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Manafort, Prosecutors Reach &#39;Cooperation Agreement&#39;
Manafort Cuts a Deal
With Prosecutors
Sep 14, 2018 10:55 AM CDT

Manafort Cuts a Deal With Prosecutors

The former Trump campaign chair will avoid a second trial

(Newser) - Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has cut a "cooperation agreement" with prosecutors and intends to plead guilty to charges related to his Ukrainian consulting work, the AP reports. The deal allows Manafort to avoid a second trial that had been scheduled to start next week in Washington. Manafort...

Fellow Republicans Disagree With Trump on Puerto Rico

Paul Ryan, Rick Scott among those backing up the death toll of 3,000

(Newser) - President Trump thinks the latest estimate of about 3,000 dead from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico is a lie made up by his political opponents . But even some Republicans—especially those in Florida—are among those disagreeing with the president's assertion about the estimate from researchers at George...

Trump: Democrats Made Up Death Toll in Puerto Rico

'3000 did not die,' he writes

(Newser) - President Trump isn't just disputing the hurricane death toll in Puerto Rico, he's accusing his political enemies of making up a higher number. "3000 people did not die," Trump tweeted Thursday. The reference is to the latest estimate, commissioned by the territory's government, that 2,...

Trump Order Hits Election Meddlers With Sanctions

Move counters critics who claim he has not taken election security seriously enough

(Newser) - President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday authorizing sanctions against foreigners who meddle in US elections, a move that counters critics who claim he has not taken election security seriously enough. The executive order covers not just interference with campaign infrastructure, but it also covers the distribution of disinformation and...

Jamie Dimon Says He Could Beat Trump, Immediately Backtracks

'I should not have said it,' JPMorgan Chase head later clarifies

(Newser) - Jamie Dimon had fighting words for President Trump Wednesday morning, but by noon the JPMorgan Chase & Co. chairman and CEO was already backtracking. "I think I could beat Trump" in an election, Dimon said at an event celebrating the company's philanthropy. "I’m as tough as...

Trump Goes All In on Puerto Rico Hurricane Fight

Calls response an 'unappreciated great job'

(Newser) - President Trump's Tuesday declaration that the federal government's response to Hurricane Maria was "incredibly successful" drew complaints, especially in light of a recent federal report that found nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the 2017 storm. The criticism didn't deter him from doubling...

Group Slams Trump's Character, Wants Liquor License Yanked

President doesn't pass character test required to hold license, group argues

(Newser) - A group calling President Trump a liar, fraudster, and racist say he shouldn't be allowed to serve booze at his hotel in Washington, DC. Two judges and five religious leaders are challenging the liquor license held by the Trump Hotel, as city law requires anyone selling wine, beer, or...

Ireland Says Trump Visit Has Been Canceled

'We are glad he is not coming,' lawmaker says.

(Newser) - President Trump's first visit to Ireland as president has been called off—according to the Irish, but not the White House. The Irish government said Tuesday that the visit announced in August had been "postponed due to scheduling reasons," the BBC reports. Trump had planned to visit...

Trump Has Controversial Words About Hurricane Maria

As he warns about Hurricane Florence

(Newser) - With a powerful hurricane bearing down on the southeast coast , President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned attention back to the federal government's response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico a year ago, deeming it "incredibly successful" even though a recent federal report found that nearly 3,000 people...

Trump Jr.: My Father's Circle of Trust Just Shrank

President must rely on 'much smaller' group after anonymous op-ed

(Newser) - President Trump is relying on a "much smaller" number of White House aides following an anonymous New York Times op-ed , according to his eldest son. "I think there are people in there that he can trust, it's just—it's a much smaller group than I would...

Trump Pays Tribute to Victims, Heroes of 9/11

Ceremonies in New York City, Washington, Pennsylvania

(Newser) - President Trump marked the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Tuesday with a speech at the memorial where one of the planes went down in Shanksville, Pa. "America's future is not written by our enemies," said Trump, per CBS News . "America's future is written...

Trump Will Mark 9/11 Anniversary in Pennsylvania

President, Melania will visit Flight 93 memorial

(Newser) - President Trump is marking 17 years since the worst terrorist attack on US soil by visiting the Pennsylvania field that became a 9/11 memorial. Trump and his wife, Melania, will participate in Tuesday's somber remembrance in Shanksville. It's where hijackers crashed a California-bound commercial airliner on Sept. 11,...

Trump Gets Another Letter From Kim Jong Un

Sarah Huckabee Sanders says another summit is being planned

(Newser) - President Donald Trump has received a request from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a follow-up to their historic June summit, and planning is in motion to make it happen. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that no details had been finalized, the AP reports. Trump...

Lawyer Has News About Stormy Daniels' Deal

Charles Harder claims it's no longer valid

(Newser) - President Donald Trump does not believe porn actress Stormy Daniels' hush-money deal, which his former personal lawyer said was done to influence the 2016 presidential election, is valid and will not carry out threats to sue her for breaking the agreement by discussing details of their alleged affair, Trump's...

Obama to Voters: Show Up, or 'Things Could Get Worse'

Former prez's latest stop is stumping for House candidates in California

(Newser) - In case President Trump is having trouble sleeping , his predecessor was talking again on Saturday, with former President Obama telling voters in a southern California battleground county that "if we don't step up, things can get worse. In two months, we have the chance to restore some sanity...

N. Korea Throws Itself an Unusual Parade

Celebrates 70th anniversary with no ICBMs on display, emphasis on economy

(Newser) - North Korea rolled out some of its latest tanks and its best-trained goose-stepping units through Kim Il Sung Square in a major military parade Sunday to mark its 70th anniversary, but held back its most advanced missiles and devoted nearly half the event to underscoring Kim Jong Un's new...

Nikki Haley Has Suggestion for Anonymous Op-Ed Writer

Challenge the president in person, like I do, says UN ambassador

(Newser) - Nikki Haley, like the author of an anonymous anti-Trump op-ed , is a senior official in the Trump administration. But in an op-ed of her own in the Washington Post , the ambassador to the UN calls out her colleague as a coward and offers a suggestion in dealing with the president:...

Stormy Daniels: 'Normal Life' Probably Over for Me

Adult film star says public role has taken a big toll personally

(Newser) - Stormy Daniels gave a rare interview about her new life in the limelight, and it doesn't sound pleasant. "I may never have a normal life again," the adult film actress told a Dutch TV station, per the Washington Post . Daniels, who is pursuing two lawsuits against...

Trump Responds to Obama's Critical Speech

'I’m sorry I watched it, but I fell asleep'

(Newser) - If Barack Obama was hoping to get a public rise out of President Trump with his critical speech in Illinois, Trump largely passed on his first opportunity. “I’m sorry I watched it, but I fell asleep,” Trump said Friday during a speech of his own in North...

Obama: Trump Is &#39;a Symptom, Not the Cause&#39;
Obama Goes
After Trump:
6 Big Lines
UPDATED
Sep 7, 2018 1:39 PM CDT

Obama Goes After Trump: 6 Big Lines

How hard it is to say that Nazis are bad, wonders the former president

(Newser) - Barack Obama has largely refrained from criticizing his successor, but that changed Friday in a speech at the University of Illinois. Some of the big lines from the speech, which is expected to be a theme of Obama's on the campaign trail before the midterms, as cited in the...

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