Ex-Trump aide Omarosa Newman pens ‘Unhinged’ White House memoir
Former White House aide and reality television star Omarosa Manigault Newman will chronicle her time in U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration in a memoir to be released Aug. 14, her publisher said Thursday.
Turkey says will not tolerate threats after U.S. warns of sanctions
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday Turkey would never tolerate threats from anybody after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of “large sanctions” unless Ankara freed an American pastor on trial in Turkey on terrorism charges.
Top Facebook, Twitter executives to testify in Sept. on U.S. election meddling
Top executives at Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc have agreed to testify at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in September as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections, a person briefed on the matter said on Thursd…
Trump says U.S. to sanction Turkey, urges pastor’s immediate release
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States would impose significant sanctions on Turkey over its detention of American Christian pastor Andrew Brunson and called on Ankara to immediately release him.
House passes defense bill targeting Chinese investments
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a sprawling $716 billion defense authorization bill that also aims to reign in China’s investments in the United States and prohibits the U.S. government from using technology from major Chinese tele…
Conservative Republican Jordan to run for U.S. House speaker
Conservative U.S. Republican Representative Jim Jordan said Thursday he will run for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives if his party keeps the majority after November elections, promising to slash federal spending and revamp the way the chamb…
House Speaker rejects Rosenstein impeachment effort
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday rejected a move by fellow Republicans to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the No. 2 Justice Department official, who oversees the federal probe of Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election.
House speaker says does not back impeachment of Rosenstein
U.S. House speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday said he did not back an effort by some House Republicans to impeach Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
U.S. must face multistate lawsuit over census citizenship question
The Trump administration must face a lawsuit by states and advocacy groups over its plan to ask people who are filling out the 2020 census form whether they are U.S. citizens, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
Sessions defends deputy Rosenstein after impeachment move
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday defended his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, and took a swipe at fellow Republicans in Congress who moved to impeach Rosenstein, who oversees the federal probe of Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election.
