Tag: Donald Trump

  • Brett Kavanaugh: Senators spar over FBI report on top court pick

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    US senators are sparring over an FBI report into sexual misconduct claims against Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. One copy of the report exists for all 100 senators to read. Democrats said it was incomplete and Republicans retorted it did not support the accusations. Judge Kavanaugh has vehemently denied all allegations against […]

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  • Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford at campaign rally

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    After saying last week that her Senate testimony was “very credible,” the president on Tuesday night repeatedly ridiculed the woman who says she was attacked. SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeatedly mocked Christine Blasey Ford, who accused Supreme Court nominee Kavanau Brettgh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers, despite having said […]

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  • Trump says trade pact with Canada, Mexico will support U.S. jobs

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    WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said a new free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico would support hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs, marking it as a victory in his push to reshape the lines of global commerce. Financial markets breathed a sigh of relief that the United States and Canada had […]

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  • Christine Blasey Ford: Kavanaugh sex attack changed my life

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    A woman has testified that the man nominated for a vacant post on the US Supreme Court by Donald Trump carried out a sexual assault 36 years ago that “drastically” affected her life. Christine Blasey Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Brett Kavanaugh’s attack on her had left her “afraid and ashamed”. Mr Kavanaugh […]

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  • Trump ‘went off’ on French president during face-to-face meeting

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    US President Donald Trump was “ranting and venting on trade” to French President Emmanuel Macron during their bilateral meeting Monday evening, according to a senior diplomatic source. Trump lambasted the European Union for its trade policies, saying it was worse than China — a complaint that the US president made to his French counterpart in an […]

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  • Trump’s new limo cost $1.5M and comes with a fridge full of his blood type

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    Trump’s new Cadillac limo cost $1.5M, weighs 20,000 lbs, and comes equipped with a fridge full of the president’s own blood type. When President Donald Trump rolls up to the United Nations to speak to the Security Council on Tuesday he’ll have an unprecedented level of security of his own. On Sunday, the Secret Service […]

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  • Trump urges UN to stop Iran getting nuclear bomb

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    US President Donald Trump has urged other members of the UN Security Council to work with America to ensure Iran never acquires a nuclear bomb. He told the council that anyone who failed to comply with US sanctions on Iran would “face severe consequences”. America is re-imposing sanctions after pulling out of a international deal […]

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  • Trump at UN: Iran ‘sowing chaos, death, destruction’

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    US President Donald Trump has attacked the Iranian leadership, accusing it of sowing “chaos, death and destruction” across the Middle East. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York, he defended his decision to abandon the nuclear deal. Mr Trump also boasted that his administration had accomplished “more than almost any” other in US […]

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  • Trump’s ‘attempted economic assassination’ hammers Turks, helps Erdogan

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    The strongman has blamed White House pressure for a financial crisis that began long before this summer’s spat over detained U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson. BURSA, Turkey — In an ancient city built on money and trade, times are hard. Bursa, the original capital of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey’s fourth-largest city, lay at the heart […]

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  • Trump demands Kavanaugh vote after lashing out at accuser

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    President questioned Christine Blasey Ford’s credibility on Friday and said panel should ‘take the vote’ whether she testifies or not Donald Trump cast doubt on the woman who accused his supreme court pick Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, and on Friday blamed opponents for trying to “destroy” his nominee while chivvying for a vote. After days of restrained […]

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