Grassley threatens Trump EPA nominees over biofuels mandate

A Republican senator said Tuesday he may seek to block President Donald Trump's nominees for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency unless the administration backs off a proposed reduction in the volume of biofuels blended into gasoline and diesel. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said he plans to speak with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt about the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Look whoa s talking: Ita s President Donald Trump a ” again

By CATHERINE LUCEY and KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON - Reporters were seated in the White House briefing room awaiting an appearance by press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday when a call went out over a loudspeaker to head to the Rose Garden. There was no time to lose: President Donald Trump wanted to talk.

Bergdahl guilty pleas leave room for drama at sentencing

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl returns to the Fort Bragg courthouse after a lunch break on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held by the Taliban for five years, is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. By JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Army Sgt.

Trump: Drug czar nominee pulls his name from consideration

Rep. Tom Marino, President Donald Trump's nominee to be the nation's drug czar, is withdrawing from consideration following reports that he played a key role in weakening the federal government's authority to stop companies from distributing opioids. Marino "has informed me that he is withdrawing his name from consideration as drug czar," Trump tweeted Tuesday.

Bannon boosts Flake challenger, snubs Trump plea to back off

In this Aug. 30, 2016, file photo, former state Sen. Kelli Ward concedes to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during her primary election night party in Scottsdale, Ariz. President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon is boosting multiple challengers to GOP incumbents and the party's preferred candidates in next year's midterm elections /The Arizona Republic via AP) less FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2016, file photo, former state Sen. Kelli Ward concedes to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., during her primary election night party in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Firm behind Trump dossier declines to respond to House panel’s subpoena

"The U.S. political research firm that commissioned a dossier on Donald Trump while he was running for president said on Monday it would not comply with subpoenas issued by the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. Lawyers for Fusion GPS, which hired former British spy Christopher Steele to produce the Trump research, told the committee's Republican chairman, U.S. Representative Devin Nunes, in a letter that the subpoenas were flawed and that nothing in the subpoenas indicated the intelligence committee had authorized him to issue them.

Now is a terrible time for Trumpa s VA secretary to abandon his post

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Portraits of President Trump and Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin on display at VA'scentral office in Washington. A long-awaited overhaul of veterans' health care is being unveiled to the world.

Balance of Power: Trump Pleads for Unity Under Bannon’s Shadow

After all of Donald Trump's efforts to browbeat lawmakers, it's ousted White House strategist Steve Bannon that Republican senators - and the U.S. president himself - actually fear. That was the signal Trump sent yesterday with an impromptu Rose Garden appearance alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in which the president urged an end to Republican infighting.

The Great Undoer

Last week was a banner week for Donald Trump- after the first week of his presidency , perhaps the most productive, at least in terms of raw political accomplishments. The two big headlines, pulling the plug on subsidies in Obamacare insurance markets and tossing the Iran nuclear deal to Congress, are both highly fraught.

DOT to establish pilot program to shape local UAV regulations

The airline industry has broadly welcomed US President Donald Trump's decision to launch a pilot program engaging state and local governments in the development of federal regulations for unmanned aircraft vehicle operations, which seeks to balance local and national concerns. The program is an effort to head off state and local legislation on low-altitude drone operations that could conflict with the FAA's responsibility for safe integration of UAVs into the national ... Subscribing will provide you access to exclusive news, carefully researched airline financial, fleet and traffic data, plus the option to receive our popular, award-winning print magazine.

Weinstein Company says in talks to sell movie studio

HOLLYWOOD: The Weinstein Company announced Monday that Colony Capital had agreed to provide the scandal-plagued studio with financing and that the two parties were in talks on a potential sale. Colony, founded by Thomas Barrack, a longtime friend of US President Donald Trump, will provide an "immediate cash infusion" into The Weinstein Company, the firm said in a statement.

Former GOP Rep. David Jolly: ‘We Might Be Better Off’ If Democrats Win The House

A former Republican lawmaker says the nation might be better off if Democrats win back the House of Representatives in next year's midterm election to help keep President Donald Trump in check. David Jolly , who represented a Florida district, called Trump "unstable" and "risky when it comes to matters of national security" in an interview with MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Monday night.

Trump set for talks with Greek PM

When President Donald Trump sits for talks Tuesday with his left-wing Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras, he'll face a man who last year warned his own citizens that Trump represented an "evil" raft of ideas with no place in western democracy. Now that Trump is President, Tsipras finds himself among the club of world leaders hoping to paper over their election-year criticisms of the billionaire businessman, who is known to carry a grudge and remember even the smallest slight.

Trump hopes ‘crooked’ Hillary will run for 2020 presidential elections

Washington D.C. [U.S.A.] Oct 17 : United States President Donald Trump on Monday said he hoped his crooked political arch rival Hillary Clinton would run for the 2020 presidential elections. In a morning tweet, the President said: "I was recently asked if Crooked Hillary Clinton is going to run in 2020? My answer was, 'I hope so!'."

Conservative group to use JFK to lobby Dems to support Trump tax plan

President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speak to members of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speak to members of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017.

Trump returns favor by campaigning for an early supporter

President Donald Trump waded back into Southern politics on Monday with a campaign appearance on behalf of one of his earliest supporters, South Carolina Republican Gov. Henry McMaster. Trump's appearance at a private fundraiser for McMaster in Greenville came less than a month after the defeat of Sen. Luther Strange, the president's preferred candidate in a Republican runoff for a U.S. Senate seat from Alabama.

Trump, McConnell: No matter what people say, we’re friends

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell reaffirmed their alliance of necessity Monday in a raucous Rose Garden news conference that also underscored their sharp differences. The garrulous president claimed they were longtime friends now closer than ever; the reserved Senate Republican leader allowed that they share goals and speak often.