President Donald Trump unleashed a series of tweets Sunday morning, touting a poll that showed him with a 50% approval rating, which he said was higher than his predecessor. The new Rasmussen Poll, one of the most accurate in the 2016 Election, just out with a Trump 50% Approval Rating.That’s higher than O’s #’s! But […]
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Trump’s Lawyer Struggles In Interview, Breeds More Confusion
WASHINGTON ― Jay Sekulow, a member of President Donald Trump’s legal team, has had a tough news day. During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” Sekulow said the president has not been directly notified that he is under investigation before seeming to indicate that Trump is a target of a probe stemming from Russian efforts […]
Sessions Refuses To Answer Questions, Confirms Comey Testimony
Attorney General Jeff Sessions confirmed part of James Comey’s testimony from last week about an abruptly private meeting at the president’s desk between Donald Trump and the former director of the FBI. Sessions testified on Tuesday that he and others filed out of the room and left Comey alone with Trump following a group meeting […]
Trump’s Revised Travel Ban Blocked By Federal Appeals Court Again
A trio of federal appellate judges in San Francisco on Monday ruled against President Donald Trump’s second try at imposing a so-called “travel ban” that would restrict refugees and people from six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the U.S. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously upheld an earlier decision by a federal […]
Trump Cancels State Visit Due To Potential Protests
Donald Trump has told Theresa May in a phone call he does not want to go ahead with a state visit to Britain until the British public supports him coming. The US president said he did not want to come if there were large-scale protests and his remarks in effect put the visit on hold […]
New York Attorney General Investigating Eric Trump Foundation
New York’s attorney general is looking into a report that the Eric Trump Foundation funneled more than $1 million from charity golf tournaments into President Donald Trump’s business, a spokesman for the attorney general said on Friday. Forbes magazine reported this week that the charity run by Eric Trump, the president’s second-oldest son, paid the […]
President Trump’s Approval Ratings Sink To New Lows
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has sunk to a new low at 34%, according to a recent poll. According to a poll by Quinnipiac University, 34% of voters approve of Trump, while 57% disapprove, a dip from the university’s previous survey on May 24, which found that the President had a 37% approval rating. The […]
Trump Lawyer Says That Comey Was Lying Under Oath
President Donald Trump’s outside counsel said Thursday that James Comey is lying. Marc Kasowitz claimed the president never demanded loyalty from Comey as the former FBI director alleged in Senate testimony. In a statement to reporters Thursday afternoon, Kasowitz pushed back on various points of Comey’s dramatic, under oath testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. […]
Comey Hopes That President Trump Releases Recordings Of Their Convos
Former FBI Director James Comey called for the release of any recordings of conversations he had with President Trump in the White House, as well as memos he wrote detailing the private talks at the time. Comey made his first public remarks since his abrupt May 9 firing during high-profile testimony before the Senate Intelligence […]
London Mayor Wants Trump’s Visit To Be Canceled After Criticisms
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is calling on the British government to cancel a state visit from President Trump after Trump criticized his response to this weekend’s terror attacks in London. “I don’t think we should roll out the red carpet to the president of the USA in the circumstances where his policies go against everything […]
Trump Escalates Tensions In Middle East After Qatar Is Blacklisted
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump escalated a spiraling Middle East crisis on Tuesday morning in tweets attacking Qatar, which hosts 10,000 American troops at the largest U.S. military base in the region. Beginning a little after 8 a.m., the president put out three statements criticizing Qatar and praising neighboring countries ― including Saudi Arabia ― for […]
Trump Used Charity Donations To Pay Legal Dispute Settlements
Donald Trump spent more than a quarter-million dollars from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits that involved the billionaire’s for-profit businesses, according to interviews and a review of legal documents. Those cases, which together used $258,000 from Trump’s charity, were among four newly documented expenditures in which Trump may have violated laws against “self-dealing” — […]