Trump boosts Kobach to disappointment of some in Kansas GOP

Kris Kobach has emerged as the outright favorite to win the GOP nomination in Tuesday's gubernatorial primary after winning an endorsement via Twitter from Donald John Trump South Korea urges Pyongyang to speed up denuclearization process More than a dozen arrested as protesters, counter-protesters clash in Berkeley Trump golfs with Graham at New Jersey club MORE Trump's tweet calling Kobach a "fantastic guy" came just hours before the polls open, and represents the first time the president has endorsed a candidate running against a Republican incumbent in a primary. The unlucky incumbent is Gov. Jeff Colyer , a former surgeon with years of experience in the state legislature, and a far more traditional candidate than Kobach has been.

Donald Trump is Bruce Rauner’s useful idiot-and vice versa

If you want to know why Bruce Rauner doesn't know what to say about Donald Trump , consider the fallout from the president's latest Twitter war juxtaposed with POTUS's proposed capital gains tax cut. One of which got a ton of publicity, the other almost none at all.

The Republican hypocrisy on racism

Right-wing commentators had a field day last week with the news that Sarah Jeong, a young Korean American hired to write about technology for the New York Times editorial board, had a history of attacking "white people" on Twitter. She was predictably pilloried as a racist by the usual suspects - Fox News, the Daily Caller, Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Infowars, etc.

Trump Tower meeting takes new twist as President changes story

Bridgewater, New Jersey: US President Donald Trump on Sunday acknowledged for the first time that a 2016 Trump Tower meeting between a Kremlin-connected lawyer and his son was to collect information about his political opponent. The admission - made via Twitter - casts new light on a moment central to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

Melania Trump shows independence at key moments

First lady Melania Trump's move to distance herself from President Donald Trump's criticism of NBA superstar LeBron James was the latest instance of her quiet but seemingly concerted effort to subtly create space between herself and her husband, careful not to criticize him directly while making clear she does not agree with him. She took to Twitter to announce her disappointment with the Trump administration's policy of forced family separations at the border and later made a pair of trips there to visit the displaced children, a step the president had not taken.

Trump vs. Koch is good for Republicans

President Trump's itchy Twitter finger made waves yet again this week on a wide range of topics, and one of them hit particularly close to home here in Wichita. Trump's two-Tweet tirade early Tuesday morning lambasting the "globalist Koch Brothers" has generated plenty of press, with leftist pundits looking to fan the flames.

House Majority Leader McCarthy Demands Jack Dorsey Publicly Testify on Twitter Shadowbans

On Thursday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy sent a letter to the Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Greg Walden demanding Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey be called in to publicly testify on Twitter's shadowbanning of conservatives. "Any solution to this problem must start with accountability from companies like Twitter, whose platforms have enormous potential to impact the national conversation - and unfortunately, enormous potential for abuse," McCarthy said in the letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden.

Trump urges attorney general to end Russia probe a right nowa

U.S. President Donald Trump appealed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end an investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election, drawing a rebuke from his fellow Republicans in Congress who said the probe must go on. It was Trump's most direct call for his top U.S. law enforcement officer to shut down Special Counsel Robert Mueller's criminal investigation and Democrats promptly accused the president of trying to obstruct justice.

Lawrence O’Donnell: ‘The Trump Brainwashing Is Working’

Lawrence O'Donnell slammed Sen. Ted Cruz and the "brainwashed" others in the GOP who stood silently by as President Donald Trump had his "5th Avenue moment" on Twitter today. O'Donnell was referring to the fact this morning on Twitter, Trump tweeted out this: "This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further.

Trump says Sessions should end Mueller investigation ‘right now’

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, should end special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference, arguing that the ongoing probe is hurting the United States. Although the President has repeatedly criticized the investigation and Sessions' decision to recuse himself from overseeing it, Trump's tweet that his attorney general "should stop" the probe is notable and raises fresh questions about whether the President is attempting to obstruct justice.

Oregon congressional candidate calls Melania Trump a hoebag

Roberts tweeted: 'Did you know the First Lady works by the hour? #thinkdirty #h**bag' in response to someone else's tweet about Mrs Trump A US congressional candidate from Oregon has been slammed for his offensive remarks about First Lady Melania Trump after he called her a 'h**bag' and implied that she was a prostitute. Mark Roberts, who is an independent running for Congress in Oregon's 2nd Congressional district, made the comments about Mrs Trump on Twitter on Monday.

Panic on Team Trump: Is Robert Mueller closing in on criminal conspiracy charges?

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Trump urges end to probe ‘right now,’ setting off new storm

This image from the Twitter account of President Donald Trump shows a tweet on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018 calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end the Russia investigation that raises difficult questions about whether Trump's frequent use of Twitter might be used to build a case of obstruction of justice against him.

Donald Trump threatens to – shut down’ government if Democrats don’t vote for border wall

The President of the United States of America Donald Trump during the joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland on July 16, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump said he's "willing to" shut down the government if he doesn't get the votes he needs on border security.