The former F.B.I. director described being dismayed by the president’s attempts to build a personal relationship with him amid the Russia investigation.
The president’s comments followed early-morning tweets that were sharply critical of former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. President Trump said there was no collusion between his campaign and the Russians, when asked about the appointment of a special counsel to investigate ties with Russia. The president faces the prospect that an aggressive, high-powered inquiry could become a near permanent fixture of his time in office.
Three Democratic senators said Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, told them in a briefing that he was aware of Mr. Trump’s intention to dismiss the F.B.I. director.
The recommendations came even before a special counsel was named to lead the investigation into any collusion between his campaign and Russian officials.
Aides are urging the president to take more time, and he appears increasingly likely to wait to announce his choice until he returns from a nine-day trip abroad.
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Thursday: Charter school forces gain in Los Angeles, the clout of Representative Kevin McCarthy, and a cadaver exhibition for the morbidly curious.
A 26-year-old Bronx man with a history of drunken driving arrests was taken into custody and charged with murder after trying to flee from the scene of the carnage.
One person was killed and at least 22 were injured when a car struck pedestrians in New York’s Times Square. The driver of the car has been taken into custody. Mr. Kushner called the head of Lockheed Martin while he met with Saudi officials, showing President Trump’s eagerness for a major deal before his first foreign trip.
The kingdom seeks a reset in relations after the Obama years, hoping to emphasize common goals in business, counterterrorism and confronting Iran.
Reports that President Michel Temer authorized the payment of hush money to a jailed ally engulfed Latin America’s largest country.
More than 30 states, including Texas, have moved to curb incarceration rates and find alternatives to prisons, saying they have saved money while crime has stayed low.
Paradox Sports runs adaptive climbing trips for people with disabilities. In this 360 video, rock climbers like Shawn Sturges, who is blind, learn new techniques at Joshua Tree National Park. A new study adds to evidence that the company, one of the world’s biggest carmakers, flouted the rules on diesel emissions, much like Volkswagen.
Pentagon officials said vehicles driving toward a base where American and British forces train Syria militias ignored a warning strike.
The letter from Robert Lighthizer, the newly confirmed United States trade representative, was scant on details.
The city’s police are accused of missing a chance to arrest Anis Amri weeks before he killed 12 people at a Christmas market, and of a cover-up.
Mr. Ailes exerted wide influence on American politics with his conservative Fox News, only to be undone by sexual harassment allegations.
Basquiat’s vibrant painting of a face in the shape of a skull set an auction record for a work by any American artist, beating Andy Warhol.
The musician’s death in Detroit was “sudden and unexpected,” his representative said in a statement. The medical examiner’s office said the cause of death was suicide.
Mr. Cornell’s power as a vocalist lay in his ability to sustain hard-rock melodies while lending more modest ballads an existential gravity.
The singer for Soundgarden and Audioslave, who will be remembered as one of grunge’s distinctive voices, has died at 52.
Animal rights advocates say the city of Yulin agreed to ban sales of dog meat in the week before the event, although no officials contacted could confirm the reports.
English soccer’s obsession with the individual over the team is projected onto the world’s most expensive player.
This was not just any call, but one for HBO’s adaptation of “My Brilliant Friend,” the first of the four smash-hit Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante.
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