Special counsel Robert Mueller is fighting for complete secrecy in his probe into Russia's role in the election and his arguments hint that his investigation is growing across multiple fronts.

President Donald Trump has launched a stinging attack on former President Barack Obama, criticising his predecessor's lack of action over 'so-called Russian meddling'.

According to the U.S Department of Justice, special counsel Robert Mueller's probe racked up nearly $10 million in expenditure from October to March, the latest six-month accounting period.

Wikistrat, a company that pitches itself as a crowdsourced geopolitical research firm, may actually be involved in intelligence-gathering on behalf of foreign governments, it has been reported.

Jeff Sessions was speaking ahead of the inspector general's report on the Clinton email investigation, which is expected to blame 'insubordinate' James Comey.

An FBI lawyer exchanged messages after the election with another colleague and proclaimed: 'Vive la resistance.'

Donald Trump has called the decision to revoke Paul Manafort's bail 'tough' and 'very unfair' after a federal judge sent the former campaign manager to await trial behind bars.

Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman said Manafort's advance age, and the hefty sentences he could face from a U.S. federal judge, mean he could be behind bars for the rest of his life.

In his latest Twitter rant Trump slammed Peter Strzok, who worked briefly on the Russia investigation but was removed from the probe when a report revealed he had sent anti-Trump text messages.

Donald Trump swatted back at his former presidential rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday after she said in a speech that he was wrong about Germany's crime rate.

President Trump seemed to claim last week that Russia was not involved in a conspiracy to disrupt the election, but the White House says he 'feels' that Putin's government did and 'didn't question that.'

Russian pop star Emin Agalarov admits he was the force behind the infamous Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. but he denies he was trying to influence the election for Donald Trump.

In his upcoming book The Briefing: Politics, the Press and the President, detailing his time White House, Sean Spicer says DHS officials made the comments when Clinton was expected to win.

A dozen Russian intelligence officers are facing new U.S. federal indictments alleging they hacked into American computers with the intention of interfering with the 2016 election.

News of the indictments was announced at the Justice Department in Washington, DC during a press conference held by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

Maria Butina, 29, was arrested in Washington D.C. and charged with acting as a foreign agent on orders from the Kremlin - a direct allegation of election interference.

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is countering his boss, President Donald Trump, and doubling down on the assertion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is siding with the intelligence community against his ex-boss, who met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team indicted 12 senior members of the GRU, alleging that they masterminded the hacking campaign against the Democratic Party.

'So President Obama knew about Russia before the Election. Why didn’t he do something about it? Why didn’t he tell our campaign?,' Trump tweeted on Sunday evening.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has offered to limit the number of obstruction-related questions Trump would be asked by investigators but doesn't want him to just provide written answers.

Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. joined President Trump's attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling him a 'phony' and even slamming his visit to the school.

Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani says the special counsel's Russia probe and investigation into the president should be concluded by Sept. 1.

Answering charges that he is only targeting a list of his political opponents, Trump claimed he 'would put a Republican on, too, if I thought they were incompetent or crazy.'

Anastasia Vashukevich, who also uses the name Nastya Rybka, was arrested in Pattaya, Thailand, in February and held on prostitution charges after hosting a 'sex training course'.

President Trump penned the tweet after what many had called the darkest day of his presidency following the guilty verdict against Paul Manafort and the guilty plea by Michael Cohen.

John Bolton met with Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev in Geneva on Thursday, when the pair discussed election meddling, Syria, Iran, North Korea and nuclear weapons.

The GRU - Russia's 'Main Intelligence Directorate' - was founded in 1918 after Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution.

George Papadopoulos. who tired to arrange a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, said his testimony could help prove collusion.

So it was all fake news…The entire two-year Russia collusion frenzy was based on an absolute falsehood that Donald Trump and his team had colluded with Russians to fix the 2016 election.

The 29-year-old has had to bide his time to be given the opportunity to show what he is capable of. That chance has arisen at Bundesliga leaders RB Leipzig and he has seized it with both hands.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and Virgil Van Dijk have all been shortlisted for this year's Ballon d'Or, after the 30-man shortlist for the prestigious award was announced.

RICHARD KAY: In loss and sorrow, father and son forged deep bonds, a closeness that has endured in the face of frequent outbreaks of domestic adversity.

RICHARD KAY: Fifteen years ago, Sir Martin Sorrell paid a then record divorce settlement of more than £29 million to his first wife, Sandra Finestone, after 33 years of marriage.

RICHARD KAY: Just over a year ago Prince Harry was at a Royal Marines base in the Dartmoor National Park presenting recruits with their coveted green berets (pictured, with Diana in 1986).

Martin Bray, a councillor with the Onkaparinga local government area south of Adelaide, estimates residents are paying more than $42,000 for sewage maintenance for just 32 hours of work a year.

The earthquake - the strongest to ever hit the state - struck at 3.39pm on Sunday off the coast of Broome in the Indian Ocean, according to GeoScience Australia.

Matthew D. Ellery, 29, of Middlesex, New Jersey on Friday pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and driving while intoxicated after another officer found him overdosing on heroin in his squad car on April 7.

Novak Djokovic went straight from his thrilling men's singles victory to the Wimbledon Champions' Dinner and a dance with ladies' winner Simona Halep, who said she was 'stressed' by the thought.

Median house values in the country's capital cites are set to increase during 2020, according to property research firm BIS Oxford Economics in a report released Monday.

The unravelling of a multi-million dollar drug ring run by Codie Peter Cowan (pictured) has revealed the thirst for drugs over public holiday weekends in some of Sydney's most affluent suburbs.

A new law to give the government more discretionary powers to deport convicted rapists, killers, pedophiles and violent thugs out of Australia may now be backed by Labor.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been criticized for being out of town campaigning in Iowa while Manhattan was plunged into darkness by a blackout on Saturday evening.

Senator Lindsey Graham vowed on Sunday that the U.S. government will not allow the release of border-jumpers currently held in immigration detention facilities.

Carl Beech, 51, who claimed he was abused by VIP paedophiles including former PM, met with journalists from website Exaro before going to police, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

Richard Hames, who warned hijacked planes could be flown into the World Trade Centre three years before it happened, believes Australia should stop viewing China as a potential enemy.

Some aged care homes are spending as little as just over $6 a day on food per person as experts warn malnourished residents are "starving to...

Labour peer Oona King, 51, has been allowed to keep her title and continue to describe herself as a member of the House of Lords despite taking a 'leave of absence' and moving to San Francisco.

Tafida Raqeeb, five, is currently at the Royal London Hospital. Doctors say she should be allowed to die after a blood vessel in her brain burst but Italian doctors believe there is hope for recovery.

Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 28, is accused of accused of preparing acts of terrorism and his sister Sneha Chowdhury, 25, is accused of failing to disclose information. They were arrested in Luton.