The interview offers fresh evidence that Cohen may be willing to cooperate with the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan in an effort to reduce his own criminal exposure.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump said his advisers told him not to ask potential Supreme Court nominees whether they would overturn Roe v Wade. "But I'm putting conservative people on," he said.

The cuts are taking effect in the ninth year of an economic expansion that began under former President Barack Obama.

The White House has said President Trump's team spoke with more than a dozen additional senators to discuss the vacancy.

The summit will offer Putin a chance to try to persuade Washington to lift some of the sanctions imposed on Russia over its 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray may get a contentious reception in the House Judiciary Committee.

Far from subsiding, the political animosities stirred by the tumultuous presidential cycle of 2015-16 grow more disruptive, remaking both our major parties and altering our public life as a nation.

The president had threatened executive action to crackdown on Chinese investments, worrying investors. The administration now says it will rely on a case-by-case review instead.

U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw set the deadline on Tuesday night, saying "this situation has reached a crisis level."

Vladimir Putin greeted John Bolton in the Kremlin, noting that U.S.-Russian relations are at a low point.