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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that the U.S. already has “very, very strong background checks” for gun purchases in the latest sign that he is backing away from throwing his political support behind changes to…

SAN FRANCISCO – President Donald Trump has been on a tear about Google that traces back to a series of unfounded claims about the technology giant circulating among conservatives. Among those claims: that Google interferes with…

ALBANY, NEW YORK – New York state, New York City, Connecticut and Vermont sued the federal government Tuesday over new Trump administration rules blocking green cards for many immigrants who use public assistance including…

WASHINGTON – The United States has not returned to the negotiation table with North Korea as quickly as it had hoped, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, but he added that Washington knew there would be “bumps on the…

WASHINGTON – A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Tuesday urged a federal judge to quickly resolve its bid to obtain President Donald Trump’s tax returns, which the Trump administration has refused to turn over.In a filing…

SHENZHEN, CHINA – The founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei said Tuesday he expects no relief from U.S. export curbs because of the political climate in Washington but expressed confidence the company will thrive because it is…

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is so convinced that his re-election depends on the economy staying strong that the merest hint of recession has sent him into political crisis management mode.Unpopular and with a middling…

US President Donald Trump is making light of his own idea of buying Greenland from Denmark, tweeting a doctored photo of Trump Tower looming over a small village in the Arctic territory. Trump jokes on Twitter, “I promise not to do this…

Comedian John Oliver is known for his brutal take-downs of world leaders, but his latest dig at Donald and Melania Trump was next level.The British TV host was recounting the news last week that Mr Trump asked an aide to look into…

NEW YORK – Planned Parenthood said Monday it is pulling out of the federal family planning program rather than abide by a new Trump administration rule prohibiting clinics from referring women for abortions.Alexis McGill Johnson,…

Donald Trump’s biggest enemy is quietly gathering a crack team in the hope of bringing down the president — within months.Last week, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci publicly revealed he had turned on Mr…

Barron Trump looked unrecognisable as he stepped out of Air Force One with his parents on the weekend.At only 13, the first son towered over President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump even in her Christian Louboutin…

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA – Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib sharply criticized Israel on Monday for denying them entry to the Jewish state and called on fellow members of Congress to visit while they cannot.Omar, of…

BOGOTA – The U.S. has opened up secret communications with Venezuela’s socialist party boss as members of President Nicolas Maduro’s inner circle seek guarantees they won’t face retribution if they cede to growing demands to remove…

COPENHAGEN – Greenland is not for sale and U.S. President Donald Trump’s idea of buying the semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic from Denmark is “an absurd discussion,” Denmark’s prime minister said.Mette Frederiksen, who…

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – Eirran Betka-Pope was on her lunch break when she spotted hundreds of Donald Trump supporters protesting outside the office of Rep. Justin Amash, the first Republican on Capitol Hill to say Congress should…

WASHINGTON – A strong majority, 74 percent, of U.S. business economists appear sufficiently concerned about the risks of some of President Donald Trump’s economic policies that they expect a recession in the U.S. by the end of…

WASHINGTON – Attorney General William Barr has removed the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons from his position more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in federal custody.Hugh…

A strong majority, 74%, of US business economists appear sufficiently concerned about the risks of some of US President Donald Trump’s economic policies that they expect a recession in the US by the end of 2021. The economists surveyed…

SIOUX CITY, IOWA – Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren offered a public apology Monday to Native Americans over her past claim to tribal heritage, directly tackling an area that’s proved to be her biggest political…