Author: Darlene Superville
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White House: Trump would accept less money for border wall
WASHINGTON • A top White House official signaled Sunday that President Donald Trump is willing to accept less money than he’s been demanding to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall, but a congressional Democrat said that, while their own offer could be sweetened, they still will not agree to a wall. The back and forth across…
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Americans start to say their goodbyes to George H.W. Bush
WASHINGTON • Americans will begin saying goodbye to former President George H.W. Bush on Monday when his body arrives in Washington for public viewing in the Capitol Rotunda — a rare honor that will be bestowed on a man who earned the respect and admiration of many with his leadership, bravery and grace. The public…
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In Paris, Trump the’nationalist’ stands apart from others
PARIS • For President Donald Trump in Paris, America First meant largely America alone. At a weekend commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, the president who proudly declares himself a “nationalist” stood apart, even on a continent where his brand of populism is on the rise. He began his…
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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 visits areas hit by Michael
LYNN HAVEN, Fla. • President Donald Trump marveled at the roofless homes and uprooted trees he saw Monday while touring Florida Panhandle communities ravaged by the force of Hurricane Michael. Trump toured devastated coastal communities by air, land and foot before he and the first lady helped hand out bottled water at a Federal Emergency…
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Trump welcomes freed pastor to Oval Office
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump welcomed American pastor Andrew Brunson to the Oval Office on Saturday, celebrating his release from nearly two years of confinement in Turkey that had sparked a diplomatic row with a key ally and outcry from U.S. evangelical groups. Brunson, who returned to the United States aboard a military jet shortly…
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First lady Melania makes trip to Africa
WASHINGTON • With a wave and tweet, first lady Melania Trump headed for Africa on Monday on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour that will take her to every corner of the vast and impoverished continent. The first lady opens her first-ever visit…
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White House staying out of FBI’s Kavanaugh probe
WASHINGTON • Trump administration officials insisted Sunday that the White House is not “micromanaging” a new FBI background check of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and that senators are dictating the parameters of the investigation. President Donald Trump initially opposed such an investigation in the face of sexual misconduct claims against Kavanaugh, but the president…
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Pence: No one on his staff wrote op-ed
WASHINGTON • Vice President Mike Pence says he’s “100 percent confident” that no one on his staff was involved with the anonymous New York Times column criticizing President Donald Trump’s leadership. “I know them. I know their character,” Pence said in a taped interview aired Sunday by CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Some pundits had speculated…
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Trump cancels pay raise to federal workers
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump informed Congress on Thursday that he is canceling pay raises due in January for most civilian federal employees, citing budget constraints. But the workers still could see a slightly smaller boost in their pay under a proposal lawmakers are considering. Trump said he was axing a 2.1 percent across-the-board raise…