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WASHINGTON — President Trump’s lawyers and aides are scouring the professional and political backgrounds of investigators hired by the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, looking for conflicts of interest they could use to discredit the investigation — or even build a case to fire Mr. Mueller or get some members of his team recused, according to three people with knowledge of the research effort. The search for potential conflicts is wide-ranging.

In Part One of this series, we considered the changing politics of the blue-collar suburb of Macomb County, Michigan, just outside of Detroit.  In Part Two, we noted that the Thin Blue Line—that is, our nation’s police forces—is mostly blue collar, both by background, and by current salary income. Now, let’s take a look at the poli

In Part One of this series, we considered the changing politics of the blue-collar suburb of Macomb County, Michigan, just outside of Detroit.  In Part Two, we noted that the Thin Blue Line—that is, our nation’s police forces—is mostly blue collar, both by background, and by current salary income. Now, let’s take a look at the poli

Arizona Sen. Capitol Hill soon. "I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support," the Republican senator wrote on Twitter.

President Jeff Sessions in a recent interview is just the most recent public display of his apparent displeasure with his pick to head the Department of Justice. Trump's latest comments about Sessions' recusal from any Justice Department investigations related to Russian interference in the 2016 election seem to show that Trump is still frustrated with Sessions' decision to step away from that particular duty. Despite previously offering to resign so soon in his tenure, which Trump rejected, Sessions remained defiant today, s

President Donald Trump's criticism Wednesday of the top two officials at the Department of Justice led to speculation that Attorney General Rod Rosenstein could resign their posts. While both Sessions and Rosenstein expressed their commitment to their positions at a Thursday morning press conference, the headlines involving the pair have cast a spotlight on the third person in the Justice Department hierarchy, Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand. Brand, the first woman to serve as associate attorney general, was nomin

Sen. Donald Trump Jr. to testify before Congress if they do not cooperate with the panel’s ongoing investigation and appear for a public hearing next week. “If they don’t voluntarily come, they will be subpoenaed,” Grassley told reporters Thursday morning. Yesterday, the panel formally invited both men to appear before the committee next Wednesday for a hearing on 2016 presidential election interference.

The White House did not refute comments made by Robert Mueller in a candid and wide-ranging interview Wednesday, reiterating Trump's claim that the investigation should not analyze Trump family finances outside the scope of the Russia probe. "The point he's trying to make is that the clear purpose of the Russia investigation is to review Russia's meddling in the election and that that should be the focus of the investigation, nothing beyond that," said principal deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at Thursday's White

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed Thursday to stay in his job, a day after President Trump upbraided him for recusing himself from the Russia investigation. Asked whether he was considering resigning, Sessions said he and his Justice Department colleagues intended to continue to serve and he would do so “as long as that is appropriate.” “We are serving right now.

Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Donald Trump was sworn into office six months ago.