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Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer View text version of this page Help using this website - Accessibility statement Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. Washington: Lawyers for President Donald Trump have advised him against sitting down for a wide-ranging interview with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, according to four people briefed on the matter, raising the specter of a monthslong court battle over whether the president must answer questions under oath.
President Donald Trump is accusing Democrats of being "un-American" and maybe even treasonous for failing to applaud him during his State of the Union speech. Trump says during a speech in Blue Ash, Ohio, that the Democrats last week gave off "bad energy" as he delivered his first State of the Union, failing to clap even at positive economic news.
Ohio investigators in the case of a 2-year-old girl found unresponsive on a porch in freezing weather await autopsy results to learn how she died. Ohio investigators in the case of a 2-year-old girl found unresponsive on a porch in freezing weather await autopsy results to learn how she died.
President Donald Trump traded insults with the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Monday, a day after Democrats and Republicans said Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia investigation. Trump's attack on California Rep. Adam Schiff came before a planned meeting of the House intelligence panel Monday, where the committee is expected to consider whether to release a Democratic rebuttal memo.
Democratic political strategist Bakari Sellers couldn't help drop a little shade on P resident Donald Trump's Monday morning Twitterstorm . The president claimed that Rep. Devin Nunes should one day be considered a hero for his memo attacking the FBI and Department of Justice.
Rep. Gerry Connolly on Monday reacted with shock and horror to President Donald Trump's tweet that seemingly called on Republicans to stop Rep. Adam Schiff from releasing a memo that debunks many of the claims put forth by a memo released last week by Rep. Devin Nunes . During a CNN interview, Connolly was asked to respond to the president's tweet, in which he declared that "Little Adam Schiff must be stopped."
Are the state institutions joining politicians to thwart the will of the people on both sides of the Atlantic, asks Brian Monteith. Only a year ago Theresa May and Donald Trump had set out their intentions about how "Brexit means Brexit" and how to "Make America great again".
Janet Yellen said she was disappointed that President Donald Trump didn't offer her a second term as Federal Reserve chair, but supports her central bank successor, Jerome Powell, who takes over Monday. Powell, a Fed board member since 2012, is "thoughtful, balanced, dedicated to public service.
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as they arrive for a dinner at Trump International Golf Club in in West Palm Beach on January 14. Washington President Donald Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia investigation, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Sunday. Democrats could seek a vote on publicly releasing their rebuttal memo when the GOP-led House Intelligence Committee meets late on Monday afternoon.
Washington, PA-It was a frigid Saturday afternoon but Ellen Cicconi, a 53-year-old stay-at-home mom from Canonsburg, chose to brave the elements to check out the next great American political campaign playing out in her proverbial backyard. In nearby Washington, a city about 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh proper, Conor Lamb, a 33-year-old Marine veteran was opening up a new campaign office.
In this Feb. 1, 2018, photo, Vice President Mike Pence addresses the Republican National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington. Credit Pence with good timing when it comes to trying to avoid political messes.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania view the Florida Atlantic University Marching Band at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, as they arrive for a Super Bowl party. less President Donald Trump and first lady Melania view the Florida Atlantic University Marching Band at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, as they arrive for a Super Bowl ... more In this Jan. 30, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.
A neo-Nazi Holocaust denier is set to become the Republican nominee for a congressional seat in Illinois, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Sunday. The prospective candidate, Art Jones, is not a steadfast supporter of the Republican president.
In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, lights illuminate the U.S. Capitol on second day of the federal shutdown as lawmakers negotiate behind closed doors in Washington. The era of trillion-dollar budget deficits is about make a comeback _ and a brewing budget deal hastened the arrival.
In this Sept. 6, 2017 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and others members of the House and Senate Democrats, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Graduate teaching assistants at private universities had high hopes 18 months ago when a federal labor board ruled that they had a right to collective bargaining, but after the election of President Donald Trump, some schools are taking another shot at halting the burgeoning unionization movement. Columbia University announced in a university-wide email Tuesday that the school wouldn't bargain with the graduate students who voted more than 2 to 1 for union representation, and would instead appeal to a federal court.
One of the things of which Donald Trump reassured his supporters during his campaign rallies was that he--by virtue of being high profile and rich--knew all the best people, so that he could get things done that weren't being addressed by all those Washington insiders. Even without Michael Wolff's book, it's been increasingly apparent that Donald Trump was more heavily influenced by what he was watching on Fox News than actual intelligence coming in from the multitudes of intelligence agencies available to the president.
President Donald Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia probe, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said Sunday. They expressed hope that special counsel Robert Mueller's work would continue without interference.
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump sucker punched beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program by reminding them that he considers them to be nothing more than "illegal immigrants," simultaneously declaring that American citizens are the ones worthy of being called "Dreamers." Trump's senior policy adviser, Stephen Miller, crafted those toxic words and injected into the president's State of the Union address with intentions to pour gasoline over the heated debate between Democrats and Republicans concerning the fate of 800,000 aspiring Americans without legal status in the United States.