Matthew Whitaker says he has been ‘fully briefed’ on the special counsel’s investigation and is looking forward to Robert Mueller’s report.
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Tiny minority of users behind most fake news, study suggests
Of 16,000 U.S. Twitter accounts, just 16 of them tweeted out nearly 80 percent of the misinformation masquerading as news.
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AG nominee says he won’t be ‘bullied’ by Trump or anyone else
William Barr, in his confirmation hearing Tuesday, also disclosed having discussed special counsel Robert Mueller with Trump during a meeting in 2017 when Barr declined to join Trump’s legal team.
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Trump’s AG nominee says it’s ‘vitally important’ Mueller be allowed to finish Russia investigation
William Barr, in prepared remarks, also said that the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation be disclosed to Congress and the public.
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Trump condemns report that FBI probed whether he had been working on behalf of Russia
He objects to a pair of startling newspaper headlines and says he’s been tougher on Russia than ‘the last three or four presidents.’
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Mainers take to ‘anxiety baking’ to cope in uncertain times
With bad news coming from seemingly every corner – Washington, Wall Street, the environment – some breadmaking, cooking and consuming food is in order.
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FBI reportedly probed whether Trump secretly worked for Russia
The New York Times says law enforcement officials were so concerned by the president’s behavior in the days after he fired James Comey that they investigated whether he was a potential threat to national security.
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Russian lawyer involved in Trump Tower meeting charged in separate case
Natalia Veselnitskaya has been charged with obstruction of justice in a money-laundering investigation.
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Baby rescued 36 hours after building collapse in Russia
At least nine people are killed and more than 30 are missing.
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Russia arrests U.S. citizen on spying charges
Russia’s security agency says Paul Whelan was detained in Moscow last week during an ‘espionage operation.’