Trump news: Don Jr ordered to testify to Senate over Russia contacts, as president laughs about shooting migrants at Florida rally
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump’s eldest son, Don Jr, has been subpoenaed to testify before the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee over his contacts with Russia, sparking the latest drama in Washington surrounding that investigation.
The subpoena comes as the White House remains at odds with Congress after the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee voted on Wednesday to hold attorney general William Barr in contempt of Congress over his failure to release the full, unredacted Mueller report into alleged ties between the Trump administration and the Kremlin.
Democrats have demanded the unredacted version of that report, but also the underlying evidence so they can weigh whether charges are warrant further legal action.
That action may one day mean impeachment for Mr Trump — as some Democrats like presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren have demanded — but House speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that she does not believe the time has come for that effort.
Ms Pelosi said that she plans on waiting for House committees to finish their investigations, and then she would be open to considering further actions.
The president himself meanwhile addressed a rowdy rally in Panama City Beach, Florida, on Wednesday evening, where he pledged to deliver $448m (£344m) in disaster relief funding seven months after the Panhandle was devastated by Hurricane Michael. While delivering that good news, the president also laughed and joked when a member of the crowd yelled about shooting Central American migrants, who he said constituted an “invasion”.
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Here is the latest development in the battle emerging between Washington and New York State, the president's home state.
The state — a liberal bastion— is making moves to ensure that the president's tax returns see the light of day, even as officials in Washington have worked to ensure that doesn't happen:
With all the action in Congress, it can be easy to forget that the Trump administration came into power promising to "drain the swamp".
But, the president may need to check out his own backyard if he ever plans on getting there:
Mr Trump is speaking in the White House right now, flanked by several Republicans in Congress.
The president is kind of rambling, and hitting on all his greatest hits. Overall, he's been hitting on trade and Nato pretty heavy.
Once again, Mr Trump has complained that the US has overpaid compared to other Nato allies, suggesting that they laugh at the United States in closed door meetings.
Alternatively, Mr Trump was discussing trade with China earlier. He said that China was forced to come back to the negotiating table after the US imposed further tariffs.
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