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Trump announces exit of spokeswoman Sarah Sanders

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 14 05:32 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - President Donald Trump on Thursday made the surprise announcement of the departure of spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, who has been widely criticized for her performance in the White House. Read more »

Trump Jr grilled by US senators, says unconcerned about perjury

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 13 07:05 AM

Donald Trump Jr wrapped up a return interview Wednesday with US lawmakers who questioned him about his contacts with Russians, with the president's eldest son dismissing concerns he may have perjured himself in his 2017 testimony. Read more »

Biden, Trump trade barbs in duel for blue collar votes in Iowa

Mandel Ngan and Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 07:28 AM

President Donald Trump branded his leading Democratic opponent Joe Biden a "dummy" Tuesday as they gave dueling speeches in the 2020 battleground state of Iowa. Read more »

Trump accuses Twitter of gagging conservatives

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 10 07:30 AM

US President Donald Trump took to Twitter once again Sunday to accuse the messaging platform of gagging conservative voices -- a "Giant Mistake!" that he said runs counter to freedom of expression.  Read more »

Duterte recalls talks with Xi: No US presence on Pag-asa island, so why the ships?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 12:51 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said early Saturday he assured Chinese President Xi Jinping that American troops would never set foot on Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea as he asked why China's ships were surrounding the area. Read more »

Mexico girds for talks on 'counterproductive' Trump tariff threat

Alina Dieste, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 04 06:54 AM

Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard warned Monday that President Donald Trump's planned punitive tariffs on Mexico would be "counterproductive" for cracking down on migrants, but the White House reiterated Trump's threat is serious. Read more »

China raises tariffs on US goods amid escalating tensions

Sébastien Ricci and Ryan McMorrow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 01 03:52 PM

BEIJING, China – China on Saturday increased tariffs on billions worth of US goods as it prepares to unveil a blacklist of "unreliable" foreign companies that analysts say aims to punish US and foreign firms cutting off supplies to telecoms giant Huawei.   Read more »

Trump admits, briefly, that Russia boosted his election

Jerome Cartillier, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 31 05:34 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time Thursday that Moscow helped him win the White House in 2016 -- before retracting himself to launch a fiery attack on Robert Mueller and the Russia probe. Read more »

Canada panel slams Zuckerberg, Sandberg for hearing no-show

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 29 06:51 AM

A panel of politicians from Canada and several other nations criticized Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg for ignoring subpoenas Tuesday to appear at a hearing on protecting privacy and democracies online. Read more »

Trump and Pelosi face off -- and it isn't pretty

Susan Stumme, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 07:14 AM

Nancy Pelosi is the most powerful woman in American politics, and President Donald Trump's most potent Democratic nemesis. The pair have sparred repeatedly, but the gloves really came off Wednesday.  Read more »

Trump tells ex-White House lawyer to ignore subpoena

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 21 06:55 AM

Donald Trump has told his former White House lawyer Don McGahn to ignore a subpoena from Congress to testify about the president's alleged obstruction of justice, Trump spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Monday.  Read more »

Trump attacks Fox News in latest sign of strain

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 06:50 AM

President Donald Trump criticized Fox News again Sunday in the latest hint that he is souring on what has been his favorite and most faithful news outlet.  Read more »

China warns US against 'harm' to trade ties over Huawei ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 16 07:49 PM

China warned the United States on Thursday against further harming trade ties after President Donald Trump effectively barred Chinese telecom giant Huawei from the US market and put it on a blacklist. Read more »

Trump cites executive privilege to block Congress from getting full Mueller report

David Morgan, Reuters
Posted at May 09 01:05 AM

The White House challenged U.S. House Democrats as they met to vote on holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusing to hand over the document. Read more »

Trump fixer Cohen says he helped Falwell handle racy photos

Aram Roston, Reuters
Posted at May 08 09:12 AM

WASHINGTON - Months before evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr.’s game-changing presidential endorsement of Donald Trump in 2016, Falwell asked Trump fixer Michael Cohen for a personal favor, Cohen said in a recorded conversation reviewed by Reuters. Read more »

Michael Cohen, Trump's one-time aide who turned on him, goes to jail

Catherine Triomphe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 12:25 PM

After dramatic appeals and testimony in Congress, Donald Trump's one-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen is due to report to jail Monday to serve a sentence he deems unjust because he was simply following his boss's orders.  Read more »

Trump: Mueller 'should not testify' before US Congress

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 06 06:53 AM

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller "should not testify" before Congress on his Russia election meddling inquiry, setting up a confrontation with Democrats already irate over what they view as increasingly brazen administration stone-walling. Read more »

Trump, US Democrats agree to forge $2 trillion infrastructure plan

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 01 07:04 AM

Democratic leaders said Tuesday they reached agreement with President Donald Trump to pursue a $2 trillion plan for improving America's creaking infrastructure, but deciding how to pay for the ambitious project could become a sticking point.   Read more »

Trump's candidate for Fed under fire for comments on women

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 30 08:25 AM

The White House said Monday it was reviewing the past writings of Stephen Moore, President Donald Trump's nominee to the board of the Federal Reserve, after charges of sexism were leveled at the economist.  Read more »

Former US Senator Lugar, nuclear nonproliferation champion, dies at 87

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Apr 29 06:35 AM

Centrist Republican Richard Lugar, a soft-spoken foreign policy powerhouse who championed nuclear nonproliferation during 36 years in the US Senate, died on Sunday at age 87. Read more »