President Donald Trump will have another opportunity to leave his mark on the federal judiciary after a George W. Bush appointee announced plans to step down from active service on a powerful appeals court covering seven heartland states.
Democrat candidate Sarah Trone Garriott, a minister and state legislator running for a U.S. House seat in Iowa, contributed to a "resistance preaching guide" that encouraged faith leaders to combat President Trump, Fox News reports.
President Trump threatened Sunday to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz and impose American tolls on the critical waterway if Iran fails to reach a final nuclear deal within 60 days, hours after Tehran announced it was closing the strait again in response to Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon.
President Trump has reached a settlement with his niece, Mary Trump, closing a lawsuit he filed five years ago after accusing her of leaking his confidential financial records to The New York Times.
President Donald Trump ended a recorded "Meet the Press" interview early Sunday after a heated exchange with host Kristen Welker, calling NBC "crooked" and disputing the network's handling of California's ongoing vote count.
President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday stripping civil service protections from roughly 8,000 senior federal employees, converting them to at-will status under a new employment classification called Schedule Policy/Career.
