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Trump, Oprah lead surrogate campaigners in 2018 midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — From President Donald Trump to Oprah Winfrey, top political surrogates are fanning out in key battleground states to appeal to voters during the final days of the 2018 midterm campaigns. Trump rallied his most loyal supporters in Co...
Trump vs. Obama in the final weekend of the midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) — Feuding from a distance, President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama exchanged tough words Friday as they sought to rally their parties' base voters in the final days before the midterm elections. Obama urged D...
Amid bombs scare, call for unity shelved for political barbs
WASHINGTON (AP) — It didn't last. With the country on edge over a widening pipe-bomb scare, talk of national unity quickly gave way to finger-pointing Thursday. President Donald Trump cast blame on the media for fomenting anger in society, while c...
Authenticity now the attribute craved by national Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Beto O'Rourke's response to a question during a Houston town hall meeting this past summer lasted only four minutes. But for some Democrats it said everything. It was authentic. In an exchange that quickly went viral, the D...
Evangelicals push Senate Republicans to confirm Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evangelical activists want Republican leaders to act more forcefully to send Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, expressing skepticism about the decades-old allegations of sexual assault levied against the federal judge. The p...
Fort Trump? Polish leader dangles offer to US president
WASHINGTON (AP) — Poland's leader pressed President Donald Trump on Tuesday to consider creating a permanent American military base in Poland, offering a tempting incentive: The installation would be called "Fort Trump." Polish President Andrzej D...
Trump urges Justice Department to unmask 'resistance' writer
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Friday the U.S. Justice Department should investigate and unmask the author of a bitingly critical New York Times opinion piece purportedly written by a member of an administration "resistance" m...
Trump receives new letter from Kim Jong Un, sends his reply
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump received a new letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and responded quickly with a letter of his own. The correspondence, following up on their Singapore summit, came a...
Trump at rally makes false claim on photo IDs for groceries
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday wrongly claimed that shoppers need to show photo identification to buy groceries and accused Democrats of obstructing his agenda and his Supreme Court nominee during a raucous rally aimed at b...
Trump, European Union leaders pull back from trade war
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and European leaders pulled back from the brink of a trade war over autos Wednesday and agreed to open talks to tear down trade barriers between the United States and the European Union. But the agreement w...
Trump delays proposed Putin meeting until 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday sought to fend off accusations the president is too soft on Russia, putting off a proposed second summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and declaring the U.S. will never recognize R...
US announces billions to help farmers hurt by Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday it will provide $12 billion in emergency relief to ease the pain of American farmers slammed by President Donald Trump's escalating trade disputes with China and other countries. H...
Trump claims Saudi Arabia will boost oil production
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had received assurances from King Salman of Saudi Arabia that the kingdom will increase oil production, "maybe up to 2,000,000 barrels" in response to turmoil in Iran and V...
Trump delaying NAFTA deal until after midterm elections
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump intends to delay signing a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement until after the fall midterm elections, a move aimed at reaching a better deal with Canada and Mexico. Trump s...
Trump seeks federal government overhaul, merger of agencies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking aim at the sprawling federal bureaucracy, President Donald Trump's administration released a detailed proposal Thursday to reorganize a number of federal agencies and merge the Education and Labor departments. The latest i...
Trump meets with lawmakers about ZTE deal opposed in Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump met Wednesday with Republican lawmakers after the Senate moved to block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. to buy component parts from the U.S. ZTE is accused of violating trade l...
Trump approves plan to impose tough China tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has approved a plan to impose punishing tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of Chinese goods as early as Friday, a move that could put his trade policies on a collision course with his push to rid the K...
Trump seizes upon Obama-era license aimed at helping Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday seized upon an investigation by Senate Republicans that found the Obama administration secretly tried to give Iran brief access to the U.S. financial system after the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. T...
Trump tariffs on US allies draw retaliation threats
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration delivered a gut punch to America's closest allies Thursday, imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum from Europe, Mexico and Canada in a move that drew immediate vows of retaliation. Stock prices slumped amid...
Not so easy: Trump's trade agenda hits stumbling blocks
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's hard-line views on trade, a staple of his message long before he entered politics, are beginning to collide with the cold realities of global geopolitics. Trade talks on China and the North American Free T...
Trump launches probe into auto imports, possible tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday launched an investigation into whether tariffs are needed on the imports of automobiles into the United States, moving swiftly as talks over the North American Free Trade Agreement have s...
Trump responds to European criticism about reliability
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump responded Thursday to European Council President Donald Tusk's criticism that he's been an unreliable partner, telling reporters the European Union has been "terrible" to the U.S. on trade and "they can call m...
Trump wants negotiations with California on auto gas mileage
WASHINGTON (AP) — Addressing a key concern for manufacturers, President Donald Trump has instructed his administration to explore negotiations with California on achieving a single fuel economy standard for the nation during a meeting with auto i...
AP Source: Trump considering head of VA medical association
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is considering the head of a veterans' medical association as it reviews potential candidates to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. A White House official said Dr. Samuel Spagnolo, the president of the N...
Trump says he'd 'love to' talk to Mueller, wants fairness
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he would "love to speak" to special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the Russia investigation but cautioned he would only do so if he's "treated fairly," and he again labeled the probe a "witch h...