WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump appears to have endorsed three inflammatory anti-Muslim videos posted on Twitter by a far-right British politician, re-tweeting them on his @realdonaldtrump account. The re-tweets appeared Wednesday morning and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders did not immediately respond to a VOA request to verify their authenticity. The messages were […]
WASHINGTON — The Washington Post says it was targeted by a conservative sting operation that tried to get it to print a dramatic but phony story about Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore and a pregnant teenager. The Post broke the story about alleged sexual misconduct by Moore and his reported pursuit of teenage girls when he […]
The question of who is in charge of a U.S. consumer protection agency is now the subject of a lawsuit filed in federal court, after the agency’s director resigned last week and a succession battle erupted between his deputy and President Donald Trump. Before stepping down, Richard Cordray appointed his former chief of staff, Leandra […]
WASHINGTON — This week could decide whether Republicans salvage one of President Donald Trump’s major agenda items during his first year in office or head into a midterm election year with no landmark legislative accomplishments to tout. In coming days, Senate Republicans hope to pass a bill overhauling America’s tax code, but it is not clear […]