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In a post on Tuesday night, Trump said that if Chicago can't reduce its homicide figures, he will "send in the Feds!" He described the violence as "carnage." If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings , I will send in the Feds! Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel acknowledged his own frustration with Chicago's crime rate Monday, but also criticized Trump for worrying about the size of the crowd at his inauguration .
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, as he is joined by the Congressional leadership and his family while he formally signs his cabinet nominations into law, in the President's Room of the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2017. Defeated and in the minority, Democrats in Congress have few options to push their own agenda.
Trump tweeted Tuesday night, "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible 'carnage' going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings , I will send in the Feds!" Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel criticized Trump on Monday for worrying about the size of the crowd at his inauguration. Emanuel, a longtime political ally of former President Barack Obama, also acknowledged his own frustration with Chicago's crime rate.
Never straying far from his business roots, Trump has already submitted an application to trademark the slogan he plans to use for his 2020 re-election run: "Keep America Great." Records from the United States Patent and Trademark Office show that the president applied on Wednesday - before he was even sworn into office - to trademark the phrase, both with and without an exclamation point.
Dozens of books bearing U.S. President Donald Trump's face on its cover have been piling up at bookstores across the nation since his stunning victory in November. But sales so far have been lackluster compared to how former President Barack Obama-related books did when he assumed the presidency in 2009, according to bookstores and publishers.
The chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is predicting a smooth path to confirmation for David Shulkin, President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. Sen. Johnny Isakson met with Shulkin on Tuesday.
Abortion rights activists hold placards outside of the US Supreme Court ahead of an expected ruling on abortion clinic restrictions on June 27, 2016 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Mandel Ngan Abortion rights activists hold placards outside of the US Supreme Court ahead of an expected ruling on abortion clinic restrictions on June 27, 2016 in Washington, DC.
When we last visited the story of Barack Obama's incredible journey into retirement golfing adventures, the situation at the Woodmont Country Club in Maryland was melting down. After initially planning to offer a free membership to the former president, many of the Jewish members of the club objected.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer takes questions about President Trump's contention of widespread voter fraud at a press briefing Tuesday. The White House on Tuesday reiterated President Trump's false contention that he lost the national popular vote because of 3 million to 5 million illegal votes, as yet another untruth swelled into a distraction that threatens to undermine his first week in office.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was shell-shocked when she lost to President Donald J. Trump. Her supporters, her donors, her campaign team were all thunderstruck that she lost to a person who seemed to be the weakest candidate the Republicans have ever nominated to the presidency.
Emboldened by a Republican in the White House, the GOP-led House on Tuesday backed legislation that would permanently bar federal funds for any abortion coverage. The measure, which passed 238-183, would also block tax credits for some people and businesses buying abortion coverage under former President Barack Obama's health care law.
The House of Representatives voted today to codify the Hyde Amendment into law and permanently ban taxpayer funding of abortion. The House passed the No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act by a vote of 238 to 183.
The Senate has voted decisively to approve President Donald Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Senators easily confirmed South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for the post, 96-4, despite her lack of foreign policy experience.
At a rally to celebrate National School Choice Week, House Speaker Paul Ryan said every parent should have the right to send their children to the school of their choice. "Every parent should have the chance to choose a decent school for your child," Ryan said, surrounded by children from Sacred Heart Catholic School in D.C. who carried signs emblazoned with messages such as "Put Kids First" and "Got Choice?" Ryan praised President Donald Trump's pick for Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, and said the scholarship program to allow low-income children in the District of Columbia to attend private and religious schools, which was ended by President Barack Obama, would be expanded by the Republican-led Congress.
President Donald Trump shows off his signature on an executive order about the Dakota Access pipeline, Tuesday in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. WASHINGTON >> Donald Trump holds the most powerful office in the world.
As a black man from Alabama, Willie Huntley Jr. has deep reverence for civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, an organizer of the landmark marches from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. So Huntley got a little emotional earlier this month when he found himself in the same Senate hearing room as Lewis.
President Trump invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House later this year during a phone call Tuesday, according to the White House. The two leaders discussed ways to build closer ties between the U.S. and India on the economy, the fight against terrorism and other defense issues in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a read out of the call.
The Senate... . Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., right, accompanied by Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at his confirmation hearing... .
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., tried to test whether President Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget believed in facts or "alternative facts" in a confirmation hearing on Tuesday. With the incoming Trump administration repeating falsehoods about the size of crowds at the president's inauguration, Merkley asked Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., to look at two side-by-side photos - taken at roughly the same time during former President Obama's inauguration in 2009 and Trump's just last week - to gauge which, in fact, was bigger.
Chrisette Michele, one of Donald Trump 's most controversial inauguration performers, has expressed her disappointment at not actually meeting the US President at the event. The Grammy-winning R&B and soul singer sang at the Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration concert that took place last week , a day before Trump's inauguration.