The comments from the president and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney mark a sharp reversal from the administration’s approach just a few weeks ago after they were dealt a stinging defeat when conservative Republicans refused to vote for a GOP health-care plan.
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The president offered cryptic comments about FBI Director James Comey, seemed to reverse course on legislative strategy and appeared to brag about striking Syria while eating dessert with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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The court order, issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, allowed agents to monitor Page’s communications, officials said. The order is the first indication that the FBI had reason to believe during the 2016 presidential campaign that a Trump campaign adviser was in touch with Russian agents.
Tillerson, center, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. (EPA)
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held his first directs talks with Russia’s president after U.S. missile strikes in Syria and Washington’s demands that Moscow abandon support for its main Middle East ally. The 50-minute meeting between the two came after hours of tense exchanges, with both sides staking out positions that were sharply at odds.
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“I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late,” Trump said. And then the president appeared to threaten the job of his chief strategist.
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State Treasurer Ron Estes was buoyed by an 11th-hour intervention from national Republicans. His Democratic opponent came within 7 points of winning one of the most Republican districts in the nation.
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said agency leaders must start “taking immediate actions” to save money and reduce their staffs.
A 7-year-old girl who was in the classroom where the shooting took place said “the bad guy” didn’t say anything. “And then I saw his gun was black and his jacket was black.”
"This is not who our family at United is," Oscar Munoz said in his first national television appearance since the incident. "This cannot -- will not ever happen again."
The legislation would allow citizens to use deadly force if they believe their lives are threatened and to sue local government officials if they think gun-free zones have violated their Second Amendment rights. The governor has hinted that he's inclined to sign the bill.
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The Past, Rediscovered He was gassed in World War I. But that may not be why he didn't deploy sarin against his enemies in World War II.
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The demise of Haywood Park Community Hospital three years ago this summer added Brownsville, Tenn., to an epidemic of dying hospitals across rural America. Nearly 80 have closed since 2010, including nine in Tennessee.
The British tabloid agreed to pay unspecified damages to the first lady, her attorney said, in a case that had roots in Montgomery County.
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