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Mr. Cohen also told the prosecutors through his lawyers that he was considering whether to fully cooperate with their investigation, the Southern District said in the document. Later, Mr. Cohen decided against making such a deal. The prosecutors said that during their meetings with Mr. Cohen, he was “forthright and credible,” and that he had potentially “useful information about matters relating to ongoing investigations being carried out by this office.”…

Sterling, VA – The National Weather Service has Issued by the National Weather Service for St. Marys County. Winter storm warning until 12a.m. EST Monday. Winter storm warning in effect until midnight Tonight. Heavy snow. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches are expected for Saint Mary’s County. Plan on snow covered roads and slippery conditions. Travel will be difficult. Temperatures will remain well below freezing tonight,…

The conservative writer and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi filed a lawsuit on Sunday accusing special counsel Robert Mueller of blackmailing him to lie about President Donald Trump in the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. The suit, which seeks $350 million in actual and punitive damages in U.S. District Court in Washington, was filed six days after Corsi entered a formal complaint with the Justice Department alleging prosecutorial…

Video Ayers implies he will not be Trump’s chief of staff In a tweet, Ayers announces that he will be leaving at the end of the year. Vice President Pence’s chief of staff, Nick Ayers, who was considered a front-runner to replace John Kelly as White House chief of staff, announced Sunday: “I will be departing at the end of the year.” Ayers revealed the news in a tweet. Its…

Mr. Trump lashed out at Mr. Cohen on Twitter in recent days, saying, “He lied for this outcome and should, in my opinion, serve a full and complete sentence.” One of the campaign finance charges Mr. Cohen pleaded guilty to centered on Mr. Cohen’s paying $130,000 to the adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump. The payment amounted to an excessive contribution to…

Sterling, VA – The National Weather Service has Issued by the National Weather Service for St. Marys County. Winter storm warning until 12a.m. EST Monday. Winter storm warning in effect until midnight Tonight. Heavy snow. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches are expected for Saint Mary’s County. Plan on snow covered roads and slippery conditions. Travel will be difficult. Temperatures will remain well below freezing tonight,…

David Nakamura Darryl Fears December 9 at 7:31 PM The United States joined a controversial proposal by Saudi Arabia and Russia this weekend to weaken a reference to a key report on the severity of global warming, sharpening battle lines at the global climate summit in Poland aimed at gaining consensus over how to combat rising temperatures. Arguments erupted Saturday night before a United Nations working group focused on science…

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Rosalind S. Helderman Tom Hamburger Carol D. Leonnig December 9 at 2:47 PM The Russian ambassador. A deputy prime minister. A pop star, a weightlifter, a lawyer, a Soviet army veteran with alleged intelligence ties. Again and again and again, over the course of Donald Trump’s 18-month campaign for the presidency, Russian citizens made contact with his closest family and friends, as well as figures on the periphery of his…

Video Sen. Graham to fight to make sure William Barr is confirmed Republican senator speaks out on the importance of the attorney general nominee being confirmed on ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’ South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told Fox News on Sunday that Saudi Arabia’s military “can’t fight out of a paper bag” when confronted with Mideast challenges including Iran, and insisted that the U.S. has the necessary leverage to punish…

CLOSE Canadian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies for possible extradition to the United States. Time Meng Wanzhou, Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, is pictured attending the VTB Capital’s ‘RUSSIA CALLING’ investment forum in Moscow.(Photo: Maxim Shipenkov, EPA-EFE) The Chinese foreign ministry on Sunday summoned U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad to protest the detention of a senior tech executive by the…

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Impeachment is a “last resort and only when the evidence is clear of a really substantial legal violation,” Sen. Angus King of Maine, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We may get there, but we’re not there now.”

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White House protocol dictates that National Security Council staff should be present on all phone calls with foreign leaders. Yet, according to the Times, Kushner defied this rule and “kept chatting” privately to the prince. “The two men were on a first-name basis, calling each other Jared and Mohammed in text messages and phone calls,” the report said, citing several former White House officials. 

London, United Kingdom – Exiting the European Union, Theresa May suggested after the referendum two years ago, was a simple process. “Brexit means Brexit,” she said in the wake of the United Kingdom’s vote to quit the EU, following former Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to resign over the result. Almost two and a half years after she succeeded Cameron, however, May now finds herself mired in the complexity…

PARIS (Reuters) – Workers in Paris swept up broken glass and towed away burnt-out cars on Sunday after the latest “yellow vest” riots, while the government warned of slower economic growth and said that President Emmanuel Macron would address the nation this week. On Saturday, anti-government protesters wrecked havoc in the city for the fourth weekend in a row, throwing stones, torching cars and vandalizing shops and restaurants. Across the…

SAN FRANCISCO — A dog that survived the catastrophic wildfire in Northern California apparently protected the ruins of his home for almost a month until his owner returned. Madison was there waiting when Andrea Gaylord was allowed back to check on her burned property in Paradise this week. Gaylord fled when the Nov. 8 fire broke out and decimated the town of 27,000. An animal rescuer who responded to Gaylord’s…

Mark Wilson/Getty Images White House By ASSOCIATED PRESS 12/07/2018 10:40 PM EST A divided U.S. appeals court late Friday refused to immediately allow the Trump administration to enforce a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The ban is inconsistent with an existing U.S. law and an attempted end-run around Congress, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-1…

Mark Wilson/Getty Images White House By ASSOCIATED PRESS 12/07/2018 10:40 PM EST A divided U.S. appeals court late Friday refused to immediately allow the Trump administration to enforce a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The ban is inconsistent with an existing U.S. law and an attempted end-run around Congress, a panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a 2-1…