Carol Lee is a White House correspondent in the Washington bureau. She has covered the White House since 2008. Follow Ms. Lee at @carol_e_lee. She can be reached at [email protected] or at 202-604-9198.
North Korea claimed another advance toward being able to fire a long-range missile as U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, wrapping up a Northeast Asia trip that glossed over deep divides with China on the threat from Pyongyang.
A day after meeting with Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Donald Trump tweeted that her country owes “vast sums of money” to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the U.S.
Mike Flynn interacted with a graduate student with dual Russian and British nationalities at a 2014 U.K. security conference, a contact that came to the notice of U.S. intelligence but that Mr. Flynn, then the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, didn’t disclose.
President Donald Trump dug in on his unsubstantiated claim that his phones were tapped by his predecessor and brushed off the controversy ignited by the White House’s citation of a news report alleging British intelligence was involved.
President Donald Trump expressed strong support for NATO and said he’s “not an isolationist” after meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the first time since taking office.
President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to have a tense first meeting, based on their interaction - or lack thereof - in front of reporters on Friday.
President Trump’s former national security adviser, Mike Flynn, was paid tens of thousands of dollars by Russian companies shortly before he became a formal adviser to the then-candidate, according to documents obtained by a congressional oversight committee that revealed business interests that hadn’t been previously known.
President Trump is convinced former President Obama is undermining his nascent administration, while his predecessor is furious over Mr. Trump’s accusations of illegal wiretapping.
President Donald Trump’s tweets over the weekend accusing former President Barack Obama of tapping his phones disrupted what looked to be a productive week delivering on Mr. Trump’s campaign promises, as aides methodically mapped out the unveiling of a health-care bill and new temporary travel ban.
Campaign-finance records show attorney general used his campaign account for expenses to Cleveland, where he met Russia’s ambassador at an event.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he would remove himself from involvement in any probe related to the Trump campaign, after lawmakers called for him to recuse himself from an investigation into alleged Russian interference in the election.
