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Trump commits U.S. to open-ended Afghanistan war; Taliban vow a graveyarda
President Donald Trump committed U.S. troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a decision the Afghan government welcomed on Tuesday but which Taliban insurgents warned would make the country a "graveyard for the American empire." Trump offered few specifics in a speech on Monday but promised a stepped-up military campaign against the Taliban who have gained ground against U.S.-backed Afghan government forces.
President Donald Trump leaves for vacation in Bedminster, New Jersey, …
President Donald Trump, admitting he came into office wanting to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, said Monday he had changed his mind and had approved an open-ended military commitment to prevent terrorist safe havens there. In a televised prime-time speech Monday night before an audience of troops at Fort Myer, across the Potomac River from Washington in Virginia, the president told the nation that the "immense" security threats from South Asia dictated that the United States remain involved after nearly 17 years in Afghanistan.
I warned of right-wing violence in 2009. It caused an uproar. I was right.
Here's why you can't ignore violent right-wing extremists when it comes to domestic terrorist attacks. Eight years ago, I warned of a singular threat - the resurgence of right-wing extremist activity and associated violence in the United States as a result of the 2008 presidential election, the financial crisis and the stock market crash.
Trump returns to Twitter, but steers clear of Charlottesville fallout
President Donald Trump returned to Twitter on Friday, declaring “radical Islamic Terrorism must be stopped” on the heels of the deadly van attack in Spain. The president steered clear, however, of the controversy stirred by his responses to violence at a white supremacists' rally last weekend in Virginia.
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Trump's presidency is 'over' says Steve Bannon as he declares war on his enemies by going back to Breitbart hours after being fired and boasts: 'I've got my hands on my old weapons' Three girls under the age of ten are found gruesomely killed inside Maryland home in one of the most horrific crimes state police have ever seen Indiana girl, 17, high on opiates crashed her car with five children inside into a home at 107mph and killed two sisters, 17, and eight, while they watched TV Mayor of Charlottesville demands removal of 'lightning rod' statue of General Robert E. Lee after deadly protest - but the state's Democrat Governor DENIES the request as legal battle continues San Francisco father of three, 43, is killed on his HONEYMOON by Barcelona terrorist after becoming separated from his wife while souvenir shopping 'CEO of Purple Drank' is sentenced to 30 years in prison for armed drug ... (more)
Trump. aides struggle for new strategy for Afghan war
President Donald Trump and his top national security aides huddled in the seclusion of Camp David on Friday, trying to formulate an effective new Afghanistan strategy after 16 frustrating years of war. The administration has struggled for months to fashion a plan for turning around the stalemated war.
Obama quietly shows up Trump in tweet to Barcelona victims
Obama quietly shows up Trump with heartfelt tweet and hug to Barcelona terror victims - after president sparks outrage over his 'blood-soaked bullets' response to the atrocity Trump referenced a false story about beating Islamic terrorism by shooting Muslims with bullets dipped in pigs' blood in a tweet shortly after the attack Fourteen people were killed after a van mowed down pedestrians in Barcelona, Spain, in what local authorities said was an act of terror on Thursday Former President Barack Obama issued a heartfelt statement on Twitter in the wake of the Barcelona terror attack - a day after Donald Trump used a debunked story to apparently endorse the idea of mass executions for Islamist extremists in his own comments.
The Latest: Trump says ‘Radical Islamic Terrorism’ must end
Confederate statues taken down, Confederate memorials covered up and public debates over Confederate symbols rage across the country in the wake of deadly violence at a white nationalist rally in Virginia. They wash their hands of neo-Nazis and wag their fingers at leftists.
House panel to hold hearing on white supremacist threat
The U.S. House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing next month about threats from extremist groups, including domestic terrorism, following a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend. The panel's chairman, Republican Representative Michael McCaul, announced the Sept.
Washington’s response to Charlottesville attack: three questions
President Trump is returning to Washington today as both Democrats and Republicans push him to take a stronger stand against white nationalist violence. President Trump waves as he walks from Marine One to board Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., on his way back to Washington on Monday morning, Aug. 14, 2017.
Pressure mounts on Trump to condemn white supremacists
As President Donald Trump remained out of sight, pressure mounted from both sides of the aisle for him to explicitly condemn white supremacists and hate groups involved in deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. Trump, who has been at his New Jersey golf club on a working vacation, was set to make a one-day return to Washington on Monday to sign an executive action on China's trade practices.
Jeff Sessions: Trump’s Charlottesville Response Was A ‘Strong Statement’ Against White Supremacy
Trump hasn't personally denounced Nazism since a white nationalist rally devolved into chaos and violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, this weekend. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday that a deadly vehicular attack against a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend qualified as "domestic terrorism" - and that President Donald Trump did an adequate job of condemning it.
Trump remains silent on Charlottesville white supremacists in return to Washington
The U.S. president was set to make a one-day return to Washington on Monday, but he will likely be unable to escape questions and criticism for his initial response to the violence. U.S. President Donald Trump was heavily criticized for his response to the Charlottesville violence, in which he blamed bigotry on "many sides."
White House: What Trump really meant to say about Charlottesville
The White House on Sunday sought to quell criticism of President Trump's failure to denounce by name the white supremacists behind a spate of violence in Charlottesville, a response that associates said was based largely on Trump's own read of the hate-fueled melee with counterprotesters. In a statement, and through aides appearing on Sunday talk shows, the White House defended Trump's general public condemnation Saturday of the events that led to three deaths and dozens of injuries in the picturesque college town in Virginia.
Trumpa s tepid statement on Virginia violence evokes widespread criticism
Rescue personnel help injured people after a car ran into a large group of protesters after an white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nationalists were holding the rally to protest plans by the city of Charlottesville to remove a statue of Confederate Gen.
White House scrambles to explain Trump’s response to white supremacist violence
The White House scrambled Sunday to elaborate on President Donald Trump's response to deadly, race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, as he came under bipartisan scolding for not clearly condemning white supremacists and other hate groups immediately after the altercations. As the chorus of criticism grew, White Houses aides were dispatched to the morning news shows, yet they struggled at times to explain the president's position.
Trump faulted for not explicitly rebuking white supremacists new
President Donald Trump is drawing criticism from Republicans and Democrats for not explicitly denouncing white supremacists in the aftermath of violent clashes in Virginia , with lawmakers saying he needs to take a public stand against groups that espouse racism and hate. Trump, while on a working vacation at his New Jersey golf club, addressed the nation Saturday soon after a car plowed into a group of anti-racist counter-protesters in Charlottesville, a college town where neo-Nazis and white nationalists had assembled for march.
Ivanka Trump calls out ‘white supremacy’
Ivanka Trump issues direct condemnation of 'white supremacy and neo-nazis' On Saturday afternoon, President Trump condemned the violence but blamed "many sides." Check out this story on CurrentArgus.com: https://usat.ly/2wUnLhH Ivanka Trump denounced the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia - hours after chaos took over the streets during a white supremacist rally.
Trump faulted for not explicitly rebuking white supremacists
President Donald Trump is drawing criticism from Republicans and Democrats for not explicitly denouncing white supremacists in the aftermath of violent clashes in Virginia, with lawmakers saying he needs to take a public stand against groups that espouse racism and hate. Trump, while on a working vacation at his New Jersey golf club, addressed the nation Saturday soon after a car plowed into a group of anti-racist counter-protesters in Charlottesville, a college town where neo-Nazis and white nationalists had assembled for march.