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WASHINGTON -- President Trump responded Sunday to reports of a suspected chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma, blaming Syrian President Bashar Assad and his international allies for the apparent attack that left dozens dead and hundreds injured. In some of his most critical comments directed at Russian President Vladimir Putin to date, Mr. Trump threatened that there's a "big price ... to pay" for those backing the Assad regime. Syrian opposition activists and rescuers said Sunday that a poison gas attack on the rebel-held town of Douma near the capital of Damascus killed at least 40 people. The...

In a tense interview with Dutch news outfit KRO-NCRV, Hillary Clinton was asked what she thought about Ivanka Trump’s aspirations of becoming the first female U.S. President. As shown in the clip below, bitter Hillary wasn’t particularly enamored by the question

Ivanka and Melania Trump might've been the final nail in the coffin for Anthony Scaramucci. The first lady and presidential adviser were reportedly disgusted and offended by the former White House communications director's language that was featured in the New Yorker. During the New Yorker interview, Scaramucci called former Trump Chief of Staff Reince Priebus a "paranoid schizophrenic." And when comparing himself to Steve Bannon, the former Wall Street financier said he was nothing like Bannon because, quote, "I'm not trying to suck my own ****." Two sources close to President Trump told NBC News that Ivanka and Melania were...

Among the diplomats meeting here in Bonn, there's a recognition that the person who's really key to the future progress of climate talks is not in Germany but in the White House some 6,500km (4,000 miles) away. It's not you Mr Trump, it's your official first daughter! One delegate here trilled: "What are we going to do about Ivanka?" He wasn't alone. In most of the conversations I've had here in Bonn, one name is mentioned with a nodding mixture of reverence and hope. For rich and poor countries, she's seen by many as the best bet for keeping the...

Donald Trump's decision to bomb Syria was influenced by his daughter, Ivanka, being "heartbroken and outraged" at the country's alleged chemical weapons attack, one of the president's sons told a British newspaper. The president launched 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian government air base he alleged was involved in a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians last week. Trump's 33-year-old son, Eric, told The Daily Telegraph on Monday that the strike was influenced in part by Ivanka, who he said was "heartbroken and outraged" by the chemical attack.

First Daughter Ivanka Trump’s intervention may have tipped the balance in her father’s decision to ­order Friday’s strike on a Syrian air base.