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Dan Boylan

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Dan Boylan was a former general assignment reporter at The Washington Times.

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Former FBI Director James Comey speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington. Associated Press photo

James Comey-leaked memos now in possession of FBI: Report

Notes and memos that fired FBI Director James B. Comey wrote about his private meetings with President Trump and then passed to a law professor in New York to leak to the media are now in the FBI's possession, ABC News reported Tuesday.

June 13, 2017
In this June 13, 2012, file photo, then-FBI Director Robert Mueller listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Calls for independent Russia probe grow amid latest round of rumors

Liberal political advocacy group Common Cause on Tuesday added to the speculation over special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election -- saying that the country needs to step above political squabbling and create an independent investigation into the matter.

June 13, 2017
Fired FBI Director James B. Comey described a twisted and uncomfortable relationship with a president he appeared to deeply distrust from the beginning. (Associated Press)

James Comey says Trump reasons for firing were ‘lies’

Capping one of the most anticipated Capitol Hill confrontations in years, fired FBI Director James B. Comey told a Senate panel on Thursday that he hopes there are Oval Office tapes to back up his assertion that President Trump asked him to drop the probe into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, saying he feared the president would lie about their private exchanges.

June 8, 2017
In this March 7, 2017, file photo, then-Deputy Attorney General-designate Rod Rosenstein, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Rosenstein has told members of Congress he stands by a memo he wrote that preceded the president's firing of FBI Director James Comey. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate FISA hearing: Stage set for Russia-election meddling fireworks

The Senate intelligence committee convenes on Wednesday to ask the country's law enforcement and intelligence chiefs to review the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- kicking off two days of what's been hyped as some of the most intense congressional hearing activity in recent history.

June 7, 2017
Former FBI Director James B. Comey is at the center of one of the most anticipated congressional hearings in years. (Associated Press)

James Comey’s testimony creates suspense inside Beltway

The clash between an unorthodox American president and the FBI director whom he fired escalates to a new level Thursday as James B. Comey appears before Congress to testify under oath on whether President Trump tried to short-circuit his agency's investigation into Russian meddling in the November presidential election.

June 6, 2017
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi exhorted his followers to use the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to stoke terrorism. Since then, forces loyal to the cleric have engaged in terror attacks during the month of fasting, turning it into a month of carnage. (Associated Press)

Islamic State terror tarnishes Ramadan

Three years ago, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appeared publicly for the first time in a half-decade to deliver a sermon at a northern Iraqi mosque. His purpose: to herald the start of Ramadan.

June 4, 2017
J. Edgar Hoover was FBI director from 1935 until his death in 1972. (Associated Press)

J.Edgar Hoover FBI files offer cautionary tale as James Comey prepares to testify

After J. Edgar Hoover's death 45 years ago, personal secretary Helen Gandy spent more than two months in the FBI director's house on a leafy Northwest Washington street rifling through his personal files — the most powerful archive of blackmail material on presidents, politicians and pundits compiled in American history.

June 1, 2017
In this Wednesday, May 3, 2017, photo, then-FBI Director James B. Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. President Donald Trump abruptly fired Comey on May 9, ousting the nation's top law enforcement official in the midst of an investigation into whether Trump's campaign had ties to Russia's election meddling.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

James B. Comey reportedly cleared to testify on Capitol Hill

Former FBI Director James B. Comey is on track to testify before Congress as early as next week to address accusations that President Trump, who fired him in early May, privately applied pressure to end the bureau's investigation into suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, inside sources were quoted as saying on Wednesday.

May 31, 2017
Sky News on Wednesday aired two screengrabs of footage that police believe shows the Manchester bomber. British officials said a suspected U.S. leak jeopardized the police investigation. (Associated Press)

Manchester bomber ID leaks hurt U.S. credibility, hinder British investigation

Officials in Washington are scrambling to account for the leaked identity of Britain's deadliest suicide bomber in a decade after British authorities accused the United States of revealing the sensitive information -- the latest instance of unauthorized disclosures undermining American credibility around the world.

May 24, 2017