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Draft of Trump's Saudi speech calls terror fight 'a battle between good and evil' - but omits the magic phrase 'radical Islamic terrorism' and says 'we are not here to lecture' Arabs Donald Trump's first overseas speech as president will frame the global fight against ISIS and other Islamist terror groups as 'a battle between good and evil' - but omits the phrase 'radical Islamic terrorism' - according to a draft the Associated Press reported seeing late on Friday. Last year the president repeatedly lambasted his predecessor Barack Obama and his Democratic election opponent Hillary Clinton for avoiding that phrase, but he appears prepared to follow suit when he addresses a multi-nation Muslim summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, wave as they board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, May 19, 2017, prior to his departure on his first overseas trip. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, wave as they board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, May 19, 2017, prior to his departure on his first overseas trip.
This Sunday, vice president Mike Pence will return to his home state of Indiana to deliver the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame. For the third time in several years, the school's graduation ceremony will be plagued by controversy, as a group of students plans to walk out during Pence's speech.
When Barack Obama vacationed in Hawaii while president, there was no emphasis on the name of the hotel where he stayed. When he golfed, we were not told the name of the club at which he played.
In case you were wondering what he's been up to lately, Barack Obama appears to have taken up a job as a tour guide in Cape Verde. The coolest president that ever existed - yes, he's cooler than our current Tango man - has a lookalike who can't step outside his house without someone mistaking him for the former leader of the free world.
Trump's terse denial followed reports by Reuters and other media about a memo written by Comey alleging that Trump made the request to close down the investigation into Michael Flynn and Russia in February. Trump fired Comey on May 9. "No.
The contest is largely seen as a referendum on the incumbent president's more moderate political stance, which helped pave the way for the country's nuclear deal with world powers. President Hassan Rouhani is widely seen as the front-runner after his moderate administration struck the atomic accord.
President Donald Trump is launching a major push for a $1 trillion overhaul of the nation's roads and bridges, a key item on his agenda that's been stymied in Congress and overshadowed by White House controversies. Trump plans a series of events this coming week to highlight his effort to modernize American infrastructure - the highway, waterway, electrical and airway systems on which the nation operates.
President Donald Trump will use his first visit to the Middle East to call for unity in the fight against radicalism in the Muslim world, casting the challenge as a "battle between good and evil" and urging Arab leaders to "drive out the terrorists from your places of worship," according to a draft of the speech obtained by The Associated Press. Abandoning some of the harsh anti-Muslim rhetoric of his presidential campaign, the draft of the speech, slated to be delivered in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, envisions new partnerships with America's traditional allies in the Middle East.
Barack Obama's presidency was supposed to mark a great leap forward for the United States. But, as Omar El Akkad discovered as he travelled across America this year, the election of Donald J. Trump has turned the country against itself.
A former top outreach staffer for Sen. Bernard Sanders ' presidential campaign says that behind the scenes the operation was at times a mess as the candidate surrounded himself with his own group of insiders and failed to harness the progressive energy out in the country. Cesar Vargas, who was Mr. Sanders ' Latino outreach director, a lawyer and an illegal immigrant here under color of President Barack Obama's 2012 deportation amnesty policy, said the Vermont independent must correct those mistakes if he's thinking about making another run in 2020.
APRIL 11: Roger Ailes, President of Fox News Channel attends the Hollywood Reporter celebration of "The 35 Most Powerful People in Media" at the Four Season Grill Room on April 11, 2012 in New York City. More details are emerging about the death of former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes , whose death was confirmed in a statement from family members this morning.
Former Defense Intelligence Agency Director retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, incoming White House national security adviser, speaks at the U.S. Institute of Peace "2017 Passing the Baton" conference in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2017.
At some point, the hypocrisy of the mainstream media becomes laughable and you have to simply shrug your shoulders, roll your eyes, and move on. But every so often, their double standards seem to shine through in glorious fashion.
I was also considering the lunacy of the left - especially those Senate Democrats - who are threatening to block the nomination of a new FBI director if they don't get a special prosecutor to investigate Trump-Russian collusion. In other words, the Democrats have a "conviction looking for evidence" mentality, which is truly insane, not to mention a violation of legal standard.
The Edlin School, a private elementary and middle school on Sunset Hills Road in Reston, took some of its students on a spring break excursion to Cuba. "Every spring break, Edlin School arranges a trip for the parents and kids who want to go to a foreign country, and typically we will pick one that speaks Spanish or French because we teach Spanish and French as our primary languages at the school," said Bert Schreibstein, director of operations for the school.
The Latest on the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election : Sen. Charles Grassley, the chairman of the committee, and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein wrote Comey on Wednesday. They asked him to testify on the "circumstances of your termination" and his interactions with President Donald Trump's administration about the FBI's investigation into Russia.
One of the sources that more than anything, Obama is worried about the American people during the Trump presidency. "He's deeply concerned with what he's seen," the source .
Pvt. Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted of giving classified government materials to WikiLeaks, was released from a Kansas military prison early Wednesday after serving seven years of her 35-year sentence. U.S. Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith told The Associated Press that Manning was released from Fort Leavenworth military prison, but that she couldn't provide any further details.