The president’s latest tweets show his fraying relations with with congressional leaders
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Senate committee hears from founder of firm tied to Trump dossier
Glenn Simpson’s Fusion GPS hired a British intelligence officer whose dossier contained allegations of ties between the president and his associates and Russia.
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Behind Trump’s Afghanistan decision: Infighting, stalemate, a bow to generals
Accounts of the private deliberations reveal a president unattached to any particular foreign-policy doctrine.
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Mother of woman killed in Charlottesville says she will not speak to Trump
After hearing the president equate protesters with white supremacists Susan Bro’s message to him is ‘think before you speak.’
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Trump says it again: There’s blame ‘on both sides’ in Charlottesville
A day after calling members of the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists ‘criminals and thugs’ the president reverts to his previous controversial statement.
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Trump retweets, then deletes, image of train running over CNN reporter
His promotion of the image came 3 days after the white supremacist rally that led to the deaths of 3 people.
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Fifth business leader quits Trump’s jobs council over Charlottesville
Corporate leaders have increasingly found themselves grappling with cultural and social tensions amid Trump’s lightning rod-style of leadership.
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Maine Voices: Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge because it’s God’s creation
Proposed oil drilling would have serious impacts on species of animals, birds – and the native people.
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White House: Trump’s condemnation includes ‘white supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazi groups’
But the clarification stops far short of directly calling out and condemning white supremacy.
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Reactions to Trump’s statement on violence in Virginia
A white supremacist website praised the president’s comments.