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Trump's UN speech delivers just what his voters wanted
NEW YORK -- In his first speech to the world's leaders, President Donald Trump delivered the message of the voters who elected him.
"The United States will forever be a great friend to the world, and especially to its allies," Trump said Tuesday. "But we can no longer be taken advantage of or enter into a one-sided deal where the United States ...Read more
Senate Republicans want houses of worship to help aid Harvey, Irma victims
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans are moving quickly to assure houses of worship can routinely receive federal disaster aid as hurricane-battered Texas and Florida struggle to recover.
Four Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, Tuesday proposed legislation to permit religious institutions to get federal relief....Read more
Trump will use campaign funds to pay for Russia legal bills
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump will use money donated to his campaign and the Republican National Committee to pay for his personal legal bills related to investigations into his campaign's ties to Russia, two people familiar with the matter said.
The first payments from the campaign and RNC have already been made to Trump lawyers John ...Read more
Fox News seeks dismissal of suit by contributor who said he was used to deflect Trump-Russia story
NEW YORK -- Fox News has filed a motion to dismiss a defamation and discrimination lawsuit filed by a former contributor who said he was used by the network in a plot to downplay reporting on President Donald Trump's ties to Russia.
Rob Wheeler, a private investigator and former Washington, D.C., police detective, alleged in a suit filed Aug. 1...Read more
Record gains by Latinos in Congress contradict narrative
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's victory last year was widely understood to challenge predictions of a coming surge in Democratic-leaning Latino voters that would forever alter the American electorate.
But with National Hispanic Heritage Month underway, some Latino political leaders are pointing to Congress to argue that Trump's win was ...Read more
Is Kobach a private citizen on Trump commission? Question will test Kansas transparency law
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's use of private email for a presidential commission could bring him into conflict with a 1-year-old state law meant to increase government transparency.
Kobach, a candidate for Kansas governor, told ProPublica last week that he was serving on President Donald Trump's voting fraud ...Read more
Trump's chance to reshape the Federal Reserve could be his biggest economic legacy
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is betting he can turbocharge the U.S. economy with tax cuts and trade deals, but his greatest leverage to influence growth may rest with an unparalleled opportunity to reshape the world's most powerful central bank.
Because of a wave of vacancies, Trump will have the ability in the coming months to appoint ...Read more
Trump again floats military parade that Pentagon once vetoed
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon might have vetoed Donald Trump's interest in parading U.S. military vehicles across the streets of Washington during his inauguration festivities. But now he's the commander in chief and talking about holding such a show of military might on the Fourth of July.
Trump floated the idea to reporters during a meeting with...Read more
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Black colleges finally get a White House voice
WASHINGTON -- Johnathan Holifield, a consulting firm co-founder and former National Football League player, was named Monday to lead the Trump administration's initiative on historically black colleges and universities.
Holifield will be executive director of an effort that's been stalled since President Donald Trump signed an executive order ...Read more
Trump may strip protections from 10 national monuments
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration's plan for shrinking and diminishing protections at America's national monuments appears far more expansive than previously reported, targeting 10 of the nation's most ecologically sensitive landscapes and marine preserves for diminished protection.
The plan, which the White House has been keeping secret ...Read more
Lawmakers sing a bipartisan tune as a bitter fall looms
WASHINGTON -- Bipartisanship is the song of September.
But as President Donald Trump amps up his outreach to Democrats, members on both sides of the aisle remain skeptical of his intentions. And the likelihood that his efforts change the hyper-partisan environment on Capitol Hill appears slim.
Faced with a busy month, Congress has moved faster...Read more
UN 'club' Trump derided forges unexpected alliance on key issues
NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump, who derided the United Nations as a "club for people to get together, talk and have a good time" after his election, is surprising veterans of the global body by leaning on it to help carry out his foreign policy agenda.
From pushing the Security Council to tighten sanctions on North Korea to forging a ...Read more
Trump Jr. should testify under oath on Russia, Feinstein says
WASHINGTON –– President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Jr., should testify under oath to a Senate panel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election, said Senator Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.
Trump Jr. spoke privately for five hours to committee staff Sept. 7, discussing his June 2016 ...Read more
Trump retweets meme of him hitting Hillary Clinton with golf ball, knocking her down
WASHINGTON -- In the latest instance of President Donald Trump seeming to revel in the notion of physical attacks against perceived enemies, the president retweeted an animated GIF showing him hitting a golf ball that knocks down Hillary Clinton.
Critics swiftly responded. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., appearing on ABC's "This Week, said: "It's ...Read more
Trump voters want him to tell the United Nations: America comes first
WASHINGTON -- They want him to scrap the Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran. They want him to bring American service members home. And they want him to stop sending money to help out other countries.
In other words, Donald Trump's supporters want to hear the president tell world leaders this week at the United Nations that America comes first.
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Democrats' road to winning back the House goes through California, and it won't be as easy as it seems
Democrats intent on taking back the House in 2018 have settled on a key strategy: focusing on the 23 districts nationwide where voters chose Republicans for Congress last year but favored Democrat Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump for the presidency. Seven of those seats are in California, and Democrats must win at least a few of them to have a ...Read more
Rallying cry to 'resist' Trump evolves
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Within a day of President Donald Trump's election last November, California's top Democratic lawmakers responded with a joint statement that contained an audacious promise. It was their state, not Washington, D.C., that would be the "keeper of the nation's future."
An artistic rendering of that vow, with looping ...Read more
Low turnout at Trump supporters' rally for unity in Washington
WASHINGTON -- There were a few tense moments Saturday at a demonstration in Washington in support of President Donald Trump, but the event was peaceful overall after it attracted fewer participants than expected.
The rally, which had been advertised as the "mother of all rallies," drew only a few hundred people after police prepared by blocking...Read more
Dealing with Democrats? Protecting 'Dreamers'? That's just fine with these Trump supporters
MESA, Ariz. -- Donald Trump's tough talk on illegal immigration was a big part of the reason Dave Hagstrom and many others in this booming Phoenix suburb supported him for president. "Walls make good neighbors," Hagstrom said.
So when the president moved last week to cut a deal -- with Democrats no less -- to block the expulsion of 800,000 ...Read more
East Coast Republicans join Democrats to lobby Trump against Atlantic oil exploration
WASHINGTON -- State and federal lawmakers from both parties have joined East Coast business interests to persuade the Trump administration to halt its plan for fossil fuel development in the Atlantic Ocean.
It's a surprisingly diverse collection of power players: members of Congress, dozens of lawmakers from both red and blue states, nine ...Read more
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