‘I support him more than ever’: Trump’s ardent backers defend Charlottesville remarks

Many of the men and women who helped elect Trump seem unfazed by the outcry over his statements concerning the Charlottesville violence. SUN CITY, ARIZ.-U.S. President Donald Trump's most ardent champions are sticking by him, happy to absolve him of any wrong in the blame game over the deadly weekend violence at a rally of white supremacists.

President Trump’s ardent backers support him more than ever

Dr. Charles Thomson, 92, of Sun City, Ariz., gets in his golf cart after talking about his support for President Donald Trump, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, in Sun City, Ariz. Dr. Charles Thomson, 92, of Sun City, Ariz., gets in his golf cart after talking about his support for President Donald Trump, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, in Sun City, Ariz.

Crude oil opens new vistas in India-US relationship

Washington: The first shipment of American crude oil is likely to reach India in the last week of September, opening new vistas in the Indo-US ties. With this India, the world's third-largest oil importer, joins Asian countries like South Korea, Japan and China to buy American crude after production cuts by OPEC drove up prices of Middle East heavy-sour crude, or grades with a high sulphur content.

Order to end alien ‘parole’ policy

The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday ended a program begun in 2014 that gave some Central American children and young adults who had failed to qualify for refugee status permission to enter the United States to live and work on a temporary basis, known as parole. The agency said it was doing so in response to President Donald Trump's January executive order on immigration, which directed officials to exercise much more selectively their authority to admit foreigners outside normal legal channels.

Insurers to receive subsidies

The government will make this month's payments to insurers under the 2010 health care law that President Donald Trump still wants to repeal and replace, a White House official said Wednesday. Trump has repeatedly threatened to end the payments, which help reduce health insurance copayments and deductibles for people with modest incomes but remain under a legal cloud.

GOP leaders blast racial hate

The Senate's top Republican on Wednesday condemned the "messages of hate and bigotry" carried by the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacists. But like other top GOP officials, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not criticize President Donald Trump, who said a day earlier that white supremacists don't bear all the blame for last weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Va.

Trump scraps business panels after corporate chiefs quit over Charlottesville

Donald Trump has abruptly abolished two of his White House business councils in the latest fallout from his combative comments on racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Donald Trump has abruptly abolished two of his White House business councils in the latest fallout from his combative comments on racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Citizens of many US allies trust Putin over Trump, poll finds

Vladimir Putin is more trusted than Donald Trump to do the right thing for the world among citizens of numerous US allies, including Japan, South Korea and seven European NATO members, according to a survey released Wednesday. Both leaders scored poorly overall in the poll by the respected Pew Research Center.

Both Bush presidents condemn anti-Semitism in Charlottesville

George W. Bush speaking at a conference at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC, June 23, 2017. Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush issued a joint statement rejecting "racial bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred in all forms."

Raw feelings close to the surface at Fox over Trump remarks

The CEO of Campbell Soup is resigning from a White House jobs panel over comments about racism made by President Donald Trump. Mourners will gather in Charlottesville on Wednesday to honor the woman who was killed when a car rammed into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally.

Survey: Citizens of many US allies trust Putin over Trump

Putin is more trusted than Trump to do the right thing for the world among citizens o... WASHINGTON - Vladimir Putin is more trusted than Donald Trump to do the right thing for the world among citizens of numerous U.S. allies, including Japan, South Korea and seven European NATO members, according to a survey released Wednesday. Both leaders scored poorly overall in the poll by the respected Pew Research Center.

U.S. Allies Trust Vladimir Putin More Than President Trump ‘to Do the Right Thing’: Survey

Vladimir Putin is more trusted than Donald Trump to do the right thing for the world among citizens of numerous U.S. allies, including Japan, South Korea and seven European NATO members, according to a survey released Wednesday. Both leaders scored poorly overall in the poll by the respected Pew Research Center.

What’s ‘alt-left’? Experts say it’s ‘made-up term’

President Donald Trump equated white supremacist marchers in Charlottesville to counterprotesters by calling them "alt-left," prompting an immediate backlash and questions about the term itself. "What about the alt-left that came charging at, as you say, the alt-right, do they have any semblance of guilt ... What about the fact they came charging with clubs in hands, swinging clubs? Do they have any problem? I think they do," Trump said at a news conference Tuesday referring to a rally in Charlottesville that turned violent over the weekend.

Trump goes off notes to blame ‘both sides’ in deadly Virginia clash

President Trump's rhetoric about the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Va., raises new and troubling questions about his ability to lead, even among some supporters. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Aug. 15, 2017.

China urges US, North Korea to ‘hit the brakes’ on threats

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens as he is asked a question about North Korea after he spoke on the release of the 2016 annual report on International Religious Freedom, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, at the State Department in ... Researchers at one of the nation's top federal laboratories have used neutron beams and high-energy X-rays to produce the highest resolution scan ever done of the inner workings of a fossilized tyrannosaur skull. Researchers at one of the nation's top federal laboratories have used neutron beams and high-energy X-rays to produce the highest resolution scan ever done of the inner workings of a fossilized tyrannosaur skull.