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By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, June 20 – Israel broke ground on Tuesday on its first new settlement in the occupied West Bank for two decades, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, announcing the symbolic move on the eve of a peace mission by White House senior adviser Jared Kushner. “Work began today on-site, as I promised,

By Doina Chiacu and Toni Clarke WASHINGTON, May 29 – U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the news media and dismissed leaks from the White House as “fake news” on Sunday, following reports his son-in-law tried to set up a secret channel of communications with Moscow before Trump took office. Shortly after Trump’s remarks on Twitter,

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland RIYADH, May 20 – President Donald Trump was taking off on Air Force One when the latest bad news pinged into the inboxes of his besieged staff – a report that he had told Russian officials that fired FBI Director James Comey was “a nut job”. Officials on board

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) – The anger behind Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday had been building for months, but a turning point came when Comey refused to preview for top Trump aides his planned testimony to a Senate panel, White House officials said. Trump,

WASHINGTON, May 10 – President Donald Trump defended his firing of FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday, fighting a storm of criticism that the ouster was aimed at blunting an agency probe into his presidential campaign’s possible collusion with Russia to sway the 2016 election. The Republican president’s abrupt move on Tuesday stunned Washington and

White House Spokesperson Sean Spicer, slips yet again, bestowing a new title upon the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, calling him the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is a country with 7 emirates, each with its own ruler and crown prince, and the union of those emirates is headed by a president

By Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON, May 4- In his first 100 days in office, Donald Trump made fewer appearances outside of the presidential bubble than his three immediate predecessors, venturing less beyond the White House or his private Mar-a-Lago estate, according to a Reuters review. The U.S. president cast himself during his election campaign last year

Donald Trump’s absence at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was the first time since 1981 that a President has missed the event. Trump, who was celebrating his first 100 days in office, appeared at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on April 29, where he lashed out at the media who were gathered at the Washington Hilton

Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj, a first generation Indian immigrant, gave a speech at the White House Correspondent’s dinner and it quickly went viral. Minhaj’s speech packed solid punches – mostly aimed at Donald Trump – as well as media channels. Watch the speech below and let us know your thoughts in the comments below. Social

By Ginger Gibson and Grant Smith WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Dec 9 – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump pumped a total of $66 million of his own money into his campaign – far from the $100 million he frequently boasted he was going to spend, according to campaign finance disclosures filed on Thursday night. Trump-related business industries –