On Wednesday, the White House suspended the press pass of CNN’s White House correspondent, Jim Acosta. Two years ago, I wrote this: The national press is likely to be among the first institutional victims of Trumpism. There is no law that requires the presidential administration to hold daily briefings, none that guarantees media access …
In the longest news conference of his presidency, he went after reporters in sharply personal terms. In an hour and 26 combative minutes on Wednesday, President Donald Trump declared CNN reporter Jim Acosta an “enemy of the people,” said he didn’t much care for NBC reporter Peter Alexander, either, told …
In a crucial period with the midterms less than a month away, some in the White House are worried that the president is losing a megaphone to his base. President Donald Trump loves to brag about ratings, but he’s not getting them anymore. As he’s ramped up his rally schedule …
July’s three briefings, during which the press secretary took questions for a combined 56 minutes, tied a low for any month during the Trump presidency. In July, President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, floated a get-together with Iran’s leaders to discuss a new nuclear deal, bragged about …
“So in 2016 and 2017, CNN was worried about ‘fake news’ and was warning people about it,” the Sinclair video says. “That concern about biased and fake news sounds a lot like what Sinclair’s anchors talked about.” It concludes, “Calling out Sinclair for calling out ‘Fake News’ is dishonest and …
President Trump called CNN “fake” again on Monday, but a new Monmouth University poll shows that a plurality of Americans put more trust in the network than in the president. Trump also lost head-to-head trust comparisons with MSNBC, 45 percent to 32 percent, and Fox News, 30 percent to 20 percent. Americans rate Trump …
Of all the explanations for Donald Trump’s sudden foreign-policy about-face — from America First noninterventionist who coldly proposed to cooperate with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to humanitarian interventionist of sorts — the one that makes the most sense is that supplied by Trump himself. “That attack on children yesterday had …
The new president’s allies say he has been surprised that government can’t be run like his business. Being president is harder than Donald Trump thought, according to aides and allies who say that he’s growing increasingly frustrated with the challenges of running the massive federal bureaucracy. In interviews, nearly two …
Lviv, Ukraine (CNN) — What European city has fallen under the rule of the Polish Empire, the Hapsburgs, the Soviets and the Nazis? Here’s a clue: It’s lined with cobbled roads and features some of the world’s most eclectic examples of historic architecture — from renaissance to baroque to art …
CNN) — A terrorist explosion in Bulgaria. Tourist kidnappings in Egypt. Sometimes violent demonstrations in Greece. A coup in Mali. Deadly drug wars in Mexico. Olympic security failures in England. Who wants to be a tourist these days? The deadly bombing of a bus carrying Israeli tourists Wednesday in Bulgaria …
US is suffering its widest drought since 1956, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The United States is suffering its widest drought since 1956, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA reported on Monday that by the end of June about 55 percent …
(CNN) — One of Amazon’s biggest advantages over local stores and mega-chains like Walmart is its lack of sales tax in most states. People can hop in a car and go buy a product from a local store immediately; or they can pay less, make the purchase quickly from a …