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Danger of war, Germany warns after Trump’s move on Iran nuclear deal
German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Files BERLIN: If the United States terminates the Iran nuclear deal or reimposes sanctions on Tehran it could result in Iran developing nuclear weapons and raise the danger of war close to Europe, Germany's foreign minister said on Saturday .
If Trump ends Iran nuclear deal, it raises danger of war close to Europe, Germany warns
IF THE United States terminates the Iran nuclear deal or reimposes sanctions on Tehran it could result in Iran developing nuclear weapons and raise the danger of war close to Europe, Germany's foreign minister said. IF THE United States terminates the Iran nuclear deal or reimposes sanctions on Tehran it could result in Iran developing nuclear weapons and raise the danger of war close to Europe, Germany's foreign minister said.
US Republican Senator Bob Corker: – The greatest diplomatic activities we have are with China’
US Republican Senator Bob Corker stepped up his public feud with Donald Trump, saying the US president's undermining of his top diplomat was like castrating him in public. Corker told The Washington Post inan interview that Trump had undercut Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's efforts to enlist China in reining in North Korea's nuclear programme by denigrating the diplomat.
Trump forgets he’s president of US territory
The Virgin Islands don't have a president; they have a governor, Kenneth Mapp, with whom Trump met 10 days ago US President Donald Trump has spoken about another US territory struck by hurricanes as if it's a foreign country. He said in a speech at the Values Voters Summit on Friday that he met with the "president" of the US Virgin Islands.
Trump’s great regulatory rollback
Emissions spew from the coal-fired Morgantown Generating Station on Tuesday in Newburg, Md. Environmental Protection Agency Director Scott Pruitt took steps to repeal President Barack Obama's policy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants last week.
Alison Rowat’s week: Trump waltzing towards anniversary
BRACE yourselves. There is a storm coming this way, one containing a blizzard of opinions, a tornado of stats, and a rolling thunder of analysis, and all to mark a very important milestone.
Republican Senator Corker blasts Trump for ‘castrating’ Tillerson
Republican Senator Bob Corker stepped up his public feud with Donald Trump on Friday, saying the US president's undermining of his top diplomat was like castrating him in public. Corker told the Washington Post in an interview that Trump had undercut Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's efforts to enlist China in reining in North Korea's nuclear program by denigrating the diplomat.
Trump’s Strategy For Toughening Iran Deal Faces Uncertain Future In Congress
U.S. President Donald Trump's call for legislation aimed at toughening the Iran nuclear deal faces an uncertain future in Congress even as leading Republican senators stepped forward to champion the cause. "I am directing my administration to work closely with Congress and our allies to address the deal's many serious flaws so that the Iranian regime can never threaten the world with nuclear weapons," Trump said as he announced steps to try to rein in what he described as Iran's "rogue" activities in the Middle East.
Chris Cuomo Flips Out Over – Emperor’Trump, Gets Schooled on ObamaCare
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo got in a heated dispute, Friday, with Congressman Jim Jordan over Donald Trump ending ObamaCare subsidies. After asking Jordan for his opinion, Cuomo demanded a more liberal answer: "Jim, why arenA t you saying the President is acting like an emperor? And his job is to execute laws that are passed, not write his own and Congress must hold him into account for doing so."
Yes, build the wall
It's time to build the wall - and, in doing so, prevent an estimated 690,000 DACA "Dreamers" from being deported from the United States. It's a fair deal that could be scuttled only by intense and self-serving partisanship from the White House and the Republican and Democratic congressional leadership.
Alabama’s controversial Senate candidate says he has spoken to…
Roy Moore, the former Alabama State Supreme Court justice who is now the Republican nominee for Senate in the state's special election this December, said he spoke to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after defeating the incumbent senator in the primary last month. At the Values Voter Summit on Friday, Moore said he has spoken to McConnell once, telling him that it would be a "hard campaign."
Oregon officials say they sidestepped Trump’s ‘sabotage’ of health insurance market
President Donald Trump signed an executive order early Friday that eliminated cost-sharing subsidies that helped low- and moderate-income Americans afford health insurance. About 50,000 eligible Oregonians stood to lose about $48 million a year in federal assistance.
Ex-congressman: The truth can’t get me fired anymore
Retiring Sen. Bob Corker's recent comments about the White House -- that it's an adult day care center and that President Donald Trump's temperament could set us "on the path to World War III" -- reveal a basic truth about what happens to you when you leave Congress: You get to tell the truth. Many of us who've left elected life feel a sense of liberation, as if our tongues are no longer strapped to the right or left sides of our mouths.
Trump nails Obamacare with decision to cut off billions in subsidies
U.S. President Donald Trump moved to undermine Obamacare dramatically late on Thursday by cutting off subsidies to health insurance companies for low-income patients, sparking threats of legal action and concern of chaos in insurance markets. The decision is the most dramatic action Trump has taken yet to weaken the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, which extended insurance to 20 million Americans.
Trump just made a huge move that could blow up Obamacare
President Donald Trump announced Thursday night that he will end the Obamacare cost-sharing reduction payments, a move that could wreck the law's individual insurance exchanges and send healthcare costs soaring for many Americans. Based on guidance from the Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services has concluded that there is no appropriation for cost-sharing reduction payments to insurance companies under Obamacare," said a statement from the White House.
Border Patrol tests camera-toting balloon
The U.S. Border Patrol is considering a surveillance balloon that can be quickly moved to spot illegal activity, part of an effort to see if more eyes in the sky translate to fewer illegal crossings. Agents in Texas recently finished a 30-day trial of the camera-toting, helium-filled balloon made by Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a small startup that named former Border Patrol chief David Aguilar to its board of directors in January.
Ap Fact Check: Trump vs. Grassley on tax cuts in history
President Donald Trump is going around mischaracterizing his tax plan as the largest tax cut in U.S. history and a Republican senator is calling him out on it. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley tweeted Thursday, as if speaking to Trump, "Ur tax cut will not be 'largest in history of country,'" and proceeded to offer a fact check "my own self."
Trump to halt subsidies to health insurers
In a brash move likely to roil insurance markets, President Donald Trump will "immediately" halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law he has been trying to unravel for months. The Health and Human Services department made the announcement in a statement late Thursday night.
Trump lashes out at Puerto Rico as House passes aid package
President Donald Trump lashed out at hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico on Thursday, insisting in tweets that the federal government can't keep sending help "forever" and suggesting the U.S. territory was to blame for its financial struggles. His broadsides triggered an outcry from Democrats in Washington and officials on the island, which has been reeling since Hurricane Maria struck three weeks ago, leaving death and destruction in an unparalleled humanitarian crisis.