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Trump: FBI Botched Shooter Tip by Focusing on Russia

Blames agency for missing 'all of the many signals' sent by suspect in Fla. school shooting

(Newser) - President Trump lashed out at the FBI on Saturday night, saying the agency "missed all of the many signals" sent by the suspect in the Florida school shooting and arguing they are "spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign." Trump tweeted...

Trump&#39;s &#39;Favorite Paper&#39; Calls for Gun Control
Trump's 'Favorite Paper'
Calls for Gun Control
OPINION
Feb 16, 2018 8:56 AM CST

Trump's 'Favorite Paper' Calls for Gun Control

'New York Post' says it's time, but others on the right disagree it would help

(Newser) - The massacre in Parkland, Florida , remains topic No. 1 on the opinion pages, with much attention being paid to Friday's cover of the New York Post, which is, as Maggie Haberman of the New York Times tweeted , Trump's "favorite paper." The large headline: "Mr. President,...

Letter Details Trump's Alleged Affair With Ex-Playmate

Friend of Karen McDougal provides it to Ronan Farrow of the 'New Yorker'

(Newser) - A few days before the 2016 election, the Wall Street Journal reported that the owner of the National Enquirer paid $150,000 for a story alleging an affair between Donald Trump and a former Playboy Playmate for the express purpose of burying it. Now, Ronan Farrow of the New Yorker...

Trump's Military Parade Could Be Pricey: OMB

Mick Mulvaney says it could run between $10M and $30M

(Newser) - The White House budget director said Wednesday that a military parade envisioned by President Trump won't come cheap: It could cost between $10 million and $30 million, although that money isn't included in the administration's new budget request. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told...

Stormy Daniels Now 'Free to Tell Her Story'

Her manager says Trump lawyer violated NDA, so she can talk now

(Newser) - Stormy Daniels is now free to tell her story after President Trump's personal lawyer violated a non-disclosure agreement—and she plans to do so, her manager says. Gina Rodriguez says Daniels believes lawyer Michael Cohen violated the NDA by admitting he paid the porn star $130,000 before the...

Trump Attorney Adds One More Twist to Stormy Daniels Story

Michael Cohen says he paid adult-film star $130K out of his own money

(Newser) - The Stormy Daniels-Donald Trump story just keeps taking new turns. The latest is that the president's personal attorney now says he paid the adult-film star $130,000 out of his own pocket just before the 2016 election, reports the New York Times . Michael Cohen paid the sum as Daniels,...

USA Today Sees a Theme in Trump's Judicial Picks

Of 87 nominees, 80 are white

(Newser) - President Trump nominated nine judges on Monday to federal courts, and a former Obama deputy counsel tweeted this in reaction: "Surprise!" wrote Christopher Kang. "All 9 of Trump's judicial nominees today appear to be white." USA Today dug into the numbers and discovered that Kang'...

Trump's Plan: Deliver Food Boxes Instead of Food Stamps

But critics say the idea of an 'America's Harvest Box' is 'prone to failure'

(Newser) - Trump administration members are hailing their newest idea as a "bold" approach that would save the government billions and feed more than 38 million people in low-income households, but critics are calling it an approach that's "prone to failure." President Trump's 2019 budget plan was...

Tax Cuts Put One GOP Goal Off Limits in Trump Budget

Lost revenue means federal deficit won't be eliminated

(Newser) - President Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget for 2019 on Monday, and those with lots of free time on their hands can read it in full here . Before doing so, understand that it has somewhere around 0% chance of being turned into law. As is the case with presidential...

Vanessa Trump Taken to Hospital Over Letter
Vanessa Trump Taken
to Hospital Over Letter
UPDATED
Feb 12, 2018 12:56 PM CST

Vanessa Trump Taken to Hospital Over Letter

It contained a white powder, and the wife of Donald Trump Jr. then called 911

(Newser) - The wife of Donald Trump Jr. and two others were taken to the hospital in New York City Monday morning after she opened a letter with a suspicious white powder inside, reports ABC News . The AP reports that Vanessa Trump called 911 because she felt nauseated and began coughing after...

Porter's Ex-Wife: Trump Called Me a Liar, 'I Forgive' Him

'The truth exists whether the president accepts it or not'

(Newser) - Jennie Willoughby wasn't surprised when President Trump implied she was lying about claims ex-husband Rob Porter abused her. Based on a Saturday tweet noting a "mere allegation" ruins the "falsely accused," Trump believes "abuse is something to be questioned and doubted" but "the truth...

Trump Ready to Roll Out $1.5T Infrastructure Plan

Critics say it doesn't include enough federal cash

(Newser) - Both parties agree that America's infrastructure is in need of some serious work after decades of under-investment, but the $1.5 trillion plan President Trump plans to roll out Monday is still expected to be controversial—especially because of disagreements over where the $1.5 trillion is supposed to...

Trump: Lives Being 'Shattered' by Assault Allegations

'There is no recovery for someone falsely accused - life and career are gone'

(Newser) - President Trump on Saturday seemed to frame the downfall of a pivotal aide accused of abusing his wives as a character assassination, adding to the tumult that has engulfed the White House, splintered staff, and imperiled chief of staff John Kelly. Trump vented in a tweet that appeared to take...

Dems React as Trump Blocks Memo: 'Hypocrisy at Its Worst'

President has sent Dems' memo back to HIC for revisions due to 'classified' and 'sensitive' passages

(Newser) - Earlier Friday, President Trump spoke to reporters about the 10-page Democratic rebuttal memo to the GOP memo alleging wrongdoing in the FBI and DOJ, noting that the Dem memo is "going to be released soon." "Soon" may be relative, however, as Trump, via a letter sent Friday...

Trump: Allegations Against Porter 'Very Sad'

But president says staffer 'did a very good job' on his post as staff secretary

(Newser) - President Trump weighed in on the Rob Porter controversy on Friday, saying he was surprised to learn of the domestic abuse allegations leveled against the newly resigned White House staff secretary. “It was very sad when we heard about it and certainly he’s also very sad now,"...

Man Under Fire: John Kelly Takes Heat in Porter Scandal

Chief of staff is reportedly pushing a narrative that contradicts other accounts

(Newser) - John Kelly finds himself squarely in the spotlight again after his defense of White House staff secretary Rob Porter as "a man of true integrity and honor" in the wake of domestic abuse allegations . President Trump's chief of staff has since pronounced himself appalled at the allegations and...

George W. Bush Counters Trump on Russian Meddling

Says 'there's pretty clear evidence'

(Newser) - Former President George W. Bush said on Thursday that "there's pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled" in the 2016 American presidential election, forcefully rebutting fellow Republican Donald Trump's denials of Moscow trying to affect the vote, reports the AP . While never mentioning President Trump by name,...

Ex-Girlfriend Took Porter Concerns to White House Counsel

As John Kelly's defense of the staff secretary turns to 'shock'

(Newser) - Influential White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned Wednesday in the wake of reports he physically abused two ex-wives, reports that he maintains are "vile" and "simply false." The claims come via Colbie Holderness (who married Porter in 2003) and Jennifer Willoughby (who married him in 2009)....

Is Trump&#39;s Parade Idea Just One &#39;Massive Troll&#39;?
Trump's Parade Idea Puts
Critics on Tricky Ground
the rundown
Feb 7, 2018 10:40 AM CST

Trump's Parade Idea Puts Critics on Tricky Ground

Democrats could come off as anti-military

(Newser) - "I want a parade like the one in France." That quote is in wide circulation Wednesday as part of reports that President Trump wants to stage a military parade later this year. A Pentagon spokesperson confirms to CNN that plans are underway, though still in the "infancy"...

Ex-Trump U Students Will Finally Get Paid

President avoids trial as $25M settlement is approved

(Newser) - A lengthy legal battle between Donald Trump and Trump University students, who say they paid thousands of dollars for real estate "secrets" they never received, is finally over. On Tuesday, an appeals court in San Francisco approved a $25 million settlement reached last year while rejecting an appeal from...

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