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Bill Nemitz: ‘The art of the email blast,’ by Eric and Don Jr.
Want to go on a summer guilt trip? Poke your nose under Team Trump’s tent.
Trump confirms cyberattack on Russian trolls to deter them during 2018 midterms
The admission is a rare instance of the president acknowledging that Moscow had malign intent with respect to U.S. democracy.
Trump undercuts health experts – again – in debate over reopening schools
The president is ramping up his attacks on his government’s top health professionals as he pushes the country to move past the surging coronavirus.
Trump says he’s ‘looking at’ pardoning Roger Stone before prison term
Stone was convicted in a trial last year of lying to Congress and witness tampering.
Homeland Security gets new role under Trump monument order
Now it is in the role of supporting Trump’s law-and-order campaign, raising questions about overstepping the duties of local law enforcement.
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison
The president’s former personal lawyer and fixer is jailed for failing to agree to certain conditions of the home confinement he was granted because of the pandemic.
In reversal, Justice Department says Roger Stone should go to prison during pandemic
Stone, sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to Congress, has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to let him report to prison on Sept. 3 instead of July 14.
Ousted U.S. attorney tells Congress that Barr pressured him to resign
Geoffrey Berman, the former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, is providing the committee with a detailed account of 3 days in June as he was pushed out.
New York City mayor helps paint Black Lives Matter in front of Trump Tower
Trump responded via Twitter that the mural would denigrate “this luxury Avenue” and “further antagonize New York’s Finest.”