a top-secret memo about surveillance "abuse" contains talking points focused on discrediting Fusion GPS, the firm that hired a British ex-spy to compile...

Key NSA surveillance program’s reauthorization hits roadblock in Congress

August 22, 2019 at 7:05 a.m.

House Republicans have abandoned plans to vote on a long-term reauthorization of a powerful government authority to conduct foreign surveillance on U.S. soil, apparently succumbing to internal party demands for...

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after a closed door meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee about Russian meddling in the election at the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2017.

FBI Russia investigator axed from Mueller team over texts disparaging Trump

August 22, 2019 at 6:51 a.m.

The former top FBI official assigned to special counsel Robert Mueller III's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election was taken off that job this summer after his bosses...

Senate overwhelmingly votes to curtail Trump’s power to ease up on Russia sanctions

August 22, 2019 at 4:45 a.m.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow Congress to block any efforts from the president to scale back sanctions against Russia, and to step up sanctions against Moscow for interfering...

Nunes admits he met source for surveillance claim at White House; Dems call on him to step aside

August 22, 2019 at 3:44 a.m.

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee acknowledged Monday that he had made a secret visit to the White House last week to view intelligence files he then cited as...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a rally in Richmond, Va., Friday, June 10, 2016.

Donald Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ attack on Elizabeth Warren leaves GOP struggling to defend him

August 21, 2019 at 11:43 p.m.

It was a bad time for Sen. Cory Gardner to be caught in an elevator with a reporter. Donald Trump had just referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as...

President Obama speaks from the White House about recent U.S. diplomatic breakthroughs with Iran.

Republicans call for inquiry into U.S. $1.7 billion settlement with Iran

May 18, 2019 at 2:37 a.m.

Republican lawmakers are calling for an inquiry into the Obama administration's decision to pay a $1.7 billion claims settlement to Tehran after Iranian hard-liners reignited concerns that the money was...

All Stories