US Senator Battling Brain Cancer Bans President Trump From Attending His Burial When He Dies

Senator John McCain, 81 and battling brain cancer, has made clear he does not want US President Donald Trump to attend his funeral.

McCain, a Vietnam war vet and respected senator from Arizona who has had a turbulent relationship with Trump, instead wants Vice-President Mike Pence to represent the White House, The New York Times and NBC News said, quoting people close to McCain.

McCain is also using a new book and documentary to express regret about not having selected former Senator Joseph Lieberman as his running mate in 2008 against Barack Obama and instead going with populist Sarah Palin, The Times said.

Trump Must Apologize to Africa Over His Racist Remarks - African Union Blows Hot

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African Union ambassadors to the UN demanded an apology from U.S. President Donald Trump for his racist remark on the people of Africa.

 

The group of over 50 nations in a statement said: “the AU expressed its disappointment and outrage over the unfortunate comment made by Mr Donald Trump, President of the United States of America.

 

“The remarks dishonour the celebrated American creed and respect for diversity and human dignity.

Nigerian Woman Who is Aide to President Trump Resigns From $180,000 Job at White House

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Omarosa Manigault Newman, one of Donald Trump’s most prominent African American supporters, plans to leave the administration next month, the White House has said.

 

White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders said Ms Manigault Newman was quitting the Office of Public Liaison to "pursue other opportunities".

 

"We wish her the best in future endeavours," said press secretary Sarah Sanders.

 

Mrs Manigault Newman was often referred to by viewers as the "villain" on Mr Trump's reality TV show the Apprentice.

President Trump Declares North Korea a 'State Sponsor of Terrorism'

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President Trump has announced that the US is re-designating North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, nine years after it was removed from the list.

 

In a cabinet meeting, he said the move would trigger "very large" additional sanctions to be announced on Tuesday.

 

Mr Trump blamed the country's nuclear programme, and support for what he called international acts of terrorism.

Donald Trump 'sentenced to death' by North Korea for insulting Kim Jong Un

Image: Donald Trump on a golf buggy and Kim Jong Un in a new picture driving a tractor

Donald Trump deserves the death penalty for insulting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the country's state media has said.

An editorial in the ruling party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, called the US President a "hideous criminal" for urging the five Asian countries he visited last week to maximise pressure on North Korea to halt its growing nuclear programme.

The paper also called Mr Trump a "coward" for cancelling a visit to the inter-Korean border.
"The worst crime for which he can never be pardoned is that he dared [to] malignantly hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership," the editorial said.

I Would Never Call Him Short and Fat - Trump Lashes Out at Kim for Calling Him a 'Lunatic Old Man' in Bizarre Rant

 

President of the United States, Donald Trump, said in a tweet on Sunday that North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un had insulted him by calling him “old” and said he would never call Kim “short and fat”.

 

In one of a series of tweets after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam, Trump said: “Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me ‘old,’ when I would NEVER call him ‘short and fat?’ Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend – and maybe someday that will happen!”

Syria war: US 'Disappointed' At Russia's Syria Stance

The US is "disappointed but not surprised" at Russia's response to its strikes on a Syrian air base suspected of storing chemical weapons.

At least six people are reported to have been killed in the US missile strikes early on Friday. Syria's ally Russia accused the US of encouraging "terrorists" with its unilateral actions. "I'm disappointed in that response," said US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

"It indicates their continued support for the Assad regime and, in particular, their continued support for a regime that carries out these type of horrendous attacks on their own people. "So I find it very disappointing, but, sadly, I have to tell you, not all that surprising," he added.

Kanye West Deletes All Tweets About Trump As He Turns His Back On The President

Kanye West appears to have taken a sudden U-turn in his support for Donald Trump.

The rapper has wiped his Twitter account clean of any references to the 45th President of the United States.

According to TMZ , Kanye is unhappy with Trump's first weeks in office and no longer wants to support him.

President Trump signs 1st bill into law

The U.S. President Donald Trump signed his first bill into law on Friday, moments after being sworn in, clearing the way for his Defence Secretary to be confirmed.
The 45th President signed a bill passed by Congress earlier this month that would allow retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as Defence Secretary by waiving the legal requirement that he be out of the military for seven years before doing so, according to White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
Mattis will still need to be confirmed by the Senate, which is expected later on Friday.

Donald Trump Wins More Than 270 Electoral College Votes, Confirming His Election As US President

The US Electoral College has confirmed as expected Donald Trump's election as the 45th president of the United States, unswayed by a last-ditch bid by die-hard opponents to bar the Republican's path to the White House.