Trump aide says Tillerson’s role is diplomatic, not military

A deputy assistant to President Donald Trump has dismissed as "simply nonsensical" statements by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson regarding a military response to North Korea, arguing that Tillerson was stepping beyond his administration role as the nation's top diplomat. The remarks by Trump aide Sebastian Gorka to the BBC came after media criticism that the Trump administration - the president as well as Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis - had offered mixed messages as tension rose over North Korea's nuclear program.

What if Trump pushed out McConnell? It might not change anything

President Donald Trump raised a lot of eyebrows on Capitol Hill this week by repeatedly going after Senate Majority Mitch McConnell, demanding that the top Republican do more to push ahead with plans to overhaul the Obama health law, and also to spur action on other top Trump priorities, like bills on tax reform, and new money for roads and bridges. Let's imagine for a moment that President Trump could wave a magic wand and get rid of McConnell would anything really change in the Senate? 1. If McConnell disappears, the music stays the same.

Trump administration defends travel ban in US Supreme Court brief

President Donald Trump's administration reiterated arguments defending its temporary travel ban in a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, repeatedly citing the executive's broad powers to exclude foreigners from the United States. International travelers arrive on the day that U.S. President Donald Trump's limited travel ban, approved by the U.S. Supreme Court, goes into effect, at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 29, 2017.

Is Mike Pence the ‘Deep State’ that Trump fears?

"Last summer, the idea of being Donald Trump's running mate was so fraught and distasteful that Trump was forced to choose from a shortlist of Republican Party mediocrities, has-beens, and hangers-on - including ethical basket-cases like Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Among up-and-coming Republicans, Trump was still an object of derision and scorn: vulgar, ignorant, embarrassing, and destined to lose to Hillary Clinton.

Former GOP Sen. Gordon Humphrey: ‘Seriously Sick’ Trump Must Be Replaced ASAP

A former Republican senator is calling on lawmakers to use the 25th Amendment to kick President Donald Trump out of office. " He is sick of mind, impetuous, arrogant, belligerent and dangerous ," Gordon Humphrey, who represented New Hampshire from 1979 to 1990, said in a letter to his state's members of Congress obtained by Manchester ABC station WMUR.

Trump said he’s ‘very thankful’ to Putin for expelling U.S….

President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed off Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to expel hundreds of U.S. diplomatic employees from Russia, instead thanking Putin and insisting it would save the U.S. significant cash. In remarks to reporters at his golf course in central New Jersey, Trump dismissed Putin's move, saying he "greatly' appreciated Putin's help cutting down the payroll at the U.S. State Department.

White House Is Having Trouble Finding A New Communication Director

This combination of pictures created on July 21, 2017 shows Anthony Scaramucci , named Donald Trump's new White House communications director, at the White House in Washington, DC on July 21, 2017 and former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer at the White House on May 3, 2017. Spicer quit July 21, 2017 in opposition to Trump's naming of Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and longtime supporter of the billionaire investor-turned-president, as the new White House communications director, a White House official told AFP.

Here’s Who Could Replace McConnell As Senate Majority Leader

Should Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell step down from the top position in Congress, Republicans will be looking for someone savvy enough to accomplish a difficult legislative to-do list and trusted by the president. President Donald Trump has not held back in his repeated criticisms of McConnell.

Lawrence O’Donnell Slams Jeff Flake for Not Criticizing Birtherism…

Sen. Jeff Flake has been all over the airwaves this month promoting his new book , Conscience of a Conservative , in which he laments that "Never has a party so quickly or easily abandoned its core principles as my party did in the course of the 2016 campaign." In the process Flake has predictably drawn heavy fire from Trumpworld , and perhaps less intuitively from certain quarters on the left.

UPDATE 2-Trump attacks Senate leader for 2nd straight day on health policy failure

U.S. President Donald Trump attacked his own party's Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, for a second day on Thursday, complaining from the steps of his private New Jersey golf club about Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare. "I just want him to get repeal and replace done.