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Beyond the White House meeting, some governors also shared pointed criticisms of the administration's ever-expanding power. They bemoaned the unwillingness of the Republican-controlled Congress to limit Trump’s ambitions and they cast themselves as counterweights to the executive. “Presidents aren’t supposed to do this stuff,” Cox ...
“This week, another 50 U.S. combat aircraft — F-35s, F-22s, and F-16s — were ordered to the region, supplementing the hundreds deployed to bases in the Arab Gulf states,” the New York-based Soufan Center think tank wrote. “The deployments reinforce Trump’s threat — restated on a ...
... the perspective of Taiwan because it sounds like it would be an issue that would be bargained away,” Hoo said. Taiwan to feature prominently in Trump’s China visit Trump is set to make his first trip to China in his current term in April, and Taiwan likely will feature ...
... McCarthyism' Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe on Monday granted an injunction ordering that the materials be restored while the lawsuit proceeds and barring Trump officials from creating new interpretations of the site’s history. In her 40-page opinion, Rufe compared President Donald Trump’s administration to the ...
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was the driving force behind renaming the U.S. Institute of Peace the “Donald J. Trump U.S. Institute of Peace,” in a move still being contested in courts. Watch the clip in the video player above. “Marco named ...
... the stage. Other candidates in the race include Republican former state Sen. Colton Moore, who made a name for himself with a vociferous attack on Trump’s prosecution in Georgia. Moore, the favorite of many far-right activists, said he’s been in communication with Trump even after Trump endorsed ...
President Donald Trump used the Board of Peace opening to "endorse foreign leaders" on Thursday. Watch the clip in the video player above. In one of many tangents, Trump used his speech at the Board of Peace meeting to reinforce his support for various foreign leaders who are facing or ...
... a very beautiful structure," Cook said before the voting. "The United States just should not be entertaining the world in tents." Cook echoed one of Trump's arguments for adding a ballroom to the White House: It would end the long-standing practice of erecting temporary structures that Trump calls ...
... countries that have not joined the board but are taking part as observers. “Almost everybody’s accepted, and the ones that haven’t, will be," Trump predicted. "And some are playing a little cute -- it doesn’t work. You can’t play cute with me.” The U.N. Security Council ...
... administer Gaza’s daily affairs. But the most challenging steps lie ahead, including the deployment of an international security force, disarming Hamas and rebuilding Gaza. Trump said this week that the Board of Peace members have pledged $5 billion toward Gaza reconstruction and will commit thousands of personnel to international ...
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