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The 15 pages of documents contain new details about a series of interactions with Trump that former FBI Director James Comey found so unnerving that he chose to document them in writing.  ‘‘I’m doing it because I hope we can negotiate an end to this for the good of the country,” former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani said.  The lawsuits, withdrawn late Wednesday, would have required Cohen to submit to an evidence discovery process.

The 15 pages of documents contain new details about a series of interactions with Trump that former FBI Director James Comey found so unnerving that he chose to document them in writing.  ‘‘I’m doing it because I hope we can negotiate an end to this for the good of the country,” former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani said.  The lawsuits, withdrawn late Wednesday, would have required Cohen to submit to an evidence discovery process.

A group of GOP lawmakers frustrated with the party’s messaging efforts want to use the leadership races to win more influence for younger members. Roughly thirty lawmakers, a chunk of them under the age of 40, were slated to meet Wednesday to begin early discussions about how to get a bigger say in the GOP’s messaging strategy. “There's certainly an appetite among the younger members to organize and to kind of figure out what direction we want to see our conference go after the Ryan era,” said Rep.

Senate Democrats are providing tepid praise to CIA Director MORE. But several also offered criticism at the same time, questioning the CIA's role instead of the State Department. Pompeo has been nominated as secretary of State, but has yet to be confirmed. “I don’t know why the CIA is doing the pre-work for a diplomatic meeting,” said Sen. MORE (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “I don’t hate the idea that there’s some preparation being done for a potential summit," he added.

The head of the House Judiciary Committee is expected to subpoena the Department of Justice (DOJ) as soon as this week to obtain copies of the so-called Comey memos, The Hill has learned. House Judiciary Committee Chairman President Trump, according to two sources familiar with the matter.  The chairman on Wednesday notified the ranking Democrat, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), that a subpoena is forthcoming.

MORE to stymie the Russia probe, but did not rule out the possibility. “They’ve been saying I’m going to get rid of them for the last three months, four months, five months, and they’re still here,” Trump said during a joint press conference with the prime minister of Japan. The president also expressed a desire to end the Russia investigation, which he called a “very bad thing for our country.” “So we want to get the investigation over with, done with, put it behind us,” he said. Trump repeated his assertion that his campaign did not collude with Moscow’s effort to

MORE’s public spat with the White House has underscored Trump World’s obsession about the political ambitions of people in the president’s orbit. Haley, the U.S.

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President Shinzo Abe at Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., at the end of a two-day summit between the leaders. Asked whether the release of three Americans held prisoner by North Korea is a necessary concession ahead of any summit with Kim, Trump did not reply directly but said his administration is currently working to get the Americans freed. "We're fighting very diligently to get the three American citizens back," Trump said. "There's a chance of having good dialogue. We'll keep you informed.

Scott Pruitt's spending since he took over the helm of the agency. Mulvaney said that OMB will look into the violation of federal spending laws on a "secure phone booth" for Pruitt's office at EPA headquarters. The EPA violated the general appropriations act and a law called the Anti-Deficiency Act by spending $43,000 on phone booth without notifying Congress first.