Donald Trump

​President Trump didn’t forget his critics on Father’s Day. “Happy Father’s Day to all, including my worst and most vicious critics, of which there are fewer and fewer,” Trump tweeted on Sunday. “This is a FANTASTIC time to be an American! KEEP AMERICA GREAT!” The president is spending at least part of Father’s Day at his golf club in Sterling, Va., after leaving the White House in a white polo shirt, khaki pants and a hat shortly after 9 a.m. … [Read more...] about Trump to ‘worst and most vicious critics’: Happy Father’s Day

Lt. Col. Earl Brown, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said a U.S. intelligence assessment had concluded that “a modified Iranian SA-7 surface-to-air missile attempted to shoot down a U.S. MQ-9 [drone] over the Gulf of Oman to disrupt surveillance” of the crippled tanker. … [Read more...] about Pentagon accuses Iran of shooting missiles at U.S. drones

President Trump said he did not order the White House counsel to fire special counsel Robert Mueller because that “didn’t work out too well” for former President Nixon during Watergate. “I wasn’t going to fire [Mueller],” Trump told ABC News’ “This Week” in an interview that aired Sunday. “You know why? Because I watched Richard Nixon go around firing everybody, and that didn’t work out too well.” He pointed to Article II of the Constitution, which lays out the powers of the president, claiming it allowed him to fire the special counsel who was investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. “He wasn’t fired. Okay? Number one, very importantly. But more importantly, Article II allows me to do whatever I want. Article II would have allowed me to fire him,” Trump said in the interview. Mueller in his report cited a number of instances in which he directed then-White House counsel Don McGahn … [Read more...] about Trump denies ordering Mueller be fired, cites Nixon’s mistakes

Your credible, reliable resource of news and information affecting African-American communities across the state of Florida, USA. … [Read more...] about PRESIDENTS RICHARD NIXON AND DONALD TRUMP

In April, U.S. authorities arrested a then-presidential candidate, Mario Estrada, and charged him in a complex plot to use drug cartel money to win the election and assassinate rivals. Estrada, a former member of Congress, denied the charges. He is also no longer on the ballot. … [Read more...] about Guatemala goes to polls amid uncertainty, deep divisions