Michael Flynn

Fired FBI director James Comey has created a political storm over his allegations against President Donald Trump who reportedly asked him to drop a probe against his former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and sought "loyalty" from him.

Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump in U.S. elections earlier this month, but Trump has refused to formally concede, alleging without evidence that there was widespread voter fraud. However, Trump on Monday gave the go-ahead for federal funds to start flowing to Biden so he can carry out his transition duties before his Jan. 20 inauguration.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The US Justice Department withdrew its case against former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn, handing President Trump a major political victory. In a nearly unheard-of reversal, the department said in a filing that Flynn's Dec 2017 guilty plea for lying to the FBI in an interview over his Russia contacts was moot because the lies were insignificant.

Separately, a judge hearing a sentencing case against Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn virtually accused him of treason, saying ''Arguably you sold your country out.'' The observation came hours after Trump tweeted out his ''good luck'' to Flynn, a message some construed as ''witness tampering'' and ''supporting a felon.''

Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr and his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner were also drawn into the Russian maelstrom that has already claimed the president’s national security adviser Michael Flynn. The spotlight also fell on several other associates for their close links and engagement with Russia during the election campaign, which US intelligence officials suggest was manipulated by Moscow.

US Attorney General William Barr will defend the Justice Department’s use of federal law enforcement agents to quell protests in Portland, Oregon, in congressional testimony on Tuesday, saying attacks on the federal courthouse there represent “an assault on the government of the United States.”

More than 1,100 former US federal prosecutors on Wednesday blasted the attempt by Republican President Donald Trump's Justice Department to dismiss a charge against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying the move puts Trump's personal interests ahead of the public good.

US President Donald Trump said that he would pardon a "very, very important" person on Tuesday, but added it would not be leaker Edward Snowden or former national security adviser Michael Flynn. On Saturday, Trump said he was considering a pardon for Snowden, who leaked a trove of US govt secret files in 2013.

The online postings and chatrooms of extremists have been brimming with disappointment and dissent since the failed January 6 insurrection against Congress and the inauguration of Joe Biden as president.

The Trump administration is seeking to deepen its counter-terrorism cooperation with India and expand it further, sources here said after National Security Advisor Ajit K Doval's high profile meetings with top US officials.

In total, Trump issued on Wednesday pardons to 26 individuals and commuted part or all of the sentences of an additional three people. A commutation removes the punishment but leaves the conviction in place.

Nations far and near and adversaries old and new are having to contend with the Trumpian style of diplomacy after Mexico, Iran, and Australia were publicly scolded and scalded by the new US President this week.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday scored his first significant legislative victory by getting a $1.4 trillion tax reform bill through the Senate even as an FBI probe into his Russian connection reached into his family after his son-in-law Jared Kusher emerged as a central figure in the Moscow outreach.

Washington has erupted in anger and recrimination again after allegations against President Trump and his associates of being too cozy with Russia resurfaced following the resignation of the National Security Advisor Michael Flynn on the same charges.

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Several candidates in the race to succeed Mayor Bill de Blasio have the potential to make history if elected. The city could get its first female mayor, its first Asian American mayor or its second Black mayor, depending on who comes out on top.