Protests turn unruly after Trump’s Phoenix speech

A day of noisy but largely peaceful protests of President Donald Trump's speech in Phoenix turned unruly as police fired pepper spray at crowds after someone apparently lobbed rocks and bottles at officers. A haze enveloped the night sky Tuesday as protesters and police clashed outside the convention center where Trump had just wrapped up his speech.

The Latest: Police say 3 arrested in connection with rally

The Phoenix Police Department says a fourth person was arrested on charges related to a protest after President Donald Trump's speech at the Phoenix Convention Center had ended Tuesday night. Those four arrests plus one arrest of a person on an unrelated warrant bring the total number of arrests at the protest to five.

‘Very Presidential’: Trump applauds himself for not naming…

President Donald Trump threw darts at members of his own party on Tuesday night during a fiery campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona. In remarks about his party's failed attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare, Trump lamented that Republicans were "one vote away" from passing a bill, and hinted that Sen. John McCain of Arizona was to blame .

Trump lashes out at media in Arizona rally

President Donald Trump mounted an aggressive defense today of his response to a deadly far right march in Virginia, using a rally speech to condemn "dishonest" media coverage of his widely criticized remarks. Trump faced bipartisan outrage after blaming "many sides" for violence at the rally in Charlottesville that took the life of an anti-fascist protester.

Trump unshackled: President defends Charlottesville response at raucous rally

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., August 22, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Protesters leave the scene after Phoenix police used tear gas outside the Phoenix Convention Center, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, in Phoenix.

Donald Trump defends Charlottesville responses, omits reference to ‘many sides’

President Donald Trump waded deep into the culture war Tuesday over Confederate statues -- while revising the very recent history of his own comments. In what amounted to a 77-minute presidential therapy session in front of thousands of supporters, Trump pulled out copies of three of his own speeches and rehashed what he'd said about white supremacists' gathering around a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Trump blames the media for his and America’s problems

Minutes into his election-style rally, we learned what: It wasn't the white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan and the neo-Nazis who threw the US into chaos and allegedly killed a woman in Virginia last week. Trump spent nearly a third - if not more- of his 90-minute rally rehashing his public remarks in the wake of Charlottesville, Virginia, and complaining that he was widely criticised for them.

Trump wona t pardon sheriff; tensions high at rally site

President Donald Trump won't pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio during his visit to Arizona, the White House said Tuesday as supporters and protesters gathered near the site of Trump's latest campaign rally. Outside the Phoenix convention centre, shouting matches and minor scuffles erupted between the two sides.

The Latest: Kevin Yoder at Olathe town hall says he wants to fix private health market

Kansas Rep. Kevin Yoder says he wants to fix broken private health insurance markets rather than moving the U.S. toward expanded government health coverage. Yoder also called for greater bipartisanship in Congress during a town hall meeting Tuesday night.

Barack Obama’s Legacy of Lies andBroken Promises on Afghanistan

In last night's speech on Afghanistan, President Trump said: "No one denies that we have inherited a challenging and troubling situation in Afghanistan and South Asia, but we do not have the luxury of going back in time and making different or better decisions. When I became President, I was given a bad and very complex hand, but I fully knew what I was getting into: big and intricate problems."

Trump, McConnell haven’t spoken since angry phone call, sources say

President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have not spoken in nearly two weeks, since a phone call between the two men went awry and left the two men screaming at each other. Sources with knowledge of the August 9 call said the exchange quickly devolved into a shouting match as an irate Trump expressed his frustrations about the congressional investigation into Russian interference with the US election last year and fumed about a Russia sanctions bill Congress passed that would tie Trump's hands on the matter.

Bill will force Donald Trump to notify Congress before creating U.S.-Russia cyber security unit

U.S. President Donald Trump would be required to notify U.S. lawmakers before creating a joint U.S.-Russia cyber security unit - an idea that has drawn criticism across the political spectrum - under legislation advancing in Congress. The proposal, if it became law, would be the latest in a series of maneuvers by Congress that either limit the president's authority on Russia matters or rebuke his desire to warm relations with Moscow.

Cheong Wa Dae dismisses possible reopening of Kaesong complex in N. Korea

South Korea is not considering reopening the joint industrial park in North Korea's Kaesong, at least for now, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, dismissing news reports that suggested the possibility. "We want to clarify the issue because it may send a wrong message not only to our people but also those in other countries," a Cheong Wa Dae official told reporters.