Ap Fact Check: Trumpa s view at odds with events of the week

In the Washington week that wasn't, President Donald Trump's new administration whirred like a "fine-tuned machine," piling on big-league accomplishments at a pace never before seen. Immigration agents newly empowered by Trump's call to secure borders sent hordes of bad foreigners back home, validating a president who won the most lopsided Electoral College victory since Ronald Reagan.

Executive actions

President Trump signs an executive order while surrounded by small-business leaders in the Oval Office on Jan. 30. President Trump is preparing executive orders aimed at curtailing Obama-era policies on climate and water pollution, according to individuals briefed on the measures. While both directives will take time to implement, they will send an unmistakable signal that the new administration is determined to promote fossil-fuel production and economic activity even when those activities collide with some environmental safeguards.

The Latest: Trump says Sweden comment followed TV report

Swedes have been scratching their heads since President Donald Trump suggested that some kind of major incident had taken place in their country Friday night. Trump is now clarifying his comments, saying he was referring to something he saw on television.

US senators eye new sanctions on Iran

US Republican senators plan to introduce legislation to impose further sanctions on Iran, accusing it of violating UN Security Council resolutions by testing ballistic missiles and acting to "destabilise" the Middle East, a US senator says. "I think it is now time for the Congress to take Iran on directly in terms of what they've done outside the nuclear program," Senator Lindsey Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told the Munich Security Conference.

Anti-Trump activists to invade Congressional town halls

Emotional moment police found missing two-year-old boy hidden among blackberry bushes two blocks from his home after he disappeared from his bed in the middle of the night Trump fires another senior security official after he criticized the President on Mexico and made 'awkward' comments about 'attractive' Ivanka Anti-Trump activists plan to invade Congressional town halls this week - or shame members with cardboard cut-outs who won't attend 'Take it seriously': White House chief of staff says Trump wasn't kidding when he called the press 'the enemy of the American people' Fears for troubled David Cassidy as he appears on stage 'drunk' struggles to remember his songs, slurs and falls over 'He hung me from a pole and forced my legs apart': Horrific stories of women imprisoned by Syrian government who are raped and tortured so often that guards pass out birth control pills Mystery man ... (more)

UAE arms show comes as Yemen war, suspicions of Iran linger

Fighter jets screaming overhead and theatrical explosions marked the opening of an arms show Sunday in Abu Dhabi, as a bullet-scarred Emirati armored personnel carrier served as a reminder of the country's ongoing military campaign in Yemen. The Emirates announced over $1.2 billion in arms deals at the opening of the biennial International Defense Exhibition and Conference, known by the acronym IDEX.

Tribes hope Trump’s ‘America first’ helps first Americans

Native Americans hope President Donald Trump doesn't forget America's first inhabitants as he promises to put "America first." Tribes have been reaching out to the Republican administration since it took office last month, saying they're ready to help it meet its campaign promises of improving the economy and creating more jobs for Americans.

Charles Young’s legacy reminds us of the need to tell…

Charles Young's legacy reminds us of the need to tell America's full story through our national monuments: Marsha Bayless Charles Young, the first African-American superintendent of a national park, is still celebrated at Sequoia National Park for building the first access road into the park. He's pictured here in 1903, seated center, with his crew.

Chris Wallace galls ‘Fox & Friends’ with…

Fox News host Chris Wallace argued on Sunday that President Donald Trump "crossed a line" when he called the media "the enemy of the American People." Following Trump's Friday attack on the news media, Wallace reminded the hosts of Fox & Friends that the country's founders believed that a free press was a vital component to the functioning of a free and fair democracy.

Reality versus ‘alternative facts’

When one of President Donald J. Trump's top advisers invented the tantalising but deliciously deceptive expression 'alternative facts,' it was an indication that the idea of truth as a regulative principle of human reason and its engagement with reality is being manipulated once again to hoodwink people with touch-and-go mentality who seldom activate their critical acumen.

Bloomberg View: Helping ‘Dreamers’ would also help Trump

President Donald Trump hinted at his news conference on Thursday that he may yet unveil a surprise on the fate of "Dreamers" - the undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. If it favors Dreamers, it could be a shrewd move.  Trump's deportation machine revved up this week, and quickly backfired.

“Life is a campaign”: After a difficult first month, Trump returns to his comfort zone

As President Donald Trump descended the stairs from Air Force One on Saturday evening, with a patriotic country song playing and thousands cheering, the 2020 election season officially began. Although the past several presidents have waited more than two years before jumping back onto the campaign trail, Trump's first four weeks in office have shown that he just can't stand too much time in Washington.

Memos signed by DHS secretary describe sweeping new guidelines for deporting illegal immigrants

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly has signed sweeping new guidelines that empower federal authorities to more aggressively detain and deport illegal immigrants inside the United States and at the border. In a pair of memos, Kelly offered more detail on plans for the agency to hire thousands of additional enforcement agents, expand the pool of immigrants who are prioritized for removal, speed up deportation hearings and enlist local law enforcement to help make arrests.

Relief from Obamacare: a better system ahead

The Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, was forced through Congress in 2010 without a single Republican vote. It was sold to the American people with multiple false promises, like President Barack Obama's infamous, "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.

Trump rallies supporters by renewing old promises, insults

Just four weeks into his administration, President Donald Trump appeared at a campaign rally that mirrored the months leading up to Election Day, complete with promises to repeal the health care law, insults for the news media and a playlist highlighted by the Rolling Stones. "I want to be among my friends and among the people," Trump told a cheering crowd packed into an airport hangar in central Florida, praising his "truly great movement."