Section: The Mercury News (USA)
Trump says White House ‘fine-tuned machine,’ despite turmoil
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and KEN THOMAS WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump mounted an aggressive defense of his young presidency Thursday, lambasting reports that his campaign advisers had inappropriate contact with Russian officials and vowing to crack down on the leaking of classified information. Nearly a month into his presidency, Trump insisted in...
As, Trump and Putin discuss military cooperation in Syria. Mattis says Russia must ‘prove itself first.’
By Dan Lamothe, The Washington Post BRUSSELS — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday that Russia will need to “prove itself first” before the United States and other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are willing to let their armed forces collaborate – a complicating factor in cooperation that President Trump and Russian...
Russia questions mount for Trump White House reeling from Flynn
By Laura Litvan,Margaret Talev and Steven Dennis, (c) 2017, Bloomberg Questions about ties between President Donald Trump’s team and Russian intelligence agents deepened Wednesday after new reports of extensive contacts between the two, which are sure to fuel Republican calls for a deeper look at Trump’s links to the country. The New...
Flynn episode ‘darkens the cloud’ of Russia that hangs over Trump administration
By Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger, Washington Post Once again, Donald Trump is embroiled in controversy related to Russia. The ouster of Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, caught by intelligence agencies speaking with the Russian ambassador about U.S. sanctions and then misleading administration officials about the...
Flynn departure erupts into a full-blown crisis for Trump White House
By Abby Phillip,Karen DeYoung and Jenna Johnson, (c) 2017, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s ouster of national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, and the circumstances leading up to it, have quickly become a major crisis for the fledgling administration, forcing the White House on the defensive and precipitating the...
After Flynn resigns, Dems ask what did Trump know and when
By RICHARD LARDNER WASHINGTON (AP) — The resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn elicited a simple but persistent question Tuesday from congressional Democrats: What did President Donald Trump know and when did he know it? But many Republicans brushed past this echo of Watergate and another Republican president, Richard Nixon, to...
The Latest: White House issues list of 78 attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST): 8:45 p.m. The White House has released a list of 78 attacks it describes as “executed or inspired by” the Islamic State group. The White House says most did not get sufficient attention. The list includes incidents like a truck massacre in Nice that killed dozens and received...
Asked about Putin, Trump says U.S. isn’t ‘so innocent’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he respects Vladimir Putin, and when an interviewer called the Russian leader “a killer,” Trump said the United States has many of them. “What do you think? Our country’s so innocent,” he told Fox’s Bill O’Reilly in an excerpt released by the network. The president’s interview was...
An on-the-ground look at the deadly surge of violence in eastern Ukraine
By Christian Borys, Special To The Washington Post AVDIIVKA, Ukraine – From the center of this beleaguered eastern Ukrainian town, air bursts from exploding shells could be seen just a few hundred yards away Friday, and the sound of intense outgoing and incoming rounds echoed from several directions. “This is the worst fighting we’ve seen...
Group calls for cease-fire amid upsurge in Ukraine fighting
By INNA VARENYTSIA and JIM HEINTZ AVDIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Freezing residents of an eastern Ukraine town battered by an upsurge in fighting between government troops and Russia-backed rebels flocked to a humanitarian aid center Wednesday to receive food and warm up. Heavy fighting around government-held Avdiivka, just north of the...
