Trump accused in lawsuit of misusing charitable foundation
NEW YORK (AP) - New York's attorney general filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Donald Trump of illegally using money from his charitable foundation to settle disputes involving his business empire and to burnish his image during his run for the White House. The president blasted the case as politically motivated. The lawsuit seeks $2.8 million in restitution and the dissolution of the...
NEW YORK (AP) - New York's attorney general filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Donald Trump of illegally using money from his charitable foundation to settle disputes involving his business empire and to burnish his image during his run for the White House. The president blasted the case as politically motivated. The lawsuit seeks $2.8 million in restitution and the dissolution of the...
VP Pence in Dallas Wednesday for Southern Baptist Convention
Thousands of people listened to Vice President Mike Pence speak at the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas Wednesday.
Thousands of people listened to Vice President Mike Pence speak at the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas Wednesday.
Former President George H.W. Bush celebrates 94th birthday
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) - George H.W. Bush enjoyed a relaxing birthday on Tuesday as he became the first former U.S. president to turn 94. The nation's 41st president was receiving calls and taking it easy at his seaside home eight days after being released from a hospital where he was treated for low blood pressure, said Chief of Staff Jean Becker. Bush's office shared a letter from...
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) - George H.W. Bush enjoyed a relaxing birthday on Tuesday as he became the first former U.S. president to turn 94. The nation's 41st president was receiving calls and taking it easy at his seaside home eight days after being released from a hospital where he was treated for low blood pressure, said Chief of Staff Jean Becker. Bush's office shared a letter from...
Trump-Kim shake hands, commit to 'complete denuclearization'
SINGAPORE (AP) - President Donald Trump wrapped up his five-hour nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with surprisingly warm words and hope for "a bright new future" for Kim's isolated and impoverished nation. Yet he immediately faced pointed questions at home about whether he got little and gave away much in his push to make a deal with the young autocrat -...
SINGAPORE (AP) - President Donald Trump wrapped up his five-hour nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with surprisingly warm words and hope for "a bright new future" for Kim's isolated and impoverished nation. Yet he immediately faced pointed questions at home about whether he got little and gave away much in his push to make a deal with the young autocrat -...
Trump, North Korea's Kim Jong Un come together for momentous summit
President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un came together for a momentous summit Tuesday that could chart a course for historic peace or raise the specter of a growing nuclear threat. Kim called the sit-down was a "good prelude for peace" as Trump pledged that "working together we will get it taken care of."
President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un came together for a momentous summit Tuesday that could chart a course for historic peace or raise the specter of a growing nuclear threat. Kim called the sit-down was a "good prelude for peace" as Trump pledged that "working together we will get it taken care of."
Trump at summit: 'We will solve a big problem'
SINGAPORE (AP) - As the world waited, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un sat by themselves for the better part of an hour, alone but for a pair of interpreters who became the sole witnesses to history's first face-to-face conversation between an American president and a North Korean leader.
SINGAPORE (AP) - As the world waited, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un sat by themselves for the better part of an hour, alone but for a pair of interpreters who became the sole witnesses to history's first face-to-face conversation between an American president and a North Korean leader.
Trump, Kim Jong Un arrive in Singapore for nuclear showdown
SINGAPORE (AP) - President Donald Trump landed in Singapore, joining North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the island city-state ahead of one of the most unusual and highly anticipated summits in recent world history, a Tuesday sit-down meant to settle a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal.
SINGAPORE (AP) - President Donald Trump landed in Singapore, joining North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the island city-state ahead of one of the most unusual and highly anticipated summits in recent world history, a Tuesday sit-down meant to settle a standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal.
Trump barrels into G-7 summit, ready to fight US allies
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (AP) - Bruising for a fight, President Donald Trump barreled into the Group of Seven summit Friday, eager to confront longtime U.S. allies over a burgeoning trade dispute and insisting Russia should be brought back into the fold.
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (AP) - Bruising for a fight, President Donald Trump barreled into the Group of Seven summit Friday, eager to confront longtime U.S. allies over a burgeoning trade dispute and insisting Russia should be brought back into the fold.
New charges filed against Manafort in Russia probe
Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought additional charges against President Donald Trump's campaign chairman and a longtime associate who prosecutors have said has ties to Russian intelligence.
Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought additional charges against President Donald Trump's campaign chairman and a longtime associate who prosecutors have said has ties to Russian intelligence.
Trump signals support for legislation lifting federal ban on marijuana
President Donald Trump says he's inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana.
President Donald Trump says he's inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana.
Trump may eye Ali pardon, though late champ may not need one
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday he may pardon the late heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who doesn't seem to need one. And for futures acts of clemency, he may seek recommendations from pro football players and other athletes who have protested racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday he may pardon the late heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who doesn't seem to need one. And for futures acts of clemency, he may seek recommendations from pro football players and other athletes who have protested racial injustice by kneeling during the national anthem.
President Trump cancels Eagles' White House visit
A day after scrubbing a White House visit by the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, President Donald Trump appeared to challenge part of a new NFL policy that allows players who want to protest during the national anthem to do so in the locker room.
A day after scrubbing a White House visit by the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, President Donald Trump appeared to challenge part of a new NFL policy that allows players who want to protest during the national anthem to do so in the locker room.
Trump commutes term of Kardashian-championed drug offender Alice Marie Johnson
President Donald Trump is commuting the life sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, a woman convicted of drug offenses whose cause was championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West.
President Donald Trump is commuting the life sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, a woman convicted of drug offenses whose cause was championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West.
President Trump signs bill expanding private care for veterans
President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that will expand private care for veterans as an alternative to the troubled Veterans Affairs health system.
President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that will expand private care for veterans as an alternative to the troubled Veterans Affairs health system.
GOP, Democrats dodge disaster in California primaries
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Republicans and Democrats alike appear to have escaped calamity in a crucial day of coast-to-coast primary battles as they fight to shape the political battlefield for the fall. There was an especially big sigh of relief from the GOP Wednesday after the party avoided being entirely shut out of California's November election of a new governor.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Republicans and Democrats alike appear to have escaped calamity in a crucial day of coast-to-coast primary battles as they fight to shape the political battlefield for the fall. There was an especially big sigh of relief from the GOP Wednesday after the party avoided being entirely shut out of California's November election of a new governor.
Trump decries 'fake' reporting on Melania, says she's well
President Donald Trump is complaining about media reports questioning the first lady's recent absence from public view. Trump says the press has been "so unfair, and vicious."
President Donald Trump is complaining about media reports questioning the first lady's recent absence from public view. Trump says the press has been "so unfair, and vicious."
Rep. Steve Scalise returns to field for Congressional baseball practice nearly 1 year after shooting
Representative Steve Scalise is back out on the ball field, almost a year since a gunman opened fire at the Congressional baseball team practice in Alexandria, that left House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and three others wounded.
Representative Steve Scalise is back out on the ball field, almost a year since a gunman opened fire at the Congressional baseball team practice in Alexandria, that left House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and three others wounded.
Blue wave? California primary could be a sign for November
LOS ANGELES (AP) - For all their talk of a "blue wave," Democrats need a good day Tuesday in California to have much hope of seizing the House majority this fall. No state will play a more significant role in the fight for control of Congress. And with primary elections across California and seven other states on Tuesday, the political battlefield will soon be set for the first...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - For all their talk of a "blue wave," Democrats need a good day Tuesday in California to have much hope of seizing the House majority this fall. No state will play a more significant role in the fight for control of Congress. And with primary elections across California and seven other states on Tuesday, the political battlefield will soon be set for the first...
Talk about political football: No Eagles at the White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Taking on the NFL and football's Super Bowl champs, President Donald Trump gave the boot to a White House ceremony for the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday and instead threw his own brief "Celebration of America" after it became clear most players weren't going to show up.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Taking on the NFL and football's Super Bowl champs, President Donald Trump gave the boot to a White House ceremony for the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday and instead threw his own brief "Celebration of America" after it became clear most players weren't going to show up.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cancels Senate's August recess
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he's canceling the Senate's traditional August recess.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he's canceling the Senate's traditional August recess.