President Trump supports improving gun background checks

The White House says President Donald Trump supports efforts to improve the federal gun background check system after a school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that the president had spoken to Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, about a bipartisan bill designed to strengthen the FBI database of prohibited gun buyers.

Another Trump Campaign Aide Set To Plead Guilty

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Rick Gates, a former Trump campaign aide who was also a close associate of former Mueller campaign director Paul Manafort, is set to plead guilty and become a cooperating witness in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the election and possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, making him the third former Trump campaign associate to plead guilty in an investigation has yet to reach its first anniversary: A former top aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign will plead guilty to fraud-related charges within days - and has made clear to prosecutors that he would testify against Paul Manafort, the lawyer-lobbyist who once managed the campaign.

President Trump Lashes Out at Oprah and Russia Investigation in Tweet Storm as Nation Mourns

As the nation mourned, President Donald Trump kept largely silent about the Florida school shooting victims and the escalating gun control debate, instead raging at the FBI for what he perceived to be a fixation on the Russia investigation at the cost of failing to deter the attack. From the privacy of Mar-a-Lago, Trump vented about the investigation in a marathon series of tweets over the weekend.

Keeping Guantanamo open will only hurt US

During his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump announced the issuance of an executive order that ignored the conclusion shared by both the Obama and Bush administrations: The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay does more harm to the United States than good. The new executive order revokes the Obama administration's official policy to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay "as soon as practicable" and paves the way for new, additional detainees to be added to the existing detainee population.

Trump challenges Oprah to run for 2020 US presidency to ‘expose and defeat’ her

Donald Trump has dared Oprah Winfrey to enter the White House race in 2020, saying he wants her to be "exposed and defeated". Bringing the curtain down on an active weekend of tweeting, during which he addressed suggestions of collusion with Russia and criticised the FBI , the President declared he had been left unimpressed by the talk show host's appearance on CBS News programme 60 Minutes.

Trump stays quiet on shooting victims, fumes over Russia

President Donald Trump spent the holiday weekend hunkered down at his Florida estate, watching cable television news, grousing to club members and advisers and fuming over the investigation of Russian election meddling. In a marathon series of furious tweets from Mar-a-Lago, Trump vented about Russia, raging at the FBI for what he perceived to be a fixation on the Russia investigation at the cost of failing to deter the attack on a Florida high school.

Ap Fact Check: Trump lashes out on Russia probe

A reporter raises her hands to ask a question of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, after he announced that the office of special counsel Robert Mueller says a grand jury has charged 13 Russian nationals and several Russian entities, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in Washington. The defendants are accused of violating U.S. criminal laws to interfere with American elections and the political process.

Students push for stricter gun laws, plan Washington march after school shooting

As the teens gathered Sunday at a park not far from the school where 14 classmates and three educators were killed Wednesday, the picnic tables under the gazebo became their makeshift headquarters to continue their campaign against gun violence. Munching on powdered donuts and pizza at the park, the students led chants of "Action now" and held up poster boards with messages such as "Gun violence is domestic terrorism" and "Enough is enough."

Donald Trump says FBI missed signs on Florida shooting due to Russia probe, draws criticism

Trump has on several occasions, however, questioned whether Russia was behind efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. President Donald Trump attacked the FBI and lawmakers probing suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, drawing sharp criticism for saying an excessive focus on Russia led investigators to miss signs that could have prevented a deadly school shooting in Florida.

Atlantic writer: Trump administration ‘snowflakes’ get…

Sunday night, on MSNBC's "Kasie D.C." with Kasie Hunt, the panel mocked members of President Donald Trump's administration - like EPA head Scott Pruitt - who keep getting caught spending lavishly on private planes, first class seats on commercial flights and luxury accommodations on the taxpayers' dime. "We live in a country where if you become a Cabinet secretary, you're pretty much set for life," said NBC national security reporter Ken Dilanian.

Trump fumes about Russia investigation as nation mourns

As the nation mourned, President Donald Trump kept largely silent about the Florida school shooting victims and the escalating gun control debate, instead raging at the FBI for what he perceived to be a fixation on the Russia investigation at the cost of failing to deter the attack. From the privacy of Mar-a-Lago, Trump vented about the investigation in a marathon series of tweets over the weekend.

Trump says Russia succeeding in sowing US discord

File photo taken on Nov 11, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump meeting Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang. WEST PALM BEACH: President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Russia was succeeding beyond its "wildest dreams" in sowing US discord but refrained once more from directly challenging Moscow on its election meddling.