About half the respondents in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll suspect that President Donald Trump broke the law during the presidential campaign, and just 3 in 10 Americans surveyed think that alleged wrongdoing ends with those who were charged this week by the special counsel. The poll finds substantial support for the investigation, with […]
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White House Classifies NYC Terrorist As Enemy Combatant
After President Donald Trump raised the possibility of sending the alleged perpetrator of the New York City vehicular attack to Guantanamo Bay prison, the White House press secretary said the administration considers him to be an “enemy combatant.” “I believe we would consider this person to be an enemy combatant,” Sarah Sanders said in response […]
Tennessee Senator Says White House Is An Adult Day Care Center
An enraged President Donald Trump and a prominent Republican senator who fears the country could be edging toward “chaos” engaged in an intense and vitriolic back-and-forth bashing on social media Sunday, a remarkable airing of their party’s profound rifts. In political discourse that might once have seemed inconceivable, the GOP’s foreign policy expert in the […]
President Trump Finally Visits Puerto Rico
President Donald Trump has arrived in Puerto Rico where he will tour the island, two weeks after Hurricane Maria carved a path of destruction across the island. The president said he will meet with Federal Emergency Management Agency and military officials, first responders and the people of Puerto Rico. Additionally, he said the governor of […]
Trump Team Says No Guarantee That Middle Class Taxes Won’t Rise
President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, said today that he can’t guarantee that taxes won’t go up for some middle-class families under the administration’s sweeping tax overhaul. “There’s an exception to every rule,” Cohn told ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos in an interview on “Good Morning America.” “I can’t guarantee anything,” said […]
Obama Gives Trump Advice In Farewell Letter
Before he left office in January, President Barack Obama offered his successor accolades and advice in a private letter that underscored some of his concerns as he passed the baton. In the letter, published Sunday by CNN, Obama praised President Donald Trump, saying: “Congratulations on a remarkable run. Millions have placed their hopes in you, […]
President And First Lady To Visit Texas On Tuesday
President Donald Trump will travel to Texas on Tuesday in response to record flooding from Hurricane Harvey, according to the White House. “We are coordinating logistics with state and local officials, and once details are finalized, we will let you know,” press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement Sunday afternoon. She added, “We continue […]
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 ‘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, […]
Police Departments Across Country Speak Out Against Trump Endorsing Abuse
After Donald Trump on Friday made remarks which seemed to encourage rougher treatment of people in police custody, several police departments across the country came out and distanced themselves from the president’s comments. Speaking to law enforcement officers in Brentwood, New York, Trump said, “When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of […]