Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is a former member of Congress and remained popular on Capitol Hill. John Ratcliffe, the president's new pick, is a comparative newcomer.

Democrats reeled in their white whale at last, but he fought against being the prize they wanted.

What did former special counsel Robert Mueller reveal on Wednesday about intelligence perils for the United States and ongoing threats to election security?

Former special counsel Robert Mueller didn't want to appear in Wednesday's hearings, but lawmakers insisted that he tell his story in public to the House judiciary and intelligence committees.

In two separate hearings on Wednesday, Democrats want Americans who haven't read Mueller's findings to see and hear them instead. Republicans want to take the former special counsel down a peg.

All eyes in the capital — and many more in the nation — will be on the former special counsel this week in Congress. Whatever takes place, the political stakes are high.

Spy world veteran Shelby Pierson will attempt to centralize election security efforts across the intelligence community with soon-to-be-designated agency leads.

President Trump says he might be open to taking information from a foreign government in a future election, calling it a part of politics. But the law draws a distinction when foreigners are involved.

President Trump said Wednesday that he would accept a foreign government's dirt on a 2020 rival. A look at foreign election interference — the focus of the Mueller report — and opposition research.

As Congress was holding a hearing on contempt for two Cabinet secretaries, the Justice Department said that it would not surrender materials sought by oversight committee Chairman Elijah Cummings.

The chamber sidestepped what might have been an even uglier showdown with the executive branch but opened the door to years of litigation over Russia, taxes, security clearances and more.

The House of Representatives voted on a measure that would empower the leaders of its committees to sue to get information for their Trump investigations.

The Justice Department reached an accord on Monday with the House Judiciary Committee, but members of Congress are nonetheless expected to press ahead with authorizing potential lawsuits on Tuesday.

Lawmakers are expected to vote Tuesday after months of political and legal disputes with the executive branch. Here's how we got here, what it means and what's coming next.

Special counsel Robert Mueller hasn't closed the door on a hearing but has said his report includes everything he would have to say. Lawmakers could play by those rules and still learn something new.

The president said at a press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May that new economic restrictions would begin to bite, possibly even during negotiations between the two sides.

Outgoing special counsel Robert Mueller says there is no more for him to say about the Russia investigation. House Democrats disagree, but the politics of pressing the matter are delicate.

The attorney general told CBS that the Justice Department does not forbid a special counsel to state whether a sitting president should be indicted. Robert Mueller had said that wasn't an option.

Special counsel Robert Mueller announced he is leaving office and spoke about his decision not to charge the president with wrongdoing. He didn't talk about other open investigations that came from the Russia probe.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller Wednesday said his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election is over. President Trump responded to Mueller's public statement on Twitter.