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A conference call between House Majority Whip Steve Scalise -- recovering from a June shooting -- and House Republicans on Monday was "very emotional," House Speaker Paul Ryan says. "It was really, very emotional for us," Ryan said at a CNN town hall in Racine, Wisconsin, on Monday night.
President Donald Trump opened his political rally in Phoenix with calls for unity and an assertion that “our movement is about love.” Then he erupted in anger. He blamed the media for the widespread condemnation of his response to violence at a Charlottesville, Virginia, protest organized by white supremacists.
"Do people in this room like Sheriff Joe? . . . I'll make a prediction: I think he's going to be just fine, OK?" "He has done a lot in the fight against illegal immigration.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has named Anatoly Antonov as Russia's next ambassador to Washington, the Kremlin announced on Monday . Antonov is a former defence official who is subject to EU sanctions over his role in the conflict in Ukraine.
Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has been waging a war against the traditional news media, undermining reporters and news outlets at every turn with his oft-repeated "fake news" trope . But at least one prominent Republican leader is speaking up in opposition to Trump's claim.
Bill Cosby has hired Michael Jackson's former lawyer to represent him at his November retrial on sexual assault charges in Pennsylvania. Cosby's spokesman announced yesterday that the 80-year-old comedian is bringing in Tom Mesereau to lead a retooled defense team.
President Donald Trump checks hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan before a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on June 6, 2017 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump checks hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan before a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on June 6, 2017 in Washington, D.C. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said Monday that he was disappointed with President Donald Trump's failure to denounce white supremacists in the wake of violence at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, but Ryan said he would not endorse an effort to formally censure Trump for his response. "I do believe he messed up in his comments on Tuesday," Ryan said during a town hall on CNN.
But on Monday night, as he laid out his new strategy for Afghanistan, America got to see how its new President confronted what many experts believe is a no-win situation: a war that has dragged on with no end in sight for 16 years. Trump laced his prime-time speech with volleys of bold language that might be expected from a new commander-in-chief taking over a failing war.
Afghanistan's government has applauded US president Donald Trump's strategy, praising its focus on needs and conditions instead of timelines. Afghanistan's government has applauded US president Donald Trump's strategy, praising its focus on needs and conditions instead of timelines.
President Donald Trump, admitting he came into office wanting to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, said Monday he had changed his mind and had approved an open-ended military commitment to prevent terrorist safe havens there. In a televised prime-time speech Monday night before an audience of troops at Fort Myer, across the Potomac River from Washington in Virginia, the president told the nation that the "immense" security threats from South Asia dictated that the United States remain involved after nearly 17 years in Afghanistan.
Phoenix's top cop promised Monday there are sufficient protections in place for today's Trump rally to prevent a repeat of the violent clashes that happened in Charlottesville. The police chief said Phoenix has a long history of being the site of political hot-button events, rallies and marches.
At every turn thus far, South Carolina governor Henry McMaster has been caught flat-footed in the 2018 Palmetto State governor's race. The 70-year-old establishment "Republican" - tainted by his proximity to an ongoing multi-jurisdictional investigation into corruption in state government - has seen what should have been a guaranteed reelection victory become a battle for his political life .
WASHINGTON a How unstable and divorced from reality is President Trump? We've reached the point where the nation has the right and the need to know. We're not accustomed to asking such questions about our presidents.
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton put it another way, in a statement ahead of Donald Trump's planned rally in Phoenix on Tuesday: "I am disappointed that President Trump has chosen to hold a campaign rally as our nation is still healing from the tragic events in Charlottesville." While Stanton noted that the Constitution protects the right to free speech -- and that the Phoenix Convention Center can be rented by anyone -- he hoped Trump would delay his visit.
Washington >> Mike Thompson , Vallejo's representative in Congress, has submitted a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis urging him to begin the process of renaming military installations across the country that are named for Confederate figures, Thompson's office announced Monday. The letter is co-signed by 21 other members of Congress, including House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith .
The nation's political split over President Donald Trump is expected to be on full display Tuesday as hard-core backers of the Republican president flood into the Phoenix Convention Center and police brace for protests from opponents outside. The rally organized by the Trump campaign will also be a test of the president's support among his base and elected Arizona Republicans, some of whom won't show up because of the possible damage he can do to their own political standing.
Donald Trump was just a few weeks into his candidacy in 2015 when he came to Phoenix for a speech that ended up being a bigger moment in his campaign than most people realized at the time. Trump savaged his critics and the media, vowed to fine Mexico $100,000 for each immigrant entering the country illegally, talked tough on trade, promised to return America to its winning ways and borrowed a line from Richard Nixon in declaring, "The silent majority is back."