Michael J. Morell, a former acting C.I.A. director, portrayed that as scapegoating in testimony to the Foreign Affairs Committee. He pointed out that the briefer is the lowest-ranking person in the room during the president’s regular intelligence briefings, and said the national security adviser, the C.I.A. director, the director of …...Read More

But the two justices only followed in the footsteps of their predecessors by rejecting the president who put them on the court. While each of them has generally sided with Mr. Trump since taking office, in this case they drew a line. Neither is personally close to Mr. Trump nor …...Read More

So at this point, no one is expecting to see the president’s tax returns anytime soon, even though the Supreme Court issued a major ruling on Thursday that cleared the way for New York prosecutors to seek them. But there will be further skirmishing in the lower courts, and there …...Read More

WASHINGTON — As many as 100 foreign citizens working in the United States as journalists for the Voice of America, a government-funded news outlet, might not have their visas extended once they expire, according to people familiar with the planning. Michael Pack, the new chief executive for the U.S. Agency …...Read More

Instead of granting the motion, Judge Sullivan appointed a former federal judge and onetime mob prosecutor, John Gleeson, to argue against it and invited legal experts to weigh in, suggesting that he was skeptical of the government’s rationale. Experts broadly disputed the Justice Department’s assertion that Mr. Flynn’s lies were …...Read More

But he is also an institutionalist, legal scholars say, one who’s worried about the court’s independence and credibility in a deeply polarized political moment. “The court’s role as an institution in American government has come under increased pressure,” said Leah Litman, a constitutional law professor at the University of Michigan …...Read More

An investigation has confirmed that Robert Fuller, who was found hanging from a tree in a Southern California park on June 10, committed suicide, officials announced on Thursday. The authorities ordered a further investigation into Mr. Fuller’s death following a public outcry after the initial ruling that it was a …...Read More

Hospital bed capacity, including in I.C.U.s, is generally used to gauge a region’s health care infrastructure and the preparedness of its hospitals to respond to the coronavirus. Data showing I.C.U.s at full or near capacity have made headlines recently, but health experts say that attention to capacity does not paint …...Read More

Suddenly, the car began to accelerate. The woman who had her hands on the car scrambled onto the hood, and Mr. Stewart said he clung to the driver’s side as it sped down the street for about two blocks, running at least one red light. Mr. Stewart said he struggled …...Read More

“The president has repeatedly shown that he doesn’t think sexual harassment is a serious matter, but his callousness now threatens our youngest and most vulnerable and could increase the likelihood of sexual harassment and abuse of students in schools,” Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, said in a …...Read More