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Trump campaign selects Apostolic Miami megachurch for evangelicals campaign rollout
MIAMI -- An Apostolic megachurch in a Miami suburb led by a pastor known for speaking in tongues on stage will host President Donald Trump next week when he is expected to issue a full-throated retort to calls from some in the Christian community for his removal from office.
The Trump campaign announced Friday -- a week after a prominent ...Read more
Republicans decried Jeff Van Drew as a 'socialist.' Now that he's switched sides, the GOP is falling in line
The Republican establishment is starting to fall in line for Jeff Van Drew.
A week after the New Jersey congressman and longtime Democrat defected to the GOP in an Oval Office meeting where he pledged his "undying support" to President Donald Trump, the political apparatus of Van Drew's new party is going to work for him. The president has ...Read more
Ex-Congressman Vin Weber tries to bounce back from Ukraine probe
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Russia probe that consumed the first three years of the Trump presidency also nearly derailed the Washington career of former Minnesota Congressman Vin Weber.
Now he's trying to get his reputation back.
The former six-term member of Congress recently learned that the Justice Department has dropped its probe into whether ...Read more
He has 'a lot of money to spend, so do we,' says Trump campaign of Bloomberg 2020 run
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has been uncharacteristically quiet on Michael Bloomberg, declining to publicly attack the media mogul and philanthropist since the Democrat launched his White House bid last month.
The president has not mentioned Bloomberg at rallies, where he regularly derides Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden, ...Read more
Democrats are furious at Jeff Van Drew. But beating him won't be easy
Everyone wants a shot at Jeff Van Drew.
New Jersey Democrats, still seething at the freshman congressman's decision to defect to the Republican Party and pledge his "undying support" to President Donald Trump, are turning their attention to the task of beating Van Drew. Several Democrats are positioning themselves to run against their former ...Read more
Trump and Alan Dershowitz chat at Mar-a-Lago Christmas Eve party
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President Donald Trump spoke briefly on Tuesday night with Alan Dershowitz amid speculation the veteran trial lawyer and longtime Harvard law professor could join his legal team.
The two men were spotted by reporters chatting at a Christmas Eve dinner at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. The White House did not ...Read more
Trump downplays threat of North Korea missile test, says he might be getting a 'nice present' from Kim
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that if North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missiles, the U.S. will "deal with it."
North Korea had long suggested it would use the end-of-year holiday season to deliver a "Christmas gift" to the U.S. after demanding Washington make additional concessions as part of long-stalled ...Read more
Trump says he's in a 'very good position' with impeachment in Senate
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President Donald Trump said he's in a "very good position" in advance of an impeachment trial in the Republican-led Senate, and that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can do "whatever he wants."
"We have the majority," Trump told reporters on Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. "And it's up to Mitch McConnell." He ...Read more
GOP megadonor ends campaign to block Missouri's abortion ban
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A Missouri megadonor has quietly ended his effort to block one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws from going into effect.
Six months after funneling $1 million into a campaign committee formed to fight Missouri's new law, Joplin roofing magnate David Humphreys terminated the account.
Records show the ...Read more
Help is coming to crack down on robocalls. Congress takes on spammers, fake caller IDs
WASHINGTON -- Help for dealing with annoying, persistent and downright weird robocalls is coming. Slowly.
Washington, D.C. has launched an aggressive effort to hunt down scammers and make it easier for consumers to block them. Legislation passed Thursday by the Senate and earlier this month by the House will trigger an aggressive push to crack ...Read more
With Senate trial on hold, Trump faces uncertainty during Florida vacation
WASHINGTON -- Mar-a-Lago? For President Donald Trump this holiday season, his South Florida resort likely will feel more like Mar-a-Limbo.
As Trump mulls becoming only the third sitting president to be impeached during rounds of golf in the sun and dinners chatting with members at his swanky West Palm Beach digs, his next moves remain unclear. ...Read more
Why President Trump's steel tariff didn't save US Steel workers from layoffs
President Donald Trump told an audience of Pennsylvania union workers last August that his 25% tariff on steel imports was reinvigorating the country's steel industry, and leading companies such as U.S. Steel to expand.
That upbeat assessment is now in question following United States Steel Corp.'s announcement last week that it plans to give ...Read more
Evangelicals stand with Trump: 'God always chose people that had flaws'
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The shimmering Christmas trees flanked the eight-person band as they belted out a soft-rock version of "Joy to the World."
Some of the hundreds in the crowd stretched out an arm and swayed with the hymns on Sunday at Riverside's Harvest Christian Fellowship, the flagship of a booming Southern California evangelical church. ...Read more
FBI's probe of Trump campaign faced problems from the start
WASHINGTON -- When Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's internal watchdog, released a report that criticized the secret FBI surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser in 2016 and 2017, initial reports suggested the FBI had been too aggressive.
But a close reading of the 434-page report, and interviews with current and former agents, ...Read more
Trump, Giuliani spoke briefly at Mar-a-Lago party on Saturday
PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President Donald Trump spoke briefly with personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who's under federal investigation, on Saturday night during a gathering at his private resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
Trump and the former New York mayor saw each other at the event, a Studio 54-themed party at the Mar-a-Lago club, said Giuliani spokeswoman...Read more
Trump begins his Florida stay calling Democrats communists and ripping windmills
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President Donald Trump kicked off his winter vacation in South Florida Saturday with an hourlong speech as erratic as the previous 72 hours in Washington, during which he signed a new North American trade agreement, avoided a government shutdown and became the third U.S. president in history to be impeached.
Appearing ...Read more
Party-switching Van Drew: Americans tired of 'weak' impeachment
Rep. Jeff Van Drew says people are tired of the time and money spent on this "weak, thin impeachment," as the first-term lawmaker from New Jersey defended his switch to the Republican Party.
Van Drew voted no on both articles of President Donald Trump's impeachment, along with one other Democrat, Collin Peterson of Minnesota. Then he crossed ...Read more
Q&A: Bernie Sanders talks border crossings, housing and operations tempo with Union-Tribune
SAN DIEGO -- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders has been making his presence known in San Diego County, visiting the region more than any other presidential candidate this year.
But before Sanders took the stage for his fourth event in San Ysidro on Friday night, his campaign invited a reporter from the Union-Tribune for a ...Read more
Trump dubs Hawaii Sen. Hirono 'not the smartest' in speech
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump tried out a fresh line of rhetoric on Saturday when he dubbed Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono "nasty, nasty, horrible" and "not the smartest person on the planet."
Trump spoke of Hirono at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla., while critiquing Democratic environmental policies during...Read more
Emails show Trump asked about Ukraine aid before Zelenskiy call
WASHINGTON -- New documents show President Donald Trump asked about U.S. military aid to Ukraine a month before the call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that went on to trigger the impeachment investigation into Trump.
The heavily redacted documents, obtained under a Freedom of Information request by the Center for Public Integrity...Read more
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