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Trump surprises troops with Thanksgiving visit

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – President Donald Trump paid a surprise Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan, where he announced the U.S. and Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and...

DATE: Nov 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Aced it: Doctor says Trump got perfect score on cognitive test

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump performed “exceedingly well” on a surprise cognitive screening test administered last week, his doctor said Tuesday, as the White House continued to bat b...

DATE: Jan 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump lights National Christmas Tree for 1st time

WASHINGTON – Ringing in the holidays for the first time from Washington, President Donald Trump lit the National Christmas Tree Thursday evening, wishing the country “a Merry Christmas” – as...

DATE: Nov 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump chooses legislative agenda over GOP repulsion of Moore

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Donald Trump said Sunday that electing a Democrat as Alabama’s next senator “would be a disaster,” making clear the success of his legislative agenda outwei...

DATE: Nov 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Refugee advocates denounce Trump’s latest order

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on refugees is, in effect, a continuation of his ban on a majority of applicants, according to refugee advocates. They say the co...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

President Trump talks of ‘calm before the storm’

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump delivered a foreboding message Thursday night, telling reporters as he posed for photos with his senior military leaders that this might be “the calm befo...

DATE: Oct 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor who begged for more help

BRANCHBURG, N.J. – President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at the mayor of San Juan and other officials in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, contemptuous of their claims of a laggard U.S. res...

DATE: Sep 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump rescinding DACA program protecting young immigrants

Action to be delayed six months to give Congress change to act

DATE: Sep 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

White House downplays aides’ roles

Trump seeks to distance himself from Russia probe

DATE: Mar 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump denounces ‘horrible’ threats against Jewish centers

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced recent threats against Jewish community centers as “horrible ... painful” and said more must be done “to root out hate and prejudice ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump and Japan’s Abe share high-five on golf course

President hosts first foreign leader at resort in Florida

DATE: Feb 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump takes aims at financial rules

President says Dodd-Frank law is ‘disaster’

DATE: Feb 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World