Jan 31, 2018 - Politics & Policy

Mueller wants to interview Trump's former legal spokesman

Special Counsel Robert Mueller: Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to interview Mark Corallo, the former top spokesman of President Trump’s legal team, as part of his ongoing Russia probe, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Background: Corallo resigned as spokesman and communications strategist last July in the wake of media reports about Donald Trump Jr.'s June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with top campaign aides and a Kremlin-linked lawyer who promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

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Jonathan Swan

Updated 7 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Trump's Tucker mind-meld

Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images and BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

If you want to understand the rhetorical roots of Trump's Independence Day speech at Mount Rushmore, go back and watch Tucker Carlson's monologues for the past six weeks.

Between the lines: Trump — or rather his speechwriter Stephen Miller — framed the president's opposition to the Black Lives Matter protest movement using the same imagery Carlson has been laying out night after night on Fox.

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Axios

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Coronavirus dashboard

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios

Global: Total confirmed cases as of 6 p.m. ET: 11,366,145 — Total deaths: 532,644 — Total recoveries — 6,154,138 — Map.
U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 6 p.m. ET: 2,874,396 — Total deaths: 129,870 — Total recoveries: 906,763 — Total tested: 35,512,916 — Map.
States: Photos of America's pandemic July 4 — ICU beds in Arizona hot spot near capacity — Houston mayor warns about hospitals
Public health: U.S. coronavirus infections hit record highs for 3 straight days.
Politics: Former Trump official Tom Bossert says face masks “are not enough”
World: Mexican leaders call for tighter border control as infections rise in U.S.
Sports: Sports return stalked by coronavirus
1 📽 thing: Drive-in movie theaters are making a comeback.

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Jonathan Swan

9 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Bolton's hidden aftershocks

Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The news media has largely moved on, but foreign government officials remain fixated on John Bolton's memoir, "The Room Where It Happened."

Why it matters: Bolton's detailed inside-the-Oval revelations have raised the blood pressure of allies who were already stressed about President Trump's unreliability.