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White nationalist Richard Spencer reacted to the US president's belated condemnation of white supremacist groups, claiming the remarks were "not terribly different" from earlier ones that drew criticism for failing to condemn hate groups. President Donald Trump walks out of the elevator to speak in the lobby of Trump Tower, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 in New York.
President Donald Trump has defended his response to Saturday's racially-charged protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, in a winding, combative exchange with reporters that at times mischaracterized the message and purpose of event. In his remarks, Trump described the rally as largely over the removal of a Confederate monument, although an organizer billed it as pushback against the "anti-white climate."
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a statement on the deadly protests in Charlottesville, at the White House in Washington, U.S. August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Heather Heyer died after a car rammed into a group of counter-protesters at a white nationalist march in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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.
President Donald Trump defiantly blamed "both sides" for the weekend violence between white supremacists and counter-demonstrators in Virginia, seeking to rebuff the widespread criticism of his handling of the emotionally-charged protests while showing sympathy for the fringe group's efforts to preserve Confederate monuments. In doing so, Trump used the bullhorn of the presidency to give voice to the grievances of white nationalists, and aired some of his own.
It took President Donald Trump two days to do what both Republicans and Democrats said should have come fast and easy. In his carefully worded statement Monday, Trump condemned members of the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis and white supremacists as It was the type of statement Americans have come to expect from their presidents after racially charged incidents, like the deadly violence that erupted Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The mayor in the Mormon stronghold of Provo won a three-way Republican primary Tuesday in the race to replace former Rep. Jason Chaffetz, putting him on track to clinch the congressional seat in the general election in the overwhelming GOP district. John Curtis pulled off the win despite being dogged by attack ads from deep-pocketed outside groups in a race whose three candidates were emblematic of the divisions roiling the GOP under President Donald Trump.
The president told us what he really thinks about the Charlottesville violence: 'You had a lot of bad people in the other group too' Forced on Monday to call out white supremacists and the KKK to quell the rising din among civilized people in this country, the president had to fight back. So he came down that elevator in Trump Tower on Tuesday, and told us his truth about the violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia: "You had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists, okay? And the press has treated them absolutely unfairly.
Jimmy Kimmel opened his ABC late night show on Tuesday talking about President Donald Trump 's astonishing news conference hours earlier, at which "he opened his mouth and all matter of stupid came out. I wouldn't be lying if i said I would feel more comfortable if Cersei Lannister was running this country."
When President Donald Trump's supporters rail against efforts to rein in his unpredictable, provocative behavior, they often call on White House aides, news reporters and Republicans in Congress to "let Trump be Trump."
Combative and insistent, President Donald Trump declared anew Tuesday "there is blame on both sides" for the deadly violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, appearing to once again equate the actions of white supremacist groups and those protesting them. The president's comments effectively wiped away the more conventional statement he delivered at the White House a day earlier when he branded members of the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists who take part in violence as "criminals and thugs."
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has signed a new executive order intended to make more efficient the federal permitting process for construction of transportation, water and other infrastructure projects without harming the environment.
A key member of President Donald Trump's National Diversity Council called on White House chief strategist Steve Bannon to resign following the president's belated response to violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. On Tuesday, Javier Palomarez, the president and CEO of the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, called Trump's response to Charlottesville "shallow, belated and feckless," saying that it made sense why a number of high-profile CEOs let Trump's manufacturing council following the statement.
People buying individual health care policies would face sharply higher premiums, and some may be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to stop "Obamacare" payments to insurers, congressional experts said Tuesday. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office also estimated that cutting off the payments would add $194 billion to federal deficits over a decade.
A fourth business leader resigned Tuesday from President Donald Trump's White House jobs council in the latest sign that corporate America's romance with Trump is faltering following his equivocal original response to violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia. The parade of departing leaders now includes the chief executives for Merck, Under Armour and Intel and now the president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing.
I have been deeply disturbed about the climate and events that have transpired in our nation, including those in Charlottsville, Va., this past weekend. The Gospel of John states, "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it" .
A White House official told The New York Times that the 'toon was posted inadvertently, deleted as soon as it was noticed. President Trump falls for fake news, retweets altered Gary Varvel political cartoon A White House official told The New York Times that the 'toon was posted inadvertently, deleted as soon as it was noticed.
Centene Corp, one of the largest players in the Obamacare individual insurance market, will offer Obamacare plans in 14 rural counties of Nevada in 2018, the Nevada Independent reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Nevada was left without insurance coverage after U.S. health insurer Anthem Inc said last week it would pare back its Obamacare offerings in the state exchange next year.
Could America's first CEO president lose America's CEOs? It was a question that came to the fore again Monday when first Merck's Kenneth Frazier, then Under Armour's Kevin Plank and Intel's Brian Krzanich stepped down from a White House business group set up to advise Donald Trump. On Tuesday, Scott Paul, the president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, said he was stepping down, because it was "the right thing for me to do."
Thousands of protesters gathered outside of Trump Tower Monday night as the president returned to his New York City skyscrapper for the first time since he took office in January. Protesters on Fifth Ave. in New York City shouted "Shame! Shame! Shame!" as President Donald Trump returned to Trump Tower Monday night for the first time since he took office in January.