Donald Trump

Trump welcomes back Americans freed by N Korea

A plane carrying three Americans released by North Korea landed at a military base bear Washington early today to be welcomed by US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania.
10 May 2018, 07:29 AM

Trump says ‘good relationship’ formed with North Korea

President Donald Trump confirms that his CIA chief secretly has met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea and says “a good relationship was formed” heading into the adversaries’ anticipated summit.
18 April 2018, 04:52 AM

Trump lawyer forced to reveal another client: Sean Hannity

A legal fight over what should happen to records the FBI seized from President Donald Trump’s personal attorney takes a surprise twist when the lawyer, Michael Cohen, was forced to reveal a secret — that he had also done legal work for Fox News host Sean Hannity.
17 April 2018, 04:57 AM

Trump on Syria attack: ‘Very soon or not so soon at all!’

President Donald Trump says today that an attack on Syria could take place “very soon or not so soon at all,” arguing he had never signaled the timing of retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack that he had suggested was imminent a day earlier.
12 April 2018, 13:50 PM

Trump-linked data analysis firm taps 50M Facebook profiles

A data analysis firm employed by President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign tapped the Facebook profiles of more than 50 million users without their permission, allowing it to capitalize on the private social media activity of a large portion of the US electorate, newspapers report.
18 March 2018, 04:28 AM

Baby Donald Trump causes a stir in Afghanistan

Donald Trump flops over his pink and white baby walker and rolls it around his family's modest home in Kabul, blissfully unaware of the turmoil his "infidel" name is causing in the deeply conservative Muslim country.
17 March 2018, 14:11 PM

Search is on for the best summit site for Trump, Kim

Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev chooses Reykjavik, Iceland. Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin huddles at Yalta. Dwight Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev will always have Paris.
10 March 2018, 08:36 AM

Canada's Trudeau calls Trump about steel tariffs

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls US President Donald Trump about proposed steel and aluminum tariffs and "forcefully defended" Canadian workers and the industry, a government official says.
6 March 2018, 04:53 AM

Model trade deal con

In early 2016, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement—involving twelve countries on the Pacific Ocean rim, including the USA—was signed in New Zealand. Right after his inauguration in January 2017, newly elected US President Donald Trump withdrew from the TPP, effectively killing the agreement as its terms require the participation of both the US and Japan.
2 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Person using stolen identity nominates Trump for Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which selects winners of the peace prize, says someone using a stolen identity has nominated US President Donald Trump for the award, the Norwegian news agency says.
2 March 2018, 04:59 AM

US conservatives gather as Trump faces pressure on multiple fronts

Russian meddling, national mourning for school shooting victims, the chaotic state of Donald Trump's presidency: US political turbulence forms a dramatic backdrop as conservatives gather near Washington for their often controversial annual confab.
21 February 2018, 14:39 PM

Presidency is costing the family firm: Trump Jr

Donald Trump's presidency has cost the family firm "millions of dollars" in lost business, his son tells an Indian newspaper during a visit aimed at drumming up sales of new luxury apartment complexes.
21 February 2018, 12:14 PM

Trump puts America back in Asia

The 37th annual Cobra Gold military exercise among 29 nations, now under way in Thailand, reflects the United States' nuanced geostrategic playbook under the Trump administration. It was thought in many quarters that the administration of US President Donald Trump would take an isolationist turn and be aloof from Asian affairs, given its “America First” mantra. But this has not been the case after its first year in office.
20 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Trump backs effort to improve gun background checks: White House

The White House says that President Donald Trump supports efforts to improve federal background checks for gun purchases, two days after a shooting at a Florida school killed 17 people.
19 February 2018, 15:53 PM

Trump wishes aide well after abuse allegations

President Donald Trump on Friday praised White House aide Rob Porter, who resigned this week after allegations that he abused two former wives, and stressed that Porter has maintained his innocence.
10 February 2018, 04:27 AM

Trump pushes hardline immigration policies even as he urges unity

US President Donald Trump urged lawmakers on Tuesday to work toward bipartisan compromises, but pushed a hard line on immigration, insisting on a border wall and other concessions from Democrats as part of any deal to protect the children of illegal immigrants.
31 January 2018, 04:32 AM

Kosovo farmer names one of his wolves Trump

When Hysni Rexha from Kosovo finally made his dream happen and took four wolves from the wild to feed and raise them he had no doubts over how to name one of them. He calls it Trump.
30 January 2018, 09:57 AM

I tweet from bed sometimes, Trump says

US President Donald Trump, who has garnered a large following on social media with rambunctious postings, said he sometimes tweets from bed, though he occasionally allows others to post his words.
29 January 2018, 05:15 AM

Trump hits Jay-Z on black employment following CNN interview

US President Donald Trump took credit for a decline in the African-American unemployment rate again, this time by taking aim at rapper and businessman Jay-Z following his comments on CNN Saturday night, reports CNN tonight.
28 January 2018, 18:36 PM

Trump's dealmaker image tarnished by US govt shutdown

On the first anniversary of Donald Trump's presidency, he becomes unable to avert a government shutdown after his failure to win passage by the US Congress of a stopgap bill to maintain funding for the federal government further damages his self-crafted image as a dealmaker who would repair the broken culture in Washington.
20 January 2018, 09:20 AM