“I strongly pressed President Putin twice about Russian meddling in our election,” Trump said after returning from Europe where he met Putin for the first time. “He vehemently denied it. I’ve already given my opinion…..” Writing on Twitter, Trump said he and Putin had talked about the idea of setting up what he called “an […]
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Iraqi Prime Minister Declares Victory Over ISIS In Mosul
IRBIL, Iraq — After almost nine months of fierce fighting, the campaign to recapture Mosul from ISIS is drawing to a bitter end in the ruins of the city’s historic quarter, but the struggle for Iraq’s future is far from over. Aside from Mosul, across the border in Syria a battle is raging to dislodge […]
Trump Jr. And Kushner Respond To Secret Meeting With Russian Lawyer
President Donald Trump’s eldest son, son-in-law, and then-campaign chairman met with a Russian lawyer shortly after Trump won the Republican nomination, in what appears to be the earliest known private meeting between key aides to the president and a Russian. Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner’s attorney confirmed the June 2016 meeting of the men and […]
Trump Tells China That The North Korea Threat Will End “One Way Or Another”
President Trump, at the start of his meeting Saturday in Germany with Chinese President Xi Jinping, called the Asian nation a “great trading partner” and said the increasing North Korea nuclear threat will eventually be resolved “one way or the other.” The much-anticipated meeting was one of several Trump and top administration officials had Saturday […]
Putin Denies Election Meddling In Meeting With Trump
President Donald Trump was the first to raise the topic of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election at his face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G-20 summit meeting, which the Russian president denied, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. Tillerson also added that it was the first subject Trump raised […]
Russia And USA Declare Ceasefire In Major Region Of War Torn Syria
The United States and Russia have reached agreement on a ceasefire in southwest Syria, three US officials said as President Donald Trump held his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The deal marks a new level of involvement for the US in trying to resolve Syria’s civil war. Although details about the agreement and how it will be […]
Trump Promises That The “West Will Never, Ever Be Broken”
President Trump delivered a staunch defense of Western values during a rousing speech Thursday to thousands of Poles in Warsaw’s Krasinski Square, rallying allies against what he described as “dire threats” to civilization and vowing, “the West will never, ever be broken.” On his second overseas trip as president, Trump voiced confidence in the resolve […]
Trump Implies Others Than Just Russia Meddled In US Election Process
President Trump said in Poland on Thursday that he thinks Russia and “people in other countries” likely meddled in the 2016 presidential race, but “nobody really knows.” “I think it was Russia and I think it could have been other people in other countries,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda. “It […]
North Korea Claims To Have Missile Capable Of Hitting Anywhere In World
North Korea says it has successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) under the supervision of leader Kim Jong-un, and that it was capable of hitting anywhere in the world. N Korea missile launch tests Seoul’s new mission for dialogue The Hwasong-14 missile reached an altitude of 2,802km and hit its target precisely after […]
Putin And Trump To Meet July 7th According To Kremlin
A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump will take place on the sidelines of a G-20 summit in Hamburg on July 7, Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov as saying on Tuesday. “(It’s been) agreed for the seventh,” RIA news agency quoted him as saying. […]
Court Rules ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Is Unconstitutional
A judge in Florida ruled Monday that the state’s updated “stand your ground” law, which required prosecutors to disprove a defendant’s self-defense case at pretrial hearings, is unconstitutional, setting up a showdown that could make its way to the state’s top court. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that the amendment to the law allowed […]
ISIS Murdered Pregnant Women And Babies
Iraqi forces, supported from the air by the U.S.-led coalition, on Monday closed in on the last part of Mosul still under ISIS control. Despite an imminent military victory by Iraqi forces, scores of civilians were slaughtered in a final stand by the terrorist group. Some made it more than three years through the brutal […]