Melissa Quinn

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"You kill one person, you get the death penalty in many states or you get life imprisonment," Trump said during a rally in Moon Township, Pa. "You kill 5,000 people with drugs because you're smuggling them in and you're making a lot of money and people are dying, and they don't put you in jail. They don't do anything." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump suggests US should look into death penalty for drug dealers at rally in Pennsylvania

Melissa Quinn · March 11, 2018 1:42 am

"I'd love Oprah to win. I'd love to beat Oprah," Trump said. "I know her weakness." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Trump on the Olympics: ‘It’s a little hard to sell tickets when you think you are going to be nuked’

Melissa Quinn · March 11, 2018 1:07 am

"You ever see the story? Where it's 1999. I'm on 'Meet the Press,' a show now headed by sleepy eyes Chuck Todd. He's a sleeping son of a bitch, I'll tell you," Trump said. "And they showed it this morning, 1999, and I'm talking about North Korea, 'You gotta take them out now.'" (AP Photo/The Washington Post, Nikki Kahn, Pool)

Trump rips NBC’s Chuck Todd: ‘He’s a sleeping son of a bitch’

Melissa Quinn · March 11, 2018 12:36 am

Jared Kushner most recently traveled to Mexico City this week to meet with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to discuss trade, immigration, and security. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

RNC spokeswoman defends Jared Kushner, accuses ‘Washington swamp’ of ‘engaging in character assassination’

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 11:01 pm

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Thursday imposing a 25% tariff on most steel imports and a 10% tariff on most aluminum imports.

National Security

Trump hits EU for treating the US ‘very badly on trade’

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 10:09 pm

"I will tell you this: John McCain's political views are very different than mine, but John McCain, I consider to be a friend, somebody I've worked with one veterans' issues," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Bernie Sanders praises John McCain as ‘widely respected’ with a ‘unique place in the Senate’

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 9:43 pm

The president is reportedly considering Christopher Liddell, who joined the White House at the start of the Trump administration, to serve as the director of the National Economic Council. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump considering Christopher Liddell to succeed Gary Cohn: Report

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 9:16 pm

President Trump took to Twitter on Saturday, criticizing the media's coverage of an invitation he received from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and saying he believes Pyongyang will adhere to its pledge not to conduct missile tests ahead of the meeting. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump blasts ‘fake’ media coverage of North Korea meeting

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 9:07 pm

In documents filed Friday to Judge John Mendez of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra (pictured center, speaking) said his office intends to request the case be transferred from Sacramento to San Francisco next week. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California to ask for Trump administration’s lawsuit over ‘sanctuary’ status to be moved

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 8:05 pm

On Saturday, the American Jewish Committee denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments after he suggested those behind the efforts to interfere in the 2016 election might have been "Ukrainians, Tatars, Jews, just with Russian citizenship." (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

US Jewish group condemns Putin’s suggestion that Jews might be to blame for election meddling

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 7:19 pm

In this Jan. 11 photo, a semi-automatic rifle at right that has been fitted with a so-called "bump stock" device to make it fire faster sits on a table at the Washington State Patrol crime laboratory in Seattle. The Justice Department on Saturday announced that it would ban bump stocks through a new regulation. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Justice Department moves to ban ‘bump stocks’

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 4:54 pm

President Trump tweeted Saturday that "China continues to be helpful" with respect to North Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: ‘China continues to be helpful’ with North Korea

Melissa Quinn · March 10, 2018 4:04 pm