AdvertisementWASHINGTON — In the months before Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign, she tried to focus the White House on one of her highest priorities as secretary: preparing for new and different Russian forms of interference in the .President Trump’s chief of staff told her not to bring it up in front of the president.Ms. Nielsen left the early this month after a tumultuous 16-month tenure and tensions with the White House. Officials said she had become increasingly concerned about Russia’s continued activity in the United States during and after the 2018 midterm elections — ranging...…AdvertisementWASHINGTON — In the months before Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign, she tried to focus the White House on one of her highest priorities as secretary: preparing for new and different Russian forms of interference in the .President Trump’s chief of staff told her not to bring it up in front of the president.Ms. Nielsen left the early this month after a tumultuous 16-month tenure and tensions with the White House. Officials said she had become increasingly concerned about Russia’s continued activity in the United States during and after the 2018 midterm elections — ranging...WW…

How Trump's idea for a photo op led to havoc in a parkWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementLog in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAfter a weekend of protests that led all the way to his own front yard and forced him to briefly retreat to a bunker beneath the White House, President Donald Trump arrived in the Oval Office on Monday agitated over the television images, annoyed that anyone would think he was hiding and eager for action.He wanted to send...…How Trump's idea for a photo op led to havoc in a parkWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementLog in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAfter a weekend of protests that led all the way to his own front yard and forced him to briefly retreat to a bunker beneath the White House, President Donald Trump arrived in the Oval Office on Monday agitated over the television images, annoyed that anyone would think he was hiding and eager for action.He wanted to send...WW…

AdvertisementFederal investigators on Wednesday seized cellphones and computers from Rudolph W. , the former mayor of New York City who became President Donald J. personal lawyer, stepping up a criminal investigation into Mr. Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, three people with knowledge of the investigation said.F.B.I. agents executed search warrants around 6 a.m. at Mr. Giuliani’s apartment on Madison Avenue and his Park Avenue office in Manhattan, carting away the electronic devices, Mr. Giuliani confirmed in a statement.The execution of search warrants is an extraordinary action for...…AdvertisementFederal investigators on Wednesday seized cellphones and computers from Rudolph W. , the former mayor of New York City who became President Donald J. personal lawyer, stepping up a criminal investigation into Mr. Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, three people with knowledge of the investigation said.F.B.I. agents executed search warrants around 6 a.m. at Mr. Giuliani’s apartment on Madison Avenue and his Park Avenue office in Manhattan, carting away the electronic devices, Mr. Giuliani confirmed in a statement.The execution of search warrants is an extraordinary action for...WW…

More from the HomepageBy Nicholas FandosMichael S. SchmidtandMaggie HabermanNew York TimesmoreWASHINGTON – Claims by former President Donald Trump's lawyers that his conduct around the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is shielded by the First Amendment are "legally frivolous" and should do nothing to stop the Senate from convicting him in his impeachment trial, 144 leading First Amendment lawyers and constitutional scholars from across the political spectrum wrote in a letter circulated Friday.Taking aim at one of the key planks of Trump's defense, the lawyers argued that the constitutional protections...…More from the HomepageBy Nicholas FandosMichael S. SchmidtandMaggie HabermanNew York TimesmoreWASHINGTON – Claims by former President Donald Trump's lawyers that his conduct around the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is shielded by the First Amendment are "legally frivolous" and should do nothing to stop the Senate from convicting him in his impeachment trial, 144 leading First Amendment lawyers and constitutional scholars from across the political spectrum wrote in a letter circulated Friday.Taking aim at one of the key planks of Trump's defense, the lawyers argued that the constitutional protections...WW…

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AdvertisementBy The New York TimesJan 13, 2021 at 10:30 pmSen. Mitch McConnell has concluded that President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses and believes that Democrats’ move to impeach him will make it easier to purge Trump from the party, according to people familiar with McConnell’s thinking.The private assessment of McConnell, the most powerful Republican in Congress, emerged on the eve of a House vote to formally charge Trump with inciting violence against the country for his role in whipping up a mob of his supporters who stormed the Capitol while lawmakers met to formalize...…AdvertisementBy The New York TimesJan 13, 2021 at 10:30 pmSen. Mitch McConnell has concluded that President Donald Trump committed impeachable offenses and believes that Democrats’ move to impeach him will make it easier to purge Trump from the party, according to people familiar with McConnell’s thinking.The private assessment of McConnell, the most powerful Republican in Congress, emerged on the eve of a House vote to formally charge Trump with inciting violence against the country for his role in whipping up a mob of his supporters who stormed the Capitol while lawmakers met to formalize...WW…

Voted out of the White House, Trump’s old neighbours don’t want him backWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementWashington: President Donald Trump’s neighbours in Florida are seeking to enforce a decades-old compact that says Mar-a-Lago, his private social club, cannot be used as a full-time residence — as Trump has suggested he plans to do after he leaves the White House.Neighbours of Mar-a-Lago...…Voted out of the White House, Trump’s old neighbours don’t want him backWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementWashington: President Donald Trump’s neighbours in Florida are seeking to enforce a decades-old compact that says Mar-a-Lago, his private social club, cannot be used as a full-time residence — as Trump has suggested he plans to do after he leaves the White House.Neighbours of Mar-a-Lago...WW…

Trump jnr's girlfriend, top fundraising official, COVID positiveWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementNew York: Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of President Donald Trump's eldest son and a top fundraising official for the Trump reelection campaign, tested positive for the coronavirus Friday before a Fourth of July event at Mount Rushmore, a person familiar with her condition said.Guilfoyle...…Trump jnr's girlfriend, top fundraising official, COVID positiveWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismisscloseAdvertisementBy Log in, or to save articles for later.Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAdvertisementNew York: Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of President Donald Trump's eldest son and a top fundraising official for the Trump reelection campaign, tested positive for the coronavirus Friday before a Fourth of July event at Mount Rushmore, a person familiar with her condition said.Guilfoyle...WW…

AdvertisementWASHINGTON — Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that to try to get re-elected, five people familiar with the matter said, a disclosure to Congress that angered Mr. Trump, who complained that Democrats would use it against him.The day after the Feb. 13 briefing to lawmakers, the president berated Joseph Maguire, the outgoing acting director of national intelligence, for allowing it to take place, people familiar with the exchange said. Mr. Trump was particularly irritated that Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California and the leader of the...…AdvertisementWASHINGTON — Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that to try to get re-elected, five people familiar with the matter said, a disclosure to Congress that angered Mr. Trump, who complained that Democrats would use it against him.The day after the Feb. 13 briefing to lawmakers, the president berated Joseph Maguire, the outgoing acting director of national intelligence, for allowing it to take place, people familiar with the exchange said. Mr. Trump was particularly irritated that Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California and the leader of the...WW…

AdvertisementPresident Trump on Sunday night said that the government would reassess the recommended period for keeping businesses shut and millions of workers at home after this week, amid millions of job losses caused by the efforts to contain the spread of the novel .“WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF,” in all capital letters shortly before midnight. “AT THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO!”Officials have said that the initial 15-day period for social distancing — limiting close contact between people by banning...…AdvertisementPresident Trump on Sunday night said that the government would reassess the recommended period for keeping businesses shut and millions of workers at home after this week, amid millions of job losses caused by the efforts to contain the spread of the novel .“WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF,” in all capital letters shortly before midnight. “AT THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO!”Officials have said that the initial 15-day period for social distancing — limiting close contact between people by banning...WW…