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WH Adviser Suggests Trump Believes Moore Accusers

Otherwise he'd be campaigning for the Senate candidate

(Newser) - President Trump has been uncharacteristically quiet on the issue of Roy Moore , not so much as sending out a single tweet about the embattled Alabama Senate candidate and the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him. But to hear one White House adviser tell it, actions in this case speak...

General Wouldn't Follow Trump Order for 'Illegal' Nuclear Strike

'It's not that complicated,' says head of US Strategic Command

(Newser) - The commander of US Strategic Command says he wouldn't launch a nuclear strike he believed to be "illegal" if ordered to do so by President Trump, CBS News reports. Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the top US nuclear commander, says he doesn't take the responsibility lightly. "...

Water Break Overshadows Trump's Speech on Asia Trip

'Needs work on his form,' tweets Marco Rubio

(Newser) - Upon returning from his 12-day trip around Asia, President Trump announced during a televised speech Wednesday that he had fixed the "mistakes" of past presidents, CNN reports. "I swore that in every decision, every action I would put the best interest of the American people first," Trump...

Trump Intercedes on Basketball Players' Behalf

Trump asked Chinese president to help UCLA students accused of shoplifting

(Newser) - The case of three UCLA basketball players accused of shoplifting sunglasses in China has taken on geopolitical significance, so much so that the president of the United States himself has gotten involved. The Washington Post reports that Donald Trump personally asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to resolve the case during...

Ex-CIA Director: Putin Is Playing on Trump's Ego

John Brennan believes Putin's flattery is meant to manipulate Trump

(Newser) - A day after being criticized by President Trump, a former CIA director questioned whether Russian President Vladimir Putin was manipulating Trump with flattery during the president's lengthy trip to Asia. Trump's trip was meant to be centered on trade and North Korea, but Trump remains dogged by things...

Trump Clarifies Stance on Election Meddling, Putin

Says he's 'with our agencies'

(Newser) - President Donald Trump says he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin believes it when he says Moscow did not interfere in the 2016 US presidential election. But Trump says he also believes US intelligence agencies, which have concluded that Russia did meddle in the election. "I believe that he feels...

CIA Weighs In After Trump Sides With Putin on Election Meddling

Director Mike Pompeo 'stands by' report of Russian intereference

(Newser) - Despite President Trump calling them "political hacks" on Saturday, CIA director Mike Pompeo "stands by" a report issued by the intelligence community that found Russia tried to influence the 2016 election with the aim of getting Trump elected, the Hill reports. "The intelligence assessment with regard to...

Ex-Bodyguard Says Trump Was Offered Women in Russia: Sources

Keith Schiller reportedly testified he rejected offer to send women to Trump's hotel room

(Newser) - President Trump's longtime bodyguard reportedly told Congress this week that Russians offered to send five women up to Trump's hotel room while he was in Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant in 2013. Sources with direct knowledge of Keith Schiller's testimony in front of the House intelligence...

Trump 'Frustrated' by Canceled Visit to DMZ

President attempted surprise visit to DMZ only to be thwarted by weather

(Newser) - President Trump scrapped a surprise visit to the Korean demilitarized zone due to poor weather Wednesday morning, the AP reports. Marine One flew most of the way from Seoul to the DMZ before turning back due to poor weather conditions. Back at the US Army's Yongsan Garrison, Trump prepared...

ObamaCare Surprises With Record Enrollment Numbers

More than 200K people signed up on day 1 of open enrollment

(Newser) - Bucking expectations, ObamaCare is off to a record-breaking start. The Hill reports that around 200,000 signed up for health care coverage on the first day of this year's enrollment period, compared to 100,000 last year. Such early enthusiasm is good news for fans of ObamaCare, many of...

Talk of Japan: How Trump, Abe Fed the Fish
Trump, Abe Make
Fishy Faux Pas
Nov 6, 2017 6:42 AM CST

Trump, Abe Make Fishy Faux Pas

What restraint?

(Newser) - It's probably one of the most-repeated phrases when teaching kids about how to feed fish: just a pinch. It's a directive President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe most definitely did not follow while the two visited the Akasaka palace's koi carp pond Monday. The Guardian ...

JFK Document Dump Includes FBI File on Martin Luther King

They called the civil rights leader a communist and the group he founded a 'tax dodge'

(Newser) - In response to Donald Trump's order to release documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy, on Friday the government made public an FBI file on Martin Luther King from March 1968, four-and-a-half years after Kennedy was shot. The document doesn't paint a flattering portrait of the...

Trump Lauds Domestic Successes on First Day of Asia Trip

The president spoke to American troops in Tokyo about unemployment and the stock market

(Newser) - Donald Trump is in Asia this week to talk trade and the threat of a nuclear North Korea, and at his first stop, Yokota Air Base in Tokyo, on Sunday morning he told the American troops gathered to hear him speak that things are going "really, really well" back...

Mary Trump: The Mother Behind the Man


Mary Trump:
The Mother
Behind the Man
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Nov 3, 2017 5:04 PM CDT

Mary Trump: The Mother Behind the Man

Trump doesn't talk about his mother much; that doesn't mean he isn't shaped by her

(Newser) - Psychologists are fascinated by President Trump. From afar they wonder, as Politico puts it, "What makes somebody act the way he acts ... his belligerence and his impulsivity, his bottomless need for applause and his clockwork rage when he doesn’t get it?" The answers inevitably start with Trump's...

Details Emerge on Person Who Shut Down Trump's Twitter

Twitter says steps have been taken to prevent this from happening again

(Newser) - The person who shut down President Trump's Twitter account for 11 minutes was not a Twitter employee, as was initially reported , but a contractor for the company, two sources tell the New York Times . Asked about the new information, a Twitter spokesperson simply pointed to the company's initial...

Rosie Reveals Why Trump Has Gone 'Crazy' on Her

O'Donnell tells Seth Meyers it all began with a press conference and a Wiki search

(Newser) - Head to the Trump Twitter archive , type in "Rosie," and you can see in scathing detail the online manifestation of the longtime feud between the president and Rosie O'Donnell. But did we ever really know what started it? O'Donnell offered her take Thursday night on Late ...

Trump's Favorite Phrase Named Word of the Year

'Fake news'

(Newser) - Some real news on fake news: Newsweek reports President Trump's favorite phrase has been named the 2017 Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary, which defines "fake news" as "false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting." Collins states the phrase, use of...

Amid Rumored Chaos, Trump Says 'I'm Really Enjoying It'

'I'm actually not angry at anybody'

(Newser) - Charges brought against President Trump's former campaign officials haven't affected the commander in chief, who tells the New York Times in a brief phone call on Wednesday that he's having a great time in the White House—aiming to counter reports that have surfaced since Robert Mueller'...

Trick or Treat? Hillary Jokes About Halloween Costume

Clinton says maybe she'll dress up as 'the president'

(Newser) - When Hillary Clinton said she was "ready to come out of the woods," she meant it. Clinton has been working the news-show circuit , promoting her new memoir , and speaking up more on Twitter . She's even gotten her sense of humor back, making a snarky tweet over the...

Name of Trump's Likely Pick for Fed Chair Released

The president has been looking for a replacement for Janet Yellen

(Newser) - Even as the White House is reeling from the indictments of three former presidential campaign officials, Donald Trump is reportedly moving along with plans to replace the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, the New York Times reports. After several months of speculation and hype from the president, administration...

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