CAIRO — Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency it will resume testing of a new generation of nuclear centrifuges Wednesday. Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s nuclear energy agency, said Tehran would remain within the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, nuclear deal reached with the five permanent members […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that the Federal Bureau of Investigation planted a “spy” in his 2016 campaign. Trump has been calling the FBI’s use of an informant who passed on details of his conversations with three Trump campaign associates “Spygate.” The Republican president claimed the FBI […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has withdrawn an invitation for this year’s Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, to visit the White House. Trump called off the June 5 visit late Monday. “The Philadelphia Eagles are unable to come to the White House with their full team to celebrate tomorrow,” Trump said in a statement. “They […]
President Donald Trump says legal scholars have stated he has the “absolute right to pardon” himself, but questioned why he would do that when he has “done nothing wrong” in connection with Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Commenting Monday on Twitter, Trump repeated his branding of the year-long probe led by special counsel Robert […]