Trump tariffs put GOP on defense in Tennessee’s Senate race

Yet the Republican Senate candidate is struggling to explain President Donald Trump's nascent trade war to her state's local business community. Jack Daniel's whiskey and Jimmy Tosh's hog farm are among those warning that Trump's trade policies - and the Republican candidates who support them - are hurting the very people who backed the Republican president in the first place.

Cohen says Trump knew about 2016 meeting with Russian lawyer – report

Cohen says Trump knew about 2016 meeting with Russian lawyer - r - KXXV-TV News Channel 25 - Central Texas News and Weather for Waco, Temple, Killeen Michael Cohen is claiming President Donald Trump knew about and approved a meeting with a Russian lawyer connected to the Kremlin at Trump Tower in 2016, CNN is reporting . A source told the network Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, alleges that he witnessed Donald Trump Jr. telling his father about the meeting before it happened.

Trump, European Union agree to work out tariffs, avert trade war

President Donald Trump and European leaders pulled back from the brink of a trade war over autos Wednesday and agreed to open talks to tear down trade barriers between the United States and the European Union. But the agreement was vague, the coming negotiations with Europe are sure to be contentious and the United States remains embroiled in major trade disputes with China and other trading partners.

Voter turnout hits around 29 percent for Utah primary, better than 2016

Voter turnout was up for this year's primary election over 2016, especially among Republicans, but it's going to be tough for that trend to continue through the November general election. "Generally, we don't see as high of a turnout during a midterm year as we would a presidential year so we don't get really caught up in trying to compare one to the other," state Elections Director Justin Lee said.

TV mega-deal involving Utah’s Fox 13 likely off; Trump decries decision

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, in Washington. SALT LAKE CITY - A recent decision by the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission will likely scrub the deal that would have led to Salt Lake City's Fox 13 being acquired by 21st Century Fox.

Trump’s attempted ban of transgender military service remains steeped in confusion, chaos

A White House effort to ban transgender people from military service is mired in confusion, chaos and a web of litigation a year after President Donald Trump fired off tweets that ignited the controversy, several lawmakers, advocates and lawyers said Wednesday. For now, a 2016 Pentagon policy to open the military to transgender individuals remains in place, but a Trump administration effort to reverse that plan has created a chilling effect for potential recruits and heightened fears for some servicemembers, some advocates contend.

USDA: President Trump stands by American farmers

USDA: President Trump stands by American farmers Instead of retaliatory tariffs, the correct Chinese response would be to stop their bad behavior: Opposing view Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2uPeJ7l In the Olympics, if opposing athletes continuously broke the rules while the officials let them get away with it, American fans would want our coaches to raise a fuss. That's what has been happening in the arena of international trade, and President Donald Trump is rightly calling out our competitors for unfair play.

Menendez and Pompeo really go at each other over Trump meeting with Putin

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez , the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , went toe-to-toe with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as he grilled him over President Donald Trump 's closed-door meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier this month. At a committee hearing Wednesday, Menendez, D-N.J., kept asking Pompeo what Trump told him about the meeting, which was held without anyone else present except for two translators.

Someone took a pickax to Trump’s Hollywood star and shattered it – again

The Hollywood Walk of Fame star belonging to President Donald Trump has been turned into rubble - the second time in at least the past two years that the symbol has been destroyed. Officer L.P. Knight, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department, said police arrested a man they believe smashed the star with a pickax early Wednesday.

Majority says Donald Trump on the hook for Obamacare’s problems: Poll

Nearly six in 10 Americans say President Trump and his GOP allies are responsible for Obamacare-related problems because they've made changes to the law, according to a poll released Wednesday that frames the public's view on looming political battles. The Kaiser Family Foundation said 58 percent of the public will hold Republicans accountable for turmoil in the insurance markets, while only a quarter say that because President Obama and Democrats passed the law, they should take the blame.

For Sinclair, ruling on TV merger limits is too late for Tribune

A U.S. appeals court rejected on technical grounds a challenge to Federal Communications Commission ownership rules that could ease the path for Sinclair Broadcast Group's proposed purchase of Tribune Media - if the deal goes forward. The Washington-based court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit from opponents without considering its merits, ruling the activist groups that filed it hadn't shown they would be injured by the consolidation at the heart of their case.

MSNBC’s Katy Tur: Fox, Daily Caller Are ‘Not Journalists’ If They Defend Trump

During Monday's edition of MTP Daily, the panel went into full meltdown mode over the announcement that President Trump was looking into revoking the security clearances of a variety of Obama Administration officials. NBC national security reporter Ken Dilanian -- no doubt a willing recipient of Team Obama leaks against Trump -- claimed President Trump had an "amen chorus" of journalists at Fox and the Daily Caller defending him.

Nick Wadhams:

Secretary of State Michael Pompeo will find one of his rare appearances on Capitol Hill rough going today as he seeks to soothe the ire of senators exasperated by President Donald Trump's strategy on everything from Russia and NATO to North Korea. As bipartisan fury over Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin last week reverberates in Washington, Pompeo will hear from senators demanding to know what happened during the president's one-on-one meeting with the Russian president, what Trump meant when he called the European Union a "foe" and whether the U.S. is being duped again by North Korea.

The Latest: Giuliani ‘inventing words,’ Cohen attorney says

The attorney for Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's longtime lawyer, says Rudy Giuliani is "inventing words" as he defends Trump after the release of a tape Cohen secretly made of Trump discussing a potential payment for a former Playboy model's account of having an affair with him. Giuliani, Trump's current lawyer, says he's had an expert enhance the muffled recording.

Andrew Malcolm:

Ex-President Barack Obama emerged from his wealthy isolation the other day to provide South Africa with his colorized view of the world and to discuss the dangers of populism in some unidentified countries.. We'll have to wait more months for the bound wisdom of his memoirs that helped make him so wealthy.

Some GOP lawmakers critical of relief program for farmers

The Trump administration says it will provide $12 billion in emergency relief to ease the pain of American farmers slammed by President Donald Trump's escalating trade disputes with China and other countries. However, some farm-state Republicans quickly dismissed the plan, declaring Tuesday that farmers want markets for their crops, not payoffs for lost sales and lower prices.