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Donald trump signed a russians sanctions bill into law. Unlike other pieces of legislation, there was no elaborate signing ceremony. The president signed the sanctions legislation, which was passed overwhelmingly by congress in private, out of the public eye. Prior to the signing russian president Vladimir Putin announced that russia would retaliate for the sanctions by ordering the u. S. To cut its staff in russia by 175 people. And on the day that trump signed the legislation, the Prime Minister went on a tweet storm including this, quote, the Trump Administration has shown its total weaknes...

Reported by the New York Times, later confirmed here by our own kristen welker, and it involves the president and special counsel Robert Mueller. The times broke the story that the president ordered Robert Mueller fired and then backed off. It was reported by Michael Schmidt and dan haberman. Michael is standing by. It says, quote, President Trump ordered the firing last june of Robert Mueller but ultimately backed down when the white House Counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out the directive. The west wing confrontation notes the first time President Trump has tried to fire the sp...

Covering the story every step of the way. Break it down for us. This latest development, give us the details and what does it mean. One thing that is really important is the context of this firing order by President Trump. It came in june. The Mueller Investigation only just begun at that point but it was already clear that it was going in dangerous directions for the white house. Recall President Trump told russians that he thought by firing james comey hes would relieving pressure on him regarding russia but that was not the case. The white house learned in june that Robert Mueller was inves...

Don mcgahn who prevented what would have been an even bigger event than the firing of james comey. Given whats been reported about the role of don mcgahn in the white house and the role of his deputies, remember the reporting that one of his deputies lied to the president to maneuver him out of firing james comey when he wanted to. Its trying to imagine the relationship between don mcgahn and the president right now as all of these news stories are coming out showing us that don mcgahn is the man saving us from the abyss. Its hard to imagine what its like inside the white house. And more confi...

Here in new york. Day 371 of the Trump Administration and we have breaking news tonight first reported by the New York Times, later confirmed here by our own kristen welker, and it involves the president and special counsel Robert Mueller. The times broke the story that the president ordered Robert Mueller fired and then backed off. It was reported by Michael Schmidt and dan haberman. Michael is standing by. It says, quote, President Trump ordered the firing last june of Robert Mueller but ultimately backed down when the white House Counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out the direct...