Today in Trump: April 13, 2017

The president will meet with I-85 bridge first responders, and then in the afternoon, he'll depart for Mar-a-Lago for the Easter weekend. President Donald Trump said NATO is "no longer obsolete," in a joint news conference Wednesday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg after their first face-to-face meeting at the White House.

Trump says China won’t be labeled a currency manipulator

A number of President Donald Trump's top and former aides have received unwanted attention in recent days as they struggle with internal divisions, blundered comments and investigation revelations. A number of President Donald Trump's top and former aides have received unwanted attention in recent days as they struggle with internal divisions, blundered comments and investigation revelations.

Trump threatens to undermine Obamacare to get Democrats to negotiate

Since the failure of the GOP health care bill in the House nearly three weeks ago, President Donald Trump has suggested letting Obamacare explode to bring Democrats to the negotiating table. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal Wednesday, Trump suggested the federal government would hold back key subsidy payments made to health insurers offering insurance to low-income Americans.

Trump backs away from critical positions on China, NATO

The United States and China struck what was viewed as an unusual bargain Wednesday as President Donald Trump said he won't label China a currency manipulator and voiced confidence Chinese President Xi Jinping will help him deal with North Korea's mounting threat. Another result of the diplomatic wrangling: a surprising Chinese abstention on a U.N. resolution condemning a Syrian chemical weapons attack.

Sanders: Trump will be a one-term president

Promising to "expose the Republican Party for what it is," Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders predicted Wednesday that President Donald Trump would be a one-term president as the liberal icon prepared to launch a nationwide tour to rally Democrats. "In terms of the first three months in office, Donald Trump is the least popular president in the history of polling," Sanders told The Associated Press.

U.S.-Russia relations at another low after Syria attacks

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday trust had eroded between the United States and Russia under President Donald Trump as Moscow delivered an unusually hostile reception to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a face-off over Syria. Any hope in Russia that the Trump administration would herald less confrontational relations has been dashed in the past week after the new U.S. leader fired missiles at Syria to punish Moscow's ally for its suspected use of poison gas.

FBI probed Trump campaign aide’s Russia ties, WHouse backs away

The White House on Wednesday tried to distance itself from a one-time campaign aide to Donald Trump, Carter Page, after revelations that the FBI investigated him last year for ties to Russian intelligence. The Washington Post reported that federal investigators obtained a rare warrant from the top-secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to monitor Page's communications -- the first confirmation of government surveillance of Trump's team.

“It’s not too late” to fire James Comey: President…

As the FBI investigation into Russia's election interference continues, President Donald Trump reminded the bureau's director that he is his boss and ultimately has the final say over his employment. Asked in a Tuesday interview on Fox Business Network if it was too late to ask FBI Director James Comey to resign, the president responded, "No, it's not too late."

Meet the congressman who is pushing for a Charles Darwin Day

U.S. Rep. Jim Himes has taken on the role of promoting Darwinism in the House of Representatives, saying he believes it's the type of legislation his southwestern Connecticut constituents want him to pursue at a time when skepticism surrounds science.

Putin meets Tillerson as US, Russia fiercely feud over Syria

A once-prominent Las Vegas physician who was convicted of murder and 26 other charges in a 2007 hepatitis outbreak has died in prison custody. An influential U.S. government health panel is dropping its opposition to routine prostate cancer screening in favor of letting men decide for themselves after talking with their doctor.

AP Exclusive: Manafort firm received payout listed in a Black Legera

Last August, a handwritten ledger surfaced in Ukraine with dollar amounts and dates next to the name of Paul Manafort, who was then Donald Trump's campaign chairman. Ukrainian investigators called it evidence of off-the-books payments from a pro-Russian political party - and part of a larger pattern of corruption under the country's former president.

Women hasn’t shaved her armpits for FIVE years

Elon Musk's Tesla parking nightmare: How 6,000 employees compete each day for just 4,500 spots - with hilarious results... Putin accuses the US of being 'primitive and loutish' as he warns that relations between the two nations have soured since Trump took office, following missile strike in Syria REVEALED: Delta paid family-of-three $11,000 not to fly during meltdown that caused thousands of canceled flights and travel chaos A business class ticket for LESS than economy? Bizarre hack lets you fly from Europe to the US or Asia at the front of the plane for $500 Guitarist John Geils Jr. of The J. Geils Band is found dead in his Massachusetts home at the age of 71 David Letterman's mother Dorothy Mengering dies aged 95: Mom who made special appearances on the Late Show - and even interviewed Hillary - passes away a day before the funnyman's 70th birthday Truck driver, 20, had taken pills ... (more)

Melania Trump wins damages from Daily Mail publisher

Republicans have pulled out a victory in Kansas in the first of four U.S. House elections to replace GOP congressmen named to top jobs in President Donald Trump's administration, but the next contest in Georgia... Republicans have pulled out a victory in Kansas in the first of four U.S. House elections to replace GOP congressmen named to top jobs in President Donald Trump's administration, but the next contest in Georgia could be tougher. The CEO of United Airlines' parent company is pledging to review company policies after a passenger was dragged off a full fight in Chicago.

Republicans hold onto Kansas House seat

Republicans held on to a Kansas House seat Tuesday in the first congressional election since President Donald Trump's victory, beating back a spirited Democratic campaign hoping for a big anti-Trump backlash. Republican state Treasurer Ron Estes will represent the Kansas 4th congressional district replacing Mike Pompeo, who Trump named as CIA director.

Martin Oa Malley: I Would Have Beaten Donald Trump in General Election

Even if Sen. Bernie Sanders had won last year's Democratic presidential primary, he wouldn't have defeated Donald Trump in the general election, says former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley . "I don't believe so," O'Malley speculated Friday on DC/BS, a political podcast hosted by Jon Allen and Peter Ogburn.