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Last week, he tore up his prepared remarks in West Virginia. Now, with a decision on Syria looming and Special Counsel Bob Mueller circling, President Donald Trump is, at least publicly, sticking to a script.
The acting head of the IRS says the current tax-filing season has gone well, while acknowledging the tough challenge the cash-strapped agency faces of administering the new tax law that will affect 2019 returns. Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter told Congress Thursday that some 79 million refunds totaling about $226 billion have been issued as of April 6, averaging $2,900 - up $13 from last year.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he thinks a conversation he had with China's President Xi Jinping has had an impact on U.S. beef exports to China, where American exporters are now selling "a lot" of beef. U.S. President Donald Trump departs after giving remarks during an event in the White House Rose Garden in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2018.
Eight months before the company that owns the National Enquirer paid $150,000 to a former Playboy Playmate who claimed she'd had an affair with Donald Trump , the tabloid's parent made a $30,000 payment to a less famous individual: a former doorman at one of the real estate mogul's New York City buildings. As it did with the ex- Playmate , the Enquirer signed the ex-doorman to a contract that effectively prevented him from going public with a juicy tale that might hurt Trump 's campaign for president.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly condemned as a "witch hunt" a federal probe into possible collusion between Moscow and his presidential campaign, said on Thursday he backed a "cooperative" approach to the investigation. Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017.
Mike Pompeo, the CIA director nominated to be secretary of state, defended the Trump administration's efforts to push back on aggression from Russia at his confirmation hearing Thursday while suggesting more sanctions on Moscow are still needed. Yet he dodged repeatedly when Democrats tried to pin him down on President Donald Trump's handling of the special investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
U.S. President Donald Trump has asked trade officials to explore the possibility of the United States rejoining negotiations on the Pacific Rim agreement after he pulled out last year as part of his "America first" agenda. Farm-state lawmakers said Thursday after a White House meeting with President Donald Trump that he had told his trade representative, Robert Lighthizer, to look into the possibility of getting back into TPP.
The FBI executed lawful search warrants at the office, home, and hotel room of Michael D. Cohen, the personal attorney for Donald Trump, on Monday. Even Cohen himself said the FBI special agents were professional and respectful in the execution of these search warrants.
President Donald Trump has mused publicly about firing Robert Mueller, whose investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign has spilled over to Trump's associates and sparked a separate probe of the president's longtime personal lawyer. Trump tried to oust Mueller at least once, according to news reports, fueling legal debates over whether he really has that authority.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that an attack on Syria could take place "very soon or not so soon at all," arguing he had never signaled the timing of retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack that he had suggested was imminent a day earlier. The president made his latest statement in a tweet Thursday morning.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that an attack on Syria could take place "very soon or not so soon at all!" The president made the statement in a tweet Thursday morning. Trump on Wednesday had warned Russia to "get ready" for a missile attack on its ally Syria, suggesting imminent retaliation for last weekend's suspected chemical weapons attack.
California Gov. Jerry Brown accepted President Donald Trump's call to send the National Guard to the Mexican border, but rejected the White House's portrait of a burgeoning border crisis and insisted that his troops will have nothing to do with immigration enforcement. The Democratic governor broke a week of silence Wednesday by agreeing to contribute 400 troops, though not all will be on the border.
Glencore Plc chief Ivan Glasenberg has lost two of his closest business allies as President Donald Trump's aggressive foreign policy hits home, forcing him to cut ties with billionaires Oleg Deripaska and Dan Gertler. The U.S. actions demonstrate the rising risk from international sanctions for companies like Glencore, which has built a global business by cutting deals with powerful people, and leaves the trader without its key men in two major markets.
Four senators -- two Republicans and two Democrats -- are taking a step to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's job as President Donald Trump has angrily mused about firing him. Legislation offered on Wednesday by Republicans Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democrats Chris Coons of Delaware and Cory Booker of New Jersey would give any special counsel a 10-day window to seek expedited judicial review of a firing.
LONDON/MOSCOW - 12 April 2018: British ministers planned to gather on Thursday to discuss whether to join the United States and France in a possible military attack on Syria that threatens to bring Western and Russian forces into direct confrontation. Prime Minister Theresa May recalled the ministers from their Easter holiday for a special cabinet meeting on how to respond to what she has cast as a barbaric poison gas attack by Syrian government forces on civilians in the formerly rebel-held town of Douma, just east of the capital Damascus.
Trump Allies and House Republicans to Paul Ryan: Get Out Now House Speaker Paul Ryan's retirement announcement Wednesday morning set off a round of heartburn within the White House and among its allies over the damage that may be done in what's left of his term. Trump chooses impulse over strategy as crises mount In a White House known for chaos, the process of developing the U.S. response to the Syrian government's alleged latest gas attack was proceeding with uncharacteristic deliberation, including several national security briefings for President Trump.
Amid escalating global tensions over Syria, President Donald Trump weighed his options for responding -- possibly with military strikes -- to the Syrian government's suspected chemical weapons attack against civilians.
As it did with the ex-Playmate, the Enquirer signed the ex-doorman to a contract that effectively prevented him from going public with a juicy tale that might hurt Trump's campaign for president. The payout to the former Playmate, Karen McDougal, stayed a secret until The Wall Street Journal published a story about it days before Election Day.
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina offered advice for President Donald Trump in light of rumors that he may fire special counsel Robert Mueller. Graham said he believes the recent FBI raid on the home and office of his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is "about Cohen, not about Trump."
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018.