By CATHERINE LUCEY, ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW LEE , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic diplomatic turn, President Donald Trump on Thursday called off next month’s summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, calling the cancellation a “tremendous setback” for peace and stressing that the US military was ready to respond to any…
By DAVID A. LIEB , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A legislative investigation into Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens pressed ahead Wednesday at both a courthouse and the Capitol, as attorneys argued over subpoenas involving a pro-Greitens group and lawmakers questioned the source of a six-figure cash payment related to allegations of sexual misconduct…
By DAVID A. LIEB , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Like actors rehearsing a script, Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday publicly read aloud the previously secret criminal case transcripts of a woman who accused Gov. Eric Greitens of sexual misconduct and asserted that his attorney suggested she should deny it. The unusual scene played…
By JAKE PEARSON , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime business partner of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, whose business dealings are being scrutinized by federal prosecutors, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a state tax fraud case that requires him to cooperate in any ongoing investigation, according to a person briefed…
By CATHERINE LUCEY and ZEKE MILLER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks before his planned North Korea summit, President Donald Trump is staring down a dealmaker’s worst nightmare: overpromising and under-delivering. As the Singapore meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un draws near, the president and his allies are growing increasingly anxious about…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says that he will “demand” that the Justice Department open an investigation into whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign. The extraordinary order on Sunday came hours before his legal team said that the special counsel indicated its investigation into the president could be concluded by September. The Justice…
By STEVE PEOPLES , Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri on Saturday defended her vote against President Donald Trump’s pick for CIA director but said the specific reasons were classified. McCaskill was one of the few Democrats facing a difficult re-election this fall to oppose the nomination of…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Unlike the president, Robert Mueller hasn’t uttered one word in public about his Russia investigation in the year since he was appointed special counsel. And that is rattling just about everyone involved. What’s he up to? When will he bring the probe…
By COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Less than three months ago, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman went before the news cameras to announce a lawsuit accusing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and his former studio of abusing and intimidating a multitude of women. “We have never seen anything…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt wants the courts and legislature to determine whether Gov. Eric Grietens should leave office, so he isn’t calling for Greitens’ resignation. Blunt, R-Mo., said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday Greitens has been accused of reprehensible actions, but the official criminal and legislative processes should…