As members of Congress weighed a measure Thursday criticizing President Donald Trump for considering a Russian request to interrogate former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, the White House again released a statement saying the president did not hold a position he had appeared to embrace. After the White House statement, the Senate unanimously approved in […]
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For the second time in two days, the White House responded to widespread criticism of a controversial remark by President Donald Trump with the explanation that he actually held the position opposite of the one he had apparently expressed. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday that the president agreed with the assessment of […]
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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he does not believe Russia is still targeting the U.S., day after he attempted to quell the backlash over his widely rebuked comments in Helsinki where he contradicted his intelligence community’s assessment that Moscow had interfered in the 2016 election. “No,” the president answered when asked if Russia is still […]
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President Donald Trump attempted on Tuesday to clarify his widely criticized comments in Helsinki, saying that he had misspoken when he said a day earlier that he did not see why Russia would have meddled in the election. Trump said Tuesday he meant to say he did not see any reason why it wouldn’t have been Russia […]
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Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday laid out a progressive vision for the future in direct rebuke to what he called the “politics of fear and resentment and retrenchment” that have taken hold around the world. In remarks honoring the 100th anniversary of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela’s birth, delivered in South Africa a day after President […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed any notion that he has compromising information on President Donald Trump, saying in a Fox News interview that Trump wasn’t important enough to bother with when he visited Russia five years ago. Fox News correspondent Chris Wallace gave Putin an opportunity to review a paper copy of the indictment against 12 […]
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‘Shameful,’ ‘treasonous,’ ‘disgraceful’: Trump slammed from all sides for news conference with Putin
President Donald Trump was swiftly rebuked by lawmakers, TV anchors and pundits across the political spectrum Monday after his joint news conference in Finland with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who has criticized the president’s posture toward Russia in the past, called it “one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president […]
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At a news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin on foreign soil, President Donald Trump attacked fellow Americans — Democrats, special counsel Robert Mueller and members of the news media — for damaging U.S.-Russia relations by pursuing questions about Moscow’s efforts to help him win the presidency in 2016. “There was no collusion at all,” Trump said […]
