Trump Vows ‘Big Price’ for Syria Attack, Raising Prospect of Missile Strike

President Trump laid the blame for a deadly attack in Syria partly on President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.CreditTom Brenner/The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday promised a “big price” to be paid for what he said … Read More

Donald Trump vows friendship with China – but also victory on trade as tariffs mount

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WASHINGTON — President Trump vowed friendship with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Sunday despite their trade differences, as the U.S. president and his aides sought to tamp down market fears of a trade war between between the two economic giants. “President Xi and … Read More

Trump wants 4,000 troops at border; Mexico’s president chides him as ‘disrespectful’

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’ll send as many as 4,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border until Congress relents on his demands for a massive border wall. “Anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One … Read More

Trump says the military will secure the southern border until wall can be built

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President Trump on Tuesday said that the U.S. will secure the southern border with the military until a wall can be built, calling the move a “big step.” Trump made the remarks during a meeting with Baltic leaders, where he … Read More

White House confirms Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet

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The Russian president was invited when US President Donald Trump telephoned to congratulate him on his election victory in March. The time and place of the encounter have yet to be agreed. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed … Read More

The Taliban Have Gone High-Tech. That Poses a Dilemma for the U.S.

A member of the Afghan Special Forces is seen through a night-vision goggle during a training exercise with American Special Forces at Camp Shorab in Helmand Province in September. CreditAndrew Renneisen/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Once described as an ill-equipped band of … Read More

Jerry Brown Pardons 5 Ex-Convicts Facing Deportation, Provoking Trump

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Gov. Jerry Brown of California pardoned five ex-convicts, including two whose families had fled the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia decades ago. President Trump criticized the move on Twitter on Saturday.CreditRich Pedroncelli/Associated Press Gov. Jerry Brown of California on Friday … Read More