Trump administration sues to delay release of John Bolton book
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has sued former national security adviser John Bolton to delay the publication of a book that the White House says contains classified information and that is expected to paint an unfavorable portrait of the president's foreign policy decision-making.The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington's federal court follows warnings from President Donald Trump that Bolton could face a “criminal problem" if he doesn't halt plans to publish the book, which is scheduled for release next week.The complaint is the latest salvo in a contentious relationship between President Trump and the hawkish Bolton, who was abruptly forced from the White House last September after repeated disagreements on national security matters.
Mitch McConnell 'OK' with removing Confederate names from US military bases
WASHINGTON — Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he’s “OK” with renaming military bases such as Fort Bragg that are named after Confederate Army officers, declining to side with President Donald Trump and other Republicans opposed to the move.The Kentucky senator said he'll live with whatever lawmakers decide as they debate an annual defense policy bill for the military in the coming weeks.President Trump has blasted the calls to rename the military bases. "Hopefully our great Republican Senators won’t fall for this!” he said in a tweet last week.A GOP-controlled Senate panel voted last week to require bases such as Fort Bragg and Fort Hood to be renamed within three years.
President Trump signs executive order on policing to 'build trust' in law enforcement
WASHINGTON — Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing Tuesday that would encourage better police practices and establish a database to keep track of officers with a history of excessive use-of-force complaints.In Rose Garden remarks, President Trump stressed the need for higher standards and commiserated with mourning families, even as he hailed the vast majority of officers as selfless public servants and held his law-and-order line, while criticizing Democrats.“Reducing crime and raising standards are not opposite goals," he said before signing the order flanked by police.President Trump and the GOP have been rushing to respond to the mass demonstrations against police brutality and racial prejudice that have raged for weeks across the country in response to the deaths of Floyd and other black Americans.
Report: Next stimulus package could include $4,000 vacation credit, second check
ORLANDO, Fla. (FOX 35) -- As the tourism industry suffers amid the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump has proposed an idea to give Americans a tax credit to be used toward a vacation to help boost the economy.The president brought up the “Explore America” Tax Credit during a White House roundtable last month.According to Forbes, the proposal could give up to $4,000 to Americans for vacation expenses in the U.S. "at hotels, theme parks, restaurants, and other tourism-related businesses through the end of 2021.""The credit would cover up to 50% of a household’s total vacation expenses, up to a maximum of four grand," Forbes reported.During the roundtable, President Trump described the plan as a "tax credit that Americans can use for domestic travel, including visits to restaurants.
American pride drops to lowest level in 20 years, poll finds
NEW YORK -- President Trump likes to come on stage at rallies and events to the tune of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.,” which features the lyrics, “I'm proud to be an American, Where at least I know I'm free.”
Senate GOP to restrict police chokeholds in emerging bill
WASHINGTON — Driven by a rare urgency, Senate Republicans are poised to unveil an extensive package of policing changes that includes new restrictions on police chokeholds and other practices as President Donald Trump signals his support following the mass demonstrations over the deaths of George Floyd and other black Americans.Sen.
Videos of President Trump walking on ramp, lifting glass with two hands put him on the defensive
WASHINGTON (FOX 32) -- President Donald Trump was on the defensive after videos showing him walking carefully down a ramp and using two hands to hold a water glass gained traction on social media.The videos were both from CSPAN's coverage of President Trump's commencement speech at West Point on Saturday.In one clip, President Trump, 74, lifts a water glass to his mouth with his right hand, which seems to stall out.
Floridians mark President Trump's birthday with flotillas, caravans
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump supporters in Florida were celebrating the president's birthday Sunday with caravans, flotilla, and parades throughout his adopted home state.In Palm Beach County — home of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort — separate caravans of trucks, motorcycles, and boats were riding along highways and the intercoastal waterway at various times in the morning.
Joe Biden, Wisconsin Democrats hold virtual rally; discuss Floyd, pandemic, ousting President Trump
MADISON — Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden urged Wisconsin Democrats in a brief recorded message broadcast during an online state convention Friday.United to discuss plans to defeat President Donald Trump in the November election, that message was repeated by Democratic office holders at the state and local level, who also pushed the need to prevent Republicans from winning enough seats in the Legislature to have a supermajority that could override vetoes of Democratic Gov.
At West Point commencement, President Trump stresses unity, nation's core values
WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Donald Trump on Saturday highlighted the diversity of West Point's graduating class and appealed for America's newest officers to uphold the country's core values, a speech emphasizing unity at a time when the commander in chief's relationship with military leaders has become strained and questions have arisen about the role of soldiers in a civil society.President Trump also told them that under his administration, American soldiers no longer will be responsible for rebuilding foreign nations.“It is not the duty of U.S. troops to solve ancient conflicts in faraway lands that many people have never even heard of,” he said. “We are not the policeman of the world, but let our enemies be on notice: If our people are threatened, we will never, ever hesitate to act.
Trump administration revokes transgender health protection
Washington — In a move applauded by President Donald Trump's conservative religious base, his administration on Friday finalized a rule that overturns Obama-era protections for transgender people against sex discrimination in health care.The Department of Health and Human Services said it will enforce sex discrimination protections “according to the plain meaning of the word ‘sex' as male or female and as determined by biology.” This rewrites an Obama-era regulation that sought a broader understanding shaped by a person's internal sense of being male, female, neither or a combination.LGBTQ groups say explicit protections are needed for people seeking sex-reassignment treatment, and even for transgender people who need care for common illnesses such as diabetes or heart problems.But conservatives say the Obama administration exceeded its legal authority in broadly interpreting gender.The reversal comes in the middle of LGBTQ Pride Month.
President Trump reschedules campaign rally after Juneteenth uproar
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that he is rescheduling his first campaign rally in months to a day later so it won't conflict with the Juneteenth observance of the end of slavery in the United States.President Trump had scheduled the rally — his first since early March — for June 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
President Trump suggests limiting chokeholds by police 'generally speaking'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he’d like to see an end to the police use of chokeholds, except in limited circumstances.PresidentTrump made the comments in an interview with Fox News Channel that aired Friday.PresidentTrump said he doesn’t like chokeholds and thinks that, “generally speaking” the practice “should be ended.”But PresidentTrump also talked at length about a scenario in which a police officer is alone and fighting one-on-one and might need to use the tactic.The White House has been working to craft an executive order on policing in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in police custody, which has sparked protests across the nation and around the world demanding justice and racial equality.Congress also has been working to craft legislation in response.
'Florida is honored:' Jacksonville to replace Charlotte as 2020 RNC host city
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced Thursday, June 11 that Jacksonville, Florida has been selected as the host city for the 2020 Republican National Convention where President Donald Trump will be formally re-nomination.According to a news release from the Republican National Committee, the selection of Jacksonville comes after North Carolina Gov.
Trump administration to reportedly lift ban on baiting, killing wolves, hibernating bears in Alaska
WASHINGTON -- Hunters venturing into national preserves in Alaska will soon be able to bait hibernating bears from dens with doughnuts and other treats to kill them and other controversial practices under a five-year-old ban that will soon end.The Trump administration is ending the ban implemented in 2015 with a final rule published in the Federal Register, according to the Washington Post.The rule ends a ban on certain hunting methods, including using artificial light such as headlamps in wolf dens in an effort to kill mothers and their pups, shooting swimming caribou from a boat and targeting animals from airplanes and snowmobiles, the newspaper reported.It will take effect in 30 days.The regulations were ordered in October 2015 under the Obama administration, when the National Park Service determined that Alaska’s practices conflicted with the federal mission to protect wildlife, according to the Post.State officials argued that the regulations violated Native American hunting rights and were more restrictive than what is permitted on state land.National Park Service Deputy Director David Vela said in a statement to the newspaper that the federal government will defer to Alaska’s wildlife management on national preserves.“The amended rule will support the Department’s interest in advancing wildlife conservation goals and objectives, and in ensuring the state of Alaska’s proper management of hunting and trapping in our national preserves, as specified in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act,” Vela said.Some in favor of the rule change say it will help control the population of wolves and other predators to increase the numbers of their prey, such as caribou, moose and other game animals that hunters prefer killing for sport.
Pres. Trump says admin. ‘would not even consider’ renaming military bases that honor Confederates
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that his administration “would not even consider” renaming various military bases like North Carolina's Fort Bragg that honor Confederate officers who led the fight against the Union and directly or implicitly defended slavery.
President Trump makes wild accusations against injured protester
NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump made wild accusations against an elderly New York man who remains hospitalized with head injuries after he was pushed to the ground by a police officer at a protest in Buffalo and suffered head injuries.On Tuesday morning the president tweeted: "Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed.
President Trump to resume trademark campaign rallies after coronavirus hiatus
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump will resume hosting campaign rallies sometime in the next two weeks, returning one of the president's most potent weapons to his arsenal as the 2020 campaign season enters a pivotal stretch, Fox News is told.