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Ben Carson: Trump ‘willing’ to work with Elijah Cummings on Baltimore

Democratic Rep. Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland turned down an invitation Wednesday to tour a federal housing facility in Baltimore with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, who was extending an olive branch to the lawmaker locked in a feud with President Trump.

July 31, 2019

Donald Trump says he’ll cut budget in second term after military is rebuilt

President Trump said Wednesday that he wants to cut spending in his second term because the military "is very close to being totally rebuilt."

July 31, 2019

Trump campaign, in new TV add, says Democrats ‘all the same’ on health care for illegals

The Trump campaign aired a new TV ad Tuesday slamming all the Democratic presidential candidates for offering free health care to illegal immigrants and ending private health insurance, charging, "They're all the same."

July 30, 2019

Trump marks start of democracy at Jamestown, speech boycotted and protested

President Trump celebrated the 400th anniversary of democracy in America on Tuesday in a speech that quoted Martin Luther King Jr. and lamented the dawn of slavery in the new world, while some Democrats boycotted him over racial tensions and one state legislator heckled the president to his face.

July 30, 2019

Donald Trump urges Fed to deliver ‘large’ interest-rate cut this week

President Trump said Tuesday he wants a "large cut" in interest rates by the Federal Reserve when the central bank meets tomorrow.

July 30, 2019

Donald Trump says black voters in Baltimore calling White House to thank him

President Trump said Tuesday that "grateful" blacks in Baltimore are calling the White House to thank him for exposing corruption by their elected city officials, including Democratic Rep. Elijah E. Cummings.

July 30, 2019

Donald Trump issues pardons and commutations for seven people

President Trump granted clemency Monday to seven people convicted of a variety of crimes, such as drug trafficking and weapons charges, and included an Arkansas man who was accused of Medicaid fraud in connection with his faith-based health treatment center.

July 29, 2019

Donald Trump hosts meeting with urban pastors amid feud over poverty, crime in Baltimore

In the midst of a feud with Democrats over conditions in Baltimore, President Trump held a two-hour meeting Monday at the White House with inner-city faith leaders, some of whom emerged saying the president is concerned about people of all races.

July 29, 2019

Trump signs 9/11 victims’ compensation bill, praises ‘grit’ of first responders

President Trump signed a 9/11 victims' compensation bill on Monday, saying "the day has come" to ensure health care and other services for first responders and their families.

July 29, 2019

Trump expresses nation’s sorrow for ‘horrific shooting’ at California festival

President Trump expressed the nation's "deepest sadness and sorrow" Monday for the victims of a mass shooting at a festival in Gilroy, California.

July 29, 2019

Donald Trump’s deficit, spending cuts all talk

For all of his tough talk about cutting spending and reducing deficits, President Trump has failed glaringly to get Congress even to make a dent in the budget.

July 28, 2019

Donald Trump calls for designating antifa movement as terrorist organization

President Trump hinted Saturday on Twitter that he supports designating the militant far-left group antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.

July 27, 2019

Donald Trump says GOP treated Obama easier than Democrats are treating him

President Trump suggested Friday that Congress should investigate former President Obama with the same level of scrutiny that lawmakers have directed at him, saying Republicans treated his predecessor more gently.

July 26, 2019

Donald Trump to visit Jamestown to mark 400 years of American democracy

President Trump will travel to Williamsburg and Jamestown, Virginia, on Tuesday to mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of American democracy, the White House confirmed Friday.

July 26, 2019

Donald Trump slams Bill de Blasio for police getting doused with buckets of water

President Trump has condemned "tragic" cases of people dousing New York City police officers with water, and he blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio for allowing citizens to torment cops with impunity.

July 26, 2019

Donald Trump calls on House GOP to approve $1.37 trillion budget deal

President Trump urged House Republicans Thursday to vote for a two-year, $1.37 trillion budget measure, saying it's needed to keep building up the military and help veterans.

July 25, 2019

Donald Trump vetoes resolutions blocking arms sales to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

President Trump vetoed three congressional measures Wednesday night that would block U.S. emergency arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

July 24, 2019

Donald Trump: Robert Mueller hearings ‘very good day’ for him, GOP

President Trump and his advisers took a victory lap Wednesday, exulting that former special counsel Robert Mueller's anticlimactic testimony on the Russia probe backfired on Democrats badly enough to boost the president's reelection chances and even help Republicans pick up House seats next year.

July 24, 2019

Trump mockingly thanks Democrats for holding Mueller hearings as his team crows ‘case closed’

President Trump responded to Robert Mueller's widely panned testimony Wednesday by offering a mocking "thank you" to House Democrats who insisted on holding televised hearings with the former special counsel.

July 24, 2019

Jay Sekulow: Mueller hearing proves ‘case closed’

A lawyer for President Trump said former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony to the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday proves that "this case is closed."

July 24, 2019