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close Video George HW Bush hospitalized in Maine The former president was hospitalized for low blood pressure and fatigue. Former President George H.W. Bush was taken to the hospital in Maine on Sunday after he experienced low blood pressure and fatigue, his spokesman said. Bush, 93, who is in Maine to spend the summer at his Kennebunkport house, was taken to Southern Maine Health Care and will remain there for a few days for observation, spokesman Jim McGrath said. “The former president is awake and alert, and not in any discomfort,” McGrath tweeted. President @GeorgeHWBush was taken to Southern Maine Health Care (@SMHCHealth) today after experiencing low blood pressure and fatigue. He will likely remain there for a few days for observation. The former president is awake and alert, and not in any discomfort.— Jim McGrath (@jgm41) May 27, 2018 The 41st president was hospitalized in late April — a day after the funeral for his wife, former first … [Read more...] about George H.W. Bush hospitalized in Maine after experiencing low blood pressure, fatigue, spokesman says

close Video Trump blasts 'Russia collusion witch hunt' on Twitter The president tweets that 'young and beautiful' lives have been destroyed by the Mueller probe; talk radio host Chris Stigall reacts. President Trump on Sunday blasted former President Obama and his former political rival, Hillary Clinton, claiming Obama “did nothing” to stop the so-called Russian Meddling ahead of the 2016 election.  “Why didn’t President Obama do something about the so-called Russian Meddling when he was told about it by the FBI before the Election?” he asked. Trump continued, “Because he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win, and he didn’t want to upset the apple cart! He was in charge, not me, and did nothing.” Why didn’t President Obama do something about the so-called Russian Meddling when he was told about it by the FBI before the Election? Because he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win, and he didn’t want to … [Read more...] about Trump: Obama ‘did nothing’ on ‘so-called Russian Meddling’ because he thought ‘Crooked Hillary’ would win

close Video Trump: US team is in North Korea for summit arrangements President Trump tweets that the United States team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements for the summit between himself and Kim Jong Un. President Trump said Sunday that U.S. officials had arrived in North Korea “for the Summit between Kim Jong Un and myself,” in perhaps the strongest indication that the much-anticipated meeting could be back on. “Our United States team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements for the Summit between Kim Jong Un and myself. I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial Nation one day. Kim Jong Un agrees with me on this. It will happen!” Trump tweeted. “A U.S. delegation is in ongoing talks with North Korean officials at Panmunjom,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement about the meeting, reported first by The Washington Post. “We … [Read more...] about Trump: US team in North Korea arranging ‘for the Summit between Kim Jong Un and myself’

(CNN) - President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, defended the President's political attacks against special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign, suggesting that the origins of the probe are illegitimate.Asked by CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday whether there was a larger strategy to undermine the investigation at play, Giuliani said he "couldn't do it if they didn't have the material.""They're giving us the material to do it. Of course, we have to do it in defending the President. To a large extent, remember Dana, what we're doing here, it is the public opinion, because eventually the decision here is going to be impeach or not impeach," Giuliani said on CNN's State of the Union.Related Content: Giuliani advises no Mueller interview without informant infoGiuliani also suggested that the start of the Muller probe was illegitimate, citing fired FBI Director James Comey's leaked memos and a lack of evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia."(Y)ou get … [Read more...] about Giuliani says origin of Mueller probe was ‘illegitimate’

WASHINGTON — A flood of lawsuits over LGBT rights is making its way through courts and will continue, no matter the outcome in the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated decision in the case of a Colorado baker who would not create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Courts are engaged in two broad types of cases on this issue, weighing whether sex discrimination laws apply to LGBT people and also whether businesses can assert religious objections to avoid complying with anti-discrimination measures in serving customers, hiring and firing employees, providing health care and placing children with foster or adoptive parents. The outcome of baker Jack Phillips’ fight at the Supreme Court could indicate how willing the justices are to carve out exceptions to anti-discrimination laws; that’s something the court has refused to do in the areas of race and sex. The result was hard to predict based on arguments in December. But however the justices rule, it won’t be … [Read more...] about More LGBTQ issues loom as Supreme Court justices near wedding cake decision

BIDDEFORD, Maine — Former President George H.W. Bush was hospitalized Sunday in Maine after he experienced low blood pressure and fatigue, a spokesman said. Just after 2 p.m., Jim McGrath, a spokesman for the 93-year-old Bush, said he was awake, alert and not in any discomfort. He said Bush would spend at least a few days in the hospital for observation. Bush was taken to Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford. A spokeswoman said Sunday all information would be released by the Bush family. Bush arrived in Maine for the summer May 20. Coming about a month after the death of his wife, Barbara, of 73 years, the family said the 41st president was eager to return to the family compound on Walker’s Point. He has visited every summer since childhood, the only exception being the years of his World War II service. On Saturday, Bush attended a pancake breakfast at an American Legion post in Kennebunkport. He had been scheduled to attend a Memorial Day parade in the town Monday. … [Read more...] about George H.W. Bush hospitalized in Maine after experiencing low blood pressure and fatigue

close Video US-North Korea relations: What's next? Fox News foreign policy analyst Kiron Skinner on the future of the Trump administration's negotiations with North Korea. U.S. officials have been meeting with North Korean officials at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) as talks continue over a potential summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the U.S. said Sunday. “A U.S. delegation is in ongoing talks with North Korean officials at Panmunjom,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement about the meeting at a border village inside the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea that was created at the end of the Korean War. “We continue to prepare for a meeting between the President and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.” Trump said Saturday that conversations about a potential summit were “going along very well.” They were still “looking at June 12 in Singapore, that … [Read more...] about US officials in summit planning talks with North Koreans in DMZ