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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has launched an exceptionally raw attack on Iran, in a tone reminiscent of his war on words with North Korea last year -- sparking questions about US strategy towards the Islamic republic. The threatening tweet, sent late Sunday and written in all capital letters, was quickly hailed Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who praised the US leader's "tough stand."
According to a watchdog report, Secret Service protection for Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump cost taxpayers $250,000 at one point in 2017. Late Night 's Seth Meyers joked about the news, saying that the cost could be lower if we just kept the two from eating Tide Pods.
"Congress has appropriated $126 billion for Afghanistan reconstruction since Fiscal Year 2002," wrote Special Inspector General John F. Sopko in testimony delivered in May to the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management. By 2014, he added, inflation-adjusted appropriations for that purpose "had already exceeded the total of U.S. aid committed to the Marshall Plan for rebuilding much of Europe after World War II."
This was the week when "would" turned into "wouldn't" and "no" meant "yes," as President Donald Trump and his top aides tried to walk back several of his comments on Russia and the Federal Reserve. At one point, the rhetorical zigzags left one senator lamenting a "walk-back of the walk-back" that was, she said, "dizzying."
Is America's longest war heading to a quiet end? NBC News reported earlier today that Taliban sources claim to have engaged in "indirect negotiations" with the US, primarily through former commanders forced out of the conflict. The talks are fraught with risks, particularly from some surprising sources: U.S. officials are meeting with former Taliban members amid intensifying efforts to wind down America's longest war, three of the militant group's commanders told NBC News.
WASHINGTON The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump disagrees with Russian President Vladimir Putin's request to interrogate American citizens in exchange for helping American investigators look into Russian interference in the 2016 election. "It is a proposal that was made in sincerity by President Putin, but President Trump disagrees with it," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement Thursday.
A steam pipe explosion in Manhattan's Flatiron District sent massive plumes into the sky Thursday morning over New York City. >> Watch WABC's live coverage here According to WNBC, the blast occurred about 6:30 a.m. EDT Thursday near the intersection of 21st Street and Fifth Avenue.
President Trump initially praised idea floated by Russian leader Vladimir Putin to allow special counsel Robert Mueller's team to interview Russians indicted over election meddling, in exchange for Kremlin questioning of Americans. The White House on Thursday walked back President Trump's exuberant endorsement of a bizarre proposal made by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It was a simple question, asked of President Trump by a seasoned reporter, but it sent a jolt through the assembled media at the July 16 press conference held at an ornate palace in Helsinki. Vladimir Putin had just denied again that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
For the third straight day, President Trump cast doubt on whether he views Russia as a threat, despite warnings from his own government that Moscow continues to target the United States with hostile actions. Trump triggered a new uproar Wednesday morning when he appeared to suggest that Russia is no longer seeking to interfere in US elections.
Trump, facing a political uproar over his failure to confront Putin during their Helsinki summit on Monday over Russia's 2016 U.S. election meddling, adopted his usual defiant posture, calling his critics deranged. Asked by reporters before a morning Cabinet meeting at the White House whether Russia was still targeting the United States, Trump shook his head and said, "No."
When asked if Moscow, accused by US intelligence agencies of meddling in the 2016 presidential election, was still interfering, Trump said "no." That assertion appeared to be at odds with the assessment of US intelligence chief Dan Coats, who said Monday that Russia was involved in "ongoing, pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy."
Retired NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman says he plans to invite rapper Kanye West to visit North Korea in hopes that it will inspire a new song, maybe even a whole album. Rodman, famous not only for his status as an NBA legend but also his unusual relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has made multiple trips to North Korea over the years and has built a close personal friendship with Kim.
Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to "clarify" his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he had misspoken when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. "The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't, or why it wouldn't be Russia.'
President Donald Trump struggled Wednesday to contain the furor over his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he gave conflicting signals about whether he believes there's any ongoing threat to American elections from Moscow. President Trump struggles to contain firestorm over Putin summit President Donald Trump struggled Wednesday to contain the furor over his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he gave conflicting signals about whether he believes there's any ongoing threat to American elections from Moscow.
Donald Trump has backed away from his public undermining of American intelligence agencies after he was blistered by bipartisan condemnation in the US. The president said he simply misspoke when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 election that put him in the White House.
Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to "clarify" his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he had misspoken when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. "The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't, or why it wouldn't be Russia" instead of "why it would," Trump said, in a rare admission of error by the bombastic U.S. leader.
Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to "clarify" his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he had misspoken when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. "The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't, or why it wouldn't be Russia" instead of "why it would," Trump said, in a rare admission of error by the bombastic U.S. leader.
Unbowed by the broad condemnation of his extraordinary embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that his summit in Helsinki with Russian President Vladimir Putin went "even better" than his meeting with NATO allies last week in Brussels. The tweeted defense came a day after Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies' findings that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election to his benefit, and he seemed to accept Putin's insistence that Moscow's hands were clean.