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WASHINGTON — The shifting White House explanation for President Trump’s decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine drew alarm Friday from Republicans as the impeachment inquiry brought a new test of their alliance. Trump, in remarks at the White House, stood by his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, whose earlier comments undermined the administration’s defense in the impeachment probe.

Energy Secretary MORE, will step down from his Cabinet post at the end of the year, Trump said Thursday. The president told reporters at the start of a ribbon-cutting event at a Louis Vuitton factory in Alvorado, Texas, that he already has a replacement for Perry, but he did not say who it would be. Trump said he would make the announcement shortly. “Rick and I have been talking for six months. In fact, I thought he might go a bit sooner. But he’s got some very big plans. He’s going to be very successful.

At a campaign rally in Dallas Thursday night, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan the same day. "Sometimes you have to let them fight," Trump told supporters at the American Airlines Center, referring to Turkish and Kurdish forces.  "Like two kids in a lot, then you pull them apart," Trump said. Trump continued, saying that after Turkish and Kurdish forces "fought for a few days," that "we went there and we said, ‘we want a pause.’" Additionally, Trump referred to both sides as a "friend." Turkey is a fellow NATO ally of the U.S., and the Kurdish forces known as the YPG were vital in the fight against

MORE of engaging in a quid pro quo hours after his own acting chief of staff appeared to admit that the Trump administration had done the same with Ukraine before seeking to walk back his remarks. The president zeroed in on Joe and Hunter Biden during his campaign rally in Dallas in a continuation of his effort to paint the family as corrupt. "Look at the terrible foreign corruption of the Bidens. I hate to talk about him. You know why?

House Democrats seized on Thursday’s testimony from a top U.S. diplomat as evidence that MORE acted inappropriately in their contacts with Ukraine. But there’s a hitch: Some Democrats say they found Gordon Sondland to be a less than credible witness.  Sondland, the U.S.

White House acting chief of staff MORE said Thursday that the flow of security assistance to Ukraine was not conditioned on Kiev investigating a theory related to 2016 election interference, walking back statements he made earlier in the day. Mulvaney issued a statement Thursday afternoon accusing the media of “misconstruing” his earlier remarks to the press at the White House “to advance a biased and political witch hunt against MORE.” “Let me be clear, there was absolutely no quid pro quo between Ukrainian military aid and any investigation

As President Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump visit the brand new plant in Johnson County, Texas, on Thursday, Louis Vuitton executives have committed to creating about 1,000 American jobs at the facility over the next five years. Louis Vuitton’s announcing the opening of its Texas plant — in the small town of

“American combat troops should not be at the center of ancient sectarian conflicts all over the world; bring our soldiers back home!” he said. The president celebrated the cease-fire achieved in the Middle East between the Kurds in Syria and Turkey on Thursday, thanking Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for negotiating with the President of Turkey. “Without a little tough love, they would have never made this deal,” Trump said. Turkey invaded Syria last week, attacking the Kurds in the 20-mile “safe zone” next to the Turkish border.

“They won’t come close in 2020, they know it, they’re not going to win it,” he said, accusing Democrats of choosing impeachment as a way to beat him in the next election. He referred to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as “Crazy Nancy” and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff as “Shifty Schiff,” noting that their efforts were undermining American democracy. “The more America achieves, the more hateful and enraged these crazy people have become, they’re crazy!” he said. Trump reminded his supporters that Democrats tried to impeach him ever since he took office to undo the stunning results of the 2

The rally is scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. EST. Trump supporters have been lining up for days for the hotly-anticipated event. Video courtesy of Right Side Broadcasting Network.