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Sean Spicer Impersonation Lands McCarthy an Emmy

Melissa McCarthy won for hosting Saturday Night Live

(Newser) - Sean Spicer may be long gone from the White House, but his legacy lives on in the form of an Emmy Award for his SNL impersonator. On Sunday night, Melissa McCarthy won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for hosting Saturday Night Live earlier this...

Pope Francis Says Trump Isn't 'Pro-Life' If He Ends DACA

The president gets another high-profile critic of his most recent immigration decision

(Newser) - Since President Trump made the decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, he has received criticism from across the political and social spectrum, from immigrants-rights groups and Fortune 500 CEOs to evangelical Christian preachers and Republican members of Congress. Now the president can add the pope to...

Hillary Says She's 'Done With Being a Candidate'

Her book about the 2016 campaign comes out Tuesday

(Newser) - Ten months after her stunning defeat to Donald Trump, and two days before the release of her presidential campaign memoir, Hillary Clinton says she won't run for office again, the Washington Post reports. Appearing on CBS's Sunday Morning, Clinton told Jane Pauley, "I am done with being...

Bannon: '100%' Sure Trump Would Win After Billy Bush Tape

He says Christie wasn't so sure and it cost him

(Newser) - Steve Bannon says he, unlike other advisers, didn't lose faith in President Trump after the release of the Access Hollywood tape—and it was a lack of similar faith that cost at least one adviser a gig in the White House, CBS News reports. Trump's former chief strategist...

Trump's DACA Decision Also Threatens GOP

Republicans at odds over program's end

(Newser) - President Trump's expected decision to dismantle the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program after a six-month delay may not simply split apart families. The move, expected to be announced Tuesday, may also further divide a splintered Republican Party, reports Politico . While GOP lawmakers including Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep....

Obama Will Speak Out If Trump Kills DACA

Former president is expected to denounce Trump's decision

(Newser) - If his plans to formally kill DACA are announced as expected Tuesday, Trump will face direct criticism from someone who’s been notably silent since he took office: Barack Obama. According to Politico , a source close to the former president says Obama plans to post a statement to Facebook that...

Obama Left 4 Pieces of Advice to Trump in Letter

A copy of the note from 45's predecessor left has been released

(Newser) - “Congratulations on a remarkable run,” starts the letter Barack Obama left for Donald Trump in one of his last acts as president. Trump has made reference to this letter, left for him in his Oval Office desk drawer, calling it “beautiful” during an ABC News interview. But...

How the Power of North Korea's Test Compares to Hiroshima

Tremors from today's nuclear test could be felt in China

(Newser) - North Korea on Sunday carried out its most powerful nuclear test yet , an underground explosion that caused tremors that could be felt in China and South Korea. Pyongyang is claiming it tested a hydrogen bomb that can be mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the American mainland,...

Justice Dept: No Evidence Obama Wiretapped Trump Tower

According to new court filing

(Newser) - In a court filing Friday night, the Justice Department revealed it has no evidence of President Obama wiretapping Trump Tower ahead of the election—despite President Trump's claims to the contrary , CNN reports. "Both FBI and [the Justice Department's national security division] confirm that they have no...

Trump: 'Tough as [Harvey] Was, It's Been a Wonderful Thing'

President visited Houston shelter Saturday

(Newser) - On his visit to a Texas shelter for storm victims Saturday, President Trump declared he sees "a lot of love" in the wake of devastation left by Harvey, the AP reports. "We saw a lot of happiness," he told reporters after he and first lady Melania Trump...

Man Who Delivered Comey Letter Leaving the White House

Keith Schiller is leaving the White House after nearly 20 years with Trump

(Newser) - The man Donald Trump sent to hand-deliver the infamous letter firing then-FBI Director James Comey in May is planning to leave the president's side after nearly 20 years of service. Bloomberg reports that Keith Schiller, the director of Oval Office operations, has told numerous people that he plans to...

Trump Stopped From Sending Comey Letter. Now Mueller Has It

Sources say letter gives reasons for Comey firing closer to the truth

(Newser) - When President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, the dismissal letter sent to Comey blamed his termination on Comey's handling of the Clinton email investigation and recommendations from the attorney general and deputy attorney general. But the New York Times reports special counsel Robert Mueller is now in possession...

GOP Leaders Urge Trump to Leave 'Dreamers' Alone

Ryan, Hatch, more say Congress should find a DACA solution

(Newser) - With President Trump promising a decision on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Friday afternoon or sometime this weekend, a number of powerful Republican lawmakers—including House Speaker Paul Ryan—encouraged him not to end it. DACA—enacted by President Obama in 2012—allows immigrants brought to the US...

Trump Starts Tax Reform Push With Threats, Few Details

'I don't want to be disappointed by Congress. Do you understand me?'

(Newser) - "We're here today to launch our plans to bring back Main Street by reducing the crumbling burden on our companies and on our workers," CNN quotes President Trump as saying Wednesday. Trump officially started his push for tax reform with a speech in Missouri that mostly stuck...

GOP Lawmaker Takes Step Toward Killing Mueller Probe

Rep. Ron DeSantis suggests investigation is a 'fishing expedition'

(Newser) - A Florida Republican is looking to halt funding for Robert Mueller's special investigation into ties between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia and bar review of all matters before Trump's campaign kicked off. The amendment put forth by Rep. Ron DeSantis would block Mueller from investigating "...

Stephen King Seeks Revenge for Presidential Twitter Block

Author says Trump can't watch 'It' or 'Mr. Mercedes'

(Newser) - Stephen King is retaliating against President Trump for blocking him on Twitter, the AP reports. In a post late Thursday, the Maine horror author said he would block Trump from seeing the upcoming movie It or the currently showing TV series Mr. Mercedes, both based on his books. King's...

Rabbis Pull Out of Annual Presidential Conference Call

They're protesting Trump's comments on Charlottesville

(Newser) - A coalition of rabbis won't hold its annual presidential conference call this year, accusing President Trump of showing support for "those who advocate anti-Semitism, racism, and xenophobia," ABC News reports. Per the Washington Post , the coalition—which includes the Rabbinical Assembly, the Central Conference of American Rabbis,...

Trump Gets Secret Message in Resignation Letter

'IMPEACH'

(Newser) - "IMPEACH." That was the hidden message spelled out by the first letter of every paragraph in Daniel Kammen's resignation letter to President Trump. The Hill reports Kammen resigned as the State Department's science envoy this week over Trump's response to Charlottesville. "Your failure to...

It Seems Trump Now Has a Super Bowl Ring

Patriots gave the president a ring during their April visit

(Newser) - During the New England Patriots' visit to the White House in April, it was reported President Trump received a helmet and jersey—traditional gifts from a championship-winning team. But now CBS Boston reports Trump also received a commemorative Super Bowl ring from his longtime friend, Patriots owner Robert Kraft. The...

German Cops Seize Pills With a Familiar Look

Yes, those are Trump-themed ecstasy pills

(Newser) - Ich bin ein ecstasy pill. German police made a strange bust over the weekend that resulted in the seizure of 5,000 orange ecstasy pills in the shape of President Trump's head, reports CNN . In case there was any room for disagreement, the name Trump is on the back...

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