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President Donald Trump on Thursday told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a letter that he was postponing her scheduled trip to Egypt, Brussels and Afghanistan because of the ongoing government shutdown. Trump’s action came just a day after Pelosi urged him to reschedule his upcoming State of the Union address …
Read More »Trump stresses threats from China, Russia, Iran in missile defense review
U.S. Air Force photo An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test on Feb. 20, 2016, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled the first overhaul of American missile defense doctrine in nearly a decade at the Pentagon. Known as the missile …
Read More »Trump loses support among core voters as the shutdown drags on: Polls
Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. President Donald Trump is hemorrhaging support amid a political standoff over his proposed border wall that has resulted in the longest government shutdown on record, recent …
Read More »US troops killed in ISIS-claimed Syria attack
Delil Souleiman | AFP | Getty Images A picture taken on December 30, 2018, shows a line of US military vehicles in Syria’s northern city of Manbij. An attack in the northern Syrian town of Manbij has resulted in multiple casualties including U.S. troops, a senior Kurdish security official confirmed …
Read More »Senate Democrats fail to block Trump administration from lifting Russia sanctions
Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. Senate Democrats on Wednesday came up short in a vote to stop the Trump administration from easing sanctions on companies linked to Oleg Deripaska, …
Read More »Homeland Security ready to protect Trump’s State of the Union
Samuel Corum | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images President Donald Trump gives his first State of the Union address to Congress and the country in Washington, United States on January 30, 2018. Kirstjen Nielsen, the secretary of the U.S. Homeland Security Department, on Wednesday pushed back on a suggestion by …
Read More »Reschedule State of Union or submit in writing
Jonathan Ernst | Reuters House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks about upholding her oath of office in negotiations with President Trump over the federal budget, border security and the partial federal government shutdown during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 10, 2019. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
Read More »Mueller backs up claim Manafort lied to investigators in court filing
Yuri Gripas | Reuters Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort departs from U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 28, 2018. An FBI agent working for special counsel Robert Mueller filed a heavily redacted court document Tuesday aiming to bolster Mueller’s claim that former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort repeatedly …
Read More »China is biggest rival, despite Russia ‘fixation’
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images William Barr, attorney general nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, William Barr, on Tuesday singled out China as the …
Read More »Voters doubt Trump border wall will solve immigration issues, poll says
Mohammed Salem | Reuters Migrants from Honduras, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, climb a border fence to cross illegally from Mexico to the U.S., in Tijuana, Mexico, December 21, 2018. Most Americans agree with President Donald Trump that a “crisis” …
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