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Trump seeks consensus with France despite differences
President Donald Trump and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, are looking to set aside differences on trade and climate change and find common ground as they meet Thursday ahead of Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. Trump arrived in the French capital after an overnight flight from Washington and hours before his meeting with Macron to tackle potential solutions to the crisis in Syria and broader counterterrorism strategies.
Grassley to call former Trump campaign chairman before Senate committee
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley said Wednesday morning he would call President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Grassley, Iowa's senior Republican senator, serves as chairman of the judiciary committee - one of several committees conducting investigations into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election.
The next director of the FBI faces a tough audience
CHRISTOPHER WRAY acquitted himself well during his hearing before the Senate judiciary committee on July 12th. At times slightly awkward, the performance demanded fully four and a half hours.
Lawmakers reach initial deal to expand GI education bill
President Donald Trump arrived in Paris Thursday hoping to convince wary European allies that the door to working closely with his administration is not closed, despite diverging policy views on a number of key... President Donald Trump arrived in Paris Thursday hoping to convince wary European allies that the door to working closely with his administration is not closed, despite diverging policy views on a number of key issues. AP-NORC Poll: Three-quarters of people in the U.S. feel they have too little influence in Washington, while most say lobbyists, rich people and big businesses have too much.
Trump leaves for Paris with Russia troubles brewing at home
President Trump left for his third trip abroad on Wednesday amid yet another cloud of controversy at home in what has become a familiar pattern for his foreign travel. Trump's visit to Paris for Bastille Day - during which France marks a key moment at the outset of the French Revolution with annual celebrations - comes less than a week after he returned from the G-20 summit in Germany and less than two days after his son published documents that suggested high-level campaign officials accepted a meeting with a Russian lawyer peddling "sensitive" information about Hillary Clinton during the presidential race.
Patriotism, Witch Hunts, and Donald Trump Jr
The momentum against the Trump administration is building, and it should come as no surprise that it comes via the least original of avenues: the Russians did it, and someone must pay. For decades, the feared Russian has played a vital role in shaping US paranoia and a domestic landscape famous for its reactionary bursts and fearful lurches.
‘A meme is born’: Watch Kellyanne Conway use visual aids…
In an interview with Sean Hannity on Wednesday, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway brought along some very important visual aides to "help all the people at home" dissect what's really going on with Donald Trump and the Russian government. To recap: On Tuesday, Donald Trump Jr. released a series of emails that showed he willingly accepted a meeting with a Russian emissary after being promised information detrimental to then-Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Budowsky: What Trump must confess
To save his presidency from ending in epic disaster, save the nation from a constitutional crisis, and defend America from warfare against democracy waged by Russia, President Trump needs to tell the nation the whole truth about everything he knows regarding the Putingate scandal. Paul Ryan Hispanic caucus member challenges Kelly on 'Dreamers' Budowsky: What Trump must confess House passes bill to curb human trafficking MORE Lawmakers propose .1B NIH funding boost Trump: I'll be 'very angry' if Senate doesn't pass ObamaCare repeal bill MORE should meet alone with the president, close the door, and speak the truth about what Trump must do to purge his presidency of the poison that is caused by this sordid affair.
Trump says he does not fault son for meeting Russian lawyer
U.S. President Donald Trump listens as South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a statement from the Rose Garden after meetings at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg U.S. President Donald Trump listens as South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a statement from the Rose Garden after meetings at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 30, 2017.
In Paris, Trump is Bastille Day guest of city he derided
President Donald Trump's visit to Paris on Thursday will take him to a city he has repeatedly derided - and at the side of a French leader best known to Americans as the earnest young man with the endless handshake. "Paris isn't Paris any longer," Trump declared in February, implying the city had been ruined by jihadi attacks.
Get to the remembering: The Trump Russian ‘transparency’ bull
Don Trump Jr., with back pats from his dad , ludicrously pretends that a few tweets and a sit-down with Fox News' Sean Hannity settle the matter of his meeting with a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer whose offer of dirt on Hillary Clinton he gleefully accepted. For crying out loud: Their tale, told Tuesday afternoon in the name of "transparency," contradicted the account given just Sunday night, that the meeting only concerned "adoptions."
America Relieved It Didn’t Elect The Reckless Email Candidate
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Unanswered Questions About Russian Lawyer’s Meeting With Donald Trump Jr.
Despite the trickle of details about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting last year with a Russian lawyer during his father's presidential campaign, there are still a number of unanswered questions. Trump Jr. and others have addressed some of the particulars, but the information is based only on the accounts given by those in the room during that June 9, 2016, meeting in Trump Tower in New York City, leaving many details unknown.
Trump, Macron look past differences on Paris climate pact
First Lady Melania Trump is taking her own path through Paris as she and the president began a two-day visit to the French capital, starting at a children's hospital. First Lady Melania Trump is taking her own path through Paris as she and the president began a two-day visit to the French capital, starting at a children's hospital.
Trump and Putin size each other up ahead of formal sit-down
Trump, Putin meet, shake hands. Now what? President Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin are meeting for the first time in Hamburg, Germany.
Trump claims a everyonea at G-20 is talking about Podestaa s role in Russian hacking episode
Ahead of meetings at the Group of 20 Summit in Hamburg, President Trump on Friday fired off a Twitter post claiming "everyone" there was talking about the role of John Podesta, the former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman, in last year's Russian email hacking scandal. Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA.
There’s a Big Hole in the Center of the Democratic Party
'Where are the calls to restore economic justice, rebuild the middle class, raise wages, end pointless wars, or to protect the women and people of color who live under daily threats of oppression and assault? They fell down the big hole in the center of the Democratic Party.' That's one of the slogans that was recently proposed by Democratic Party strategists, presumably in a lighthearted way.
The Latest: Trump and Putin meet, exchange handshake
The Kremlin says that President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump have exchanged a handshake and a few words ahead of their sit-down at the G-20 summit. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Putin and Trump "shook hands and told each other that they will shortly have a separate meeting."
Trump Blasts DNC, Podesta as ‘Disgraceful’ Before Start of G-20
President Donald J. Trump, left center, listens to Polish President Andrzej Duda, right center, on Thursday during a meeting in Warsaw. Trump on Friday laid into the DNC and Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign chief over their handling of email hacking.