President Trump must decide whether to go ahead with tariffs on allies like the European Union, Canada and Mexico, whose temporary exemptions to the tariffs expire Friday.
Leslie Cockburn, the Democrat running for an open House seat in Virginia, faces G.O.P. charges of anti-Semitism for her 1991 book highly critical of Israel.
The men, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, are traveling the country and building political networks as they find a place in a party top-heavy with leaders in their 60s and 70s.
The president’s promotion of the unconfirmed claims he calls “Spygate” continues a long history of presidential trafficking in tales of shadowy cabals and secret plots.
The move reflects a more traditional negotiating process that President Trump first short-circuited by abruptly agreeing to meet but later set in motion by canceling the meeting.
The president’s allies say he has every right to manage the executive branch and every reason to be outraged at possible misconduct aimed at his campaign. Critics say he is wreaking untold damage on institutions that form the bulwark of a democratic society.