Donald Trump's personal lawyer has rejected a request for documents as part of Congress's investigation into Russia's election meddling and contacts with the Trump campaign.

Timothy L O’Brien asks why Donald Trump — via one of his top advisers — is so close to a violent fraudster with mob connections who has tried to influence US foreign policy.   

Max Abelson, Jesse Drucker and Zachary R Mide report on the monument to vanity that is Trump Tower, a place to which he retreated after molestation claims by several women and which he may not even leave if he somehow wins the presidency

Donald Trump tapped a man to be a senior business adviser to his property empire even after the man’s past involvement in a major Mafia-linked stock fraud scheme had become publicly known.