Trump video to be played at hurricane relief concert

In a rare show of unity, U.S. President Donald Trump praised all five of his living predecessors on Saturday, thanking them in a video posted online for their work helping to raise funds to help victims of recent hurricanes. FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to reporters as he welcomes United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 20, 2017.

Democratic chairman: Trump ‘most dangerous’ president ever

'We have the most dangerous president in American history and one of the most reactionary Congresses in American history,' said Chairman Tom Perez The former Obama Cabinet official blistered 'a culture of corruption' that he said extends to Trump's Cabinet, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell He warned that internal ruckuses over party priorities and leadership would distract from the goal of winning more elections to upend Republicans' Perez spent time during this week's proceedings meeting privately with frustrated DNC members, including some he did not reappoint Trying to quell accusations that he is ousting activists from the party's left flank, Democratic Chairman Tom Perez told fellow Democrats on Saturday that unity is crucial in the fight against President Donald Trump, whom he lambasted as an 'existential threat' to the nation.

Trump plans to help with Russia legal bills

President Donald Trump intends to spend at least $430,000 of his own money to help pay the legal bills of White House staff and campaign aides related to the investigations into Russian election meddling in the 2016 election, a White House official said Saturday. It's the first such commitment by Trump, who has dismissed the ongoing investigations into whether his campaign colluded with Russia as a "witch hunt" invented by Democrats to explain Hillary Clinton's loss.

Editorial: Ignoring the role of government

Among many conservatives, there's a reflexive assumption that reducing the size of government is always a good thing. This is why politicians like Gov. Sam Brownback often declare their fervent opposition to "big government" and boast about their attempts to reduce spending, cull the number of state employees, etc.

Maxine Waters Demands That Kelly Apologize For Defending ‘Moron’ Trump

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of Missouri called on White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to apologize Saturday for defending President Donald Trump's conversation with a gold-star family. Waters wants Kelly to apologize for his remarks toward Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida about the president's phone call with the pregnant widow of Army Sgt.

Fusion GPS asks court to stop lawmakers from seeing financial records

Fusion GPS, the intelligence firm behind the controversial Trump dossier, asked a federal court on Friday to stop its bank from turning over financial records subpoenaed by the House intelligence committee. In its filing, the firm asserted that the subpoena exceeds the committee's legal authority and said the release of the records would reveal the names of its clients and therefore violate its and their First Amendment rights to free speech and free association.

Georgia Rep. Price says HIV comments taken out of context

Georgia Rep. Betty Price says her comments on people with HIV that ignited a national firestorm were "taken completely out of context." Price, the wife of former U.S. Health Secretary Tom Price, was in a legislative committee meeting Tuesday when she asked a state health official whether people with HIV could legally be quarantined.

Kruse denies inappropriate behavior allegations, expects return to work soon

State Sen. Jeff Kruse said he expects he'll be back on his Senate committees in two weeks to a month, once everybody's "jumped through the appropriate hoops." Kruse made headlines around the country this weekend as word he'd been kicked off all committees circulated soon after a fellow senator suggested on Twitter that someone in the legislature had inappropriately touched her.

Cincinnati Democrat proposes bump stock ban

Ohio Democrats on Tuesday proposed legislation that would ban the devices used by the mass shooter in Las Vegas that modify rifles to fire similarly to automatic weapons. "There is no conceivable reason why an individual needs to use a bump stock," said the bill's primary sponsor, Sen. Cecil Thomas .

Rep. Kennedy traveling to Flint for water crisis update

The Massachusetts congressman will begin Saturday joining fellow Democrat, Congressman Dan Kildee of Michigan, at a meeting with the Community Foundation of Greater Flint to receive an update on recovery efforts. The two will then do a walking tour of the Flint Farmers' Market to discuss the need for Flint residents to have access to healthy foods and affordable health care.

Trump plans to release JFK assassination documents despite concerns…

Trump authorizes release of JFK assassination documents despite concerns from federal agencies - BY WASHINGTON POST STAFF October 21 at 8:53 AM - The National Security Council had urged President Trump to withhold the last batch of government documents that could shed more light Trump plans to release JFK assassination documents despite concerns from federal agencies - President Trump announced Saturday morning that he planned to release the tens of thousands of never-before-seen documents left in the files related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination held

Funeral held for US soldier at center of Trump fight

Mourners remembered not only a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa led to a political fight between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman but his three comrades who died with him. Some of the 1,200 mourners exiting the church after Saturday's service said the portrait of Sgt.

Trump adviser defends proposed SALT cut

Kevin Hassett, senior fellow and director of Economic Policy at the American Enterprise Institute, is President Donald Trump's chief economist. Kevin Hassett, senior fellow and director of Economic Policy at the American Enterprise Institute, is President Donald Trump's chief economist.