Philip Ewing
Philip Ewing is an election security editor with NPR's Washington Desk. He helps oversee coverage of election security, voting, disinformation, active measures and other issues. Ewing joined the Washington Desk from his previous role as NPR's national security editor, in which he helped direct coverage of the military, intelligence community, counterterrorism, veterans and more. He came to NPR in 2015 from Politico, where he was a Pentagon correspondent and defense editor. Previously, he served as managing editor of Military.com, and before that he covered the U.S. Navy for the Military Times newspapers.
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The president told reporters on Monday that he won't micromanage whom the FBI interviews as it reinvestigates Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Trump is sticking by him. -
The Russia Investigations: Rosenstein Reprieved — For NowThe Justice Department's embattled second in command — who is in primary command of the Russia investigation — went to the White House on Monday expecting to be terminated. But that didn't happen. -
The White House has agreed to ask the FBI to investigate sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Republicans had previously said it was unnecessary. -
The president responded to a question by NPR's Ayesha Rascoe by citing Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein's denials of comments attributed to him in a recent bombshell news report. -
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein expects to be fired, and talk swirled about his fate with the Justice Department. Now he's scheduled to meet with President Trump on Thursday. -
The deputy attorney general rejected a story that described him musing about secretly wearing a wire or conferring with members of the Cabinet about invoking the 25th Amendment. -
A key senator suggests that if the Senate Judiciary Committee needs help investigating the Supreme Court nominee, it could bring in the feds. That's more complicated than it sounds. -
The Russia Investigations: What Will Paul Manafort Tell The Feds?This week in the Russia investigations: Donald Trump's ex-campaign chairman avoids a second federal trial at the cost of a plea agreement. What information can he give to investigators? -
A heavily redacted copy of the surveillance form has answered some key questions. A clean version, if released, might answer many more — but the Justice Department fears the possible loss of secrets. -
Trump attorneys and the special counsel's office have been discussing a possible interview. But leaks of a new book reveal an ex-Trump lawyer has argued the president should never agree to a sit-down.
