WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is assailing internal leaks as he considers an overhaul of his White House staff and grapples with a burgeoning crisis involving alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign. Frustrated with what he views as his team’s inability to push back against the drumbeat of new revelations, Trump is seeking […]
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Jared Kushner’s lawyer says he will cooperate with federal investigators
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is willing to cooperate with federal investigators looking into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, his attorney said. The statement from attorney Jamie Gorelick was issued Thursday amid reports that the FBI was investigating meetings Kushner had in December with Russian officials. “Mr. Kushner previously volunteered […]
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LePage adviser David Sorensen to join White House as speechwriter
PORTLAND — An adviser to Republican Gov. Paul LePage is leaving the administration to become a speechwriter for President Donald Trump. David Sorensen called the new job an “extraordinary honor.” In a social media post, he said it’s an opportunity “to help President Trump make America great again just as Governor LePage has made Maine […]
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Federal appeals court largely maintains freeze of Trump’s travel ban
A federal appeals court on Thursday largely left in place the freeze on President Donald Trump’s revised entry ban, handing the administration another legal blow in its efforts to block the issuance of new visas to citizens of six Muslim majority countries. The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit means […]
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Donald Trump asked intelligence chiefs to deny evidence of collusion with Russians
President Donald Trump asked two of the nation’s top intelligence officials in March to help him push back against an FBI investigation into possible coordination between his campaign and the Russian government, according to current and former officials. Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm. Michael Rogers, […]
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Donald Trump condemns ‘evil losers’ who carried out concert attack
President Donald Trump makes a statement on the terrorist attack in Manchester after a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Tuesday, May 23, 2017, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem. BETHLEHEM, West Bank — President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned the “evil losers” responsible for a deadly attack on concert-goers in England and called […]
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Everything at the White House is just ducky
A duck and her ducklings walk towards the West Wing from the North Lawn of the White House in Washington on Friday, May 19, 2017.
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White House is trying to dupe media with phony leaks
Television network crews begin their evening news broadcast from the driveway outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. The Justice Department has appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Donald Trump campaign […]
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Key lawmakers vow public hearings on why Comey was fired
WASHINGTON — Members of key congressional committees are pledging a full public airing as to why former FBI director James Comey was ousted amid an intensifying investigation into Russia’s interference with the U.S. election. The probe appears to be reaching close to President Donald Trump and his inner circle. In Sunday show appearances, both Republican […]
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Donald Trump’s budget proposal includes huge food stamp cuts
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s budget would drive millions of people off of food stamps, part of a new wave of spending cut proposals that already are getting panned by lawmakers in both parties on Capitol Hill. Trump’s blueprint for the 2018 budget year comes out Tuesday. It includes a wave of cuts to benefit […]