President Trump is telling aides he is ready to pull out of the Paris climate deal, officials tell TIME, but the White House is still working out the details. Especially in this Administration, nothing is final until everything is final, but the move in that direction is sending shockwaves around the world. Democrats and even […]
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Barron To Attend Private School 20 Miles From Washington DC
Barron Trump, the 11-year-old son of President Trump and first lady Melania Trump, will attend the private St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Md., this fall after he moves from New York to Washington with his mother. Barron Trump is finishing out the current school year at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School on the Upper […]
Hillary Continues To Criticize The President
Hillary Clinton said the withdrawal of the GOP health care bill last week was “a victory for all Americans.” She criticized the Trump administration for having the fewest number of women in top jobs “in a generation.” Hillary Clinton criticized the lack of diversity in the Trump White House and the ill-fated Republican health care […]
Sanctuary Cities To Lose Federal Funding
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday threatened to strip some “sanctuary cities” of coveted Justice Department grants for state and local law enforcement, saying those places that did not comply with a particular federal law on immigration would not be eligible for money. “I urge our nation’s states and cities to consider carefully the harm […]
New Budget Does Not Gut Meals On Wheels
Meals on Wheels, the popular nationwide program that provides hot meals to needy seniors, has become a rallying point for critics of President Trump’s proposed budget, which slashes spending on social initiatives to beef up military spending. But on Sunday, the Trump administration answered an emphatic “no” to the question of whether the budget would […]
Pelosi Says The President Owes Obama An Apology
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said Friday that President Trump should apologize to former President Obama – and the American people – for his unsubstantiated charge that Mr. Obama had Trump Tower wiretapped during the 2016 campaign. The Democratic leader spoke with Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson in an interview that will air […]
Trump Blames Fox News For His Wiretap Claim
At a wide-ranging and occasionally tense news conference after their first in-person meeting Friday, President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed trade and border policy — and had one notable exchange when Trump was asked about his unproven claims that former President Obama tapped the phones at Trump Tower last year. Trump declined the […]
ISIS Attack Could Lead To More Troops On The Ground In Afghanistan
A key American ally in the fight against terrorism, Afghanistan, was rocked by another flagrant deadly attack Wednesday, but this time with ISIS claiming responsibility. Gunmen dressed as doctors infiltrated and attacked a military hospital in the country’s capital, killing at least 49 people and wounding dozens more. The U.S. withdrawal was halted last year, […]
GOP Reveals Obamacare Replacement
House Republicans released draft legislation Monday to replace former president Barack Obama’s signature health care law, proposing to phase out the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion and change the law’s subsidies for private insurance. The bill’s details released Monday do not say how many people would have coverage compared with Obamacare. But federal support would be […]
Trump Says Obama Wire Tapped Him
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s explosive and unsubstantiated claim Saturday that then-President Obama wiretapped his phones before the November election broke new ground in terms of a president publicly assailing a predecessor and left observers and lawmakers seeking a more expansive explanation than Trump’s string of tweets. “In the past, presidents have privately muttered accusations against their predecessors,” […]
Trump Acknowledges Wife Of Navy Seal Killed In Action
Carryn Owens, the widow of Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens, fought back tears as President Trump addressed her during his speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday. Barely a month after the death of her husband in a much-criticized U.S. anti-terrorist raid in Yemen, Carryn Owens was one of President Trump’s guests in the […]
Trump Wants To Increase Defense Spending $54 Billion
President Trump’s budget will propose a $54 billion increase in defense spending, while slashing domestic programs by the same amount. The president told the nation’s governors on Monday that his plan “puts America first,” and that “we’re going to do more with less, and make the government lean and accountable to people.” An official with […]