Trump holds first talks with Ireland's new prime minister
The call comes as the POTUS has been given the green light to introduce his travel ban. We have so many people from Ireland in this country. The ban has been reinstated until autumn. Added the taoiseach: "I assure the deputy that in any dealings I have with the American government and in the interactions and engagement I have with the chargé d'affaires who is here and who is acting USA ambassador to Ireland, I will approach them based on the long-standing friendship that exists between our ...
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Philippines bars workers from traveling to Qatar
He said the POLO in Qatar is stocking food for OFWs while recruitment agencies are coordinating with their counterparts to ensure sufficient protection for Filipino workers. Country's Labour Secretary Silvestre Bello said the ban would be in position until it finished an assessment of the situation. " Kailangan po nating tiyakin na laging ligtas at kalmado ang ating mga kababayan sa Qatar (We have to assure that our countrymen in Qatar are safe and calm)", she said.
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Iran Revolutionary Guards detained in Saudi Arabia
Gen. Rasoul Sanaeizadeh, deputy head of the Revolutionary Guard's political bureau, described the Saudi allegations as a "sheer lie" and "an amateurish fabrication". The boat was one of three boats that were intercepted by the Saudi Navy. The seized boat contained a stash of " weapons for subversive purpose " and had three men onboard.
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Sean Spicer is interviewing his own replacement
For four days last week, representatives for President Trump skipped the usual on-camera briefing to take questions off-camera. The shakeup would cap off Spicer's tumultuous six-month tenure at the White House podium, which made him not only one of the administration's most prominent personalities, but also the face of the White House's unfocused messaging strategy.
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UFC Veteran Tim Hague Brain Dead Following Boxing Match
But in the second round of the contest, Braidwood delivered a brutal left-right combination that sent Hague crashing to the canvas. Multiple reports surfaced stating that Hague had passed away Saturday morning, but his sister has since refuted those reports.
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Trump again blasts 'distraction of the witch hunt'
Trump's young presidency has been battered by allegations - under investigation both by Congress and the FBI - that Russian Federation interfered to sway the 2016 election in his favor, in possible collusion with Trump's campaign team. His tweet about a "WITCH HUNT" conducted by "bad" people is just a Trumpian version of what appears to be the official White House line - that this is somehow a partisan attempt to delegitimize the Trump presidency.
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Trump's friend Christopher Ruddy says President 'considering' firing Mueller
The White House, however, said Trump and Ruddy have never discussed the issue. In 1973, amid the Watergate scandal, President Richard Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Trump interviewed Mueller for the director's position days before Rosenstein picked Mueller as special counsel for the Russian Federation probe, Sanders confirmed Tuesday.
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Britain-EU Brexit talks to start Monday as planned
The leader of the liberal group in the parliament, Mr Verhofstadt, has always been critical of Britain's annual rebate from the European Union - worth around £5bn a year to the United Kingdom - that were secured by the former premier Margaret Thatcher in 1984.
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Qatar signs pact with U.S. to buy F-15 jets
In a sense, US President Donald Trump "wants to be able to have honest discussions with Qatar as a friendly nation, not as an adversary", the analyst added. In another development, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held talks in Doha with with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani and Economy and Trade Minister Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim al-Thani.
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No 'Proof' on 'Collusion' with Russians
Accusations of obstruction arose last month when Trump fired former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey . Asked about Burt and the exchange between McCain and Sessions, Carter Page, another former foreign policy adviser to Trump's campaign and a central figure in the Russian Federation investigation, said he found "the entire line of questioning to be near the pinnacle of witch hunt tactics".
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Trump's friend Christopher Ruddy says President 'considering' fi
Chris Ruddy , a Trump friend and the CEO of the conservative website Newsmax , raised the possibility of the president considering terminating Mueller, a potentially explosive option. Hours after the interview, White House press secretary Sean Spicer released a statement that did not deny the claim, but said, firmly yet evasively, "Mr Ruddy never spoke to the president regarding this issue".
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Deputy AG Rosenstein set for budget hearing Tuesday
When asked to clarify the boundaries of Attorney General Sessions' recusal from the Russian Federation probe, Rosenstein said, "I know what we're investigating and (Sessions) does not". Sources have told CNN that multiple advisers have counseled Trump against firing Mueller. But after the testimony of former FBI Director James Comey last week, Gingrich said he'd changed his mind.