By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had committed no wrongdoing but has the “absolute” power to pardon himself, echoing sweeping arguments put forth by his lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Sunday. The remarks come as U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the…
Philadelphia Mayor Kenney lit Trump up for throwing a party that nobody wanted to attend after the president disinvited the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles to the White House.
If there is one person who has documents Donald Trump doesn’t want investigators to see, it’s Michael Cohen.
Mueller asked the judge to revise or revoke the ex-Trump campaign manager’s pretrial release, which could send him to jail until his trial takes place.
Nixon’s most controversial claim – that nothing the president does is illegal – came after he was already forced out of office.
Not only is Trump caught in (another) massive lie that adds more evidence to Mueller’s obstruction case, but he is proving that a moment of scrutiny in the witness chair would sink him.Â
In Trump’s efforts – just like Nixon’s – to save himself, he is making it much more likely that his presidency will collapse.
The White House put out an unprecedented statement after the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles decided not to come as a full team to the White House to see Trump. The statement was a presidential tantrum the likes of which has never been seen before.
Former Bush ethics lawyer turned Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate, Richard Painter warned that the US could fall into dictatorship if our rule of law is not protected by Congress. Video: Painter was asked by Ari Melber how he separates the serious legal claim in the Trump attorney letter to Mueller from the hyperbole. He answered…
Abducted by aliens? Living with the Obamas? Secretly living in New York? First Lady Melania Trump has not been seen in public since May 10th, and the rumor mill on social media has been going wild with speculation: where is she and what is she doing? Is her health OK? The intrigue began with Melania’s…
Starbucks Corp, the world’s biggest coffee chain, said on Monday Executive Chairman Howard Schultz is stepping down, effective June 26.
The Trump family is whining about how hard Donald Trump’s life became after he decided to run for president, without admitting that they caused their own problems through criminal activity.
Top Senate Democrats on Monday told President Donald Trump not to make a deal that leaves North Korea with nuclear weapons, and threatened to maintain or toughen sanctions on Pyongyang if that condition is not met.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders cut off NBC News’ Peter Alexander as he was in the middle of asking if Trump thinks that he is above the law.
MSNBC’s Katy Tur called out the four-point strategy that Trump is using to try to survive the Mueller investigation and the Russia scandal.
Ranking Member Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Committee on the Judiciary, released the following statement in response to President Trump’s incorrect claims of an ‘absolute’ right to pardon himself, and that the Special Counsel investigation is ‘unconstitutional’
Trump’s lawyers are trying to muddy up two questions that already have legal opinions behind them. The DOJ determined previously that Nixon couldn’t pardon himself, and there are numerous court rulings that suggest that a president must comply with a subpoena.
Twitter is on fire this morning after President Donald Trump sent out a tweet at 5:25 a.m. saying he has the “absolute right” to pardon himself. He said his position is supported by “numerous legal scholars,” but none of them can be found, and if they do exist they are keeping quiet. The president is…
For people looking for ways to shut up the motor mouths at Fox News, Democratic Virginia U.S. House candidate Dan Helmer may have provided the solution.  He also may have shown other candidates the perfect way to shut up the biggest motor mouth of all: President Donald Trump. Helmer is a veteran and is disgusted with…
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are far from unified on many important policy issues. First and foremost among these issues is immigration, especially when it comes to creating a workable U.S. policy on a path to citizenship and the treatment of “Dreamers” under the DACA program. And according to the Associated Press, immigration…
These are dark days for the Republican Party in California.  Last week the Sacramento Bee reported that the GOP is behind both the Democratic Party and Independents in the number of registered voters.  Last month we reported that there may be no Republican candidate for either governor or U.S. Senator on the ballot in November’s…
