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Standing between Donald Trump and Robert Mueller is a little-known Florida lawyer who is leading high-stakes negotiations over whether the president will confront questioning from the special counsel's investigators. Jane Raskin, who was hired by Trump in April, spent most of her career prosecuting mobsters and defending accused fraudsters, extortionists and other white-collar criminals.
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump questioned a report Thursday saying that nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the catastrophic hurricane that hit Puerto Rico last year, calling it an effort by Democrats to discredit him. Trump provided no evidence to back up his efforts to cast doubt on the report, commissioned by Puerto Rico's government, that examined the deaths caused by Hurricane Maria.
Banker Jamie Dimon had said he could defeat President Donald Trump in an election because "I'm smarter than he is." While waiting for Hurricane Florence, Donald Trump mocks Jamie Dimon Banker Jamie Dimon had said he could defeat President Donald Trump in an election because "I'm smarter than he is."
Republicans are crushing Democrats in the advertising to sway the Senate's vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in a no-holds-barred fight. Exclusive: More than 16,200 ads hit airwaves to sway Senate vote on Brett Kavanaugh Republicans are crushing Democrats in the advertising to sway the Senate's vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in a no-holds-barred fight.
Trump administration officials say former Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to undercut U.S. policy when it comes to Iran; Rich Edson reports from the State Department. Former Secretary of State John Kerry is being slammed for conducting shadow diplomacy with Iran after admitting to multiple meetings with Iranian officials behind the backs of the Trump administration -- including over the scrapped nuclear deal.
Donald Trump's tenure as the 45th U.S. president may last another few weeks, another year, or another 16 months. However unsettling the prospect, the leaky vessel that is the S.S. Trump might even manage to stay afloat for a second term.
As Hurricane Florence bore down on the U.S. on Thursday, President Donald Trump angrily churned up the devastating storm of a year earlier, disputing the official death count from Hurricane Maria and falsely accusing Democrats of inflating the Puerto Rican toll to make him "look as bad as possible." Public health experts have estimated that nearly 3,000 perished because of the effects of Maria.
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President Donald Trump says protecting lives is his "absolute highest priority" as Hurricane Florence, now a Category 2 storm, sets its 40-kilometers-wide eye on the southeastern U.S. coast. "We'll handle it.
As a major hurricane menaces the East Coast, Congress is moving to avert a legislative disaster that could lead to a partial government shutdown just weeks before the November midterm elections. Senators approved a $147 billion package Wednesday night to fund the Energy Department, veterans' programs and the legislative branch.
By the end, Sen. John McCain had rejected President Donald Trump. The president was so infuriated by McCain he put a biting reference to the dying Republican senator in his stump speech.
President Donald Trump talks about Hurricane Florence following a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.
This undated booking photo provided by the Alameda County, Calif., Sheriff's Office shows Farzad Fazeli. Authorities say Fazeli tried to attack a Republican political candidate with a switchblade in the San Francisco Bay Area shouted profanities about President Donald Trump and the Republican party before the assault.
Speaking Wednesday at Mill Steel Company, Vice President Mike Pence touted the economic impact of federal tax cuts, praised the Trump administration's efforts to bolster domestic steel production and paid tribute to late Amway co-founder Rich DeVos. "When it comes to small business America, when it comes to steel America, you have a champion in president Donald Trump," Pence said, later highlighting that Mill Steel doled out $1,000 bonuses to 400 employees following the passage of Republican-backed federal tax cuts in December.
Rhode Island's governor is the latest Democrat to face a challenge from the party's left-wing flank ahead of November elections as voters headed to the polls on Wednesday for the second-to-last nominating race of the year. FILE PHOTO: Democratic candidate for Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo speaks at a campaign rally with United States first lady Michelle Obama in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., October 30, 2014.
The Jewish new year celebration, Rosh Hashanah, began Sunday night, and for most observant adherents it is meant to kick off a period of often personal reflection. But one religious leader took the holiday as an opportunity to send a message to a man who he said was a former congregant: presidential adviser Stephen Miller.
Fueling speculation about his White House ambitions, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker will headline a Democratic fundraiser in South Carolina, which hosts the South's first presidential primary. The Orangeburg County Democratic Party told The Associated Press that Booker is scheduled to attend its annual fundraising gala Oct. 18. That will put him in front of more than 1,000 South Carolina Democrats, including many of the state's most prominent black leaders and activists.
Well before Donald Trump was elected President, and long before Fox News signed on as his de facto defense attorney, we knew who he was. He shamelessly scammed cash-strapped students who enrolled in Trump University.