How Donald Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong-un could go very wrong

President Trump has painted himself into a corner with the proposed Kim summit. Experts say it could go south, fast It's strange to think that more than three years have passed since the Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy "The Interview" caused a real-life geopolitical conflict between the United States and North Korea.

Trump’s troops on the border: It’s bad political theater – and nothing to do with security

Last week, the Fox News-addled grandpa who is legally the president of the United States got riled up, as he is wont to do, by his favorite channel's racist propaganda . "Fox & Friends" depicted a caravan of refugees from Central America as an invading army, rather than a group of people fleeing violence and seeking peaceful lives.

Domestic spending cuts weighed

With the federal budget deficit expanding and congressional elections seven months away, the Trump administration plans to ask Congress for cuts in domestic programs that were part of a bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill that President Donald Trump signed last month. The White House doesn't want to touch extra funding for the military, border security and combating the opioids crisis in a package of proposed cuts it will send to Congress in the coming weeks, according to an administration official, who asked for anonymity to outline the plan.

Trump fumes at Mueller probe after raid on attorney

President Donald Trump has lashed out against special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, branding it "an attack on our country" and exhibiting mounting concern about the yearlong probe after federal authorities raided the offices of his personal attorney. Caught off guard and furious with the encroaching inquiry, the president showed a flare of temper watching cable news coverage of the raid Monday afternoon, summoning lawyers Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow to get their opinion of what was happening.

Trump threatens Syria strike, suggests Russia shares blame

This image made from video released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a toddler given oxygen through respirators foll... . FILE- In this May 19, 2015, file photo, R. Scott Turner, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Memory Disorder Center at Georgetown University Hospital, points to PET scan results that are part of a study on Alzheimer'... Scientists propose new way to define Alzheimer's disease using biological signs, such as brain changes, not just memory loss and other symptoms.

Queen jokes about US President Donald Trump and Barack Obama’s noisy…

The Queen and Sir David Attenborough, pictured during a Queen's Commonwealth Canopy event at Buckingham Palace, will appear in a documentary about the project. The Queen has poked fun at the noisy aircraft favoured by US President Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama during a documentary celebrating a Commonwealth environmental project.

Analysis: Tax cuts, spending to raise deficit to $1T by 2020

The combined effect of President Donald Trump's tax cuts and last month's budget-busting spending bill is sending the federal deficit toward the $1 trillion mark next year, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO report says the nation's $21 trillion debt would spike to more than $33 trillion in 10 years, with debt held by investors spiking to levels that would come close to equaling the size of the economy, reaching levels that many economists fear could spark a debt crisis.

Trump Escalates Mueller Criticism, Calling Probe Attack on U.S.

Donald Trump escalated his criticism of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions following a raid on the office of the president's personal attorney, describing the probe as an attack on the U.S. The FBI raid on Monday, which was approved by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, represents "a whole new level of unfairness" in Mueller's investigation, Trump complained to reporters in a meeting with military leaders. He described Monday's raid as a crime, saying that the FBI "broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, a good man."

Former top U.S. intelligence officials back Trump’s CIA pick

Gina Haspel, a veteran CIA clandestine officer picked by U.S. President Donald Trump to head the Central Intelligence Agency, is shown in th WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel, has received the strong, cross-partisan backing of dozens of former top intelligence officials, according to a letter sent to the Senate Intelligence Committee. "Ms Haspel's qualifications to be CIA Director match or exceed those of most candidates put forward in the Agency's 70-year history," they said in the letter to the committee's leaders that was released on Monday.

Arizona sends 225 troops to Mexico border, more heading soon

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday that 225 members of the state's National Guard were heading to the U.S.-Mexico to support President Donald Trump's call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration. The Arizona troops were being sent after Texas announced Friday it would send 250 National Guard members and helicopters took the first of them to the border.

Exclusive – As elections near, many older, educated, white voters shift away from Trump’s party

Older, white, educated voters helped Donald Trump win the White House in 2016. Now, they are trending towards Democrats in such numbers that their ballots could tip the scales in tight congressional races from New Jersey to California, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll and a data analysis of competitive districts shows.

Trump confers with military about Syria

This image made from video released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a toddler given oxygen through respirators following an alleged poison gas attack in the opposition-held town of Douma, in eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria, Sunday, April 8, 2018. The Civil Defense said patients were having difficulty breathing and burning in their eyes.

Why it looks like Israel was behind today’s strike on a Syrian airbase

There is every reason to believe that Israel was behind today's airstrike on a Syrian military base, and not the United States, as Syria at first claimed. It immediately blamed "likely" US aggression - understandable given the US condemnation of a suspected chemical attack days before on a rebel enclave at Douma outside Damascus.

Justice taps prosecutor to speed Republican document demands

In this July 30, 2016, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh. The Justice Department has tapped a federal prosecutor in Chicago to help speed its response to Republican document demands related to the FBI's handling of the Clinton email investigation, after President Donald Trump accused officials of "slow walking" their release.