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President Donald Trump's effort to bend the Republican Party to his will faces its next test Tuesday, when South Carolina voters choose between two GOP gubernatorial candidates who both claim to be Trump acolytes.
In June 2013 Sen. Lindsey Graham faced a barrage of "RINO" criticism, disparaged as a Republican in name only who had just co-authored an "amnesty" immigration bill. South Carolina conservatives lined up to run against him in the primary.
In a weirder than usual end of the week in President Donald Trump 's America, everyone basically decided to say some of the wackiest stuff they've ever said - and the stuff they've said before has been pretty damn wacky. Let's start with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani , who's already given us some major crazy eyes these past few months.
The Korean Central News Agency reported that Trump expressed his intention to halt U.S.-South Korea military exercises, offer security guarantees to the North and lift sanctions against it as relations improve. The U.S. president told a news conference on Tuesday, after his summit with North Korea's leader in Singapore, he would like to lift sanctions against it but it would not happen immediately.
A leading Republican senator and ally of President Donald Trump disagrees with the president's suggestion that the Group of Seven economic powers should allow Russia to rejoin the alliance. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" Sunday, 'It would be a mistake to try to get [Putin] back into the G-8."
Senate Armed Service Committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham arrives for a meeting about immigration, Jan. 24, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. A leading Republican senator and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the U.S. has only two options with North Korea, "peace or war." Add North Korea as an interest to stay up to date on the latest North Korea news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told staffers Friday that an aide's recent comment about Sen. John McCain was inappropriate but shouldn't have been leaked to the media. Sanders told communications' staffers in a private meeting that it was inappropriate for aide Kelly Sadler to dismiss McCain's opinion during a recent closed-door meeting because, Sadler said, "he's dying anyway."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Wednesday backed President Donald Trump's authority to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the European Union, following a closed-door meeting at the White House, The Hill reports. "Now is not the time to undercut President Trump's ability to negotiate better trade deals.
"The FBI did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do, said Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. "The FBI did exactly what my fellow citizens would want them to do, said Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. WASHINGTON - There is no evidence that the FBI planted a "spy" on President Trump's 2016 campaign, a senior House Republican said Wednesday, directly contradicting Trump's repeated insistence that the agency inserted a "spy for political reasons and to help Crooked Hillary win." Rep. Trey Gowdy, chairman of the House Oversight Committee and a longtime Trump supporter, was briefed last week by the Justice Department and FBI following reports that investigators relied on a U.S. government informant in its investigation into Russian election meddling.
More than 58,000 Americans were killed during the Vietnam War and for those who survived, coming home was both a blessing and a curse. "After the Tet Offensive in 1968, the discourse became very prevalent," Jim Fisher, a Vietnam veteran, said.
Yvonne Mason wrote to Trump in the wake of the Parkland, Florida mass shooting, asking him to meet with the families of the victims, questioning him about school safety. He wrote back but the letter was full of grammatical errors, she corrected it and send it back to the White House.
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says the vodka shots story as embellished by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., isn't true. File/Mic Smith/AP U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says the vodka shots story as embellished by U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., isn't true.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other lawmakers stop by an event on Capitol Hill during the debut a documentary film about Sen. John McCain, in Washington, Thursday, May 17, 2018. McCain, currently away from the Senate, was diagnosed in last July with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
'It's just possible we might pull off a historic undertaking': Pompeo says U.S. not 'remotely close' to a deal with North Korea and it all comes down to Trump's meeting with Kim Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Trump and Kim Jong-un would meet in Singapore on June 12 to 'see if there is sufficient overlap' to make a deal He attempted to lower the bar for what constitutes a 'successful outcome' after Trump predicted he'd walk away with a major achievement Making his expectations known earlier this week, Trump said, 'I think that we're going to have a success.
Senator Lindsey Graham has urged the White House to condemn an aide who made 'disgusting' comments about Senator John McCain's brain cancer during an internal meeting. Senator Lindsey Graham has urged the White House to condemn an aide who made 'disgusting' comments about Senator John McCain's brain cancer during an internal meeting.
Meghan McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham both gave upbeat health assessments of U.S. Sen. John McCain's condition, with McCain's daughter saying he is "actually really well right now." The six-term senator's journey with a deadly form of brain cancer drew a snide remark from White House aide Kelly Sadler on Thursday.
As in so much of the senator's extraordinary life, the rebellious Republican is facing this challenging chapter - battling brain cancer - in his own rule-breaking way, stirring up old fights and starting new ones. Rarely has the sickbed been so lively.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., blasted White House officials Saturday for refusing to condemn a vile remark made about the mortality of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., with whom Graham spent several days last week as McCain battled an aggressive form of brain cancer. Graham, who also has maintained good relations with President Donald Trump, suggested that Trump might consider apologizing himself on behalf of the entire office after a press aide, Kelly Sadler, dismissed McCain's opposition to CIA nominee Gina Haspel by saying "he's dying, anyway."
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain of Arizona listens as he is introduced at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, N.C., Oct. 28, 2008. As in so much of the senator's extraordinary life, the rebellious Republican is facing this challenging chapter -- battling brain cancer -- in his own rule-breaking way, stirring up old fights and starting new ones.
GOP leaders applauded President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal Tuesday. House Speaker Paul Ryan said the deal was "deeply flawed" from the beginning and that "Iran's hostile actions since its signing have only reaffirmed that it remains dedicated to sowing instability in the region."