FILE PHOTO: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert S. Mueller III speaks during a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism conference in Miami, Florida, June 11, 2007. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo (Reuters) – A former prosecutor for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation has been tapped to step up the U.S. government’s enforcement of a

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in Congress unveiled a bill on Wednesday to reinstate net neutrality rules repealed by the Federal Communications Commission under U.S. President Donald Trump, the latest salvo in a more than decade-long battle over how to regulate internet traffic. FILE PHOTO: Net neutrality advocates rally in front of the Federal Communications Commission

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge said Tuesday that the publication of a book last month by President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Roger Stone which criticized Special Counsel Robert Mueller may violate a media gag order – a transgression that could land the self-proclaimed “dirty trickster” behind bars. Roger Stone, former political adviser of

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – T-Mobile Us Inc’s chief executive, John Legere, and other company leaders have spent $195,000 on hotel stays and other expenses at the Trump International Hotel in Washington since the company sought approval for a $26 billion merger with Sprint last April, documents released on Tuesday show. FILE PHOTO: A T-Mobile logo is

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in Congress unleashed a slew of demands in their investigations of President Donald Trump on Monday, seeking information about his communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin and documents from 81 sources in an obstruction probe. The chairmen of the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees wrote to the White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional panel issued document requests on Monday to 81 people, government agencies and other groups as part of an investigation into possible obstruction of justice or abuse of power by President Donald Trump. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting at National

(Reuters) – Presidential hopeful Cory Booker told a service commemorating the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” march, a turning point in the civil rights movement, that the United States is still failing many Americans, citing poverty and gun violence as constant threats. FILE PHOTO – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks to media outside his home after

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said on Sunday the panel would seek documents from more than 60 people and entities as part of a probe into possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by President Donald Trump. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference

(Note language in 1st and 9th paragraphs that may offend readers.) By Katanga Johnson and Steve Holland OXON HILL, Md. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller ahead of his report on alleged Russia collusion by the Trump campaign in 2016 and said his political opponents were “trying to

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a news conference on Yemen resolution on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo (Reuters) – Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders will hit the 2020 campaign trail for the first time on Saturday with a rally in his native Brooklyn, New York, giving

SEATTLE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington Governor Jay Inslee launched a longshot bid for the U.S. presidency on Friday with a vow to fight climate change and promote policies to make the country more prosperous and inclusive. Speaking in Seattle in the chilly garage of a solar energy company, Inslee became the first governor to join the

SEATTLE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington state Governor Jay Inslee said on Friday he will seek the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2020, joining the crowded field as a relative unknown who hopes to catch fire by making climate change a central issue of his campaign. FILE PHOTO: Washington Governor Jay Inslee speaks during a rally

FILE PHOTO: White House senior advisor Jared Kushner speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump as Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), Hous Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) look on during a bill signing ceremony for the “First Step Act” and the “Juvenile Justice Reform

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said this week he was “very close” to deciding whether to make a 2020 White House bid and will run only if he thinks he can win the Democratic Party’s nomination. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden reacts during the annual Munich Security Conference

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen accused him of breaking the law while in office and said for the first time that Trump knew in advance about a WikiLeaks dump of stolen emails that hurt his 2016 election rival Hillary Clinton. In a dramatic televised hearing in Congress on

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen told the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that Trump is a “racist,” a “conman” and a “cheat” who knew in advance about a release of emails by the WikiLeaks website aimed at hurting his 2016 Democratic presidential rival. Cohen, Trump’s onetime “fixer,” said Trump directed