Author: Catherine Lucey
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Trump offers support for background checks on gun buys
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — From the confines of his golf club, President Donald Trump offered support for a limited strengthening of federal background checks on gun purchases Monday while staying largely mum in the last few days about the victims of the Florida school massacre and the escalating debate about controls on weapons. One…
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Trump vents frustration over Russia probe, rails against FBI
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Venting his fury over the Russia investigation, President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted that the Obama administration bears some blame for the election meddling, insisted he never denied that the Kremlin interfered in the 2016 U.S. campaign and said “they are laughing their asses off in Moscow.” In a rapid-fire…
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Trump criticizes FBI over handling of shooting suspect tip
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump lashed out at the FBI Saturday night, saying the agency “missed all of the many signals” sent by the suspect in the Florida school shooting and arguing they are “spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign.” Trump said on Twitter: “This…
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Trump lashes out at Schiff over Russia probe memo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump traded insults with the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Monday, a day after Democrats and Republicans said Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia investigation. Trump’s attack on California Rep. Adam Schiff came before a planned…
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Trump praises African leader after White House dustup
DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump sought to mend relations Friday with a key African leader in the aftermath of his controversial comments about African nations, praising the U.S. partnership with Rwanda along the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum. Trump’s meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame came shortly after Trump drew widespread condemnation…
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President Winfrey? No way, says Trump: “I’ll beat Oprah”
WASHINGTON — President Winfrey? No way, says political prognosticator Donald Trump. “I’ll beat Oprah,” the president declared flatly at a White House meeting Tuesday — though he quickly added, “I don’t think she’s going to run.” Asked about all the presidential speculation suddenly swirling around Winfrey, the typically pugilistic Trump steered clear of nasty nicknames…
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Trump welcomes new year with party, tweets
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump bid farewell to 2017 with a lavish party at his private club, before kicking off 2018 with angry tweets about Iran and Pakistan. On Twitter Monday, Trump attacked Pakistan, saying: “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15…
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Trump attacks Gillibrand in tweet critics say is sexually suggestive and demeaning
WASHINGTON — Plowing into the sexual harassment debate in a big way, President Donald Trump laced into Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday, tweeting that the New York Democrat would come to his office “begging” for campaign contributions and “do anything” to get them. Democrats accused the president of making unsavory insinuations. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who had called for…
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Trump signs proclamations to scale back national monuments in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — President Donald Trump on Monday took the rare step of scaling back two sprawling national monuments in Utah, declaring that “public lands will once again be for public use” in a move cheered by Republican leaders who lobbied him to undo protections they considered overly broad. The decision marks the first…
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Trump, honoring Navajos, revives ‘Pocohontas’ jab at Warren
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump returned to his own kind of code talking Monday by deriding Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” at a White House event honoring Native American war heroes. “You were here long before any of us were here,” Trump said as he honored three Navajo code talkers from World War II.…