A Trump Triumph Or Rehashed News?
The new trade agreement unveiled Friday between China and the United States is yet another olive branch from the Trump White House to Beijing, but some skeptics wonder how long the cooperative tone...
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Isolated and Agitated, Trump Rattles White House From Within
Isolated and agitated, Trump rattles White House from within A buoyant President Donald Trump reemerged into public for the first time in more than a week on Friday, offering few signs of the malaise...
China Hosts Summit On New Silk Road
China opens on Sunday a summit to promote its massive global trade infrastructure project, highlighting Beijing's ambitions to spearhead a new era of globalisation as Washington shifts toward...
FBI Chief’s Firing Highlights Trump Media Team Chaos
President Donald Trump's shock dismissal of FBI chief James Comey this week not only unleashed a political firestorm in Washington -- it also revealed the discordant sounds emanating from his...
Comey Replacement Could Be Appointed ‘next Week’
US President Donald Trump says he could announce a replacement for fired FBI Director James Comey by late next week. He told reporters it was “possible” he could name someone by Friday, before he...
Trump Sees ‘fast’ Decision Over New FBI Director
President Donald Trump said Saturday he would act quickly to appoint a new FBI director following his controversial dismissal earlier this week of James Comey -- a move that was still reverberating...
Michelle Obama Attacks Trump School Meals Policy
Michelle Obama has launched a fierce defence of the healthy eating initiatives she championed as first lady. At a public health summit in Washington, she hit back after the Trump administration...
Tumultuous Week Puts Trump Presidency On Perilous Path
Another self-inflicted crisis has left Donald Trump's critics outraged and some of his Republican allies dismayed, but a bedrock of support for the billionaire US leader means the political endgame...
Chelsea Manning Prepares To Leave Male Prison As A Woman
Chelsea Manning says she can't wait to breathe the spring air and go swimming when she is released from a Kansas prison next week. The transgender army soldier, who was jailed for one of the largest...
The Players In Trump’s Russia Scandal
The shock dismissal of the FBI chief James Comey has triggered days of turmoil in Washington and thrust the spotlight back onto allegations that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with a Russian bid to...
NASA Delays Deep-Space Orion Test To 2019 Due To Costs
The first test flight of NASA's Orion capsule, designed to one day carry people to Mars, has been delayed until 2019 at the earliest due to high costs, the US space agency said Friday. The unmanned...
White House Movie Theater Opens To Public
Visitors to the White House can now visit the cloakroom-turned-movie theater where Dwight Eisenhower used to sneak off to watch westerns and where Jimmy Carter screened "All The President's Men." The...
Trump’s Lawyers Say No Dealings With Russia — With ‘a Few Exceptions’
Donald Trump's lawyers issued a letter on Friday stating that the US president had no financial ties to Russia -- with "a few exceptions." The embattled president had promised a certified letter...
Trump Warns Sacked FBI Chief Not To ‘leak’ Conversations
President Donald Trump warned sacked FBI chief James Comey Friday not to "leak" details of their conversations to the media, suggesting they may have been taped. In a series of early morning tweets,...
Battle For Raqqa Begins This Summer
A US-backed alliance will launch their final assault on ISIS's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa in June, two commanders from the force have said. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Rojda Felat said:...
Battle For Raqqa Begins This Summer
A US-backed alliance will launch their final assault on ISIS's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa in June, two commanders from the force have said. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Rojda Felat said:...
Trump Insists He’s Not Under FBI Investigation
US President Donald Trump has insisted he is not under investigation, while dismissing the FBI director he fired as a “showboat” and “grandstander”. Mr Trump also told NBC News it was his...
Trump Tries To Save Face After Russia Released Photos of Meeting
Donald Trump has tweeted photos of meetings he had with the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers - a day after the White House was left red-faced when Moscow surprised it by releasing pictures of...
Trump Says He’s Not Under Investigation
US President Donald Trump has insisted he is not under investigation, while dismissing the FBI director he fired as a "showboat" and "grandstander". Mr Trump also told NBC News it was his decision...
Trump Asked FBI Director Three Times If He Was Target Of…
Donald Trump said Thursday he asked his now-fired FBI director on three occasions whether he was the target of ongoing investigations, stoking allegations of presidential interference. Trump...