(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Here’s what you need to know:As problems mount, Trump vents• President Trump blamed the Justice Department on Thursday for the investigations surrounding him. Mr. Pecker’s company, American Media Inc., was involved in payments during the 2016 campaign to two women who said they had had affairs with Mr. Trump. And the Manhattan district attorney’s office is considering pursuing criminal charges against the Trump Organization and two company officials in connection with one of the payments arranged by Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump’s former personal lawyer.

Source: New York Times August 24, 2018 09:34 UTC