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MORE on Saturday, appearing to dismiss the controversies swirling around the official. "While Security spending was somewhat more than his predecessor, Scott Pruitt has received death threats because of his bold actions at EPA," Trump tweeted. "Record clean Air & Water while saving USA Billions of Dollars. Rent was about market rate, travel expenses OK.

The National Guard will deploy up to 4,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border beginning Friday night, according to a newly signed memo from Defense Secretary MORE called for troops to shore up the area until his border wall is built. The memo authorizes the use of Title 32 and Defense Department dollars for up to 4,000 National Guard personnel to support the Department of Homeland Security’s “southern border security mission while under the command and control of their respective governors through September 30, 2018.” It also states that troops "will not pe

As questions mount about his use of taxpayer funds and relationships with lobbyists, MORE’s future remains uncertain. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator is reportedly arguing his case for why he shouldn’t be the latest Cabinet secretary fired from the administration. Pruitt met with President Trump on Friday, according to The Associated Press.

Democrats see MORE's escalating trade war with China as an opportunity that could help them win several Senate races in states where a trade fight would damage local economies.  States that rely on agriculture could be hit particularly hard by retaliatory tariffs from China. That could give Democrats in states like North Dakota, Montana, Indiana, Missouri and Florida — all of are represented by Senate Democrats up for reelection this year — a new argument to make against the president and his allies in Congress. China responded with a broad list of U.S.

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Special Counsel Vladimir Putin as a casual chance encounter “over a beer,” sources told ABC News. Well-connected Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, a key witness given limited immunity by Mueller, has been interviewed seven times by prosecutors on a wide range of subjects.

President Donald Trump both literally and figuratively threw out his prepared remarks at a West Virginia roundtable event that was supposed to be about tax reform. The president instead launched into a freewheeling riff on several unrelated topics, including extended remarks on illegal immigration in which he hearkened back to controversial and Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen has since said the president was talking about the military building wall

A day after President the Pentagon had few answers Thursday about how the call-up would take place or how many Guardsmen could be involved. Officials did indicate that the troops would likely play mainly a support role as they've done in the past, but because planning is only in its initial stages, could not provide a timeline for their arrival, or say whether they would be armed. Asked by reporters aboard Air Force One Thursday how many National Guard members he wants on the border, the president responded, “Anywhere from 2,

President Donald Trump responded for the first time on Thursday to questions about a payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. While speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One following an appearance in West Virginia, Trump was asked if he knew about the $130,000 payment Trump’s longtime personal attorney and confidant Michael Cohen arranged for Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, as she was shopping the story of her alleged 2006 affair with Trump to several major media outlets shortly before the 2016