Trump turns back to tax overhaul; pitch aimed at truckers
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - President Donald Trump pitched his tax plan as a boost for truckers at an event Wednesday in Pennsylvania, saying, "America first means putting American truckers first."
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EXCLUSIVE: House Intel Committee Ramps Up Probe on Obama ‘Unmasking’
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is ramping up investigation into former President Barack Obama administration's campaign to "unmask" President Donald Trump aides who were incidentally surveilled in meetings with foreign officials, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned. The committee is also intensifying a probe into Fusion GPS, a private "opposition research" company that distributed a salacious memo on Trump, called the "Trump Dossier."
Trump gives remarks on tax reform new
President Donald Trump travels to Harrisburg National Guard Base, where he will make remarks on the topic of tax reform. Trump speech in Harrisburg is to be set against a backdrop of big rigs, with lots of truckers in attendance, according to the White House.
White House: Trump picks deputy chief of staff to lead DHS
In this Aug. 22, 2017 photo, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Deputy Chief of Staff Kirstjen Nielsen speak together as they walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Kirstjen Nielsen as his next Secretary of Homeland Security.
Trump Thuggery: Trump Takes a Page from the Left, Threatens NBC License
As Susan Wright noted earlier , NBC reported this morning that Donald Trump "wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal" - a ludicrous request that appears to be what prompted Rex Tillerson to call Trump a "moron." In typical authoritarian style, Trump is responding by denying the story .
Jules Witcover: Being – unpresidential’ is not grounds to remove Trump
As prominent Republicans fret over Donald Trump's "unpresidential" behavior, that broad and undefined sentiment was aptly summed up by GOP Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, who lamented that the White House has become "an adult day care center." The obvious reference is to the impression that White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly is obliged almost daily to save the president from his own impulsive and habitually childish comments, which often imperil national security.
One of Trump’s closest friends and most loyal advisers offers…
Tom Barrack, a billionaire and friend of President Donald Trump for more than 30 years, expressed dissatisfaction with the commander in chief's rhetoric, particularly when he's fanning the flames of his national base. Barrack told The Washington Post in a story published Wednesday, "I tell him all the time: I don't like the rhetoric."
WH: Sen. Corker ‘Entitled to His Own Opinion, But He’s Not Entitled to His Own Facts’
The White House reacted to Sen. Bob Corker's spat with President Donald Trump on Tuesday by saying the senator was "entitled to his own opinion, but he's not entitled to his own facts" and offered examples of how the president has shown "strong leadership on foreign policy and national security." "Look, Senator Corker is certainly entitled to his own opinion, but he's not entitled to his own facts.
Op-ed: Of storms and morons
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly called his boss, President Donald Trump, a "moron," but we are the real morons - certainly those in Washington, D.C., who allow Trump to so easily mess with our minds. He's at it again by calling in media types for a photo op at a White House dinner he was hosting for his seniormost generals and their spouses.
EPA chief’s action against Clean Power Plan pleases Murray
Even before President Donald Trump's administration actually revokes the hotly contested Clean Power Plan, Murray Energy Corp. officials and environmental advocates are bracing to continue the legal battle that began under former President Barack Obama's administration.
Trump Won’t Get Royal Welcome During UK Visit
U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly making a "working visit" to the United Kingdom in early 2018, but he won't get the customary meeting with the royal family. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May invited Trump to come for a state visit shortly after he took office in January.
Ap Fact Check: Don’t cry for Henry Kissinger
In an offhand remark Tuesday, President Donald Trump professed concern about the foreign policy maven's health insurance bills.
Eminem blasts Donald Trump in new freestyle rap
In this April 15, 2012, file photo, Eminem performs at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. Eminem, in typical fashion, held nothing back in a blistering freestyle rap attack on President Donald Trump aired on Tuesday night during the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
Political gears shift as Feinstein declares re-election bid
That gnashing sound you hear are the political gears shifting in response to Dianne Feinstein's announcement - after months of delay - that she'll seek another U.S. Senate term next year. "I am running for reelection to the Senate," Feinstein declared on Twitter Monday morning.
Trump speech to vilify Iran over nuke deal, non-nuke issues
President Donald Trump plans to deliver a broad and harsh critique of Iran in a speech Friday declaring that the landmark Iran nuclear deal is not in America's national security interests, according to U.S. officials and outside advisers to the administration. Trump's speech from the White House will outline specific faults he finds in the 2015 accord but will also focus on an array of Iran's troubling non-nuclear activities, four officials and advisers said.
Watch Eminem Demolish Donald Trump in BET Awards Freestyle
Eminem tore into President Donald Trump during a ferocious a capella freestyle at the BET Hip Hop Awards Tuesday. Em opened the four-minute deluge with a reference to Trump's disconcerting "calm before the storm" quip then proceeded to skewer the president over immigration, corruption, white supremacy, the NFL, gun control, environmental disasters and more.
Barack and Michelle Obama slam Harvey Weinstein as they reveal they are ‘disgusted’ by him
Former President, Barack Obama has released a joint statement with wife, Michelle condemning movie mogul and long-time-Democrat-supporter Harvey Weinstein . "Any man who demeaned and degrades women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held accountable, regardless of wealth or status.
Exclusive – US warship sails near islands Beijing claims in South China Sea: US officials
A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Tuesday, three U.S. officials told Reuters, even as President Donald Trump's administration seeks Chinese cooperation in dealing with North Korea's missile and nuclear programs. FILE PHOTO: USS Chafee, a US Navy destroyer which operates 100 percent on biofuel, sails about 150 miles north of the island of Oahu during the RIMPAC Naval exercises off Hawaii July 18,2012.
Senators: Trump will likely use Iran nuclear deadline to leverage ‘tougher deal’ new
This week President Donald Trump is expected to openly break with a number of top cabinet officials and refuse to recertify the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, sending the fate of the deal into the hands of Congress .
Iran Hardliners, Pragmatists Show Unity in Response to Trump
A tough line from President Donald Trump has been met by a show of unity from both sides of Iran's political divide, uniting hardliners who cast the United States as an implacable enemy with pragmatists who seek rapprochement with the West. Iran, which has kept up a steady drumbeat of angry statements for days, lashed out again Tuesday, threatening to teach the Americans "new lessons" and keep "all options on the table" if Washington blacklists its Revolutionary Guards.