The White House on Monday cast doubt on embattled National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's political future, with a spokesman saying President Donald Trump was "evaluating" the aide's contacts with the Russian government. Before Trump took office, Flynn allegedly had private discussions with Moscow's ambassador about then-president Barack Obama's plans to impose sanctions on Russia in which he signalled his Republican boss would take a softer line. After the contacts first came to light in January, Flynn denied the issue had been discussed, and Vice President Mike Pence publicly backed him up on multiple TV talk shows.
The Trump administration appears to have dismissed an immediate appeal of the president's travel ban before the Supreme Court, according to a Justice Department filing on Monday. The filing in a Seattle court asked the federal judge who suspended President Donald Trump's travel ban not to conduct further proceedings until an appeals court has reviewed the matter again. The move follows two judicial setbacks for the White House -- a February 3 nationwide ban by US District Judge James Robart in Seattle, and a ruling Thursday by San Francisco's Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding his suspension.
President Donald Trump is "evaluating the situation" regarding his embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn's conversations with Russia's ambassador to the U.S., the White House said ...
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