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Yahoo NewsRussian-American lobbyist: I just strolled into Trump Jr. meeting
Rinat Akhmetshin, the Russian-American lobbyist who attended a controversial June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr., said he was there by chance
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White House shakes up legal team as probe gathers steam
Under intensifying fire over its handling of the Russia investigations, the White House is shaking up its legal team, bringing on board a veteran Washington criminal defense lawyer just as another high-profile attorney turns over responsibilities for representing a senior official in the cross hairs
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Sources: Trump lawyers knew of Russia emails three weeks ago
The sources' assertion contradicts the president's comment to reporters Wednesday about the Trump Jr. emails: “I only heard about it two or three days ago,”
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New details emerge on Moscow real estate deal that led to the Trump-Kremlin alliance
Goldstone’s account offers new details of the proposed Trump project that appears to have been further along than most previous reports have suggested,
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Bill to create panel that could remove Trump from office quietly picks up Democratic support
A bill sponsored by Rep. Jamie Raskin to create a panel that could remove President Trump from office under the 25th Amendment is gaining support from Democrats, including Rep. John Conyers.
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Trump’s lawyers fail to follow through on threats to Comey
President Trump’s lawyers, after rethinking their legal strategy, have shelved plans for now to file complaints accusing former FBI Director James Comey of leaking confidential information about his conversations with the president, according to two sources familiar with the lawyers’ plans. The decision
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Ex-Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson: DNC and state officials dismissed Russia warnings last year
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says he tried to assist state election officials and the Democratic National Committee amid Russian cyberattacks but was rebuffed.
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Trump’s lawyer cites a questionable timeline in disputing Comey
In his effort to undercut former FBI director James Comey’s Senate testimony Thursday, President Trump’s lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, appears to have misstated the sequence of two crucial events in the ongoing probe of the administration: Trump’s now infamous tweet implying he may have tapes of his conversations
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Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump
Top lawyers with at least four major law firms rebuffed White House overtures to represent President Trump in the Russia investigations.
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How the Trump administration’s secret efforts to ease Russia sanctions fell short
In the early weeks of the Trump administration, former Obama administration officials and State Department staffers fought an intense, behind-the-scenes battle to head off efforts by incoming officials to normalize relations with Russia, according to multiple sources familiar with the events. Unknown
Yahoo NewsObama should have confronted Russians on hacking, Democratic House intel leader says
Adam Schiff’s surprisingly sharp critique of the Obama administration came during a breakfast meeting with reporters in which he signaled that the House committee — like its Senate counterpart — plans to subpoena documents from Michael Flynn and his businesses. The former Trump White House national
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Ex-CIA chief Brennan describes warning Kremlin to cut the dirty tricks — to no avail
Former CIA Director John Brennan was so disturbed by Russian “active measures” against the United States last summer — including meddling in the presidential election — that he issued a stern warning to his counterpart in the Kremlin, Alexander Bortnikov, director of the Russian FSB. Russian efforts
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Pentagon report shows Flynn misled investigators about Russia trip
Flynn told investigators he had had only “insubstantial contact” with foreign nationals, and failed mention he sat next to Vladimir Putin at an RT dinner.
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As investigators circled Flynn, he got a message from Trump: Stay strong
Late last month, fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn—under investigation by federal prosecutors, with his lawyer seeking immunity for him to testify to Congress--met with a small group of loyalists at a restaurant in the northern Virginia suburbs.
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Washington sets new sanctions on Syria regime
The Trump administration targeted five individuals for sanctions in response to Bashar Assad's “continuing violent attacks” on his own citizens.
Yahoo News VideoInside Trump's decision to share classified information with the Russians
On Tuesday, May 16, 2017, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Matthew Olsen joins Yahoo News Deputy Editor Daniel Klaidman and Yahoo News Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff. The three discuss President Trump’s decision to divulge classified information to the Russian
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Assad’s victims given voice in haunting new film
The documentary “Syria’s Disappeared: The Case Against Assad” features stark testimonies and stomach-turning photographs and may stir the world to action.
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Who told Trump he was in the clear? Not us, key senators say
President Trump is interviewed by NBC’s Lester Holt on Thursday. Just hours after White House spokesman Sean Spicer said President Trump had received assurances from a key senator that the idea of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia was a “hoax,” a spokesman for the senator, Chuck Grassley
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Five big questions about Trump’s decision to fire Comey
Why was Comey fired? Why the rush? What did Russia have to do with it? Is Trump being investigated? Who’s in charge of the FBI now?
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Timing of FBI Director James Comey’s firing raises the question: Why now?
The decision to fire FBI director James Comey was made by the White House and senior Justice Department officials based on actions by Comey that had been publicly known for months — and without waiting for the conclusion of a Justice Department inspector general review of his conduct that was far from
Yahoo NewsTrump advisers had ‘sensitive’ contacts with Russian agents for months, Clapper testifies
European intelligence agencies provided “quite sensitive” reports about contacts between advisers to the then candidate Donald Trump and Russian agents starting in late 2015, James Clapper, former director of national intelligence testified today.
Yahoo NewsFlynn’s former top deputy: I was ‘apoplectic’ when I learned about RT payment
The Defense Department is investigating whether retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, violated federal ethics rules.
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Donald Trump’s Russian riddle
Russian cyberattacks during the election, ties between Trump advisers and the Kremlin, investigations: What do they all add up to? Here’s what we know.
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Senate Russia probe flounders amid partisan bickering
The Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election, and whether any Trump associates were connected to it, has made little progress.
Yahoo News VideoWorld’s most dangerous job: Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza on surviving poisoning, twice
It was 4 a.m. in Moscow, Feb. 2, 2017, when Vladimir Kara-Murza knew something was horribly wrong — again. Kara-Murza called his wife, who lives in the Washington suburbs. Kara-Murza was rushed to a Moscow hospital, where in the hours that followed, the doctors frantically tried to figure out what
