Catherine Lucey, Matthew Lee, Hyung-jin Kim and Foster Klug, Associated Press Updated 9:45 pm, Sunday, May 27, 2018 Now Playing: Talks with North Korea on a summit with Kim Jong Un were going "very well", US President Donald Trump said on Saturday. (May 26) Media: Associated Press The presence of U.S. officials in North Korea is raising expectations that a summit between President Donald Trump and the North's Kim Jong Un will take place after all. Trump withdrew from a planned June 12 Singapore summit with Kim last Thursday, then quickly announced that the meeting could get back on track. On Sunday, Trump tweeted that a U.S. team had arrived in the North to make arrangements for the summit. Later, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the nations' officials have been engaged in talks at the Korean village of Panmunjom, which straddles the border inside the demilitarized zone, or DMZ. window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: … [Read more...] about US team in NKorea raises expectations of a Trump-Kim summit
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Giuliani says informant info key to giving Mueller interview
Updated 9:44 pm, Sunday, May 27, 2018 Photo: Andrew Harnik, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 FILE- In this May 5, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks at the Iran Freedom Convention for Human Rights and democracy in Washington. President Donald Trump's legal team would advise that he refuse to submit to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller unless the team can review classified information shared with select lawmakers about the origins of the FBI investigation into Russia's election meddling, Giuliani said Sunday, May 27. less FILE- In this May 5, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks at the Iran Freedom Convention for Human Rights and democracy in Washington. President Donald Trump's legal ... more Photo: Andrew Harnik, AP Giuliani … [Read more...] about Giuliani says informant info key to giving Mueller interview
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on ‘phony’ sources, vets, border stats
Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Updated 9:22 pm, Sunday, May 27, 2018 Now Playing: President Donald Trump is telling graduates at the United States Naval Academy that "we have begun the great rebuilding of the U.S. military." (May 25) Media: Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is again playing loose with the facts, claiming a drop in illegal border crossings that no longer exists while blasting a source in a news story who does. He is also assailing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election, falsely suggesting the probes have failed to yield any meaningful results and distorting reality in asserting they are simply intended to justify why Democrat Hillary Clinton did not win the presidency. Among other questionable claims in the past week, he also said he's provided the first big military pay increase in a decade and had "finally" delivered on improved care for veterans. . window._taboola = … [Read more...] about AP FACT CHECK: Trump on ‘phony’ sources, vets, border stats
Pipeline stance complicates Heitkamp’s 2nd term Senate hopes
James Macpherson, Associated Press Updated 9:19 pm, Sunday, May 27, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-7', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 7', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: James MacPherson, AP Image 1of/7 CaptionClose Image 1 of 7 FILE - In this March 17, 2018, file photo, Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp arrives for the state Democratic party convention in Grand Forks, N.D. American Indians' strong support for Heitkamp was a big factor in helping her win a Senate seat in 2012. Six years later, her … [Read more...] about Pipeline stance complicates Heitkamp’s 2nd term Senate hopes
Trump threatens another shutdown as budget battle heats up
.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has warned Congress that he will never sign another foot-tall, $1 trillion-plus government-wide spending bill like the one he did in March. His message to lawmakers in both parties: Get your act together before the next budget lands on my desk.After a brief government shutdown earlier this year, Democrats and Republicans now agree on the need for budgeting day-to-day operations of government the old-fashioned way. That means weeks of open debate and amendments that empower rank-and-file lawmakers, rather than concentrating power in the hands of a few leaders meeting in secret.But Capitol Hill’s dysfunction is so pervasive that even the most optimistic predictions are for only a handful of the 12 annual spending bills to make it into law by Oct. … [Read more...] about Trump threatens another shutdown as budget battle heats up