A series of tweets by U.S. President Donald Trump about the investigation into contacts between his 2016 campaign and Russia prompted concerns on Sunday among both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham saying Trump could b... More »
Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn departs U.S. District Court, where he was expected to plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan... More »
The investigation into possible Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election will enter a new phase as early as Monday, when the first charges resulting from the probe could be unsealed and a target taken into custody. More »
A federal grand jury on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters. More »
The U.S. Justice Department and the FBI are resisting demands from a Republican lawmaker to hand over documents about a former British spy's dossier on purported Russian support for Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, because the FBI has its own open crimin... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday retweeted a doctored video of himself taking a golf swing and hitting former Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton, who then stumbles as she boards a plane. More »
The special counsel investigating whether Russia interfered in the U.S. presidential election and possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign wants to speak with current and former senior White House officials, the New York Times reported on Satur... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) speaks in Ypilanti Township, Michigan March 15, 2017 and FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2017 in a combination of file photos. REUTERS/Jonath... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the White House in Washington, U.S. following his arrival from Camp David June 18, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer One of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers said in television interviews on Sunday that the president was no... More »
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday denounced as a “detestable lie” the idea he collud... More »
FILE PHOTO: The Apple logo is seen on a computer screen in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo Large investors, whose high exposure to large-cap technology stocks boosted their returns during the... More »
FILE PHOTO: Men look at an electronic board showing stock market information at a brokerage house in Beijing, China January 5, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Asian stocks fell on Monday, with electronics heavyweights such as Samsung Electronics knocke... More »
FILE PHOTO – Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) questions National Security Agency Director Admiral Michael Rogers, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., May 9, 2017. REUTE... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions addresses the National Law Enforcement Conference on Human Exploitation in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a letter on Saturday that he ... More »
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at the ‘People’s Summit’, an annual gathering of influential progressive groups, in Chicago, Illionois, U.S. June 10, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Kenning Buoyed by the British Labour Party election gains this week, Vermont Sen. Ber... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump reacts to a reporter’s question during a joint news conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 9, 2017. President Donald Trump, who became a reality television st... More »
Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. President Donald Tru... More »
Investors in U.S.-based funds poured $1.4 billion into mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that invest in U.S. Treasuries in the week ended June 7, marking the biggest inflows since late January, data from Thomson Reuters’ Lipper service showed on Thursday.... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) speaks in Ypilanti Township, Michigan March 15, 2017 and FBI Director James Comey testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2017 in a combination of file photos. REUTERS/Jonath... More »
FILE PHOTO: A bank employee counts pound notes at Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang/File Photo Sterling traded near a two-week high on Thursday, supported by expectations that Prime Minister Theresa May’s party will wi... More »
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions waits to address the National Law Enforcement Conference on Human Exploitation in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry Aides to U.S. President Donald Trump are urging him not to fire Attorney Gener... More »
People walk past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Asian shares wobbled on Thursday as investors braced for any surprises from the UK elections, the European Central Bank’s p... More »
A worker at an oil field owned by Bashneft, Bashkortostan, Russia, January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin/File Photo Crude futures edged up in early Asian trading on Thursday following heavy losses in the previous session after official data showed that U.... More »
FILE PHOTO – FBI Director James Comey waits to testify to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on ‘Russia’s intelligence activities’ on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Former FBI Director Jame... More »
FILE PHOTO: FBI Director James Comey testifies before the House Intelligence Committee hearing into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Former FBI Director J... More »
Christopher Wray is seen in an undated photo released by King and Spalding, New York, U.S., on June 7, 2017. King and Spalding/Handout via REUTERS President Donald Trump on Wednesday ended a fraught month-long search for an FBI chief after firing James Comey... More »
A man walks past the U.S. Capitol building at sunset in Washington, U.S. May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Zach Gibson The U.S. Congress may be headed for a reckoning with the federal debt limit within weeks, thanks to wealthy Americans and corporations deferring tax paym... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday despite a sharp decline in energy shares after written testimony from former FBI director James Comey did no... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump walks out to annouce proposed reforms to the U.S. air traffic control system during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S. June 5, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst President Donald Trump will huddle with congressional leade... More »
Women holding parasols walk past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average rate outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Escalating tensions in the Middle East, the impending testimony of the former FBI director, British el... More »
A picture illustration shows U.S. 100 dollar bank notes and Japanese 10,000 yen notes taken in Tokyo August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao The dollar hit a six-week low against the safe-haven yen on Tuesday as caution mounted ahead of Britain’s election, a Euro... More »
U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Representative Bill Shuster (R-PA) holds strips of paper used by air traffic controllers to keep track of planes during an event where U.S. President Donald Trump proposed reforms to the U.S. a... More »
FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) in the House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., on February 28, 2017 and FBI Director James Comey in Washington U.S. on July 7, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool, Gary Cameron/File Photo... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to U.S. troops at the Naval Air Station Sigonella before returning to Washington D.C. at Sigonella Air Force Base in Sigonella, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst With trouble facing him back home, ... More »
File Photo: Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, then-incoming White House national security adviser, speaks at the U.S. Institute of Peace ”2017 Passing the Baton” conference in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo Senior Russian... More »
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to Reuters during an interview in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, says he could live without the drama surrounding President Don... More »
FILE PHOTO: White House spokesman Sean Spicer holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Cardboard cutouts of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer hiding in bushes are popping up all ov... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers keynote address at Liberty University’s commencement in Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S., May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas U.S. lawmakers on Sunday called on President Donald Trump to turn over any tapes of conversations with fir... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to the media on board of Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews before departure to Lynchburg, in Prince George’s County, outside Washington, U.S., May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump is considering 11 people to replace fired FBI Director James Comey, according to a White House official, and the Department of Justice will begin interviewing people on Friday or during the weekend. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while attending a “celebration of military mothers” at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque A unit of the U.S. Treasury Department that fights money laundering will provide financial rec... More »
People are seen behind an electronic board showing stock prices at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Asian stocks rose on Thursday, getting a lift from a record high close on MSCI’s global stocks benchmark ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Dollar banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo The dollar edged lower after notching an eight week high against the yen on Thursday in Asian trade, while the New Zealand dolla... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The anger behind Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tue... More »
FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) in the House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., on February 28, 2017 and FBI Director James Comey in Washington U.S. on July 7, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool, Gary Cameron/File Photo... More »
FILE PHOTO: Defense Intelligence Agency director U.S. Army Lt. General Michael Flynn testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on ‘Worldwide Threats’ in Washington February 4, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee... More »
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at his news conference at the Russian Embassy in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Russia’s top diplomat met President Donald Trump on Wednesday and praised the U.S. administration as problem solv... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey caused barely a ripple on the glassy surface of equity markets, but more than 100 years ... More »
Makan Delrahim, who was chosen by President Donald Trump to be the top U.S. antitrust regulator, said on Wednesday that he would maintain independence from the White House in enforcing antitrust law. More »
President Donald Trump’s dismissal of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey has raised questions about the future of the agency’s probe into Russian attempts to sway the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion with Trump’s campaign.... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Not even a week after the Trump administration and Congress rekindled opt... More »
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) speaks to the media about President Donald Trump’s allegation that his campaign was the target of wiretaps on Capitol Hill in Washington March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein The ... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee March Dinner in Washington, U.S., March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria President Donald Trump argued on Tuesday that his 60 days in office have been a successful k... More »
FBI Director James Comey speaks at the Boston Conference on Cyber Security at Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder FBI Director James Comey on Thursday met with senior congressional leaders, including the intellige... More »
File photo: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) greets President-elect Donald Trump at inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as president on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria The former top U.S. int... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a listening session with the Retail Industry Leaders Association and member company CEOs in the Rosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts A crisis over the relation... More »
U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the podium after speaking to journalists during his last news conference of the year at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S. President Barack Obama said in an intervie... More »
Hillary Clinton attends an event where she addressed her staff and supporters about the results of the U.S. election at a hotel in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Hillary Clinton blamed FBI director James Comey ... More »
Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo The dollar steadied in Asia on Tuesday, keeping previous session gains as markets wagered on a victory... More »
Katie McGinty, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks with a supporter at a rally, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 6, 2016. Picture taken September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Joseph Ax Senior Democrats said on Monday their chances of wi... More »
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is joined by U.S. President Barack Obama at a campaign rally on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. November 7, 2016, the final day of campaigning before the election. REUTERS/Brian Snyder ... More »
NEW YORK FIFA President Sepp Blatter and its Secretary General Jerome Valcke have both hired high-powered U.S. lawyers to represent them as a corruption probe roils soccer’s global governing body. Blatter recently retained Richard Cullen, the chairman of the l... More »
