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Lawmakers pushed to enact a massive budget deal Thursday along with a stopgap temporary measure to prevent a government shutdown at midnight. Lawmakers pushed to enact a massive budget deal Thursday along with a stopgap temporary measure to prevent a government shutdown at midnight.
Appearing on CNN's "New Day," Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., was blunt about the Rob Porter issue. "I have no use for anybody who beats their spouse," he said.
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Ronald Reagan's free trade legacy will be on full display later today when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes his last plea to lawmakers to keep American doors open to trade.
U.S. stocks are lower Thursday morning as losses from the previous day continue. . Traders Peter Tuchman, left, and Patrick Casey work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018.
Bear Grylls has said he thinks Donald Trump could be a good survivor in the wild, although he is unsure if the president's hair "would cope". The TV adventurer previously featured President Barack Obama on his survival skills programme Running Wild in 2015, and he said he would consider doing the same with Mr Trump.
It is a conceit of the Trump administration that its foreign policy is entirely different from that of Barack Obama. Even in an otherwise conciliatory State of the Union address, Trump strove to set himself apart from Obama, touting his own policy of "maximum pressure" on North Korea as an example of how he would not "repeat the mistakes of past administrations."
President Donald Trump will propose lowering prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries by allowing them to share in rebates that drug companies pay to insurers and middlemen, an administration official said. A senior administration official outlined the plan Thursday on condition of anonymity ahead of the release of Trump's 2019 budget plan next week.
An old legal anecdote-attributed to such legal notables as Mae West and the Earl of Birkenhead -depicts a frustrated judge asking an obstreperous lawyer, "Are you displaying contempt of court?" I sometimes think simple politeness-a willingness to conceal contempt for other parties, judges, and even law itself-is all that differentiates true lawyers from thugs in contrast-collar shirts. But like other areas of public etiquette, this habitual courtesy is showing strain in the era of Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump will propose lowering prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries by allowing them to share in rebates that drug companies pay to insurers and middlemen, an administration official said Thursday. A senior administration official outlined the plan on condition of anonymity ahead of the release of Trump's 2019 budget plan next week.
The government staggered into another shutdown on Thursday night after an outspoken fiscal conservative in the Senate singlehandedly delayed action by Congress on a stopgap funding bill wrapped up in... Beau Hossler and Kevin Streelman shot 7-under-par rounds of 65 on Thursday to share the first round lead of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in ... (more)
The White House communications director, Hope Hicks, has come under fire as she emerges at the center of a pair of major news stories - the kinds she had eluded in her nearly three years at the top levels of President Donald Trump's orbit. Late last month, The New York Times reported that Mark Corallo, a former spokesman for the president's legal team, planned to tell Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russia's election interference, about a previously undisclosed phone call involving Trump and Hicks.
White House officials knew about Porter's abuse allegations and scrambled to protect him - Senior aides to President Donald Trump knew for months about allegations of domestic abuse levied against top White House staffer Rob Porter by his ex-wives, even as Porter's stock White House Reportedly Knew About Porter Abuse Allegations Before Reports - When White House staff secretary Rob Porter announced Wednesday that he would resign following allegations of domestic abuse, the White House was still circulating statements defending Porter.
On Friday, there are just 100 days to go, including the day itself, until the Queen's grandson and American star Ms Markle marry in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on Saturday May 19. US president Donald Trump is not expecting a coveted invite to arrive in the post, but some of those who might be include former American leader Barack Obama, tennis star Serena Williams and Ms Markle's Suits co-stars Sarah Rafferty, Patrick J Adams and Wendell Pierce. In 2011, Prince William and Kate Middleton's invites - traditional white cards, gilded along their edge with gold, with the royal cypher - were sent out around 10 weeks before their wedding.
White House faces huge questions on Rob Porter exit - Senior White House officials are in a state of shock, and facing huge questions about their handling of the crisis, over the resignation of Staff Secretary Rob Porter after his two former wives went on the record to allege physical abuse: Texts From 2016 Show FBI Employees Preparing Obama Briefing on Russia - Exchange doesn't relate to Clinton email probe, as a Republican senator suggests - Text messages from 2016 show preparation to brief Barack Obama about Russia's interference in that year's election Trump's military parade draws bipartisan rebuke - Members of Congress from both parties joined retired military leaders and veterans in heaping scorn Wednesday on President Donald Trump's push to parade soldiers and weaponry down the streets of the nation's capital - calling it a waste Pelosi's Dreamers protest leaves some Democrats ... (more)
White House officials knew about Porter's abuse allegations and scrambled to protect him - Senior aides to President Donald Trump knew for months about allegations of domestic abuse levied against top White House staffer Rob Porter by his ex-wives, even as Porter's stock In new statement, Kelly says he was 'shocked' by Porter allegations and condemns abuse - More than 24 hours after issuing a statement defending staff secretary Rob Porter amid abuse allegations, White House chief of staff John Kelly said in a second statement that he was 'shocked' and condemned domestic abuse.
For generations, as America's authoritarian rivals strutted their tanks, troops and jets through main thoroughfares in dramatic displays of strength, the United States watched from afar, but did not emulate. Widely accepted as the world's mightiest, the U.S. military has no tradition of putting itself on parade like in Russia, North Korea or China.
Senate leaders brokered a long-sought budget agreement Wednesday that would shower the Pentagon and domestic programs with an extra $300 billion over the next two years. But both Democratic liberals and GOP tea party forces swung against the plan, raising questions about its chances just a day before the latest government shutdown deadline.
Eric Holder, the only U.S. attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress, emerged from relative obscurity Wednesday night to denounce "spurious attacks" on the FBI and Justice Department. Holder, a close friend of his former boss, President Barack Obama, appeared on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow show Wednesday night, ostensibly to discuss his congressional redistricting project, but also to criticize the current president and attorney general for "discrediting" the FBI and Justice Department.
More specifically: The GOP-passed tax plan that led companies to announce bonuses that House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi dismissed as "crumbs" compared with "the bonus that corporate America received" may be popular enough that it can lessen the danger of Republicans being wiped out by a blue wave in this year's midterm elections. Near Cincinnati on Monday, President Donald Trump compared Pelosi's "crumbs" comment to Hillary Clinton referring to half of Trump's supporters as belonging in a "basket of deplorables" during the 2016 presidential election.