When Hitler met Hoover and eight other instances dictators scored presidential face time

In this May 24, 2018, file photo, people watch a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. President Donald Trump's slapdash, on-again-off-again summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday will hand the North Korean dictator a diplomatic coup that his father and grandfather never achieved.

For all his deals, Donald Trump has never faced an adversary quite like Kim Jong Un

Becoming the first North Korean leader to meet with a sitting U.S. president, Kim has proved to his people that he is a force the Americans have to reckon with SINGAPORE - President Donald Trump has imagined himself at the centre of high-stakes nuclear negotiations since at least the mid-1980s, when he tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade the Reagan administration that it needed a New York real estate deal-maker to lead arms-control talks with the Soviet Union. When, in 1989, he ran into the man who filled that job for President George H.W. Bush, he had a bit of negotiating advice: Arrive late, poke your finger into your adversary's chest and swear at him with a vulgar insult, he told Richard R. Burt.

‘Special place in hell’: Trump’s top advisers accuse Trudeau of betrayal

A generation after Richard Nixon called Justin Trudeau's father an "asshole," Donald Trump's administration broke new ground in American political trash talk Sunday when a presidential adviser said there's a "special place in hell" for Canada's current prime minister. The insult came in one of two blistering attacks by Trump's top aides for what they saw as Trudeau's betrayal of the president at the end of the weekend's G7 summit.

Trump takes more swipes at Canada after arrival in Singapore

President Donald Trump took more swipes at Canada and its prime minister over trade issues as he settled in for a summit with North Korea in Singapore, contending that "Fair Trade is now to be called Fool Trade if it is not Reciprocal." Trump roiled the weekend Group of Seven meeting in Canada by agreeing to a group statement on trade only to withdraw from it while flying to Asia.

Trump, White House advisers blast Canada’s Trudeau in brutal aftermath of G-7 summit

President Donald Trump left America's closest allies dismayed Sunday after he yanked the U.S. endorsement of a Group of Seven economic agreement and then unleashed a Twitter attack - echoed by further harsh criticisms from his White House advisers - on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trump's actions deepened the divide between the United States and its allies, and European leaders Sunday expressed shock and resignation at this latest sign that the president is eager to defy diplomatic norms and blow up trade relationships that have been strong for decades.

Heitkamp says it’s not all about resisting Trump Source: AP

That's what the North Dakota Democrat in one of the most Donald Trump-friendly states says, though it would seem she also doesn't have that luxury of avoiding the resistance. The first-term U.S. senator, among the most vulnerable in her party seeking re-election this year, is maneuvering herself at once as an ally of the Republican president on policy, and a polite opponent at other times.

Immigration firm seems to thrive after Trump lawyer’s help Source: AP

AT&T and drug giant Novartis got nothing but bad publicity when they asked Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen for help with business, but a Florida immigration firm that tapped him appears to have gotten nearly everything it wanted. When Nicholas Mastroianni II hooked up with Cohen last year, his business was threatened by a looming regulatory crackdown on the federal EB-5 program that offers foreigners permanent residency visas if they invest in certain U.S. real estate projects.

Democrats inch left in some swing districts for midterms

In this May 22, 2018, file photo, Clarke Tucker talks to supporters after winning the District 2 U.S. House Democratic primary at Cotham's in the City in Little Rock. Democrats typically aren't embracing their most liberal options in House districts that'll determine which party controls Congress after the November midterms, but candidates will test how liberal the party can go and still win among GOP-leaning voters.

Now a candidate, Romney appears to embrace Trump presidency Source: AP

With the sun setting over his shoulder, the former Republican presidential nominee and would-be senator tells his audience, gathered on the patio of a resort, that President Donald Trump will win a second term. Romney also says that annual $1 trillion deficits under Trump are "highly stimulative."

Heitkamp says it’s not all about resisting Trump

FILE - In this March 17, 2018, file photo, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., arrives for the state Democratic party convention in Grand Forks, N.D. Heitkamp, in one of the most challenging Senate re-election races this yea... That's what the North Dakota Democrat in one of the most Donald Trump-friendly states says, though it would seem she also doesn't have that luxury of avoiding the resistance. The first-term U.S. senator, among the most vulnerable in her party seeking re-election this year, is maneuvering herself at once as an ally of the Republican president on policy, and a polite opponent at other times.

Malaysia PM urges TPP ‘renegotiation’

Malaysia's newly-elected prime minister called Monday for the Trans-Pacific Partnership to be "renegotiated," and urged protection for small countries in international trade. Malaysia, along with 10 other countries, pushed ahead with the TPP in March despite Donald Trump having yanked the United States out of the huge multilateral trade deal.

Iran, spurned by U.S., angrily watches as Trump prepares to talk to North Korea

For Iran, the so-called "Axis of Evil" has boiled down to a party of one, as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares for direct talks with North Korea. With former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein overthrown and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un now preparing for a planned summit in Singapore with Trump, Iran remains the last renegade among former President George W. Bush's grouping of nations opposed to the U.S. For those in Tehran, whether hard-liners, reformists or people simply trying to get by in Iran's worsening economy, it's head-spinning, especially after seeing Trump pull America out of the nuclear deal with world powers.

The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider’s Guide to Trump’s Tactics

Donald Trump is scheduled to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Tuesday in Singapore after a year of turbulent foreign-policy maneuvers built on the U.S. president's willingness to take outsize risks. He has riled European leaders by quitting the international nuclear deal with Iran , is threatening tariffs and other punitive trade measures against allies and is contemplating a summit with a perennial U.S. adversary, Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Latest: Official NKorean media tell nation summit is on

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana or presidential palace on Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Singapore. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks towards Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during their bilateral meeting at the Istana or presidential palace on Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Singapore.

US blames Canada for G7 fiasco, says Trudeau ‘stabbed us in the back’

The US blamed Canada on Sunday for the disastrous ending to the G7 summit, saying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "stabbed us in the back," while American allies held Washington responsible. Just minutes after a joint G7 communique was published Saturday in summit host city Quebec, President Donald Trump launched a Twitter broadside, taking exception to comments made by Trudeau at a news conference and saying he had instructed US representatives not to endorse the joint communique.

a Oceana s 8a opens with franchise-best $41.5M to top weekend

"Ocean's 8," the female-fronted overhaul of the starry heist franchise, opened with an estimated $41.5 million at the box office, taking the weekend's top spot from the fast-falling "Solo: A Star Wars Story." At a lower price point and in less fanboy-guarded franchise, "Ocean's 8" - despite ho-hum reviews - found nothing like the stormy reception than the female-led "Ghostbusters" reboot did on the same weekend two years ago.