Category: Government

President Trump said Friday that the U.S. will double tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from Turkey, as relations between the NATO allies worsen. Trump tweeted Friday that he authorized raising tariffs on Turkish steel to 50 percent and on aluminum to 20 percent as the country’s currency falls rapidly against the U.S. dollar. “I […]

  President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to threaten to fire special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators — or perhaps Mueller himself — in his latest tweet attacking the probe into Russian election meddling and potential collusion with his campaign. While the meaning of “Stay tuned!” was not immediately clear, the conservative media websites […]

President Trump’s legal team in the Russia investigation reportedly rebuffed special counsel Robert Mueller’s conditions for an interview on Wednesday, instead suggesting a more limited line of questioning. The New York Times reported that attorneys Jay Sekulow and Rudy Giuliani did not completely reject an interview, but instead countered Mueller’s offer with another one of […]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren fueled rumors that she might run for president in 2020 after delivering what sounded like a stump speech Friday. In it, she said she’s not afraid to be “the underdog.” Speaking at the Netroots Nation convention in New Orleans, the Massachusetts Democrat talked about the “politics of division” she said had been […]

The Trump administration on Monday is set to reimpose the first batch of Iran sanctions since the U.S. withdrew from the nuclear deal. The more significant tranche of sanctions, including on oil sales, won’t come back into force until November. But Monday’s action fires a shot across the bow, telling businesses, European allies and Iran […]

President Trump called Wednesday for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation “right now,” alleging bias on the investigative team and complaining about the trial of his former campaign chairman. “This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it […]

“You know, if you go out and you want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card, you need ID. You go out and you want to buy anything, you need ID and you need your picture,” Trump said at Tuesday night’s Tampa, Fla., rally to drum up support for GOP Rep. Ron […]

WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress called on President Trump Tuesday to stop the public release this week of a blueprint that contains instructions on how to build plastic guns with a 3D printer. “Forget about the TSA guarding the plane you board,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said of the guns at a Capitol Hill press […]

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat to shut down the government if he doesn’t win concessions from Congress on funding for his proposed border wall and reductions in illegal and legal immigration. But, he said, he’s willing to deal. Speaking at a White House press conference with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe […]

The Obama administration approved a $200,000 grant to a group in Sudan with ties to Al Qaeda even though it had been designated a terrorist-financing organization by the U.S. years earlier, a conservative think tank revealed this week. Further, an agency official acknowledged the prior administration allowed taxpayer money to flow to the group even […]

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, asserts that Trump knew in advance about a meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016 between his son Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer, in contradiction to Trump Jr.’s congressional testimony in May 2017, a knowledgeable source told NBC News on Thursday night. The source told […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he had invited President Donald Trump to Moscow and that he would be willing to visit the United States if “relevant conditions” were met, according to Russian media. “I understand very well that President Trump has a wish to have further meetings,” Putin said, according to Russian news agency […]