Devlin Barrett Ellen Nakashima The Washington Post

The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said.

Former FBI director James Comey said Thursday he helped reveal details of his private conversations with President Donald Trump because he thought doing so would spur the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the administration - a remarkable admission showing the degree of concern he had about both Russian interference with U.S. politics...

President Trump asked the FBI to drop its probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn and urged former FBI director James B. Comey instead to pursue reporters in leak cases, according to associates of Comey who have seen private notes he wrote recounting the conversation.

WikiLeaks will release to tech firms the software code of CIA hacking tools that were designed to compromise smartphones and other products, the group's founder said Thursday, attempting to position himself as a defender of cybersecurity and probably further antagonizing the intelligence community.

The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said.

Former FBI director James Comey said Thursday he helped reveal details of his private conversations with President Donald Trump because he thought doing so would spur the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the administration - a remarkable admission showing the degree of concern he had about both Russian interference with U.S. politics...

President Trump asked the FBI to drop its probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn and urged former FBI director James B. Comey instead to pursue reporters in leak cases, according to associates of Comey who have seen private notes he wrote recounting the conversation.

WikiLeaks will release to tech firms the software code of CIA hacking tools that were designed to compromise smartphones and other products, the group's founder said Thursday, attempting to position himself as a defender of cybersecurity and probably further antagonizing the intelligence community.