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LONDON — Iran, Russia and European leaders roundly condemned President Trump’s decision on Friday to disavow the Iran nuclear deal, saying that it reflected the growing isolation of the United States, threatened to destabilize the Middle East and could make it harder to resolve the growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The reaction was far from panicked, as Mr.

WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Friday his decision to disavow the Iran nuclear agreement, threatening to leave the deal altogether if it was not amended to permanently block Tehran from building nuclear weapons or intercontinental missiles. But even as he delivered a fire-breathing indictment of the Iranian government’s activities around the Middle East, he stopped short of unraveling the agreement reached by President Barack Obama two years ago. “We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more chaos, the very real threat of Iran’s nuclear breako

WASHINGTON — President Trump announced on Friday his decision to disavow the Iran nuclear agreement, threatening to leave the deal altogether if it was not amended to permanently block Tehran from building nuclear weapons or intercontinental missiles. But even as he delivered a fire-breathing indictment of the Iranian government’s activities around the Middle East, he stopped short of unraveling the agreement reached by President Barack Obama two years ago. “We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more chaos, the very real threat of Iran’s nuclear breako

President Obamacare marketplaces. With the “power of the pen,” Trump's executive order seeks to unravel significant parts of insurance rules under the Department of Labor and the Treasury Department, aims to get those agencies to expand association health plans, short term limited duration plans and makes recommendations for changes to health reimbursement arrangements. The president said during the signing that he is "taking the first s

President Donald Trump shot down NBC News reports Wednesday that he called for a reported tenfold increase to the nation's nuclear arsenal during a national security meeting this summer and slammed the media for spreading what he calls “fake news.” During a meeting in the Oval Office with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump said it was “absolutely disgusting” that the press is able to “write whatever they want to write” and insisted the reporting that he had called for more nuclear weapons was not true. "But I want modernization and I want total rehabilitation.

White House chief of staff Donald Trump on Thursday, telling reporters that he has no plans to resign or reason to believe he will be fired. "Although I read it all the time, pretty consistently, I'm not quitting today," Kelly said in his first public appearance at a White House press briefing. "I don't believe -- and I just talked to the president -- I don't think I'm being fired today.

President Iran deal and supporters of decertification, has recommended holding off on “snapping back,” or restoring immediately, the nuclear sanctions lifted as part of the deal.

THE TAKE President Trump is once again the bull in the china shop, telling Congress, "I broke it, you buy it." Within 24 hours, he will make two statements that could wreak havoc on systems in place expecting lawmakers to pick up the pieces. First, the monumental decision to end subsidies the federal government pays to insurers to keep out-of-pocket health care costs down for lower-income Americans.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is inviting congressional Democrats to ‘‘call me to fix’’ America’s health care system, as he prepares an order ceasing federal subsidy payments to health insurers. In a pre-dawn post on his Twitter account Friday, the president reiterated his oft-stated argument that the Obama-era health care law is a “broken mess” and “imploding.” Since his presidential campaign and nearly nine months in office, Trump has persistentl