Now that he’s declared his campaign for re-election, President Trump can continue to funnel money into his own businesses, but the payments will also face more scrutiny.
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Alaska senators stick by Trump, but how close?
It’s a messy process, and unusually slow, but President Donald Trump made headway this week in filling his cabinet. Alaska’s U.S. senators have helped him, in different degrees. With a new, colorful president in the White House, each of them has to decide how close to stand to the standard-bearer of their party.
Bogus ‘Bowling Green Massacre’ claim snarls Trump adviser Conway
“I bet it’s brand new information to people,” Kellyanne Conway said of her false claim that a massacre by two Iraqis prompted a six-month halt to the Iraqi refugee program under President Obama.
Trump takes aim at Dodd-Frank, investor protections rule in executive action
President Trump has called the financial regulations passed during the Obama administration a “disaster.” Executive actions signed on Friday order a review of the law.
More than 70 arrests in North Dakota as pipeline detractors weigh legal action
Proponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline say final federal permission for the project is ensured. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe says the Army must complete an environmental review already underway.
Trump gets his man at the State Department
Rex Tillerson, the former oil company CEO, will now head America’s foreign policy, as skeptical diplomats wait for what’s next.