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 […]
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 […]
WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Tuesday said they did not fear a trade war with Canada after American punitive action on lumber and milk. “They have a tremendous surplus with the United States,” Trump said, adding “people don’t realize Canada’s been very rough on the United States. … […]
WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump is to sign at least four executive orders this week, giving him the distinction of having signed more directives (28) in his first 100 days in office than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. A check by Politifact shows FDR signed 76 such orders in the same 100-day period in […]