Championed by conservatives as a visionary, reviled by liberals as a menace, Fox News founder Roger Ailes re-shaped US television news and helped to craft a conservative populism that ultimately gave rise to Donald Trump. The titles of just two Ailes biographies, “The Loudest Voice in the Room” and “Dark Genius” hint to the outsized … Read more
Roger Ailes, who built Fox News into a politically powerful cable giant that helped redefine US television news, has died, the network announced. The Fox co-founder, who was also a consultant to Republican presidents, was ousted from the network last year under the cloud of a series of sexual harassment allegations. The network’s hosts struggled … Read more
President Donald Trump’s shock dismissal of FBI chief James Comey this week not only unleashed a political firestorm in Washington — it also revealed the discordant sounds emanating from his communications team. It was a complicated week for the Republican billionaire and his spokespeople — one that earned him a mountain of negative press. His … Read more
Republican senators are sounding sceptical of an Obamacare replacement passed by members of their own party in the House of Representatives. The measure brings President Donald Trump’s party a step closer to scrapping the law, but it will probably face major amendments in the Senate. One Republican senator said a final version will be “near … Read more
President Donald Trump was a no-show at the first White House Correspondents’ Association dinner of his presidency. But that didn’t keep “Daily Show” comedian Hasan Minhaj from addressing “the elephant not in the room.” Trump was a target for Minhaj when he performed at the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association dinner last year, and Saturday … Read more
Former White House national security advisor Susan Rice flatly denied Tuesday that she combed official intelligence files for political information against incoming President Donald Trump. As Republicans sought to steer public attention to unproven claims that Barack Obama’s administration spied on Trump, Rice said that her final months in the White House were focused on … Read more
Secret meetings, phone taps, Russian oil money and mysterious intelligence dossiers: the swirling scandal over Donald Trump’s ties to Moscow has all the makings of a classic spy novel — whose ending has yet to be written. But the maelstrom engulfing Washington over Russia’s interference in the US election last year is very real, and … Read more
US President Donald Trump held last-minute negotiations with fellow Republicans to avoid a humiliating defeat Thursday in his biggest legislative test to date, as lawmakers vote on an Obamacare replacement plan which conservatives threaten to sink. Seven years to the day since Barack Obama signed his landmark health care reforms into law, House Republican leaders … Read more
US President Donald Trump paid $38m (£31m) in tax on more than $150m (£123m) income in 2005, a leaked partial tax return shows. The two pages of tax return, revealed by US TV network MSNBC, also showed he wrote off $103m in losses. It gave no details on income sources. The White House said publishing … Read more
US President Donald Trump paid $38m (£31m) in tax on more than $150m (£123m) income in 2005, a leaked partial tax return shows. The two pages of tax return, revealed by US TV network MSNBC, also showed he declared $103m in losses. It gave no details on income sources. The White House said publishing the … Read more
US President Donald Trump paid $38m (£31m) in tax on more than $150m (£123m) income in 2005, a leaked partial tax return shows. The two pages of tax return, revealed by US TV network MSNBC, also showed he declared $103m in losses. It gave no details on income sources. The White House said publishing the … Read more
US President Donald Trump paid $38m (£31m) in tax on more than $150m (£123m) income in 2005, a leaked partial tax return shows. Two pages of the tax return were revealed by US TV network MSNBC but they gave no details on income sources or of charitable giving. The White House said publishing the tax … Read more
The White House pre-empted a media leak of Donald Trump’s 2005 federal tax return, acknowledging key details they previously refused to release. The White House said Trump paid $38 million in taxes and had earned income of “more than $150 million” that year. Trump has steadfastly refused to release his tax returns, breaking with decades … Read more
US President Donald Trump’s negotiating skills were put to the test in his first major legislative battle Wednesday as Congress debated a health care replacement plan that several members of his own party oppose. Two committees in the House of Representatives began reviewing a sweeping bill that unwinds and replaces the Affordable Care Act, the … Read more
Attorney General Jeff Sessions met Russia’s ambassador during the election despite telling his confirmation he had “no communications with the Russians”. The justice department confirmed he met Sergei Kislyak in July and September last year as part of his role on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Mr Sessions said on Thursday he did not meet … Read more
The U. S. House of Representatives intelligence committee will investigate allegations of collusion between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia, the top Democrat on the panel said on Wednesday. “We have reached a written agreement, the minority and the majority in the House intelligence committee, that we will investigate allegations of Russian collusion with the … Read more
Donald Trump reassured Americans with a well-received, more presidential address before Congress on his vision for the country’s “renewal,” but numerous questions remained Wednesday about the details and costs of his policies. Lawmakers praised Trump’s call for national unity — a far different tone than the dark vision of America he laid out in his … Read more
After avoiding the subject for several days, President Donald Trump on Tuesday decried a spate of anti-Semitic threats against Jewish community centers across America as “horrible” and “painful.” Seizing the moment during his first visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, formally inaugurated just six months ago by his predecessor Barack … Read more
President Donald Trump on Tuesday decried anti-Semitic threats against Jewish community centers and promised to work to bridge divisions in the country. ‘The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centers are horrible, and are painful,’ Trump said in remarks after visiting the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. They … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly with Arab rulers last year to hear then US secretary of state John Kerry pitch a regional peace plan, an Israeli newspaper reported Sunday. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi also attended the February 2016 talks hosted by King Abdullah II in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, Haaretz said, … Read more