Pyongyang would have a dialogue with the Trump administration if the “conditions are there”, Yonhap news agency quoted a senior North Korean diplomat, who handles relations with the US, as saying. Choe Son Hui, North Korea’s foreign ministry director general for US affairs, made the comment to reporters in Beijing on Saturday. “We’ll have dialogue if […]
Category: Domestic
Trump Threatens Ex-FBI Director Comey With Potential Tapes On Twitter
Donald Trump had the latest in a series of Twitter tantrums this morning, which wouldn’t ordinarily be especially notable, except this one included what appeared to be a provocative threat: “James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!” As 19-word presidential missives go, this […]
North Korea Writes Letter To House To Protest Sanctions
A North Korean parliamentary committee made a rare move Friday, sending a letter of protest to the U.S. House of Representatives over its new package of sanctions. The missive comes as Pyongyang has been in high-outrage mode for weeks after President Trump threatened the reclusive nation with military action over its ballistic and nuclear weapons […]
Trump To Release His Tax Returns… Maybe.
President Donald Trump now says he’s open to releasing his tax returns — after he leaves office. When asked in an interview published Thursday by The Economist, Trump found no reason to make his tax returns public even if it means Democrats would get on board with his tax plan — a bare bones version […]
Trump Calls Comey A Showboat
President Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview Thursday with NBC News’ Lester Holt, called ousted FBI chief James Comey a “showboat” and revealed he asked Comey whether he was under investigation for alleged ties to Russia. “I actually asked him” if I were under investigation, Trump said, noting that he spoke with Comey once over […]
Trump To Launch Investigation Into Voter Fraud
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday launching a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression, building upon his unsubstantiated claims that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election. The White House said the president’s “Advisory Commission on Election Integrity” would examine allegations of improper voting and fraudulent voter registration […]
Comey Requested More Resources In Russian Probe Days Before Firing
Last week, then-FBI Director James B. Comey requested more resources from the Justice Department for his bureau’s investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, according to two officials with knowledge of the discussion. Comey, who was fired by President Trump on Tuesday, made the request in a meeting last week with […]
Pence Says Comey Not Fired Because Of Russia Investigation
Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday FBI Director James Comey was fired to restore confidence in the law enforcement agency and not because of any connection to its probe of possible Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election. “That was not what this was about,” Pence told reporters at the U.S. Capitol when asked […]
Trump Shockingly Fires FBI Director Comey
President Trump has fired FBI director James Comey. In a letter, Trump said that Comey is “not able to effectively lead the bureau.” The Attorney General and his Deputy recommended the move, saying that Comey “was mistaken” going public about the Clinton email investigation. Democrats – many of whom said they’d also lost faith in […]
Pentagon Wants To Add Thousands Of Soldiers In Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is proposing to counter the resilient Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan by adding thousands more U.S. troops, putting them closer to combat and pounding militants with more airstrikes, according to a senior Defense official. There are about 8,400 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, down from the peak of 100,000 in 2010-’11. The request […]
Trump Approves Arming Kurdish Rebels In Syria
May 9 (Reuters) – Despite fierce opposition from NATO ally Turkey, U.S. President Donald Trump has approved supplying arms to Kurdish YPG fighters to support an operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Ankara views the Kurdish YPG militia fighting within a larger U.S.-backed coalition as […]