1 week ago Trump orders crackdown on ’left wing terrorism’ in escalation of a campaign against political rivals

President Donald Trump on Thursday directed his administration to crack down on backers of what he dubbed “left-wing terrorism,” naming two top Democratic donors as he alleged without evidence a vast conspiracy to finance violent protests against the government. Trump’s directive put the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Taskforce in the lead and said the effort would […]

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1 week ago UN says Trump escalator, teleprompter issues were actually caused by his team

The Secret Service will be looking into the issues, which included an escalator that stopped suddenly and a defective teleprompter, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

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1 week ago Trump’s Amped Up Second Term on Full Display in Fiery UN Speech

President Donald Trump had barely arrived at the United Nations Tuesday when the mishaps began. First an escalator ground to a halt right as First Lady Melania Trump stepped onto it. Then, as the president took the stage to address delegates at the UN headquarters, he complained his teleprompter broke.

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1 week ago Trump mocks UN over bad escalator and teleprompter, says Melania would have fallen if ‘she wasn’t in great shape’

As for the teleprompter mishap, the U.S. president joked, 'I can only say that whoever is operating this teleprompter is in big trouble'

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3 w. ago Trump says he’ll send National Guard to Memphis, escalating his use of troops in U.S. cities

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — President Donald Trump said Friday he’ll send the National Guard to address crime concerns in Memphis with support from the mayor and Tennessee’s governor, making it his latest expansion of military forces into American cities that has tested the limits of presidential power and drawn sharp criticism from local leaders. Speaking on […]

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4 w. ago US Strike on Alleged Cartel Boat Shows Rubio’s Influence Growing

The US strike that blew up an alleged Venezuelan drug-running boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 people, marked a dramatic escalation in President Donald Trump’s hardline strategy toward Latin America led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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