As Comey testimony looms, Trump shifts focus to jobs

President Trump is leaning on infrastructure and jobs to lift his political fortunes, with support for other initiatives slipping amid questions about his involvement in a federal investigation into Russian meddling in 2016. A blueprint to modernize the nation's infrastructure, which Trump is unveiling to compete with the highly anticipated Senate testimony of fired FBI Director James Comey, is among the few arrows the president has left in his quiver.

Audacious Macron must succeed lest French rage tear the republic apart

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New Jersey holds governor primaries under shadow of unpopular Christie

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is barred by state law from running for a third consecutive four-year term this year, but the unpopular former Republican presidential candidate remains a central figure in the campaign to replace him. Voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose Republican and Democratic nominees to succeed Christie, whose approval ratings have hit historic lows.

Conservative View: Jennifer Rubin – What is Trump’s possible…

The Washington Post reports: "The Trump administration is moving toward handing back to Russia two diplomatic compounds, near New York City and on Maryland's Eastern Shore, that its officials were ejected from in late December as punishment for Moscow's interference in the 2016 presidential election."

Pittsburgh residents don’t want their city ‘smoky’ again

Residents in Pittsburgh say it's ironic that President Donald Trump name-dropped their city during his announcement on Thursday that the United States was pulling out of a global climate accord. After all, it's stricter environmental regulations and clean energy policies that transformed their once "smoky city" into a beautiful place to live.

Whata s next in US withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, an international pact to work to slow climate change that the U.S. entered last year under an executive order from then-President Barack Obama. While Trump does have the power to pull the U.S. out of the agreement, it will not be able to happen overnight.

Trump says pulling out of Paris climate accord best for US

President Donald Trump has declared he was pulling the U.S. from the landmark Paris climate agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and distancing the country from its closest allies abroad. Framing his decision as "a reassertion of America's sovereignty," Trump said he was "elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris."

Trump on Paris accord: a Wea re getting outa

President Donald Trump announced Thursday his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord, a sweeping step that fulfills a campaign promise while seriously dampening global efforts to curb global warming. Speaking from the White House, Trump said he was open to renegotiating aspects of the agreement, which was inked under his predecessor and which all nations except two have signed onto.

Trump pulls US from global warming accord, to alliesa dismay

WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump declared Thursday he was pulling the U.S. from the landmark Paris climate agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and distancing the country from its closest allies abroad. Framing his decision as “a reassertion of America's sovereignty,” Trump said he was “elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” He said the U.S. could try to re-enter the deal under more favorable terms or work to establish “an entirely new transaction.” But he indicated that was hardly a priority.

Oversight chair seeks more FBI documents in Russia probe

The chairman of the U.S. House oversight committee asked the FBI on Thursday to turn over more documents about former FBI director James Comey's interactions with the White House and Justice Department, including materials dating back nearly four years to the Obama administration. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reported that the FBI is investigating meetings that President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, had in December with Russian officials.

Trump told France’s new President Macron ‘You were my guy’

Trump assures French President Macron 'you were my guy' - after saying before his election that rival Le Pen was 'strongest on what's going on in France' Trump said before the election that Le Pen was 'strongest' on borders and on 'what's going on in France' President Donald Trump told French President Emmanuel Macron that he had been a supporter in his race against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, although Trump's only comment on the race had him hailing Le Pen. Trump told Macron of his views in comments relayed by an official in the French government's office - after a bilateral meeting where the two men engaged in a vigorous handshake that lasted more than five seconds.

The Seth Rich lie, and how the corrosion of reality should worry every American

In two ways that have the power to shock, even in this almost shockproof era, lies are getting plenty of help. InfoWars, that cesspool of destructive conspiracy theories, received a temporary credential Monday to attend White House press briefings.

Trump retains outside lawyer Marc Kasowitz to help with Russia probes

President Trump listens to questions from the media as he met with Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos in the Oval Office last week. President Trump has retained the services of a trusted lawyer, Marc E. Kasowitz, to help him navigate the investigations into his campaign and Russian interference in last year's election, according to people familiar with the decision.

Iran hits back at Trump after Islam speech, Saudi arms deal

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaking at the 53rd Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, February 19, 2017. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Sunday that the United States may be "milking" Saudi Arabia of $480 billion after Washington signed major deals with Tehran's regional rival over the weekend, incluing a $110 billion arms deal effective immediately.

Stay the Course With Rouhani

Hassan Rouhani has won re-election as Iran's president in a landslide, meaning that it is he who will be dealing with an antagonistic US President Donald Trump. What will their relationship mean for the 2015 international agreement that has, for now, frozen Iran's nuclear ambitions? The Iranian nuclear deal was the culmination of a decades-long pas de deux between the United States and post-revolutionary Iran - a push and pull, in which every step forward was seemingly followed by a step back.

[Newsmaker] Iran’s Rouhani: Moderate cleric open to world

President Hassan Rouhani, who won re-election on Saturday, has spent three decades at the heart of Iran's revolutionary establishment but still faces opposition from hardliners for trying to rebuild ties with the West. The 68-year-old cleric, almost always clad in his white turban, repeated his convincing 2013 victory by bringing together moderates and reformists with his pledges to end Iran's isolation and improve civil rights at home.