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U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly takes questions from the media Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, after speaking at the UAW in Anderson Ind as part of his "Hoosier Highways" RV tour to launch his re-election campaign. As the first-term Indiana Democrat arrived at a campaign stop in Anderson, a town northeast of Indianapolis, the sounds of blaring horns and strummed guitars rolled over the parking lot.
President Donald Trump was very busy tweeting on Thursday, as he lashed out at former President Barack Obama, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and even the leaders of his own party . In Clapper's case, the president took issue with his recent decision to publicly question Trump's mental fitness to be in the Oval Office.
On Twitter on Thursday, Trump says he asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan to attach legislation to increase the country's borrowing limit to a bill related to veterans. Trump said they didn't do it and "now we have a big deal with Dems holding them up."
Since retired Marine Corps General John Kelly started as White House chief of staff last month, President Donald Trump has added a routine caveat before approving proposals advisers place before him: Check with "The General" before moving ahead. It's a marked departure from Trump's instinct to manage around Kelly's predecessor, Reince Priebus.
Donald Trump on Thursday launched fresh attacks on Senator Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, blaming them for another of his failures. Also, Obama and the "fake news" media.
'Particularly troubling to me is how your response to Charlottesville is consistent with a broader pattern of behavior that enables sexism and racism, and disregards the welfare of all Americans,' Daniel Kammen wrote as he quit the post President Donald Trump walks from Marine One across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, as he returns from Reno, Nev. Daniel Kammen, a renewable energy expert appointed last year as a science envoy to the State Department, resigned Wednesday, citing President Donald Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the final straw that led to his departure.
If you found it a bit off-putting when then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump loomed behind Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton during a presidential debate in October, you weren't alone. "It was incredibly uncomfortable," said Clinton, reading an excerpt from her upcoming book on MSNBC's Morning Joe Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Navy has identified a sailor from the USS McCain whose remains were recovered after a crash earlier this week, and it has released the names of nine other sailors still missing, including a man from downstate Illinois. The Illinois man, Logan Stephen Palmer, 23, a Third Class Interior Communications Electrician, went missing after the McCain crashed into an oil tanker near Singapore earlier this week, according to a news release from the Navy.
President Trump's advisers apparently pleaded with him not to attack Sen. Jeff Flake at his rally in Arizona on Tuesday night. "They all said, 'Mr. President, your speech was so good last night, please, please Mr. President, don't mention any names,' " Trump noted.
Voters wait in line in front of a polling station to cast their ballots in the presidential election in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Nov. 8, 2016. AFP/Getty Images hide caption Voters wait in line in front of a polling station to cast their ballots in the presidential election in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Nov. 8, 2016.
President Trump speaks as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., looks on during a meeting with House and Senate leadership at the White House in June. Getty Images hide caption President Trump speaks as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., looks on during a meeting with House and Senate leadership at the White House in June.
President Donald Trump is blaming the media for the widespread condemnation of his response to a Charlottesville, Virginia, protest organized by white supremacists that led to the killing of a counter-protester. RENO, Nev.
President Donald Trump can't enact his agenda without Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell may not have a majority to lead without Trump's help.
In his first month on the job, White House chief of staff John Kelly has made significant progress toward imposing discipline on a chaotic operation, even as it's clear he still struggles to have the same effect on the president himself. The White House is a less contentious place and decision-making is becoming more orderly under Kelly's thumb, according to more than a dozen people interviewed by The Associated Press, including White House officials, outside advisers and others who work regularly with the administration.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he and President Donald Trump are in regular contact about "shared goals" and working together to advance them. He says people suggesting otherwise are "clearly not part of the conversation."
As President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed another bill into law that was designed to make internal reforms at the Department of Veterans Affairs, it was a fresh reminder that one of the few areas of legislative success for Congress and the Trump Administration in 2017 has come on a subject that has drawn strong bipartisan cooperation, with the simple goal of ensuring better treatment for the nation's veterans. "To fulfill our great patriotic duties, we must take care of our great veterans," the President said in a speech to the American Legion in Reno, Nevada, where he later signed into law a bill that modernizes the benefits claims appeals process at the VA, to help speed decisions for veterans.
Local drivers who travel the Skyway can expect delays, road closures and detours in the coming months. The New York State DOT is expecting to begin rehab work on the bridge over the Buffalo River in the coming months.
In his first month on the job, White House chief of staff John Kelly has made significant progress toward imposing discipline on a chaotic operation, even as it's clear he still struggles to have the same effect on the president himself. The White House is a less contentious place and decision-making is becoming more orderly under Kelly's thumb, according to more than a dozen people interviewed by The Associated Press, including White House officials, outside advisers and others who work regularly with the administration.
Attorney Bill Canfield said political maneuvering is behind a request for an extended period to respond to Steve Pearce's lawsuit in federal court. Pearce attorney: Stall tactics starving campaign of funding Attorney Bill Canfield said political maneuvering is behind a request for an extended period to respond to Steve Pearce's lawsuit in federal court.