Author: Catherine Lucey
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Government shutdown threat recedes as Trump softens stance on border wall
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appeared Tuesday to back off his demand for $5 billion to build a border wall, signaling for the first time that he might be open to a deal that would avoid a partial government shutdown. The White House set the tone when press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders indicated that Trump…
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Trump picks budget head Mulvaney to be next chief of staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday picked budget director Mick Mulvaney to be his acting chief of staff, ending a chaotic search in which several top contenders took themselves out of the running for the job. “Mick has done an outstanding job while in the Administration,” Trump tweeted. “I look forward to working…
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Trump threatens shutdown in wild encounter with Democrats
WASHINGTON • In a wild Oval Office confrontation, President Donald Trump heatedly threatened to shut down the U.S. government Tuesday as he and Democratic leaders bickered over funding for his promised border wall and offered a grim preview of life in Washington the next two years under divided government. Trump and House and Senate Democratic…
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G20 analysis: Trump low key, signs of acceptance
WASHINGTON • If there has been a constant to President Donald Trump’s tumultuous first two years in office, it has been that his foreign trips have tended to be drama-filled affairs — the president barreling through international gatherings like a norm-smashing bull, disrupting alliances and upending long-standing U.S. policies. But at this year’s Group of…
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US, China reach 90-day ceasefire in their trade dispute
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The United States and China reached a 90-day ceasefire in a trade dispute that has rattled financial markets and threatened world economic growth. The breakthrough came after a dinner meeting Saturday between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires. Trump agreed…
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Trump’s on-off dance with complicated acquaintances at G-20 summit
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Broken dates. Coy suggestions. Missed encounters. Private opportunities. Amid weighty issues of state, another fascination at the Group of 20 summit has been President Donald Trump’s will-he, won’t-he dance with two fellow leaders who are something of international outcasts these days. Would Trump, who has an affinity for strongmen and a…
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Tensions shadow U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade signing
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto looks on after they signed a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that is replacing the NAFTA trade deal. The ceremony took place at a hotel before the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina •…
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Trump celebrates Republican gains, threatens House Democrats
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday celebrated Senate Republican gains in the midterm election but immediately threatened Democrats, who won back control of the House and with it the power to investigate the president’s personal and professional conduct. Trump has long felt aggrieved by the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016…
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Trump implores voters to preserve GOP advantage
CLEVELAND • In his final pitch to voters, President Donald Trump implored Republicans on Monday to help preserve “fragile” GOP victories that could be erased by Democrats as he closes out a midterm campaign that has been defined by his racially charged rhetoric, hard-line immigration moves and scattershot policy proposals. Trump’s shadow has hung over…
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Trump targets citizenship, stokes pre-election migrant fears
WASHINGTON • Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an “invasion” of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end for the Constitution’s guarantee of birthright citizenship. With his eyes squarely on Tuesday’s elections, President Donald Trump is rushing out hard-line immigration declarations, promises and actions as he tries to mobilize supporters to retain Republican control…