Donald Trump
Trump tweets, stays out of sight for hours after shootings
Bridgewater, Aug 5 (AP/UNB)— As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course, sending out tweets of support awkwardly mixed in with those promoting a celebrity fight and attacking his political foes.
Trump administration pushes to speed up migrant family cases
Los Angeles, Aug 4 (AP/UNB) — Rosita Lopez said armed gang members demanded money from her and her partner at their small grocery store on the Guatemalan coast and threatened to kill them when they couldn't pay. When her partner was shot soon afterward, they sold everything and fled north.
Trump praises North Korea after missile tests rattle region
Washington, Aug 2 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump bestowed praise Friday on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un following a flurry of short-range missile tests that rattled the region and lowered expectations for the resumption of nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang.
India again rejects Trump's Kashmir mediation offer
Bangkok, Aug 2 (AP/UNB) — India on Friday again rejected President Donald Trump's offer to mediate its dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir.
Leaders of religious right balk at labeling Trump a racist
New York, Aug 2 (AP/UNB) — Many religious leaders have strongly condemned President Donald Trump's disparaging remarks about minority members of Congress. Prominent figures on the religious right have not joined in, instead maintaining public silence or insisting that Trump's tactics reflect hard-nosed politics rather than racism.
At rally, Trump laces into Democrats but avoids race
Cincinnati, Aug 2 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump used a revved-up rally Thursday in Cincinnati to tear into the Democrats he has been elevating as his new political foils, attacking four liberal congresswomen of color and their party's urban leaders, while also training fire on those he could be facing in 2020.
Trump threatens to get 'much tougher' with China on trade
Washington, Jul 30 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump is threatening to get "much tougher" with China on trade if he wins reelection in 2020.
Trump blames White House air conditioning on Obama
Washington, July 27 (AP/UNB) — In President Donald Trump's view, even the inadequate air conditioning at the White House is Barack Obama's fault.
Trump administration trying to bring A$AP Rocky home
Washington, July 19 (AP/UNB) — First lady Melania Trump says her husband's administration is working with the State Department to try to bring rapper A$AP Rocky home.
Trump says American warship destroyed Iranian drone
Washington, Jul 19 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump says a U.S. warship destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countries.