Trump names nominee for Coast Guard commandant
Vice Adm. Karl L. Schultz has been nominated by President Donald Trump to be the 26th commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.
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EPIC! Steelworkers Thank President Trump at White House Announcement…
Last weekend President Trump dropped a bomb. The president announced the US would place a tariff on steel and aluminum imports.
Trump meeting with game execs yields ‘significant progress’ – Legislator
A number of representatives of the game industry met with US president Donald Trump today to discuss the issue of school safety in the wake of a school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead. While it's unclear what exactly went on during the meeting, one attendee has released the first public statement out of the event.
Local businesses cautious over Trump tariffs on steel, aluminum imports
President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports will bring a rise in prices on raw materials, but some local businesses wonder if it will be worth it.
Judge to Trump: Muting, not blocking followers, may end suit
A judge recommended Thursday that President Donald Trump mute rather than block some of his critics from following him on Twitter to resolve a First Amendment lawsuit. U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald suggested a settlement as the preferred outcome after hearing lawyers argue whether it's constitutional for Trump to block some followers.
Trump to meet with video game execs and critics
While decades of research have failed to find a link between gun violence and graphic depictions of violence in movies and video games, President Donald Trump has bemoaned the prevalence of violent images readily available to kids such as his 11-year-old son.
There’s total chaos around the White House over Trump’s big tariff announcement
President Donald Trump is scheduled to sign an order to impose new tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum at 3:30 p.m. ET on Thursday. The details around the new tariffs, which function as taxes on imports of the metals, have so far been sparse.
Trump wins Stormy Daniels gag order
DONALD Trump has won a restraining order, stopping porn star Stormy Daniels from sharing alleged texts and videos her lawyer has hinted she has which would prove their supposed affair. Donald Trump with Stephanie Clifford, whose stage name is Stormy Daniels, in a 2006 photo uploaded to her Myspace.com account.
Trump plans to offer Canada, Mexico 30-day tariff exemption
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to offer Canada and Mexico a 30-day exemption from planned tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which could be extended based on progress in NAFTA talks, a White House official said on Wednesday night.The move, first reported by the Washington Post, followed comments earlier in the day by a White House spokeswoman that the impending tariffs could exclude Canada, Mexico and a clutch of other countries "based on national security." Trump was expected to sign a presidential proclamation to establish the tariffs during a ceremony on Thursday, but a White House official said later it could slide into Friday because documents had to be cleared through a legal process.
White House gears up campaigning for PA special election
Republican Rick Saccone, speaks at a campaign rally in Waynesburg, Pa. Saccone is running against Democrat Conor Lamb in a special election being held on March 13 for the PA 18th Congressional Di... .
Vladimir Putin’s Re-Election Strategy: Nukes and Assassins
Hope Hicks told House Intelligence Committee she was hacked, sources say - WASHINGTON - Hope Hicks told the House Intelligence Committee last week that one of her email accounts was hacked, according to people who were present for the former White House communications director's testimony in the panel's Russia probe. Gary Cohn's Breaking Point - Like a lot of guys, I've watched "The Shawshank Redemption" more times than I can count.
Huffman High School shooting: Courtlin Arrington killed; Birmingham…
Gary Cohn's Breaking Point - Like a lot of guys, I've watched "The Shawshank Redemption" more times than I can count. Which is why, when I heard the news that Gary Cohn had resigned as Donald Trump's top economic adviser, I thought of Red's somber line: "Every man has his breaking point."
Why Cohn’s departure raises doubts on Trump economic agenda
Fresh off the triumph of a sweeping new tax cut, President Donald Trump's top economic aide was crafting a priority list that would touch nearly every piece of the economy. There was a $200 billion infrastructure program.
Tiff over tariffs: Gary Cohn gets a hero’s sendoff from the media
Mueller gathers evidence that 2017 Seychelles meeting was effort to establish back channel to Kremlin Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has gathered evidence that a secret meeting in the Seychelles just before the inauguration of Donald Trump was an effort to establish a back channel between Trump Spoke to Witnesses About Matters They Discussed With Special Counsel - WASHINGTON - The special counsel in the Russia investigation has learned of two conversations in recent months in which President Trump asked key witnesses about matters they discussed with investigators Democrats say Trump associate may have misled House panel over Seychelles meeting - Democrats: Prince may have misled House panel - The founder of the security firm Blackwater did not mention to the House Intelligence Committee last year that a Lebanese-American businessman Hope Hicks told House Intelligence Committee ... (more)
Outrage Over Footage of Police Officer Beating a Black Man in North…
Mueller gathers evidence that 2017 Seychelles meeting was effort to establish back channel to Kremlin Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has gathered evidence that a secret meeting in the Seychelles just before the inauguration of Donald Trump was an effort to establish a back channel between Trump Spoke to Witnesses About Matters They Discussed With Special Counsel - WASHINGTON - The special counsel in the Russia investigation has learned of two conversations in recent months in which President Trump asked key witnesses about matters they discussed with investigators Democrats say Trump associate may have misled House panel over Seychelles meeting - Democrats: Prince may have misled House panel - The founder of the security firm Blackwater did not mention to the House Intelligence Committee last year that a Lebanese-American businessman Hope Hicks told House Intelligence Committee ... (more)
Trump’s damage will last decades
As the saying goes, you don't miss the water until the well runs dry: This deeply aberrant presidency threatens to cost the nation much more than even some of Donald Trump's harshest critics may realize. From 1988-1992, I was The Washington Post's correspondent in Buenos Aires, covering all of South America.
Lawmakers, business brace for rollout of Trump’s tariff plan
The White House says Mexico, Canada and other countries may be spared from President Donald Trump's planned steel and aluminum tariffs under national security "carve-outs," a move that could soften the blow amid threats of retaliation by trading partners and dire economic warnings from lawmakers and business groups. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters the exemptions would be made on a "case by case" and "country by country" basis, a reversal from the policy articulated by the White House just days ago that there would be no exemptions from Trump's plan.
House GOP report says no collusion between Trump and Russia
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have completed a draft report concluding there was no collusion or coordination between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, a finding that pleased the White House but enraged Democrats who were expected to see the document for the first time on Tuesday.
What swamp? Lobbyists get ethics waivers to work for Trump
President Donald Trump and his appointees have stocked federal agencies with ex-lobbyists and corporate lawyers who now help regulate the very industries from which they previously collected paychecks, despite promising as a candidate to drain the swamp in Washington. A week after his January 2017 inauguration, Trump signed an executive order that bars former lobbyists, lawyers and others from participating in any matter they lobbied or otherwise worked on for private clients within two years before going to work for the government.
White House: Mexico, Canada may be exempted from tariffs
By KEN THOMAS Associated Press WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday that Mexico, Canada and other countries may be spared from President Donald Trump's planned steel and aluminum tariffs under national security "carve-outs," a move that could soften the blow amid threats of retaliation by trading partners and dire economic warnings from ... (more)