Nov 20 Trump and Republicans again face a tough political battle over Obama’s health care law By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, and Trump is picking a political fight before next year’s elections. Continue reading
Nov 20 Mamdani says he wants to talk affordability with Trump during Oval Office meeting By Anthony Izaguirre, Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, is set to travel to Washington for a meeting in the Oval Office with Trump on Friday, a potentially explosive pairing of polar-opposite politicians. Continue reading
Nov 20 WATCH: Schumer says Trump called for execution of Democratic lawmakers, a ‘deadly serious’ threat By Associated Press Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Republicans to denounce the president's comments. Continue reading
Nov 20 Trump says Democrats’ video message to military is ‘seditious behavior’ punishable by death By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — called on U.S. military members to uphold the constitution and… Continue reading
Nov 20 U.S. now wants to reverse its boycott and join the G20 summit, South African president says By Gerald Imray, Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press The United States government has indicated that it has had a “change of mind” and wants to participate at the Group of 20 summit in South Africa in a reverse of its boycott, the South African president said Thursday. Continue reading
Nov 20 WATCH: White House says Trump did not call for execution of Democratic lawmakers By Associated Press White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that members of Congress who made a video saying military officials shouldn’t follow “illegal orders” shouldn’t be executed for sedition, despite Trump’s social media post saying that the video was “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR,… Continue reading
Nov 20 U.S. and Russia have reportedly drawn up a plan for Ukraine. EU leaders say they and Kyiv must be involved By Illia Novikov, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff has been quietly working on the plan for a month, receiving input from both the Ukrainians and the Russians on terms that are acceptable to each side to end the war, according to a senior… Continue reading
Nov 20 Fighting it for months, Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press President Donald Trump could have chosen to release many of the files on his own months ago. Continue reading
Nov 19 U.S. trade deficit dropped nearly 24% in August as Trump’s tariffs reduce imports By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press In a report delayed for more than seven weeks by the federal government shutdown, the Commerce Department said Wednesday that the the gap between what the United States buys from other countries and what it sells them fell to $59.6 billion in… Continue reading
Nov 19 Watch 6:54 Trump and MBS unveil U.S.-Saudi ventures on rare earth minerals and nuclear energy By Nick Schifrin, Sonia Kopelev President Trump and Mohammed bin Salman concluded the Saudi crown prince’s visit to the United States by speaking to more than 400 business leaders. Beyond a defense agreement and talk of the kingdom’s human rights record, the visit focused on… Continue watching