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US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House after returning from hospitalization at the Walter Reed Medical Center for covid treatment (via REUTERS)

Trump authorises declassification of Russia, Clinton email probes

1 min read . 07 Oct 2020

The accusations threaten to escalate tensions even further between the US and Beijing (Photo: iStock)

US releases identity of Chinese hackers, covid data, defense secrets targeted

3 min read . 22 Jul 2020

Special Counsel Robert Mueller

Mueller found no Russia collusion, obstruction inconclusive

5 min read . 25 Mar 2019

US President Donald Trump has struggled to find an experienced criminal defence lawyer willing or able to defend him in Mueller’s probe into Russian election interference, whether anyone close to Trump colluded in it and whether the president sought to obstruct the investigation. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump legal team departure opens gaps in Mueller probe defence

5 min read . 04 Apr 2018

Andrew McCabe responded to the decision with a lengthy, combative statement saying he was the target of a political attack by Trump and that he has knowledge of events that took place after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May. Photo: AP

Donald Trump calls firing of FBI official a ‘great day for democracy’

5 min read . 17 Mar 2018

A file photo of FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe. His tenure has become entangled in recent years in politically charged controversies. Photo: Reuters

FBI deputy chief Andrew McCabe said to step down amid Donald Trump criticism

3 min read . 30 Jan 2018

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.

Buyout firms seek to take leaf out of Warren Buffett’s book, eye long-term deals

2 min read . 29 Oct 2017

Donald Trump will reportedly delay the end of the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program for six months in the hope that Congress can pass legislation to codify the protections former president Barack Obama created. Photo: AP

Donald Trump will end program shielding child immigrants: Jeff Sessions

4 min read . 05 Sep 2017

The Justice Department hasn’t released information on the budget for Robert Mueller’s investigation. Photo: AP

Robert Mueller left millions in salary, speeches to lead Russia probe

2 min read . 10 Aug 2017

US special counsel Robert Mueller has asked the White House to preserve all communications related to a June 2016 meeting during which the president’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer. Photo: AP

Robert Mueller is said to use Washington grand jury in Russia probe

3 min read . 04 Aug 2017

Jeff Sessions, 70, drew the ire of Donald Trump after he stepped away from the Russia election meddling investigation in the 2016 presidential election in March. Photo: AP

Jeff Sessions doesn’t plan to quit after Donald Trump remarks, official says

2 min read . 20 Jul 2017

White House officials tried earlier this week to tamp down speculation that Donald Trump might try to fire Robert Mueller. Photo: Reuters

Robert Mueller’s expanding probe raises stakes for Trump presidency

5 min read . 16 Jun 2017

Earlier, Donald Trump also said he would “100 percent” be willing to testify under oath that he didn’t demand a pledge of personal loyalty from FBI director James Comey. Photo: AP

Donald Trump slams ‘cowardly’ James Comey as Sessions offers to testify

2 min read . 12 Jun 2017

Former FBI director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Photo: AFP

James Comey, Donald Trump accuse each other of lying after Senate testimony

6 min read . 09 Jun 2017

US attorney general Jeff Sessions. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump said to have no plan to fire Jeff Sessions as attorney general

3 min read . 08 Jun 2017

Former FBI chief James Comey ’s prepared testimony is a remarkable, real-time recollection of his conversations with a president under siege. Photo: AP

James Comey recounts uneasy meetings with Donald Trump, demands for loyalty

6 min read . 08 Jun 2017

US attorney general Jeff Sessions has come under fire from Donald Trump over his recusal from an investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Photo AP

Jeff Sessions said to suggest resigning as tensions grow with Donald Trump

2 min read . 07 Jun 2017

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, discussed the idea with Russian ambassador to the US in Dec, as the Trump team was preparing its transition to the White House after election victory a month earlier. Photo: Reuters

Jared Kushner said to have weighed creating secret channel with Russia

4 min read . 27 May 2017

A file photo of former US national security adviser Michael Flynn. Photo: AFP

Michael Flynn may have lied in security review, says US lawmaker

4 min read . 23 May 2017

US President Donald Trump. James Comey wrote the memo documenting the conversation with Trump because he was uneasy about the president’s request. Photo: AP

Donald Trump faces deepest crisis of presidency as Comey memo surfaces

4 min read . 17 May 2017

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