Republicans have confirmed 89 Trump-nominated judges, far in excess of appointments under Obama and Bush Many Americans watching the turmoil in US institutions and political norms are yearning for the day when Donald Trump is no longer president. But whether he leaves after 2020 or 2024, Trump has built a legacy in one vital area
(CNN)-It’s supposed to be “about the economy, stupid!” That should be good news for President Donald Trump, who scored an all-time high 56% economic approval rating in a Gallup poll this week. Indeed, Trump’s economic approval ratings are one big reason he could win re-election. But despite his strong economic scores, Trump’s
A winning 2020 candidate needs three things: authenticity, credibility, and viability. Few could have predicted that President Donald Trump would be this good at surrendering the political advantage of a strong economy. Not only is he now underwater in the three states that pushed him to victory in 2016—he’s now unexpectedly vulnerable in places such
Washington (CNN)-President Donald Trump weighed in Friday to the sentencing of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort by twisting a federal judge’s words to claim that there was no collusion with Russia in the 2016 campaign. “Both the Judge and the lawyer in the Paul Manafort case stated loudly and for the world to hear
House intelligence chair wants president put under oath White House lawyers have resisted putting ‘liar’ Trump at risk The chairman of the House intelligence committee said on Sunday it would be a “mistake” if special counsel Robert Mueller does not get Donald Trump to testify before a grand jury assigned to weigh criminal charges in
Washington (CNN)-The Trump administration is headed for a budget clash with Congress, with calls for deep domestic spending cuts that lawmakers are likely to ignore as the nation’s debt reaches record levels. On Monday, President Donald Trump is set to deliver his first budget roadmap under a divided government with Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the
US President Donald Trump said he would be “very disappointed” in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if reports about rebuilding at a rocket launch site in North Korea proved true. Trump’s comments came as new activities were detected at a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile plant, South Korean media reported on Thursday. Movement of
(CNN)-Even as the 2020 race begins in earnest, President Donald Trump is already suggesting that Democrats cannot beat him fairly — raising the specter that if he loses next November, he will suggest that the election was not legitimate. “The Democrats in Congress yesterday were vicious and totally showed their cards for everyone to see,”
Officials were required to disclose civilian deaths outside war zones but Trump administration calls it a ‘distraction’. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that revoked an Obama-era policy requiring United States intelligence officials to report civilian deaths in drone attacks outside active war zones. Former President Barack Obama, put the policy in place
Washington (CNN)-Donald Trump’s entire life story of fighting and surviving, of cheating personal and professional ruin over and over, has delivered him to his greatest battle yet — the one to save his presidency. Trump is facing down a swarm of investigations from multiple congressional committees, a special counsel, state and federal prosecutors, and private