Evening Edition: Sen. Durbin, rebutting Trump, says president did utter ‘racist’ remarks
Trump loyalists rush to defend the indefensible — and get left holding the bag Debrief: Trump's words reveal his misunderstanding of nation's history of immigration
President Trump said he used "tough" language during a discussion on immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and some African nations but appeared to deny using the term "shithole." Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), who attended the same meeting, said Trump's denial was false. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) criticized Trump's remarks during an event in Milwaukee, pointing to his own Irish ancestors' migration to America.
For some Americans, nothing President Trump says or does would prompt them to withdraw their support. And in the aftermath of Trump's incendiary remarks, some Trump defenders quickly offered rationalizations.
About a century ago, a wave of European migration drew many Norwegians to the United States. At the time, they faced challenges assimilating and catching up with native-born Americans. But now that the president wants Norwegians to come on over? They're likely too successful to bother.
The president may have pushed Democrats into a corner with this one. A vote even on a short-term spending bill without protections for young undocumented immigrants could be interpreted by liberals as a capitulation to Trump, who just reminded the left exactly why they despise him.
President Trump retained the agreement that he detests by announcing that he would waive sanctions for the third time but said he will not repeat the reprieve unless the deal is changed to permanently block Iran's potential pathway to building nuclear weapons. In conjunction with the nuclear sanctions waivers, the Treasury Department placed new sanctions on 14 people and entities for offenses unrelated to Iran's nuclear industry.
President Trump said he had canceled his trip to Britain next month because he was unhappy with the new location of the embassy in London. The decision to move came down to practical concerns, the most important of which was safety.
"Looking back, I am shocked I said that," Pete Hoekstra said of unsubstantiated anti-Muslim claims, including references to "no-go zones" that he made at a conference in 2015.
Performant Financial Corp. was one of two firms selected to help the Education Department collect overdue student loans. The deal with could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Recipients who don't comply will be at risk of losing their health-care benefits. Aides to to GOP Gov. Matt Bevin said they plan to move ahead with their "community engagement and employment initiative" in July.
Hackers who stole emails from the Democratic National Committee as part of a campaign to interfere in the 2016 election have been trying to steal information from the U.S. Senate, according to a computer security firm.
His personal physician once claimed he would be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency," but there's a lot of evidence casting doubt on that idea.
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