Tom Hamburger

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., testifies before the Senate Committee on Finance on Sept. 25, 2017, in Washington.

Lindsey Graham: ‘There’s a bureaucratic coup going on’ at FBI and Justice Department

August 22, 2019 at 2:22 p.m.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday he believes "a bureaucratic coup" led by enemies of President Donald Trump is taking place at the Justice Department, and the senator asked that...

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner looks on during a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc of Vietnam in the Cabinet Room of the White House, on May 31, 2017.

White House, Russian bank differ on secret Kushner meeting

August 22, 2019 at 4:35 a.m.

The White House and a Russian state-owned bank have very different explanations for why the bank's chief executive and Jared Kushner held a secret meeting during the presidential transition in...

Hillary Clinton and aide Huma Abedin on April 11, 2016.

Emails show how donors got access to Clinton and her inner circle

August 22, 2019 at 12:47 a.m.

A sports executive who was a major donor to the Clinton Foundation and whose firm paid Bill Clinton millions of dollars in consulting fees wanted help getting a visa for...

State Dept. inspector general report sharply criticizes Clinton’s email practices

August 21, 2019 at 11:28 p.m.

The State Department's independent watchdog has issued a highly critical analysis of Hillary Clinton's email practices while running the department, concluding that Clinton failed to seek legal approval for her...

Koch Industries, the empire run by brothers David, left, and Charles Koch, is punching back against claims that the brothers' father, Fred Koch, was a Nazi sympathizer and did business with Hitler's Third Reich.

Koch Industries responds to Nazi allegations in forthcoming book

June 11, 2018 at 11:51 a.m.

Koch Industries kicked back at a forthcoming book that suggests the company's founder did business with the Third Reich and admired the Nazis before the start of World War II....

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The Clintons, a luxury jet and their $100 million donor from Canada

June 20, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

Bill Clinton was planning a charity trip to Latin America and needed a big plane. For Frank Giustra, who had never met the former president, this was an opportunity. The...

Hillary Rodham Clinton is seen in New York.

Foreign governments gave millions to foundation while Clinton was at State Dept.

August 18, 2019 at 11:50 p.m.

The Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from seven foreign governments during Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state, including one donation that violated its ethics agreement with the...

Ferguson testimony shows inconsistencies, unorthodox forensic practices

June 22, 2019 at 3:10 p.m.

When Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson left the scene of the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, the officer returned to the police station unescorted, washed blood off his...

Drug import amendment halts health debate

August 22, 2021 at 2:34 p.m.

Expanding access to low-cost prescription drugs from overseas might look like a sure winner in the effort to make health care more affordable. President Barack Obama has long supported the...

Pivotal moment for the president

August 22, 2021 at 2:25 p.m.

He has chosen the most dramatic forum that a president commands to answer a question looming over Washington: Who runs the town? Apart from reviving his health care plan, President...

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