President Trump turns to Fox friend for coveted interview

WASHINGTON — Fox News' Ainsley Earhardt was in turn sympathetic and gently probing during her interview with President Donald Trump that aired on Thursday.

President Trump denies wrongdoing, says Cohen is making up stories

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump dug in to his denials of wrongdoing as his White House struggled to manage the fallout from allegations that he orchestrated a campaign cover-up to buy the silence of two women who say they had affairs with him.Before dawn Thursday, President Trump tweeted: "NO COLLUSION - RIGGED WITCH HUNT!" — a reference to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Pres. Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleads guilty in hush-money scheme

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and "fixer," pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he and President Trump arranged the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to influence the election.The guilty plea came almost at the same moment former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted in Alexandria, Virginia, of eight financial crimes in the first trial to come out of special counsel Robert Mueller's sprawling Russia investigation."Mr.

Pres. Trump says his White House counsel not a 'RAT' like Nixon's: 'I allowed him to testify'

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that his White House counsel isn't a "RAT" like the Watergate-era White House attorney who turned on Richard Nixon, and he blasted the ongoing Russia investigation as "McCarthyism."President Trump, in a series of angry tweets, denounced a New York Times story that his White House counsel, Don McGahn, has been cooperating extensively with the special counsel team investigating Russian election meddling and potential collusion with President Trump's Republican campaign."The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Councel, he must be a John Dean type 'RAT,'" President Trump wrote, misspelling the word "counsel," as he often does. "But I allowed him and all others to testify - I didn't have to.

Pres. Trump nixes $92M military parade, blames DC for high cost

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he had canceled plans for a Veterans Day military parade, citing the "ridiculously high" price tag — a day after U.S. officials said the November event could cost $92 million, more than three times the price first suggested by the White House.President Trump on Twitter accused local Washington, D.C., politicians of price-gouging.

Pentagon delays President Trump's veterans parade until at least 2019

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department said Thursday that the Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Donald Trump won't happen in 2018.Col.

'Wonderful win:' Pres. Trump tweets support to Senate, House primary winners Vukmir, Steil

MADISON — President Donald Trump is voicing his strong support for Republican winners in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race and the contest to replace House Speaker Paul Ryan.President Trump did not endorse in either primary.

President Trump lashes out at Omarosa, calls her 'that dog'

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump escalated his messy clash with former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Tuesday, referring to the longtime colleague, who had been the top African-American in his White House, as "that dog!"President Trump tweeted a barrage of insults Tuesday morning as Manigault Newman continued promoting her White House tell-all and releasing secret audio recordings.

President Trump signs bill named for Sen. John McCain, doesn't mention him

FORT DRUM, N.Y. — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a $716 billion defense policy bill named for John McCain but included no mention in his remarks of the Republican senator, who is battling brain cancer at home in Arizona.President Trump and McCain are engaged in a long-running feud that dates to Trump's 2016 presidential run.

President Trump lashes out at 'Wacky Omarosa' over book, tapes

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump lashed out at Omarosa Manigault Newman Monday, saying the former White House adviser — who is promoting a tell-all book and airing secret audio recordings —"got fired for the last time."On Twitter, President Trump labels Manigault Newman "wacky" and says Kelly called her a "loser & nothing but problems." He adds: "I told him to try working it out, if possible, because she only said GREAT things about me - until she got fired!"President Trump's pushback comes after Manigault Newman released another audio recording Monday.

Pres. Trump casts midterm elections as a personal referendum: 'They want to take away what we've given'

LEWIS CENTER, Ohio — Embracing his breakneck return to campaign politics, President Donald Trump on Saturday argued that Republicans needed to control Congress by casting the midterms as a referendum on himself.In a raucous rally in a sweltering gymnasium north of Columbus, Ohio, President Trump pitched for the GOP candidate up in a special election next week and defiantly questioned the idea that, historically, the party that controls the White House suffers in the midterms, declaring "but I say why?""Why would there be a blue wave?

Pres. Trump rips LeBron James' smarts hours before rally in Ohio

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Ahead of campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, President Donald Trump unleashed a withering attack on the state's favorite son, savaging LeBron James in a late-night tweet that derided the intelligence of one of the nation's most prominent African-American men.President Trump blasted James after seemingly watching an interview the NBA superstar did earlier in the week with CNN anchor Don Lemon in which he deemed President Trump divisive.

President Trump again says he has 'no problem' shutting government over border security, dismaying GOP

WASHINGTON — Unnerving fellow Republicans, President Donald Trump declared Monday he would have "no problem" shutting down the federal government this fall if Congress won't come up with more money for border security.President Trump's threat, his second in two days, put him further at odds with his own party in Congress, where many Republicans are facing tough re-election fights this November.

White House defends decision to bar CNN reporter from event

WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday defended its decision to bar a CNN correspondent from attending an open press event but contended it had nothing to do with the questions she asked.Deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said Kaitlan Collins was denied access to President Trump's Rose Garden event with the European Commission president on Wednesday because of her refusal to leave the Oval Office during a previous availability with the president.

Wisconsin Republican Senate candidates won't criticize Pres. Trump

MILWAUKEE — Republican U.S. Senate candidates in Wisconsin stood by President Donald Trump during a Thursday debate, refusing to name anything he's done that they oppose.President Trump has not endorsed in the race, but both Kevin Nicholson, a management consultant, and state Sen.