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'Papa! Papa!' Audio of Children Stokes Rage Over Separation

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — An audio recording that appears to capture the heartbreaking voices of small Spanish-speaking children crying out for their parents at a U.S. immigration facility took center stage in the growing uproar over the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents. "Papa! Papa!" one child...

Ivanka Trump Hits Fresno For GOP Fundraiser

Unless you shelled out up to $5,000, the closest anyone could get to Ivanka Trump on Monday in Fresno was hundreds of feet away, separated by a wrought-iron fence. The First Daughter and presidential adviser appeared at a fundraiser to raise money for Protect the House,  a campaign arm helping...

Valadao Calls Trump's Family Separation Policy 'Unacceptable.' Costa Visits Border.

A defiant President Trump said Monday that he won't allow the United States to become a "migrant camp." "Not on my watch," the president added. The president's remarks came before an event in Washington, D.C., in which he directed the Pentagon to create a “space force” as the Defense Department’s...

Trump's Iran Sanctions Will Hurt Hopes for Democracy

Anyone who has seen the movie "Charlie Wilson's War" knows that a single congressman provided great help to the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Later, these same rebels would target the United States. And these days, it's hard to miss President Donald Trump promising to crack down on violent MS-13...

Little to Show for U.S. From North Korea Summit

SINGAPORE — The summit between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un wound up in a victory of style and image over real substance. Trump, hours after his historic meeting with Kim, defended the vague final declaration in a show of bluff and bluster in which he sought to make...

Read Text of Historic Joint Statement Signed By Trump and Kim

Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of...

Cannabis Backers Loving Trump's Apparent Support

Entrepreneurs and other cannabis enthusiasts are doing backflips over President Donald Trump's statement last week about marijuana. The president said Friday that he "probably" would support bipartisan federal legislation protecting legal marijuana activities in states such as California that have approved the drug. Trump's announcement follows his April declaration that...

Trump Revives Ramadan Dinner But Makes Few Friends

President Donald Trump brought back the Iftar dinner Wednesday, an event honoring Ramadan, the Muslim holy month. But the president received criticism — just as Trump did last year when he skipped a two-decade tradition of hosting a Ramadan reception. Most of the dinner guests were from Washington's diplomatic community and...

Putting Tariffs on Your Friends Is a Bad Idea. Here's Why.

Europeans, Canadians and Mexicans buy more American goods and services than anyone else in the world. So why would the Trump administration be willing to start a trade war with the United States’ most important trading partners – as well as some of its oldest allies? The current dispute started...

Moral Leadership? It Evaporated With Clinton and Trump.

"Democrats surrendered this standard in their defense of President Bill Clinton. Republicans are abandoning this standard in their defense of President Trump. There is apparently no remaining constituency for the belief that high office should involve moral leadership." These are the powerful words of conservative Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson,...

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