WASHINGTON (AP) — A Russian-American lobbyist says he attended a June 2016 meeting with President Donald Trump’s son, marking another shift in the account of a discussion that was billed as part of a Russian government effort to help the Republican’s White House campaign. Rinat Akhmetshin confirmed his participation to The Associated Press on Friday. […]
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Trump supporters rally around Donald Trump Jr.'s email release
President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., tweeted out a series of emails from the 2016 campaign Tuesday, showing that he agreed to a meeting with a “Russian government lawyer” who was said to have damaging information on Hillary Clinton. The offer was part of “Russia and its government’s support” for the Trump team, […]
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White House under siege as Russia revelations keep coming
WASHINGTON — The White House has been thrust into chaos after days of ever-worsening revelations about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a lawyer characterized as representing the Russian government, as the president fumes against his enemies and senior aides circle each other with suspicion, according to top White House officials and outside advisers. […]
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Donald Trump Jr. releases emails showing plans to get Russian aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s eldest son released an email chain Tuesday that shows him discussing plans to hear damaging information on Hillary Clinton that were described as “part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump.” The emails are the first documentary evidence of a top Trump associate knowingly engaging with what they […]
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White House downplays meeting of Donald Trump Jr. and Russian lawyer
President Trump’s eldest son admitted on June 9 to meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential campaign, after she promised him damaging information about Hillary Clinton. The revelation comes after months of the White House denying campaign contacts with Russians. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday was forced […]
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Susan Collins calls for Donald Trump Jr. to tell senators about meeting with Russian
Maine’s senior senator is calling for Donald Trump Jr. to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee that’s probing possible collusion between the president’s campaign and Russia during last year’s election. Republican Susan Collins told reporters Monday the panel “needs to interview him and others” who attended a meeting in June 2016 in Trump Tower where […]
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Donald Trump Jr. changed his account of meeting with Russian lawyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s eldest son changed his account over the weekend of a meeting he had with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, saying Sunday that the woman told him she had information about Democrat Hillary Clinton. A statement from Donald Trump Jr. one day earlier made no mention of Clinton. […]
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Donald Trump tweets mock video showing him beating man labeled CNN
#FraudNewsCNN #FNN pic.twitter.com/WYUnHjjUjg — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2017 BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — In his latest jab at the media, President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit — his face obscured by the CNN logo — outside a wrestling ring. It […]
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Fake Time Magazine cover with Donald Trump hangs in his golf clubs
The Washington Post’s David A. Fahrenthold breaks down a fake TIME magazine cover that is displayed in at least two of President Trump’s golf resorts. (Peter Stevenson / The Washington Post) The framed copy of Time Magazine was hung up in at least four of President Trump’s golf clubs, from South Florida to Scotland. Filling […]
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Hidden video of CNN producer posted after journalists resign
Coverage of CNN’s retracted Russia story (all times local): Updated 11:40 a.m.: CNN says President Donald Trump is wrong to suggest the network is failing. The president, in a morning tweetstorm related to CNN’s retraction of a story about a Trump associate’s meeting with a Russian financial leader, suggested that the network is looking at […]