As expected, President Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops away from the Syria–Turkey border, effectively endorsing a Turkish assault on the U.S.-allied Kurds occupying northern Syria, has been a disaster. Trump made the call last Sunday after a phone call with Turkish President Recep Erdoğan, and without consulting the Pentagon …
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President Trump, in the midst of a political firestorm over evidence showing he pressured the newly elected president of Ukraine to coordinate with his personal lawyer and attorney general to investigate a political rival, sat down for a previously-scheduled joint press conference with that man, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the United …
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened on Friday to fire top employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after its Birmingham office contradicted President Trump’s false statement about Alabama being endangered by Hurricane Dorian. The storm is linked to at least 44 deaths in the Bahamas and at least eight …
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President Trump is, once again, optimistic that he will be able to strike a trade deal with China — and soon. Speaking from the G7 summit of world leaders in Biarritz, France, on Monday, the president said that he had “very good calls” with China over the weekend, and that …
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Democratic candidate and senator from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren told the New York Times on Wednesday, “Yes,” when asked if she thought President Donald Trump was a white supremacist. The candidate went on to say that Trump “has given aid and comfort to white supremacists,” adding, “He’s done the wink and …
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President Trump and Republicans have blamed the media, the internet, video games, mental health, and a lack of prayer in schools for the mass shooting epidemic in the United States, which was brought back into focus over the weekend after shootings in El Paso and Dayton that left at least …
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This story was first published by the Brennan Center for Justice. The only surprising part of the Trump administration’s choice to restart federal executions is that it took the president this long to make it. As a matter of pure politics, Donald Trump would probably like nothing more than to …
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Soccer star Megan Rapinoe, co-captain of the World Cup Champion women’s team, stopped by Meet the Press to discuss equal pay and her thoughts about President Donald Trump. The conversation began with equal pay. The US Women’s National Team has filed a lawsuit to earn an equal amount of money …
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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne denounced President Donald Trump’s unauthorized use of “Crazy Train” in a Twitter video the president posted mocking the 2020 Democratic primary candidates. The video, posted Thursday morning, opens with footage of the technical difficulties that marred Wednesday’s first Democratic primary debate and pairs it with the …
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President Donald Trump‘s attempts to fund his much-touted border wall were thwarted, at least partially, by a Friday evening ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam in Sierra Club v. Trump, Politico reported. The Sierra Club took Trump to court after he declared a national emergency and tried to …
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