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Get caught up on the Comey-Trump saga

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Then-FBI Director James Comey announced on March 20 that the FBI was investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian agents. On May 9, President Trump fired the FBI director, igniting an outcry that grew from just Democrats to include some Republican lawmakers as well.
NY Times reporter Michael S. Schmidt reports on new revelations about James B. Comey’s appeal to Attorney General Jeff Sessions to ward off pressure from the White House.
When asked whether or not President Trump had confidence in Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a press briefing on June 6, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer provided this answer: « I have not had a discussion with him about that,  » Spicer said.
President Trump renewed his criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, a day after attacking his handling of the terror attack in the city.
The White House responds after the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway was critical of President Trump’s tweets about the his executive order on travel and refugees.
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, talks about the Affordable Care Act and her concerns about the healthcare system. She spoke with reporters after her speech to the NC Republican Party convention in Wilmington Saturday, June 3,2017.
President Trump announced Wednesday that the United States is exiting the Paris climate agreement, often called the Paris Accord, but is willing to negotiate a different deal and reenter at some point in the future.
Comedian Kathy Griffin apologizes in a Twitter video for her photo of her holding a bloody held resembling Donald Trump.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer spars with reporters as he cites a reporter’s tweet as evidence that President Donald Trump’s claims about « fake news » are true.
Protesters disrupted the last day of the regular session of the 85th Legislature in Austin on Monday with chants against SB4, the anti-sanctuary cities law.
Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates said that Gen. Michael Flynn mislead Vice President Mike Pence with false information and created a “compromised situation » during her testimony on the Russian interference in the 2016 U. S. election.
Gene Boyce, a Raleigh lawyer who served as assistant chief counsel on the Watergate Committee, discusses the similarities and differences between Donald Trump’s connections to Russia and Watergate.
President Donald Trump took part in a ceremonial, male-only sword dance during his trip to Saudi Arabia.
President Donald Trump reached out for First Lady Melania’s hand, and she seems to swat it away in a subtle moment at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. The event was a welcome ceremony by Israeli President Rueben Rivlin and Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu.
Video: U. S. Senator Thom Tillis said those on both the far left and far right need to come toward the center to achieve meaningful immigration reform as he speaks at a roundtable discussion on immigration at the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Monday.
Former FBI Director James Comey announced the FBI investigation into Russia and the 2016 election on March 20. Just seven weeks later, he was fired. Here’s a timeline of the many twists and turns that have happened since.

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