
The Raw Story - 45 min 35 sec ago
Former Ambassador Michael McFaul made a point of noting that President Donald Trump lavished extensive personal praise on Chinese President Xi Jinping, but Jinping did not return the favor. During an appearance on MS NOW Thursday, the former ambassador to Russia told anchor Erielle Reshef there was a striking difference between the two leaders' opening remarks that can only be interpreted as the fact that China has the upper hand in the historic meeting. "What is striking to me about the...

US Weekly - 1 hour 2 min ago
Nicki Minaj believes that she's not the only star to endorse President Donald Trump . "Many celebrities feel the way I do, but they don't say it," Minaj, 43, told TIME in a Wednesday, May 13, profile. "Sometimes you just need one brave person to get the brunt of the impact. I think I am the catalyst for that change." According to Minaj, she's hopeful that her continued advocacy will inspire other celebrities to join her on the front lines. "Hopefully, when they see...

The Guardian - 1 hour 2 min ago
Island breathes sigh of relief as fears recede that US could jettison longstanding support Trump China visit live latest updates Before this week's summit between the Chinese and US presidents, Taiwan had been cast as the anxious bystander. Observers suggested that Taipei feared the unpredictable and transactional Donald Trump might overturn Washington's longstanding support for the island democracy , which Beijing claims as a breakaway province, during Thursday and Friday's talks. Continue...

The Guardian - 1 hour 33 min ago
Chinese leader appears to be in the driving seat as the unusually polite US president ignores questions on Taiwan Trump in Beijing latest updates Why does Donald Trump look so at home in China? The US president spent day one of his summit in Beijing basking in rigid pageantry, heroically managing not to offend his hosts and offering the verdict: "China is beautiful." Continue reading...

Daily Signal - 1 hour 36 min ago
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL The majority of Americans across both political parties would support President Donald Trump taking executive action to vet new artificial intelligence models for safety, a new poll from Institute for Family Studies and YouGov shows. The new poll of 1,000 American voters, obtained by The Daily Signal, shows that 82% of...

Deadline Hollywood - 1 hour 36 min ago
Throughout his decades in politics, Gavin Newsom has been called everything under the California sun by friends and foes alike, but there is one moniker the two-term Golden State governor embraces, thanks to Donald Trump: disruptor. "I don't spend a lot of time on labels, I spend time on results," a definitive Newsom declares. "But […]...

The Independent - 1 hour 40 min ago
President Donald Trump is stopping offshore wind projects in the United States, just as the industry was poised to grow significantly...

The Guardian - 1 hour 46 min ago
Late-night hosts discussed Trump's trip to China with Elon Musk, Maga lies over the Iran war and manosphere trends On Wednesday, late-night hosts discussed Donald Trump 's visit to China, Marty Makary's resignation as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner and reports of Maga's lies over the success of the Iran war. Continue reading...

The Raw Story - 2 hours 29 min ago
Rep Mark Alford (R-MO) seemed to shock CNN host John Berman by insisting President Donald Trump had "control over the Strait of Hormuz" despite it being closed. During a Thursday interview, Berman asked Alford to explain why Trump said he didn't think about Americans' financial situation, "not even a little bit," when it came to the war in Iran. "If I could just kind of give a little clarity to what I think President Trump was saying is, look, he does care about the American...

Fox News - 2 hours 35 min ago
Eric Trump reveals what Donald Trump told him after his felony conviction, calling it a "low moment" that simultaneously inspired hope for victory.

Daily Signal - 2 hours 38 min ago
BEIJING, May 14 (Reuters) China’s Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump that trade talks were making progress at the start of a two-day summit on Thursday, but cautioned that disagreement over Taiwan could send relations down a dangerous path and even lead to conflict. Xi’s remarks on Taiwan, the democratically governed island claimed by...

The Guardian - 3 hours 3 min ago
South Carolina's state senate majority leader offered a nuanced case for rejecting Trump's redistricting demands How does a Republican leader say no to Donald Trump? How do they criticize the US president's policies without facing a social media riot, or losing their career ? As the party scrambles to redraw key congressional districts after the supreme court effectively gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act that prevented racial discrimination, all eyes turned this week to...

The Guardian - 3 hours 25 min ago
US plaintiffs say waterfront site was improperly transferred for Trump's personal gain A group of Miami residents has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump and the state of Florida over a land giveaway for his proposed presidential library . Almost three acres of prime waterfront land that once belonged to Miami Dade College (MDC) was illegally gifted to the US president by Florida's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, the lawsuit states. Continue reading...

The Independent - 3 hours 35 min ago
President Donald Trump and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping met on the steps of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, with commentators pouring over the interaction in search of tell-tale gestures...

Fox News - 3 hours 35 min ago
President Donald Trump meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing backed by military and trade leverage built over 16 months of geopolitical maneuvering.

The Nation - 3 hours 37 min ago
David Faris The Trump White House has weaponized all the arms of federal law enforcement to intimidate its political enemies and critics, undermining the rule of law and democracy. The post Government by Payback Squad appeared first on The Nation .

The Conversation - 3 hours 52 min ago
Rebuffed by the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump is seeking to exploit a different tariff tool to regain leverage. Whether it succeeds remains in question.

The Guardian - 4 hours 9 min ago
Chinese president's comments published after two-hour meeting with Trump. Plus, Stacey Abrams on why gutting of the Voting Rights Act is evil incarnate' Good morning. On the western edge of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, in the imposing Mao-era Great Hall of the People, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sat down this morning for two hours of talks. What else was on the agenda? The Chinese government said the two leaders discussed the war in the Middle East, the Ukraine conflict and issues on the...

The Hill - 4 hours 15 min ago
President Trump told Fox News that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to purchase soybeans, energy and jets during the two leaders' bilateral meeting in Beijing on Thursday. According to Fox News, Trump told host Sean Hannity that Xi committed to helping the U.S. with Iran, buy U.S. soybeans, buy more oil and liquified natural gas...

The Raw Story - 4 hours 17 min ago
Donald Trump's chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is facing mounting scrutiny over his evasive testimony before Congress regarding the Iran war strategy raising questions about whether his silence reflects genuine military uncertainty , or fear of contradicting an unpredictable president . According to the New York Times, in nearly 14 hours of recent congressional testimony, Gen. Dan Caine was repeatedly asked the same fundamental questions: How had the world's most powerful military...

The Hill - 4 hours 35 min ago
President Trump during his trip to Beijing on Thursday formally invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the White House in September. "Thank you again, President Xi, for this beautiful welcome, and tonight, it is my honor to extend an invitation to you, Madam Peng, to visit us at the White House this September 24...

The Guardian - 4 hours 35 min ago
The president's second term has been full of donors seeking access, favors for billionaires and apparent conflicts of interest Every time Donald Trump has run for president, he has vowed to drain the swamp in Washington. But ever since he returned to the White House, not only has he not even tried to drain the swamp, he has pushed to gild it. Trump has used all the gold and glitz he can to cover up an increasingly putrid swamp a morass filled with million-dollar donors scrambling for access...

ABC News - 4 hours 40 min ago
President Donald Trump is trying to oust one of his own party's most independent voices: Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie...

ABC News - 4 hours 42 min ago
World shares are mostly higher as investors closely monitor takeaways from the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping...