Muslim comedian Hasan Minhaj hosted Saturday’s White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington, D. C., where he poked fun at the press and President Donald Trump.
President Trump addressed the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention on Friday. He’s the first president to do so in more than 30 years. “The eight-year assault on your second amendment freedoms has come to a crashing end, ” Trump said.
President Donald Trump has spent his first 100 days trying to make good on several campaign promises, but not without controversy. From Inauguration Day to a flurry of executive orders to airstrikes in Syria and Afghanistan, the Trump administration has been busy. Here’s a look back at the first 100 days in 100 seconds.
President Barack Obama, while speaking at the University of Chicago during his first public event since leaving office, said the single most important thing he can do now is to help support and prepare the next generation of leaders.
Video: N. C. Sen. Thom Tillis wants to expand the H2B visa program, which allows workers from other countries into the U. S. to do seasonal work. Landscaping companies like Greenscapes, Inc. in Raleigh, N. C. use some of the workers on their jobs.
Sen. Richard Burr takes a shot at the News & Observer while speaking to a Chamber of Commerce group in Franklin County Tuesday, April 19,2017.
U. S. Sen. Richard Burr said Tuesday that Congress’ failed effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act was “messed up, ” while speaking to local Chamber of Commerce officials in Franklin County. Burr also said Speaker Paul Ryan needs to be the leader of the House and not necessarily the policy guru.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump kicked off the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday. Thousands of kids were expected at the annual event.
Before he was press secretary for President Donald Trump, Sean Spicer had a stint as the Easter Bunny for George W. Bush’s White House Easter Egg Roll. At the time, he was assistant U. S. trade representative. When a photo of him in costume resurfaced, Spicer tweeted about ‘the good ole days’.
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) is under fire after he seemingly dismissed the notion that his constituents pay for him to go to Congress, calling the idea “bullcrap” in a video of his town hall meeting in Jay, Oklahoma on April 10.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons is worse than Hitler’s warfare. Hitler killed millions in gas chambers during World War II.
When a reporter gave Spicer the opportunity to clarify his comment, Spicer then said Hitler took Jews “into the Holocaust center” but that Hitler “was not using the gas on his own people in the same way that Assad is doing” by dropping it into the center of a city. Spicer brought up Hitler during Tuesday’s White House briefing while talking about how seriously the US considers Assad’s use of chemical weapons.
US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos talks about the possibility of children on military bases using school vouchers.
Senators Richard Burr of North Carolina and Mark Warner of Virginia, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Republican chairman and senior Democrat, said the committee would hold its first public hearing on the investigation into Russian election meddling and possible collusion with the campaign of President Donald Trump.
The Justice Department and FBI do not have any information supporting President Trump’s tweets alleging that President Obama ordered him to be wiretapped, said FBI Director James Comey during testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Monday.
With President Donald Trump standing beside him, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenney speaks about Irish immigrants saying, “We were the wretched refuse on the teeming shore.” Kenney was speaking at the annual St. Patrick’s Day tribute at the White House.
Republicans have a plan to replace Obama’s Affordable Care Act, and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has some harsh critiques for it. But at the same time, conservative Republicans have some harsh critiques for the Congressional Budget Office.
A federal judge in Hawaii blocked Trump’s new travel ban.
At a campaign-style rally in Nashville, Trump told the crowd that the judge’s action makes America look “weak.” The revised ban temporarily suspends the U. S. refugee program and bars the entry of people from certain Muslim-majority countries.
