Trump links border wall, green-card overhaul to DACA

President Donald Trump told congressional leaders on Sunday that his hard-line immigration priorities must be enacted in exchange for extending protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, many of whom were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Trump's list of demands included overhauling the country's green-card system, a crackdown on unaccompanied minors entering the country, and building his promised wall along the southern border.

Trump order to ease insurance rules

Stymied in his efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump is poised to issue an order that could ease some federal rules governing health insurance and make it easier for people to band together and buy coverage on their own, administration officials said Saturday. One official said the directive could move the president a step closer to one of his long-standing goals: allowing consumers to buy health insurance across state lines.

Trump, senator trade online barbs

Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday called the White House "an adult day care center" after President Donald Trump criticized him in several Twitter posts. Setting off a squabble between two leaders of the same party, Trump said in a trio of tweets that Corker "begged" him for his endorsement, did not receive it and decided to retire because he "didn't have the guts" to run for re-election next year.

White House: No wall, no DACA

President Donald Trump's administration released a list of hard-line immigration priorities Sunday that threaten to derail efforts to protect from deportation hundreds of thousands of young illegal aliens, many of whom were brought into the United States as children. The demands include overhauling the country's green-card system, hiring 10,000 more immigration officers and building Trump's promised wall along the southern border.

Corker’s Alarm About Trump Starting ‘World War III’ Is Spot on – And Overdue

In the past year, many left-leaning Americans have had the strange experience of finding themselves vigorously nodding along to a handful of right-wingers with whom then never thought they'd agree about anything. We can now add Tennessee Senator Bob Corker to that list, for the same reason as the rest: He has said something obviously true but politically taboo about the incompetence of Donald Trump.

White House to order health care alternatives

The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system. President Donald Trump has long asserted that selling insurance across state lines would trigger competition that brings down premiums for people buying their own policies.

White House to order expansion of health care options

The White House is finalizing an executive order that would expand health plans offered by associations to allow individuals to pool together and buy insurance outside their states, a unilateral move that follows failed efforts by Congress to overhaul the health care system. President Donald Trump has long asserted that selling insurance across state lines would trigger competition that brings down premiums for people buying their own policies.

AP Source: Blackwater Founder Considering Wyo. Senate Bid

Blackwater Worldwide founder Erik Prince is considering a Republican primary challenge to Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, a senior member of the Senate GOP leadership team, in a race that could pit the party's establishment against insurgents fueled by allies of President Donald Trump. Prince was in Wyoming this weekend to discuss a possible Senate campaign with family members and has been encouraged to run by Steve Bannon, a former top White House strategist to Trump, according to a person who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the private deliberations.

Blackwater Founder Considering Wyoming Senate Bid, AP Reports

Blackwater Worldwide founder Erik Prince is considering a Republican primary challenge to Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, a senior member of the Senate GOP leadership team, in a race that could pit the party's establishment against insurgents fueled by allies of President Donald Trump. Prince was in Wyoming this weekend to discuss a possible Senate campaign with family members and has been encouraged to run by Steve Bannon, a former top White House strategist to Trump, according to a person who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the private deliberations.

Testy tweeting free-for-all between Trump, GOP Sen. Corker

An enraged President Donald Trump and a prominent Republican senator who fears the country could be edging toward "chaos" engaged in an intense and vitriolic back-and-forth bashing on social media Sunday, a remarkable airing of their party's profound rifts. In political discourse that might once have seemed inconceivable, the GOP's foreign policy expert in the Senate felt compelled to answer his president's barbs by tweeting: "It's a shame the White House has become an adult day care center.

Duke professor wins an Emmy for documentary work on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

"The Choice 2016" investigated formative moments in Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's lives through interviews with those who know them best, providing in-depth, trustworthy reporting and powerful new insights at a moment when voters were being bombarded with conflicting partisan stories about each candidate. "The Choice 2016" investigated formative moments in Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's lives through interviews with those who know them best, providing in-depth, trustworthy reporting and powerful new insights at a moment when voters were being bombarded with conflicting partisan stories about each candidate.

President Trump, GOP Sen. Corker Trade Shots on Twitter

In an exchange of jabs, President Donald Trump and a senior Republican senator made personal comments about each other on Twitter on Sunday, the latest example of tensions between the president and senators within his own party a time when the GOP is trying to unify behind a legislative priority. Mr. Trump criticized Sen. Bob Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who had recently suggested there is "chaos" in the White House and said he would not back the GOP tax bill, a top party priority, if it added to the deficit.

Trump: I Was Tossing ‘Beautiful, Soft Towels’

President Donald Trump appeared on Mike Huckabee's new weekend program on the Trinity Broadcasting Network Saturday, where he derided critics who found his behavior insensitive during a recent visit to Puerto Rico. Trump visited the island Tuesday to tour the federal disaster response to this year's deadly hurricane season.

Corker calls White House ‘adult day care center’ after Trump rant

Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, on Sunday called the White House "an adult day care center" after President Donald Trump attacked him in a morning Twitter tirade. Setting off an extraordinary squabble between two leaders of the same party, Trump alleged in a trio of tweets that Corker "begged" him for his endorsement, did not receive it and decided to retire because he "didn't have the guts" to run for reelection next year.

You are so unfunny: Trump slams late night comedians

U.S. President Donald Trump thrashed late night comedians on Saturday, after Fox News' "Fox and Friends" aired a segment accusing late night comedians like Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel of "[taking] a hard turn to the left." Slamming late night comedians and the media on Twitter on Saturday morning, Trump suggested that Republicans aren't given "equal time" to Democrats on television.

Trump zeroes in on 2020 battlegrounds

Trump zeroes in on 2020 battlegrounds - A handful of upcoming races will reveal the president's strategic path to reelection. - President Donald Trump's campaign operatives and other allies have begun surveying the political landscape for his 2020 reelection bid, viewing a handful The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read.

Clinton more widely supported than Trump

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After visit, U.S. Venezuela policy took turn

President Donald Trump's decision to suddenly announce a major change in U.S. policy toward Venezuela in February began with an unexpected Oval Office meeting with Lilian Tintori, the wife of the country's most prominent political prisoner. At the White House to meet Vice President Mike Pence and press the administration to do more about human rights in her home country, Tintori was whisked in to see Trump, who seemed unfamiliar with her story but praised her past as a reality television star in Venezuela's version of Survivor.