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In this Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Israel's prime minister heads to Washington this week for a high-profile meeting with President Donald Trump that is suddenly clouded in uncertainty.
William "Bill" Hughes Jr., a lifelong Democrat and one-time congressional candidate, had warm praise for Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. The two were classmates at Georgetown Preparatory School in the 1980s, while Hughes' father served as the congressman for New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District and Anne M. Gorsuch, the nominee's mother, headed the federal Environmental Protection Agency under Ronald Reagan.
Normally, when an urgent issue of international security arises, the US president retires to a secure area where smartphones are forbidden . On Saturday, however, news of North Korea's missile test arrived just as Donald Trump was having dinner with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he stressed common goals, not differences, during his weekend meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump, whom he called a "good listener." Abe returned Monday night from the meetings in Washington and a round of golf with Trump at one of his courses in Florida.
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Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, is facing allegations that in December he violated the Logan Act by discussing with Russian's U.S. ambassador the lifting of U.S. economic sanctions against the country -- that is, that he was potentially sabotaging Obama administration policy while Barack Obama was still president.
From fears of losing customers, to laying off employees, or even closing shop, business owners based at the Lantana Airport laid out their concerns during a meeting with U.S. Representative Lois Frankel Monday. The U.S. Secret Service and Federal Aviation Administration place restrictions on the Lantana Airport when President Donald Trump visits his Palm Beach estate and club, Mar-a-Lago.
Donald Trump won the presidency by convincing enough white voters in three states that only Donald Trump was strong enough to fix America's problems. "Nobody knows the system better than me," he said memorably after accepting his party's nomination, "which is why I alone can fix it."
The head of the International Monetary Fund this weekend said she sees "reasons to be optimistic" about the U.S. economy's prospects under President Donald Trump, but that international consequences may arise "for which [other] economies have to prepare." Christine Lagarde, who has served at the helm of the District of Columbia-based IMF since 2011, spoke Sunday at the World Government Summit in Dubai.
National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is currently under scrutiny for a phone call he had with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the U.S., in December. President Donald Trump's national security team reportedly is in a state of crisis, tied largely to suspicions National Security Adviser Michael Flynn discussed lifting sanctions with a Russian envoy and then hid the nature of those conversations from colleagues including Vice President Mike Pence .
President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the conclusion of a joint news conference in the East Room at the White House Feb,10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. China's foreign ministry expressed concerned on Monday over President Donald Trump's meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the rhetoric the president used on the matter of disputed East China Sea islands. "No matter what anyone says or does, it cannot change the fact that the Diaoyu Islands belong to China, and cannot shake China's resolve and determination to protect national sovereignty and territory," foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said in Beijing.
When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, he will look to nurture economic ties while avoiding tensions over issues such as immigration on which the two are sharply at odds. Trudeau has taken a low-key approach toward Trump, a Republican who campaigned on a pledge to toughen U.S. immigration policies and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement among Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Despite his campaign vows to take a tougher line with North Korea, President Donald Trump's restrained public reaction to Pyongyang's first ballistic missile launch on his watch underscores that he has few good options to curb its missile and nuclear programs. The responses under consideration - which range from additional sanctions to U.S. shows of force to beefed-up missile defense, according to one administration official - do not seem to differ significantly so far from the North Korea playbook followed by Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama.
Party leaders on both sides of the aisle are defending New Hampshire's electoral system in the wake of another unsubstantiated claim by President Donald Trump that there's massive voter fraud happening in the state. "Let me be as unequivocal as possible: allegations of voter fraud in NH are baseless, without any merit-it's shameful to spread these fantasies," wrote former N.H. Attorney General Tom Rath, also a longtime Republican strategist, in a tweet Sunday.
For almost four decades, education and fiscal analysts have sought in vain for evidence showing the benefits of the massive federal aid that has been funneled through the U.S. Education Department . Now, a research report left on USED's website two days before the end of Barack Obama's administration and the start of Donald Trump's confirms what many have suspected: Substantial federal spending alongside strict regulation helps schools improve not one iota.
Ohio Sen. Rob Portman isn't ready to say he's supporting fast food executive Andrew Puzder as President Donald Trump's secretary of labor. A spokesman for Portman confirms he is one of at least six GOP senators who are waiting to hear Puzder answer questions Thursday at his confirmation hearing.
Stringent restrictions are imposed following CNN's deletion of an article involving Trump transition team and $10 million Russian investment fund, BuzzFeed reports According to an internal email obtained by BuzzFeed News, CNN is imposing strict new publishing restrictions for online articles involving Russia. The move comes after the network deleted a story, and then issued a retraction late Friday.
Because we don't think we've done so before, let us use the words "quiet" and "successful" in a sentence that references the Trump White House: Two of President Donald Trump's cabinet picks got off to -- here it is -- quiet, successful starts in their positions, reinforcing the notion that business-as-has-been-customary just might be a viable expectation for elements of this peripatetic administration. Stay with us here: Do you recall all the Obama Cabinet members who pushed back at the president when he overstepped his role? Neither do we.
Forget those " bad hombres down there" in Mexico that U.S. troops might take out. Ignore the way National Security Adviser Michael Flynn put Iran " on notice " and the new president insisted , that, when it comes to that country, "nothing is off the table."