The U.S. House Judiciary Committee is set to vote Thursday on whether to authorize subpoenas to a dozen current and former Trump administration and campaign officials as part of its investigations into the 2016 election and the separation of families at the border with Mexico. Democrats who lead the committee have expressed frustration at […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he would “no longer deal” with Britain’s ambassador to Washington after the key envoy disparaged him as “inept,” “insecure” and “incompetent,” and his administration as “uniquely dysfunctional.” “I do not know the Ambassador,” Trump said on Twitter about diplomat Kim Darroch, “but he is not liked […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump claimed executive privilege Wednesday to refuse to hand over documents to opposition Democratic lawmakers investigating a question about citizenship on next year’s once-a-decade U.S. census. Trump’s action came just ahead of a scheduled vote by the House of Representatives Oversight Committee on whether to hold Attorney General William […]
WASHINGTON — The United States paused Monday to honor its war dead on the annual Memorial Day. With U.S. President Donald Trump in Japan on a state visit, Vice President Mike Pence laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington. Trump, before returning home, is marking […]