Donald Trump’s revenge tour against Republican dissenters is in full swing. Will it backfire?

With razor-thin majorities in Congress, the US president needs the votes of the very people whose careers he has destroyed As Abba’s Dancing Queen played, Donald Trump walked across a lawn featuring cornhole, oversized Connect Four, a ferris wheel and a food tent offering short ribs, mac and cheese and apple pie. Members of Congress and their families had come for the annual White House picnic. But not every member of Congress. Missing the fun was Thomas Massie, a longtime thorn in the US pre...

By David Smith in Washington

Who is Ken Paxton, the Texas senate candidate endorsed by President Trump? - CNN

Who is Ken Paxton, the Texas senate candidate endorsed by President Trump?  CNN

Trump calls a climate projection 'WRONG!' Turns out, climate action is working

Surely you've heard of RCP 8.5? Maybe not. But it's been in the spotlight since U.S. President Donald Trump who stirred up a conversation about a projection of future climate change that's rarely mentioned by name.

What the China-US stability pact means for Southeast Asia

When Xi Jinping and Donald Trump concluded their Beijing summit, the most consequential outcome – for China at least – may prove not material, but conceptual: the adoption of “constructive strategic stability” (CSS) as the guiding framework for managing their intensifying competition. For Southeast Asia, a region often caught in the rivalry between the two powers, understanding what this means will matter in the years ahead. The framework reflects a long-held Chinese strategic aspiration....

By Hoang Thi Ha

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s national intelligence director

Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to step away as her husband battles cancer. She is the fourth Cabinet official to depart during Trump’s second term.

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Trump's plan to limit student-loan forgiveness for public servants is inching closer to borrowers

President Donald Trump's plan to limit the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is getting closer to reality. Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images Trump's rule to limit eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness is set to go into effect on July 1. The Senate rejected a Democratic resolution that would have overturned the rule. Democrats said the rule is politically motivated and would block borrowers from student-debt relief. Millions of student-loan borrowers are on track to face ...

Fact check: 28 separate false claims Trump made this week

Trump to skip son's Bahamas wedding amid Iran crisis, says 'White House duties come first'

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Donald Trump names former CIA officer Aaron Lukas as interim US intelligence chief after Tulsi Gabbard’s exit

Trump says he will not attend son's wedding

US President Donald Trump has said he would not attend the wedding of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, because he has to stay in Washington for government business.

Tulsi Gabbard Was Forced To Quit As Intel Chief? What White House Said

Gabbard, 45, said she was quitting as Director of National Intelligence to care for her husband, Abraham Williams, after he was recently diagnosed with an "extremely rare form of bone cancer."

Gabbard resigns as Trump's top US intelligence official - The Jakarta Post

Gabbard resigns as Trump's top US intelligence official  The Jakarta Post

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as US spy chief - The National

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as US spy chief  The National

US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard resigns

Mrs Gabbard is the fourth Cabinet member to leave the Trump-led administration. The post US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard resigns appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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Donald Trump throws Stephen Colbert into a bin in AI-generated video shared by President after final-ever ‘Colbert’ episode airs

"He was like a dead person," the President wrote of the CBS host. "You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk" The post Donald Trump throws Stephen Colbert into a bin in AI-generated video shared by President after final-ever ‘Colbert’ episode airs appeared first on NME.

By Poppy Burton

Semporna PKR chief quits party after 27 years, cites shift from reformist ideals

SEMPORNA, May 23 — Semporna PKR chief Mohd Amin Abdul Mem has resigned from all party posts and quit PKR after 27...

Trump says he will not attend son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not attend the wedding of his eldest son, Donald Trump ​Jr., to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, because he has to stay in ‌Washington for government business.

By Abubakar Ibrahim

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Donald Trump’s US intelligence chief - Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Donald Trump’s US intelligence chief  Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka