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Jeff Bezos Responds to Trump's Amazon Attack

Amazon founder says presidential candidates shouldn't behave that way

(Newser) - Last Thursday, Donald Trump set his sights on Amazon founder/Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and pulled the proverbial trigger, accusing Amazon of "getting away with murder tax-wise" and claiming the paper was being wielded to protect Amazon from paying more in taxes. One week later, Bezos took aim of...

Here's Trump's List of Supreme Court Picks

11 names

(Newser) - Donald Trump isn't president yet, but he has released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia if he's elected to the White House. Trump's picks include Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of...

Trump: I'll Talk to Kim Jong Un

He'd also pressure China, renegotiate Paris climate accord

(Newser) - President Obama has avoided talks with Kim Jong Un, but Donald Trump would unsurprisingly do things differently. "I would speak to him, I would have no problem speaking to him," he tells Reuters , adding he would pressure China to help put an end to Pyongyang's nuclear program...

Trump to Megyn Kelly: I 'Do Pretty Well With the Real Tweet'

Looks like the feud is over

(Newser) - The Donald Trump-Megyn Kelly truce held on Tuesday night, when the candidate appeared on the Fox News special Megyn Kelly Presents and managed to avoid insulting the host. The interview addressed topics like Trump's previous clashes with Kelly, and he said he "absolutely" has regrets, though he didn'...

Trump to Meet With Kissinger
 Trump to Meet With Kissinger 
May 17, 2016 3:03 AM CDT

Trump to Meet With Kissinger

It's a 'rite of passage' for GOP candidates

(Newser) - Donald Trump, following the footsteps of earlier GOP candidates, including Sarah Palin , will hold a face-to-face meeting with Henry Kissinger on Wednesday, sources tell the Washington Post , which calls the meeting "a rite of passage for many ambitious Republicans." A senior Trump aide tells NBC News that the...

JK Rowling: Even Trump Deserves Free Speech

She defends 'offensive and bigoted' speech at PEN gala

(Newser) - JK Rowling's passion for free expression is so strong it extends to someone she'd otherwise not care to discuss: Donald Trump. Speaking Monday night at PEN America's annual gala at the American Museum of Natural History, the Harry Potter creator noted that she opposed a petition calling...

Woman: NYT Put 'Negative' Spin on My Trump Quotes

Rowanne Brewer Lane says she didn't have demeaning experience with the Donald

(Newser) - Donald Trump wasn't happy about what he calls the New York Times' "hit piece" against him, which documented his treatment of women over the years, and neither is one of the women interviewed for that article, USA Today reports. Rowanne Brewer Lane was the subject of the lead...

In Slew of Tweets, Trump Goes After NYT 'Hit Piece'

Obama targets him in Rutgers speech

(Newser) - A New York Times look at Donald Trump's treatment of women really got under his skin, if the number of angry tweets is anything to go by. In nine tweets and retweets Sunday (and three more Monday), Trump poured scorn on the "failing" NYT and its "lame...

Ben Carson May Have Accidentally Revealed Trump's VP Shortlist

Oops?

(Newser) - Oops? Per a story in the Washington Post Sunday, Ben Carson may have accidentally revealed Donald Trump's VP shortlist. During a ride-along with a reporter, Carson was asked about a new poll listing the best-liked potential running mates for Trump: John Kasich, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Chris...

Donald Trump 'Kissed Pageant Contestants on the Mouth'

NYT looks at his private treatment of women

(Newser) - The New York Times interviewed dozens of women who have been involved with Donald Trump over the past 40 years—whether socially, romantically, or professionally—as well as men who've known him since adolescence. The goal? To paint a picture of how Trump treats women privately. The Times' conclusion?...

Obit: 'In Lieu of Flowers, Do Not Vote for Donald Trump'

A final request from a 'blue, southern girl from a red, southern state'

(Newser) - "In lieu of flowers, do not vote for Donald Trump." So reads the obituary of Katherine Hinds published Friday in the Opelika-Auburn News . The Alabama-born Hinds died April 29 in Seattle, Washington, at the age of 34, the AP reports. Her obituary describes her as "a blue,...

Bizzaro Trump Allegation: He Posed as Own PR Guy

He denies it, but 'Washington Post' says he did so often years ago

(Newser) - In what may be the weirdest story yet in the weirdest election season yet, the Washington Post is out with a piece accusing Donald Trump of posing as his own boastful PR person in phone calls to reporters years ago. As Exhibit A, it shares a 14-minute recording from 1991...

Trump's New Target: Amazon.com

He calls out founder Jeff Bezos

(Newser) - Donald Trump seems to have a big new target in his sights: Amazon.com and its founder, Jeff Bezos. In a Thursday interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Trump accused Bezos of using his Washington Post to try to keep Trump out of the White House. Why? He said Amazon...

Trump's Former Butler Seems to Really Want President Obama Dead

And now the Secret Service is investigating

(Newser) - The Secret Service is investigating Donald Trump's longtime butler, Anthony Senecal, over multiple posts on his Facebook page advocating the murder of President Obama, the Washington Post reports. Mother Jones , which first reported on Senecal's Facebook activity, quotes a post from Wednesday in which Senecal says Obama "...

Trump, Ryan Promise to Try to 'Unify' GOP

They're out of first meeting, sounding more positive—but still no endorsement

(Newser) - Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan pledged to work together Thursday after a high-profile meeting behind closed doors, reports the AP . The pair issued a statement describing their meeting as a "very positive step toward unification" that recognized "many important areas of common ground" as well as...

One-Sentence Bill Would Block Trump's Muslim Ban

Candidate now claiming the 'complete shutdown' was 'just a suggestion'

(Newser) - US Rep. Don Beyer was joined by Christians, Jews, Muslims, and atheists on Wednesday when he announced a new bill to block one of Donald Trump's more extreme policies. The Virginia Democrat's "Freedom of Religion Act" outlaws banning immigrants based on their religion, which would thwart Trump'...

Trump Still Won't Release His Taxes

And some people say it's starting to look suspicious

(Newser) - Fifteen months after promising to release his tax returns, Donald Trump once again pushed back against making them public during an interview with the AP on Wednesday, CNN reports. "He said, 'One, the voters don't actually care about this, and two, there is no new information that...

Well-Known White Nationalist Listed as Trump Delegate

The campaign blames a 'database error'

(Newser) - Donald Trump was revealed to have named "one of the country's most prominent white nationalists" as one of his delegates in California on Monday, Mother Jones reports. William Johnson is the leader of the American Freedom Party, which "represents the political interests of White Americans." According...

Site Helps You Flee Trump, Find Canadian Soulmate

That's right—a dating site for people defecting to Canada if Donald Trump wins the presidency

(Newser) - Looking for true love? Thinking of fleeing to Canada if Donald Trump wins the general election in November? Now you can take care of both in one fell swoop thanks to a site that promises to "make dating great again," Global News reports. Maple Match "makes it...

London's Muslim Mayor Rejects Trump's 'Ignorant View'

After Trump says he'd make an exception to his travel ban

(Newser) - If he becomes president, Donald Trump suggests he'd make an exception to his proposed ban on Muslims entering the US for London's new Muslim mayor . Trump tells the New York Times that Sadiq Khan's election is "a very good thing," and "if he does...

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