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Europe's most powerful leader, Angela Merkel, meets for the first time next week America's flamboyant President Donald Trump whose arrival in the White House has sent shockwaves across the Atlantic. A senior administration official skirted a question on Trump's criticism of Merkel over her stance on refugees, saying "those are German government decisions".
President Donald Trump has vowed to press ahead with a controversial plan, slowed by bickering within his Republican party, to repeal Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. "We are making great progress with healthcare.
A New York federal prosecutor who refused to resign when he and 45 other prosecutors were asked to by the Trump administration says he has been sacked. Mr Bharara was first asked to remain in his post by President Donald Trump, when they met after the election.
Until last week, Womack and U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., were the only four-term congressmen with perfect records. The Michigander was busy denouncing health care legislation supported by the White House, Politico reported, and didn't realize that the clock was running out.
President Donald Trump, back center, meets, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, second from left, with his wife Merle Bari, left clockwise, Trump, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and his wife Hilary Geary, right, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his fiancee Scottish actress Louise Linton, together with other members of his cabinet and the White House staff, Saturday, March 11, 2017, at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va. WASHINGTON -- The House Intelligence Committee asked the executive branch to provide by Monday any evidence to support President Donald Trump's claim that his phones were tapped at Trump Tower during the election, a senior congressional aide said Saturday.
Donald Trump Jr. made his first political public appearance since his father's inauguration, taking an election victory lap and growing nostalgic for the campaign trail. "I thought I was out of politics after election day," Trump said Saturday, speaking at the Dallas County Republican Party's Reagan Day Dinner, where he recalled his father's unpredictable path to the presidency.
President Donald Trump reached out through a secretary to Manhattan's top prosecutor two days before he was fired by the Justice Department, but the two men never spoke. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara reported the call to the Justice Department and it was agreed he shouldn't speak directly to Trump.
It was quickly condemned by Heritage Action and other conservative groups. Moderate Republicans, like Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, expressed skepticism.
Congresswoman Niki Tsongas is pushing for legislation she says will help insulate government-directed scientific research from the influence of political pressure and special interests. The Lowell Democrat said the bill would require federal agencies that conduct or fund scientific research to develop policies aimed at guaranteeing their research is conducted and published without undue influence, censorship or distortion.
President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to press ahead with a controversial plan, slowed by bickering within his Republican party, to repeal Barack Obama's signature healthcare law. "We are making great progress with healthcare.
In 2014 a study by Princeton and Northwestern universities concluded that “economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence.” Neither of our two main ... (more)
Vice President Mike Pence, armed with the Republican bill to overhaul the health care system, put subtle but direct pressure Saturday on Republicans thinking about bucking President Donald Trump's administration and their leadership on Capitol Hill over the legislation. Pence cast the current debate over health care as the best chance Republicans have to repeal and replace Obamacare, President Barack Obama's sweeping 2010 health care law, and said the administration needs all Republicans to be with them in this effort.
There is some political karma in the fact that Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, who accused his predecessor Mark Udall of casting the deciding vote on the Affordable Care Act, will be a key decider of whether the GOP's plan to replace it passes. Colorado's newest senator is positioned to demand much - if the question breaks on party lines - in this Republican-led effort to reform both Obamacare and Medicaid.
The House intelligence committee asked the executive branch to provide by Monday any evidence to support President Donald Trump's claim that his phones were tapped at Trump Tower during the election, a senior congressional aide said Saturday. The request was made in a letter sent by committee chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and the panel's ranking Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., according to the aide, who wasn't authorized to discuss the request by name and requested anonymity.
This is becoming a frustratingly familiar story line: An urgent matter confronts the Minnesota Legislature and Gov. Mark Dayton; Minnesotans need their help. But instead of stepping up and working for constituents - all constituents, no matter what their political leanings - lawmakers and Dayton opt to play politics instead.
When he was Ronald Reagan's secretary of state, George Shultz was once asked about the CIA's disavowal of involvement in a mysterious recent bombing in Lebanon. Replied Shultz: "If the CIA denies something, it's denied."
Barack Obama scored a New York City standing ovation on Friday when he and Michelle Obama met U2 singer Bono for lunch at Upland restaurant. Diners stood and snapped pictures over shouts of "we love you Obama!" as the former president left the Park Avenue eatery, People magazine reported .
Bharara's dismissal capped a brief but highly unusual showdown in which a political appointee installed by Trump's predecessor, President Barack Obama, declined an order to submit a resignation. "I did not resign.
Vice President Mike Pence defended the House GOP health care proposal on Saturday, venturing to Kentucky to counter opposition from the state's Republican governor and its junior GOP senator. Pence acknowledged that not all of the state's political leaders back the House leadership's plan, but told small business leaders that President Donald Trump would lean on House Republicans -- including two Kentucky lawmakers in attendance, Reps.