John McCain is overreaching on Trump’s Australia call
McCain is entitled to decry Trump's terse phone call with Australia, but not to act as though he is the president. Australia is one of America's closest allies in the world.
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A forgotten 1986 novel predicted a terrible Trump-like president
An erratic president causes unprecedented chaos in his first two weeks in office. He lashes out at Australia, threatens to invade Mexico, imposes an anti-terrorism travel ban that makes terrorism more likely, and shoots off angry missives at the New York Times when he should be coordinating a military raid from the situation room.
Report: Trump Berates Australian Leader Over Refugee Deal
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Thursday he had spoken candidly and frankly with U.S. President Donald Trump, but would not confirm a Washington Post report that Trump had berated him over a refugee swap deal and cut the call short. The Post report said Trump had described the call with the leader of Australia, one of the United States' staunchest allies, as "the worst so far."
Clinton will reflect on 2016 race in new book
The former secretary of state, senator and first lady is working on a collection of personal essays that will touch on the 2016 presidential campaign, Simon & Schuster told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The book, currently untitled, is scheduled for this fall and will be inspired by favorite quotations she has drawn upon.
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox gently rebukes Donald Trump over immigrant ban
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Democrats, Teachers Unions Make Final Attempt To Block Betsy Devos
Betsy DeVos testifies before the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee confirmation hearing to be next Secretary of Education on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Senate Democrats, labor unions and civil rights groups voiced their opposition to President Trump's nomination of Betsy DeVos for Seccretary of Education in a joint letter expected to be delivered to U.S. senators Monday, according to the Washington Post .
Inslee calls Trump order ‘cruelty;’ protests at Sea-Tac
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee blasted President Donald Trump's executive order banning people from certain Muslim-majority nations as "unjustifiable cruelty," and about 1,000 pro-immigration protesters gathered Saturday at Seattle-Tacoma Airport. Attorneys from the ACLU and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project said a Somali national was not allowed to enter and two other people were detained at the airport.
Trump and Congress have a lot of power to make changes in D.C. schools
A student walks past a colorful mural at Luke C. Moore Academy High School in Washington, D.C., in Dec. 2016. D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser had just a few minutes to speak to hundreds of thousands of people at the Women's March on Washington.
This Day in Trump, Day 8: Trump international
He hosted his first meeting with a foreign leader, British Prime Minister Theresa May, touting the U.S.'s "special relationship" with that country. He reached a dA tente of sorts with Mexico, after enraging America's southern neighbor with talk of border walls and import taxes.
Southern Illinois group delivers Affordable Care Act support letters to congressman
Marisa Winegar, of Carbondale, poses for a photo Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at Republican U.S. Representative Mike Bost's office in Carbondale. Winegar said she read in The Washington Post that repealing the Affordable Care Act would kill more than 43,000 people each year.
Readers Write (Jan. 20): Women backing Trump, U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis, Meryl Streep, the abortion rate
Sisters-in-law Lisa Paal and Debbie Dodge played bingo at Sticks and Stones Sports Bar in Blaine. Paal sat out the presidential election this year, while Dodge voted for Donald Trump.
Perry says he regrets call to eliminate Energy Department
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How Canada got to own top spot for U.S. presidential inaugurations: Thank JFK
The story of how Canada wound up owning one of the best places to throw a party in Washington. D.C. - where crowds will converge Friday as they always do for presidential inaugurations - begins, fittingly, with a presidential inauguration.
Kuwait Oil Minister: OPEC could extend output cut
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In Trump, man elected by Americans is president theya ll get
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Elaine Chao and me
In late November of last year, I argued that Elaine Chao is an "uninspired choice" for Secretary of Transportation. Today, in its story about Chao's confirmation hearing, the Washington Post quotes generously from that post.
Maryland session opens with calls for bipartisanship – and bickering
Gov. Larry Hogan speaks to the House in Annapolis on Wednesday. He is flanked by House Speaker Michael E. Busch , left, and Lt.
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Jared Kushner, Beware of Jamie Gorelick
More than a few of my Washington allies noticed a seemingly unremarkable bit of news in a Monday Washington Post article that they thought I ought to see. The article concerned Jared Kushner's appointment as adviser to his father-in-law Donald Trump.
TODAYa S Must See: Trump calls Obama to talk about Golden Globes
Donald Trump called Meryl Streep an "overrated actress" on Monday after the three-time Oscar winner publicly criticized him for having belittled a disabled journalist. Her speech received more than a million YouTube views.