Politics

President Donald Trump has hit back at Jay-Z after the rapper called him a "superbug" and attacked his treatment of minorities.

President Trump sought the firing of Robert S. Mueller III last June, shortly after the special counsel took over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The president backed off only after White House Counsel Donald McGahn threatened to resign over the move. Trump denied the report, telling reporters today that it was “Fake news, folks. Fake news.”

It's the memo that everyone is talking about, but no-one can (really) talk about.

The New York Times noted the president added a caveat

- Minority leader Chuck Schumer says his party supports Senate bill
- Paul Ryan says if Senate passes spending bill, House will pass it too

Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to US President Donald Trump, has been summoned to testify before a grand jury, US media report.

Graham also lamented that “the discourse right now is pretty low.”

DONALD Trump has stunned his guests in the Oval Office with a foul-mouthed outburst about immigrants from “s***hole” countries.

Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to President Trump, has stepped down from Breitbart, the far-right website he returned to over the summer as executive chairman after being ousted from the White House.

However, a source said Oprah has no intention of running for president in 2020.

White House special counsel Ty Cobb stressed an overall willingness to cooperate with the Mueller investigation.

“She would absolutely do it,” Oprah’s longtime partner said in response to pleas for her to run.

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was reportedly treated for prostate cancer in the summer of 2017, according to sources.

Donald Trump's former strategist Steve Bannon backed away Sunday from derogatory comments ascribed to him about Trump's son in a new book that sparked White House outrage and could threaten Bannon's influence as a would-be conservative power broker.

Michael Wolff's decision to publish 'Fire and Fury' after Trump's lawyers filed a cease-and-desist letter was an unprecedented move. Here's why. USA TODAY

Attorney general to end lenient enforcement of federal marijuana laws, days after new legalization measure took effect in California

MELANIA Trump did not want her husband to be president and wept the night he won the election, an explosive book has claimed.