Microsoft Corp. has paused negotiations to buy the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app TikTok after President Trump said late Friday he opposes the deal, according to people familiar with the matter. The president’s statements spurred TikTok to make additional concessions, including agreeing to add as many as 10,000Read More →
An earlier version of this report misidentified the state that Dan Sullivan represents in the U.S. Senate. It has been corrected. James Carville thinks Trump is going to drop out of the race. Getty Images “ I think there’s a good chance he won’t show up. I mean, thisRead More →
Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wanted to remove an incendiary post by then-candidate Donald Trump as far back as 2015, but was convinced instead to change Facebook’s rules to allow such posts in the name of political discourse. The Washington Post reported Sunday that Trump’s 2015 video postRead More →
Kids these days. Trump’s big campaign rally in Tulsa wasn’t as big as promised — the arena seats more than 19,000 people but only a reported 6,200 Trump supporters occupied the general admissions sections. Why? Both sides of the political aisle were armed with answers. The man leading the president’sRead More →
President Trump said on Friday that he would reschedule a June 19 campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., succumbing to calls to change the date of the event that falls on a holiday that marks the end of slavery in the U.S. Via Twitter late Friday, Trump said that he wouldRead More →
President Donald Trump has predicted that the US economy will recover by 2021, citing new jobs data released by the Labor Department which contains a “misclassification error.” Officials say the numbers are artificially low, and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and several economists have voiced their concerns. Trump Thinks USRead More →
In times of crisis, our country has been fortunate to have leaders of quality, among them George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt. Confronted with war, economic collapse and deep societal divisions, these leaders and others spoke with compassion and foresight. Projecting confidence they may not have felt, they reinforcedRead More →
2/2 © Reuters. U.S. President Trump makes announcement about China at the White House in Washington 2/2 By Jessie Pang and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) – Senior Hong Kong government officials lashed out on Saturday at moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to strip the city of its specialRead More →
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order ostensibly to prevent online censorship, a broad government review of private companies’ activities with potentially grave consequences for social-media companies. Trump claimed in the order that social-media companies have “unchecked power” to censor and restrict speech, and “we’re fed up withRead More →
© Reuters. U.S. President Trump hosts Rose Garden event on treating diabetes at the White House during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Washington By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected internetRead More →
© Reuters. U.S. President Trump speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus outbreak in Washington By Steve Holland and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is considering shutting off the country’s southern border with Mexico to control the spread of the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump saidRead More →
A federal rule that could have helped protect health-care workers from coronavirus has been stuck in regulatory limbo since the start of the Trump administration. An Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule in the works since 2010 was designed to ensure that employers have in place comprehensive programs to protectRead More →
U.S. stock futures fell Wednesday night, after a news conference by President Donald Trump failed to reassure investors and as a new case of coronavirus with no known origin was discovered in California. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -1.31% sank more than 300 points, and S&P 500 ES00,Read More →
The growing number of COVID-19 cases and deaths outside of Asia has put pressure on U.S. officials to more clearly articulate preparedness plans in an effort to ease American worries about the possibility of a pandemic. President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that he plans to hold a news conference onRead More →
About 300 Oracle Corp. employees reportedly walked out Thursday to protest a fundraiser for President Donald Trump held the day before by co-founder and Chairman Larry Ellison. Bloomberg News reported about 300 workers left their offices or stopped working at remote sites around noon, Pacific time, and spent the remainderRead More →
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Joe Raedle/Getty Images President Donald Trump tells supporters in The Villages, Fla., in October 2019 that he’ll always defend Medicare, just days after signing an executive order that opens the door to further privatization. Later this evening, Donald Trump delivers his third State of the Union address. If past speechesRead More →
Democratic presidential hopefuls Joe Biden and Michael Bloomberg could be viewed as winners of the Iowa caucuses debacle, analysts said Tuesday, as the state’s party officials promised to release most of the delayed results by 5 p.m. Eastern Time. The results were delayed Monday night by a problematic app andRead More →
President Donald Trump tweeted — and quickly deleted — a congratulatory message to “the Great State of Kansas” on Sunday night after the Kansas City Chiefs won their first Super Bowl in 50 years. “Congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs on a great game, and a fantastic comeback, under immenseRead More →
© Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Drake University in Des Moines WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at preventing counterfeit products from abroad from being sold to U.S. citizens who shop online using Amazon.com (NASDAQ:), Walmart (NYSE:).com orRead More →
Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said lawmakers were determining next steps after a pivotal vote, and were preparing to end President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial ‘in the coming days.’ President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Friday appeared on track for a speedy conclusion, with his acquittal in sightRead More →
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers in the extortion case of Michael Avenatti are expected on Monday to begin choosing jurors who will decide the fate of the celebrity lawyer and prominent critic of U.S. President Donald Trump. Avenatti, 48, is charged with threatening to publicize accusations thatRead More →
One of the House impeachment managers said Sunday she wasn’t sure that the goal of convincing the Senate to subpoena new witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump had been achieved this week. Democrats, who hold 47 seats in the Senate, need to convince four Republicans to compelRead More →
The Trump administration is getting medieval in the impeachment trial, according to a CBS News report. “Vote against the President and your head will be on a pike.” As House Democrats continued to present their opening arguments in the impeachment trial accusing President Trump of abusing his power on Thursday,Read More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump at the NATO leaders summit in Watford WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday discussed the security of telecommunications networks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the White House said, as Britain nears aRead More →
