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Mueller Learns of Trump Effort to Keep Grip on Russia Inquiry

  • The investigation by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, has uncovered several incidents involving President Trump that raise questions about whether he obstructed justice.
  • Mr. Trump is said to have instructed the White House’s top lawyer to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions from recusing himself, with the expectation that Mr. Sessions would shield him.

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F.B.I. Questioning Clinton Foundation Dealings Again

Career prosecutors shut down the case in 2016 over lack of evidence. The new interest comes as President Trump has taken the highly unusual step of calling for investigations of political rivals.


Key Allies Abandon Bannon in Wake of Trump Comments

Stephen K. Bannon is confronting political irrelevance, a dire fate for a publicity-hungry provocateur, as some of his most important backers recoil after his reported criticisms of President Trump and his family.

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‘Bomb Cyclone’ Ushers In a Deeper Freeze

Airports shut, schools closed and cars slid during the first major storm in the U.S. this winter. Officials fear the worst is ahead as wind chills are expected to hit minus 40 in some areas.

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Listen to ‘The Daily’: A Power Struggle in Iran

A closer look at the largest protests in Iran in years suggests that the country’s president may have started it all.

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The Struggling Artist at 86

Harry Bertschmann started his art career exhibiting alongside Mark Rothko and Franz Kline. For the next 60 years, he painted in almost total obscurity. Now he wants to get discovered.

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Trump’s Disdain for Science

Much of what the federal government does has scientific and technological underpinnings. Yet the president has still not appointed a science adviser.

Say No to Coastal Drilling

President Trump would vastly expand offshore drilling, imperiling communities, businesses and the oceans themselves.

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House Hunting in … Morocco

Residential housing prices in Morocco rose 4 percent year over year in the third quarter of 2017, in contrast to the trend of the previous three years.

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