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 […]
Senate Passes $4 Trillion Budget, Eyes Tax Reform Next
The Senate on Thursday passed a Republican budget resolution that would pave the way to use a special procedural rule to consider tax reform later this year. The $4 trillion budget blueprint passed 51-49, with all Democrats and one Republican, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, voting against it, saying the budget “simply didn’t measure up […]
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 […]
Steve Bannon Says That Firing Comey Was A Colossal Mistake
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said Sunday the firing of FBI Director James Comey may have been the biggest mistake in “modern political history.” Bannon confirmed in an online-only segment of “60 Minutes” that he opposed President Donald Trump’s decision to oust Comey. The wide-ranging discussion, which covered the Russia investigation, the media, […]
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 […]