Trump, Xi Eye Mar-A-Lago Summit
The United States and China are finalizing plans for a summit between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago this April, but diplomats are struggling to remove last-minute stumbling...
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Trump Vows Appeal Up To Supreme Court After Loss On Travel Ban
A defiant President Donald Trump has pledged to appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court if necessary to fight for his revised travel ban, parts of which were halted by two different federal judges in...
Senate Intelligence Panel Rejects Trump Wiretap Claim
There are "no indications" that Trump Tower was under surveillance by the US government before or after the election, a Senate committee has said. The statement from Republican Senator Richard Burr,...
Snags Slow Trump’s White House Debut
Donald Trump wants to act swiftly, but 55 days after moving into the White House the president has little to show for his hustle, hamstrung by Congress, the courts and his own unorthodox style. Two...
US Treasury Halts Retirement Outlays To Stay Under Debt Limit
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday announced his department is suspending contributions to government retirement and disability funds in order to keep the country's debt under the...
No Evidence Trump Tower Bugged By Obama
President Donald Trump's controversial allegation that the Obama administration wiretapped his Trump Tower in New York wilted further Thursday when two top US senators said they saw no evidence to...
Trump Budget ‘cripples’ Environment, Science, Critics Say
US President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 budget would slash funding for science, health and environmental programs at home and abroad, sparking outcry among experts who say the cuts would endanger...
McDonald’s Probing Hacked Tweet Slamming Trump
McDonald's is investigating an apparent hack into its Twitter feed following a briefly-posted diatribe against President Donald Trump, the fast-food giant said Thursday. The fake tweet offered an...
Trump’s Budget Would Cut NASA Asteroid Mission, Earth Science
Under US President Donald Trump's proposed budget, NASA's funding would stay largely intact but the space agency would abandon plans to lasso an asteroid, along with four Earth and climate missions....
I Might Not Be Here ‘if It Wasn’t For Twitter’
President Donald Trump is defending his frequent -- and often incendiary -- use of Twitter by saying that the social media platform lets him bypass the "dishonest" press. "Maybe I would not be here...
Trump, Saudi Arabia In Mutual Embrace
US President Donald Trump may not be popular in much of the Muslim world but he has been embraced by Saudi Arabia and, in turn, has reached out to the oil-rich kingdom. A meeting Tuesday in...
Barack Obama To Spend A Month In French Polynesia
Barack Obama arrived in French Polynesia where he will spend a month at a luxury resort frequented by Hollywood stars, according to local TV channel Tahiti Nui TV. The former US president landed on...
Russia Runs Up Cyber Score Against US With Yahoo, Election Hacks
US charges that Russia's FSB security service was behind the hacking of Yahoo underscored a worrisome run of successes in Moscow's cyber-efforts against its longtime rival. Coming after Russian...
US State Dept Tests New Media Rules As Tillerson Heads Solo To Asia
The US State Department said Wednesday that it is testing new media coverage rules as its boss Rex Tillerson traveled to Asia with no accredited reporters in tow -- a break with 50 years of...
As US Health Plan Teeters, Republican Rebels Demand Changes
US Republican leaders grappled Wednesday with the possibility that their much-awaited Obamacare replacement bill goes down in flames, as rebels within the party demand sweeping changes before they...
US Plans For Syria Include Another 1,000 Troops
Up to 1,000 additional US troops could deploy to northern Syria under provisional plans drawn up by the Pentagon, a US defense official told AFP on Wednesday. The plans, which still need to be...
Obama Picks North Carolina, Connecticut For US Basketball Crowns
Former US president Barack Obama continued his "March Madness" basketball bracket predictions Wednesday, selecting North Carolina's men and Connecticut's women as his picks to win their respective...
Top Lawmakers See No Evidence For Trump Wiretap Claim
Senior US lawmakers said Wednesday they had seen no evidence to support President Donald Trump's claim that his predecessor Barack Obama wiretapped his New York home and office building. "We don't...
Trump To Undo Obama Auto Emissions Rules
President Donald Trump is set to announce steps Wednesday to halt his predecessor Barack Obama's future vehicle emissions limits for manufacturers, a senior administration official said. During a...
Trump Gives CIA Power To Conduct Drone Strikes
President Donald Trump's administration has given new powers to the CIA to conduct drone strikes against extremist targets in the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The move would...