Trump, addressing U.N., threatens to 'annihilate' Iran if war continues
The president's remarks at the United Nations come more than six months into a war that has grown increasingly unpopular at home.
The president's remarks at the United Nations come more than six months into a war that has grown increasingly unpopular at home.
The president's actions stand to color the backdrop of a week that will feature meetings with world leaders at the U.N. and a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
California Republicans running in the state's most competitive House races are appearing to keep some measure of public distance from Trump ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Burchett's effort to force Bass to testify is the latest example of congressional Republican leaders trying to examine California's handling of regional issues and finances.
The promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country's nearly $1.8-trillion annual budget deficit and concerns about inflation.
Ottawa's latest measures are a response to tariffs imposed by President Trump last month on Canadian exports.
Some Venezuelans fear President Trump's oil deal with the Venezuelan government will entrench what's becoming a dictatorship.
The president, who won reelection based on a promise to turn the economy around, now faces a reckoning in midterms centered largely on his economic record.
President Trump on Monday urged Congress to approve federal tax incentives aimed at reviving American film and television productions.

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The presidential aide spent much of her early life in Southern California, where she was home-schooled and attended a mega-church on Sundays, her brother said.