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President Trump referred to his own “great and unmatched wisdom” in a tweet on Monday, the latest in a string of boastful remarks the controversial, divisive commander-in-chief has made during his rocky tenure. “As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!),” Trump tweeted.

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday cast his decision to abandon Kurdish fighters in Syria as fulfilling a campaign promise to withdraw from ‘‘endless war’’ in the Middle East, even as Republican critics and others said he was sacrificing a US ally and undermining American credibility. Trump declared US troops would step aside for an expected Turkish attack on the Kurds, who have fought alon

A group of The Associated Press reported Sunday. The businessmen and Republican donors touted connections to Trump and his personal lawyer MORE while trying to funnel lucrative contracts to companies controlled by Trump allies, two people with knowledge of the plans told the outlet. The plan was derailed by former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's loss in the 2019 election to Volodymyr Zelensky, whose conversation with Trump about former Vice President MORE and his son Hunter Biden is now at the center of the House impeachme

The NBA is facing backlash over its response to a statement made by the Houston Rockets' general manager that prompted a fierce reaction from China.  Daryl Morey in a tweet on Friday voiced support for the thousands of protesters that have taken to the streets of Hong Kong in recent weeks, writing: "Fight for Freedom.

A whistleblower allegation about possible misconduct in the IRS presidential tax-return audit program is receiving new attention amid House Democrats' impeachment inquiry into MORE. House Democrats are focused on a separate whistleblower complaint that President Trump allegedly urged Ukraine to investigate his political rival, former Vice President MORE.

The White House on Sunday night said Turkey will soon be launching a military operation in northeastern Syria and that U.S. troops will no longer be "in the immediate area" when it happens. "Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria.

The Pentagon is working to distance itself from the controversy surrounding MORE's communications with Ukraine that has plunged Washington into an impeachment crisis. Department officials in the past week have sought to avoid the political fray, downplaying the administration’s holdup of military aid to Ukraine and preemptively ordering employees to turn over for preservation any documents and communications having to do with it. Questions remain about whether the Pentagon was involved in or even aware of the decision to withhold the money.

Casten defeated long-term incumbent Republican Peter Roskam last fall in the 6th congressional district of Illinois, in the far western suburbs of Chicago, as part of a nationwide Democratic sweep of suburban districts. But his left-wing policies and bare-knuckle style were never a good fit — and now he is facing pushback from constituents who are upset that he is backing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and the left in their attempt to force Trump out of office. Desiderio — who mis-identifies Casten as a “soft-spoken lawmaker” (the Wa