New York City will go after President Donald Trump for any taxes he owes on the money he received from his late father, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, one day after The New York Times published a report that accused Trump of dodging tax payments on $413 million funneled to him from his dad’s […]
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Trump Alert! Nation Receives Emergency Test Text
More than 200 million US mobile phones are set to receive a test “Presidential Alert” later on Wednesday. The trial is designed to check that a previously unused emergency communications system works properly. Unlike other alerts – such as natural disaster warnings – there is no way to opt out, except switching a device off […]
NY Times Says Trump Committed Huge Tax Fraud
Tax officials in New York are “reviewing” allegations in a lengthy New York Times report Tuesday that claimed President Trump received at least $413 million in today’s money from his father’s New York real estate business, with much of the money coming through questionable tax schemes in the 1990s. The president declined the newspaper’s request for comment, […]
FBI Has No Plans To Interview Blasey Ford
WASHINGTON — The FBI has not returned calls from lawyers for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford — and she’s not included in the bureau’s current list of potential witnesses to interview, two sources told NBC News. The White House believes Ford’s public testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee was sufficient and the FBI would be wasting […]
Canada And Trump Replace Current NAFTA With New Deal
WASHINGTON — The United States and Canada reached a deal on Sunday to salvage NAFTA as a trilateral pact with Mexico, beating a midnight deadline with agreements to substantially boost American access to Canada’s dairy market and protect Canada from possible U.S. auto tariffs, sources with direct knowledge of the talks said. President Donald Trump […]
Classmate To Tell FBI Kavanaugh Had Violent Drinking Behavior
WASHINGTON — Charles Ludington, a classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at Yale University, will provide information to the FBI on Monday, he confirmed to NBC News. News of Ludington’s involvement was first reported by The Washington Post, which said he planned to give a statement to the FBI at its field office in […]
Dems Still Going After Trump’s Tax Returns
The mystery of President Trump’s tax returns could finally come to an end if Democrats win control of at least one chamber of Congress following the midterm elections in November. Democratic lawmakers in the House are planning to use an obscure, almost 100-year-old tax statute — that permits the chairmen of Congress’ tax committees to […]
US And Canada Working Hard On NAFTA Agreement
The U.S. and Canada are working furiously to reach an agreement by Sunday, a self-imposed deadline to complete an updated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). President Trump was prepared to give up on the weekend deadline with Canada because the United States and its largest trading partner still had major issues left to resolve. […]
FBI Contacts Second Kavanaugh Accuser
The FBI has reached out to a second woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault — a day after President Trump ordered the bureau to conduct a new background investigation. An attorney for Deborah Ramirez, who claims that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a Yale college party several years ago, […]
Elizabeth Warren To Announce Presidential Bid
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said at a town hall today she would consider running for president in 2020 once the midterm elections are done. “After November 6, I will take a hard look at running for president,” she told a crowd in Holyoke, Mass., which garnered an extended standing ovation, according to CBS News. […]
China Denies Meddling In American Elections
China’s foreign ministry denied Trump’s accusation that Beijing is trying to influence the US congressional elections. China has accused US President Donald Trump of “slander” after he accused Beijing of trying to meddle in upcoming US congressional elections. Trump told a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Wednesday that Beijing was interfering in the November 6 […]
Trump Lashes Out At Kavanaugh Accusers
President Trump defended Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at a news conference Wednesday, saying that Democrats had “destroyed a man’s reputation” with sexual misconduct allegations. In response to a question from Fox News’ John Roberts about why the White House did not ask the FBI to investigate allegations made against Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford, […]