President Donald Trump was barely in office when he signed an executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. There was not a moment to waste, he said, because any delay would allow the “bad dudes” to rush into the U.S. Then federal courts struck down his ban. The White House said a new version […]
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Trump Says Anti-Semitism Has To Stop After Uptick In Threats
President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned anti-Semitism in his strongest terms so far after criticism that he failed to respond specifically to recent threats at Jewish community centers. “I will tell you that anti-Semitism is horrible, and it’s going to stop and it has to stop,” Trump told MSNBC in an exclusive interview, saying he […]
Putin Compiles Psychological Dossier on Trump
MOSCOW — A dossier on Donald Trump’s psychological makeup is being prepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Among its preliminary conclusions is that the new American leader is a risk-taker who can be naïve, according to a senior Kremlin adviser. Trump “doesn’t understand fully who is Mr. Putin — he is a tough guy,” former […]
Ethics Office Wants White House To Punish Conway
An independent government ethics office has urged the White House to probe and potentially discipline President Donald Trump’s advisor Kellyanne Conway for comments she made supporting Ivanka Trump’s clothing line. In a letter released Tuesday, Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub told deputy White House counsel Stefan Passantino that Conway appeared to breach a […]
Deporting Immigrants Prevents Crime Says Trump Administration
White House policy director Stephen Miller on Sunday expanded the goals of President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration executive order, saying it would “prevent crime before it happens” by deporting undocumented immigrants deemed to “pose a threat to public safety.” The statement was reminiscent of the plot of “Minority Report,” a film set in a dystopian future […]
Obama Trying To Sabotage Trump
When former President Barack Obama said he was “heartened” by anti-Trump protests, he was sending a message of approval to his troops. Troops? Yes, Obama has an army of agitators — numbering more than 30,000 — who will fight his Republican successor at every turn of his historic presidency. And Obama will command them from […]
Hillary Tweets 3-0 In Response To Courts Decision On Travel Ban
Trump was quick off the mark when he tweeted his reaction to the federal appeals court refusing to reinstate his travel ban, but his former rival Hillary Clinton was not far behind. The panel of three judges from the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals declined to block a lower-court ruling that suspended the ban […]
Ethics Violation: Official Trump Adviser Tells America To Buy Ivanka’s Clothing Line
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Trump, may have violated federal ethics rules Thursday when she urged shoppers to buy Ivanka Trump’s retail brand, following the decision by several retail companies to drop the line because of poor sales. “Go buy Ivanka’s stuff, is what I was [saying] — I hate shopping and I’m […]
Borders Now Re-Opened To 60,000 Previously Banned Immigrants
America began allowing foreigners from seven predominantly Muslim nations into its borders Saturday after the government stopped enforcing President Donald Trump’s travel ban at airports — setting up a contentious fight with the White House over the immigration order. The Department of Homeland Security said it will no longer force airlines to block those foreigners […]
Trump Tells Mexico To Take Care Of ‘Bad Hombres’ Or He Will
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump warned in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart that he was ready to send U.S. troops to stop “bad hombres down there” unless the Mexican military does more to control them, according to an excerpt of a transcript of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press. The excerpt of […]
Trump Issues Gag Order On EPA And USDA
WASHINGTON – A Trump Administration directive ordering employees at the Environmental Protection Agency to halt external communications and posts on social media fueled news reports Tuesday that a number of other agencies were issuing similar gag orders to their workers. But while the EPA confirmed it was freezing such activity as well as new contracts and […]
Trump Says 3-5 Million Votes Illegally Cast
Days after being sworn in, President Trump insisted to congressional leaders invited to a reception at the White House that he would have won the popular vote had it not been for millions of illegal votes, according to people familiar with the meeting. Trump has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, that widespread voter fraud caused him […]