Politics Jul 31 Trump indicates pre-election shutdown unlikely President Donald Trump has indicated to staff that he won't try to shut down the federal government before the midterm elections to try to win more money for a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, administration officials said Tuesday.
Politics Jul 31 John Kelly, Trump’s chief of staff, says he will stay in role through 2020 The public show of confidence in Kelly, even if later reversed, appeared aimed at tamping down speculation about staff turnover, as well as projecting calm as the president gears up for his re-election campaign.
Politics Jul 30 Trump repeats he would have ‘no problem’ shutting down government over border security funding Government funding expires at the end of September, just weeks before the midterm elections. A shutdown would be the second under unified Republican control of Washington, following an embarrassing weekend stoppage in January.
Politics Jul 26 Audio recording steps up feud between Trump and his former ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen The sudden public airing of Donald Trump talking about paying for a Playboy model's silence marks a turning point in the legal game of cat-and-mouse between the president and his onetime lawyer.
Politics Jul 24 WATCH: Trump speaks at Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks at the national convention at 12:30 p.m. EDT today. Watch his remarks here.
Politics Jul 23 Trump’s tweeted threat underscores rising tensions with Iran Trump's bellicose, all-caps challenge addressed to President Hassan Rouhani followed a speech by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in which he accused Iran's leadership of massive corruption and widespread rights abuses and urged Iranians to rise up in protest.
Politics Jul 23 Trump tries to cast fresh doubt on Mueller investigation Capping a week of drama, back tracking, a double negative and blistering statements from allies about his attitude toward Russian election interference, President Donald Trump on Sunday was back to referring to "a big hoax."…
Politics Jul 21 Trump finds it ‘inconceivable’ lawyer would tape a client BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Donald Trump said Saturday he finds it “inconceivable” that a lawyer would tape a client, as the president weighed in after the disclosure that in the weeks before the 2016 election, his then-personal attorney secretly recorded their…
Politics Jul 19 Amid criticism over Putin summit, Trump wants second meeting President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants a second meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin to start implementing ideas they discussed at the Helsinki summit.
Nation Jul 18 Trump says he told Putin to end election hacking President Donald Trump says in an interview with CBS News that he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States won't tolerate election interference in the future.