The decision came after a cascade of damaging developments for President Trump in the wake of his abrupt firing of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who was overseeing the investigation, had resisted pressure to name a special counsel. Here is what the appointment means. Michael T. Flynn told the transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as a lobbyist for Turkey.
Congressional Republicans rushed to call on the former F.B.I. director to testify, produce memos and provide details of his encounters with the president.
On conservative media, President Trump’s supporters have used unfounded allegations, diversions and conspiracies to keep his troops behind him.
Conservative media outlets have used the death of Seth Rich, who was killed in Washington last summer, to speculate about who gave Democratic data to WikiLeaks.
Delivering the commencement address to Coast Guard cadets, Mr. Trump said that “no politician in history” had “been treated worse.” For law enforcement officials like James B. Comey, who was fired last week as the director of the F.B.I., documenting sensitive conversations is a reflex.
Joseph I. Lieberman, the former senator from Connecticut, was one of four people the president interviewed before he leaves on his first foreign trip.
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Investors have shrugged off previous turmoil in the Trump administration, but not the latest episode. Upheaval at the White House and a growing list of matters for Congress to address have made the prospect even of tax cuts likely to be pushed into the next year.
Under a new Trump administration policy, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is casting a wider net.
Photos and videos showed people kicking and punching demonstrators outside the ambassador’s residence as the police tried to intervene. Supporters and opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fought outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington on Tuesday. Police officers in Caracas say they feel caught between a government they no longer believe in and a protest movement that has labeled them the enemy.
Cairo, Ill., has a population of fewer than 3,000 people. A plan to demolish two public housing developments would force many residents to leave and cut the school enrollment in half. Visit Cairo in this 360° video. This is the problem of decaying affordable housing in the small, fading and remote city of Cairo, Ill. And it’s a problem without easy answers.
With 16 Basquiats headlining in this week’s evening auctions, the graffiti rebel has become the heavyweight artist of the season.
“If Wall Street hadn’t taken a dive, there would have been fireworks,” a New York dealer said after a Christie’s auction. “It did change the mood among American bidders.”
The shooting of Terence Crutcher by Officer Betty Jo Shelby is one of several cases that have prompted a national debate about race relations and the police’s use of force.
Late night got partisan. The competition found its groove. And now “The Tonight Show” host is looking for all the luck he can get.
Companies occupy real estate at the margins of websites and fill them with links to content landfills, stoking our most primal browsing habits.
The concern is that certain blood tests may have underestimated blood lead levels, providing false reassurance about risk for lead exposure.
The officer, Kenneth Lopera, 31, believed the man, Tashi Farmer, 40, was trying to carjack a vehicle, an undersheriff said at a news conference.
Though more than 40 women have accused Mr. Cosby of sexual assault, the task of convincing a jury that he is a predator will largely fall to just one.
He will leave immediately as the head of his party, and then step down as prime minister in a few weeks after a new party leader is chosen.
With Mark Fields under investor pressure, the automaker is shedding 1,400 salaried jobs in a step to balance cutbacks with technology investments.
They both made high-profile departures from top-rated shows on Fox News. Now they will be talking together regularly for internet audiences.
Far from the coasts, two cities vie for fashion bronze. Our reporter checks out the scenes and, after many expense-account dinners, selects a winner.
Accounts tied to the right-wing radio show host had falsely reported that the company’s factory in Idaho was connected to a sexual assault and tuberculosis cases.
The sentence of 85 lashes alarmed rights activists, who called it excessive and a dangerous turn of events in the province of Aceh, which has imposed a strict version of Shariah.
Researchers think they may have found a clue for why the critically endangered apes nurse longer than any other mammal: environmental fluctuations in food.
Her works were full of human narratives and quirks, backed by engaging prose and deep archival research.
Not much is known about the thousands of patients who died at a state asylum in Mississippi that closed in 1935, but researchers are trying to change that.
The network promoted reboots of “Roseanne” and “American Idol,” as well as a musical based on “The Little Mermaid,” during its presentation to advertisers.
The statue is the third of four monuments that have been removed — or will be removed — at the direction of the mayor, Mitch Landrieu, and the City Council.
Princess Mako, Emperor Akihito’s grandchild, is getting married, and, by law, leaving the royal family. Her departure is highlighting a looming succession crisis.
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