First Run News

The TAKE with Rick Klein So truth isn't truth, a crime isn't a crime, knowing about something "later on" actually means before the fact, and doing "nothing wrong" includes paying off a porn star who wanted to go public about an alleged affair. The verbal gymnastics and flexible standards displayed by President Donald Trump and his White House are causing allies to squirm, and are leaving Republicans

DATA: Twitter Daniel McLaughlin / Globe Staff © 2018 Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC

The moves stoke speculation that the Elizabeth Warren may be preparing for a presidential run in 2020.   The state’s first openly transgender candidate for Congress, Alexandra Chandler, says she intends to put another voice to November’s closely watched ballot measure on transgender rights.  The TV spot — which disclosed that the RGA was a donor but didn’t divulge how much it contributed — began running in local markets last week,  Before you dismiss H.

Senator John McCain is discontinuing treatment for his cancer, according to a statement released by his office on Friday.   Allen Weisselberg was reportedly granted immunity by a prosecutor in the Michael Cohen probe.   Names have been surfacing in the Michael Cohen case recently that might be unfamiliar to those who haven’t been keeping track.

Senator John McCain is discontinuing treatment for his cancer, according to a statement released by his office on Friday.   Allen Weisselberg was reportedly granted immunity by a prosecutor in the Michael Cohen probe.   Names have been surfacing in the Michael Cohen case recently that might be unfamiliar to those who haven’t been keeping track.

Senator John McCain is discontinuing treatment for his cancer, according to a statement released by his office on Friday.   Allen Weisselberg was reportedly granted immunity by a prosecutor in the Michael Cohen probe.   Names have been surfacing in the Michael Cohen case recently that might be unfamiliar to those who haven’t been keeping track.

Michael Cohen’s guilty plea this week raised questions about MORE's involvement in an illegal campaign-finance scheme. Here is what we know about the situation. Cohen’s guilty plea Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, said he broke campaign-finance laws at the behest of then-candidate Trump in order to silence allegations from two women who say they had sex with Trump. Prosecutors said that nondisclosure payments Cohen arranged for the two women, Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels, broke the legal limit on individual donations to a political campai

on Thursday threw cold water on a criminal-justice reform package being crafted in the Senate, according to an administration official familiar with the situation. During a closed-door meeting at the White House, Trump said he has problems with the prison and sentencing overhaul and made it clear he wants to revisit the politically charged issue after November's midterm elections.  MORE at the White House.  Trump's stance dealt a blow to advocates of the compromise proposal on Capitol Hill and in the administration — including Kushne

Senate Democrats on Thursday pressed Judge Brett Kavanaugh on how he would view potential obstruction of justice or other possible criminal charges against MORE if he were confirmed to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh appeared to walk back some of his earlier claims that the president should be shielded from investigations while in office, Democratic lawmakers who spoke with the Supreme Court nominee told The Hill. Trump has faced heightened legal scrutiny this week after his former longtime lawyer Michael Cohen told a judge that Trump directed him to pay hun

Attorney General MORE in a rare statement Thursday said that the Justice Department “will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.” In one of his toughest statements following criticism from MORE, Sessions defended his leadership of the Justice Department, which has come under increasing attack from the president and his allies. “While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.