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Trump: Why Does Samantha Bee Still Have a Job?

President weighs in after comedian's remarks about Ivanka

(Newser) - The buzz around Samantha Bee and the insult she hurled at Ivanka Trump on her show Wednesday night has, not surprisingly, caught the attention of Ivanka's father, CNN notes. On TBS' Full Frontal, Bee had called the younger Trump a "feckless c---" while discussing how "oblivious" she...

Trudeau: Mike Pence's Demand Sank NAFTA Talks

French president Emmanuel Macron says Trump tariffs are a mistake

(Newser) - Justin Trudeau says he was ready to fly to Washington to make a deal on NAFTA—until Mike Pence made a demand that he had no choice but to reject. The Canadian prime minister says the vice president told him there would have to be a "sunset clause" guaranteeing...

Trump's Net Worth Falls for 2nd Consecutive Year

It's now at $2.8B

(Newser) - President Trump’s net worth declined $100 million over the past year, to $2.8 billion, reports Bloomberg . The figures were based on data from property records, annual reports, financial disclosures and other market information compiled by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index , which provides a daily ranking of the world’s...

Trump Announces Surprise Pardon to Conservative Figure
Trump Flexes His 
Pardoning Muscles
the rundown
May 31, 2018 3:58 PM CDT

Trump Flexes His Pardoning Muscles

Dinesh D'Souza is a yes, Martha Stewart a maybe; may commute sentence of Blagojevich

(Newser) - President Trump made big news Thursday through his power to issue pardons and commute sentences. First, he announced that he would issue a full pardon to conservative firebrand Dinesh D'Souza, who once pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations. Hours later came two higher-profile names: Trump told reporters on Air...

Mystery of Mitt Romney's Presidential Vote Solved

He wrote in the name of his wife, Ann

(Newser) - Mitt Romney said long before the November 2016 election he wouldn't be casting his ballot for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but the person he did vote for has remained a mystery—until now. "I wrote in the name of a person who I admire deeply, who...

Tweeting Trump Escalates Beef With Bob Iger
Trump Calls Out
Bob Iger Once More
May 31, 2018 8:57 AM CDT

Trump Calls Out Bob Iger Once More

'Iger, where is my call of apology?'

(Newser) - President Trump is still waiting for that apology from Bob Iger. Trump first showed some resentment Wednesday after the target of Roseanne Barr's racist tweet, Valerie Jarrett, got an apology from the Disney CEO while Iger has never called Trump "to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and...

New York Post Slammed for Its 'Kim Thong Un' Cover

Many are calling poke at Kim Kardashian 'sexist,' inappropriate

(Newser) - The jokes of a "Trump-Kim" summit came flying fast after Kim Kardashian met with the president Wednesday at the White House, but one snarky headline isn't going over so well. Per HuffPost , Kardashian was there to talk to Trump about criminal justice reform and to press for a...

Kim Kardashian Meets Trump, Makes Clemency Request

She wants him to pardon a great-grandmother

(Newser) - Kim Kardashian met President Trump at the White House Wednesday—and they had more to talk about than their shared past as reality TV stars. Kardashian spoke to Trump about a possible pardon for Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old great-grandmother from Tennessee serving life in prison without parole for a...

Trump Tweets About Roseanne Controversy

President complains about 'HORRIBLE' statements made about him on ABC

(Newser) - It’s official: President Trump has weighed in on the Roseanne controversy. He tweeted Wednesday, “Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that 'ABC does not tolerate comments like those' made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize...

Trump Tweets About What He 'Wished' He Had Done

His beef with Jeff Sessions is Twitter fodder once again

(Newser) - President Trump on Wednesday took to Twitter to once again air his displeasure with Attorney General Jeff Sessions. In a trio of tweets, Trump mainly quoted from a CBS This Morning interview with House Oversight Chair Trey Gowdy, writing in part that Gowdy said, "If I were the President...

Trey Gowdy: FBI Was Only Following Trump's Order

Pushback came Tuesday on Fox News

(Newser) - If his TV was tuned to Fox News on Tuesday, President Trump surely didn't like what he heard. Rep. Trey Gowdy, a Trump ally and chairman of the House Oversight Committee, appeared on the network to poke holes in Trump's claim that the FBI planted a spy in...

Attempts to Salvage Summit Found in 3 Corners of World

Kim Yong Chol said to be en route for NYC

(Newser) - It'll take a "herculean focus on all kinds of details" to revive President Trump and Kim Jong Un's June 12 summit, reports the New York Times , and a herculean effort seems to be underway. The paper tracks three separate efforts in three corners of the world to...

20-Day Absence Sparks Melania Conspiracy Theories

Rumors are 'silly nonsense,' spokeswoman says

(Newser) - Melania Trump hasn't been seen in public since May 10, when she joined her husband to welcome back detainees from North Korea —and while the first lady's office says she's recovering from kidney surgery , conspiracy theorists have wilder ideas. Some have suggested that she's divorcing...

Trump to China: We're Imposing Tariffs After All

White House plans to restrict Chinese investment and limit US exports to China

(Newser) - The Trump administration has renewed its threat to place 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it says are China's unfair trade practices, the AP reports. The White House also said Tuesday that it would restrict Chinese investment into the United States and...

N. Korea Sending Ex-Spy Chief Blamed for Sony Hack to US

Senior official Kim Yong Chol said to be on his way to NY to jump-start summit talks again

(Newser) - He's said to be behind the 2014 Sony hack , made an appearance at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and is often right next to Kim Jong Un at meetings with global leaders. Now one of North Korea's most high-level officials is on his way to the US, reportedly to attend...

Trump: N. Korea Will Be a 'Great Economic Nation'

He says US team is there to plan summit

(Newser) - A US team is in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to President Trump, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting will indeed take place. Both the State Department and South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the American and North Korean officials have...

Teacher on Trump's Letter: 'OMG This Is Wrong!'

Yvonne Mason has a few writing tips for the president

(Newser) - Ever recoiled at the corrections scribbled on your high school essay? Now you can imagine how the White House felt earlier this month when its form letter was returned by retired teacher Yvonne Mason, the Greenville News reports. "I have never, ever, received a letter with this many silly...

Trump, NYT in Throwdown Over June 12 Korea Summit

President accuses 'Times' of making up senior White House official who spoke to reporters

(Newser) - If the negotiations swirling around the proposed June 12 summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump are making your head spin, you are far from alone: Following a surprise meeting between Kim and South Korean leader Moon Jae-in in which Moon said Kim "once again has made clear...

Trump to Freed Utah Man: 'You've Gone Through a Lot'

Joshua Holt and family meet with president after Holt's release from Venezuelan prison

(Newser) - Joshua Holt, who traveled to Venezuela from Utah in 2016 to marry a Spanish-speaking Mormon woman but soon found himself jailed and later branded the CIA's top spy in Latin America, has been set free by the anti-American Maduro government. He says he was "overwhelmed with gratitude,"...

Trump Caught Between Pompeo, Bolton on Summit, Sources Say

He ultimately sided with Bolton

(Newser) - The summit between the US and North Korea is off , at least for now—and officials tell NBC News it's because President Trump wanted to nix things before Kim Jong Un had a chance to. "He doesn't want to be the bride left at the altar,"...

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