WHITE HOUSE — After Saturday’s death of U.S. Sen. John McCain, the White House flag was lowered to half-staff, and returned to full height Monday — provoking consternation and confusion. Later Monday afternoon, it partly descended the pole again. Throughout each tug of the rope, White House officials say they were strictly following protocol, although some […]
WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump is speaking publicly about the possibility of his impeachment. “If I ever got impeached, I think the market would crash,” Trump remarked in a television interview from the White House that aired Thursday morning on the Fox News Channel. “I think everybody would be very poor because without this […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday angrily denounced the federal probe of Russia’s 2016 election meddling as “McCarthyism at its WORST!,” insisting he had authorized his White House counsel to testify to bring the matter to a close. Trump’s Twitter storm was set off by a front-page report in The New York Times that said White House […]
WASHINGTON — Twelve former senior intelligence officials have issued a statement on what they call “the ill-considered and unprecedented remarks and actions by the White House regarding the removal of John Brennan’s security clearances.” The statement is a reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision Wednesday to strip former CIA Director Brennan of his security clearance. […]