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Pelosi: I Didn't Know About Any Plan to Strike Iran

She says president shouldn't act without Congress

(Newser) - Among those surprised to learn that the US came within 10 minutes of launching a strike on Iran was Nancy Pelosi. The House speaker told reporters Friday that she was not informed of any such plan after she and other lawmakers were briefed at the White House on Thursday. “...

New York Cover Story Has New Trump Allegation

Writer E. Jean Carroll accuses the president of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s

(Newser) - The new cover of New York magazine has a jarring headline: Next to a photo of writer E. Jean Carroll, it reads: "This is what I was wearing 23 years ago when Donald Trump attacked me in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room." Carroll, now 75, is probably best...

Trump: I Called Off Iran Strike With 10 Minutes to Spare

Says 'we were cocked & loaded' but decided it wouldn't be proportionate response

(Newser) - The reports were correct: President Trump on Friday confirmed that the US was poised to launch an airstrike on Iran before he called it off, reports the Hill . "We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights when I asked, how many will die,"...

&#39;Planes Were in the Air&#39; When Iran Strike Called Off


'Planes Were in the Air'
When Iran Strike Called Off
THE RUNDOWN
Jun 21, 2019 6:55 AM CDT

'Planes Were in the Air' When Iran Strike Called Off

Schumer warns US could be 'bumbling into war'

(Newser) - A US strike on Iran in retaliation for the downing of a US drone was reportedly abruptly called off Thursday night—but it was a plan firmly in motion at the time, according to the New York Times . Senior administration officials tell the Times that "planes were in the...

Report: Strike on Iran Was Abruptly Called Off Last Night

Sources say Trump initially approved measure

(Newser) - A US official says the military made preparations Thursday night for limited strikes on Iran in retaliation for the downing of a US surveillance drone , but approval was abruptly withdrawn before the attacks were launched. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the operation publicly and spoke on condition...

Senate Bucks Trump on Saudi Arms Sales

However, the margin isn't big enough to override an expected veto

(Newser) - The Senate officially isn't happy with President Trump's planned arms sales to Saudi Arabia, but not by a big enough margin to overcome an expected veto. Seven Republican senators joined Democrats in voting 53-45 on two resolutions to disapprove of the sales, reports the Hill . They were Susan...

3 Senators Just Got Briefed on UFOs
3 Senators Just
Got Briefed on UFOs
Jun 20, 2019 9:20 AM CDT

3 Senators Just Got Briefed on UFOs

The classified Pentagon briefing happened Wednesday

(Newser) - The list of lawmakers who have received briefings on Navy encounters with UFOs has gotten a bit longer. The vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, was among three senators to receive a classified Pentagon briefing on the issue Wednesday, reports Politico , which cites "a growing number...

Trump's Single-Day Fundraising Tally Is Big

RNC says $24.8M raised in less than 24 hours

(Newser) - He may not be leading in polls like this one , but President Trump is way ahead of the pack of 2020 presidential contenders when it comes to fundraising. On the heels of the official launch of his re-election campaign, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tweeted Wednesday that Trump "...

Trump Administration Replaces Landmark Obama Climate Rule
Obama's Landmark
Climate Rule Is Dead
Jun 19, 2019 12:02 PM CDT

Obama's Landmark Climate Rule Is Dead

EPA chief Andrew Wheeler signed replacement rule Wednesday

(Newser) - The Trump administration on Wednesday completed one of its biggest rollbacks of environmental rules, replacing a landmark Obama-era effort that sought to wean the nation's electrical grid off coal-fired power plants and their climate-damaging pollution. EPA chief Andrew Wheeler, a former coal industry lobbyist, signed a replacement rule that...

Takeaways From Trump&#39;s 2020 Campaign Launch
Takeaways From Trump's
2020 Campaign Launch
THE RUNDOWN
Jun 19, 2019 7:07 AM CDT

Takeaways From Trump's 2020 Campaign Launch

He's still an outsider, he tells adoring crowd

(Newser) - President Trump officially launched his re-election campaign with a rally in Orlando on Tuesday night—and while the crowd of around 20,000 people at the Amway Center was fired up, analysts say he spent far more time on old grievances than on setting out goals for a second term...

Trump Won't Apologize to Central Park Five

'They admitted their guilt,' he says

(Newser) - Thirty years after he bought full-page newspaper ads calling for the return of the death penalty in the wake of the Central Park Five case, President Trump refused to apologize to the five young men exonerated in 2002—and suggested they might still be guilty. When reporter April Ryan asked...

Trump Launches 2020 Campaign to Cries of 'Lock Her Up'

He spoke in Orlando Tuesday night

(Newser) - "We are going to keep on fighting and we’re going to keep on winning, winning, winning," President Trump declared at a rally in Orlando on Tuesday night to officially kick off his 2020 campaign. There were strong echoes of his 2016 campaign at the 20,000-seat Amway...

Orlando Paper Makes Unusual Move Before Trump Speech

'Sentinel' runs early 2020 endorsement: 'Not Donald Trump'

(Newser) - President Trump formally kicks off his 2020 run with a campaign rally Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida. If he's looking for a new target to criticize, the local Orlando Sentinel just presented itself. "We're here to announce our endorsement for president in 2020, or, at least, who...

Before Campaign Launch, Trump Announces Mass Deportations

'They will be removed as fast as they come in'

(Newser) - President Trump is threatening to remove millions of people living in the country illegally. In a pair of tweets Monday night—the eve of formally announcing his re-election bid—Trump said that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement would next week "begin the process of removing the millions of illegal...

Trump Campaign Fires Pollsters Over 'Fake Numbers'

The president apparently blew up over internal polling

(Newser) - President Trump's re-election campaign is saying sayonara to some of its own pollsters after their bad-news data leaked in recent days, NBC News reports. Trump denied this week that such polls exist, but now a campaign source says certain internal pollsters are getting the ax. "We are winning...

Israeli Settlement Gets New Name That Trump Will Love

'It's absolutely beautiful,' says the US ambassador

(Newser) - The Trump name graces apartment towers, hotels and golf courses. Now it is the namesake of a tiny Israeli settlement in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights, the AP reports. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet convened in this hamlet Sunday to inaugurate a settlement named after President Trump in a...

Sen. Collins: No Way I'm Backing Trump's Nominee

The Maine senator refuses to support Matthew Kacsmaryk

(Newser) - Sen. Susan Collins is raising media eyebrows with her opposition to one of President Trump's federal judicial nominations, the Washington Post reports. The Maine Republican said Friday she won't back federal nominee Matthew Kacsmaryk, who has severely criticized gay and transgender people, as a district judge in the...

Trump Won't Commit to Pence for the Top Job

Not even 'Fox & Friends' can get president to commit

(Newser) - "I love Mike," President Trump said Friday. Still, he said he'd have to size up the field before throwing his support behind Mike Pence for president in 2024. Trump was asked “Fox & Friends” whether Pence could count on his "automatic endorsement." Trump wouldn'...

Trump Has Quick Answer About Kellyanne Conway

He tells Fox News that he's not going to fire her over the Hatch Act

(Newser) - A federal watchdog wants President Trump to fire top adviser Kellyanne Conway . On Friday, Trump called in to Fox News and made clear that's not going to happen, reports the Hill . "No, I'm not going to fire her," Trump said during his call-in to Fox &...

Trump Brushes Off Criticism of Remarks on Foreign Info

Says he meets with world leaders all the time, and it would be 'ridiculous' to inform the FBI

(Newser) - President Trump generated headlines Wednesday when he said during an interview that he would listen if a foreign government approached with dirt on a political rival. On Thursday, Trump pushed back against the resulting criticism, reports the Hill . "I meet and talk to 'foreign governments' every day,"...

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