WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are scrambling to contain President Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland, with some showing the most strident opposition to almost anything the Trump administration has done since taking office. They gave speeches on the importance of NATO last week. They introduced bills designed to prevent the United States from … Read more
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will be suing investment banking company JPMorgan Chase within “the next two weeks” for allegedly “DEBANKING” him after the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection. Trump claimed the investment bank closed or restricted his accounts after the riot, effectively cutting him off from longstanding banking relationships. He framed the … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump this week quietly appointed four new members to the Commission of Fine Arts, one of two federal boards reviewing his plan to build a White House ballroom. The Republican president has talked about building a White House ballroom for years, and the completion of the proposed 90,000-square-foot (8,400-square-meter) addition … Read more
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado traveled to Washington, DC, to meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House, following the kidnapping of her political opponent, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Thursday’s meeting was the first time the two leaders met face to face. But the visit was an unusually subdued one for Trump, … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a year before a US military operation ousted Nicolás Maduro, a senior aide to President Donald Trump argued that the Venezuelan leader was sending gang members to the United States. “If you’re a dictator of a poor country with a high crime rate, wouldn’t you send your criminals into our … Read more
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi “looks very nice” but expressed uncertainty about whether Pahlavi would be able to rally support in Iran to eventually take over. In an exclusive Reuters interview in the Oval Office, Trump said there is … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he expects Republican President Donald Trump to try to interfere in the midterm elections, saying raids by immigration agents in major cities are creating a sense of chaos that voters will reject in November. The comments were part of a wide-ranging 20-minute Associated Press phone interview with the New … Read more
PHOENIX (AP) — Mark Brnovich, Arizona’s top law enforcement officer as the state became the epicenter of efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to find proof that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud, has died. He was 59 years old. Brnovich died after suffering a heart attack Monday, Katie Conner, a family … Read more
CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil got an interview with Donald Trump on Tuesday, and one of the unusual moments came when the president talked about what would happen if Kamala Harris won the 2024 election. The president was claiming that Harris would continue what he called a “mess” of an economy under Joe Biden. … Read more
By Bo Erickson and David Shepardson DEARBORN, Michigan/WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the trade deal between the United States, Mexico and Canada is not relevant to the United States but Canada wants it, as he pushed for companies to bring manufacturing back to American soil. “There’s no real advantage … Read more