US seeks to recover $144 million in Nigeria oil industry bribery case

The Justice Department on Friday filed a civil complaint seeking to recover about $144 million in assets obtained through paying bribes to a former Nigerian oil minister, the department said in a statement. The complaint said that from 2011 to 2015 two Nigerian...

Democrats, Hoping to Retake House, Walk Tightrope in Unlikely Places

They are focusing on areas where Hillary Clinton prevailed, but also on districts where they hope to win back voters they lost to Mr. Trump last year.

Here’s what we know about Rinat Akhmetshin, the Russian-American lobbyist at the Trump Jr. meeting

The conduct of a Russian-American lobbyist who says he attended a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. last year has been on a key Senate committee’s radar since at least March. Rinat Akhmetshin, a man who attended the now infamous June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump...