U.S. President Donald Trump is supporting efforts to tighten federal background checks on gun buyers in the aftermath of last week’s shooting massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school, the White House said Monday. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump spoke last week with Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn about […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump wants a military parade in Washington to top the one he watched last Bastille Day in France, ordering Pentagon leaders to make plans for the show of military might in the American capital. No date has been set for the parade, but the Defense Department said it is “in the […]
WASHINGTON — Key Republicans voiced strong support Sunday for special counsel Robert Mueller’s handling of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but split on whether Congress needs to approve legislation to block President Donald Trump from firing Mueller. Senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine, breaking with […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump told key lawmakers Tuesday that he would sign whatever legislation they agreed upon to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from being deported and to improve security along the country’s border with Mexico. In an extraordinary televised meeting at the White House, Trump said that comprehensive immigration reforms could […]