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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologized Tuesday for “insensitive” remarks during a press briefing in which he asserted that Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons on his own people. “Frankly, I mistakenly used an inappropriate and insensitive comment about the Holocaust and there is no comparison,” Spicer told CNN. “For that I apologize. It was a mistake to do that.” © Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump is open to authorizing additional strikes on Syria if the use of chemical weapons continues in the country, the White House said on Monday (April 10). “The sight of people being gassed and blown away by barrel bombs ensures that if we see this kind of action again, we hold open the possibility of future action,” White House spokesman Sean Spicer said at a briefing on […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump set human rights scandals aside to welcome Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to the White House Monday, the first such visit from an Egyptian president in almost a decade. Greeting Sisi warmly in the Oval Office, Trump heaped praise on the former general’s leadership as he sought to mend ties strained by crackdowns, revolution and counter-revolution. “You have a great friend and ally in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump has tapped son-in-law Jared Kushner to lead a new White House office that aims to apply ideas from the business world to help streamline the government, the Washington Post reported Sunday. The White House Office of Innovation is to be unveiled Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises like reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction, the Post […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka now has an office at the White House, although she will not be a government employee, an administration official told AFP Monday. Since Trump’s inauguration on January 20, his eldest daughter, aged 35, has been seen often in the presidential mansion’s West Wing, the hub of United States executive power. On Friday, she attended a roundtable discussion at the White House with the US […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House on Tuesday pre-empted a media leak of Donald Trump’s 2005 federal tax return, acknowledging key details they previously refused to release. The White House said Trump paid $38 million in taxes and had earned income of “more than $150 million” that year. Trump has steadfastly refused to release his tax returns, breaking with decades of tradition among presidential candidates of all political parties. The admission came just […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An intruder with a backpack was arrested for breaching the White House grounds while United States President Donald Trump was there, the US Secret Service said Saturday. After scaling an outer perimeter fence at the Washington executive residence just before midnight on Friday, the suspect was arrested by uniformed secret service officers, the agency said in a statement obtained by AFP. Authorities did not find dangerous materials inside the backpack […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law a measure scrapping anticorruption regulations long opposed by the oil industry. Part of a blitz of recent White House maneuvers against regulation and perceived red tape, the move undoes the requirement for international oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments to foreign governments. Created by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the rule, which had not yet taken effect, targeted an area […]
The Kremlin on Tuesday insisted that the resignation of Donald Trump’s security adviser Michael Flynn over contacts with the Russian government was an internal affair for Washington. “This is the internal business of the Americans, it is the internal business of President (Donald) Trump’s administration. This is not our business,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists. © Agence France-Presse
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) — After a US appeals court refused to restore President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration order, travelers who had been banned from entering the country trickled in Sunday as the White House vowed to prevail in the high-stakes legal battle. The early-morning ruling from a federal appeals court was the latest chapter in a saga which began on January 27, when Trump issued a […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House on Friday pledged to fight back after a federal judge in Seattle ordered a temporary nationwide halt to President Donald Trump’s controversial ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations. Press secretary Sean Spicer called Trump’s executive action “lawful and appropriate” and said the Department of Justice would request an emergency stay of the federal court order “at the earliest possible time.” “The president’s order is intended to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House said Thursday that building new Israeli settlements or expanding existing ones “may not be helpful” in securing Middle East peace. “While we don’t believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace, the construction of new settlements or the expansion of existing settlements beyond their current borders may not be helpful,” said spokesman Sean Spicer. The statement is a break from Trump’s previously full-throated defense of […]
