The White House on Sunday called for Congress to follow up on Donald Trump’s explosive and unsubstantiated allegation that Barack Obama tapped his phone during last year’s election campaign. Twenty-four hours after Trump’s incendiary claim, his aides scrambled to limit the political fallout — admitting it was still unproven and calling on Congress to investigate. … Read more
Facing a White House which has been unrelenting in its attacks on the media, news organizations are struggling to find the right balance in covering President Donald Trump’s administration. Reporters and media groups are increasingly finding they are part of the story, after Trump’s denunciation of “fake news” and his branding of media groups as … Read more
President Donald Trump is expected to sign a revised travel ban on Monday, just over a month after his original decree sowed controversy across the United States and chaos at airports, US media reported. The president will sign the new executive order at the Department of Homeland Security, according to Politico, which cited senior government … Read more
A taxi stops in the small town of Champlain. Loaded down with belongings, a family with two children gets out and hurries to the road’s end at a stream marking the US-Canada border. “We are coming all the way from Jersey City,” says the father, Mohammed Ahmed. The city near New York is more than … Read more