Mattis on Tillerson ouster: ‘The job goes on’
Defense Secretary James Mattis on Thursday downplayed the importance of President Trump's decision to fire Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this week, telling reporters that most of the world considers...
View ArticleThe Memo: Trump takes on critics with Russia moves
The White House sought to quash suggestions that President Trump is too soft on Moscow Thursday, ordering sanctions against Russians alleged to have participated in election meddling and joining allies...
View ArticlePompeo's challenge: After Tillerson, a consistent US policy in the...
On the eve of reportedly rolling out a new peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians, the Trump administration has ditched Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and tapped CIA Director Mike Pompeo to...
View ArticleTrump told advisers Kelly's job is '100% safe': report
President Trump has reportedly told advisers that White House chief of staff John Kelly's job is "100 percent safe," amid fears that the retired Marine general could be the latest to leave the...
View ArticlePanetta defends McMaster: Trump should not surround himself with ‘yes men’
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta defended national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Friday, saying that President Trump should avoid surrounding himself with people who are afraid to push back...
View ArticleDOJ pushes back on McCabe saying he learned of firing from press release
The Department of Justice (DOJ) pushed back on a report Friday that former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe learned of his firing from a press release.A DOJ spokeswoman told The Hill that "Mr. McCabe...
View ArticlePompeo taking lead role in planning Trump’s North Korea meeting: report
CIA Director Mike Pompeo is taking the lead in back-channel communications with North Korea as President Trump prepares to meet with the country's leader Kim Jong Un, The New York Times reports.Pompeo,...
View ArticlePence walks in Georgia St. Patrick's Day parade
Vice President Pence and second lady Karen Pence walked in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Savannah, Ga., on Saturday.Photos posted on the vice president's Twitter account showed the Pences, along with...
View Article‘Rex Tillerson’ explains firing on SNL
“Saturday Night Live” riffed on the circumstances surrounding Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s ouster, portraying the outgoing top diplomat as dumbfounded by his firing. “It just wasn’t a good fit....
View ArticleTrump tariffs not helpful for nuclear talks, South Korea says
A top South Korean official has warned the U.S. that President Trump’s tariffs on steel imports could be detrimental to the president’s efforts to draft a nuclear deal with North Korea, the Financial...
View ArticleTrump formally sends Pompeo nomination to Senate
President Trump formally sent Mike Pompeo’s nomination for secretary of State to the Senate on Tuesday. Pompeo, who previously ran the CIA, would replace Rex Tillerson, who was ousted from his top spot...
View ArticleUniversity of Texas wants Rex Tillerson as next chancellor
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson could be headed back to his alma mater after being ousted from the State Department this week by President Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported.Sources...
View ArticleFormer NSC adviser on Bolton: It is the president who decides if we go to war
Stephen Hadley, the former National Security Advisor for the Bush White House, said that people shouldn’t be concerned about newly-appointed National Security Advisor John Bolton’s hawkishness because...
View ArticleTrump team gets low ratings from public: poll
President Trump’s top appointees received tough ratings from the public in a new CNN poll.Half of the people polled said Trump’s appointments are less qualified than the officials who previously held...
View ArticleLast week was the worst for geopolitical risk in 20 years
When the 9/11 terror attacks happened in 2001, the U.S. was still the world’s unquestioned superpower; Russia was still struggling to find its own political footing under relative newcomer Vladimir...
View ArticleTrump asked aides about making Labor secretary his new attorney general: report
President Trump reportedly asked an aide if Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta would make a good replacement for Attorney General Jeff Sessions.The inquiry came after the president saw Acosta on “Fox...
View ArticleState Dept website removes references to Tillerson
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been removed from the State Department’s website.A link labeled “Secretary of State Tillerson” at the top of the department’s homepage has disappeared and...
View ArticleWithdrawal from Syria would be unusual bright spot for American foreign policy
We all know that President Trump plays to the crowd and cameras and then sometimes flip flops on policy proposals like a fish out of water. However, he recently shocked his national security advisers...
View ArticleSenate Dems want a confirmation spectacle — but Mike Pompeo knows all the tricks
Democrats lie in wait for Mike Pompeo. His confirmation hearing before the Foreign Relations Committee is expected to be a contentious affair. As nominee to be Secretary of State Pompeo should, in the...
View ArticleFormer Dem Rep rips Trump for inability to work with his own staff
Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) blasted President Trump for what he described as his failure to get along with members of his own staff."This is a man who can’t get along with a man he made...
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