Kushner Resists Losing Access as Kelly Tackles Security Clearance Issues Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, is resisting giving up his access to highly classified information, prompting an internal struggle with John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, over who should be allowed to see some […]
United States Politics and Government
In Davos Speech, Trump Mixes Facts With Fiction In a speech on Friday to world and financial leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Trump mixed facts, falsehoods and claims that could use context. Below are some statements from the speech about the economy and Mr. Trump’s […]
F.B.I. Texts and Dueling Memos Escalate Fight Over Russia Inquiry The Justice Department warned the House Intelligence Committee chairman on Wednesday that it was “extraordinarily reckless” for Republicans to push to release a committee memo that draws on classified information to portray the origins of the Russian investigation as scandalous. […]
Senate Democrats Kill Bill to Keep Government Open Past Midnight Senate Democrats, showing remarkable solidarity on Friday in the face of a clear political danger, blocked consideration of a stopgap spending measure to keep the government operating, leaving less than two hours for lawmakers to find a way to avert […]
Trump Alarms Lawmakers With Disparaging Words for Haiti and Africa President Trump on Thursday balked at an immigration deal that would include protections for people from Haiti and some nations in Africa, demanding to know at a White House meeting why he should accept immigrants from “shithole countries” rather than […]
U.S. to Open Formal Inquiry on Americans Sickened in Cuba Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson is opening a formal inquiry into what the government has described as mysterious attacks in 2016 that sickened or injured 24 United States personnel who were stationed at the American Embassy in Cuba. But […]
White House Immigration Demands Imperil Bipartisan Talks White House Immigration Demands Imperil Bipartisan Talks:- The White House on Friday presented Congress with an expansive list of hard-line immigration measures, including an $18 billion request to build a wall at the Mexican border, that President Trump is demanding in exchange for […]
Trump Tweets His ‘Nuclear Button’ Is ‘Much Bigger’ Than Kim Jong-un’s President Trump again raised the prospect of nuclear war with North Korea, boasting in strikingly playground terms on Tuesday night that he commands a “much bigger” and “more powerful” arsenal of devastating weapons than the outlier government in Asia. […]
Alabama Certifies Jones Win, Brushing Aside Challenge From Roy Moore Alabama officials on Thursday unhesitatingly pushed aside a legal challenge from Roy S. Moore and certified Doug Jones as the winner of this month’s Senate election. The action, during a brief meeting at the State Capitol, was essentially the state’s […]
Appeals Court Rules Against Latest Travel Ban Appeals Court Rules Against Latest Travel Ban:- A federal appeals court ruled Friday against President Trump’s latest travel ban, saying that it “exceeds the scope of his delegated authority,” but that it was ultimately for the Supreme Court to decide. A three-judge panel […]
