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South Africans along with former U.S. President Barack Obama were marking the centennial of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela's birth on Wednesday with acts of charity in a country still struggling with deep economic inequality 24 years after the end of white minority rule.
Senator Calls For Hearing With U.S. Interpreter In Trump-Putin Meeting - Congress needs to know what Trump "promised Putin on our behalf," says Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. - WASHINGTON Nobody knows what President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin in their private In his prepared remarks, Trump removed a line about bringing election hackers to justice - In preparation for a public statement meant to mitigate the damage from Monday's news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Trump brought four pages of handwritten notes to a meeting with congressional leaders.
Senator Calls For Hearing With U.S. Interpreter In Trump-Putin Meeting - Congress needs to know what Trump "promised Putin on our behalf," says Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
President Donald Trump's trade disputes with China, Mexico and Canada are already eroding the value of American agricultural production, with soybean growers alone expected to lose at least $3.2 billion during the next crop season. But many farmers - including some whose incomes are plunging as exports stall - are sticking by the man they helped vote into office.
US congresswoman Martha Roby has won Alabama's Republican run-off in a mid-term contest that hinged on loyalty to Donald Trump, despite fallout from her previous criticism of the US president. The four-term incumbent will now represent the Republicans on the November ballot, having defeated Bobby Bright, a former Democrat who tried to cast himself as the more authentic Trump ally in the low-turnout Republican contest.
Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to "clarify" his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he had misspoken when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. "The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't, or why it wouldn't be Russia.'
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, left, and Donald Trump. Photo credit: Hutchinson - Staton Breidenthal/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; Trump-Jim Cole/AP President Donald Trump's comments Monday regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin and that country's election interference in the 2016 U.S. elections were "very disappointing," Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday in an interview.
Facing a barrage of criticism from both parties over his comments during a news conference with President Vladimir Putin, Mr. Trump said on Tuesday that he had misspoken about whether Russia had tried to influence the 2016 election. Asked in Finland whether he believed Mr. Putin over American intelligence agencies, Mr. Trump had said: "He just said it's not Russia.
President Donald Trump struggled Wednesday to contain the furor over his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he gave conflicting signals about whether he believes there's any ongoing threat to American elections from Moscow. President Trump struggles to contain firestorm over Putin summit President Donald Trump struggled Wednesday to contain the furor over his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he gave conflicting signals about whether he believes there's any ongoing threat to American elections from Moscow.
The next generation of Air Force One will abandon the planes' traditional color scheme in favor of red, white and blue, President Donald Trump told CBS News in an interview that aired Tuesday , confirming reports about changes to the planes' iconic look . The interview came the same day that the Department of Defense announced that Boeing had secured a $3.9 billion contract to build two new Air Force One planes.
Donald Trump has backed away from his public undermining of American intelligence agencies after he was blistered by bipartisan condemnation in the US. The president said he simply misspoke when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 election that put him in the White House.
In this Sept. 16, 2015, file photo, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson listens as President Barack Obama speaks to business leaders at the quarterly meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington to renew his calls for increased spending in infrastructure, education and scientific research.
The head of the nation's largest electronic spy agency and the military's cyberwarfare arm has directed the two organizations to coordinate actions to counter potential Russian interference in the 2018 midterm elections. The move, announced to staff at the National Security Agency last week by NSA Director Paul Nakasone, is an attempt to maximize the efforts of the two groups and comes as President Donald Trump in Helsinki on Monday said Russian President Vladimir Putin was "extremely strong and powerful" in denying Russian involvement in the presidential election two years ago.
With barely a week to go before the brass-knuckled Republican run-off for governor of Georgia comes to a halt, there are growing signs that the contest is coming to a showdown between the "outsider" wing of the party more closely aligned with Donald Trump and the "insider" or "establishment" faction. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, considered the favorite of the GOP establishment, leads Secretary of State Brian Kemp, widely considered the Trump-style "outsider," by a razor-thin margin of 44 to 43 percent among likely voters in the July 24 runoff, according to a poll from independent firm Cygnal.
U.S. Rep. Martha Roby won Alabama's Republican runoff on Tuesday, fighting through lingering fallout from her years-old criticism of then-candidate Donald Trump in a midterm contest that hinged on loyalty to the GOP president. The four-term incumbent will now represent the GOP on the November ballot having defeated Bobby Bright, a former Democrat who tried to cast himself as the more authentic Trump ally in the low-turnout Republican contest.
After an unusually fractious debate among Republicans about Rep. Martha Roby's fealty to President Donald Trump-which resulted in a bitter runoff for the GOP nomination Alabama's 2nd Congressional District-Roby has defeated former Rep. Bobby Bright to officially clinch a spot on the November ballot. Roby, the four-term incumbent, failed to win a majority of the Republican vote last month, setting the stage for Tuesday's runoff.
WASHINGTON: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is open to the possibility of the first talks since 2015 between the defence chiefs of the United States and Russia, a move that would deepen communication between Washington and Moscow, U.S. officials said. The possibility of talks surfaced after Monday's controversial summit in Helsinki between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which they sought an end to years of strained relations.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands after a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands after a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018.
The U.S. President's visit to the UK divided the nation with many taking to the streets to protest. And one Twitter user has suggested that the Queen herself was conducting a protest of her own with the choice of brooches she wore during Donald Trump's time in England.
Roby is seeking Republican redemption in a runoff election th... . FILE - In this May 30, 2018, file photo, former congressman Bobby Bright speaks in Enterprise, Ala.