One day after President Donald Trump‘s reported remark about immigrants from Haiti and other “s—hole countries” reignited talk of whether he harbors racist beliefs, the president signed a proclamation honoring civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. Neither Trump nor other dignitaries who spoke at the ceremony officially proclaiming Jan. […]
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WATCH: Democrat in WH meeting confirms Trump’s ‘s—hole’ countries remark
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OPINION: Trump’s ‘s—hole’ remarks are a sad moment for America and the White House
In 1850, my great, great grandfather, Patrick Dowd, came to America from Ireland as a very poor 17-year-old whose mother had died when he was 8. He settled in Muskegon, Michigan, and without having even enough money for dinner, he commenced to work immediately. He ended up in his life […]
US Senate in Russian hackers’ crosshairs: Cybersecurity firms
The same Russian government-aligned hackers who penetrated the Democratic Party have spent the past few months laying the groundwork for an espionage campaign against the U.S. Senate, a cybersecurity firm said Friday. The revelation suggests the group often nicknamed Fancy Bear, whose hacking campaign scrambled the 2016 U.S. electoral contest, […]
Outgoing Virginia governor says he’d deck Trump if provoked
Outgoing Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe told a national television audience he’d knock President Donald Trump to the floor if the president ever tried to intimidate him. During an interview Thursday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Chris Matthews asked McAuliffe how he would respond if Trump tried to intimidate him during a […]
White House appears unfazed by Trump’s ‘s—hole countries’ comment
After President Donald Trump’s disparaging comments Thursday about immigrants from Haiti, Africa and other “s—hole countries,” White House aides appear unfazed, with some there arguing the remark could actually help the president despite drawing bipartisan condemnation. But it was “not the best way” for the president to convey his position, […]
Trump defends ‘tough’ language used in DACA meeting after ‘s—hole countries’ remark
In the wake of a firestorm sparked by President Donald Trump‘s Thursday comments slamming immigrants from ‘s—hole’ countries, the president weighed in on Twitter today, appearing to defend the “tough” language he used at an Oval Office meeting. But he also wrote “this was not the language used,” an apparent […]
Wintry mix moves into Northeast with temperature drop to follow
A storm which caused blizzard conditions in Kansas and the Dakotas on Thursday moves east today with dozens of states from Texas to Maine under wind, snow and flood alerts. Up to 9 inches of snow fell in parts of the Great Plains and western Great Lakes yesterday as the […]
The Note: Trump’s divisive language lands blow, Washington parries with policy
The TAKE with Rick Klein A month ago today, President Donald Trump’s Republican Party lost an unlosable Senate race in Alabama, and it looked as if the GOP might end the year without a single major legislative victory. One week from now, there might be a broad immigration agreement on […]
Dreamers pin hopes on an immigration fix
For months, the futures of thousands of young immigrants illegally brought to the country as children have hung in the balance as pundits, politicians, judges and journalists have debated their fates. Earlier this week, a federal district judge in California issued a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s efforts to […]