President Trump to request budget with funds for border wall, Space Force
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to stand up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being released next week, an administration official said.For the first time, President Trump plans to stick with the strict spending caps imposed years ago, even though lawmakers have largely avoided them with new budget deals.
President Trump pays his respects to 23 killed by Alabama tornado
BEAUREGARD, Ala. — Head bowed, President Donald Trump paid respects Friday to the 23 people killed when a powerful tornado roared through a rural Alabama town, observing a moment of silence before white wooden crosses that stood in remembrance of each victim.President Trump and his wife, Melania, held hands as they paused in front of each of the markers erected near a church serving as a makeshift disaster relief center for survivors of Sunday's twister.Earlier, the president stood on a hill overlooking a debris field and surveyed mangled trees and other wreckage.President Trump flew by airplane to a military base on the Georgia-Alabama border and boarded a helicopter that provided him with an aerial tour of the region before he arrived in Beauregard, which bore the brunt of the storm.
President Trump watched Super Bowl with ex-owner of spa linked to Kraft arrest
WASHINGTON -- A Florida woman who once owned the day spa where Patriots owner Robert Kraft allegedly solicited sexual acts watched the Super Bowl with President Donald Trump days before Kraft was arrested, according to a report in the Miami Herald.Li Yang, who goes by Cindy, no longer owns the Orchids of Asia Day Spa where Kraft is alleged to have paid for oral sex, but her family still owns several South Florida spas, according to the Miami Herald.
Michael Cohen sues Trump Organization for $1.9M to cover cost of his defense
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming the Trump Organization broke a promise to pay his legal bills and owes at least $1.9 million to cover the cost of his defense.The lawsuit, filed Thursday in New York state court, claims the Trump Organization stopped paying Cohen's mounting legal fees after he began cooperating with federal prosecutors in their investigations related to President Trump's business dealings in Russia and attempts to silence women with embarrassing stories about his personal life.
'This is a national emergency:' Pres. Trump meets with Illinois congressman who deployed to border
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met Wednesday, March 6 with an Illinois congressman who was deployed last month to the U.S.-Mexico border with his Air National Guard unit.Republican Rep.
Man's dying wish fulfilled with call from President Trump
WEST HAVEN, Conn. — A terminally ill Connecticut man who's a big supporter of President Donald Trump is getting a bucket list wish fulfilled, with help from his Democratic sister.Jay Barrett, of West Haven, who has cystic fibrosis, left the hospital to begin palliative care at his sister's home last weekend and asked for some sort of contact with the president before he dies.His sister, West Haven City Councilwoman Bridgette Hoskie, who describes herself as "100 percent Democrat," went on social media to help make it happen.
North Korea said to be rebuilding structures at rocket site
NORTH KOREA -- North Korea is restoring facilities at a long-range rocket launch site that it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps, according to foreign experts and a South Korean lawmaker who was briefed by Seoul's spy service.The finding follows a high-stakes nuclear summit last week between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump that ended without any agreement.South Korea's National Intelligence Service provided the assessment about the North's Tongchang-ri launch site to lawmakers during a private briefing Tuesday.
AG Josh Kaul joins multistate lawsuit challenging Pres. Trump's abortion rule
MADISON — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul has joined his first multistate lawsuit, signing on to an action challenging President Donald Trump's administration's attempts to set up obstacles for women seeking abortions.A coalition of 21 attorneys general, including Kaul, filed the lawsuit Tuesday, March 5 in Oregon.
Hillary Clinton rules out 2020 rematch with President Donald Trump
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton says she won't run for president in 2020, but vows she's "not going anywhere."The former secretary of state, senator and first lady ruled out another campaign during an interview posted Monday by New York TV station News12 .Clinton, who lost the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump, says, "I'm going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe."She says, "What's at stake in our country, the kind of things that are happening right now are deeply troubling to me."She says she has spoken with several of the candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, and has told them, "Don't take anything for granted, even though we have a long list of real problems and broken promises" from the Trump administration.
Pres. Trump treats championship North Dakota State players to Big Macs, Chick-fil-A
WASHINGTON — The smell of burgers and fries wafted through the State Dining Room as President Donald Trump celebrated the championship football players from North Dakota State on Monday, March 4 with fast food, like he did when he honored the national champion Clemson Tigers.President Trump told the football team he could have had White House chefs prepare a meal, but "I know you people very well."The players laughed with the president while eyeing stacks of Big Macs and Chick-fil-A sandwiches on a long table in the center of the room.
House to query 60 Trump officials in obstruction probe
WASHINGTON — Declaring it's "very clear" President Donald Trump obstructed justice, the chairman of the House committee in charge of impeachment says the panel is requesting documents Monday from more than 60 people from Trump's administration, family and business as part of a rapidly expanding Russia investigation.Rep.
Sanders returns to NY roots, says he can defeat Pres. Trump
NEW YORK — Bernie Sanders kicked off his presidential campaign Saturday miles from the rent-controlled apartment where he grew up in Brooklyn and forcefully made the case that he is nothing like fellow New Yorker President Donald Trump, proclaiming himself the Democrat best prepared to beat the incumbent in 2020."My experience as a child, living in a family that struggled economically, powerfully influenced my life and my values.
Pres. Trump asks China to remove tariffs on US farm products
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he has asked China to remove its tariffs on U.S. farm products such as pork and beef.Pres.
Eyeing 2020, White House steps up 'socialism' attack on Democrats
WASHINGTON — As the White House gears up for the 2020 campaign, it's pressing the case that Democrats are rallying behind what it's calling the policies of "socialism."Trying to portray Democrats as out of step with ordinary Americans, Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference that the choice in the next election is "between freedom and socialism, between personal responsibility and government dependence."It was the latest step in a coordinated effort by President Donald Trump and his allies to drive up enthusiasm among the GOP base by sowing fears about the policies pushed by Democrats."The moment America becomes a socialist country is the moment America ceases to be America," Pence told the crowd of conservative activists.Pence also took aim at "Medicare for all" and the Green New Deal, policy proposals prominent in the crowded Democratic contest for the presidential nomination.The Medicare proposal really means "quality health care for none," Pence said.
Space Force would be by far the smallest military service
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's proposed Space Force, which faces an uncertain fate in Congress, would be the smallest military service — by far.Details of the Pentagon's proposal released Friday show the new service would have about 15,000 personnel, including an unspecified number of civilians, but would begin in 2020 as only a headquarters of about 200.
Michael Cohen returns to Capitol Hill after slamming President Trump as liar
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's former lawyer returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday for hours of closed-door questioning after publicly branding his former boss a racist and a con man who lied about business dealings in Russia and directed him to conceal extramarital relationships.Cohen was speaking privately Thursday to the House intelligence committee, the last of three appearances before Congress this week.Cohen, who pleaded guilty last year to lying to Congress and soon reports to prison for a three-year sentence, gave harsh testimony about President Trump on Wednesday.
'Racist,' 'conman:' Michael Cohen assails President Trump before Congress
WASHINGTON — In a damning depiction of President Donald Trump, the president's former lawyer on Wednesday, Feb. 27 cast him as a racist and a con man who used his inner circle to cover up politically damaging allegations about sex, and lied throughout the 2016 election campaign about his business interests in Russia.Michael Cohen, who previously pleaded guilty to lying to Congress, told lawmakers that President Trump had advance knowledge and embraced the news that emails damaging to Hillary Clinton would be released during the campaign.
Pres. Trump, Kim share smiles, dinner before nuke talks: 'A lot of things are going to be solved'
HANOI, Vietnam — U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un projected optimism Wednesday, Feb. 27 as they opened high-stakes talks about curbing Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear weapons, a problem that has bedeviled generations of leaders.The second summit between President Trump and Kim came against the backdrop of the American president's domestic troubles.
House OKs Democrats' bill blocking Pres. Trump's national emergency on border wall
WASHINGTON — Democrats ignored a veto threat and rammed legislation through the House Tuesday that would stymie President Donald Trump's bid for billions of extra dollars for his border wall, escalating a clash over whether he was abusing his powers to advance his paramount campaign pledge.The House's 245-182 vote to block President Trump's national emergency declaration throws the political hot potato to the Republican-run Senate, where there were already enough GOP defections to edge it to the cusp of passage.