Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed requiring that borrowers prove that they have fallen into financial distress or that their colleges knowingly deceived them to get aid.
Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer, escalated their dispute by releasing a secret recording of a conversation they had about payments to a former Playboy model.
On the Trumps’ recent trip overseas, Melania Trump’s television was tuned to CNN. The president, who is increasingly building walls against the outside world, was not pleased.
The president’s tweet, which carried an echo of his approach with North Korea, succeeded in overshadowing his meeting with Vladimir V. Putin. But it only deepened questions about his Iran policy.
Documents released over the weekend plainly demonstrated that key elements of Republicans’ claims about the F.B.I.’s surveillance of Carter Page were misleading or false.
The release offered a rare glimpse of national security wiretap files and raised echoes of a fight in February over the Russia inquiry between Republicans and Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.
Federal authorities believe that American Media Inc. acted more as a political supporter than as a news organization as it helped Michael D. Cohen suppress embarrassing coverage.