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President Donald Trump quietly met a pair of former Colombian presidents last weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, thrusting his administration into an ugly power struggle in Latin America that threatens to undermine the country's controversial peace agreement with rebel leaders. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is expected to push Trump to support the peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia at their first meeting at the White House next month.
As the political fight in Washington over Planned Parenthood intensifies, the number of abortions performed in Massachusetts continues to fall. Abortions in the state have dropped by nearly 11 percent - from 20,802 in 2010 to 18,570 in 2015 - according to an Associated Press review of the most recent Massachusetts Department of Public Health statistics.
Washington, April 24 - US President Donald Trump lambasted opinion polls showing him with a low approval rating, calling the media outlets who are publishing them fake. New polls out today are very good considering that much of the media is FAKE and almost always negative.
Three months after leaving the White House, former President Barack Obama will deliver his first public remarks of his post-presidency. Obama is slated to speak with young leaders on Monday in his adopted hometown of Chicago.
At the beginning of the New Mexico Central Arizona Project Entity meeting on Tuesday afternoon, April 18, 2017, after members present and those on the phone had introduced themselves, it was brought to their attention that the meeting had not been properly noticed. Claudia Duerinck of Gila said the official notice of the meeting time in the Silver City Daily Press had said 9 a.m., instead of 1 p.m. "I suggest you hold a work session, since you cannot legally conduct business."
A combination of pictures made on April 23, 2017 shows French presidential election candidate for the En Marche ! movement Emmanuel Macron and French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National party Marine Le Pen posing in Paris. Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen appear to have won the first round of France's presidential election .
The former New York City mayor of 12 years said he decided against joining the contested presidential race against candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton because of his inability to align with the Democratic or Republican parties. Bloomberg told "60 Minutes" that if even if he mounted an Independent campaign with retired Navy Admiral Michael Mullen as his running mate, and $1 billion of his own money, he would never have stood a chance.
City Councilor and mayoral candidate Tito Jackson is replacing his campaign manager, a move that comes as Jackson aims to regain the momentum he has lost since announcing his entrance in the race, according to his campaign. Charles Onwuche had led the campaign since January, when Jackson launched his bid to unseat Mayor Martin J. Walsh.
With his tweets and his bravado, Trump is putting his mark on the presidency in his fir... New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg is warning world leaders not to follow President Donald Trump's lead on climate change. New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg is warning world leaders not to follow President Donald Trump's lead on climate change.
He's startled world leaders with his unpredictability and tough talk, but won their praise for a surprise strike on Syria. "It's a different kind of a presidency," Trump said in an Oval Office interview with The Associated Press, an hourlong conversation as he approached Saturday's key presidential benchmark.
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday stood by his decision to back a Democratic candidate whose record on abortion has drawn fire from many in the party. Late last week, Sanders joined Omaha mayoral candidate Heath Mello for a rally supporting his bid to oust Republican incumbent Jean Stothert as leader of the largest city in Nebraska.
New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg urged world leaders not to follow President Donald Trump's lead on climate change and declared his intention to help save an international agreement to reduce carbon emissions. Bloomberg, who considered a presidential bid after serving three terms as New York City's mayor, addressed his intensifying focus on climate change in an interview with The Associated Press.
In this Wednesday, July 27, 2016, file photo, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg waves after speaking to delegates during the third day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The former New York City mayor addressed his intensifying focus on climate change on Saturday, April 22, 2017, in an email interview with The Associated Press.
Senate Republicans have found a unifying figure to rally around in their fight to maintain and possibly increase their power in the chamber in 2018. It's not President Donald Trump.
The White House appeared ready to go to the mat for its planned Mexican border wall in this week's must-pass spending bill, setting up a clash with Democrats that may make a government shutdown at week's end more likely. "The Democrats don't want money from budget going to border wall despite the fact that it will stop drugs and very bad MS 13 gang members," President Donald Trump said in previewing the budget fight on Twitter on Sunday.
He's startled world leaders with his unpredictability and tough talk, but won their praise for a surprise strike on Syria. "It's a different kind of a presidency," Trump said in an Oval Office interview with The Associated Press, an hourlong conversation as he approached Saturday's key presidential benchmark.
The White House appeared ready to go to the mat for its planned Mexican border wall in this week's must-pass spending bill, setting up a clash with Democrats that may make a government shutdown at week's end more likely. "The Democrats don't want money from budget going to border wall despite the fact that it will stop drugs and very bad MS 13 gang members," President Donald Trump said in previewing the budget fight on Twitter on Sunday.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that "of course" a person could be a member of the Democratic party and be against abortion, responding to an issue that flared up last week over whether or not Democrats must adhere to party orthodoxy in order to be a member, The Hill reported. "Of course, I have served many years in Congress with members who have not shared my very positive - my family would say aggressive - position on promoting a woman's right to choose," Pelosi told host Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday.
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen and liberal Emmanuel Macron will face each other in a runoff after securing the most votes in the first-round of the French presidential election on Saturday. The results set up a duel between a young candidate with no electoral experience and the woman who has worked to repair the image of a party marred by racism and anti-Semitism.
President Donald Trump is heading into one of the most challenging weeks of his presidency, juggling a renewed health care push and a looming budget deadline. It's all complicated by a potential showdown with Democrats over paying for a border wall.