Author: Josh Dawsey
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Trump to nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as the next U.N. ambassador
President Trump plans to nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, two senior administration officials said Thursday, as he seeks to advance his “America First” agenda on the world stage. If confirmed by the Senate, the nomination would elevate a foreign policy novice into the top echelons…
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Record number of families crossing U.S. border as Trump threatens new crackdown
The number of migrant parents entering the United States with children has surged to record levels in the three months since President Donald Trump ended family separations at the border, dealing the administration a deepening crisis three weeks before the midterm elections. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 16,658 family members in September, the highest one-month…
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Officials consider asking parents: detention or separation?
WASHINGTON • The White House is actively considering plans that could again separate parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to reverse soaring numbers of families attempting to cross illegally into the United States, according to several administration officials with direct knowledge of the effort. One option under consideration is for the government to…
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Trump’s Putin fallout: Inside the White House’s tumultuous stretch of walk backs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON – Executive time began early on Thursday, just after sunrise. Feeling exasperated and feisty as he awoke in the White House residence, President Donald Trump firedoff his grievances on Twitter about how the media had been covering his Helsinki summit. And, refusing to be…
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A year into the presidency, Melania Trump raises her profile
WASHINGTON – Donald and Melania Trump’s remarkably separate daily routines begin with him getting up around 5:30 a.m., watching cable news shows and tweeting. The first lady wakes in her own bedroom a bit later, according to two close friends of the Trumps. She then readies their 12-year-old son for school, including checking to make…
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Using vulgar language, Trump says the US should not welcome immigrants from places like Haiti or Africa
President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they discussed protecting immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to several people briefed on the meeting. “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these…
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House passes legislation to renew key NSA surveillance program after Trump’s contradictory tweets
The House voted decisively Thursday to reauthorize a powerful government authority to conduct foreign surveillance on U.S. soil, overcoming opposition from privacy advocates and confusion sown by a series of contradictory and seemingly misinformed tweets from President Trump questioning his own administration’s support for the program. The 256 to 164 vote on the bill sets…
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Stephen K. Bannon leaves Breitbart after blowup over comments in Trump book
Stephen K. Bannon stepped down as executive chairman of Breitbart News Network on Tuesday, ending his relationship with the far-right website that he helped become widely influential and which in turn abetted his rise as a political adviser and would-be kingmaker. Bannon’s departure — just days after his public criticisms of former White House colleagues…
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White House looks to make internal changes amid worries of a tough year ahead
PALM BEACH, Fla. — While President Trump spent the past week at his Mar-a-Lago Club — golfing, tweeting, relaxing with family and talking to old friends — White House officials have been in quiet talks about revamping the West Wing operation and filling open posts ahead of what could be a politically difficult 2018. The…
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Trump talked about rescinding Colorado native Neil Gorsuch’s nomination
For nearly eight months, President Trump has boasted that appointing Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court ranks high among his signature achievements. But earlier this year, Trump talked about rescinding Gorsuch’s nomination, venting angrily to advisers after his Supreme Court pick was critical of the president’s escalating attacks on the federal judiciary in private…