Dave Boyer

Donald Trump: Afghanistan troops to dwindle, Taliban talks going well

President Trump said Sunday he wants to withdraw more U.S. troops from Afghanistan but leave behind a significant intelligence-gathering operation to prevent the nation from becoming "a laboratory for terror" again.

August 18, 2019

Nancy Pelosi calls Donald Trump foreign aid cuts illegal

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned the Trump administration Sunday that proposed cuts to foreign aid are "illegal" and could jeopardize a two-year budget deal that Democrats recently sealed with President Trump.

August 18, 2019

Donald Trump: Greenland purchase not a major priority

President Trump on Sunday said he's toyed with the idea of purchasing Greenland from Denmark because of its strategic location, though it's not his top priority.

August 18, 2019

Donald Trump to keep Mike Pence on ticket in 2020 election

President Trump said Sunday that he's happy with Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate in 2020, but he's not pleased with polling by Fox News lately.

August 18, 2019

GOP appropriators urge Trump to reconsider cuts to foreign aid

Two top Republican appropriators urged President Trump Friday to abandon a package of foreign-aid cuts of as much as $4.3 billion, saying the proposed action could undermine national security and damage trust with Congress.

August 16, 2019

Donald Trump says love him or hate him, you’ll vote for him

Campaigning in New Hampshire, President Trump told supporters Thursday night that even people who hate him will vote to reelect him to keep a strong economy.

August 15, 2019

‘Green New Deal in Africa’ on Trump’s list of foreign-aid cuts

Money for a "Green New Deal in Africa" and a solar panel project for Central Asia are among the targets for the Trump White House as it aims to slash what it sees as a bloated U.S. foreign aid budget.

August 15, 2019

Donald Trump: Mental hospitals needed to keep ‘crazy people’ away from guns

President Trump said Thursday in response to mass shootings that the U.S. needs to build more mental institutions to keep sick, dangerous people off the streets and away from access to guns.

August 15, 2019

Corey Lewandowski New Hampshire Senate bid gets Donald Trump backing

President Trump backed Corey Lewandowski for a possible Senate run in New Hampshire Thursday, telling a local radio station that his former campaign manager "would be a great senator."

August 15, 2019

Donald Trump says consumers in ‘best shape ever,’ blames media for trashing economy

On Wednesday, President Trump blamed the Federal Reserve for hurting the economy. On Thursday, he blamed the media.

August 15, 2019

Donald Trump says Philadelphia gunman with criminal record should have been in prison

As he mulls proposals on gun control, President Trump said Thursday that the gunman who shot six Philadelphia police officers should have already been in prison due to his "long and very dangerous criminal record."

August 15, 2019

Donald Trump backs new book’s allegations that Barack Obama knew collusion charges were phony

President Trump on Thursday endorsed the view in a new book that then-President Barack Obama knew about his Justice Department pushing an investigation into phony charges of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016.

August 15, 2019

Philadelphia active shooter reported

Multiple police officers were injured in a gunfight in a North Philadelphia neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.

August 14, 2019

Dow plunges on recession fears, Donald Trump blames Fed

U.S. stocks plunged Wednesday on fears of a recession, as President Trump and his advisers blamed the Federal Reserve for not cutting interest rates fast enough.

August 14, 2019

William Barr orders Epstein warden reassigned, places two staff members on administrative leave

Attorney General William P. Barr on Tuesday reassigned the warden of the federal jail where sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead over the weekend.

August 13, 2019

Trump says he has ‘no idea’ if Clintons involved in Epstein’s death

President Trump said Tuesday that he has "no idea" if former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton were involved in the death of financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died last weekend in an apparent jailhouse suicide.

August 13, 2019

U.S. delays China tariffs until December, markets higher

The Trump administration, fearing a blue Christmas, said Tuesday it will delay until December part of the president's plan to impose tariffs on a host of popular goods.

August 13, 2019

Trump says North Korea’s Kim apologized for missile tests, wants to meet soon

President Trump said Saturday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wants to resume denuclearization talks as soon as joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises stop, and that he offered a "small apology" for Pyongyang's recent missile tests.

August 10, 2019

EPA proposes rule to speed approval of pipeline projects

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule Friday aimed at streamlining approval of oil and gas pipeline projects, moving to stop what the administration said is a habit of some states to exploit a section of the Clean Water Act to block energy proposals indefinitely.

August 9, 2019

Donald Trump says new ICE sweeps are ‘good deterrent’

President Trump on Friday defended immigration sweeps in Mississippi targeting illegal immigrants, saying he wants to send a message that people entering the country illegally will be deported.

August 9, 2019