WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday belatedly threatened new sanctions against Turkey that officials said could cripple Turkey’s economy in response to its military offensive against Kurds in northern Syria. President Trump will sign an executive order giving the Treasury Department new powers to punish Turkish government officials if […]
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Botched Medical Procedures May Have Led to Death of U.S. Soldier
A complex and difficult medical procedure that ultimately failed might have contributed to the death of an American Special Forces soldier killed last year in a firefight in Somalia, according to an investigation into the episode obtained by The New York Times. The redacted Army investigation illustrates the intense violence […]
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2020 Presidential Debates to Be Held in Indiana, Michigan and Tennessee
The nonpartisan commission that governs presidential debates announced on Friday the dates and sites for the three presidential debates and one vice-presidential debate during the 2020 general election. All four debates will be held at universities, as has been recent custom. The presidential debates will kick off Sept. 29 at […]
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Trump Had Ukraine Envoy Removed on ‘False Claims,’ She Tells House Inquiry
WASHINGTON — Marie L. Yovanovitch, who was recalled as the American ambassador to Ukraine in May, testified to impeachment investigators on Friday that a top State Department official told her that President Trump had pushed for her removal for months even though the department believed she had “done nothing wrong.” […]
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Ocasio-Cortez Says Her ‘Dreams Of Motherhood’ Are ‘Bittersweet’ Because Of Climate Change
Peter Hasson on October 11, 2019 Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Friday that climate change has made her “dreams of motherhood now taste bittersweet.” Ocasio-Cortez told attendees at the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen that, “I speak to you as a human being, a woman whose dreams […]
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Here’s How Biden’s Team Is Trying To Recruit Big Tech And Major Media Outlets To Defend Him From Trump’s Barbs
Chris White on October 11, 2019 Former Vice President Joe Biden is trying to use the national media as cover against President Donald Trump’s barbs about his past work in Ukraine. Joe Biden is also asking Facebook and other big tech companies remove a Trump ad that slams him for […]
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Trump to Meet Chinese Envoy Amid Hopes of Trade War Truce
WASHINGTON — President Trump will meet with China’s top trade envoy at the White House Friday afternoon amid growing expectations that the United States could soon announce a trade truce that would help defuse tensions with China. After months of the United States pushing China for a comprehensive trade deal, […]
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Impeachment Updates: Ex-Ambassador Condemns ‘Hollowed Out State Dept.’
ImagePresident Trump spoke during a campaign rally Thursday in Minneapolis.CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times President Trump will travel to Lake Charles, La., on Friday evening for his second rally in two days. But while the president will continue to excoriate the impeachment process, House Democrats are moving steadily forward with […]
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Giuliani Pressed for Turkish Prisoner Swap in Oval Office Meeting
During a contentious Oval Office meeting with President Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in 2017, Rudolph W. Giuliani pressed for help in securing the release of a jailed client, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader, as part of a potential prisoner swap with Turkey. The request by Mr. Giuliani provoked […]
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Support for Impeachment Has Grown but Also Slowed
Public support for impeaching President Trump — and also for removing him from office — surged after Nancy Pelosi announced the House impeachment inquiry more than two weeks ago. For now, that support hasn’t reached the point where one might expect Republican members of Congress to feel substantial political pressure […]