Trump, top aides talk trade with Apple CEO Cook at White House

FILE PHOTO: Chief Executive Officer of Apple Tim Cook and Lisa Jackson arrive for the State Dinner in honor of French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File photo Cook, who has urged calm during the recent flare in U.S. trade tensions with China, held private talks with Trump in the Oval Office.

Facebook will not testify at U.S. House hearing on social media

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it has declined an invitation to testify at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing Thursday on filtering practices by social media companies, a company spokesman said. A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo on display in this illustration taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, December 16, 2015.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban cuddle up on Instagram

PICTURED: Bloodied mugshot of former cop, 72, arrested and named by police as the Golden State Killer who murdered 12 and raped 51 over a decade-long reign of terror after DNA links him to four of the killings 40 YEARS on Hillary's aides called the Clinton Foundation 'Chelsea's nest egg', reveals new book whose author is being trolled on Twitter by former first daughter for writing 'fiction' White House says Dr. Ronny Jackson WAS fully vetted because he passed his criminal check and he spends more time with President Trump than 'just about ANYONE' Chain restaurant workers reveal the meals you should ALWAYS avoid ordering for hygiene reasons 'It's like finding a Picasso at a garage sale': 'Fake' coin from California Gold Rush is actually REAL and worth MILLIONS and its owner had no idea Trump's love letter to Melania as he tweets that she did 'spectacular job' of hosting state dinner for ... (more)

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s A Star Is Born trailer gets rave reviews

PICTURED: Bloodied mugshot of former cop, 72, arrested and named by police as the Golden State Killer who murdered 12 and raped 51 over a decade-long reign of terror after DNA links him to two of the killings 40 YEARS on Hillary's aides called the Clinton Foundation 'Chelsea's nest egg', reveals new book whose author is being trolled on Twitter by former first daughter for writing 'fiction' White House says Dr. Ronny Jackson WAS fully vetted because he passed his criminal check and he spends more time with President Trump than 'just about ANYONE' Chain restaurant workers reveal the meals you should ALWAYS avoid ordering for hygiene reasons 'It's like finding a Picasso at a garage sale': 'Fake' coin from California Gold Rush is actually REAL and worth MILLIONS and its owner had no idea Trump's love letter to Melania as he tweets that she did 'spectacular job' of hosting state dinner for ... (more)

Making sense of Kanye West’s head-scratching return to Twitter

The outspoken rapper, who reactivated his account this month after nearly a year away, has managed to excite some fans with announcements about new music while isolating others with philosophical and polarizing messages - including some that have drawn right-wing support. Yep. After deleting his account last May, West returned a little over a week ago with posts about a fond memory with Lamar Odom, his popular Yeezy shoes and tattoo ideas.

Sylvester Stallone asks Trump to pardon late boxer Jack Johnson

President Donald Trump says he's considering a posthumous pardon for boxing's first black heavyweight champion more than 100 years after the late Jack Johnson was convicted by all-white jury of accompanying a white woman across state lines.

James Comey Responds to President Trump’s Tweet Storm Calling for Him to Be Jailed

James Comey slammed President Donald Trump for saying on Twitter that he should be jailed for his actions as FBI Director, arguing that the American people are becoming dangerously numb to the President undermining the key tenants of the United States. "The President of the United States is calling for the imprisonment of a private citizen as he's done for a whole lot of people who criticize him.

Police identify dead shoplifter with heart condition

'He's morally unfit to be President': Comey annihilates Trump in TV interview by saying he 'lies constantly', 'treats women like pieces of meat' and IS 'possibly compromised by Russia' EXCLUSIVE: 'It's no secret that they despise each other!' Ex-security guard for Church of Scientology reveals bitter rivalry between Tom Cruise and John Travolta and how he was given 'the beating of his life' for speaking to celebs Multi-millionaire Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak reveals his simple 'formula for happiness' that he devised aged 20 and claims he was driven more by laughing than by money Trump goes on Twitter tirade against 'Slippery James Comey' calling him the 'WORST FBI Director in history' two days before ex-FBI boss' book is released Former first lady Barbara Bush, 92, is seriously ill with lung disease and heart failure and has decided to leave hospital to be at home as she refuses more ... (more)

Ap Fact Check: Facebook’s reckoning, Trump’s agitation

Facebook's days of reckoning in Washington and President Donald Trump's agitation with perceived political enemies made for a week of grabby headlines from two ubiquitous forces in American life - the social media colossus and Trump's Twitter account. A look at the veracity of some of the claims this past week from Trump in tweets and in the White House, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in two days of congressional testimony and Mike Pompeo in his confirmation hearing to become secretary of state: TRUMP: "I have agreed with the historically co-operative, disciplined approach that we have engaged in with Robert Mueller .

Trump Fires Back At Sharply Critical Book, Calls Comey ‘Slime Ball’

Firing back at a sharply critical book by former FBI director James Comey, President Donald Trump blasted him Friday as an "untruthful slime ball," saying, "It was my great honor to fire James Comey!" Trump reacted on Twitter early Friday, the day after the emergence of details from Comey's memoir, which says Trump is "untethered to truth," and describes him as fixated in the early days of his presidency on having the FBI debunk salacious rumors he said were untrue but that could distress his wife. James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR.

Trump: U.S. will rejoin Pacific trade pact if terms are improved

U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would only join the Trans Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade deal his administration walked away from last year, if it offered "substantially better" terms than those provided under previous negotiations. His comments, made on Twitter late Thursday, came only hours after he had unexpectedly indicated the United States might rejoin the landmark pact, and amid heightened volatility in financial markets as Washington locked horns with China in a bitter trade dispute.

Trump says US will only join Pacific trade pact if terms are improved

U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would only join the Trans Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade pact his administration walked away from last year, if it offered "substantially better" terms than those provided under previous negotiations. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds up the executive order on withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership after signing it in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington January 23, 2017.

Trump tweets about conspiracies he sees behind challenges

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018.