Trump lashes out at media in Arizona rally

President Donald Trump mounted an aggressive defense today of his response to a deadly far right march in Virginia, using a rally speech to condemn "dishonest" media coverage of his widely criticized remarks. Trump faced bipartisan outrage after blaming "many sides" for violence at the rally in Charlottesville that took the life of an anti-fascist protester.

Trump unshackled: President defends Charlottesville response at raucous rally

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., August 22, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Protesters leave the scene after Phoenix police used tear gas outside the Phoenix Convention Center, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, in Phoenix.

Donald Trump defends Charlottesville responses, omits reference to ‘many sides’

President Donald Trump waded deep into the culture war Tuesday over Confederate statues -- while revising the very recent history of his own comments. In what amounted to a 77-minute presidential therapy session in front of thousands of supporters, Trump pulled out copies of three of his own speeches and rehashed what he'd said about white supremacists' gathering around a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Trump wona t pardon sheriff; tensions high at rally site

President Donald Trump won't pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio during his visit to Arizona, the White House said Tuesday as supporters and protesters gathered near the site of Trump's latest campaign rally. Outside the Phoenix convention centre, shouting matches and minor scuffles erupted between the two sides.

Bill will force Donald Trump to notify Congress before creating U.S.-Russia cyber security unit

U.S. President Donald Trump would be required to notify U.S. lawmakers before creating a joint U.S.-Russia cyber security unit - an idea that has drawn criticism across the political spectrum - under legislation advancing in Congress. The proposal, if it became law, would be the latest in a series of maneuvers by Congress that either limit the president's authority on Russia matters or rebuke his desire to warm relations with Moscow.

Deported Mexican man seeks help from judge targeted by Trump

Lawyers for a Mexican man who was shielded from being deported will try to persuade a judge who has been a target of President Donald Trump's scorn that the administration wrongly expelled their client from the United States. Juan Manuel Montes, 23, is the first known recipient of the five-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to be deported under Trump, according to supporters.

Analysis: Why recent tax overhaul efforts failed and this one may, too

The last time Republican tax writers unveiled legislation for overhauling the tax code, it elicited this telling response from the Speaker of the House: "Blah, blah, blah, blah." It was February 26, 2014, and the House Ways and Means Committee had just unveiled a tax overhaul discussion draft, with full legislative text and both dynamic and static scores from the Congressional Budget Office.

McMaster Showed Trump Picture Of Afghan Women In Skirts To Sell Troop Increase

President Donald Trump's new Afghanistan strategy is in many ways the product of a trio of former generals who urged him to reconsider his gut feelings and recommit U.S. forces to a long-term presence in the war-ravaged country. Defense Secretary James Mattis, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster - flag officers with battlefield command experience - guided Trump away from his instinct to draw down, warning him about the national security consequences of abandoning Afghanistan to the Taliban and assorted terrorist groups there.

Journalism Prof Torn Up Over Loss Of Gawker: ‘Courage In The Media Needed’

A journalism professor at the University of Maine lamented the loss of Gawker in an op-ed Tuesday, asserting that it is needed now more than ever under President Donald Trump. "Gawker might have been foolhardy, reckless and ultimately self-destructive, but it was also, above all, courageous," Socolow wrote.

Trump commits U.S. to open-ended Afghanistan war; Taliban vow a graveyarda

President Donald Trump committed U.S. troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a decision the Afghan government welcomed on Tuesday but which Taliban insurgents warned would make the country a "graveyard for the American empire." Trump offered few specifics in a speech on Monday but promised a stepped-up military campaign against the Taliban who have gained ground against U.S.-backed Afghan government forces.

North Korea mocks Donald’s Trump’s ‘weird’ tweets

North Korea has condemned US President Donald Trump as a leader who frequently tweets "weird articles of his ego-driven thoughts" and "spouts rubbish" to give his assistants a hard time. North Korea has condemned US President Donald Trump as a leader who frequently tweets "weird articles of his ego-driven thoughts" and "spouts rubbish" to give his assistants a hard time.

Andrew Degrandpre & Alex Horton

President Donald Trump was expected to announce an increase of a few thousand troops in Afghanistan Monday night, taking the reins of a conflict where today 8,500 personnel are mostly focused on buttressing their Afghan counterparts in the face of Taliban and Islamic State gains. The Defense Department, the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development and other agencies have spent $714 billion of war and reconstruction funding since the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001 to bolster education programs, improve infrastructure and increase the competency of Afghan security forces.

Trump calls for unity and love. Then he gets angry

President Donald Trump opened his political rally in Phoenix with calls for unity and an assertion that “our movement is about love.” Then he erupted in anger. He blamed the media for the widespread condemnation of his response to violence at a Charlottesville, Virginia, protest organized by white supremacists.

Match US troop strength to win war in Afghanistan, Trump urges allies

Donald Trump has called on Nato to increase troops and funding for the war in Afghanistan "in line with our own". In an address to the nation from Fort Myer, near Washington DC, on Monday night, the third US president to oversee what is America's longest war said sudden withdrawal would have "predictable and unacceptable" results.