President Donald Trump said Sunday he cloaked the raid to kill Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in secrecy, telling only his closest advisers, two Republican lawmakers and no opposition Democrats in advance, for fear of leaks about the operation. Trump told reporters at the White House that Russia was given a heads-up that a […]
WASHINGTON — A rare bipartisan commitment between the White House and Congress to make a sweeping agreement on infrastructure has dramatically collapsed. U.S. President Donald Trump refused to shake hands with lawmakers or sit for a scheduled Oval Office meeting with Congressional Democrats on Wednesday morning, according to those in the room. He then […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump and congressional leaders are scheduled to meet late Friday morning at the White House to discuss how to end the government shutdown that has entered its third week. The meeting comes a day after a new group of lawmakers was sworn into office in what is now a Democratically […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON — Key U.S. senators said Tuesday there was overwhelming evidence that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the killing of a dissident Saudi journalist inside Riyadh’s consulate in Istanbul, rejecting President Donald Trump’s claim that the case against him wasn’t convincing. “If the crown prince went in front of a jury, he’d […]