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U.S. military assets are threatening Russia, Moscow’s top diplomat alleged just days before a high-profile visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed to President Trump’s sale of missile-defense systems to Japan as evidence. “We view these steps as a threat to our country,” he said, per state-run media. Japanese officials have moved to fortify their missile defenses in response to North Korea’s development of…

President Donald Trump came up with a nickname Friday for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg: Alfred E. Neuman — the freckle-faced, gap-toothed nerdy cover boy of Mad Magazine. But Buttigieg came back with his own zinger, slying dinging the 72-year-old president’s age, saying the outdated reference was a “generational thing.” Trump told Politico Friday that “Alfred E. Neuman cannot become president of the United States,” when he was asked in a phone…

Democratic 2020 hopeful Pete Buttigieg said President Trump’s nickname for him dated the commander in chief. Trump, who is known for giving his opponents nicknames, referred to the South Bend, Ind., mayor as “Alfred E. Neuman” in an interview Friday. “Alfred E. Neuman cannot become president of the United States,” the president told Politico, referring to the fictitious character who graced the cover of Mad magazine for decades. Buttigieg, 37,…

Don McGahn, who stepped down as the White House’s top lawyer in October, was one of special counsel Robert Mueller’s most prolific witnesses. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images white house By QUINT FORGEY 05/11/2019 07:28 PM EDT President Donald Trump lashed out at Don McGahn on Saturday, tweeting that he was “Never a big fan” of the former White House counsel amid an ongoing battle between House Democrats and the administration…

Video Fox News Flash top headlines for May 11 Fox News Flash top headlines for May 11 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com Mad magazine got in on the action between President Trump and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Saturday, after Trump compared his young political rival to a cartoon mascot from the venerable humor mag. First, Trump took aim at Buttigieg, the Democratic mayor of…

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Harvard spokeswoman Rachael Dane resisted the suggestion that Sullivan was losing his post because of his representation of Weinstein, saying the decision “was informed by a number of considerations.” She noted that the climate review revealed serious concerns about Sullivan’s leadership, but also pointed to complaints about his leadership from fellow staffers that predated the Weinstein controversy and were outlined in a Harvard Crimson story on Friday. “We’ve partnered with…

But in the last five years, China has veered toward increasingly repressive authoritarianism at home and a rapid military buildup. The State Department estimates that Beijing has put 800,000 to two million Muslims in hastily built internment camps ringed with barbed wire in northwestern China. The Chinese government has built an archipelago of air bases on artificial islands in the South China Sea in between Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the…

CLOSE A Taylor University freshman and a recent grad share their perspectives on Mike Pence chosen to give commencement address. Jenna Watson, jenna.watson@indystar.com WASHINGTON –The last time Vice President Mike Pence spoke at Liberty University, he used the backdrop of one of the world’s largest Christian schools to vouch for candidate Donald Trump’s faith credentials during the 2016 campaign. When Pence returned to the school Saturday to deliver the commencement address,…

A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group rushes toward the Persian Gulf. Decades-old B-52 bombers rumble down runways at desert air bases. The Pentagon, meanwhile, routes a Patriot missile battery and an amphibious supply ship to return to the region. These military deployments in the Persian Gulf, beginning with a sudden May 5 order from the White House citing still-unspecified threats from Iran, comes as Tehran has begun setting its own…

Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney, has called off a trip to Ukraine during which he planned to ask the country’s prosecutors to investigate the origins of the Mueller investigation and to look into ties between Hunter Biden, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son, and a Ukrainian oligarch. With respect to Biden, Giuliani was particularly interested in a phone call Joe Biden made while serving as vice president in which…

All eyes turned to Alabama this week as lawmakers debated – and ultimately tabled – the nation’s strictest abortion bill. The law would make it a felony to perform an abortion at any stage of pregnancy. Fireworks erupted in the state senate after Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth quickly gaveled down a proposed amendment to exclude victims of rape or incest before lawmakers could vote or debate. Chaos erupts as Alabama…

Trump had been wagering he had greater leverage because of the strong U.S. economy, with growth at 3.2% and unemployment at historic lows. At the same time, he reckoned the Chinese economy was fragile, based on its 2018 performance, and that its leaders ultimately would make the required concessions. By contrast, XI represented a conviction among many in China that Trump would need a “win” that would reduce the deficit…

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats denounced a plan by President Donald Trump’s personal attorney to push Ukraine to open investigations that he hopes could benefit Trump politically, decrying it as an overt attempt to recruit foreign help to influence a U.S. election. But Rudy Giuliani late Friday said he does not plan to go to the Ukraine because of concerns about who he would be dealing with there. “I’ve decided…

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., is a hero. Or at least, he’s the one guy actually doing his job, while fellow Republican officeholders attacking him are party hacks. They are hacks in the same way House Judiciary Committee Democrats wrongly holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress are hacks. Both sides — indeed, almost all members of Congress these days — repeatedly put party over country and politics over…

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., answers questions during a press conference at the Capitol on Thursday. The House is expected to vote on whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., answers questions during a press conference at the Capitol on Thursday. The House is expected to vote…

The United States is deploying a Patriot missile battery and another warship to the Middle East to counter what it claims are growing threats from Iran. The USS Arlington, an amphibious transport ship, and a Patriot air defense system will be deployed to the U.S. Central Command. “The United States does not seek conflict with Iran, but we are postured and ready to defend U.S. forces and interests in the…

In recent weeks, however, Mr. Trump’s campaign advisers have also started to echo the no-compromise approach, according to a former official. That, combined with Mr. Biden’s potential political weakness on China, has shifted Mr. Trump’s thinking away from those who urged a deal. At his rally this week in Panama City Beach, Fla., Mr. Trump claimed that Mr. Biden was telling supporters that foreign leaders told him they hoped he…

WASHINGTON—Within a day of the release of the Mueller report last month, President Trump sought to have former White House counsel Don McGahn declare he didn’t consider the president’s 2017 directive that he seek Robert Mueller’s dismissal to be obstruction of justice, but Mr. McGahn rebuffed the request, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Trump has publicly denied asking Mr. McGahn to fire the Russia probe special counsel…