Category: Government

President Trump on Wednesday ripped former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon for his incendiary criticism of the president and his family published in a new book. In a blistering statement issued by the White House, Trump said Bannon has “lost his mind” and claimed he had “no influence” within the West Wing. “Steve Bannon has nothing to do […]

In a new book, Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, calls a meeting of Trump campaign officials with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower during the presidential campaign “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.” The book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” soon to be published by Henry Holt, was written by Michael Wolff, […]

President Donald Trump boasted that he has a bigger and more powerful “nuclear button” than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un does — but the president doesn’t actually have a physical button. The president’s Tuesday evening tweet came in response to Kim’s New Year’s address, in which he repeated fiery nuclear threats against the United […]

“The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools,” he said Monday morning. “They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!” […]

President Trump slammed Iran over reports that its regime blocked internet access in the country amid demonstrations in Tehran against the government on Sunday. Iran, the Number One State of Sponsored Terror with numerous violations of Human Rights occurring on an hourly basis, has now closed down the Internet so that peaceful demonstrators cannot communicate. […]

South Korea announced Sunday that it has seized another ship suspected of violating U.N. sanctions by selling oil to North Korea at sea – this time a Panama-flagged one. The announcement Sunday came just days after South Korea said it is holding the crew of a Hong Kong-flagged ship that allegedly handed over oil to […]

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.) warned on Saturday that special counsel Robert Mueller “knows far more than people think,” pointing to a new report on the Trump campaign’s alleged dealings with Russia. Lieu pointed to a Saturday New York Times report that found former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos inadvertently triggered the FBI’s […]

The Trump administration is speaking out in support of Iranian citizens after protests challenging Iran’s government erupted in major cities. The protests were sparked this week by anger over economic issues — prices of basic goods like eggs and poultry have surged. Thousands have since taken to the streets of several cities in Iran, and demonstrators […]

In the tweet, Trump said that Democrats “fully understand” he will not sign any law granting legal protections to DACA recipients, often called “Dreamers,” without funding for Trump’s signature promise to secure and build a wall along the U.S.’s southern border. “The Democrats have been told, and fully understand, that there can be no DACA without the […]

A jailed Russian hacker who claims he was ordered by Russian intelligence to hack into Democratic National Committee (DNC) networks says he can prove he was behind the breach. Konstantin Kozlovsky, who has been jailed on cyber fraud charges in Russia, told independent Russian network TV Rain in a recent interview that he left a file […]

Alabama has officially certified Democrat Doug Jones’s victory in the recent special Senate election, confirming that he’ll be the first Democrat to represent the state in the Senate in decades. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, Secretary of State John Merrill and Attorney General Steve Marshall signed the official certification at 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, officially declaring Jones the […]

Three sources close to the matter told The Washington Post that Trump’s lawyers will look to label Flynn as a liar if he makes claims against Trump or other White House officials. “He’s said it himself: He’s a liar,” one person working on Trump’s legal strategy told the Post. Earlier this month, Flynn pleaded guilty to lying […]