Articles filed under Political Figures
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Trump defends Syria decision amid backlash from lawmakers, fresh praise from PutinDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump sought Thursday to defend his decision to withdraw all U.S. military forces from Syria amid a widespread backlash from lawmakers in b...
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Defense Secretary Mattis resigns, citing disagreements with TrumpDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned Thursday after clashing with President Donald Trump over the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and after two...
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Shutdown looms as House OKs wall funding that Trump demandsDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's demand for border wall funds hurled the federal government closer to a shutdown as House Republicans approved a package Thursday wi...
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Trump administration plans to pull US troops out of Syria immediately, officials sayDec 19, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is planning to pull all U.S. troops out of Syria, a defense official said Wednesday, as President Donald Trump declared victory aga...
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Trump lashes out at New York AG who sued his foundationDec 19, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - A day after President Donald Trump agreed to shut down his personal charity - which the New York Attorney General has sued for "persistently illegal conduct...
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Michael Flynn hoped cooperating would keep him out of prison. Here's why he may face 5 years.Dec 19, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - After months of cooperation and more than a dozen meetings, special counsel Robert Mueller argued this month that Michael Flynn should receive no prison tim...
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Michael Flynn sentencing abruptly postponed to allow for cooperation in Russia probeDec 18, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge abruptly postponed the sentencing hearing Tuesday for Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, after a ...
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When and how we might see Trump's tax returnsDec 18, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Of the dozens of potential investigations that House Democrats may pursue in 2019, few have received as much coverage as the possibility of examining Presid...
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Trump 2020 campaign ad asks people to call hotline to say, 'Thank you, President Trump!'Dec 18, 2018 12:00 am - Less than three seconds into an ad for Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign, Brad Parscale repeats a claim his boss makes regularly: "President Trump has achieved mor...
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White House says it wants to avoid shutdown, will find other ways to fund border wallDec 18, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday retreated from his demand that Congress give him $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, backing down ami...