Suspicious ties between President Donald Trump and the Russian government just keep appearing. In 2015, a Russian-born real estate broker working for the Trump Organization, Felix Sater, reportedly wrote a series of emails to Michael Cohen, Trump’s lawyer, attempting to broker a deal for a Trump Tower in Moscow. Those emails, obtained by The New […]
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Sec. Of State Tillerson Says Trump Doesn’t Speak For America
WASHINGTON ― In an awkward interview, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson suggested that the president of the United States doesn’t necessarily speak for the nation in expressing American values. On “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace noted that the United Nations had condemned President Donald Trump for not unequivocally condemning racism and asked Tillerson if […]
Popular German Magazines Depicts Trump Giving Nazi Salute On Cover
This week’s cover of a popular German news magazine depicting U.S. President Donald Trump draped in the American flag while giving a stiff-armed Nazi salute is drawing sharp criticism from a prominent Jewish group. Stern magazine’s illustration is part of a cover story headlined “Sein Kampf,” which translates as “His Struggle” and is a play […]
Trump Calls On The Country To “Heal” Following Angry Speech In Phoenix
President Trump called on the nation to “heal” in a wide-ranging speech to an American Legion convention in Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday, hours after delivering divisive remarks at a campaign-style rally in Arizona. “It is time to heal the wounds that have divided us, and to seek a new unity based on the common values […]
Trump Takes In Eclipse From White House Balcony With Family
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump viewed Monday’s once-in-a-generation solar eclipse from the White House. The couple stood with their son, Barron, on the Blue Room Balcony — while wearing special protective glasses — to take in the eclipse as it made its way through the Washington area. Trump took off the glasses momentarily, […]
Top FBI Investigator Resigns From Trump-Russia Collusion Investigation
One of the FBI’s top investigators, tapped by special counsel Robert Mueller just weeks ago to help lead the probe of Russian meddling in last year’s presidential election, has left Mueller’s team, sources tell ABC News. The recent departure of FBI veteran Peter Strzok is the first known hitch in a secretive probe that by […]
Trump Condemns KKK And White Supremacists As ‘Repugnant’
President Donald Trump condemned hate groups, including white supremacists, in remarks from the White House on Monday, after receiving criticism for his initial statement on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. “Racism is evil,” said Trump, two days after a driver rammed a car into a crowd of people in the midst of […]
Trump Considering A Pardon For Sheriff Joe Arpaio
President Donald Trump may soon issue a pardon for former Sheriff Joe Arpaio. “I am seriously considering a pardon for Sheriff Arpaio,” Trump said Sunday in an interview with Fox News from his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he is on a working vacation. Trump told Fox News he could issue […]
Trump Says Military Action Against Venezuela Is Possible
President Donald Trump on Friday said he would not rule out a “military option” in Venezuela as the ruling regime there consolidates power. “We have many options for Venezuela, including a possible military option, if necessary,” Trump told reporters at his New Jersey golf club on Friday. The president did not answer a question about […]
Trump Says ‘Fire And Fury’ Wasn’t Strong Enough Threat To North Korea
President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that his earlier warning to North Korea that it would be “met with fire and fury” if it continued to threaten the U.S. “wasn’t tough enough,” and he cautioned North Korean officials to “get their act together” regarding its nuclear ambitions. Before reporters at his New Jersey golf club, […]
Trump’s Former Campaign Manager Was Raided By FBI
FBI agents late last month conducted a raid at the home of Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager. The agents had a search warrant to seize materials from Manafort’s residence in Alexandria, Va., according to The Washington Post, citing people familiar with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The raid took place early […]
209,000 Jobs Added In Month Of July, Well Above Projections
The U.S. economy continued a strong summer, adding 209,000 jobs in July while the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, the lowest since March 2001, according to a government report Friday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had expected the report to show growth of 183,000; the unemployment rate met expectations. A more encompassing rate that includes […]