US Vice-President Mike Pence takes centre-stage at traditional comedic white-tie dinner

Donald Trump has declared that the media are the "enemy of the people", but his vice president showed he is still willing to joke around with reporters - and poke fun at himself - in a venerable Washington tradition.

‘Simply false’ – Obama’s response to Trump’s ‘bad guy’ phone-tapping tweet allegations

U.S. President Donald Trump accused predecessor Barack Obama on Saturday of wiretapping him during the late stages of the 2016 election campaign, but offered no evidence for an allegation which an Obama spokesman said was "simply false". President-elect Donald Trump, left, and President Barack Obama arrive for Trump's inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington yesterday.

Otters are sweet relief from witless war on EPA

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan joins Senate colleagues and President Donald Trump at the White House for the signing of an executive order requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to revise its "waters of the U.S." regulation. Feb. 28, 2017.

Barack Obama spokesman responds to Donald Trump’s phone tapping accusations

Eastern and cited no evidence, Trump compared the alleged wiretapping to " McCarthyism " and "Nixon/Watergate". However, as former Obama foreign policy advisor Ben Rhodes noted, presidents, sitting or otherwise, don't have the legal authority to do any such thing.

Alaska governor asks Trump to throw his weight behind Alaska LNG project

Alaska's governor is asking President Donald Trump to lend his support to what he termed an "ideal" megaproject - the $45 billion Alaska gas pipeline - as the president moves ahead with his $1 trillion plan to rebuild the nation's infrastructure. In a Feb. 7 letter addressed to Trump, Gov. Bill Walker also includes the ultimate federal wish list to help expedite the Alaska LNG project that seeks to sell huge reserves of North Slope gas to Asian utilities.

a March 4 Trumpa supporters declare pride in president, slam opponents

A couple arrives at the rally. Many waving American flags and holding hand-made signs expressing pleasure with the new president, supporters of Donald Trump attended a rally Saturday, March 4, 2017, on the south plaza of the state Capitol in Oklahoma City to express their solidarity with him, his administration and his policies.

Trump claims Obama wire tapped his N.Y. offices

President Donald Trump on Saturday angrily accused former president Barack Obama of orchestrating a "Nixon/Watergate" plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquarters in the run-up to last fall's election, providing no evidence to support his explosive claim and drawing a flat denial from Obama's office. Leveling the extraordinary allegation about his predecessor in a series of four early morning tweets, Trump said Obama had been "wire tapping" his New York offices and suggested he had meddled with the "very sacred election process."

With tweetstorm, Trump may have exercised exclusive declassification authority

In tweeting accusations that former President Barack Obama ordered surveillance of his campaign, President Donald Trump potentially made public the existence of Top Secret wiretaps a move that would be a federal crime, if performed by anyone other than the commander-in-chief. Trump's stunning allegation came in an early morning tweetstorm, in which he wrote in part: "Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower just before the victory."

Trump expected to sign revised travel ban Monday: US media

By Agence France-Presse President Donald Trump is expected to sign a revised travel ban on Monday, just over a month after his original decree sowed controversy across the United States and chaos at airports, US media reported. The president will sign the new executive order at the Department of Homeland Security, according to Politico, which cited senior government officials.

Graham vows to ‘get to the bottom’ of Trump’s wiretapping claims

Sen. Lindsey Graham promised South Carolina residents Saturday that he would "get to the bottom" of President Donald Trump's unverified accusation earlier in the day that former President Barack Obama wiretapped the phones in Trump Tower. "I'm very worried that our President is suggesting that the former President's done something illegally," the Republican lawmaker said at a packed town hall meeting.

Media Outlets Push False Narrative About Trump’s Pipeline Executive Orders

Media outlets are falsely suggesting President Donald Trump's executive orders approving the Keystone XL Pipeline also included directives mandating pipeline developers use American steel to complete projects. Politico and the Los Angeles Times reported Friday on the White House's recent decision to allow Keystone to complete its project without adhering to Trump's request that future pipe be made with American steel.

Why won’t Trump talk about technology?

Vice President Mike Pence's embarrassing use of an AOL email account is just another painful reminder of something that should be crystal clear to everyone: this administration doesn't understand or care a lick about technology. It's an especially painful reality as we come off the high of an administration's 8-year-love affair with technology and social media.

Lindsey Graham Nails The Problem With Trump’s Wiretapping Claims

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Saturday that if former President Barack Obama actually wiretapped Donald Trump 's phones, either legally or illegally, it would be the biggest scandal since Watergate. Speaking at a town hall in Clemson, South Carolina, Graham addressed Trump's baseless claims that Obama eavesdropped on him prior to the 2016 election.

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A spokesman for Barack Obama rejects claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that the then-president had wiretapped Trump in October during the late stages of the presidential election campaign, saying it was "simply false." , moved, by David Shepardson, 917 words) WASHINGTON - The White House budget director confirms that the Trump administration will propose "fairly dramatic reductions" in the U.S. foreign aid budget later this month.

Blair is reaping rewards from chaos he sowed

From a middle-class 'brainiac' to America's last mountain hermit: Infamous camp dweller reveals how he lived for 27 years in total isolation by raiding nearby homes over one thousand times 'Do you know who I am?': Potential top 10 NFL pick linebacker is 'sent home from combine after having a heated argument about waiting in line for a medical exam' Revealed: Tony Blair's secret White House summit and private meetings with Jared as he launches astonishing bid to work for Donald Trump as his Middle East peace envoy You'd see a lot more of Ivanka, Tony ...oh, and her best friend Wendi, too! How Blair could rub shoulders with Trump's daughter and Murdoch's ex if he becomes Kushner's peace team Federal Aviation Administration finds 27 airspace violations near Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as one caused a sonic boom across two Florida counties Obama administration DENIES Towergate: Insiders blast ... (more)