Author: Jill Colvin
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Trump’s White House fighting impeachment by stalling and attacking
WASHINGTON — As House Democrats fire off more subpoenas, the White House has launched a high-stakes strategy to counter the impeachment threat to President Donald Trump: Stall. Obfuscate. Attack. Repeat. One of the administration’s first moves: the State Department on Tuesday barred Gordon Sondland, the U.S. European Union ambassador, from appearing before a House panel…
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2nd Trump whistleblower may give House Democrats fresh information for impeachment probe
WASHINGTON — House Democrats leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine may have fresh information to work with after a new whistleblower stepped forward with what the person’s lawyer said was firsthand knowledge of key events. With Congress out for another week and many Republicans reticent to speak out, a text…
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Trump visits grieving cities as gun-control debate boils
EL PASO, Texas • Aiming to play the traditional role of healer during national tragedy, President Donald Trump paid visits Wednesday to cities reeling from mass shootings that left 31 dead and dozens wounded. But his divisive words preceded him, large protests greeted him, and biting political attacks soon followed. The president and first lady…
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Trump threatens Guatemala after its court blocks asylum deal
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened retribution against Guatemala over immigration after the country’s high court blocked its government from signing an asylum deal with the United States. Trump tweeted that Guatemala has decided against signing a “safe-third agreement” requiring Central American migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. to instead apply for those…
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Trump says officials working on holiday on census dispute
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump said administration officials were working on Independence Day in hopes of finding a way to have the 2020 census include a citizenship question even though the government has begun printing the questionnaire without it. “So important for our Country that the very simple and basic ‘Are you a Citizen of…
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Trump insists he’s not dropping citizenship question effort
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that he is not dropping efforts to include a citizenship question on the upcoming 2020 Census, even as the U.S. Census Bureau has started printing the questionnaire without it. “News Reports about the Department of Commerce dropping its quest to put the Citizenship Question on the Census is…
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Trump hitting Mexico with 5% tariff in response to migrants
WASHINGTON • In a surprise announcement that could compromise a major trade deal, President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is slapping a 5% tariff on Mexican imports to pressure the country to do more to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the U.S. border. He said the percentage…
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Trump has signed off on Kushner’s immigration plan
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump has signed off on a new immigration plan being spearheaded by senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner that appeared to receive a positive reception from Republican senators briefed on it Tuesday. An administration official said after the meeting that the president had approved the effort to overhaul America’s immigration…
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Trump threatens more troops to border after Mexico incident
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump renewed his threat Wednesday to send more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border after an incident in which Mexican soldiers confronted U.S. personnel. Mexico blamed the incident on confusion, and said it was not looking for confrontation with the U.S. In morning tweets, Trump said, “Mexico’s Soldiers recently pulled guns on…
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Trump claims victory with Mueller report out: ‘Game over’
WASHINGTON — Before the world glimpsed the redacted version of the special counsel’s report, President Donald Trump tried once more to frame the moment as a political victory. The 448-page report does include an account of how the president attempted to seize control of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and…