WASHINGTON ― Special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted report is finally out and one conclusion was pretty clear: He found evidence that President Donald Trump may have obstructed justice, he could not clear the president of “criminal conduct” and he left the door wide open for Congress to investigate. Here’s the key paragraph buried in the…

Democrats vying to take on President Donald Trump in the 2020 election joined the roar of criticism over the Justice Department’s release of Robert Mueller’s redacted report on Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia’s interference. The Justice Department’s news conference held ahead of its release was one major point of contention. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) called the…

President Donald Trump has long wished for an attorney general who would act as his own private lawyer, protecting him from any potential legal damage. He finally found his man in William Barr. Barr could have released special counsel Robert Mueller’s report from the beginning. Instead, the attorney general chose to twice present his own…

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, released Thursday, details 10 events in which Mueller’s team believes President Donald Trump may have attempted to obstruct justice. “The President’s efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests,”…

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, a redacted version of which was released publicly Thursday, explains why President Donald Trump wasn’t subpoenaed as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. “Recognizing that the President would not be interviewed voluntarily, we considered whether to issue a subpoena for his testimony,” the report reads….

Special counsel Robert Mueller did not make a determination about whether President Donald Trump broke the law by obstructing justice because it wasn’t Mueller’s call to make, he wrote in his 448-page report released Thursday. But the special counsel’s explanation of why he couldn’t state that Trump obstructed justice suggests he may believe the president…

French officials are planning to construct a temporary wooden cathedral on the esplanade in front of the Notre Dame while the fire-ravaged landmark is being rebuilt.  Monsignor Patrick Chauvet, Notre Dame’s chief priest, has suggested building an “ephemeral cathedral” to give faithful Catholics a place to congregate until the 850-year-old architectural treasure reopens. “We mustn’t say…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads a field of 18 Democratic Party candidates in the money chase with $18.2 million raised in the first quarter of the 2020 presidential campaign. He’s tailed by newcomers like Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) with $12 million raised and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas, who pulled in $9.4 million….

Facing elimination in Monday’s Top 10 reveal round of “American Idol,” Alyssa Raghu went for broke. The 17-year-old Orlando, Florida, high school student sang a song belonging to judge Katy Perry ― the 2010 hit “The One That Got Away.” (See the performance below.) Raghu nailed it, too, earning sweet praise from the pop star…

The husband of a U.S. soldier who was killed in Afghanistan was allowed to return to the United States on Monday after being deported to Mexico last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Arizona Republic reported. Jose Gonzalez Carranza, 30, said his deportation had left his 12-year-old daughter stranded in the U.S. without parents….