Michael Flynn: Pro-Russia and fixated on Islamic extremism

The 58 year-old retired three-star general - a slim, energetic figure with sharp facial features - however had accommodating views on Russia and China, two countries that former president Barack Obama regarded as the main US strategic opponents. President Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn, who resigned late Monday over his controversial contacts with Russia.

Trump ‘tweaks’ relationship with Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and US President Donald Trump shake hands during a joint news conference at the White House. Photo: Reuters President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States would be "tweaking" its trade relationship with Canada, stopping short of calling for a major realignment in a development likely to please visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

GOP Faces Trump Effect in 2018

Many congressional Republicans who had town meetings over the last week or two have gotten an earful from constituents upset over the proposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act or President Trump's immigration enforcement or both. Some of these highly unpleasant scenes don't look too different from what congressional Democrats encountered back in 2009 and 2013, rocky years that preceded calamitous midterm elections, when they lost their House majority in the former and their Senate majority in the latter.

Hotline Extra: Sununu Strikes Back on Trump’s Voter Fraud Claims

Former South Carolina GOP Chair Chad Connelly officially entered the race to replace Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney , President Trump 's budget director nominee, The Post & Courier of Charleston reports. A special primary will take place 11 weeks after Mulvaney vacates the seat.

Judge suspended for photoshopped campaign ad of rival drinking with Obama

A West Virginia local judge elected last year is being suspended for two years for a photoshopped campaign advertisement-published on his Facebook page and elsewhere-that depicted his opponent drinking beer with then-President Barack Obama. Nicholas County Circuit Judge Stephen Callaghan's suspension is without pay, and it includes a $15,000 fine.

Israel leader’s White House trip clouded in uncertainty

In this Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Israel's prime minister heads to Washington this week for a high-profile meeting with President Donald Trump that is suddenly clouded in uncertainty.

Amid Trump Twitter controversies, White House preparing to expand social media team

The White House is expected to hire new staffers this week to work with the President on his posts for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, a senior administration official told CNN. Up until now, Trump and his social media director Dan Scavino have essentially handled the President's tweets on their own.

Donald Trump values loyalty, but Michael Flynn still might lose his job – and face prosecution

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, is facing allegations that in December he violated the Logan Act by discussing with Russian's U.S. ambassador the lifting of U.S. economic sanctions against the country -- that is, that he was potentially sabotaging Obama administration policy while Barack Obama was still president.

On Trump’s National Security Team, Insecurity Over Michael Flynn and Policy

National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is currently under scrutiny for a phone call he had with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the U.S., in December. President Donald Trump's national security team reportedly is in a state of crisis, tied largely to suspicions National Security Adviser Michael Flynn discussed lifting sanctions with a Russian envoy and then hid the nature of those conversations from colleagues including Vice President Mike Pence .

Trudeau visits U.S. with two aims: Push trade, avoid Trumpa s ire

When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, he will look to nurture economic ties while avoiding tensions over issues such as immigration on which the two are sharply at odds. Trudeau has taken a low-key approach toward Trump, a Republican who campaigned on a pledge to toughen U.S. immigration policies and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement among Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Few good options in Trump arsenal to counter defiant North Korea

Despite his campaign vows to take a tougher line with North Korea, President Donald Trump's restrained public reaction to Pyongyang's first ballistic missile launch on his watch underscores that he has few good options to curb its missile and nuclear programs. The responses under consideration - which range from additional sanctions to U.S. shows of force to beefed-up missile defense, according to one administration official - do not seem to differ significantly so far from the North Korea playbook followed by Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama.

Another Notch in Obama’s Failed Education Legacy

For almost four decades, education and fiscal analysts have sought in vain for evidence showing the benefits of the massive federal aid that has been funneled through the U.S. Education Department . Now, a research report left on USED's website two days before the end of Barack Obama's administration and the start of Donald Trump's confirms what many have suspected: Substantial federal spending alongside strict regulation helps schools improve not one iota.

The folks packing Republican town halls

These days, Deborah Johnson is on edge. She says she's worried she won't qualify for Social Security disability benefits, anxious about her middle son's recovery from a car accident last year, and feeling the pervasive effects of her complex post-traumatic stress disorder that dates back to an abusive childhood.

Donald Trump’s security adviser Michael Flynn in trouble over calls to Russian envoy

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LUPICA: Jaime Harrison of S.C could be future of Democratic Party

"I'm not thinking about what race I might want to run next," says Jaime Harrison, chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, seen in Baltimore on Saturday . "I'm doing what I'm doing what right now because I'm thinking about my son."

Immigrants wait in fear after raids; Trump takes credit

Pastor Fred Morris looked out over his congregation Sunday as news ricocheted around the world that American authorities were rounding up immigrants in an enforcement surge that President Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail. Parishioners did not smile as on any other Sunday morning.