Trump handling of security information at Mar-a-Lago queried by House panel

President Donald Trump's handling of U.S. security information at his Florida resort came under congressional scrutiny on Tuesday as a watchdog panel asked the White House to explain reports that Trump dealt with a sensitive foreign policy issue in view of club guests. Representative Jason Chaffetz, head of the House of Representatives oversight committee, sent a letter asking the White House for details on how Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe responded to a North Korean ballistic missile test while visiting the Mar-a-Lago golf resort over the weekend.

Report: Friedman will apologize for using a kapoa to describe liberal Jews

President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, is expected to apologize during his Senate confirmation hearing for derogatory statements he has made against liberal Jews. Representatives of the nominee told Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., who is the senior Democratic member of the Foreign Relations Committee that will hold the confirmation hearing, that Friedman will apologize for use of the term "kapo" to attack J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Ap Fact Check: No Trump order to deport welfare immigrants

Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., left, and Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., right, watch as House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. pats President Donald Trump on the back after the president signed the House Joint Resolution 41, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Navy Seal Is Done With McCain’s Disrespect, Completely Levels Him On Live T.V.

Almost right after Donald Trump stepped into the White House as our President, he gave the greenlight for an operation to raid an al-Qaeda base in Yemen. Of course, the raid itself was actually planned and prepped under the Obama administration, however they were waiting for a dark night to execute itand that night just so happened to take place after the inauguration.

Report: Trump’s Israel envoy pick to apologize for ‘kapo’ remarks

Letters from rabbis, Holocaust survivors decry David Friedman's use of term against J Street ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday for the position of US ambassador to Israel. President Donald Trump's nominee for US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman , was expected to apologize at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday for contentious past remarks he made about the liberal Jewish lobbyist group J Street, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

Ethics watchdog calls on White House to investigate Trump adviser Conway

The US government's ethics watchdog urged the White House to investigate and possibly discipline President Donald Trump's counselor Kellyanne Conway for comments she made about Ivanka Trump's fashion line, according to a letter made public Tuesday. The Office of Government Ethics wrote to White House attorneys that there was reason to believe that Conway violated the standards of ethical conduct for executive employees by endorsing the president's daughter's products during a television interview last week.

Trump allegedly orders dossier on PM’s scandals after remark on his personality

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order as Chief of Staff Reince Priebus looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, January 23, 2017. US President Donald Trump allegedly instructed White House staff to provide him with a report on the ongoing criminal investigations involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the publication of comments the prime minister is purported to have said about Trump's personality, the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported Wednesday.

FAA Investigating After Harrison Ford Flies Over Jetliner Awaiting Takeoff

Noted aviator and actor Harrison Ford flew his private plane over a jet airliner on the ground at a Southern California airport Monday. It's not the first time the Star Wars and Indiana Jones star has had problems landing.

For GOP, a dimmed zeal for investigations in Trump era

Th... WASHINGTON - The Republicans' ardor for investigations and oversight, on display throughout the Obama administration, has cooled off considerably with Donald Trump in the White House. Each day seems to bring a new headache or near-crisis from Trump, the latest being the departure of his national security adviser under questionable circumstances involving Russia.

Trump begins his second month in White House with major items on his plate

As President Donald Trump begins his second month in office, his team is trying to move past the crush of controversies that overtook his first month and make progress on health care and tax overhauls long sought by Republicans. Both issues thrust Trump, a real estate executive who has never held elected office, into the unfamiliar world of legislating.

Trump signs law rolling back disclosure rule for energy and mining companies

President Donald Trump signed his first piece of legislation on Tuesday, a measure that could presage the most aggressive assault on government regulations since President Ronald Reagan. The bill cancels out a Securities and Exchange Commission anti-corruption regulation that would have required oil and gas and mining companies to disclose in detail the payments they made to foreign governments.

Investigators confirm Trump campaign aides spoke to Russian intelligence officials

WASHINGTON Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former U.S. officials. U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time that they were discovering evidence that Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee, three of the officials said.

‘The View’ Panelists Express Delight Over Michael Flynn’s Resignation

During Tuesday's edition of The View , ABC's weekday talk show, each of the five female co-hosts was delirious with joy as the panelists discussed Michael Flynn's resignation as the Trump administration's national security adviser. After Whoopi Goldberg stated that Flynn was "not feeling the love this morning," fellow comedienne Joy Behar demanded that the 2016 presidential be "done again" because she believes that "the Russians handed the presidency to Donald Trump."

Senate will consider blocking rule on guns and mentally ill

The Republican-led Senate is moving to block an Obama-era regulation that would prevent an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from being able to purchase a firearm. The Obama administration had sought to strengthen the federal background check system with a rule requiring the Social Security Administration to send in the names of beneficiaries with mental impairments who also need a third-party to manage their benefits.

O’Reilly Rips Press Coverage of ICE Raids: ‘A Low Point in American Journalism’

In his opening monologue and first segment Monday evening, Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly sharply criticized the national and local press coverage of the past week's immigration raids. In his Talking Points Memo, O'Reilly observed the press's utter failure to headline the fact that the raids targeted criminal illegal aliens, describing that failure not as press bias, but as "blatant dishonesty."

NYT: Intercepted communications showa

The New York Times reported that law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted calls and phone records showing Donald Trump's presidential campaign aides, as well as other associates, having repeated contact with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election. The report names four people close to Trump - including Michael Flynn, who recently stepped down as national security adviser - in the FBI's inquiry into links between Trump associates and the Russian government.