Trump news latest : Ex-president hosts Saudi-backed LIV golf series and threatens to sue CNN for defamation

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9/11 families launch ad criticizing Trump for hosting Saudi golf tournament

Donald Trump is preparing to welcome the hugely contentious LIV Golf series to his resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, with both he and his son Eric set to join a pro-am round today.

The fact the league is backed by Saudi money has disgusted the families of 9/11 victims who have long called on the US government to make clear what it knows about the alleged role of Saudi Arabia in the attacks.

Meanwhile, Mr Trump has threatened to sue CNN for branding him a liar and calling his unfounded claims about the 2020 election the Big Lie.

In an extended letter released last night, he claims that the network defamed him in its coverage of the 2016 and 2020 elections, the investigation into his ties to Russia, and the 6 January attack on the US Capitol.

Mr Trump has also lashed out at reports that the US Department of Justice is investigating his actions as he tried to subvert Joe Bidens election victory, with Attorney General Merrick Garland confirming that the department has no qualms about any political blowback as a result of criminally indicting him

Key PointsShow latest update 1659031841US economy shrank 0.9 per cent in second quarter

The US economy shrank by 0.9 percent during the second quarter of the year, further stoking fears the country is heading into a recession.

Thursday mornings data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, part of the Commerce Department, posted a second straight quarterly contraction in gross domestic product the broadest measure of economic output.

Back-to-back negative GDP quarters constitute an informal definition of recession, but most economists point to a still-robust labor market, with 11 million job openings and an uncommonly low 3.6 percent unemployment rate. They argue that a recession if one were to occur, is still a way off.

US economy shrank 0.9 percent in second quarter further stoking recession fears

Two negative quarters meets the informal definition of recession but many economists disagree

Oliver O’Connell28 July 2022 19:10

1659031241Heres what is included in the monster spending deal agreed to by Democrats

Senator Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer shocked Washington on Wednesday when they announced they had reached an agreement on a spending bill to lower the cost of prescription drugs and combat climate change.

The legislation is significantly pared down from Democrats proposed Build Back Better spending package which would have included everything from child care; an expanded child tax credit; hearing and dental coverage for Medicare; and home care for elderly people and people with disabilities. Its a sign that Mr Manchin, the conservative Democrat from West Virginias, has some nervousness about increasing spending and inflation.

Indeed, the legislation is dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 as a reflection of how it will reduce prices in the next few years.

Eric Garcia reports for The Independent from Capitol Hill.

What’s in Manchin and Schumers climate and health care deal?

Tons of money for renewable energy, lease sales for drilling in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico and prescription drug pricing.

Oliver O’Connell28 July 2022 19:00

1659030335Nobodys got to the bottom of 9/11 says Trump as he hosts Saudi LIV Golf event

The former president was asked about the families of the terror attack victims planning to protest the event in Bedminster because of the link to the Middle East country, and replied Nobody’s gotten to the bottom of 9/11, unfortunately.

Graeme Massie reports on the former president’s bewildering statement.

Trump claims Nobody got to the bottom of 9/11 as he hosts Saudi LIV Golf event

Donald Trump claimed that Nobody got to the bottom of 9/11 as he hosted the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf event at his country club in New Jersey.

Oliver O’Connell28 July 2022 18:45

1659029441Schumer rallies Democrats after surprise Manchin deal

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told fellow Senate Democrats on Thursday they now have an opportunity to achieve two hugely important priorities on health care and climate change, if they stick together and approve a deal he brokered with hold-out Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.

Schumer spoke at a private caucus meeting after the startling turnaround over an expansive agreement he and Manchin struck that had eluded them for months. The Democratic leaders comments were relayed by a person familiar with the meeting at the Capitol complex and granted anonymity to discuss it.

The $739bn package package would address health care and climate, raising taxes on high earners and large corporations and reducing federal debt.

Schumer rallies Democrats after surprise deal with Manchin

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has told fellow Senate Democrats they now have an opportunity to achieve two hugely important priorities on health care and climate change after the deal he struck with Sen. Joe Manchin

Oliver O’Connell28 July 2022 18:30

1659028241Trump treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin has met with the Jan 6 committee

The House January 6 select committees investigation is now gathering evidence from more of former president Donald Trumps Cabinet members in hopes of learning whether they seriously considered declaring him incapacitated after he incited a riotous mob to attack the US Capitol.

According to multiple reports, the panel has interviewed Steven Mnuchin, the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice producer who served as Mr Trump’s treasury secretary from 2017 until the end of his term on 20 January 2021.

Andrew Feinberg has the latest.

Trump treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin has been interviewed by the Jan 6 committee

The panel is examining whether Mr Trumps cabinet took steps to remove him from office under the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution

Oliver O’Connell28 July 2022 18:10

1659027041In rare remarks, Obama praises Biden progress on climate, drug prices and economy

Former President Barack Obama issued a rare statement praising President Joe Biden and the Democrats for achieving a set of wins this week that could see the party pass historic legislation to fight climate change, draw down inflation, and address other issues.

Mr Obama spoke via Twitter in recognition of his former VPs progress this week a day after it was announced that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had struck a deal with a moderate Democrat senator, Joe Manchin, to revive parts of Mr Bidens Build Back Better agenda.

Obama praises Biden’s breakthroughs in rare remarks

Ex-POTUS praises historic investment in efforts to fight climate change and inflation

Oliver O’Connell28 July 2022 17:50

1659025830More Trump officials lining up for Jan 6 committee…

Anyone who thought the 6 January committees work would slow down after its summer hearings may have another thing coming. Along with today’s testimony from former acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, the panel is now in the process of negotiating interviews with some of the most senior veterans of the Trump administration:

Andrew Naughtie28 July 2022 17:30

1659024630TPUSA still weighing View lawsuit over Neo-Nazi protest

The View has issued an on-air apology after Turning Point threatened it with a cease and desist letter for incorrectly stating earlier this week that a group of neo-Nazis who held a small rally outside of the conservative groups conference in Florida were tied to the events.

But founder Charlie Kirk has said he is still entertaining a possible lawsuit against ABC and The View, founder Charlie Kirk said on Fox News.

The View went after our 5,000 students at our event there of high school and college kids, said Mr Kirk. And look, I get attacked all the time, people say false things, Im a public figure. But when you go after 16 and 17-year-olds that travel from across the country that then have to live for the rest of their lives with a shadow over them because someone at ABC says that they might be linked to neo-Nazis.

Gustaf Kilander and Johanna Chisholm have more.

Conservative group still entertaining lawsuit against ABC’s The View

What did it take for us to get to the point of an apology? We had to threaten a lawsuit, Charlie Kirk says

Andrew Naughtie28 July 2022 17:10

1659023430Trump spokeswoman sets CNN a deadline for apology

Donald Trumps lawsuit against CNN citing years of negative coverage is, like many of the legal actions he has launched over the years, not being taken especially seriously. Nevertheless, his advisers are sending out messages that their boss apparently means business:

Andrew Naughtie28 July 2022 16:50

1659022045Trump asks court for absolute immunity judgment

Politicos Josh Gerstein reports that ion one of the myriad Jan 6-related court cases Donald Trump is fighting, he is asking a judge to rule that the speech he gave outside the White House before a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol fell within the scope of his presidential duties and is therefore covered by the principle of absolute presidential immunity.

This principle, his lawyers argue, applies without judicial consideration of the president’s motives.

Andrew Naughtie28 July 2022 16:27

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