WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will use a nationally televised address to outline for a war-weary nation the strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan after 16 years of combat and lives lost. The speech Monday night will also give Trump a chance for a reset after […]
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Donald Trump dismisses top adviser Steve Bannon
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has decided to dismiss his embattled chief strategist Stephen Bannon, an architect of his 2016 general election victory, in a major White House shake-up that follows a week of racial unrest, according to two people familiar with the move. Trump had been under mounting pressure to dispatch with Bannon, who […]
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Donald Trump mourns loss of 'beautiful statues and monuments'
President Donald Trump on Thursday mourned the loss of “beautiful statues and monuments” in the wake of the violent clashes in Charlottesville during a white supremacist demonstration protesting the planned removal of a statue depicting Confederate military commander Robert E. Lee. “Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart […]
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Donald Trump repeats that 'both sides' were violent in Charlottesville
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump returned insistently Tuesday to his assessment that “there is blame on both sides” after being roundly criticized for such comments following the deadly violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. Trump’s remarks on his home turf at Trump Tower in New York City followed a more deliberate statement he […]
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Donald Trump warns N. Korea that U.S. military is 'locked and loaded.'
Military solutions are now fully in place,locked and loaded,should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 11, 2017 President Donald Trump on Friday offered a fresh threat of force against North Korea, writing on Twitter that “military solutions are now fully in place, locked […]
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Trump's threat to North Korea contrasts with calm reassurances of other administration officials
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — As President Donald Trump amplified his bellicose warning to North Korea on Wednesday, senior administration officials rushed to reassure a suddenly jittery world that they stood behind his sentiments, if not necessarily his language. What many outside the White House – and some on the inside – interpreted as an undisciplined presidential […]
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Trump told Mexican president the wall is 'the least important thing,' N.H. is a 'drug-infested den'
The Post has obtained transcripts of President Trump’s January phone conversations with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (The Washington Post) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made building a wall along the southern U.S. border and forcing Mexico to pay for it core pledges of his campaign. But in his […]
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Donald Trump signs bill imposing sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia, ending immediate hopes of a reset of U.S. relations with the Kremlin and marking a defeat for his administration, which had expressed concerns that the legislation infringed upon executive power. In a statement outlining his concerns, Trump called the bill “seriously […]
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Chief of staff Kelly flexes muscle his first day on job at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Raised voices could be heard through the thick door to the Oval Office as John Kelly — then secretary of Homeland Security — offered some tough talk to President Donald Trump. Kelly, a whip-cracking retired general who was sworn in as White House chief of staff on Monday, had demanded to speak […]
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Anthony Scaramucci out after 11 days as White House comms director
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director after just 11 days on the job. A person close to Scaramucci confirmed his ouster just hours after President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff, John Kelly, was sworn into office. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized […]