Evening Edition: Mueller examining letter Trump drafted days before he fired FBI Director Comey
The Fix: Mueller has Trump's letter explaining why he fired Comey. Here's why that's big.; Trump charges that Clinton email probe was 'rigged,' based on when Comey drafted...
The document helps show the president's state of mind at the time, including his frustration that Comey was unwilling to say publicly that Trump was not under investigation in the FBI's inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to people familiar with it.
By Rosalind S. Helderman, Carol D. Leonnig and Ashley Parker • Read more »
The White House counsel called the letter "problematic." The big question is why it was problematic, and whether it's because the letter explicitly cites the Russia investigation as a reason for James Comey's firing.
Transcripts show Comey first contemplated a statement about closing the Clinton case in April or May of 2016 — before agents had interviewed Clinton and others. But it's not unusual for investigators to contemplate how to reveal the outcome of a case before their work is complete.
Shortly after Trump made the threat, White House officials quietly notified Congress that the funds would not need to be in a "continuing resolution" that was meant to fund the government for the short term, a senior GOP congressional aide said.
For a man who built his political brand on being the one who "alone" can fix the nation's problems, the president hates the perception that someone else controls him.
First responders continued the grueling work of searching home after home, while state authorities warned that numerous rivers and basins, swollen after Harvey's rainfall, continue to pose risks of "life-threatening" flooding.
By Abigail Hauslohner, Todd C. Frankel and Mark Berman • Read more »
After two days of rescuing flood victims, a small-town pastor and his colleagues found themselves in a devastated town on the Louisiana border, face to face with other volunteers who were armed.
The administration is facing a Tuesday deadline to rescind the Obama-era program — which has allowed nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants to live and work without fear of deportation — or face a lawsuit from 10 states.
By David Nakamura, David Weigel and Ed O'Keefe • Read more »
The State Department said last month that as many as 16 people were harmed by an unknown sonic device that damaged their hearing and caused other health problems.
The Republican senator published a fiery op-ed blasting Trump as "a president who has no experience of public office, is poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct."
The attorney general uses the alleged crime wave as evidence for the need to return to "law and order," which President Trump has vowed to make a top priority during his presidency.
The explosive encounter in late July was captured on officers' body cameras and is now the subject of an internal investigation by the police department.
Schools would need to make initial investments in infrastructure, but states adopting later school times would see a positive return on investment in just two years, according a new study by the Rand Corp.
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