Author: Jill Colvin
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Bannon tries to make amends as aides defend Trump’s fitness
WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon is trying to make amends. President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist released a statement Sunday reaffirming his support for the commander in chief and praising Trump’s eldest son as “both a patriot and a good man.” Bannon infuriated Trump with comments to author Michael Wolff describing a June 2016 meeting at…
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Trump allies defend him against book’s claims
WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials and allies are rallying to the president’s defense, trying to contain the fallout from an explosive new book that questions Trump’s fitness for office. Chief policy adviser Stephen Miller, in a combative appearance Sunday on CNN, described the book as “nothing but a pile of trash through and through.” CIA…
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Trump, GOP lawmakers huddle at Camp David
THURMONT, Md. — Emerging from closed-door meetings with Republican leaders, President Donald Trump on Saturday held out the prospect of a deal with Democrats on the fate of young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children but appeared to put a welfare system overhaul — once a top White House priority — on the…
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Trump left ‘furious,’ ‘disgusted’ by Bannon over new book
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on former top adviser Steve Bannon, responding to a new book that portrays Trump as an undisciplined man-child who didn’t actually want to win the White House and quotes Bannon as calling his son’s contact with a Russian lawyer “treasonous.” Hitting back via a formal White…
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Trump signs order disbanding voter fraud commission
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed an executive order disbanding his controversial voter fraud commission amid infighting, legal threats and information denials. The White House blamed the decision, announced Wednesday evening, on a refusal by more than a dozen states to comply with the commission request for reams of personal voter data, including voters’…
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Trump blasts Bannon over book, says ex-aide ‘lost his mind’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on former top adviser Steve Bannon on Wednesday, responding to a new book that portrays Trump as an undisciplined man-child who didn’t actually want to win the White House and quotes Bannon as calling his son’s contact with a Russian lawyer “treasonous.” Hitting back via a…
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Trump threatens to cut off US aid to Palestinian Authority
WASHINGTON — Acknowledging his push to broker peace in the Middle East has stalled, President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to threaten to cut off U.S. aid money to the Palestinian Authority, asking why the U.S. should make “any of these massive future payments” when the Palestinians are “no longer willing to talk peace.” Trump,…
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Detentions spike, border arrests fall in Trump’s first year
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has produced a spike in detentions by deportation officers across the country during his first months in office. At the same time, arrests along the Mexican border have fallen sharply, apparently as fewer people have tried to sneak into the U.S. Figures released by the Department of Homeland…
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GOP leaders now backing Roy Moore, despite allegations
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in Washington are coming to grips with the possibility — perhaps even probability — that Alabama’s Roy Moore will win his special election next Tuesday and join them in the capital. Looking past allegations of sexual misconduct with Alabama teenagers, President Donald Trump formally endorsed Moore, and the Republican National Committee quickly followed…
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Trump heartily endorses Moore as GOP comes to grips with him
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump gave embattled GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore a vigorous formal endorsement Monday, looking past allegations of sexual misconduct with Alabama teenagers as Republican leaders in Washington, once appalled by Moore’s candidacy, began to come to grips with the ever-clearer possibility of his victory. Buoyed by the taste of his own…