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WASHINGTON West Coast lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to alter its approach toward North Korea after Pyongyang's successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking Alaska, and possibly other parts of the United States.
The trouble is, they can't agree on what that alteration should look like.
President Donald Trump has spent 35 of his 165 days in office playing golf—far more than his predecessors, according to reports.
After a global ransomware attack extending from Russia to the U.S. hit computer systems last week, security analysts quickly realized the perpetrators were using stolen cyber weapons that were part of the National Security Agency's (NSA) arsenal — for the second time in just six weeks.
President Donald Trump continued his weeklong Twitter tirade against the media Sunday, tweeting a doctored pro wrestling video showing Trump body slamming an opponent who has the CNN logo superimposed over their head.
President Trump would show "weakness" if he fails to broach the subject of Russian interference in the 2016 elections during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, a House Democrat said Monday.
As an investigation into possible Russian collusion unfurls and Republican legislators struggle to push through the health care reform agenda that fueled his candidacy, President Donald Trump has once again taken to Twitter to address his top priority: attacking the media. Literally.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Sunday criticized President Trump's recent tweet featuring a modified video showing him body-slamming CNN in a wrestling match.
"Donald Trump has had a series of highly disturbing tweets, but his last one, on Sunday morning, was beyond disturbing," Lieu said on MSNBC.
"We now have the president encouraging violence against the news media. He is increasing the risk that a journalist is going to get injured or get killed."
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) tweeted at first daughter Ivanka Trump Saturday, joking that President Trump's travel ban, which says grandparents are not considered close family members, is teaching her children that the president is not a close family member.
Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) tweeted at President Trump on Saturday, and refuted the president's claim that the media is trying to get him to stop tweeting.
"Dear dumb as a rock [Trump]: The news media LOVES that you use social media. It jacks up their ratings & helps Special Counsel," Lieu tweeted, responding to the president's claim the news media is trying to convince Republicans to get him to stop using social media.