NEW YORK (AP) — A book by Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, President Donald Trump's second national security adviser, will have a book out April 28. First announced in the summer of 2018, “Battlegrounds”...
TORONTO (AP) — Former U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Thursday China's treatment of two detained Canadians is a telling example of how China is a threat to the liberal...
Notable firings and resignations from President Donald Trump's White House since he took office on Jan. 20, 2017.
—Oct. 9: Trump announces U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's resignation, effective at end of the year.
—Aug. 29: Trump announces that White House counsel Don McGahn would leave sometime in the fall.
—July 5: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt
—June 5: Communications aide Kelly Sadler
—April 12: Deputy national security adviser Ricky Waddell
WASHINGTON (AP) — Notable firings and resignations from President Donald Trump's White House since he took office on Jan. 20, 2017.
—Oct. 9: Trump announces U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley's resignation, effective at end of the year.
—Aug. 29: Trump announces that White House Counsel Don McGahn would leave sometime in the fall.
—July 5: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt
—June 5: Communications aide Kelly Sadler
—April 12: Deputy national security adviser Ricky Waddell
H.R. McMaster, the lieutenant general who endured a troubled year as President Donald Trump's national security adviser, has a book deal.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge ordered a nurse Monday to stand trial in the fatal fall of the father of former national security adviser H.R. McMaster while he was receiving treatment at a Philadelphia senior care facility.
Judge Karen Y. Simmons issued her ruling after a two-part preliminary hearing that included hours of surveillance footage and testimony from nurses, a Health Department regulator, investigators and a medical examiner.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As a meeting last August in the Oval Office to discuss sanctions on Venezuela was concluding, President Donald Trump turned to his top aides and asked an unsettling question: With a fast unraveling Venezuela threatening regional security, why can't the U.S. just simply invade the troubled country?
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A nurse was charged Thursday in the death of the father of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser after authorities said she failed to give him a series of neurological exams following his fall at a Philadelphia senior care facility.
Christann Shyvin Gainey, 30, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, neglect and records tampering in the death of H.R. McMaster Sr.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As hundreds of people stood outside the White House and cheered, outgoing national security adviser H.R. McMaster strode out of the West Wing on Friday for the final time.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster leaving his job as national security adviser (all times local):
4:20 p.m.
Outgoing national security adviser H.R. McMaster is being "clapped-out" of the West Wing on his final day on the job by hundreds of cheering White House and National Security Council staffers arrayed on West Executive Avenue.
Notable firings and resignations from President Donald Trump's White House since he took office on Jan. 20, 2017.
__March 28: Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin
__March 22: National security adviser H.R. McMaster
— March 13: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
— March 12: Special assistant and personal aide to the president John McEntee
— March 6: Economic adviser Gary Cohn
— Feb. 28: Communications director Hope Hicks
— Feb. 27: Deputy communications director Josh Raffel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Charging ahead with the dramatic remaking of his White House, President Donald Trump said he would replace national security adviser H.R. McMaster with the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, a foreign policy hawk entering an administration facing key decisions on Iran and North Korea.
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE CALLS "LONG-TERM SNAP DECISIONS"
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster departure spotlights mercurial decision-making when it comes to staffing the top ranks of government.
2. LAST MINUTE FINANCING DEAL AVOIDS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Bolton, President Donald Trump's incoming national security adviser — and his third to date — is a divisive foreign policy figure who was an unabashed supporter of the Iraq war and advocates regime change in Iran.
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:
1. HOW MARKETS REACTED TO TRUMP'S PLAN ON TARIFFS FOR CHINA
The Dow Jones Industrial average plunged more than 700 points after the President's announcement amid worries about a trade war with China.
1. ANOTHER CABINET SHAKEUP FOR WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Bolton, President Donald Trump's incoming national security adviser — and his third to date — is a divisive foreign policy figure who was an unabashed supporter of the Iraq war and advocates regime change in Iran.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Charging ahead with the dramatic remaking of his White House, President Donald Trump said Thursday he would replace national security adviser H.R. McMaster with the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, a foreign policy hawk entering a White House facing key decisions on Iran and North Korea.
Security Adviser the Latest in WH Staff Shake Up
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Top U.S., South Korean and Japanese officials discussed how to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during weekend talks ahead of upcoming inter-Korean and U.S.-North Korean summits, Seoul said Monday.
South Korean officials who visited Pyongyang recently say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed to hold talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in late April. Seoul says Kim also proposed meeting with President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pushing back against talk of a staffing purge, insisting that reports of tumult and imminent departures are overblown.
Chief of staff John Kelly, himself the subject of rumors that his job may be in jeopardy, has assured some staffers that they're safe, at least for now.
WASHINGTON (AP) — With whispers of a staffing purge permeating the West Wing, the White House pushed back Friday and insisted that reports of tumult and imminent departures are overblown.
Chief of staff John Kelly, himself the subject of rumors that his days are numbered, assured a group of staffers their jobs were safe, at least for now.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on reports of turmoil in the West Wing (all times local):
4:15 p.m.
The White House is pushing back against whispers of a staffing purge and insisting that reports of tumult and imminent departures are overblown.
Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday that chief of staff John Kelly had assured a group of staffers that their jobs were safe, at least for now.