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Trump-Russia Chronicles: Michael Flynn ordered to hand over papers

by Itunuoluwa Adebo In the wake of James Comey’s dismissal as FBI Director, Michael Flynn has been issued a rare formal demand for documents by the Senate panel investigating Russian interference. Flynn has failed to voluntarily cooperate with the investigation, the Senate Intelligence Committee says. He was forced to resign in February after... Read More

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President Trump is expecting Russian Foreign Minister at the White House

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Donald Trump plans to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday. According to the White House, the meeting will take place at 10:30 a.m. ET in the Oval Office and will be closed to press, Lavrov planned to be in Washington Wednesday to meet the Secretary of State Rex... Read More

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Trump fires FBI Director James Comey

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump on Tuesday fired FBI director James Comey, stripping the man who is responsible for the bureau’s investigation into a collision between Russian and Trump campaign team of his position. The bombshell announcement that sent ripples of shock and surprise through Washington ends the career of the man who was once... Read More

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White House postpones decision making on Paris climate agreement

by Itunuoluwa Adebo A meeting of Trump administration advisers that was been scheduled for Tuesday to decide whether the United States would be pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts. According to senior administration officials briefed concerning the meeting, key advisers to President Donald Trump and cabinet officials... Read More

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Democrats urge US regulators to investigate billionaire for role as White House adviser

by Itunuoluwa Adebo A group of Democratic lawmakers, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren, urged U.S. regulators to investigate whether billionaire investor Carl Icahn used his role as an adviser to the White House to gain unfair trading advantages in the market for renewable fuel credits. Warren and other senators asked agencies including the Securities and... Read More

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Who is Angella Reid? White House’s first black female chief usher fired by Trump

by Tolu O. In an exclusive report by online magazine Daily Mail, Angella Reid was fired because she did not belong to Team Trump and never held back on the fact that she would have preferred Hillary Clinton sitting in the Oval. Angella Reid has been a major news item for almost 20 hours now.... Read More

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Pres. Trump fires first black female White House usher

by Azeez Adeniyi An administration official has confirmed that Angella Reid, the first female chief usher to work at the White House, is “no longer employed by the White House.” Reid was fired, according to sources. One administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, cited “issues with the staff.” The departure which is... Read More

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US Navy SEAL killed in Somalia

by Itunuoluwa Adebo According to Fox News , a U.S. Navy SEAL was killed fighting terror group Al-Shabaab – Al Qaeda’s third-largest affiliate in Somalia, Thursday. U.S. U.S. Africa Command spokesman, Patrick Barnes said it appeared to be the first combat death of a U.S. service member in Somalia since 1993, three other SEALs were... Read More

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Palestinian militant Khaled Meshal says Trump administration has a “greater threshold for boldness”

by Itunuoluwa Adebo According to CNN , Leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has said that US President Donald Trump has an “historic opportunity” to find an “equitable solution” for the Palestinian people. In an interview with CNN in Doha, Khaled Meshal told the Trump administration has a “greater threshold for boldness” than its... Read More

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“I’ve thrown work-life balance out of the window” | Ivanka Trump puffs up some more

by Itunuoluwa Adebo First daughter of the US President , Ivanka Trump is a pretty dynamic woman. In addition to serving as a top adviser to President Trump, she’s also wife to Jared Kushner , and mother of three children. Marking National Business Week, at a luncheon honouring small business owners she opened up about... Read More

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Trump to speak with Putin on Tuesday

by Dolapo Adelana US President Donald Trump will speak with Russian president Vladimir Putin by telephone on Tuesday, the White House said in a statement. Details of the discussion which is scheduled for 12:30 pm (1630 GMT) has not been disclosed. Both men have spoken by telephone twice since Trump took office on January 20. [Read... Read More

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The Thread: Americans attack Trump over golf

President Donald Trump has America split into two over his policies, governance, even golfing habits. Do see below what they have to say: A 70-year old man who watches 6 hours of TV a day, plays lots of golf, and always seems to be in Florida is a retiree, not a President. — Jason Kander... Read More

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Trump invites President of the Phillipines to the White House

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump has invited the President of the Philippines to the White House during a phone call in which both leaders discussed North Korea. According to a statement released by the White House, Trump and President Rodrigo Duterte had a “friendly discussion” Saturday that addressed regional security in Southeast Asia and the... Read More

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100 days of Trump: “I kept my promise to Americans” | 7 Takeaways from Trump’s WP article

by Ezinne Ajoku Donald Trump’s presidency has been fraught with controversy and scandal, even though it’s merely 103 days in. Despite the ‘F’ grade handed to him for a job not well done by the American people, Mr Trump insists that in his 100 days as president of the United States, he kept his promise... Read More

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100 Days of Trump: Trump’s brilliant money making schemes as POTUS

by Ezinne Ajoku Trump is unlike most American presidents. He came into the White House as a successful real estate giant. He joins a miserly line up of 6 American presidents out of 45 to bring business credentials to the White House. They are: Warren Harding (elected 1920), Newspaper publisher Herbert Hoover (elected 1928): Mining... Read More

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“I thought it would be easier” | President Trump’s 100 days in photos

President Donald Trump hits 100 days in the White House and there are hundreds of images that paint the visual picture of the few victories, many failures and flurry of activities that make up his administration. Some of these photos have been subjects of controversy, others are a pointer to the absence of the First... Read More

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100 days of Trump: The White House shared a fake US flag + other errors that cannot be pardoned

by Tolu.O It’s been 99 days of the Trump presidency and many of us are still quite dazed that the candidate we all dubbed “joker” made it to the White House. In the last 99 days, we’ve been treated to the finest comedy, thriller, action, fantasy, horror and whatever other genres there are when it... Read More

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Hilarious! Trevor Noah, The Simpsons and Seth Meyers take on Trump’s 100 days in office [Watch]

Trump’s first 100 days have been nothing short of chaotic. See below brief highlights of the talking points of Donald Trump’s first 100 days: The Inauguration crowd size dispute ‘Fake news’ and the media being discredited Hacking & wire-tapping 30 executive orders, including the doomed travel ban and Obamacare repeal and replacement, as well as... Read More

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The Thread: “Liar-in-Chief” “Utter failure” | Americans react to Trump’s first 100 days with spite

The American tradition of the first 100 days as a benchmark for a presidency’s success is a concept that dates back to Franklin Roosevelt’s first year in office during the Great Depression. Fastest Twitter fingers, Muslim ban, Executive Orders, Russian-ties investigations, protests, Trump’s first 100 days has been anything but seamless. Donald Trump himself, in... Read More

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The Thread: Obama had an incredible first 100 days compared to Trump [PHOTOS]

Lover, family man, patriot, President Obama’s 100 days in office tell the tale of a sure-footed leader who was focused on getting the job done. And he did get the job done, if his approval ratings are anything to go by. In fact, Obama’s first 100 days was hailed as “the most impressive since F.D.R”(... Read More

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Trump struggles to fill hundreds of administration posts before 100-day mark

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump his first 100 days, has beenstruggling to fill hundreds of other administration posts , and the vacancies could pose a mounting challenge as his presidency moves into the next phase. Trump since he assumed office has been slow in naming people to non-Cabinet posts requiring Senate confirmation. He’s had the... Read More

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100 Days: Donald Trump’s administration in 2 minutes (WATCH)

Two days from the 100th day mark in President Trump’s administration, here are some of the highlights, setbacks and everything in between.

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“Very possible!” | President Trump isn’t sure if he wants to renegotiate NAFTA or terminate it

President Trump on Thursday said he has agreed to pleas from the leaders of Canada and Mexico not to withdraw immediately from the North American Free Trade Agreement, but he also warned he would still pull the United States out if he could not negotiate a better deal. Trump tweeted “I received calls from the... Read More

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New probe launched into former Trump adviser Michael Flynn’s ties with Russia

Michael Flynn in 2014 , former national security adviser was warned by the Defense Intelligence Agency against accepting foreign payments as he entered retirement, according to new documents obtained by the House oversight committee. According to an April 11 letter released by the oversight committee Thursday, the inspector general of the Department of Defense also... Read More

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President Trump signs an executive order over review of national monuments

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday requiring a review of national monuments which he said was aimed at ending an “egregious abuse of federal power.” At a ceremony at the Department of the Interior, the President said people’s ability to access and utilize land must be protected, and that the Obama administration had... Read More

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Low blow or low-key? Trump makes fun of UN ambassador Nikki Haley

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump cracked an expensive joke about his UN Ambassador Nikki Haley at the working lunch he hosted at the White house Monday. Trump asked the assembled ambassadors as Haley sat by his side “Does everybody like Nikki?” Amid laughter Trump added: “Otherwise, she can easily be replaced.” Awkward laughter follows Trump... Read More

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Trump says the United Nations has turned its back on conflicts

President Trump is presently hosting the United Nations security council ambassadors to lunch at the White House to discuss national security and recent conflicts in Syria and North Korea. President #Trump is hosting the United Nations Security Council ambassadors at the White House today. pic.twitter.com/f2FlnObx2e — Fox News (@FoxNews) April 24, 2017

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Blame Game: White House points fingers at Pentagon for miscommunicating aircraft carrier location

by Itunuoluwa Adebo Citizens of the United States were left bewildered as the White Housewas talking about sending a naval “armada” to the Korean Peninsula, when the very ships in question were on their way to participate in military exercises in the Indian Ocean, 3,500 miles in the opposite direction. The gross mistake was blamed... Read More

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Trump to order increased scrutiny of H-1B visa program

by Itunuoluwa Adebo President Trump will travel to Wisconsin Tuesday, where he will sign an order aimed at changing a visa program that brings in highly skilled workers from overseas. Tagged “Buy American, Hire American,” the order would direct the departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Labor and State to propose new rules to prevent immigration fraud... Read More

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We have your receipts: Donald Trump doesn’t want to share his visitors logs, but he’s forgotten what he tweeted in 2012

While you were gearing up to reap the fruits of the resurrection of Christ – or simply binge of chocolate-filled Easter eggs, if that’s what Easter means to you – President Trump pulled another one of his epic stunts. He announced on Friday that his administration will no longer follow the usual practice of releasing... Read More

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