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Lawyer Has News About Stormy Daniels' Deal

Charles Harder claims it's no longer valid

(Newser) - President Donald Trump does not believe porn actress Stormy Daniels' hush-money deal, which his former personal lawyer said was done to influence the 2016 presidential election, is valid and will not carry out threats to sue her for breaking the agreement by discussing details of their alleged affair, Trump's...

Obama to Voters: Show Up, or 'Things Could Get Worse'

Former prez's latest stop is stumping for House candidates in California

(Newser) - In case President Trump is having trouble sleeping , his predecessor was talking again on Saturday, with former President Obama telling voters in a southern California battleground county that "if we don't step up, things can get worse. In two months, we have the chance to restore some sanity...

N. Korea Throws Itself an Unusual Parade

Celebrates 70th anniversary with no ICBMs on display, emphasis on economy

(Newser) - North Korea rolled out some of its latest tanks and its best-trained goose-stepping units through Kim Il Sung Square in a major military parade Sunday to mark its 70th anniversary, but held back its most advanced missiles and devoted nearly half the event to underscoring Kim Jong Un's new...

Nikki Haley Has Suggestion for Anonymous Op-Ed Writer

Challenge the president in person, like I do, says UN ambassador

(Newser) - Nikki Haley, like the author of an anonymous anti-Trump op-ed , is a senior official in the Trump administration. But in an op-ed of her own in the Washington Post , the ambassador to the UN calls out her colleague as a coward and offers a suggestion in dealing with the president:...

Stormy Daniels: 'Normal Life' Probably Over for Me

Adult film star says public role has taken a big toll personally

(Newser) - Stormy Daniels gave a rare interview about her new life in the limelight, and it doesn't sound pleasant. "I may never have a normal life again," the adult film actress told a Dutch TV station, per the Washington Post . Daniels, who is pursuing two lawsuits against...

Trump Responds to Obama's Critical Speech

'I’m sorry I watched it, but I fell asleep'

(Newser) - If Barack Obama was hoping to get a public rise out of President Trump with his critical speech in Illinois, Trump largely passed on his first opportunity. “I’m sorry I watched it, but I fell asleep,” Trump said Friday during a speech of his own in North...

Obama: Trump Is &#39;a Symptom, Not the Cause&#39;
Obama Goes
After Trump:
6 Big Lines
UPDATED
Sep 7, 2018 1:39 PM CDT

Obama Goes After Trump: 6 Big Lines

How hard it is to say that Nazis are bad, wonders the former president

(Newser) - Barack Obama has largely refrained from criticizing his successor, but that changed Friday in a speech at the University of Illinois. Some of the big lines from the speech, which is expected to be a theme of Obama's on the campaign trail before the midterms, as cited in the...

Trump Wants Justice Department to Unmask Op-Ed Writer

President sees it as a matter of national security if author is a high-ranking official

(Newser) - President Trump has demanded that the New York Times reveal the name of the person who penned a scathing anonymous op-ed against him this week, and a Washington Post report noted that "startled" White House aides are even scrutinizing the opinion piece's language patterns to see if they...

Trump Rages Online Against Woodward's 'Made Up' Quotes

President calls journalist's new book a 'scam'

(Newser) - He's already gone after Bernstein —now he's taking on Woodward full force. Piggybacking on his previous online criticism of the Washington Post journalist from earlier this week, President Trump on Friday once more attacked Woodward's new book, Fear , which contains explosive claims about dysfunctional life inside...

Trump to Answer Mueller's Questions, With a Catch

He'll answer only 'pre-presidential questions,' and in writing: lawyer

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani said Thursday that the president wouldn't answer any questions about obstruction of justice from Robert Mueller's team. Speaking first to the AP , President Trump's lawyer said questions, in writing or in person, about whether Trump tried to stymie the investigation into Russian interference in the...

Trump Slams 'Sick' Democrats at Montana Rally

He calls senators' behavior during Kavanaugh hearings 'embarrassing'

(Newser) - At a campaign rally in Montana Thursday night, President Trump praised Judge Brett Kavanaugh 's progress toward winning confirmation to the Supreme Court but decried the "anger and the meanness on the other side," blasting Democrats' behavior toward his nominee as "sick." Trump sought to...

4 Possible Culprits Behind Trump Op-Ed
4 Possible Culprits
Behind Trump Op-Ed
OPINION
Sep 6, 2018 12:52 PM CDT

4 Possible Culprits Behind Trump Op-Ed

Pundit doesn't put Mike Pence on the short list

(Newser) - Tucker Carlson of Fox News think he has a "pretty good idea" who wrote the anti-Trump op-ed now in wide circulation, but he's awaiting confirmation before going public, reports the Hill . At the Weekly Standard , Michael Warren has narrowed it down to four likely suspects:
  • Larry Kudlow, chair
...

2 Views on That Anti-Trump Op-Ed
Author of Trump Op-Ed
Just Made Things Worse
OPINION
Sep 6, 2018 8:35 AM CDT

Author of Trump Op-Ed Just Made Things Worse

One view sees a 'constitutional crisis,' while another shrugs it off as business as usual in DC

(Newser) - David Frum is no fan of President Trump, but he finds great fault with the anonymous author of the anti-Trump op-ed in the New York Times. The op-ed describes "overt defiance" of the president by his own staffers, which amounts to a "constitutional crisis," Frum writes in...

Use of 'Lodestar' in Trump Op-Ed Leads to Speculation

President says Times 'must' reveal anonymous source

(Newser) - "TREASON?" tweeted President Trump after the New York Times published an op-ed from an anonymous administration official who described his leadership style as "impetuous" and "adversarial" and spoke of a "resistance" inside a deeply unstable administration. In a follow-up tweet , the president told the newspaper to...

What Late-Night Hosts Have to Say About Trump Op-Ed

'I have to say, I'm surprised by how good a writer Ivanka is'

(Newser) - Wednesday's anti-Trump op-ed in the New York Times by an anonymous member of his own administration gave late-night hosts plenty to talk about. A sampling, as rounded up by the Hollywood Reporter and Variety :
  • Jimmy Kimmel: "I have to say, I'm surprised by how good a writer
...

A 'Quiet Resistance' Is Steering the Trump Administration

There are 'adults in the room,' unnamed senior official writes

(Newser) - There is a "quiet resistance" within the Trump administration that is working to curb some of the president's "worst inclinations." That's according to the author of an anonymous op-ed published by the New York Times on Wednesday. The writer, identified as a senior official in...

Empty Chair Says It All: Senate Is Annoyed With Google

Sheryl Sandberg, Jack Dorsey appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee

(Newser) - Facebook and Twitter executives, defending their companies on Capitol Hill, said Wednesday they're aggressively trying to root out foreign interests seeking to sow divisions in American democracy as the November elections near. Facebook's No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, and Twitter's CEO, Jack Dorsey, testified before the Senate...

July Held Bad News for US Trade Deficit

It increased $4.4B, set records in dealings with China and EU

(Newser) - The US trade deficit widened for the second straight month in July, reaching the highest level since February, as imports hit an all-time high. The deficit in goods with China and the European Union set records, reports the AP . The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the deficit in goods and...

Trump Fires Back at 'Discredited' Woodward

He accuses journalist of being 'Dem operative'

(Newser) - Bob Woodward might be feeling a sense of deja vu today: An angry Republican president is attacking his credibility and accusing him of being a Democratic operative. President Trump laid into Woodward in a series of tweets Tuesday night after the publication of explosive details from Fear , Woodward's new...

Trump Weighs In on Kaepernick's Nike Ad

'A terrible message'

(Newser) - The backlash over Colin Kaepernick's appearance in Nike's latest ad campaign continues: Now President Trump has weighed in. "I think it’s a terrible message," Trump tells the Daily Caller . "I think it’s a terrible message that they’re sending and the purpose of...

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