US deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein is heading to the White House expecting to be fired following reports that he had made comments critical of President Donald Trump, a source said.

The US president’s former election campaign manager is in court in Virginia, charged with money-laundering. His ties to Russian oligarchs may prove revelatory, says Elizabeth Drew

US president Donald Trump has accused the FBI and the justice department of bias over the Russian election meddling probe.

US attorney general Jeff Sessions has abruptly agreed to recuse himself from any investigation into Russian meddling in America's 2016 presidential election amid growing pressure over his meetings with the Russian ambassador.