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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson lit into top Trump administration staffers during a meeting in White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus’ office last Friday. Tillerson—widely known for his sober, unflappable demeanor—was riled by what he saw as White House meddling in staffing the State Department. The department is still missing more than a hundred

President Donald Trump claimed on his Twitter account that Mexico is the second deadliest country in the world, but Mexico’s government clapped back to his statement. “Mexico was just ranked the second deadliest country in the world, after only Syria,” Trump wrote. “Drug trade is largely the cause. We will BUILD THE WALL!” Hours after

The Maple Leaf or the Stars and Stripes? Whoever lives in or visits North America may perceive many similarities between the US and Canada. However, data shows that on healthcare and crime, the Canadians have a distinct edge over their neighbours. Ottawa (dpa) – Fewer weapons. Fewer murders. Far more comprehensive health care coverage. The

Paris (dpa) – US President Donald Trump will attend the Bastille Day parade in Paris on July 14 alongside his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. The Elysee Palace and the White House on Wednesday both confirmed that Trump had accepted the French president’s invitation. The two leaders, who both took office this year, have until now

An exchange in the Oval Office on Tuesday played out like a boardroom elimination on “The Celebrity Apprentice,” as President Donald Trump dropped everything to comment on an Irish reporter’s “nice smile.” RTE Washington correspondent Caitriona Perry was singled out while she and several members of the press visited the White House to cover Trump’s

The head of the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement teared up at a White House press briefing Wednesday describing how he found a dead five-year-old boy in the back of a tractor trailer smuggling illegal immigrants – one of the often overlooked victims of lax immigration laws, he said. The little boy who died of

WASHINGTON — By the time Montenegro’s police got wind of the plans, the 2016 election-day coup plot was about to launch. Disguised as police, the plotters would storm the Parliament in Podgorica, firing at citizens awaiting election results and generally creating chaos. They would declare their favored candidates the real winners of the elections, and