Aug 31 Trump says he won’t compromise with Canada in NAFTA deal By Luis Alonso Lugo, Paul Wiseman, Rob Gillies, Associated Press President Donald Trump has said privately that he won't make compromises with Canada in high-stakes talks to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement. Continue reading
Aug 31 President Trump expected to sign executive order on retirement plans By Associated Press Administration officials say high costs discourage employers from offering plans like 401(k)s at a time when surveys show workers worry about being able to live comfortably in retirement. Continue reading
Aug 31 Trump campaign removes volunteer who blocked photographer’s lens during Indiana rally By Associated Press A photo by Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci on Thursday in Evansville shows the volunteer stretching out his hand over the lens of a news photographer's camera after a protester disrupted Trump's rally. Continue reading
Aug 31 AP Report: Justice Department lawyer said Russia had Donald Trump ‘over a barrel’ By Eric Tucker, Chad Day, Associated Press The official, Bruce Ohr, says he learned that information during a July 2016 breakfast with former British spy Christopher Steele. Continue reading
Aug 31 New York’s attorney general says Trump Foundation bankrolled political campaign, pursues lawsuit By Associated Press In the motion Thursday, Trump attorney Alan S. Futerfas argued that former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman "made it his stated mission to 'lead the resistance' and attack Mr. Trump whenever possible" and "used his public antipathy for Mr. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch 3:53 News Wrap: Trump cancels planned pay raise for civilian federal workforce In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump canceled a January pay raise for the roughly 2 million civilian workers in the federal government. Also, the president told Bloomberg News that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will keep his job at least… Continue watching
Aug 30 Trump cancels pay raise federal workers were due in January By Darlene Superville, Associated Press The president said he was axing a 2.1 percent across-the-board raise for most workers as well as locality pay increases averaging 25.7 percent and costing $25 billion. Continue reading
Aug 30 WATCH: Trump tells Indiana rally that DOJ, FBI leaders “have to start doing their job” By Catherine Lucey, Jill Colvin, Associated Press If they don't do their job, Trump said, he "will get involved and I'll get in there if I have to."… Continue reading
Aug 30 AP fact check: Trump wrongly claims Google shunned speech By Hope Yen, Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump is wrongly claiming that Google shunned his State of the Union speech but promoted Barack Obama's addresses. Continue reading
Aug 30 Man threatened to kill newspaper staff over Trump editorials By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press A California man was arrested Thursday for threatening to travel to The Boston Globe offices and kill journalists, whom he called the "enemy of the people."… Continue reading