President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his daughter’s use of a private email account to conduct official business, telling reporters that the controversy was a “whole different” issue than what former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was accused of during her presidential campaign. The president was asked Tuesday about a Washington Post report that Ivanka Trump communicated with top administration officials through a private email account prior to her joining the White House last year and continued to do so throughout 2017, sending “hundreds” of emails relating to her government work on her personal email account.Story Continued Below “Just so you understand, Ivanka Trump did some emails, they were not classified like Hillary Clinton,” Trump said, echoing a defense put forth by a spokesperson for his daughter’s personal attorney. The spokesperson told The Post that Ivanka Trump turned over all of her work-related emails upon … [Read more...] about Trump calls Ivanka’s private email use ‘all fake news’
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The story about how Sutton Foster rescued her dog Mabel is the best thing you’ll ready today
For those who’ve raised, rescued or adopted an animal it goes without saying that the unconditional love an animal provides is incomparable to most.It becomes the duty of those who choose to advocate on behalf of animals to ensure that the love is reciprocated and multiplied, and the non-profits and organizations that aim to both spread awareness and take tangible action towards ending animal cruelty rely on funding and support to do the best job of this that they can.Leading the field in all of the above is the Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society International.On November 9, the Humane Society of the United States hosted its 9th annual To the Rescue! New York Gala, and raised an astounding $2 million to further the Humane Society of the United State’s and the Humane Society International’s work rescuing animals from unimaginable situations around the globe. The Humane Society also honored Gucci with the Corporate Consciousness Award of the … [Read more...] about The story about how Sutton Foster rescued her dog Mabel is the best thing you’ll ready today
Northern California chokes on toxic air as Trump set to visit
Northern California chokes on toxic air as Trump set to visitPARADISE: Schools and tourist attractions across the San Francisco Bay Area were shut Friday and residents were urged to stay indoors as smoke from California’s deadliest wildfire — a three-hour drive away — produced air quality levels worse than in South Asia’s polluted megacities. The closures came as President Donald Trump was set to visit the western state Saturday to survey the damage and meet victims of the giant Camp Fire that has devoured an area roughly the size of Chicago since it broke out last week, killing at least 63 people. In an interview with Fox News ahead of his visit, Trump doubled-down on his earlier claim that mismanagement of Califonia’s forests was to blame for the fires. But he acknowledged that climate change may have contributed “a little bit” to the wildfires. “You need forest management. It has to be,” Trump told Fox. “I’m not … [Read more...] about Northern California chokes on toxic air as Trump set to visit
Trump hints he may not impose more tariffs on China
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he may not impose more tariffs on Chinese goods after Beijing sent the United States a list of measures it was willing to take to resolve trade tensions, although he added it was unacceptable that some major items were omitted from the list.Trump has imposed tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese imports to force concessions from Beijing on the list of demands that would change the terms of trade between the two countries. China has responded with import tariffs on U.S. goods.Washington is demanding Beijing improve market access and intellectual property protections for U.S. companies, cut industrial subsidies and slash a $375 billion trade gap.The relationship between the two countries has deteriorated in recent months, and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday said China needed to change its behavior to avoid a new cold war with the United States.The U.S. tariff rate on $200 billion in Chinese goods is set … [Read more...] about Trump hints he may not impose more tariffs on China
Another Trump aide tell-all due to hit shelves in January
Another account of life inside the Trump White House is set to join the ever-growing canon on the subject. Cliff Sims, a Trump adviser who joined the West Wing staff on Day One as a special assistant to the president after working on the campaign, is writing a memoir about his time working for the president. The book is set to be published in January, two sources familiar with the project said.Story Continued Below Sims, who oversaw message strategy in the White House and was viewed as a MAGA loyalist who clashed with staffers whose backgrounds were from the "establishment" Republican National Committee, left the White House in May. His exit was not mourned by many of his detractors in the White House communications department, who said they did not trust him. Back then, his allies said he was expecting to move over to the State Department. But Sims ultimately did not return to the administration. Sims’ book, according to people familiar with the project, has been in the works … [Read more...] about Another Trump aide tell-all due to hit shelves in January