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US President Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama will not attend the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, White House and royal sources told CNN on Tuesday. Trump and first lady Melania were not invited, nor were any other elected US officials, a White House official told CNN.

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During the Monday morning raid, the seized a slew of business records, emails and documents, including documents related to a $130,000 payment to adult film star Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels. Cohen has admitted to personally paying Clifford to keep her quiet about an alleged 2007 affair she had with Donald Trump.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, during a recent visit to Belfast

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have not invited US President Donald Trump to their wedding, but instead have chosen guests they know, it is understood. Former US leader Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are also missing from the guest list but the prince and his fiancee are said to be looking forward to seeing them soon, possibly during an official overseas trip once they are married.

Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen faces 30 years jail for paying porn star

Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen could face 30 years in jail if he is found to have used the equity in his home to have paid off Stormy Daniels, and lied about what the payment was for Donald Trump 's personal lawyer could face 30 years in prison if he is found to have used his home as equity to pay 'hush money' to a porn star who says she slept with the president. Michael Cohen is being probed by the FBI over bank fraud and campaign finance violations, amid claims he used home equity to borrow $130,000 to pay off Stormy Daniels in October 2016.

How Donald Trump’s meeting with Kim Jong-un could go very wrong

President Trump has painted himself into a corner with the proposed Kim summit. Experts say it could go south, fast It's strange to think that more than three years have passed since the Seth Rogen and James Franco comedy "The Interview" caused a real-life geopolitical conflict between the United States and North Korea.

Trump’s troops on the border: It’s bad political theater – and nothing to do with security

Last week, the Fox News-addled grandpa who is legally the president of the United States got riled up, as he is wont to do, by his favorite channel's racist propaganda . "Fox & Friends" depicted a caravan of refugees from Central America as an invading army, rather than a group of people fleeing violence and seeking peaceful lives.

Domestic spending cuts weighed

With the federal budget deficit expanding and congressional elections seven months away, the Trump administration plans to ask Congress for cuts in domestic programs that were part of a bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill that President Donald Trump signed last month. The White House doesn't want to touch extra funding for the military, border security and combating the opioids crisis in a package of proposed cuts it will send to Congress in the coming weeks, according to an administration official, who asked for anonymity to outline the plan.

Trump fumes at Mueller probe after raid on attorney

President Donald Trump has lashed out against special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, branding it "an attack on our country" and exhibiting mounting concern about the yearlong probe after federal authorities raided the offices of his personal attorney. Caught off guard and furious with the encroaching inquiry, the president showed a flare of temper watching cable news coverage of the raid Monday afternoon, summoning lawyers Ty Cobb and Jay Sekulow to get their opinion of what was happening.

Queen jokes about US President Donald Trump and Barack Obama’s noisy…

The Queen and Sir David Attenborough, pictured during a Queen's Commonwealth Canopy event at Buckingham Palace, will appear in a documentary about the project. The Queen has poked fun at the noisy aircraft favoured by US President Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama during a documentary celebrating a Commonwealth environmental project.

Analysis: Tax cuts, spending to raise deficit to $1T by 2020

The combined effect of President Donald Trump's tax cuts and last month's budget-busting spending bill is sending the federal deficit toward the $1 trillion mark next year, according to a new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO report says the nation's $21 trillion debt would spike to more than $33 trillion in 10 years, with debt held by investors spiking to levels that would come close to equaling the size of the economy, reaching levels that many economists fear could spark a debt crisis.

Trump Escalates Mueller Criticism, Calling Probe Attack on U.S.

Donald Trump escalated his criticism of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions following a raid on the office of the president's personal attorney, describing the probe as an attack on the U.S. The FBI raid on Monday, which was approved by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, represents "a whole new level of unfairness" in Mueller's investigation, Trump complained to reporters in a meeting with military leaders. He described Monday's raid as a crime, saying that the FBI "broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, a good man."

Former top U.S. intelligence officials back Trump’s CIA pick

Gina Haspel, a veteran CIA clandestine officer picked by U.S. President Donald Trump to head the Central Intelligence Agency, is shown in th WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel, has received the strong, cross-partisan backing of dozens of former top intelligence officials, according to a letter sent to the Senate Intelligence Committee. "Ms Haspel's qualifications to be CIA Director match or exceed those of most candidates put forward in the Agency's 70-year history," they said in the letter to the committee's leaders that was released on Monday.

Arizona sends 225 troops to Mexico border, more heading soon

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said Monday that 225 members of the state's National Guard were heading to the U.S.-Mexico to support President Donald Trump's call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration. The Arizona troops were being sent after Texas announced Friday it would send 250 National Guard members and helicopters took the first of them to the border.

Exclusive – As elections near, many older, educated, white voters shift away from Trump’s party

Older, white, educated voters helped Donald Trump win the White House in 2016. Now, they are trending towards Democrats in such numbers that their ballots could tip the scales in tight congressional races from New Jersey to California, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll and a data analysis of competitive districts shows.

Trump confers with military about Syria

This image made from video released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a toddler given oxygen through respirators following an alleged poison gas attack in the opposition-held town of Douma, in eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria, Sunday, April 8, 2018. The Civil Defense said patients were having difficulty breathing and burning in their eyes.