Chuck Todd: Flynn Is ‘Biggest Presidential Scandal’ with Foreign Government Since Iran-Contra

On Tuesday's MTP Daily , moderator Chuck Todd attempted to spin the resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as a category five hurricane and the biggest presidential scandal involving a foreign government since the Iran-Contra Affair under the Reagan administration. "[W]elcome today one of what is arguably the biggest presidential scandal involving a foreign government since Iran-Contra.

Black reporter clashes with Omarosa in Trump White House

EXCLUSIVE: Brendan Dassey's confession - omitted from Making a Murderer - describes how his uncle Steven Avery touched his genitals and was p*ssed off that his fiancA e was in jail and he hadn't 'gotten any,' reveals prosecutor Ken Kratz in bombshell book Extraordinary confrontation between Omarosa and African-American White House reporter as former 'Apprentice' star now in Trump's inner circle claims to have 'dossiers' on black journalists Formerly friends, the two began feuding after Manigault hinted that Ryan may have been paid by Hillary Clinton's campaign; no evidence supports that Ryan said Manigault 'physically intimidated' her and warned that she was among a group of black journalists on whom the White House keeps 'dossiers' Press secretary Sean Spicer batted away that idea on Tuesday, saying it's 'absolutely not true' - but joking that the opposition research was in a ... (more)

Trump’s baptism of fire, travel ban shot down

In more than three turbulent weeks at the White House, President Donald Trump has moved quickly to take a string of controversial initiatives. However, he has suffered some stinging setbacks, from a court block of his bar on entry of people from seven Muslim-majority countries to the resignation of his national security adviser.

Ivanka Trump Sits Behind The Oval Offie Desk & Voters Are Furious – See Pic & Reaction

The First Family is coming under fireAGAIN! When Ivanka Trump shared a photo of herself sitting behind the Oval Office desk, voters ripped her to shreds for taking the important role of America's President so lightly. We've got the picture & wild reactions! America came THIS CLOSE to electing their first female president in 2016, but instead they voted for Donald Trump .

Flynn, fired once by a president, now removed by Trump

The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump asked for the resignation of his national security adviser, a hard-charging, feather-ruffling retired lieutenant general who just three weeks into the new administration had put himself in the center of a controversy. Flynn resigned late Monday.

Democrats call for more inquiries after national security adviser Michael Flynna s resignation

Democratic lawmakers reacted quickly after White House national security adviser Michael Flynn announced his resignation late Monday, calling for more inquiries into Flynn's dealings with Russia. Flynn stepped down just days after he apologized to Vice President Mike Pence for misleading him about his conversations with Russia's U.S. ambassador.

Behind Team Trump’s bogus claims of “voter fraud”…

We all know by now that President Donald Trump, along with one of his closest aides, Stephen Miller, has been repeating factually vacant conspiracy theories about massive voter fraud. Regarding Trump's falsehoods on this topic, we know that he most likely received his information about 3 million "illegals" voting for Hillary Clinton from radio conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Hillary Clinton Absolutely Burns Michael Flynn With A Single Tweet

Michael Flynn resigned as President Donald Trump 's national security advisor on Monday night, and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton retweeted a suggestion for a new line of work... at Domino's Pizza. The younger Flynn helped spread the debunked #PizzaGate conspiracy theory in which Comet Ping Pong, a Washington, D.C., pizza place, was supposedly at the center of a pedophilia ring linked to the Clinton campaign.

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.

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.

Lifelong Democrat Lauds Gorsuch, Classmates Stay Friends Since ’80s

William "Bill" Hughes Jr., a lifelong Democrat and one-time congressional candidate, had warm praise for Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. The two were classmates at Georgetown Preparatory School in the 1980s, while Hughes' father served as the congressman for New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District and Anne M. Gorsuch, the nominee's mother, headed the federal Environmental Protection Agency under Ronald Reagan.

Donald Trump Used His Club’s Restaurant as a Situation Room This Weekend

Normally, when an urgent issue of international security arises, the US president retires to a secure area where smartphones are forbidden . On Saturday, however, news of North Korea's missile test arrived just as Donald Trump was having dinner with Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club.

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.

Detecting fake news added to classroom instruction

Pat Winters Lauro, a journalism professor at Kean University in Union, N.J., led a class discussion talking about fake news. WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y.>> Teachers from elementary school through college are telling students how to distinguish between factual and fictional news - and why they should care that there's a difference.