US Treasury Chief: Trump ‘Perfectly Happy’ to Tax More Chinese Imports
WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury chief Steven Mnuchin said Sunday President Donald Trump would be “perfectly happy” to tax more imports from China if he cannot reach a trade deal with…
Insults Fly as Trump-Pelosi Feud Escalates
U.S. President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are trading insults in an escalating feud that follows questions about whether he should face impeachment over past and current…
Release of Mueller Russia Report on 2016 US Election Appears Imminent
Release appears imminent of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s nearly 400-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but sparring over Mueller’s conclusions…
White House Looking at Sending Migrants to Sanctuary Cities
WASHINGTON — The White House on Sunday, echoing President Donald Trump, said sending undocumented migrants to sanctuary U.S. cities that have protected them from deportation remains a possibility even though…
Sentencing of Former Trump National Security Chief Flynn Delayed
A U.S. judge in Washington sternly rebuked President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, for lying to investigators about his contacts with Russia in the weeks before Trump assumed…
White House: Trump Has ‘Warm Rapport’ with Philippines’ Duterte
WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump has developed a “warm rapport” with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte even though the Manila leader has verbally attacked the United…
Trump Rejects Claim He Wanted Big Nuclear Expansion
President Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected as “pure fiction” an NBC News report that a few months ago he suggested a tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal, and questioned…
FBI Raided Trump Campaign Chief’s Home Last Month
WASHINGTON — U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided the home of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief in the pre-dawn hours late last month, intensifying their probe of Russian interference…
North Korea Rejects Calls to Halt Nuclear Weapons Development
North Korea vowed Monday to persist in its nuclear weapons development program, rejecting calls from the international community to rein in its aggressive military actions. Pyongyang’s United Nations mission contended…
