President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House during a joint news conference with Colombia's President on Thursday, May 18. In this moment, Trump was asked if he had urged FBI Director James Comey to stop an investigation into Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser. "No. No. Next question," Trump responded. That contradicts a memo that sources say Comey wrote after meeting with Trump in February. Comey was fired by Trump earlier this month.
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Former US Rep. Anthony Weiner exits a federal court in New York on Friday, May 19, after pleading guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor. According to a statement by acting US Attorney Joon H. Kim, Weiner admitted that he texted a 15-year-old girl and sent her sexually explicit images as well as directions to engage in sexual conduct. Weiner left Congress in June 2011 when it first emerged that he had sent explicit texts to women other than his wife.
Ivanka Trump, daughter of and adviser to President Trump, hosts a roundtable discussion Wednesday, May 17, that focused on human trafficking and how to combat it. She was joined at the White House by lawmakers from both parties.
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An injured protester sits outside the Turkish Embassy in Washington on Tuesday, May 16. Video footage showed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looking on as Turkish security officials beat up protesters outside the embassy. The Turkish Embassy claimed that the protesters were affiliated with the PKK -- a banned separatist group in Turkey -- and had assembled without permission. It also said the protesters "began aggressively provoking Turkish-American citizens who had peacefully assembled to greet the President," according to a statement.
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During a news conference on Wednesday, May 17, House Democrats display a photo of President Trump shaking hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The Democrats were calling for an independent commission that would investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election. Later in the day, the Justice Department appointed a special counsel, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, to oversee a federal investigation. In a statement, Trump said an investigation will confirm that "there was no collusion" between his campaign and Russia.
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US Sen. Joe Lieberman leaves the White House after meeting with Trump on Wednesday, May 17. The President said Lieberman is one of four top picks to be nominated as FBI director.
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US Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning posted this self-portrait to her Instagram account on Thursday, May 18. Manning, the transgender soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning, revealed her new look after being freed from a military prison in Kansas. Manning was convicted in 2013 of stealing classified documents and videos and giving them to WikiLeaks. She was sentenced to 35 years in prison, but President Barack Obama commuted her sentence in January.
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, foreground, arrives at the US Capitol to brief the Senate on Thursday, May 18. Rosenstein appointed a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between Donald Trump's campaign and Russian officials meddling in last year's election.
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David Friedman, the US ambassador to Israel, kisses the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday, May 15.
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President Donald Trump joins dancers with swords at a welcome ceremony ahead of a banquet at the Murabba Palace in Riyadh on May 20.
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Reporters raise their hands to ask questions during President Trump's news conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday, May 18.
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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, right, talks with US Sens. Ben Sasse, center, and Tom Cotton in Washington on Thursday, May 18. "Holy moly," Sasse tweeted about the photo. "It looks like @SenSchumer and I are smoking reefer outside a wedding." Schumer, tweeting in response to Sasse, said, 'Well that escalated quickly."
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President Trump shakes hands with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos during their joint news conference on Thursday, May 18.
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The President is presented with the gift of a sword as he gave a commencement speech at the US Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday, May 17. A hot mic caught John Kelly, the secretary of Homeland Security, telling Trump to "use that on the press, sir."
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Trump supporter Brian Pryor and Trump protester Susan O'Lone debate numerous topics in New London, Connecticut, where the President was giving a speech at the US Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday, May 17.
President Trump and his wife, Melania, walk across the South Lawn of the White House to board Marine One on Friday, May 19. They were about to start a nine-day foreign tour -- Trump's first as President.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell talks to reporters at the US Capitol after the Republican Party's weekly policy luncheon on Tuesday, May 16.
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White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, second from right, inspects the production run of President Trump's printed budget as he visits a plant in Washington on Friday, May 19.
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White House press secretary Sean Spicer points to a reporter as national security adviser H.R. McMaster attends a press briefing in Washington on Tuesday, May 16. The briefing was held following a Washington Post report that President Trump shared highly classified information with the Russian foreign minister and Russia's ambassador to the United States. McMaster told reporters that "at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed, and the President did not disclose any military operations that weren't already publicly known. I was in the room. It didn't happen."
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The President appears on a television inside the West Wing of the White House on Monday, May 15. See last week in politics
