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“While testifying under oath, Mr. Cohen made what appear to be numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact contradicted by the record established by the Justice Department in United States v. Cohen,” Meadows and Jordan wrote to Attorney General William Barr on Thursday. “There are other instances in which Mr.

Officials from Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, New York, and California say they will sue the Trump administration over the new rule that marks a clear line between abortion and family planning. The rule, slated to go into effect in April, governs Title X, the federal grant program that provides funding for family planning services.

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MORE’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen testified in public Wednesday, appearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Cohen’s testimony elicited enormous fascination — and turned out to be the most tumultuous day of public congressional testimony since fired FBI Director MORE appeared in June 2017. Here are the five takeaways from Cohen’s appearance: New details, new drama Cohen offered some explosive new allegations — in addition to calling Trump a “racist,” a “con man” and a “cheat” in his opening statemen

The schedule for MORE and Kim Jong Un’s second day of meetings in Hanoi, Vietnam was abruptly changed Thursday. Trump left the Metropole Hotel, where the summit took place, before 1:30 p.m. Vietnam time, or 1:30 a.m.

MORE said Thursday a deal on denuclearization could not be reached during his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un because Kim wanted all sanctions against North Korea lifted without taking all the steps the United States was asking of him. "Sometimes you have to walk, and this was just one of those times," Trump said at a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam. “It was about the sanctions,” Trump added later. “Basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn’t do that.

MORE on Thursday blasted Michael Cohen’s explosive testimony before Congress but said he was “a little impressed” his former personal lawyer claimed there was “no collusion” between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election. At a news conference in Vietnam following his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which produced no deal, Trump said Cohen “lied a lot” at the “fake hearing” on Capitol Hill, where the former Trump confidant

MORE and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s second summit ended without any agreement Thursday. “The two leaders discussed various ways to advance denuclearization and economic driven concepts,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement.

“Sometimes you have to walk and this was just one of those times,” Trump said in a press conference with reporters after he abruptly left the summit with the North Koreans. Trump said that the walkout was “friendly” and that the two leaders shook hands before departing. “It was about the sanctions … basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn’t do that,” the president said. He explained that the two diplomatic teams were unable to reach an agreement on denuclearization, and felt that it was “inappropriate” to sign an agreement that did not make any sense. “He w

“No agreement was reached at this time, but their respective teams look forward to meeting in the future,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement to White House reporters. The summit was cut short as reporters prepared to cover a lunch during which Trump and Kim Jong-un, with their diplomatic teams, were expected to meet as the peace talks continued.