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President Donald Trump said Sunday that a program that protects immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children is "probably dead," casting a cloud over already tenuous negotiations just days before a deadline on a government funding deal that Democrats have tied to immigration. At issue is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program created by President Barack Obama to shield hundreds of thousands of these individuals, known as "Dreamers," from deportation.
A spokesman for Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is questioning the credibility of a Republican senator who says President Donald Trump did not refer to African countries using a vulgarity during a closed-door meeting. Ben Marter tweeted Sunday, shortly after Republican Georgia Sen. David Perdue went on ABC's "This Week" to call reports that Trump used vile language in the meeting a "gross misrepresentation."
Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue said Sunday that President Donald Trump did not use the phrase "shithole countries" during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration reform last week. "I'm telling you he did not use that word, George, and I'm telling you it's a gross misrepresentation," Perdue told moderator George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week."
Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake plans to compare President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on the media to those made by Joseph Stalin, the infamous dictator of the former Soviet Union, in a speech this week. "When you reflexively refer to the press as the enemy of the people or fake news, that has real damage," Flake said Sunday in an interview on ABC's "This Week."
Trump says deal protecting the Dreamers is 'probably dead because the Democrats don't really want it' after claim that he railed against immigrants from 's***hole countries' Said the compromise did not include enough money for his border wall and did not make aggressive enough changes to the visa system A group of six senators had pushed plan as a done deal on social media as the White House declared there was no deal After the White House meeting, the Washington Post reported that President Trump had referred to a number of countries as 's***hole' nations Says: 'DACA is probably dead because the Democrats don't really want it, they just want to talk and take desperately needed money away from our Military' President Donald Trump said Sunday that an immigration deal is 'probably dead' at this stage because Democrats 'don't really want' one.
A Republican senator is insisting that President Donald Trump did not use a vulgar term in referring to African countries during a closed-door meeting on immigration that he and five other senators attended last week. Georgia Sen. David Perdue called reports describing Trump as using vile language in the meeting a "gross misrepresentation" and said Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham were mistaken in indicating that was the case.
Sen. David Perdue went on the attack Sunday morning, attempting to smear Sen. Dick Durbin and defend President Donald Trump from accusations that he said during a meeting on Thursday that he does not want immigrants coming to the U.S. from "shithole countries." "What we have going on here right now is a gross misrepresentation," he repeatedly told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week .
President Donald Trump says a program to protect immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally as children is "probably dead." The Republican president tweets that "Democrats don't really want it," referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
U.S. Representative John Lewis , an icon of the Civil Rights Movement, revealed on Sunday that he cried after President Donald Trump reportedly referred to African nations as "shithole" countries. In an interview on ABC's This Week , host George Stephanopoulos asked Lewis to react to Trump's attempt to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. after reports said that the president had made racist remarks about African countries and Haitian refugees.
The UK still waits for Donald Trump to make an official visit, almost a year after Theresa May invited him and the prospect appears even more distant after the cancellation of a planned trip to open the US embassy. Just seven days after the US president's inauguration in January 2017 the Prime Minister flew to Washington to extend the invitation - officially on behalf of the Queen - for a state visit.
Paul Nehlen, who lost the support of Steve Bannon over anti-Semitism, active in private Twitter group where he coordinates online attacks on opponents - report Paul Nehlen speaks after losing to House Speaker Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's primary, August 9, 2016. Paul Nehlen, a congressional candidate who lost the support of alt-right platform Breitbart due to his anti-Semitic comments, has reportedly been using anti-Jewish sentiment posted online to urge activists into harassing his opponents.
The Bush speechwriter who coined the term 'axis of evil' has become one more Never-Trump Republican overtaken by the pace of the events he decries The chaos that marked Donald Trump's presidential campaign is a hallmark of his presidency. Decorum once associated with the Oval Office has been replaced by " modern presidential ", an amalgam of tantrums, tirades , and tweetstorms, all emanating from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or Trump-owned properties.
A bipartisan agreement among a handful of senators to prevent deportation of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants includes a pathway to citizenship that would take up to 12 years. The Associated Press on Saturday obtained details of the deal includes $1.6 billion for structures including a wall for border security.
In his new book Trumpocracy, the Toronto native and former George W. Bush speech writer talks about how Trump is fundamentally damaging the U.S. government: "There are a lot of stops on the train line to bad before you get to Hitler Station." Frum felt "sick" when he spent time in the building near the end of Barack Obama's presidency.
PresidentTrump does enough on his own to merit criticism. His penchant for watching and tweeting out the latest on Fox and Friends as well as his inability to suck it up when criticized hurts him.
Hawaii Panics After Alert About Incoming Missile Is Sent in Error - An early-morning emergency alert mistakenly warning of an incoming ballistic missile attack was dispatched to cellphones across Hawaii on Saturday, setting off widespread panic in a state that was already on emotional edge Hawaii officials mistakenly warn of inbound missile - HONOLULU - A push alert that warned of a ballistic missile heading straight for Hawaii and sent residents into a full-blown panic Saturday was issued by mistake, state emergency officials said.
The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday of Donald Trump's presidency is taking place amid a racial firestorm of Trump's own making. In the same week that he honored King by making a national park out of the ground where King was born and preached until his death, Trump denigrated practically the entire African diaspora, and left many Americans headed into the civil rights icon's birthday convinced that the leader of their country is a racist.
President Donald Trump attends a meeting on potential changes to the federal prison system last week in the District of Columbia. In the wake of a new book, he also spent last week defending his capabilities on Twitter.