Trump and His Campaign Promises
Donald Trump took office trailing a string of promises made during a bruising election campaign. Six months into his presidency, here is where the 45th occupant of the White House stands in...
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White House, Kremlin Play Down Undisclosed Trump-Putin Talks
The White House and Kremlin on Wednesday played down the significance of an additional, previously undisclosed meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin during this month's G20 summit. The two...
Angry Democrats File No-Confidence Motion Against Trump
Two dozen congressional Democrats Wednesday launched a no-confidence motion against Donald Trump, an effort that will have no practical effect but highlights the rancor aroused by the US president....
Trump Tells Republicans To Get Health Care Done
President Donald Trump made a last-ditch bid to salvage a central campaign pledge Wednesday, deploying a mix of threats and flattery as he told Republican senators to pass health care reform before...
Trump Opens Election Panel With Demand For Voter Data
President Donald Trump launched a highly controversial investigation into election integrity Wednesday, with a demand that reluctant US states turn over data about voters. "This commission is tasked...
Russian Lawyer ‘ready’ To Meet US Congress Over Trump Jr Meeting
The Russian lawyer at the heart of the scandal over a meeting with President Donald Trump's eldest son claimed Wednesday she is ready to testify to the US Congress. Lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya...
Chinese Activist Questions Arrest In Ivanka Trump Factory Probe
Labour activist Hua Haifeng had avoided legal trouble in his 14 years investigating companies in China, but that changed after he looked into a factory that made shoes for Ivanka Trump's brand. Hua...
Trump and Putin Had Another, Undisclosed Conversation At G20
Trump and Putin had another, undisclosed conversation at G20 US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, had another, previously undisclosed conversation at this month’s...
Big Names In Fight For Form Coming Into British Open
While uncertainty surrounds the form of leading names such as Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy, the British Open begins at Royal Birkdale on Thursday with a plethora of players hopeful of winning the...
Trump Lays Blame As US Health Care Reform Bid Collapses
An angry President Donald Trump railed Tuesday against dissenters in his party who dashed his months-long effort to dismantle his predecessor's landmark health care law, as moderates balked at...
After Six Chaotic Months, Can Trump Save His Presidency?
Donald Trump's first six months in the White House have been a riot of scandal, chaos and outrage that -- absent a major course correction -- could spell doom for his entire administration. All US...
Ex-US House Speaker Released From Prison
Former US House speaker Dennis Hastert was released from prison and will serve his final month of a child sex abuse-linked sentence under supervision by a Chicago re-entry office, authorities said...
Trump Fumes As US Health Care Reform Bid Collapses
An angry President Donald Trump railed Tuesday against dissenters in his party who dashed his months-long effort to dismantle Barack Obama's landmark health care law. Trump fired off a series of...
Saudi Authorities Investigate Snapchat Model In Miniskirt
Saudi authorities are investigating footage of a woman in a miniskirt and crop top walking through a historic site in the ultraconservative kingdom posted to social media over the weekend. A series...
Has the US Apologised Yet? (2)
When Candidate Trump tweeted that insult on blacks, he was ignorant of the fact that it is a black man, Jan Ernst Matzeliger, who manufactured the first modern shoe-lasting machine thereby...
Republican Health Care Reform Up In Air As McCain Recovers
The future of the Republican effort to squash Obamacare hung in the balance Monday with Senator John McCain, whose vote is needed to pass the legislation, recovering from surgery away from...
US Boosts Seasonal Worker Visas Halfway Through Summer Season
The Trump administration announced Monday an increase in seasonal worker visas that US resorts depend on, but the move halfway through the summer is unlikely to alleviate a nationwide shortage....
Trump Asked To Turn Over Mar-A-Lago Visitor Records
A US court has asked President Donald Trump's staff to turn over records of visitors to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to a ruling made public Monday. As president, Trump has visited his...
Trump Back On Offensive After Brief Respite In Paris and On the Links
US President Donald Trump, fresh from a political holiday in Paris, went back on the offensive Sunday as a new poll showed his popularity dropping amid doubts about Russian meddling and deepening...
Trump Cafe Lures Bangladeshis Keen For Pics, Not Politics
A cafe in Dhaka named after Donald Trump has been luring Bangladeshis undeterred by his controversial politics and more interested in snapping selfies with a life-size cutout of the US president. The...