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Full title..............The photographer First Lady: Melania Trump's artsy snaps of Central Park, risque selfies and portraits of her 'two champions' Donald and Barron before she went quiet on social media....................... Melania Trump tweeted around one picture every day for two years They include views from her Trump Tower penthouse and Mar-a-Lago The collection also features tender portraits of the president and Barron Melania, 46, stopped using the account and switched to FLOTUS in January

President Trump might pull the United States out of Iran nuclear deal over the rogue regime's support for terrorism, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Congress. Tillerson certified that Iran is in compliance with the nuclear deal negotiated by former President Barack Obama's team in a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan that was released late Tuesday night. But he hastened to add that Iran's role as "a leading state sponsor of terror through many platforms and methods" has the Trump team debating whether to stick with the agreement. "President Donald J. Trump has directed a National Security Council-led interagency...

Rob Gronkowski – White House press secretary? That unlikely scenario nearly played out (sort of) during Wednesday’s White House press briefing when the New England Patriots star tight end made a cameo appearance offering aid to (the real) Press Secretary Sean Spicer. “Sean, need any help?” a mischievous-looking Gronkowski asked after emerging from a door behind the podium.

The Fresno shooting suspect is a wannabe rapper who reportedly spewed hate on social media and in his songs — in an attempt to spark a race war. “Demanding justice for the murders of my black kin,” Kori Ali Muhammad says on one track. “Hollow-points make a white devil body spin.”

Tom Brady NOT Visiting Trump at White House with Patriots, Cites 'Family Matters' Tom Brady Bails On White House Visit ... 'Family Matters' 4/19/2017 6:41 AM PDT Breaking News Tom Brady says he will NOT join his New England Patriots teammates at the White House on Wednesday ... citing "personal family matters." Brady just issued a statement, saying, "In light of some recent developments, I am unable to attend today's ceremony, as I am attending to some personal family matters." He explained, "I am so happy and excited that our team is being honored at the White House today. Our...

Appearing as a guest on Friday's MTP Daily on MSNBC, liberal actor Mandy Patinkin of Showtime's Homeland series bizarrely seemed to suggest that "white men" in both the government and the military are "the bad guys" in their dealings with Muslims. His hyperbolic suggestion came as he recalled that the latest season of the show had turned towards a more sympathetic portrayal of Muslims in reaction to charges that the show had stoked anti-Muslim sentiments in previous seasons.

Sometime around November, word began to trickle back down the spine of Latin America: The U.S. was getting stricter about letting in Haitians at the border. Not only had the Obama administration begun deporting Haitians after a six-year humanitarian pause, but President Trump also had just been elected, presaging an even tougher policy. Many of those en route, such as the hundreds staged at migrant camps in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, figured they had gone that far and had little to lose by trying to finish the journey north. But for the tens of thousands of Haitians in Brazil, Chile...

Deputy national security adviser K.T. McFarland dodged on Sunday when asked whether President Trump plans to name her as the U.S. ambassador to Singapore, saying only that “there are changes coming.” McFarland’s status in the Trump administration has been in question following the resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn, who reportedly chose her for the job. Flynn resigned in February after misleading Vice President Pence and the public about his conversations with a Russian diplomat. “The president and I have had a number of conversations over the last two months, really, about what my role would continue to be...

President Trump on Sunday mocked rising calls for the release of his individual tax returns, wondering who "paid for" marches held nationwide. Someone should look into who paid for the small organized rallies yesterday. The election is over! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 16, 2017 Trump’s tweet comes after thousands of organized protests urged him to release his returns on April 15, traditionally Tax Day. Over a dozen people were arrested in Berkeley, Calif., over the weekend after violent clashes erupted in the streets between pro-Trump and anti-Trump groups. I did what was an almost an impossible thing to...

The history professor at California State University, Fresno who appeared to advocate for the death of President Donald Trump on Twitter has apologized profusely and taken a temporary leave of absence in an undisclosed location because he now fears for his personal safety. The professor, Lars Maischak, composed the tweets around the end of February. The tweets called for Trump to “hang” in order to “save American democracy.” “The sooner and the higher, the better.” The only “cure” for racist people is a bullet to their head, the tweets also said. Maischak used hashtags including “#TheResistance” and “#DeathToFascism.” Maischak says...

Full title.........................Devastating aftermath of the 'Mother of all Bombs': Children play among the rubble in Afghan town where largest non-nuclear weapon ever used by US military killed 94 militants including four ISIS leaders.......................... Ministry of Defense official said the death toll could rise as the bomb site is assessed Nangarhar spokesman Ataullah Khogyani, said there is no report of any civilians being killed in the bombing Former president Hamid Karzai criticized the Afghan and US governments for the attack On Saturday, Karzai said allowing the US to carry out the bombing was 'treason' Current President Ashraf Ghani said the government...

Full title....................Scientists claim success with first in series of tests over Nevada desert for an upgraded nuclear bomb........................ An F-16 from Nellis Air Force Base dropped an inert version of the B61-12 over the Nevada desert last month With a mere puff of dust, the mock bomb landed in a dry lake bed at the Tonopah Test Range Scientists are planning to spend months analyzing the data gathered from the test The B61-12 consolidates and replaces four older versions in the nation's nuclear arsenal It's outfitted with a new tail-kit assembly and other hardware

Amid warnings that North Korea and Iran have plans to take out parts of the U.S. electric grid through a cyber attack or atmospheric nuclear blast, the Pentagon is taking steps to both protect the nation's communications and power lifeline. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has charged BAE Systems to map a system that can detect a cyber attack and gin up an alternative communications network for military and civilian use if the grid is fried, according to Defense Systems, the online newsletter. Former CIA Director James Woolsey has been warning for years that the grid is extremely vulnerable,...

Full title.......................His and Hers jets, paid for with YOUR tax dollars: Melania adds another $100,000 to Trump's massive travel tab as she flies separately to Mar-a-Lago with Barron........................Melania Trump flew separately to join President Trump for a long Easter weekend at Mar-a-Lago, getting the chance for some quality family time – while also contributing to her husband's growing taxpayer-paid travel tab. The first lady arrived in West Palm Beach Thursday on a government aircraft – the military version of a Boeing 757, about 6:30pm, just minutes before her husband landed on Air Force One. Vice President Mike Pence took the...

WASHINGTON — Hide the swamp. The Trump administration has decided not to let the public know who's visiting the White House by refusing to release its visitor logs, officials announced Friday. That's a major change from the last administration. President Obama's team voluntarily disclosed the comings and goings of most visitors to the White House grounds, and the Obama administration released more than 6 million records during his presidency, posting them online for the public's perusal. Trump officials explained the change as a national security issue, though the Obama administration never had that concern.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday made a final push for votes in a referendum on expanding his powers, as the authorities said they had foiled a possible jihadist plot against the poll. Opinion polls -- usually treated with caution in Turkey -- have predicted a tight outcome on Sunday despite the considerable advantages of the 'Yes' campaign in both airtime and campaign resources. The referendum will take place under a state of emergency that has been in place since last summer's failed coup, which has seen some 47,000 arrested in the biggest crackdown in Turkey's history.

Chaos erupted after the U.S. dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal on an Islamic State training camp in Afghanistan Thursday, local villagers told The Guardian. The bomb was dropped on Achin district in Nangarhar province, the long-time home of the terrorist group in Afghanistan. ISIS has proven resilient in Afghanistan, often using Nangarhar province to launch attacks on the capital of Kabul. The U.S. said the massive bomb, nicknamed the “mother of all bombs,” was requested to destroy ISIS’s extensive tunnel network in the village. “The earth felt like a boat in a storm,” one villager told The...

Two Secret Service agents have reportedly been fired in relation to an incident last month when a California man scaled the fence and roamed the White House grounds for nearly 20 minutes. The two agents who have been fired had been on the job for less than a year and were assigned to guard posts located at the Treasury Building and an entrance on East Executive Avenue when 26-year-old Jonathan Tran scaled multiple fences, set off alarms and wandered around the White House for 17 minutes before anyone stopped him in mid-March. “The Secret Service review of the March 10...

CIA Director Mike Pompeo, in his first speech since taking over the agency, lambasted WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange -- calling the group a "non-state hostile intelligence service" that is often abetted by "state actors like Russia." ADVERTISEMENT Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Pompeo called Assange a "fraud," someone with no “moral compass” and a “narcissist who has created nothing of value.” He asserted that Assange and former National Security Agency staffer and famed leaker Edward Snowden “seek to use that information to make a name for themselves” and they “care nothing about the lives...

Caitlyn Jenner thinks Ellen DeGeneres 'alienated' her from the LGBTQ community. The 67-year-old American television personality - who was formerly known as Bruce Jenner before she underwent a gender reassignment - admitted to the talk show host that she had been hesitant to accept gay marriage in the past during an appearance in 2015, prompting the blonde star to describe her guest's views as 'confusing' in a later interview with radio presenter Howard Stern. In her memoir, The Secrets of My Life, which has been obtained by Radar Online, Caitlyn says Ellen, 59, asked in a 'friendly voice' to discuss...