Protections for 27 National Monuments may be Curtailed, Cut

Twenty-seven national monuments, mostly in the West, face the curtailing or elimination of protections put in place over the past two decades by presidents from both parties, the Interior Department said. President Donald Trump ordered the review last month, saying protections imposed by his three immediate predecessors amounted to "a massive federal land grab" that "should never have happened."

H.H.S. Sec. Price defends cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid

Cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid will give states the freedom to tailor the program to suit their needs, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday, as he defended a narrowly passed House bill that aims to undo parts of the health care law enacted by the previous administration. The bill's passage buoyed President Donald Trump, but the measure appeared headed for an overhaul in the Senate.

.com | White House disputes political risks for 2018

The White House is disputing the argument by congressional Democrats that House Republicans could face election losses in 2018 due to the health care bill they pushed through last week. President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Reince Priebus, said after the Senate passed its version and the two chambers settled on a final compromise, voters would embrace Republicans for giving them a system with lower premiums, better service and more options.

Macron wins French presidency, to sighs of relief in Europe

Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union. PARIS: Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union.

Albert R. Hunt: Donald Trump should be afraid of his lousy poll showing

OPINION: US President Donald Trump has the lowest poll standing of any new president at the 100-day mark, while his core supporters are holding firm. Is this cause for optimism for Trump and his fans? Or for concern? Obviously it'll depend on how the next 100 and 1000 days play out.

US interior secretary starts Utah red rocks monuments review

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will start a four-day Utah trip Sunday to assess whether 3.2 million acres of national monuments in the state's southern red rock region should be scaled down or even rescinded. The re-evaluation of the new Bears Ears National Monument on sacred tribal lands and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, created in 1996, is part of an executive order signed last month by President Donald Trump's calling for a review of 27 national monuments established by several former presidents.

Senate next after House passes Obamacare reversal

Cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid will give states the freedom to tailor the program to suit their needs, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday, as he defended a narrowly passed House bill that aims to undo parts of the health care law enacted by the previous administration. The bill's passage buoyed President Donald Trump, but the measure appeared headed for an overhaul in the Senate.

Trump Advisor Gorka Tells Jewish Crowd He’s Under Attack Because He’s Pro-Israel

White House aide Sebastian Gorka- caught sporting the medal of a Nazi-tied fraternal organization-told a conference of th Jerusalem Post that the media has attacked him and President Donald Trump because of their unwavering support for the Jewish State. In an onstage interview with editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz at the Marriot Marquis in Manhattan, the Hungarian-American deputy assistant to the president admitted he had often worn the badge that the Vitezi Rend , an ultra-nationalist anti-Semitic order known to have collaborated with the German occupiers during World War II, had bestowed upon his father in 1979.

Price defends cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, after the House pushed through a health care bill. BRANCHBURG, N.J.>> Cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid will give states the freedom to tailor the program to suit their needs, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday, as he defended a narrowly passed House bill that aims to undo parts of the health care law enacted by the previous administration.

ADB hoping US will keep support for regional lender, growth

The head of the Asian Development Bank says he is hoping the U.S. will step up and support the regional lender despite President Donald Trump's avowed preference for bilateral cooperation. ADB President Takehiko Nakao said Sunday that it "isn't really good" that the second largest shareholder in the development bank is lacking a permanent appointee to the U.S. executive directorship.

Trump tells the truth – the job is hard

President Donald Trump talks with House Speaker Paul Ryan in the Rose Garden of the White House Thursday after the House pushed through a health care bill. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana is at left, and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, is at right.

Even CNN Criticized Democrats’ Jeering of Republicans after ObamaCare Repeal Vote

Earlier in the day, the House of Representatives voted on the American Health Care Act . The bill still has to go through the Senate, where it will surely see changes, and therefore go back to the House, before going back to the Senate and then to the Oval Office where President Donald Trump would sign it.