President Donald Trump said Thursday that the criminal conviction of his former fixer, Michael Cohen, is a plot to “embarrass” him. “They put that on to embarrass me,” Trump said, referring to campaign finance violations related to hush-money payments made to women during the campaign that were among the charges for which Cohen was sentenced […]
TIJUANA, Mexico – Young men kick a soccer ball around as volunteers hand out donated food, water and clothes. Conditions here in the new migrant shelter 10 miles south of the border are far better than the original sports complex that flooded with the rain. There’s more space, a concrete flooring and it feels every […]
Donald Trump continues to suffer from upside-down job ratings as his second year as president winds down. In addition, views of the economy remain divided, voters feel the administration’s economic policies have not helped them — and fewer are optimistic about future economic conditions than two years ago, according to the latest Fox News poll. […]
Michael Cohen, the president’s former fixer who once famously claimed he was willing to “take a bullet” for Donald Trump before later turning against his boss, was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday by a federal judge in New York after pleading guilty to numerous crimes while cooperating with prosecutors. Before sentencing, Cohen ripped […]
President Trump on Tuesday engaged in an extraordinary argument with Democratic congressional leaders over government funding, threatening a partial shutdown if his demands for border wall money are not met. “I am proud to shut down the government for border security,” Trump told House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer […]
An expert campaign finance lawyer said in an interview published Monday that he is not impressed with the Department of Justice’s evidence that effectively links President Trump to campaign finance violations after the recent release of the Michael Cohen sentencing memo. Dan Backer, the lawyer, told Forbes that there appears to be no evidence to […]
Former FBI Director James Comey’s lawyers have prevented him from answering a number of questions during Friday’s closed-door testimony before House lawmakers, according to a lawmaker in the room. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., told reporters that some lawmakers have been frustrated with the testimony so far and that Comey didn’t seem upset about being told by […]
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson claims he always had to remind President Trump some of his plans ‘violate the law.’ President Trump fired back Friday at former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, calling him “dumb as a rock” after the ex-diplomat claimed he always had to remind the president some of his plans would “violate the […]
Congress has until December 7 to pass seven remaining appropriations bills; reaction and analysis from radio talk show hosts Garland Nixon and Dom Giordano. President Trump on Friday told a national law enforcement conference that Democrats are “playing games” with funding for border security, amid gridlock on Capitol Hill over his call for a border […]
Following a briefing by CIA director Gina Haspel Tuesday on the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, leading Republican senators told reporters that there was “zero question” that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the brutal murder. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, a Tennessee Republican, said “I have zero question in […]
President Donald Trump said Monday that he didn’t think a federal judge should afford his former longtime attorney Michael Cohen any leniency, saying that Cohen should serve a “full and complete” prison sentence. The president tweeted his thoughts in response to reports that Cohen was hoping to avoid any time behind bars after pleading guilty […]
Former FBI Director James Comey announced Sunday he has dropped his legal challenge to House Republicans’ efforts to compel him to testify in a closed-door setting about the political bias and mismanagement they say permeated the Hillary Clinton and Trump campaign probes under his watch. Citing a history of congressional leaks creating a “corrosive narrative,” Comey’s […]
