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
Until Donald Trump became president, Kelsey Thomas spent her time studying, hanging out with friends and lounging on the beaches of Florida. But not anymore. Now she has become fiercely political, joining the new activist movement in America that has come to be called the “Resistance.” For Thomas, a 29-year-old university student, the turning point … 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
Donald Trump’s lawyer has sounded off on a new music video from rapper Snoop Dogg in which he parodies an assassination of President Donald Trump. In the climactic scene of the ‘Lavender’ video, the 45-year-old rapper takes out a fake gun and points it towards a clown-like president Donald Trump character with painted orange face. … Read more
President Donald Trump held his first White House meeting with a Muslim and Middle East leader Tuesday when he lunched with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman. Trump said very little at two events where reporters got brief opportunities to see the president and his guests, who administer a country that is … Read more
Snoop Dogg has been criticised for shooting a toy gun at a Donald Trump character in a music video. Florida Senator Marco Rubio said the rap star was unwise to pretend to shoot a clown dressed as the US president in the video. Mr Rubio told TMZ: “If the wrong person sees that and gets … Read more
Rap great Snoop Dogg has drawn controversy for appearing to shoot US President Donald Trump in a new video that also takes aim at police brutality. Snoop Dogg, an early figure in California gangsta rap who had mellowed in recent years, this week released a video for “Lavender” in which most actors are clowns. One … Read more
President Trump has not chosen a cause to donate his salary to, and wants the media to pick one US President Donald Trump will donate his $400,000 (£329,620) salary to charity at the end of 2017, his spokesman has confirmed. And in an unexpected twist, he wants the White House press corps to decide where … Read more
China responded cautiously Monday to Donald Trump’s latest diplomatic outburst but local media and some citizens mocked the President-elect for making “reckless remarks” and “running the country with Twitter.” Trump criticized Beijing over its monetary policy and territorial ambitions in disputed Asia waters. “Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency … Read more
A man carrying a backpack was arrested after breaching the White House outer perimeter fence on Friday night, the US Secret Service has said. President Donald Trump was in the building at the time. The intruder was arrested on the south grounds without incident and no hazardous materials were found in the backpack, the Secret … Read more
President Donald Trump vowed Saturday to press ahead with a controversial plan, slowed by bickering within his Republican party, to repeal Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. “We are making great progress with healthcare. ObamaCare is imploding and will only get worse. Republicans coming together to get job done!” Trump wrote on Twitter. Trump, who spent … Read more
A man has been arrested after breaching the White House grounds carrying a backpack, the Secret Service said. The breach happened around midnight on Friday while President Donald Trump was in the building, the agency said. The intruder was arrested without incident and no hazardous materials were found in the backpack. Mr Trump and Homeland … Read more
An intruder with a backpack was arrested after breaching the White House grounds while US President Donald Trump was there, US media said Saturday. After scaling a fence, the suspect was arrested by the US Secret Service after the late Friday incident in the nation’s capital, according to the Washington Post. The paper said authorities … Read more
A federal judge in Wisconsin dealt the first legal blow to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban on Friday, barring enforcement of the policy to deny U. S. entry to the wife and child of a Syrian refugee already granted asylum in the United States. The temporary restraining order, granted by U.S. District Judge William … Read more
Donald Trump has thrown his full weight behind a contested plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, battling to overcome resistance from the Republican Party’s right wing and meet a key campaign pledge 50 days into his presidency. With Democrats expected to unite against the new health care plan, Trump can ill afford defections from within … Read more
On top of a rock formation on the Indonesian island of Bali, sits Tanah Lot. It’s a simple 16th century Balinese temple, set against a backdrop of the Indian Ocean, but it’s about to get a very 21st century neighbour. Just across the beach from here is the sprawling but dated Bali Nirwana Resort. And … Read more
For better or worse, this tiny town at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains has survived the decline of US manufacturing as the home to a clutch of companies and the only baseball bat factory in the country. Last year, two-thirds of those living in Dolgeville, an isolated community 220 miles (350 kilometers) from the … Read more
Entries into the United States by “inadmissible persons” were down 40 percent from January to February, the US government said Wednesday, hailing this as progress on President Donald Trump’s southern border security focus. “The drop in apprehensions shows a marked change in trends,” said Homeland Security chief John Kelly. Trump took office January 20. “Since … Read more
What does a day without women look like? The city of Alexandria, Virginia, just outside the US capital, found out on Wednesday as an avalanche of teacher requests for time off to mark International Women’s Day forced it to close down its entire public school district. Alexandria’s unprecedented decision — announced two days ahead of … Read more
Several hundred protesters, mostly women wearing red t-shirts or sweaters, rallied Wednesday at a park outside the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s policies towards women on International Women’s Day. Many of the demonstrators carried signs decrying the reintroduction of a global “gag order” which prevents foreign charities from using US government funds to … Read more