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Biden Apologizes to World for Trump
Biden
Apologizes
to World
for Trump
Nov 1, 2021 11:28 AM CDT

Biden Apologizes to World for Trump

He tells UN climate summit US should not have pulled out of Paris accord

(Newser) - President Biden offered a public apology to a UN climate conference over predecessor Donald Trump’s move to pull the US from the Paris accord. Biden was speaking in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday where world leaders were gathering to discuss implementing the agreement to contain global warming by mid-century. “...

As Brazil's Senate Pounces, Trump Salutes Bolsonaro

Senate panel votes to recommend charges against the Brazilian president

(Newser) - Former President Trump is on Jair Bolsonaro's side, but the Brazilian president can't say the same about his Senate. A panel of senators on Tuesday voted 7-4 to recommend charges over Bolsonaro's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, following a six-month investigation that culminated in a 1,288-page...

Milley: 4 Administrations Made Afghanistan Mistakes

Effect was cumulative, general tells lawmakers

(Newser) - It wasn't any one recent mistake that cost the US the war in Afghanistan, Gen. Mark Milley told lawmakers on Wednesday. "It wasn't lost in the last 20 days or even 20 months," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs said. "There's a cumulative effect...

Trump Takes Legal Action Against Omarosa
Omarosa:
'The Bully Has
Met His Match'
UPDATED
Sep 29, 2021 11:31 AM CDT

Omarosa: 'The Bully Has Met His Match'

Ex-White House aide celebrates victory over Trump campaign after NDA is declared void

(Newser) - Update: The nondisclosure agreement Omarosa Manigault Newman signed with the Trump campaign in 2016 is "unenforceable," per a New York arbitrator's Monday decision . T. Andrew Brown found the document requiring the defendant "to never say anything remotely critical of Mr. Trump, his family or his family...

Unflattering Trump Details Surface From Grisham Memoir

Former press chief says he only pretended to get tough with Putin in front of cameras

(Newser) - The new memoir by Stephanie Grisham , a press chief under then-President Trump and a top aide to Melania Trump, is now in the hands of journalists. Some of the details making waves:
  • Putin: Grisham writes that when Trump met with Vladimir Putin in Japan two years ago, he leaned in
...

Only One Thing Will Prevent Another Trump Run

Ex-president sat for a TV interview

(Newser) - Donald Trump sat for an interview on the Real America's Voice network on Friday, where he told "The Water Cooler" host David Brody what he thinks would prevent another run for the White House. "I guess a bad call from a doctor or something, right," The...

Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Meadows, Bannon

House committee wants documents, depositions from four former Trump aides

(Newser) - Four of former President Donald Trump's closest aides and allies were subpoenaed Thursday by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol. The four men were in contact with Trump while a mob stormed the building in an attempt to overturn Trump's election loss,...

Milley Defends China Calls in First Public Comments

Top military leader says they were 'routine,' will go into more detail before Congress

(Newser) - The nation's top military officer has offered his first public comments on the controversy over his newly revealed calls to China in the waning days of the Trump administration. In an interview with the AP , Gen. Mark Milley says the calls were above board. Coverage:
  • In defense: Milley, chairman
...

Book: Worried About Trump, General Secretly Called China

Bob Woodward, Robert Costa say Milley feared Trump was unstable after the election

(Newser) - The top military officer in the US was seriously worried about the mental state of then-President Trump in the final months of his presidency, according to a new book by Bob Woodward and Washington Post reporter Robert Costa. So much so that Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint...

Aide With Top Access to Trump, Melania Is Releasing Memoir

'Hard to articulate how much anxiety' Stephanie Grisham's book will cause

(Newser) - Another memoir from a former member of the Trump White House is coming, and Jonathan Swan of Axios notes that it has the potential to be the most damaging one so far. That's because Stephanie Grisham is the only person who worked in top positions for both former President...

Trump Is Calling Families of Troops Killed in Kabul

'He was awesome,' says father of one Marine

(Newser) - Some of the families of the 13 American service members killed in a blast at Kabul's airport last month have refused to speak to President Biden—but they have welcomed calls from former President Trump. Trump has reached out to several families over the last week and some of...

&#39;QAnon Shaman&#39; Pleads Guilty
Horned Rioter Pleads Guilty
Sep 3, 2021 2:26 PM CDT

Horned Rioter Pleads Guilty

Jacob Chansley has distanced himself from QAnon and Trump since Capitol riot, lawyer says

(Newser) - An Arizona man who sported face paint, no shirt, and a furry hat with horns when he joined the mob that stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6 pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge and wants to be released from jail while he awaits sentencing. Jacob Chansley, who was...

7 Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump Over Riot
7 Capitol Police Officers
Sue Trump Over Riot
the rundown
Aug 26, 2021 12:17 PM CDT

7 Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump Over Riot

Lawsuit also names Roger Stone, members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers

(Newser) - Former President Trump just got with another lawsuit over the Capitol riot, this time by officers who were injured by his supporters. The lawsuit also implicates several Trump allies, including Roger Stone and members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
  • Main claim: The lawsuit filed in federal court in
...

Frustration Builds for Family of Taliban Captive

Pressure on Trump, Biden administrations for help hasn't won release of Mark Frerichs, 59

(Newser) - Charlene Cakora has been trying for more than a year, during two presidential administrations, to win US help for rescuing her brother from the Taliban. A Navy veteran, Mark Frerichs, 59, had worked as a civil engineer for 10 years in Kabul when he was kidnapped , the BBC reports. Cakora...

Felon Rod Blagojevich Sues for Right to Seek Office
Convicted
Governor
Sues Illinois
Aug 3, 2021 10:25 AM CDT

Convicted Governor Sues Illinois

Rod Blagojevich wants the right to run for office again

(Newser) - This time, Rod Blagojevich is taking Illinois to court. The former governor, who served eight years in prison on corruption convictions before his sentence was commuted by former President Trump, filed a federal lawsuit Monday to regain the right to run for elective office, the Washington Post reports. That required...

'Say the Election Was Corrupt, (and) Leave the Rest to Me'

Newly released notes reveal Trump's pressure on the Justice Department

(Newser) - Newly released notes reveal the personal pressure then-President Trump put on his Justice Department to overturn the election, reports the Washington Post . The notes were taken by Richard Donoghue, a top aide to acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, who was present for some of the phone calls Trump placed to...

Trump Presses the Gas on 2020 Claims in Arizona

'Nobody knows where the hell they are,' Trump claimed of mail-in ballots

(Newser) - "Take your loss and accept it and move on." Such was the advice Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs doled out to Donald Trump on Friday ahead of his Saturday appearance in Phoenix, reports the Guardian . He didn't take it. At the "Rally for Election Integrity,...

A Former Trump Supporter Has Advice for Trump's Critics

For one thing, stop insulting all those who back the former president

(Newser) - Columnist Gary Abernathy used to support Donald Trump, though he stopped because of Trump's actions after the election. Still, Abernathy understands the the views of TrumpWorld, and he offers advice to Trump critics in a Washington Post essay. For starters, stop with the insults. Trump supporters are not "...

Woman's Anti-Biden Signs Deemed Obscene

New Jersey woman must remove them or pay fine

(Newser) - A New Jersey woman has been ordered to remove the anti-Biden signs adorning a fence at her home or face daily fines. Per NJ.com , a municipal judge in Roselle Park ruled Thursday that resident Andrea Dick must take down the signs that include the f-word or be fined $250...

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Feared a Trump Coup
Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs
Feared a
Trump Coup
NEW BOOK
Jul 15, 2021 9:03 AM CDT

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Feared a Trump Coup

Gen. Mark Milley thought Trump was adopting 'gospel of the Führer': book

(Newser) - America's top general was so worried President Trump would refuse to give up the presidency that he asked confidants if a coup was imminent. So Pulitzer Prize winners Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker of the Washington Post report in I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic ...

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