In Bizarre Sunday Morning Twitter Outburst, Trump Claims New York…
Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that The New York Times had vindicated him in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Things are really getting ridiculous.
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SNL’s Cold Open Is A ‘Sopranos’ Take On Trump
The cold open of this season's final episode of Saturday Night Live did a Sopranos-like take on Trump, featuring Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump, Kate McKinnon as Rudy Giuliani and Ben Stiller as Michael Cohen sitting in a New Jersey diner. Tonight's season finale of Saturday Night Live started in the familiar Holsten's Restaurant in Bloomfield N.J., the location of the series finale of The Sopranos.
Trump should be allowed to know if informant provided…
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani of New York speaking at a forum titled "Countering Iran's Nuclear Terrorist Threats" hosted by the Iranian American Community of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal published Sunday morning, Trump legal advisor Rudy Giuliani stated that the president should be allowed to know if an informant who was a part of his 2016 presidential campaign had any dirt on his staffers.
Live stream: Al Gore will deliver commencement speech at University of Maryland
Former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Al Gore will address students receiving their degrees at the University of Maryland 2018 spring commencement. Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1982 and to the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990.
Intelligence Committee Democrats: Trump Jr.’s reported meeting with Arab princes could be crime
The top Democrats on the Senate and House intelligence committees said Sunday Trump campaign officials may have committed a crime if a new report proves true: that three months before the 2016 election, President Trump's son met with two Arab princes and an Israeli political operative who offered to help his father win the presidential election. On Saturday, the New York Times reported that Donald Trump Jr. met on Aug. 3, 2016 with two wealthy princes, from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, along with Joel Zamel, an Israeli expert in "social media manipulation."
In a new tweetstorm, Trump continues to focus on – Witch Hunt’
President Donald Trump lashed out Sunday at ''the World's most expensive Witch Hunt,'' trashing a new report in the New York Times that said an emissary representing the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates offered help to Trump's 2016 campaign. In a six-part morning tweetstorm, Trump accused the special counsel's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election of turning to other leads around the world after, in his words, finding no collusion or obstruction of justice in its ongoing probe.
Brian Stelter Says He Didn’t Vote For Hillary Clinton – …
CNN host Brian Stelter told White House counselor Kellyanne Conway Sunday that he didn't vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. Conway teased Stelter, "I'm sorry, did you just say something that a lot of people on your side on the aisle are not willing to say?" "Well, tell America.
Survivor’s mother: Texas shooter yelled ‘Woo-Hoo’ as he fired
One of the 10 people killed in the Texas school shooting was a girl who had rejected the suspect's advances for months, and stood up to him a week ago in class, the victim's mother said. Sadie Baze said her daughter, Shana Fisher, 16, was gunned down during art class at Santa Fe High School on Friday.
2018 midterms: An early heat for 2020 Democrats?
Look closely enough at the 2018 midterm campaign and you'll see the stirrings of a Democratic scramble to reclaim the White House from President Donald Trump. The leading players - from established national figures such as former Vice President Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to up-and-comers including California Sen. Kamala Harris - don't necessarily put it that way.
Trump Goes on Twitter Rant About Mueller Probe and Asks: What About Her Emails?
President Donald Trump had taken a little break from his tradition of unhinged Sunday morning Twitter rants. But he was back with a vengeance this week, ready to spew out all the pent up frustration and served up a whopping six angry tweets that started out slamming the New York Times, went on to criticize Robert Mueller's probe, worry about the midterms, all to end with the cherry on the unhinged sundae: talk of Hillary Clinton's emails.
Trump Should Get Details on Informant, Giuliani Says
President Donald Trump shouldn't agree to talk with special counsel Robert Mueller without knowing more about a man said to have approached Trump campaign aides in 2016 as part of the U.S. investigation into Russian election interference, his lawyer said Saturday.
Democrats Have Georgia Governorship on Their Minds, But Face Challenges
The party's two primary candidates are a snapshot of a larger debate within the party about how to win in red states ATLANTA-Georgia Democrats, long underdogs in this red state, hoped to present a unified front this year as they pushed to elect a governor, a post they haven't held since 2003. Instead, they have the Battle of the Two Staceys: Tuesday's primary showdown between Stacey Abrams, an African-American former state House minority leader who lives in Atlanta, and Stacey Evans, a white former state representative from the city's northern suburbs.
Deval Patrick tells Bentley graduates to – seek purpose, not prestige’
The state's first and only black chief executive spoke to students, faculty, and parents in Waltham, encouraging students to not rest on their laurels in life. Said Patrick: ''Sitting back and doing no harm is not enough even in normal times.
On the media, the FBI and other ‘animals’
Anyone expecting President Donald Trump supporters to soften up on their allegiance to the president heading into the November midterm elections is sadly mistaken. This past week, Democrats, the FBI and the liberal elite media gave Team Trump strong reasons to remain solidly behind the Republican commander-in-chief and his "drain the swamp" cause.
Like the 1960s all over again: There’s a generation gap on the left too
Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders hold a lighted sign at a Democratic Party rally in Grand Prairie, Texas, in 2017. To the editor: Plaudits to Jonah Goldberg for both his timely take on the GOP's generation gap and his reference to an iconic folk-rock song predating his birth.
Note to Trump: Saying you want the Mueller investigation to end makes you look guilty
To the editor: The president has it wrong: Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation is not a witch hunt. It's a "what" hunt.
Texas Teenager Kills 10 People on School Rampage Spree
A 17-year-old confessed to aiming for people he didn't like at a Texas high school when he opened fire Friday, killing 10 people Friday, a court document shows. Suspect Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, said to an investigator he spared people he liked to tell his story, and he acted alone, a probable cause affidavit says.
Rob Reiner: We’ve Never Had TV Networks Align with a President
Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election - WASHINGTON - Three months before the 2016 election, a small group gathered at Trump Tower to meet with Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son. One was an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation.
Houston Police Chief Says He Has ‘Hit Rock Bottom’ on Gun Rights Arguments
Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election - WASHINGTON - Three months before the 2016 election, a small group gathered at Trump Tower to meet with Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son. One was an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation.
Politics | The Policy of Speak Softly May be Dead – Sunday Political Brunch – May 20, 2018
Political discourse is loud these days, as witnessed by all the negative, campaign attack ads for the past few months in the 2018 primary election states. President Teddy Roosevelt's philosophy was, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick."