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The president said Friday's GDP numbers will be 'terrific' as economists agree the numbers could be as high as 4.2 But, they caution, it's likely a one-time thing caused by countries massively importing U.S. goods to beat Trump's tariff hikes He touted his deal-making power at NATO: 'These are kings, queens, presidents, prime ministers, and a dictator or two' And he falsely bragged the media cover him much more than they covered President Barack Obama or President George W. Bush President Donald Trump is predicting Friday's GDP numbers will be 'terrific' in a freewheeling, campaign style speech that saw him brag about winning the women's vote, tout his deal-making power with NATO, and criticize one of his favorite enemies - the press.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended his top deputy Thursday after a handful of congressional Republicans moved this week to impeach him. A group of 11 House conservatives on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against Rosenstein, who oversees special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation because Sessions has recused himself.
European officials are struggling to make sense of what seems a temporary trade war truce between President Donald Trump and the European Union, following the visit of EU leaders to Washington this week. Trump and Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, announced Wednesday that they had agreed to work toward resolving disputes over steel and aluminum tariffs, delay proposed car tariffs and talk about a bilateral trade deal.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended his top deputy Thursday after a handful of congressional Republicans moved this week to impeach him. Speaking in Boston, Sessions said he has the "highest confidence" in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and described him as "highly capable" when asked about the impeachment effort.
As relayed on Twitter by the activist Brittany Packnett, the unnamed woman certainly had good reason to seek help, divine or otherwise. She was one of the people held hostage by a gunman last week in an L.A. Trader Joe's.
President Donald Trump has touted a goal of sending Americans to the Moon again for the first time since the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, building a lunar gateway to test the technology and spacecraft that will carry humans to Mars. At a hearing in Washington, Senator Bill Nelson said the White House decision to return to the Moon - a program former president Barack Obama halted in order to focus on reaching Mars - could drag down the whole process.
With his interference in the 2016 election, Russian President Vladimir Putin achieved something that none of his murderous Soviet predecessors were able to accomplish: He has turned Democrats into Russia hawks. A few months after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ronald Reagan addressed the 1992 Republican National Convention and said: "I heard those speakers at that other convention saying 'we won the Cold War' - and I couldn't help wondering, just who exactly do they mean by 'we'?" He had a point.
Ex-President Barack Obama emerged from his wealthy isolation the other day to provide South Africa with his colorized view of the world and to discuss the dangers of populism in some unidentified countries.. We'll have to wait more months for the bound wisdom of his memoirs that helped make him so wealthy.
One House bill, backed mostly by Republicans, would repeal a tax imposed on some medical devices to help pay for President Barack Obama's health care law, a statute they despise. With another, still a bare-bones outline, the GOP would make last year's $1.5 trillion tax cut permanent and expand reductions for families, homeschooling and businesses.
After 50 years of fighting against corruption, racism, homophobia, and bigotry, activist David Mixner continues to shape D.C. politics and educate queer youth on the importance of remaining in the fight. Young people, Mixner says, have always been at the heart of change - from the early civil rights movement to modern day student-led gun reform protests.
President Donald Trump traveled abroad and you almost wanted him to stay there because he put himself first and America last. His playing footsie with a murderous tyrant known as Vladimir Putin was the worst of it, and it's no excuse that too many on the left are up to something as bad or worse.
In this Nov. 8, 2017, file photo, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the Republican Party of Iowa's annual Reagan Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. Spicer is out with a new book reflecting on his time at the podium and working for candidate-turned-President Donald Trump.
The House has voted to repeal a tax on some medical devices that has helped finance President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Revoking the 2.3 percent tax has been a longtime goal for Republicans and some Democrats from states that are home to device manufacturers.
The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to repeal the controversial medical device tax created by former President Barack Obama's 2010 health care law. "The House just voted to repeal Obamacare's Medical Device Tax," House Speaker Paul Ryan tweeted.
During a Tuesday panel discussion on NBC's Megyn Kelly Today about left-wing comedian Sacha Baron Cohen tricking and humiliating Republicans for his new Showtime series, NBC reporter Jacob Soboroff praised the deceptive entertainer as a "genius" who was "exposing the fault lines of our society" and "providing a service." Following a full report promoting Cohen's program, Who is America? which also aired on the Today show earlier that morning anchor Megyn Kelly hammered the comedian: "It makes me feel uncomfortable.
On July 24, 1959, during a visit to Moscow, Vice President Richard Nixon engaged in his famous "Kitchen Debate" with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. In 1862, Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States, and the first to have been born a U.S. citizen, died at age 79 in Kinderhook, New York, the town where he was born in 1782.
The celebration of Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday last week and former US president Barack Obama's address at the occasion brought warmth to my heart, but also caused me to ask with Obama: Were we who believed in a progressive vision of tolerance, a common humanity, a caring, open society and social justice nave? Is this vision dead? "Progressive" is the key word here. Many associate it with left-wing political thinking, others with liberalism, yet others claim the title but are anything but progressive.
DONALD Trump has threatened to strip former officials of their security clearances after they criticised his summit meeting with Vladimir Putin. Donald Trump has threatened to strip former officials of their security clearances after they criticised his summit meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Cars and trucks roll along a section of Blackstone Ave. during rush hour in Fresno, California, June 23, 2017. The Trump administration will seek to revoke California's authority to regulate automobile greenhouse gas emissions.
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is exploring "mechanisms" to revoke security clearances for former U.S. officials who have criticized him for his handling of the Russia investigation and his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday. Sanders said the administration is reviewing clearances for former CIA director John Brennan, former FBI director director James Comey, former national intelligence director James Clapper, former CIA director Michael Hayden, former national security adviser Susan Rice and former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe.