Trump Eyed ‘Far Higher’ Ratings in Pardoning Joe Arpaio as Hurricane Hit

The president defended the timing of his pardon of the former Arizona sheriff who was convicted of his hard-line tactics against illegal immigration.

Felix Sater, Trump Associate, Boasted That Moscow Business Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’

Emails show that Felix Sater promised to get Vladimir Putin’s support for a Trump Tower in Moscow. “Our boy can become president,” he wrote.

McConnell, in Private, Doubts if Trump Can Save Presidency

By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN August 22, 2017 The relationship between President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, has disintegrated to the point that they have not spoken to each other in weeks, and Mr. McConnell has...

Lobbyist at Trump Campaign Meeting Has a Web of Russian Connections

Rinat Akhmetshin, a Russian-born Washington gadfly, has often promoted causes that benefited President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and his allies.

Leak Investigations Triple Under Trump, Sessions Says

Attorney general vows to bring criminal charges against those found to have given classified information to the news media.

Justice Dept., Under Siege From Trump, Plows Ahead With His Agenda

Even as the department has been the subject of President Trump’s rage, Jeff Sessions and Rod J. Rosenstein are quietly and powerfully at work.