Dave Boyer

Trump says U.S., North Korea talking again

President Trump said Friday that the U.S. is again talking with North Korean officials, a day after he canceled a June 12 denuclearization summit due to Pyongyang's "hostility" toward his administration.

May 25, 2018

North Koreans stood up White House advance team in Singapore

North Korea stood up U.S. officials in Singapore last week at a meeting that was intended to set the stage for President Trump's now-canceled summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the White House said Thursday.

May 24, 2018

Trump grants posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, Jim Crow-era boxing champion

Joined by "Rocky" actor Sylvester Stallone in the Oval Office, President Trump on Thursday granted a posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson, boxing's first black heavyweight champion.

May 24, 2018

Donald Trump warns North Korea: U.S. military ‘ready if necessary’

President Trump said Thursday that the U.S. will stand firm with grinding economic sanctions against North Korea, after he canceled his highly anticipated summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and warned Pyongyang that the U.S. military is "ready if necessary" to counter any hostile actions.

May 24, 2018

Dems chide Trump as ‘sophomoric’ over collapse of North Korea summit

Some top congressional Democrats scolded President Trump Thursday over the collapse of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, accusing the president of amateurish and dangerous diplomacy.

May 24, 2018

Trump cancels summit with North Korea due to ‘open hostility’

President Trump canceled his highly anticipated summit Thursday with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, telling him in a letter that North Korea's "tremendous anger and open hostility" directed at the U.S. were unacceptable.

May 24, 2018

Donald Trump says he’s open to ‘phase-in’ by North Korea to dismantle nukes

President Trump said Thursday that he would accept a gradual dismantling of North Korea's nuclear weapons program instead of immediate denuclearization.

May 24, 2018

North Korea official calls Mike Pence ‘political dummy,’ renews threat to cancel Trump summit

A senior North Korean diplomat renewed a threat late Wednesday to cancel a planned summit with President Trump, lashing out at Vice President Mike Pence as a "political dummy" and warning that the failure of negotiations could lead to a "nuclear-to-nuclear showdown."

May 23, 2018

Donald Trump: He’s doing ‘service to the country’ by confronting Justice Department over ‘Spygate’

President Trump said Wednesday he is "cleaning" up the Justice Department in recent confrontations over spying on his campaign, and said his firing of FBI Director James B. Comey was a "great service to the country."

May 23, 2018

Mike Pence: Coast Guard cadets will be on ‘front lines’ against drug smugglers, cartels

Vice President Mike Pence told graduating cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Wednesday that they'll serve on the front lines of President Trump's battle against drug smugglers, illegal immigrants, criminal cartels and terrorist groups operating mainly from Latin America.

May 23, 2018

Donald Trump campaign hires GOP operative Chris Carr as political director

President Trump's re-election campaign has hired veteran Republican operative Chris Carr as its new political director as the midterm elections heat up, the campaign announced Wednesday.

May 23, 2018

North Korea allows South Korean journalists to cover dismantling of nuclear site

North Korea allowed eight South Korean journalists into the country Wednesday to witness the dismantling of a nuclear test site after initially denying the reporters entry across the border.

May 23, 2018

Donald Trump: Taxpayers won’t be forced to subsidize abortions

President Trump said his administration was making history Tuesday night with a new proposed rule banning health-care providers that offer abortion services from receiving federal funding, as he called on supporters to vote against Democratic senators who are blocking pro-life legislation.

May 22, 2018

Donald Trump to sign Dodd-Frank banking rules rollback ‘as soon as possible’

The White House said Tuesday night that President Trump will sign into law a sweeping overhaul of bank regulations "as soon as possible" to help boost the economy by spurring more lending from community banks to small businesses.

May 22, 2018

Donald Trump calls campaign spying ‘a disgrace’ if allegations are true

President Trump said Tuesday morning it "would be a disgrace" if allegations that the FBI had embedded a spy in his 2016 campaign turned out to be true.

May 22, 2018

Schumer wants image of Kim Jong-un removed from souvenir summit coin

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York called on the White House Tuesday to remove North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's image from a commemorative coin marking President Trump's planned summit with Mr. Kim in Singapore.

May 22, 2018

Donald Trump says summit with North Korea ‘may not work out’ for June 12

President Trump cast doubt Tuesday on his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next month, saying "maybe it will happen later."

May 22, 2018

Donald Trump, Moon Jae-in to meet on North Korea summit

President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in spoke Sunday to ensure that the U.S. summit with North Korea is still on track, despite Pyongyang's threat to cancel the high-stakes meeting between Mr. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

May 20, 2018

Steven Mnuchin: U.S. trade war with China ‘on hold’

Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin said Sunday that a trade war with China is "on hold" after the latest round of economic talks in Washington.

May 20, 2018

China agrees to purchase more U.S. goods after trade talks with Trump officials

China has agreed to "meaningful increases" in its purchase of U.S. agriculture and energy exports to help reduce the U.S. trade deficit, both countries said Saturday after wrapping up two days of high-stakes trade talks in Washington.

May 19, 2018