Author: Jill Colvin
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Aide who said McCain is ‘dying’ still works at White House
WASHINGTON— The White House on Friday declined to condemn comments made by a special assistant to President Donald Trump dismissing Sen. John McCain’s opinion during a closed-door meeting because, she said, “he’s dying anyway.” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters she would not comment on an internal staff meeting, but said that…
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AP sources: WH aide dismissed McCain view, says ‘he’s dying’
WASHINGTON — A White House official dismissed a view expressed by Sen. John McCain about President Donald Trump’s CIA nominee, saying Thursday at a staff meeting that “it doesn’t matter” because “he’s dying anyway,” two people in the room told The Associated Press. Kelly Sadler was discussing McCain’s opposition to Trump’s pick for CIA director,…
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Trump to welcome freed Korean Americans’ return to US
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is promising “quite a scene” when three Korean Americans detained in North Korea return to the mainland U.S. after more than a year in prison, their freedom a bonus from the warming of relations between the longtime adversaries. Despite a middle-of-the-night landing Thursday at the Washington-area Joint Base Andrews, Trump…
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Porn star’s lawyer says Russian paid Trump attorney Cohen
WASHINGTON — Stormy Daniels’ lawyer said Tuesday he has information showing that Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, received $500,000 from a company associated with a Russian billionaire within months of paying hush money to Daniels, a porn star who claims she had an affair with Trump. Lawyer Michael Avenatti also said hundreds…
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Giuliani: Trump repaid Cohen $130K for payment to porn star
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump reimbursed his personal lawyer for $130,000 in hush money paid to a porn actress days before the 2016 presidential election, a Trump attorney said Wednesday, appearing to contradict the president’s past claims that he didn’t know the source of the money. During an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Trump…
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In Trump era, the death of the White House press conference
WASHINGTON — The presidential news conference, a time-honored tradition going back generations, appears to be no longer. More than a year has passed since President Donald Trump held the only solo news conference of his administration — a rollicking, hastily arranged, 77-minute free-for-all during which he railed against the media, defended his fired national security…
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In Trump era, the death of the White House press conference
WASHINGTON — The presidential news conference, a time-honored tradition going back generations, appears to be no longer. More than a year has passed since President Donald Trump held the only solo news conference of his administration — a rollicking, hastily arranged, 77-minute free-for-all during which he railed against the media, defended his fired national security…
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Trump says Sen. Jon Tester should quit over VA nomination brouhaha
WASHINGTON — A furious President Donald Trump on Saturday called for the resignation of the Democratic senator who assembled and released what he called “false” allegations that scuttled the nomination of the White House doctor who’d been in line to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. Trump stepped up his criticism of Montana’s Jon Tester,…
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Trump says he doesn’t think personal lawyer will ‘flip’
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doesn’t expect Michael Cohen, his longtime personal lawyer and fixer, to “flip” as the government investigates Cohen’s business dealings. Trump, in a series of tweets, accused The New York Times and one of its reporters of “going out of their way to destroy…
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Trump: US, allied strikes aimed at Syria’s chemical weapons
WASHINGTON — The United States, France and Britain launched military strikes in Syria to punish President Bashar Assad for an apparent chemical attack against civilians and to deter him from doing it again, President Donald Trump announced Friday. Pentagon officials said the attacks targeted the heart of Assad’s programs to develop and produce chemical weapons.…