Primary Election: Well, it hasn’t been a dull primary campaign season

It's been a strange primary season, as Republican candidates seek to try to attach themselves to President Donald Trump's popularity of seemingly all who consider themselves Republican, conservative or right-leaning. One of the roughest campaigns of the season has been the contest for the GOP nomination for U.S. senator and the chance to challenge first-term Democratic incumbent Sen. Joe Donnelly in November.

Trump takes aim at familiar targets at Michigan rally

President Donald Trump took aim at familiar political targets and added a few fresh ones during a campaign-style rally Saturday night in an Upper Midwest state that gave him a surprising victory in the 2016 election. Trump has been urging voters to support Republicans for Congress as a way of advancing his agenda.

Donald Trump hits out AGAIN at the new US embassy in London

Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of the new US embassy in Nine Elms, London , saying it is in a 'lousy' and 'horrible' location and cost too much. The US president, who is visiting the UK on July 13, lashed out again at the move from Grosvenor Square in the centre of the capital to a new location south of the Thames.

Pompeo takes aim at Iranian missiles ahead of talks with Netanyahu

New US secretary of state lands in Riyadh before heading for Israel, where discussions are expected to focus on Trump's plans for the nuclear deal US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gives a press conference during a NATO Foreign ministers' meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 27, 2018 Mike Pompeo, Washington's newly appointed secretary of state, is set to fly to Israel Sunday, where he will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in talks likely to focus on US President Donald Trump's plans for the Iran nuclear deal.

President Trump blasts Democrats, James Comey and the media in campaign-style rally

The president, who snubbed the White House Correspondents' dinner for the second year in a row in favor a rally, took shots elected officials from California to Michigan, the former FBI director, and journalists who cover his administration. He told the crowd in Washington, Michigan, that California Democrats -- like Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Jerry Brown -- are soft on crime and immigration, and don't support the military.

Trump: Democratic senator should resign over ‘false’ allegations against VA pick

A furious President Donald Trump on Saturday called for the resignation of the Democratic senator who assembled and released what he called "false" allegations that scuttled the nomination of the White House doctor who'd been in line to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs . Trump stepped up his criticism of Montana's Jon Tester, top Democrat on the Senate Veterans' Committee, in two tweets days after asserting that Tester "has to have a big price to pay" politically in the GOP friendly state for his leading role in Ronny Jackson's failed VA bid.

Red states called ‘moochers’ as Hillary defends tunnel project

Hillary Clinton came to the defense of the Gateway Project and accused President Donald Trump of playing politics by holding back federal funds as several members of the New Jersey congressional delegation criticized Republican House efforts to cut funding. The project to build a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey and a new Portal Bridge was set under the Obama administration, providing half the funding for the $30 billion project.

Philippine government books into Trump hotel

It is the latest foreign government to book rooms or host events at the Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C., riling critics who say such bookings are nothing more than attempts to curry favor with President Donald Trump. The Philippine Independence Day celebration set for June 12 comes as the country pushes for a free-trade agreement with the U.S. and amid international criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte for encouraging vigilante killings of drug suspects.

Russians followed up on Trump Tower meeting after election, Democrats say

The Russian oligarch and Russian lawyer who were key players in the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting reached out to Trump's team after Donald Trump was elected President to try to lobby on the Russian sanctions they sought to overturn, according to Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee. Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the intelligence panel, told CNN's Jim Sciutto on Friday that Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya reached out to the Trump family after the election with a request to follow up on efforts to repeal the Magnitsky Act, the 2012 Russian sanctions the US enacted over human rights abuses.

White House: Jackson allegations not backed up by records

In this April 24, 2018, file photo, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaves a Senate office building after meeting individually with some members of the committee that would vet him for the post, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

President Trump says of Comey: ‘He’s either very sick or very dumb’

President Donald Trump insists he "won't be involved" in any attempt to interfere with the investigation into Russian election meddling - unless he changes his mind. Trump also is renewing his attacks on James Comey, the FBI director he fired last year, accusing him of lying about Trump's trip to Moscow in 2013 that has received fresh scrutiny.

White House Correspondents’ dinner 2018: Who’s going, who’s not, when and where to watch

The White House Correspondents' dinner will be held April 28 in Washington, D.C. The annual event is a tradition in which journalists who cover the White House dine and rub shoulders. Traditionally, the president and first lady attend the dinner, which raises money for journalism scholarships.