2016 Presidential Elections

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2016 Presidential elections

US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to testify on July 17 on his report into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees said Tuesday. (Photo: FIle)

Robert Mueller agrees to testify before US House panel on July 17

'Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress pursuant to subpoena,' intelligence committee chairman Adam Schiff announced on Twitter.

26 Jun 2019 8:54 AM

On March 22, Mueller completed his 22-month probe and Barr on Sunday sent a four-page letter to Congress that outlined the main findings. (Photo:AP)

Muellar report on Trump-Russia to be made public by April

US Attorney General William Barr plans to make public a redacted copy of Robert Mueller's nearly 400-page investigative report.

30 Mar 2019 5:40 PM

Trump signed the submission on Tuesday before he left Washington to spend the Thanksgiving holiday in Florida, a person familiar with the matter said. (Photo: File)

Trump submits written answers to questions from special counsel Mueller

'We answered every question they asked that was legitimately pre-election and focused on Russia,' Giuliani said in an interview.

21 Nov 2018 8:29 AM

The criminal complaint against Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova alleges that Russians are using some of the same techniques to influence US politics as they relied on ahead of the 2016 presidential election. (Representational Image)

Russian woman charged in first 2018 election meddling case

Methods have been exposed by an investigation from Mueller into possible coordination between Russia and Donald Trump's campaign.

20 Oct 2018 2:33 PM

US District Judge S James Otero in Los Angeles tossed out the defamation suit Daniels filed earlier this year after Trump claimed on Twitter that the adult film actress had invented threats to silence her over her claims the pair slept together more than a decade ago. (Photo: AFP | File)

US judge tosses out Stormy Daniels defamation suit against Trump

Daniels still has a separate lawsuit against the president linked to USD 130,000 in hush money she was paid by Trump's lawyer.

16 Oct 2018 2:09 PM

Her comments came days after Paul Manafort, who once headed Trump's campaign, pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. (Photo: File)

US recognising that they don't trust President, says Indian-origin Congresswoman

'You have to begin to wonder how it could possibly be the case that president knew nothing about what was going on,' said Pramila Jayapal.

17 Sep 2018 10:21 AM

The executive order in this regard is likely to be signed by Trump as early as Wednesday. (Photo: File)

Trump to order sanctions against countries that interfere in US polls

The move comes amidst increasing realisation in the US that the Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential elections.

12 Sep 2018 12:43 PM

Obama gave shout-outs to seven Democratic candidates in competitive House districts across California that are considered crucial to the party’s efforts to oust Republicans from control. (Photo: File)

‘If we don’t step up, things can get worse,’ Barack Obama tells voters

Obama didn’t mention Trump by name in the key Southern California battleground of Orange County but the allusions were clear.

10 Sep 2018 9:43 AM

According to the book, Trump told Defence Secretary Jim Mattis that he wanted to have Assad assassinated after the Syrian president launched a chemical attack on civilians in April 2017. (Photo: File)

Trump 'wanted Assad assassinated': Key claims in Bob Woodward's book

Excerpts from book, 'Fear: Trump in the White House,' written by famed Watergate reporter Bob Woodward, were published by Washington Post.

05 Sep 2018 1:50 PM

Trump criticized social media outlets, saying without providing proof that unidentified companies were 'totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices.' (Photo: File)

Donald Trump accuses social media firms of 'censorship'

Trump said it was 'very dangerous' for social media companies like Twitter Inc and Facebook to silence voices on their services.

25 Aug 2018 1:38 PM

Trump said the hush payments were financed with his own money -- to which Cohen had access -- and that while he had no knowledge of them at the time, he had since been fully transparent. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump denies wrongdoing, slams Cohen 'stories' on hush payments

Donald Trump's response was to discredit Cohen -- contrasting his actions with the 'brave' Manafort.

23 Aug 2018 9:02 AM

The stakes for Trump are now legal as well as political. (Photo: AP)

Double blow to Trump as closest ex-aides face prison for multiple financial crimes

In a stunning admission that implicates Trump, Cohen pleaded guilty to buying silence of two women about their alleged affairs with Trump.

22 Aug 2018 3:24 PM

Facebook has significantly stepped up policing of its platform since last year, when it acknowledged that Russian agents successfully ran political influence operations on its platform that were aimed at swaying the 2016 presidential election. (Photo: File)

Facebook takes down 652 accounts linked to Russia, Iran

Latest group of apparently fake accounts appeared more intent on influencing US foreign policy and regional politics in the Middle East.

22 Aug 2018 11:04 AM

Trump, in treating the media at times like an opposition party, has responded to unflattering reports as 'fake news.'(Photo: File)

Over 300 US newspapers to run editorials rebuking Trump’s attacks on media

The Boston Globe editorial board, in a piece posted online on Wednesday, accused Trump of carrying out a 'sustained assault on free press.'

16 Aug 2018 10:53 AM

Trump insisted in a tweet that he did not know at the time about the meeting between his son Donald Jr and Natalia Veselnitskaya, a lawyer with links to the Kremlin. (Photo: AP)

Trump admits son met with Russian lawyer to get information on Hillary Clinton

It's Trump’s most direct statement that motive for June 2016 meeting was to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, his rival for the presidency.

06 Aug 2018 1:53 PM

US president Donald Trump said Cohen was paid via a 'monthly retainer' and that the hush agreement into which Cohen entered with Daniels had 'nothing to do with the campaign.' (Photo: File)

Trump admits repaying lawyer for Stormy Daniels hush-money but denies affair

Donald Trump's acknowledgement came hours after Rudy Giuliani revealed Trump repaid personal attorney USD 130,000 to buy Stormy's silence.

04 May 2018 12:37 PM

Giuliani, who joined Trump's legal team last month, said the president had repaid Cohen over several months, indicating the payments continued through at least the presidential transition, if not into his presidency. (Photo: AP)

Trump reimbursed Cohen for Stormy Daniels payment: Rudy Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani said the money to repay Michael Cohen had been 'funneled ... through the law firm and the president repaid it.'

03 May 2018 10:41 AM

Invoking the fifth will allow Cohen to avoid revealing sensitive information in the wider probe into him. (Photo: AP)

Trump lawyer Cohen will invoke 5th Amendment rights in Stormy Daniels case

Cohen is asking to delay proceedings for 90 days, arguing that any statement could affect criminal investigation into his business dealings.

26 Apr 2018 11:16 AM

'I believe we've given them 1.4 million pages of documents and haven't used, that I know of, or for the most part, presidential powers or privilege,' Trump said. (Photo: File)

Allegations of collusion with Russia a ‘hoax created by Democrats’: Trump

Trump said he wants to get over the investigation in this regard quickly and is fully cooperating with the investigating agencies.

19 Apr 2018 10:54 AM

'Everything that I've done was 100 percent proper. The story, by the way, in The Times was way off, or at least off,' Trump said. (Photo: AFP | File)

Everything I’ve done is 100 per cent ‘proper’: Trump

Trump reiterated that there has been no collusion between him, his campaign and the Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections.

07 Jan 2018 10:15 AM

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