Marie Yovanovitch, who was ousted from her post as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine after a smear campaign by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has signed a book deal, it was announced Friday. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said it had acquired a memoir by Yovanovich, a key witness and figure in the House inquiry that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment. “The as-yet-untitled memoir will...

“You have a knot in your stomach,” Kerik said, as he recounted that Trump told him he was signing the pardon as the two spoke

President Donald Trump announced he has pardoned Bernard Kerik, the former NYPD commissioner who later went to federal prison for tax fraud and lying to the government. Trump also commuted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The news comes mere hours after Trump pardoned Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal who built…

The disgraced former NYPD commissioner served more than three years behind bars, and was pardoned with President Trump along with Rod Blagojevich and others. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

The former NYPD commissioner and 9/11 hero spent more than three years in federal prison for tax fraud and lying to the government, but was pardoned by President Trump on Tuesday. Others granted clemency include Rod Blagojevich, junk bond king Michael Milken and former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Officials arrested a Florida man who they say told them he traveled to the White House to “assassinate” President Trump.

President Donald Trump was more than halfway through his speech at a rally in Milwaukee when one of his hand gestures caught the eye of a supporter standing in the packed arena. The 51-year-old woman believed the president had traced the shape of the letter “Q” with his fingers as a covert signal to followers of QAnon, a right-wing, pro-Trump…

Exacting swift punishment against those who crossed him, an emboldened President Donald Trump ousted two government officials who had delivered damaging testimony against him during his impeachment hearings. The president took retribution just two days after his acquittal by the Senate. First came news Friday that Trump had ousted Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the decorated soldier and national security aide…

The Trump Administration has quietly designated U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Protection as a “security agency,” a move that will make it harder for the public to access certain documents and information on border enforcement and policies.

The sheriff of Palm Beach said the vehicle was driving erratically and putting the public’s well-being in danger

President Trump addressed the spirited crowd, with more than 7,400 of them packed into the Wildwoods Convention Center after some of them had been camping out for days for a shot at getting inside. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo and Ray Villeda report.

Even though the Wildwoods Convention Center can only hold about 7,400 people, officials are expecting tens of thousands to descend upon the area in hopes of getting in to see President Trump. NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

It’s been more than three years since Russia’s sweeping and systematic effort to interfere in U.S. elections through disinformation on social media, stolen campaign emails and attacks on voting systems. U.S. officials have made advances in trying to prevent similar attacks from undermining the 2020 vote, but challenges remain. THEN: U.S. intelligence agencies say Russia was the only nation that significantly...

Democrats bid to win support from Republicans in the Senate for witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial was already a tough challenge. Democrats have warned they will live to regret not delving deeper into the evidence of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. One of the managers, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, even told them it was “treacherous” to vote...

The White House says President Donald Trump will become the first president to attend the annual anti-abortion gathering in Washington called the March for Life.

Advocates for and against President Donald Trump are giving no ground in the shadow of his Senate impeachment trial. The president’s defenders are arguing that his pressure on Ukraine broke no U.S., law, so it wasn’t impeachable in the first place. The House Democrats who are prosecuting the abuse and obstruction charges say there need be no crime and that...

No cellphones. No talking. No escape. That’s the reality during the Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, which will begin each day with a proclamation: “All persons are commanded to keep silence, on pain of imprisonment.” After that, 100 senators will sit at their desks for hours on end to hear from House prosecutors, Trump’s defense team and possibly a...

House Democrats are preparing to outline their case for removing President Donald Trump from office with the filing of a legal brief due by 5 p.m. Saturday. The submission follows new revelations in the case and Trump’s naming of nationally known lawyers Ken Starr and Alan Dershowitz to the team that will defend him.

In a tweet published Saturday night, President Trump called the proposal to surround New York City with a six-mile-long seawall “costly, foolish & environmentally unfriendly.” The president fired off the tweet one day after the New York Times published a report on the costly barrier. The Army Corps of Engineers proposed the wall among a series of other solutions to…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says senators will “pay a price” if they block new witnesses from testifying in President Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial. She says Americans expect a “fair trial”. The House expects to transmit the articles of impeachment against Trump this week. The Republican leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, wants a speedy trial without new witnesses. Trump...