Jan 18 Congress will investigate whether Donald Trump told lawyer Michael Cohen to lie By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press BuzzFeed, citing two unnamed law enforcement officials, said Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress and that Cohen regularly briefed Trump and his family on the Trump Tower project in Moscow — even as Trump said he had no business… Continue reading
Jan 17 Trump cancels U.S. delegation trip to Davos economic forum By Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement that out of consideration for the 800,000 federal workers not getting paid, the president has nixed his delegation's trip to the World Economic Forum. Continue reading
Jan 17 Trump denies Pelosi an aircraft to visit U.S. troops abroad By Catherine Lucey, Matthew Lee, Zeke Miller, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The move was an apparent response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's attempt to delay the president's State of Union address. Continue reading
Jan 17 Trump cancels Pelosi trip to Afghanistan amid shutdown By Associated Press A spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the trip that President Donald Trump is canceling during the partial government shutdown was intended to express appreciation to U.S. troops and reaffirm the United States "ironclad commitment" to the NATO alliance. Continue reading
Jan 17 Michael Cohen acknowledges rigging polls for Trump in 2014 and 2015 By Associated Press Technology company owner John Gauger said that Cohen promised him $50,000 for work including using computers to enter fake votes for Trump in a 2014 CNBC poll. Continue reading
Jan 17 WATCH: Trump says U.S. will develop space-based missile defense By Deb Reichmann, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Declaring that space is the new warfighting domain, President Donald Trump on Thursday vowed the U.S. will develop an unrivaled missile defense system to protect against advanced hypersonic and cruise missile threats from competitors and adversaries. Continue reading
Jan 17 'I never said there was no collusion,' Trump lawyer Giuliani says By Associated Press President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani says he's "never said there was no collusion" between Russia and members of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Continue reading
Jan 17 57 percent of voters say they won't support Trump in 2020 By Laura Santhanam Although the election is still nearly two years away, the large number of voters who oppose Trump as well as his low approval ratings suggest the president faces an uphill battle in winning re-election, according to the latest poll from… Continue reading
Jan 16 Analysis: Why Brexit isn't all that different from the wall fight By Ryan Chilcote As an American living in the U.K., I can’t but help but notice the similarities between British Prime Minister Theresa May’s effort to deliver Brexit and President Donald Trump’s initiative to build the wall -- and the way they’ve both… Continue reading
Jan 16 Government agency ignored Constitution when it approved Trump hotel lease, inspector general says By Stephen Braun, Associated Press The GSA's inspector general said in a report released Wednesday that the "president's business interest" in the Trump International Hotel site at the Old Post Office building in Washington raises emolument issues that "might cause a breach of lease."… Continue reading