North Korea mocks – Trump terrified’ by Pyongyang’s power

Trump honoured Ji Seong-ho, a North Korean defector with only one arm and one leg who made a dramatic, 6,000-mile journey to the South after suffering severe discrimination and torture at home North Korea hit back at US President Donald Trump on Sunday after he slammed rights abuses under the hermit regime in his State of the Union address, with Pyongyang describing the speech as "screams of Trump terrified" by the North's power. The comments follow months of fiery rhetoric between the two countries that have seen tensions soar, with Trump drawing criticism at home for repeatedly using highly menacing language towards the reclusive state.

DPRK denounces Trump’s State of the Union address as “omen of new disaster”

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sunday denounced the State of the Union address by U.S. President Donald Trump as "an omen of new disaster," after Trump described the DPRK as an adversary in the address. The whole world is seeing "an omen of new disaster" in Trump's address which asserted "American first" and "unmatched power" based on nuclear arms forcing other countries to submit to the "U.S. chauvinistic interest," a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was quoted by the official Korean Central News Agency as saying.

States seek more help on opioids

President Donald Trump heads to Ohio on Monday to make Cincinnati-area stops focusing on the new tax overhaul -- though some in a state with one of the nation's highest overdose rates would rather hear more about his plans for the drug crisis. In Newtown, outside Cincinnati, Police Chief Tom Synan said he found Trump's comments on opioids in his State of the Union address to be "much of the same.

Democrats Complete Transformation To Party Of Effete Elites

The Democrats are a party in search of a base and have been so since their the departure of their Hollywood glam leader, former President Barack Obama. Witness their tortuous and bizarre response to Tuesday night's State of the Union address.

In drug crisis hotbed, hoping for action on Trump’s words

President Donald Trump heads to Ohio on Monday to make Cincinnati-area stops focusing on the new tax overhaul - though some in a state with one of the nation's highest overdose rates would rather hear more about his plans for the drug crisis.

“USA! USA! USA!”

President Trump's first State of the Union speech lasted 80 minutes and drew applause more than 100 times. One of the loudest ovations followed the story of Preston Sharp, the 12-year-old from Redding, California, whose "reverence for those who have served our nation," motivated him to placed flags on veterans' graves on Veterans Day.

Mark Shields: Donald Trump’s False Humility Is Better Than None at All

Thanks to the reliable American Presidency Project at UC Santa Barbara , which keeps careful track of such information, we know that in 2000, President Bill Clinton gave - at one hour and 28 minutes - the longest State of the Union address. In marked contrast, to deliver his own 1986 State of the Union, President Ronald Reagan took only an estimated 31 minutes.

Diane Dimond: Don’t Let the Media Make up Your Mind on State of the Union

Following President Donald Trump's first State of the Union, I was left shaking my head at some journalists' analysis of what was said. Especially troublesome to see from my crime-and-justice perch was reporters tying Trump's mention of deadly MS-13 gang activity to all undocumented immigrants.

Corruption you missed this week: The justice department’s office for access downsizes

The week started with the State of the Union Address and ended with the GOP-Nunes memo , which was enough excitement to keep everyone busy. In chaotic times, it's easy to miss other stories about the unjust pursuits and other forms of corruption that have flown under the radar in politics-like how the Office for Access to Justice reportedly closed.

Trump claims Nunes memo ‘totally’ vindicates him as FBI says ‘talk is cheap’

Donald Trump waves from Air Force One before departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday as he travels to Mar a Lago in West Palm Beach, Florida, for the weekend. Amid swirling partisan rancor in Washington, mere days after Donald Trump appealed for unity in his State of the Union address, the president fired yet another broadside at special counsel Robert Mueller and the investigation into Russian election meddling.

Ap Fact Check: Trump’s week of faulty claims

President Donald Trump struck a variety of false notes in his big speech to Congress this past week and followed up with a curious coda - a plain-as-your-face exaggeration about the TV audience that tuned in for it. TRUMP: "Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviews on the State of the Union speech.

‘Trump bump’ rescues California’s unemployment fund

President Donald Trump gestures as delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan applaud. America's economic recovery has benefited California more than most states because the real estate crash hit the Golden State a lot harder.

McCain: Attacks on FBI ‘serve no American interests’

John Sidney McCain What Trump didn't say in his State of the Union address Trump signs order to keep Gitmo open Trump's pick for NY prosecutor scrutinized MORE Donald John Trump Schiff: Nunes gave Trump 'secretly altered' version of memo Davis: 'Deep state' existed in '16 - but it elected Trump Former Trump legal spokesman to testify to Mueller about undisclosed call: report MORE and GOP lawmakers of the FBI, warning they are only bolstering Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Elected officials, including the president, must stop looking at this [Russia] investigation through the warped lens of politics and manufacturing partisan sideshows," McCain said in a statement.