A look at some of the key players in the Hot News of today at Trump-Russia probe after a federal indictment charged 13 Russians in a plot to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election: PUTIN’S CHEF One of the key figures indicted with plotting to interfere in the 2016 US presidential is a Russian restaurateur believed to have ties …

Adam Schiff’s profile is on the rise in Democratic politics — but nobody seems to know what the California congressman will do next. Until recently, Schiff was a well-regarded, but low-profile lawmaker in a Los Angeles market where he had to compete with two dozen other members of Congress for local media attention and 52 others for state-level press. His …

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump called North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un a “madman with nuclear weapons” during a telephone call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, according to a transcript of the conversation released by US media on Tuesday. A White House readout of the April 29 call characterized it as a “very friendly conversation.” Days after the conversation, Trump said publicly …