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President Donald Trump announced a series of executive actions Monday focused on trade and the federal workforce, making good on a pair of his core campaign promises. The actions, signed Monday at the White House, implement a federal employee hiring freeze, formally withdraw the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and reinstate a GOP-backed policy regarding foreign aid and abortion funding.
The United States officially withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday after President Donald Trump signed an executive order. The 12-nation pact was assumed to be dead on arrival after Trump was elected president in November.
In this Jan. 11, 2017, file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., questions Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson during Tillerson's confirmation hearing before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rubio's moment of truth is at hand as a Senate committee prepares to vote on Tillerson.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, questions secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson during his Jan. 11 Senate confirmation hearing. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., left, questions secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson during his Jan. 11 Senate confirmation hearing.
In the end the Scottsbluff Bearcats improved to 15-1 with... -- It's official- the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons are set to face-off in Super Bowl LI.The Falcons beat the Green Bay Packers 44-21 in the... -- President Trump came face-to-face with FBI Director James Comey on Sunday after questions circulated whether Comey would stay on the job for the rest of his te... -- Actor Blair Underwood, Priyanka Chopra and the rest of the cast returns to the twisty spy thriller Quantico on Monday night, in a move to a 10 p.m. time slot for... -- United Airlines has lifted a ground stop on all of its domestic flights after the airline said it experienced an IT issue Sunday evening.Flights resumed at 9 p.m... -- Darick Mead didn't want to propose to his girlfriend of a year and a half while she was pregnant with their first child."
In the end the Scottsbluff Bearcats improved to 15-1 with... -- It's official- the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons are set to face-off in Super Bowl LI.The Falcons beat the Green Bay Packers 44-21 in the... -- President Trump came face-to-face with FBI Director James Comey on Sunday after questions circulated whether Comey would stay on the job for the rest of his te... -- Actor Blair Underwood, Priyanka Chopra and the rest of the cast returns to the twisty spy thriller Quantico on Monday night, in a move to a 10 p.m. time slot for... -- United Airlines has lifted a ground stop on all of its domestic flights after the airline said it experienced an IT issue Sunday evening.Flights resumed at 9 p.m... -- Darick Mead didn't want to propose to his girlfriend of a year and a half while she was pregnant with their first child."
Last Friday Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States of America. As in so many other offensive things he has tweeted since November, Trump began this year by trying to besmirch the reputation of John Lewis and his courageous actions in turning the USA away from its segregationist past and setting it on a path to achieve its founders' dreams.
Two senior Republican lawmakers on Sunday said they would vote to approve President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, despite their concerns over the former ExxonMobil chief's relationship with Russia's president. "After careful consideration, and much discussion with Mr. Tillerson, we have decided to support his nomination to be secretary of state," Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said in a statement.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said that he and a bipartisan group of senators will take steps to block President Trump from being able to singlehandedly weaken U.S. sanctions on Russia. Schumer said Sunday on ABC News' "This Week" that the bill, to be introduced this coming week, is in response to the possibility that the Trump administration could offer to lift sanctions against Russia in exchange for Russia's reducing its nuclear arms.
The one best wish I think I have for the country as a new administration comes to office is that there is a revival of respect. It can be depressing, especially on these days that celebrate a peaceful and democratic transfer of power, to recount the many times this year political rhetoric got coarse, boorish, and even cruel.
The White House says it's at the "very beginning" of discussing plans to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Like many presidential candidates, Trump promised to make the embassy move.
The former Republican vice president, inside the Capitol following Friday's inauguration ceremony, extolled the new president's speech as "fabulous" and "right on target." "He's going to make America great again," Quayle said.
There was a time when American voters had to wonder whether Barack Obama was personally corrupt. In 2008, that was the claim of both Hillary Clinton in the primaries and John McCain in the general election campaign.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is headed to Washington for a series of events, including the presidential inauguration of former political rival Donald Trump. He will meet with GOP Sen. John McCain, of Arizona, to discuss national security issues on Thursday and then join two private, round-table discussions with members of Senate committees.
He dismissed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's question about LGBT members of the military during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, saying, "I've never cared." "Do you believe that allowing LGBT Americans to serve in the military or women in combat is undermining our lethality?" Gillibrand asked.
There is a lot of false rhetoric being tossed around about fake news today, which is a pity because, although it is new, "fake news" is an important term that means something specific, a term worth keeping alive if it has not already been rendered meaningless . At other points during the 50-minute exchange, he dismissed allegations aired by CNN and BuzzFeed that Russia had gathered compromising personal material on him and had cultivated and supported him throughout the campaign, as "fake news".
Trump prepares to face down the media over alleged Russia hotel sex dossier in the first press conference since his November election win It was me: Sworn Trump enemy John McCain admits HE handed smear dossier to FBI - as details surface of document's bizarre journey from British former spy and diplomat Trump was NEVER briefed on dirty dossier and NEVER shown it by intelligence chiefs: Officials reveal FBI and CIA have found 'no link' between president-elect and Kremlin as he furiously denies 'fake news' British government comes under pressure to explain alleged roles of shadowy 'former MI6 agent and British ambassador' in putting discredited Trump 'Russian blackmail' dossier in front of FBI and US politicians Depraved sex acts in a Moscow hotel room, World Cup dodgy deals and a five-year campaign to support Trump: The outlandish - and unverified - claims made in the dirty dossier ... (more)
No US president or president-elect has spoken to a Taiwanese leader since Donald Trump The existence of a compromising Russian dossier on President-elect Donald Trump has been confirmed by multiple sources, BBC Washington Correspondent Paul Wood revealed on Wednesday. On Tuesday, BuzzFeed published memos prepared by a former British intelligence officer which detail explosive information that Russians could use to compromise Trump.