In this image made from a video taken on Dec. 10, 2015 and made available on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, US President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow. Flynn, who resigned following reports that he misled White House officials about his contacts with […]
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Senate confirms former banker Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary
President Donald Trump congratulates Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin after he was sworn-in by Vice President Mike Pence, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate on Monday confirmed Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary despite strong objections by Democrats […]
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President Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn resigns
FILE- In this Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington. Flynn resigned as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned late Monday night, following […]
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Fate of embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn uncertain
In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump passes Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as he arrives via Air Force One at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. A top White House aide sidestepped repeated chances Sunday, Feb. 12, to publicly defend Flynn […]
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Senate GOP united; Democrats skeptical of Neil Gorsuch pick for court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are standing united behind President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and bracing for a protracted fight with Democrats over a conservative judge similar in philosophy to the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Gorsuch, a Denver-based judge on the […]
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Donald Trump: U.S. must ‘greatly strengthen’ nuclear capability
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has re-opened the debate over nuclear proliferation, calling for the United States to “greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability” until the rest of the world “comes to its senses” regarding nuclear weapons. His comments Thursday on Twitter came hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin said strengthening his country’s […]
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In address, Obama to focus on economic opportunity
WASHINGTON — Struggling to generate second-term momentum, President Barack Obama will use Tuesday’s State of the Union address to announce new executive actions on job training and retirement security, while prodding a divided Congress to work harder on expanding economic mobility for middle class Americans. Obama’s broad themes — described by the White House as […]