WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has loosened the government’s enforcement of a rule that bars tax-exempt churches from participating in political activity. Trump signed an executive order Thursday that gives “maximum enforcement discretion” to the country’s tax agency, the Internal Revenue Service, in tracking the ban on political activity by religious groups, an edict that already […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Wednesday, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization in the country, condemned President Donald Trump’s derogatory use of the name “Pocahontas” in attacking a political opponent during a speech to the National Rifle Association (NRA) last Thursday. “In the next […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, after failing to win congressional approval for many of his spending and policy priorities for the next five months, said Tuesday the government “needs a good ‘shutdown’ in September” when lawmakers will be debating the 2018 funding plan. In a tweet, Trump blamed the result of his first fight over federal […]
President Donald Trump, after weeks of assailing North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions, said Monday he would be “honored” to meet with Pyongyang’s leader, Kim Jong Un, “under the right circumstances” to discuss the issue. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Trump declared, “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would […]