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Special Counsel Robert Mueller gave his report on Russian interference in the US presidential election of 2016 to the attorney general William Barr on this day in 2019.
Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million for Sandy Hook lies: A look at his strangest conspiracy theories
In the aftermath of the right-wing radio host and Infowars founder being ordered to pay nearly $50 million to parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook massacre which he has called a hoax, a look at some of the strangest conspiracy theories Alex Jones has peddled
US attorney-general William Barr to step down by Christmas as Electoral Colleges affirms Trump defeat
Barr, who had angered Trump by not supporting his claims that the 3 November election result had been tainted by widespread fraud, said he would leave office on 23 December
'Roger Stone is now a free man': Donald Trump commutes longtime friend's 40-month prison term
Punctuated by the inflammatory language and angry grievances characteristic of the president’s Twitter feed, the White House statement assailed “overzealous prosecutors” working for Robert Mueller
Donald Trump ally, Roger Stone, gets 40 months in prison for impeding US congressional probe into 2016 presidential election
Stone was convicted in November, 2019, on all seven counts of an indictment that accused him of lying to the Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to tip the 2016 election.
Donald Trump impeachment inquiry: William B Taylor Jr displayed a demeanour Democrats hoped Robert Mueller had exhibited
With a more-in-sadness-than-anger tone, William B Taylor Jr told lawmakers that in decades of public service under administrations of both parties, he had never seen any president warp foreign policy for his own personal advantage the way Donald Trump tried to do.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death gives Donald Trump a political boost in face of impeachment inquiry; Russia raises concerns over Islamic State group chief’s ‘umpteenth death’
President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the elusive leader of the Islamic State (IS) group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been killed, dying "like a dog" in a daring nighttime raid by US special forces in northwest Syria
In Donald Trump's America, nationalism has become a substitute for patriotism; India should take heed, here's why
The developments in Donald Trump's America is what happens to countries where the mad and rabid narrative of nationalism takes over, as it has in India.
US judge orders Justice Department to release unredacted copy of Mueller grand jury documents by 30 October
Many of the key witnesses in the Trump orbit, including former White House counsel Don McGahn, submitted to voluntary interviews before Mueller's team rather than appear before the grand jury, making it unclear how much significant new information tied to the president is contained in the grand jury transcripts.
US intelligence chief Dan Coats will leave office on 15 August, announces Donald Trump; John Ratcliffe likely to be next head
US intelligence chief Dan Coats will leave office on 15 August, President Donald Trump announced, the latest high-profile departure from his turnover-plagued administration.
Donald Trump was not exonerated of obstructing investigation into Russian meddling in elections, Robert Mueller tells US Congress
Robert Mueller denied Wednesday that Donald Trump had been exonerated of obstructing his two-year investigation into Russian election meddling but -- in his first testimony before Congress on the probe -- he again declined to accuse the US president of a crime
Former special counsel Robert Mueller to testify at high-stakes hearing over probe into Donald Trump's Russia links today
Former special counsel Robert Mueller will face congressional interrogators in a high-stake televised hearing about Donald Trump's alleged Russia links on Wednesday.
Democrats to conduct hearings on Robert Mueller report as investigations against Donald Trump pick up pace; focus to be on Russian collusion
President Donald Trump says it’s 'case closed'. But Democrats are just getting started with Robert Mueller. House Democrats have scheduled a series of hearings this coming week on the special counsel’s report as they intensify their focus on the Russia probe and pick up the pace on an investigative “path” — in the words of Speaker Nancy Pelosi — that some of them hope leads to impeachment of the president.
Donald Trump announces special counsel Emmet Flood’s exit following conclusion of Mueller report investigation
US President Donald Trump announced that a member of his legal team, Emmet Flood, will leave his post later this month after helping him handle the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election campaign
Nancy Pelosi urges Democrats demanding impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump to support ‘ironclad’ probe against US president
This is Pelosi's balancing act: toggling between mounting pressure from other Democrats and her own political instincts. She’s sticking with her plans for a more measured, “ironclad” investigation that makes it clear to Americans the choices ahead
Facebook's refusal to remove video of me is proof of Russian interference in election: Nancy Pelosi
The Facebook video of Nancy Pelosi was slowed and edited to make her speech seem slurred.
Daily Bulletin: Narendra Modi, Council of Ministers to take oath today; England, South Africa to face off in World Cup opener; day's top stories
Today's top stories: Narendra Modi and his Council of Ministers will be sworn today; Arun Jaitley has opted out as continuing as the finance minister on health grounds; ICC World Cup 2019 hosts England wll lock horns with South Africa in the first game; and more
Despite Donald Trump's use of 'executive privilege' to stop unredacted Mueller report, climbing US economy may firewall threats in 2020
The Mueller report served to Congress through Attorney General William Barr in a highly concise fashion however threatened to come to a boiling point when the president used “executive privilege” to prevent the unredacted report from reaching Congress.
Donald Trump Jr subpoenaed to testify over Russian collusion in 2016 presidential election after White House refuses to release Mueller report details
Following a day of drama that included Trump asserting his executive privilege for the first time in his presidency, the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee took the surprise step of issuing a subpoena to Donald Trump Jr to testify as part of its investigation into Russian election interference, US media reported.
US attorney-general William Barr cancels second day of testimony before House, escalates battle with Congress over handling of Mueller report
Barr was due to face the Democratic-controlled House Judiciary Committee on Thursday but pulled out after the two sides were unable to agree on the format for the hearing. "It's simply part of the administration's complete stonewalling of Congress," Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler told reporters.