President Trump on Friday afternoon compared his decision to override the Education Department’s push to cut funding for the Special Olympics to his decision to nix sanctions on North Korea favored by the Treasury Department.

On Congress’ first day back in Washington, D.C., since Attorney General Bill Barr released his summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell swiftly used the four-page letter to criticize former President Obama.

In a press conference held shortly after Attorney General Bill Barr released his summary of the special counsel investigation, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) questioned Barr’s conclusion that there was not enough evidence to prove that President Trump obstructed justice.

After Attorney General Bill Barr released his brief summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr called for Barr to release as much from the report as possible.

President Trump on Friday afternoon argued that his recent comment about the mistreatment and death of Otto Warmbier was “misinterpreted,” but he did not walk back his statement that he believes Kim Jong Un was unaware of how Warmbier was being treated while jailed in North Korea.

As part of his testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, former Trump fixer Michael Cohen shared what he said were financial statements for President Trump from 2011, 2012 and 2013.

As part of his opening statement for his Wednesday hearing with the House Oversight Committee, Michael Cohen shared two checks he received from President Trump in 2017, which Cohen alleged were part of Trump’s reimbursement to Cohen for making a hush money payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels.

The House passed a resolution Tuesday evening to terminate President Trump’s declared emergency at the southern border, passing the baton to the Senate, where the resolution faces tougher odds.

A grand jury in North Carolina will determine whether or not to bring charges against any of the individuals involved in an alleged ballot fraud scheme that rocked the congressional election in the state’s 9th District, the News and Observer reported on Friday.

A grand jury has been hearing evidence about whether former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied to federal investigators about a casino petition he denied, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing two individuals briefed on the matter