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Video Trump dismisses Biden’s 2020 chances, knocks his ‘mental capacity’ President Trump dismissed Joe Biden’s chances of becoming president in 2020, knocking the former vice president’s “mental capacity” and hoping Sen. Elizabeth Warren emerges as the Democratic nominee. President Trump dismissed Joe Biden’s chances of becoming president in 2020, knocking the former vice president’s “mental capacity” and claiming Biden “doesn’t have what it takes.” Speaking in a live “Fox &…

Oil tanker owner disagrees with US military that a mine caused… “I do not think there was a time bomb or an object attached to the side of the ship,” Yutaka Katada, president of Kokuka Sangyo, said at a press conference Friday. Politicsread more

Video Trump talks tensions with Iran, conversations with foreign leaders, attacks from Pelosi President Trump discusses Iran being implicated in assaulting oil takers in the Gulf of Oman, Nancy Pelosi accusing him of a criminal cover-up, calls to fire Kellyanne Conway, Joe Biden’s campaign and more in a wide-ranging phone call with ‘Fox & Friends.’ President Trump on Friday sought to clarify his controversial comments indicating he would take information…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he won’t fire White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after a federal watchdog agency recommended her removal for repeatedly violating a law that limits political activity by government workers. Trump tells Fox & Friends that he was briefed on the Office of Special Counsel investigation Thursday and says “it looks to me like they’re trying to take away her right of free speech and…

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The Japanese owner of a tanker attacked in the Gulf of Oman claimed Friday that it was struck by a flying projectile, contradicting reports by U.S. officials and the military on the source of the blast. U.S. Central Command said the two vessels were hit Thursday by a limpet mine, which is attached to boats below the waterline using magnets. U.S. Central Command released video it claimed showed an Iranian…

It’s Friday, June 14, 2019. Let’s start here. 1. Sanders stepping aside White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is resigning from her post after serving Donald Trump for more than three years. “It’s one of the greatest jobs I could ever have,” she said Thursday. “I have loved every minute, even the hard minutes.” ….She is a very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job! I…

CLEVELAND — Very few people have read the Mueller report. In truth, one has to be a lawyer schooled in the murky crimes of obstruction of justice to understand its import. For those few brave souls who have soldiered through the report, words like “nexus” and “overarching factual issues” pepper the narrative. If you methodically read, however, it is clear that Special Counsel Robert Mueller found substantial evidence that the…

Video Trump talks tensions with Iran, conversations with foreign leaders, attacks from Pelosi President Trump discusses Iran being implicated in assaulting oil takers in the Gulf of Oman, Nancy Pelosi accusing him of a criminal cover-up, calls to fire Kellyanne Conway, Joe Biden’s campaign and more in a wide-ranging phone call with ‘Fox & Friends.’ President Trump on Friday sought to clarify his controversial comments indicating he would take information…

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In an unexpected tweet on Thursday afternoon, President Trump announced that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving her post at the end of June. Who should replace her? Well, here are four Trump supporters who would bring very different styles to the Brady room’s podium. First off, in the MAGA devotee category: Sebastian Gorka. With a penchant for rather hyperbolic support of the president, and rather…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal watchdog agency is recommending that White House counselor Kellyanne Conway be fired for repeatedly violating a law that limits certain political activities of federal employees. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel says Conway has become a “repeat offender” of the Hatch Act by disparaging Democratic presidential candidates while speaking in her official capacity during television interviews and on social media. A White House spokesman calls…

The apparent attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday represents a dramatic escalation in regional and international tensions. Coming just one month and one day after an attack on four other oil tankers in the same area, oil prices have spiked upward in fear of what might happen next. What’s going on here? Blame Iran. The United Arab Emirates and Saudis might want a United States…

Video Media melts down over President Trump ‘foreign dirt’ remark Reaction and analysis from constitutional law attorney Jenna Ellis Rives. A defiant President Trump pushed back Thursday against the outrage over his comments that he would be open to accepting opposition research from individuals from foreign countries, arguing he should have no obligation to call the FBI in certain cases while trying to turn the tables on Democratic lawmakers over…

Two oil tankers sailing near the contested Strait of Hormuz were reportedly attacked early Thursday, resulting in damage to both vessels. The Associated Press and CNN reported that the tankers, which were reported to be carrying cargo bound for Japan, suffered damage from explosions that the owner of one ship told CNN was caused “by some sort of shell.” Video posted to Twitter showed one of the vessels ablaze. Aerial footage shows one of the…

At least two dozen police officers and two journalists were injured in violent riots that broke out in Memphis overnight, the city’s mayor said Thursday. Six officers were taken to the hospital, Mayor Jim Strickland said in a statement. The injuries came amid clashes between police and protesters sparked by a fatal shooting in north Memphis on Wednesday night. US Marshals shot the man, whose identity wasn’t immediately released, while…

Thursday’s suspected attacks on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman come a month after four commercial ships were hit in the same waterway, heightening tensions in a region already on edge. But these reported attacks appear to be even more aggressive. Here’s the difference between the two incidents. May 12 incident In the incident on May 12, four ships were at anchor in the UAE port of Fujairah, a…

Allyson Chiu June 13 at 5:14 AM More than a dozen 2020 Democratic presidential candidates rebuked President Trump on Wednesday night after he said he would consider taking information on his political challengers from a foreign government. Many renewed calls for impeachment, further raising the profile of a highly charged and divisive cause, while also voicing new concerns about the security of American elections. In an interview with ABC News’…