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C-17 Mission Stopped at Trump Resort

House committee looks into US spending near Turnberry

(Newser) - The House Oversight Committee is trying to find out why a C-17 military transport plane carrying supplies in the spring from the US to Kuwait stopped at President Trump's resort in Scotland. The five-person crew stayed at the Turnberry resort, about 50 miles from Glasgow, on both legs of...

NOAA Takes on NWS in Trump Storm Controversy

NOAA backs Trump; head of NWS Employees Organization calls NOAA remarks 'disgusting'

(Newser) - We're in Day 6 of the metaphorical storm swirling around President Trump regarding a literal storm, and now the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been dragged into it. CNN reports the government agency issued a statement Friday backing the president's claim on Sunday that the state of...

Trump Pressed Fox Reporter Over Alabama Controversy

President again tweets about the hurricane controversy

(Newser) - President Trump really doesn't want to let this days-long Alabama-Hurricane Dorian mess fade to memory. Not content with numerous tweets repeating his claim that the state was threatened by the storm, Trump called Fox News senior White House correspondent John Roberts into the Oval Office on Thursday to repeat...

Medal of Freedom Goes to NBA Great Jerry West

Trump cites star's support for charities and veterans

(Newser) - Jerry West already had a logo. Now he has a medal. The former Lakers star was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on Thursday by President Trump. "He made plays that will be remembered forever," Trump said in the Oval Office ceremony,...

Debra Messing in Hot Water Over Trump Tweets, and Not Just With Trump

Whoopi Goldberg, Meghan McCain are also upset with 'Will & Grace' actress

(Newser) - Last week, Debra Messing called for a list to be published showing all the attendees of a Sept. 17 Beverly Hills Trump re-election fundraiser that the president will be attending. Now the Will & Grace star is in hot water—with the president, but also with some of his critics....

Trump Doubles Down on Alabama Controversy

He says state was in the crosshairs and the media is unfairly going after him

(Newser) - The controversy over Alabama and Hurricane Dorian is going to live at least another day. President Trump tweeted about the subject three times Thursday morning, reiterating his claims that the state was in the crosshairs of Dorian in early forecasts and that the media is showing its bias by criticizing...

Trump Displays Hurricane Map Altered to Include Alabama

It's not clear who was behind 'Sharpie-gate'

(Newser) - In what President Trump's critics are calling "Sharpie-gate," the president delivered a Hurricane Dorian update Wednesday in front of a map that had been doctored to back up his claim that the storm had been expected to hit Alabama . The NOAA forecast map from Aug. 29 had...

McConnell: Senate Will Consider a Gun Bill, on One Condition

Majority leader says President Trump must signal he'd sign it into law

(Newser) - In the wake of the most recent mass shootings in Dayton , Ohio, and the Texas cities of El Paso and Odessa , Republican Mitch McConnell finds himself once again under pressure to bring some sort of gun legislation to the Senate floor, including measures that have a thumbs-up from both the...

Trump&#39;s Hurricane Updates Cause a Ruckus
Trump's Hurricane Updates
Cause a Ruckus
the rundown
Sep 3, 2019 9:13 AM CDT

Trump's Hurricane Updates Cause a Ruckus

President accused of inaccuracies, but he lashes back at critics

(Newser) - President Trump was up early tweeting (or retweeting) about the path of Hurricane Dorian on Tuesday, and those following his feed over the holiday weekend will be surprised. The New York Times counts 122 Trump tweets starting Saturday morning, with many revolving around the hurricane bearing down on the East...

Bolton&#39;s Clout With Trump Is Looking Iffy
Bolton: On the Outs?
Aug 31, 2019 6:00 PM CDT

Bolton: On the Outs?

The hard-talking national security adviser disagrees with the President, yet again

(Newser) - John Bolton doesn't seem like a sidelines kind of guy—but the hard-talking national security adviser appears headed that way as he opposes his boss yet again, the Washington Post reports. Their latest conflict? Afghanistan, where President Trump is considering a reduction in US troops if the Taliban will...

Here's What Got Trump's Assistant Fired

More on Madeleine Westerhout's abrupt departure

(Newser) - President Trump's personal assistant abruptly quit Thursday , and now it's been revealed that Madeleine Westerhout was, as had been rumored, fired over comments she made about the Trump family. Sources tell Politico that Westerhout, 29, and deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley held an off-the-record dinner Aug....

Trump Has Been Slamming Fox. He Won't Like This Rebuttal

Neil Cavuto delivers a lengthy rebuke to president

(Newser) - Things have gotten testy between President Trump and his favorite network, Fox News. Now, after Trump complained to his supporters that "Fox isn't working for us anymore!" network host Neil Cavuto has responded with a four-minute critique of the president. (You can watch it here .) “...

Report: Trump's Personal Assistant Abruptly Quits

Sources say Madeleine Westerhout shared details about Trump family

(Newser) - Madeleine Westerhout, who has served as President Trump's personal assistant and "Oval Office gatekeeper" since the presidential transition, abruptly quit Thursday after she was accused of leaking details about White House operations and the president's family, sources tell the New York Times . The sources say Westerhout, whose...

Trump: 'My Followers' Don't Want Me Talking to CNN

President apparently has no plans to do an interview with the network

(Newser) - Since becoming president, Donald Trump has not given an interview to CNN—and based on remarks he made Thursday, it sounds like he has no plans for that to change. "They are begging me to do an interview, and I just think it would be disloyal to my followers,...

Ex-Defense Chief: My Silence Won&#39;t Be &#39;Eternal&#39;
Ex-Defense Chief:
'I Had No
Choice but
to Leave'
interview
Aug 29, 2019 12:30 PM CDT

Ex-Defense Chief: 'I Had No Choice but to Leave'

James Mattis says his silence will not be 'eternal'

(Newser) - In an interview with the Atlantic , former defense chief James Mattis makes clear he is not ready to start bad-mouthing President Trump or his policies. But he also suggested that may change. “There is a period in which I owe my silence," he tells Jeffrey Goldberg. "It’...

MSNBC Story Flub Gives Trump an Opening

He points to O'Donnell retraction as an example of media bias against him

(Newser) - Lawrence O'Donnell thought he had a scoop damaging to President Trump. Instead, the president was pointing to the resulting controversy at MSNBC as an example of unfair treatment by the media. "The totally inaccurate reporting by Lawrence O’Donnell, for which he has been forced by NBC to...

MSNBC's O'Donnell: I Shouldn't Have Reported Trump Story

Reporting on Russia ties to Trump finances was a mistake, he admits

(Newser) - MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell said Wednesday he made an "error in judgment" in reporting about supposed Russian ties to President Donald Trump's finances without verifying the story, the AP reports. O'Donnell's admission came in a tweet Wednesday after a lawyer for Trump said the story...

As Puerto Rico Braces for Dorian, 2 Jabs From Trump

Tropical storm expected to pass over or near the island

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Dorian is threatening Puerto Rico with a direct hit at near-hurricane force on Wednesday and forecasters say it could strengthen further as it approaches the US mainland. The storm is expected to pass over or near Puerto Rico, with landslides, widespread flooding, and power outages possible in what...

Trump Blames 'Radical Left' for a Bedbug Rumor

He says his Doral resort in Florida does not have them

(Newser) - On Monday, President Trump began pushing for next year's G7 summit to be held at his very own Trump National Doral Miami resort. On Tuesday, Trump had to push back against some related buzz: "No bedbugs at Doral," he tweeted . "The Radical Left Democrats, upon hearing...

Senator: We Shouldn't Give Up on Buying Greenland

Tom Cotton says Trump is 'crazy like a fox'

(Newser) - President Trump was widely derided for his attempt to buy Greenland, but Sen. Tom Cotton is keeping the faith—possibly because he is believed to be the one who gave Trump the idea in the first place . In a New York Times op-ed, the Republican argues that Trump is "...

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