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President Donald Trump could scarcely have done better, from a conservative viewpoint, than nominating federal appellate judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. Liberals too, if not driven by mindless opposition, can also find much to admire in his character and approach to the law.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Thursday he had spoken candidly and frankly with U.S. President Donald Trump, but would not confirm a Washington Post report that Trump had berated him over a refugee swap deal and cut the call short. The Post report said Trump had described the call with the leader of Australia, one of the United States' staunchest allies, as "the worst so far."
Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens, a 36-year-old from Peoria, was the first known U.S. combat casualty since Trump took office less than 2 weeks ago. More than half a dozen militant suspects were also killed in the raid on an al-Qaida compound and three other U.S. service members were wounded.
It is a mark of Steve Bannon's extraordinary sway in the Trump White House that a man who has spoken so little in public over the past two weeks is getting so much credit - and blame - for what's going on. The conservative media executive's fingerprints are on virtually every significant move taken by President Donald Trump, from Trump's sweeping order to suspend the country's refugee program and block visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries to the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
The Trump administration is working to scrap a program to fight extremism in favor of one focusing on "radical Islamic extremism," a source familiar with deliberations in the White House said Wednesday. The Countering Violent Extremism program connects law enforcement officials with Muslim-American groups and was launched by President Barack Obama's administration.
President Donald Trump's Muslim ban could backfire and increase the threat of extremist attacks in the United States, US experts said on Tuesday, despite the US president citing alleged terror concerns to cement the controversial order. Recent terror strikes both in the US and Europe were carried out by citizens of the target countries, or of nations not included in the ban which covers Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, the experts noted.
National security adviser General Michael Flynn delivers a statement daily briefing at the White House in Washington US, February 1, 2017. Photo: Reuters The White House put Iran "on notice" on Wednesday for test-firing a ballistic missile and said it was reviewing how to respond, taking an aggressive posture toward Tehran that could raise tensions in the region.
In this May 8, 2016, file photo, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. Turnbull said Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 that U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed during a weekend telephone conversation to keep an Obama administration promise to resettle an undisclosed number of mostly Muslim refugees held on the impoverished nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Wednesday announced plans to visit Washington and shore up ties with Germany's closest ally outside Europe, days after a key aide to U.S. President Donald Trump launched fresh attacks on Berlin's policies. Gabriel said he looked forward to a "good, open and friendly" dialogue with Rex Tillerson, confirmed as Trump's secretary of State on Wednesday by the U.S. Senate, and said Germany was seeking answers about the new U.S. administration's foreign policies, its relationship to the NATO alliance and other key issues.
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-AL, testified on Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination for attorney general in the Donald Trump administration. "I can be trusted to do what I say I will do," Sessions said.
Assuming the somber duties of commander in chief, President Donald Trump made an unannounced trip Wednesday to honor the returning remains of a U.S. Navy SEAL killed in a weekend raid in Yemen. Chief Special Warfare Operator William "Ryan" Owens, a 36-year-old from Peoria, Illinois, was the first known U.S. combat casualty since Trump took office less than two weeks ago.
Beyonce, Tim Tebow or the Norse god Thor for prez? Those were some of Florida's more unusual picks for president this past election. And the number of Florida voters who didn't cast a vote for either Donald Trump , Hillary Clinton or any other valid contender spiked in 2016, apparently in protest over the ballot choices.
AT A made-for-television event on January 31st, Donald Trump announced he would nominate Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Antonin Scalia. Mr Gorsuch is both widely respected and solidly conservative.
"The amount of energy I am seeing is like nothing I've ever seen," said Democratic Chairman David Pepper, recounting what he sees as a rebound since the election of Donald Trump nearly three months ago. The Cincinnati attorney said he's getting interest from Democrats already wanting to run for Congress next year, and they are better qualified than many of the party's past candidates.
Assuming the sombre duties of commander in chief, President Donald Trump made an unannounced trip Wednesday to honour the returning remains of a U.S. Navy SEAL killed in a weekend raid in Yemen. Chief Special Warfare Operator William "Ryan" Owens, a 36-year-old from Peoria, Illinois, was the first known U.S. combat casualty since Trump took office less than two weeks ago.
The alarming headlines came quickly on Wednesday morning: "Now It's Getting Serious: 2017 Could See a Bacon Shortage". "Nation's bacon reserves hit 50-year low as prices rise".
What previously appeared to be a near-certain chance of Betsy DeVos becoming President Donald Trump's education secretary took a hit Wednesday as two Republican U.S. senators said they would vote against her. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska delivered statements from the floor of the U.S. Senate saying they could not support DeVos' nomination, questioning both her experience and commitment to public schools.
Following President Donald Trump's decision to preserve employment protections for LGBT federal workers and contractors originally put in place by an executive order from former president Barack Obama, one of New Jersey's gay lawmakers is calling the move a distraction from the widespread anti-gay sentiment among his cabinet and prospective appointees. General Assemblyman Tim Eustace said that Trump's executive order barring refugees, immigrants and green card holders from certain Muslim countries stands in stark contrast to his decision not to take away Obama's guarantee to LGBT federal employees that they will not be fired for their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Versatile British actor John Hurt passed on January 27 at the age of 77. Critics hailed his performances in films such as A Man for All Seasons , Alien and The Elephant Man . John Hurt was willing to take risks, just like the character he played in Night Crossing , the adaptation of a true story.
President Donald Trump signs three executive actions in the Oval Office on January 28, 2017 in Washington, D.C. The actions outline a reorganization of the National Security Council, implement a five year lobbying ban on administration officials and a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying for a foreign country and calls on military leaders to present a report to the president in 30 days that outlines a strategy for defeating ISIS. But seriously, the oddest thing about this stor y is it seems the reporter stood by and watched as a woman wrote "pussy" in Spanish on a Trump-owned Southern California golf club while a man took a leak in some Trump bushes.