WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Florida businessmen tied to President Donald Trump’s lawyer and the Ukraine impeachment investigation were charged Thursday with federal campaign finance violations. The charges relate to a $325,000 donation to a group supporting Trump’s reelection. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, associates of Rudy Giuliani, were arrested Wednesday trying to board an international […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An incendiary tell-all book by a reporter who helped bring down President Richard Nixon set off a firestorm in the White House on Tuesday, with its descriptions of current and former aides calling President Donald Trump an “idiot” and a “liar,” disparaging his judgment and claiming they plucked papers off his desk […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his top national security aides delivered contrasting messages of alarm and reassurance over North Korea’s expanding nuclear capabilities, with the commander-in-chief touting America’s atomic supremacy a day after threatening “fire and fury” for the communist country. As international alarm escalated over the still-remote possibility of nuclear confrontation, Trump […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director Robert Mueller was given sweeping power Wednesday to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, with a broad mandate that could encompass any questionable actions of President Donald Trump’s associates and possibly even the circumstances of last week’s abrupt firing of James Comey. The Justice Department’s appointment of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you’ve been missing your daily dose of White House press secretary Sean Spicer, it’s because President Donald Trump’s chief spokesman has been serving the country in another way: He’s been on Navy Reserve duty. Spicer’s commitment for monthly service occasionally pulls him away from his high-profile job as the public face […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid the turmoil over staff shake-ups, blocked travel bans and the Russia cloud hanging overhead, President Donald Trump is steadily plugging away at a major piece of his agenda: Undoing Obama. From abortion to energy to climate change and personal investments, Trump is keeping his promises in methodically overturning regulations and policies […]
Ben Carson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate Thursday to become the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. I suppose there is one saving grace: At least Carson didn’t meet with Russian spies prior to his confirmation. With absolutely no government experience or any knowledge whatsoever about managing a massive federal agency, the U.S. […]
