Donald Trump warned on Monday that the United States intended to build up its arsenal of nuclear weapons to pressure Russia and China.
Trump threatens to build up U.S. nuclear arsenal against China, Russia
Jared Kushner Says They Will Determine What They Want to Believe About Khashoggi
"We're getting facts in from multiple places and once those facts come in, the secretary of state will work with our national security team to help us determine what we want to believe, and what we think is credible and what we think is not credible," Jared Kushner told Van Jones on CNN Monday.
German foreign minister: U.S. should consider consequences of leaving nuclear treaty
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the United States should consider the consequences, both for Europe and for future disarmament efforts, of pulling out of an international treaty aimed at eliminating a class of nuclear weapons.
Putin Celebrates As Trump Abandons Treaty That Limits Russia’s Use Of Ballistic Missiles
Donald Trump is being played by some of America's most dangerous adversaries, and it could have devastating consequences.
Republican-led government and tax cuts create highest deficit in six years
The U.S. government closed the 2018 fiscal year $779 billion in the red, its highest deficit in six years, as Republican-led tax cuts pinched revenues and expenses rose on a growing national debt, according to data released on Monday by the Treasury Department.
Trump Calls Stormy Daniels ‘Horseface’ As Melania Claims to be the Most Bullied Person
From the most powerful bully pulpit in the world, Donald Trump called Stormy Daniels "Horseface" Tuesday morning, as he mocked her for the lawsuit she filed against him after her defamation suit against the president was dismissed because Trump's threats against her were protected by free speech laws.
With no evidence, Trump says ‘rogue killers’ may be behind Khashoggi disappearance
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday "rogue killers" may have been behind the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and Saudi Arabia's King Salman ordered an internal investigation into the case.
Now that Trump Is Proven Wrong, Kellyanne Conway Says She’s Not Interested in Elizabeth Warren’s DNA Test
Senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway tried to claim that Senator Elizabeth Warren's DNA test, suggesting that she does indeed have Native American ancestry, didn't interest her Monday morning.
Trump calls Mattis ‘sort of a Democrat’ and says he ‘may leave’
Trump said he is unsure whether Defense Secretary James Mattis is planning to step down from his post, but told CBS' "60 Minutes" in a pre-taped interview that the retired general might and that he regards Mattis as "sort of a Democrat."
Jared Kushner ‘likely’ paid little or no income taxes for years: NYTimes
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, likely paid little or no federal income taxes between 2009 and 2016, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing confidential financial documents.
Mnuchin and Wall Street bankers will attend Saudi event despite media exit over missing journalist
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Wall Street bankers will show up at an elite Saudi investment conference this month despite a growing exodus of top media companies and business leaders after the disappearance of a Saudi journalist.
Trump administration kills contract for South Carolina plutonium-to-fuel plant
South Carolina politicians, including Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, have defended the MOX plant, saying it was about 70 percent complete, would help keep plutonium out of the hands of militants, and provide up to 600 direct jobs.
Dina Powell withdraws from consideration for U.S. envoy to U.N.: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs <GS.N> executive Dina Powell has withdrawn from consideration to succeed Nikki Haley as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Trump calls stock selloff ‘a correction,’ says Federal Reserve is ‘crazy’
ERIE, Pa. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday’s stock market selloff was in fact a long awaited “correction,” and that the Federal Reserve, which has been raising U.S. interest rates, has gone “crazy.”
Farmer aid to offset Trump tariffs could be less than first estimated
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's $12 billion package to offset farmers losses from the imposition of tariffs American exports could end up shrinking after an agreement to update NAFTA was struck, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said on Tuesday.
Trump Acting EPA head liked ‘racist’ photo of Obamas: report
The acting head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency liked a controversial Facebook photo five years ago of then-President Barack Obama that a civil rights group called racist, the Huffington Post reported on Tuesday.
Former Trump aide Hicks joins Fox as communications chief
Hope Hicks, the former communications director of President Donald Trump, has been appointed as communications chief at Fox, the company being spun off from Twenty-First Century Fox's
America to buzz as phones get ‘presidential alert’ test Wednesday
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will send messages to more than 200 million U.S. cellphones on Wednesday testing a previously unused presidential alert system that aims to warn the public in the event of a national emergency.
House speaker: Trump to back spending bill, avert shutdown
Paul Ryan on Wednesday said he is confident that President Donald Trump would approve a congressional spending bill to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown when spending runs out on Sept. 30.
Trump, Iran’s Rouhani exchange threats, insults on U.N.’s world stage
U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani exchanged taunts at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday with Trump vowing more sanctions against Tehran and Rouhani suggesting his American counterpart suffers from a "weakness of intellect."