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Vázquez pleaded guilty last August to a campaign finance violation in a federal case that authorities say also involved a former FBI agent and a Venezuelan banker. Her sentencing was set for later this month.
President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital.
Trump is interested in Greenland's critical minerals Maya Martinsen, 21, a shop worker, told AP she doesn't believe Trump wants Greenland to enhance America's security. "I know it's not national security. I think it's for the oils and minerals that we have that are untouched ...
Joseph Tirrell was mindful of his job security from the very start of the Trump administration. As the department's chief ethics officer, he had affirmed that Smith, the special counsel, was entitled to a law firm's free legal services, a decision he sensed had the potential to rile ...
Executions, as well as the killing of peaceful protesters, are two of the red lines laid down by Trump for possible action against Iran.
... she’s a very fine woman,” he said. "And we’ll be talking again.” But her efforts have so far done little to alter the Trump administration’s perception that Rodríguez is best prepared to stabilize the South American nation. Trump has pressed ahead with plans for American oil companies ...
... issue without them. WATCH: What to know about the GOP proposal to steer money into health savings accounts Recent AP-NORC polls have shown why Trump is concerned. Approval of Trump’s handling of health care was 34% in November. It slipped to 29% in December. Most of the decrease ...
Protesters clashed with ICE agents in Minnesota again after a man was shot and wounded when he allegedly assaulted federal officers. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry called for calmer reactions on the street as President Trump is threatening to deploy troops to the Twin Cities. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
... cities should be training grounds for the U.S. armed forces. And if you look at the last nine presidencies combined, not including the first Trump administration, presidents have deployed troops to quell civil unrest or enforce the law only twice. President Trump has deployed troops or requested or attempted ...
... him to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act. Leavitt described the law a “a tool at the president's disposal” that has been used “sparingly” by Trump's predecessors. Earlier Thursday, Trump threatened to invoke the act and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis ...
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