Trump’s Slurs — and Praise — of Obama Go Back Years

US President Donald Trump’s love-hate attitude towards predecessor Barack Obama goes back a decade, a volatile mixture of admiration and scurrilous disrespect that helped launch the provocative billionaire’s own political career. Trump was a main purveyor of the “birther” conspiracy theory that the nation’s first African-American president was not born in the United States — … Read more

Trump Withdraws Appeal of Travel Ban Suspension

President Donald Trump’s administration dropped Thursday its appeal of a court ruling that suspended his travel ban targeting refugees and seven Muslim countries and said it would replace the measure with a modified version. The Justice Department announced the move in a brief filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. It … Read more

Turmoil, Legal Woes Define Trump’s White House Debut

A pile-up of controversies, sliding poll numbers, splinters within his own camp and a stinging setback in the courts: Donald Trump probably dreamed of a more triumphant debut in the White House. The 70-year-old businessman and political novice wrapped up his third week in the Oval Office with a bruising defeat after the courts upheld … Read more