Nation 38 mins ago 7:06 p.m.Trump didn’t know fallen soldier’s name, kept calling him ‘your guy,’a

Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., adamantly stood by her characterization of President Donald Trump's phone call with the widow of a fallen soldier in an interview with ABC News today, calling his words "terrible" and adding that the president didn't even know the man's name. Wilson said she was with Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt.

Father of fallen soldier says no call from Trump

Sgt. La David T. Johnson, 25, of Miami Gardens, Fla., was one of four U.S. soldiers killed in Niger. Relatives of at least a half dozen people who died in military service since Donald Trump became president say they never got a call from him about their loss.

Trump: Democrat fabricated account of – insensitive chat’ with soldier’s widow

Donald Trump has claimed a congresswoman "fabricated" an account of him telling the widow of a US soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that her husband "knew what he signed up for". Frederica Wilson said she was in the car with Myeshia Johnson on Tuesday on the way to Miami International Airport to meet the body of Mrs Johnson's husband, Sergeant La David Johnson, when the president called.

Congresswoman says Trump told widow of fallen soldier a he knew what he signed up fora

President Donald Trump denied Wednesday that he told the widow of a U.S. serviceman killed in an ambush in Niger that "he knew what he signed up for, but I guess it still hurt." Rep. Frederica Wilson, made the claim Tuesday night, saying she was present when the call took place.

GOP budget that’s key to taxes moving ahead in Senate

A U.S. judge has blocked the third version of a travel ban issued by President Donald Trump this year. It's still unclear whether the congressional committees looking into the interference will come to firm conclusions about whether President Donald Trump's campaign was involved, or if they have found any direct evidence of any collaboration with Russia.

Clinton Criticizes Trump’s North Korea Tweets But Not Policies

Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton strongly criticized President Donald Trump's disruptive rhetoric on North Korea, while speaking in South Korea on Wednesday. "There is no reason for us to be bellicose and aggressive," said Clinton during an address to the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul.

How Trump handled four dead soldiers

On October 4, the day that four US Special Forces soldiers were gunned down at the border of Niger and Mali in the deadliest combat incident since President Donald Trump took office, the commander in chief was lighting up Twitter with attacks on the "fake news" media. The next day, when the remains of the first soldiers reached Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Trump was assailing the "fake news" and warning the country of "the calm before the storm."

The Latest: Senators announce plan for insurance markets

President Donald Trump is backing away from his positive response to a bipartisan Senate proposal to stabilize health insurance markets unsettled by his order to end "Obamacare" low-income subsidies. Speaking in the Rose Garden, Trump had called the deal reached by Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington "a short term solution."

The Latest: Trump questions presidents’ calls to bereaved

The Latest on President Donald Trump's suggestion that his predecessors fell short in honoring the nation's fallen : President Donald Trump has pulled bereaved military families into a painful political fight of his own making, going so far as to cite the death of his chief of staff's son in Afghanistan to question whether other presidents did enough to honor the military dead. He's boasted that "I think I've called every family of someone who's died," though The Associated Press found relatives of two soldiers who died overseas during Trump's presidency who said they never received a call or a letter from him, as well as relatives of a third who did not get a call from him.

Shock, anger over Weinstein at NY women filmmakers event

Anger, shock, unity and solidarity: Those were the prevailing emotions on Tuesday at a Manhattan event for women filmmakers, writers and actors, where the Harvey Weinstein scandal wasn't far from anyone's mind. "I'm mad as hell!" Jane Rosenthal, executive chair of Tribeca Enterprises, said to the crowd.

Trump has repeatedly politicized military service and sacrifice

President Donald Trump, though often acting as a champion of the military, has at times politicized the sacrifice of those who paid a terrible price in the nation's wars in a way that few of his predecessors would have countenanced. He clearly reveres America's fighting men and women.

Hillary slams Trump’s ‘dangerous’ war of words with N. Korea

Former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton speaks during an interview with Mariella Frostrup at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in Cheltenham, Britain October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden Seoul: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slammed President Donald Trump's "dangerous and short-sighted" war of words with North Korea Wednesday, saying his Twitter tirades only benefitted Pyongyang's attention-seeking ruler and hurt Washington's credibility.

Families of fallen soldiers caught in political crossfire

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