WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he did not fire former FBI chief James Comey last year because he was heading the agency’s probe of Russian links to his 2016 election campaign, a contention directly conflicting with what he said days after he had ousted him. “Slippery James Comey, the worst FBI Director […]
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA — U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday his CIA Director Mike Pompeo held a secret meeting in Pyongyang with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Meeting went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed,” Trump said on Twitter. “Details of Summit are being worked out now. Denuclearization will be a great […]
WHITE HOUSE — China has responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s charges China and Russia are manipulating the value of their currencies. Monday, Trump tweeted, “Russia and China are playing the Currency Devaluation game as the U.S. keeps raising interest rates. Not acceptable!” His charge came just days after the U.S. Treasury Department declined to label […]
PENTAGON — U.S. President Donald Trump and Pentagon officials are dismissing Russian claims that Syrian air defense systems took out most of the cruise missiles aimed at three of the country’s critical chemical weapons sites. Russian news outlets Monday quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying Syria’s Pantsir-S1 was nearly 100-percent effective in repelling the U.S.-led […]