Trump won’t say whether he would fire Mueller, but notes that he’s ‘still here’ President Trump said Wednesday he’s been transparent and cooperative with the special counsel investigating his campaign’s ties to Russia — but wouldn’t say whether he would ever fire Robert Mueller or Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney […]
Kobach helped lead Trump’s election panel. A judge just found him in contempt in a voter ID case A federal judge has found Kansas’s chief elections official, Kris Kobach — a Republican who helped lead the much-criticized commission set up by President Trump to investigate supposed voter fraud — in […]
Ex-Playboy model who alleged Trump affair reaches settlement with Enquirer publisher Former Playboy centerfold Karen McDougal has reached a settlement with tabloid publisher American Media Inc., ending a lawsuit over the rights to the story of the affair she says she had with Donald Trump a decade ago. The settlement […]
Southwest pilots righted plane quickly after engine failed When the engine on the left wing broke in mid-flight, the pilots of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 had to deal with a 737 that suddenly banked left on its own, well past any angle they would use. The plane was pitched at […]
If North Korea Talks Are Not Fruitful, ‘I Will Respectfully Leave,’ Trump Says President Trump declared on Wednesday that he would scrap a planned summit meeting with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, or even walk out of the session while it was underway, if his diplomatic overture was not heading […]
North Korea, Southwest Airlines, Barbara Bush: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing Mike Pompeo’s secret visit to North Korea underscores President Trump’s unorthodox approach to one of the riskiest gambits of his presidency. Mr. Trump confirmed that he sent Mr. Pompeo, the C.I.A. director, above, to meet Kim Jong-un over Easter weekend. […]
Missouri governor may have committed felony related to fund raising: state AG Missouri’s attorney general said on Tuesday his office has uncovered evidence of criminal electronic theft by Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, a fellow Republican already charged with invasion of privacy stemming from an unrelated sex scandal. Attorney General Josh […]
IBM first-quarter margins miss estimates, shares fall International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) posted profit margins that fell short of Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, a sign that its reinvention was taking time. Shares of the technology company fell 6 percent in after-hours trade even as it reported the second quarter […]
AT&T subsidiary DirecTV asks to be dropped from antitrust case DirecTV, the biggest U.S. pay TV company and a subsidiary of AT&T, asked a federal court on Tuesday to drop it from the lawsuit that the government filed to stop AT&T from buying movie and TV production company Time Warner. […]
Ford expands U.S. medical ride business built around its vans Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Wednesday that it was expanding a medical transport service called GoRide in Southeast Michigan, one of several efforts by the U.S. automaker to build new ride service businesses around its Transit commercial van Under […]
