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MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell retracts claim that Russian oligarchs co-signed Trump's bank loans

O'Donnell claimed on the air that a source had told him 'the co-signers of Donald Trump's Deutsche Bank loans are Russian billionaires close to Vladimir Putin.' Trump's lawyers threatened to sue.




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Kremlin-backed TV network airs note-by-note mashup of Trump praising Putin with 'Señorita' song

'I love it when you call me señorita,' Trump appears to sing, one auto-tuned note at a time, with each word drawn from a different speech. 'I wish I could pretend I didn't need ya.'




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Trump's absence from WWII commemoration stokes fears in Poland of a rising relationship with Putin

Donald Trump's absence from an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the invasion of Poland in WWII is stoking fears that the security alliance between Washington and Warsaw is weaker than the two governments have let on.




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Donald Trump did NOT blow the cover of CIA's top Russian spy

The CIA pulled a spy with deep access inside the Kremlin out of Russia in 2017 because of leaks, and not because President Donald Trump had compromised the secret agent.




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CIA asset was key source for the golden showers anti-Donald Trump dossier claims Russian

Oleg Smolenkov, the Kremlin aide named in Russia as the CIA's asset at the heart of Putin's regime tracks closely to a source described in the Steele dossier, claims Ilya Shumanov.




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Netanyahu denies putting cellphone listening devices around the White House to capture Trump's calls

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called a report Israel most likely spied on President Trump using devices that mimic cell towers a 'blatant lie.'




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Emily Thornberry accuses Donald Trump of 'trying to tear freedom apart'

Emily Thornberry today accused Donald Trump of 'trying to tear freedom apart' as she demanded the end of the 'strongman era' of world politics.




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White House staff 'restricted access to records of Trump's calls with Putin and Saudi Crown Prince'

The White House is said to have attempted to limit access to President Trump's conversations with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian President Vladimir Putin.




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Congress is determined to get access to Donald Trump's calls with Putin

'I think the paramount need here is to protect the national security of the United States,' Democrat Adam Schiff said on NBC's Meet the Press.




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If you want transcripts of Donald Trump's calls to Vladimir Putin you'll have to ask us: Kremlin

Asked about Democrats' push for the publication of Putin-Trump calls, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded that 'the publication is possible only on mutual accord.'




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Donald Trump says he 'would love to go' as Vladimir Putin invites him to Moscow

President Donald Trump said he is considering heading to Moscow to join the May 9 celebrations of the victory over the Nazis, saying he was 'thinking about it.'




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Rob Reiner says GOP 'made pact with Putin' while siding with 'white supremacists' to support Trump

Acclaimed director Rob Reiner (left), 72, tweeted on Saturday that President Trump's (top right) supporters have 'made a pact' with Russian President Vladimir Putin (bottom right).




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Donald Trump plans to meet Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is set to meet President Trump amid the focus the congressional impeachment inquiry, CNN reported.




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Vladimir Putin rushes to Trump's defense over impeachment

The Russian president told a Moscow news conference that Trump was likely to survive a Senate trial after the House of Representatives charged him with abuse of power last night.




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Former Trump aides say Vladimir Putin convinced president Ukraine tried to sabotage his 2016 victory

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly persuaded President Trump that Ukraine meddled in 2016 election during a July 2017 meeting in Hamburg, Germany.




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Maxine Waters claims Donald Trump will invite Vladimir Putin to the White House

Maxine Waters, a vocal Donald Trump critic, said POTUS would invite Vladimir Putin to the White House if he is not removed from office by the Senate and called him 'Putin's puppet.'




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Ivanka Trump is roasted after suggesting Americans could spend their night making shadow puppets

Ivanka Trump's idea quickly backfired when people responded to her tweet with their own shadow puppets - not shaped as an animal but a middle finger.




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Donald Trump becomes first world leader to call for delay to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

Donald Trump has become the first world leader to call for Tokyo 2020 to be postponed by a year - on the same day the Olympic torch was lit without spectators in Greece.




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Kanye West talks backlash for wearing MAGA hat and supporting Donald Trump

The 42-year-old husband of Kim Kardashian is featured on the cover of the latest issue of WSJ. Magazine as he talked about criticism he has received for wearing infamous red MAGA hat.




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Trump says he 'learned a lot from Richard Nixon,' including not to tape his conversations and 'don't fire people'

President Donald Trump said he's studied history and "learned a lot from Richard Nixon," including not to "fire people." Trump claimed there are two main differences between his situation and Nixon's: the former president "may have been guilty" and he had tapes incriminating himself. Trump's decision to fire former FBI Director James Comey prompted the Justice Department to appoint another former FBI Director, Robert Mueller, as special counsel. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.During a Friday morning phone interview on Fox News' morning show, "Fox and Friends," President Donald Trump said he's studied history and "learned a lot from Richard Nixon," while reflecting on the federal investigation into his 2016 campaign's ties to Russia.The president said one of his key lessons




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Trump's top economic adviser says the US might not shut down its economy during a potential second wave of COVID-19

Trump's top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday morning that the United States may not impose sweeping stay-at-home orders during a possible second wave of COVID-19. Kudlow said a member of the White House coronavirus task force told him "we won't have to reshut down because first of all we know more, we have more experience, and second of all we are much better equipped with the right tools."Despite Kudlow's optimism, the US still has a long way to go in terms of ramping up testing and scaling up contact tracing networks to be able to reopen the economy while combatting the virus. CDC Director Robert Redfield has also warned that a second wave of COVID-19 in the fall or winter on top of the regular seasonal flu could devastate healthcare systems and cause further economic damage.




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White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany says she slammed Trump's 'racist' rhetoric in 2015 because she 'naively' watched CNN

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany blamed CNN and her own naiveté for somehow convincing her to call President Donald Trump's rhetoric about immigrants "racist" and "hateful" in 2015. "For about the first four weeks of the election, I was watching CNN and I was naively believing some of the headlines that I saw on CNN," she said. "I very quickly came around and supported the president."In newly-unearthed footage, McEnany passionately and repeatedly attacked then-candidate Trump, calling him "a showman" who didn't deserve a place in the Republican Party. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.During her press conference at the White House on Friday, Kayleigh McEnany, President Donald Trump's newly-installed White House press secretary, blamed CNN and her own naiveté for




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An impeachment witness foreshadowed Trump's coronavirus response before the pandemic even began

Stanford Law School professor Pamela Karlan hypothesized a scenario last year in which President Trump conditioned disaster assistance to states on them giving in to his personal demands during a national crisis."Wouldn't you know in your gut that such a president has abused his office?" Karlan said while testifying at Trump's impeachment hearings in December.Karlan's testimony catapulted back into the spotlight this month as Trump suggested a quid pro quo similar to the one she laid out.Specifically, he implied the federal government would only send urgently needed financial aid to Democratic-led states grappling with the coronavirus if they gave in to his political demands regarding tax policy and sanctuary cities."Professor Karlan correctly envisioned this scenario, where an out-of-control




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'I am not disgruntled': Top scientist who was fired and then filed a whistleblower complaint rejects Trump's label and says the US government 'could have done more' to save lives

Rick Bright, the Department of Health and Human Services scientist who was reassigned last month and then filed a whistleblower complaint, disputed the White House's characterization that he was "disgruntled.""I am frustrated at a lack of urgency to get a head-start on developing life-saving tools for Americans," he said in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview."I was thinking that we could have done more to get those masks and supplies to them sooner, and if we had, would they still be alive today," Bright added. "It's a horrible thought to think about the time that past when we could have done something and we didn't."Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Rick Bright, the Department of Health and Human Services scientist who was fired in April and then filed a whistleblower complaint




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Ivanka Trump's personal assistant has reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus

Ivanka Trump's personal assistant has tested positive for the coronavirus, CNN reported.The assistant has reportedly not been around the first daughter for several weeks. Both Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, tested negative on Friday.Earlier this week, one of President Donald Trump's valets tested positive for the virus. And on Friday, it surfaced that Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary, Katie Miller, also tested positive.The US is currently the global epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, which the World Health Organization designated a pandemic in March. But Trump and several Republican lawmakers are already moving to loosen social distancing guidelines and reopen businesses.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Ivanka Trump's personal assistant has tested




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Trump's incompetent response to the US coronavirus outbreak is helping China look good

75644579President Donald Trump has overseen a chaotic response to the US coronavirus outbreak, downplaying its severity and repeatedly changing his stance on China.This is undermining US authority to criticize how China handled the initial outbreak, which began in Wuhan.China has capitalized on this, with state media and government officials highlighting the US inconsistencies and saying it is "hid[ing] their incompetence by blaming China."There are signs that the Chinese public — the Communist Party's most important audience — is also losing trust in the US.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.China's Communist Party has in recent weeks embarked on an expansive propaganda campaign to recoup its public image as the coronavirus ravages much of the world.Its efforts have included




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Waleed Aly slams Robert De Niro for foul-mouthed tirade against Trump

During Tuesday night's The Project, the presenter viciously attacked the actor for his foul-mouthed rant about Donald Trump at the Tony Awards on Sunday.




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Sean Spicer says Donald Trump WILL win a second term

The President's former press secretary, who resigned in July last year, said the American people were very happy with Trump's first term so far in an interview on Australia talkshow The Project.




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Rihanna says Donald Trump is mentally ill and talks about new album

Rihanna has become a powerhouse in the fashion and beauty world thanks to her Fenty brands. And in the November issue of Vogue , the beauty from the Bahamas talks about building her empire.




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Small business loan applications to resume Monday after Trump signs new $484 billion package into law

President Trump signed into law a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill that includes another $310 billion in funds designed to provide relief to small businesses.The Small Business Administration will resume accepting loan applications through the Paycheck Protection Program on April 27.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.President Donald Trump signed into law a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill on April 24.The bill includes $310 billion in new funds for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was put in place to provide aid for small businesses.According to a statement released by Jovita Carranza, administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the SBA will begin accepting PPP loan applications again on Monday, April




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Historic unemployment rate upends Trump's reelection bid

NEW YORK (AP) - The record unemployment rate reported on Friday captured the pain of a nation where tens of millions of jobs suddenly vanished, devastating...




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AP FACT CHECK: Trump is not credible on virus death tolls

WASHINGTON (AP) - Truth can be a casualty when President Donald Trump talks about deaths from the coronavirus in the United States.He's claimed that the...




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Trump brushes aside Giuliani's 'insurance' claim and defends former mayor as 'great crime fighter'

Donald Trump said he has no idea what kind of 'insurance' Rudy Giuliani has but defended his personal attorney after the former mayor warned the president not to throw him under the bus. 




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Donald Trump claims he 'would LOVE' to have top aides testify in impeachment inquiry

Justice Department lawyers asked a judge to put on hold a ruling requiring Don McGahn to testify as part of the Democrats' impeachment probe against Donald Trump.




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Two White House Budget Officials resigned when Trump froze aid to Ukraine

Federal budget official Mark Sandy's testimony to the House impeachment inquiry was released on Tuesday. He told the inquiry two officials had concerns about the aid being held.




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Trump 'knew about the whistleblower's complaint when he released aid to Ukraine' 

President Donald Trump (pictured) reportedly knew about the whistleblower complaint when he released military aid to Ukraine in September.




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Donald Trump says he 'did NOT direct' Rudy Giuliani to dig for dirt in Ukraine

President Donald Trump said he didn't tell his lawyer Rudy Giuliani to undertake efforts in Ukraine on his behalf, saying he didn't 'direct' his lawyer to pursue the course he did.




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Doubts shadow Trump's account of 'no quid pro quo' call with Gordon Sondland

Doubts were cast over Gordon Sondland's call with Donald Trump where POTUS allegedly told him there was 'no quid pro quo' at play in U.S. policy toward the Ukraine, as no record of the call exists.




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Donald Trump is 'unsavory but not impeachable' says freshman Democrat congressman

Congressman Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey doesn't support impeachment and says only a 'small elite group' of lawmakers want to remove Trump, which would be 'un-American'.




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Mick Mulvaney says part of him 'really wants' to testify if Trump lets him

Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney 'really wants' to testify during a Senate impeachment trial, although the White House will not yet confirm his participation.




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Chuck Schumer: Donald Trump hid impeachable Ukraine crimes

Chuck Schumer accused Donald Trump of covering up his actions in regards to the Ukraine and claimed many Republicans have 'privately' told him they want to hear new evidence during Senate trial.




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Donald Trump defends Rudy Giuliani as a 'great crime fighter' who does it 'out of love'

President Donald Trump hailed lawyer Rudy Giuliani as a 'great crimefighter' as the House prepares to vote on two presidential impeachment articles after a probe that focused on Giuliani's role.




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Democrat in district Donald Trump won by 15 points says he WILL vote to impeach

New York Rep. Antony Brindisi says he will vote to impeach President Donald Trump. He was elected in 2018 with just 51 per cent of the vote, in a district Trump carried by 15 points two years earlier.




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Joe Biden says he will defy subpoena to testify in Trump's Senate impeachment trial

The former vice president told an Iowa editorial board that he would not comply if subpoenaed in an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump because it would detract from from his own actions.




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Donald Trump enters 2020 claiming he is victim of 'the crime of the century' 

After a mostly quiet New Year's Day, President Trump started out the second day of 2020 on a Twitter tear.




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Leaked email: Donald Trump ordered 'illegal' Ukraine aid freeze

Leaked emails reveal Pentagon officials were worried that military aid freeze to Ukraine was unlawful. A OMB official said the direction to withhold aid came directly from POTUS.




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Bombshell messages reveal how Donald Trump ally had ambassador to Ukraine put under surveillance

The House Intelligence panel released documents from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas including messages about the physical location of a U.S. ambassador by a GOP congressional candidate.




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White House hold on aid to Ukraine broke the law because Donald Trump cannot override Congress

The Government Accountability Office has concluded that the White House Office of Management and Budget violated a the law by withholding millions in aid to Ukraine.




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Trump ally says he was drinking when he texted about surveilling US ambassador to Ukraine

Robert Hyde, whose messages feature in a new document release from the House Intel committee, says he was drinking when he sent used WhatsApp to contact Giuliani associate Lev Parnas.




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Mike Pompeo finally orders probe of claims Trump allies surveilled ambassador Marie Yovanovitch

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the new information should be evaluated, three days after messages revealed Trump allies talking about the physical location of a U.S. ambassador.