Trump – Very Disappointed’ in McConnell Over Obamacare Inaction

Donald Trump said Thursday he's unhappy with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over Congress's failure to eliminate Obamacare, escalating a war of words with a fellow Republican who is key to advancing the president's agenda. "I'm very disappointed in Mitch," the president told reporters after assailing McConnell on Twitter for two days.

McCain: Trump failing on Afghanistan

REPUBLICAN Senator John McCain has launched his own Afghanistan strategy, saying Donald Trump has done nothing for the troops and that they 'deserve better'. Senator McCain declared that "America is adrift in Afghanistan" as he unveiled a war strategy of his own that includes more US combat forces and greater counter-terrorism efforts.

New poll shows Trump’s voter fraud claims are doing real damage

Shortly after his 2016 election win, then-President elect Donald Trump tweeted that, in addition to sweeping the Electoral College, he had beaten opponent Hillary Clinton in the popular vote - but only if the final tally discounted "millions of people who voted illegally." It was a baseless claim he later repeated in January, following his inauguration.

Penalties against polluters down 60 percent under Trump

When President Donald Trump took office in January, environmentalists feared his industry-friendly approach to environmental policy would usher in an era of lax environmental enforcement. That concern only grew with the appointment of Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency; Pruitt has said that he wants to hand off enforcement to the states and potentially eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance .

Trump and Obama Speeches Are Startlingly Similar – ” Here’s 2 Big Reasons Why

President Donald Trump and President Barack Obama may seem like political polar opposites, but their rhetoric has far more in common than you would think, according to a new analysis of their speeches . Two University of Minnesota professors took Trump's "more substantial speeches," defined for the analysis as 500 words or longer, and compared them with a database of presidential speeches that were gathered based on the same guidelines.

Giant inflatable chicken resembling Trump draws crowd near White House

Exchanges between the senior White House adviser and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times and Jim Acosta of CNN became combative at a news briefing on Wednesday. Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell officially announced that she will run against Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Miami, who represents a swing district on Wednesday August 1, 2017.

Guama s residents concerned but have faith in US military

In this March 7, 2003 file photo, a B-1B Lancer bomber, left, taxies past a B-52 shortly after landing at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The small U.S. territory of Guam has become a focal point after North Korea's army threatened to use ballistic missiles to create an "enveloping fire" around the island.

Letter: Check yourself, Donald

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Aug. 8. The more I reflect on the concept of recognizing one's privilege while interacting in society, the more I realize that some world "leaders," in particular, are relatively poor at this. I will single out the 45th president of the United States as being extremely guilty of acknowledging his privilege.

Opinion: Will Move to Purge Ohio Voting Rolls Kickstart Congressional Action?

Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., recounts his experience in Selma, Alabama, to a group of students gathered on the House steps on April 15, 2015. Fifty-two years ago this week, John Lewis of Georgia was a young activist, not the Democratic congressman he is today.

RNC chairwoman: ‘We haven’t accomplished the things that we ran on’

Michigan Republican Party Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel speaks before President-elect Donald Trump at the DeltaPlex Arena in this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo in Grand Rapids, Mich. According to McDaniel, Republicans will need to rack up some accomplishments based on promises they've made regarding the repeal and replacement of Obamacare , tax reform and infrastructure if they want to keep control of Congress.

White House aide, Fox News host criticize Senate GOP leader

" A top White House aide and a Fox News host lashed out at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday for saying people think Congress hasn't done anything this year partly because President Donald Trump is inexperienced and had "excessive expectations" about how quickly lawmakers could act. The back and forth was an unusually negative public exchange between Republicans that came less than two weeks after the GOP effort to repeal and replace the Obama health care law was rejected by the Senate.

Richardson: Tillerson ‘Tamped Down’ Trump’s Tough Talk on NKorea

President Donald Trump's "fire and fury" warnings to North Korea over its nuclear capabilities "initially was over the top," but it was effectively "tamped down" by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday, according to former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson. "The president has his own style," Richardson, also a former New Mexico governor, told Fox News' "America's Newsroom" anchor Bill Hemmer.