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    Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein issued his second denial on Friday of a New York Times report stating that he proposed secretly taping conversations with President Trump and discussed the possibility of Trump administration officials invoking the 25th Amendment to remove the president from office. I never pursued or authorized recording the President and any suggestion that I have ever advocated for the removal of the President is absolutely false, he said in a statement. The New York Times's story is inaccurate and factually incorrect. I will not further comment on a story based on anonymous sources who are obviously biased against the Department and are advancing their own personal agenda, Rosenstein said in an initial statement earlier Friday. But let me b...

    Donald Trump suggested the Spanish government tackle the Mediterranean migration crisis by emulating one of his his most famous policies and building a wall across the Sahara desert, the country’s foreign minister has revealed. According to Josep Borrell, the US president brushed off the scepticism of Spanish diplomats who pointed out that the Sahara stretches for 3,000 miles saying: The Sahara border can’t be bigger than our border with Mexico. Trump wooed voters in the 2016 election with his promise to build a big, beautiful wall across the US/Mexico border, which is roughly 2,000 miles long. A similar plan in the Sahara, however, would be complicated by the fact that Spain now holds only two small enclaves in north Africa Ceuta and Melilla and such a wall would ...

    Donald Trump has said it would be very hard to imagine anything happened between his supreme court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused him of sexual assault decades ago. Trump said Ford deserves to be heard and that he hopes she will share her story at a high-stakes hearing scheduled for Monday, which was thrown into turmoil when her lawyers requested an FBI investigation before she testifies. But he continued to vigorously defend his nominee, calling him an outstanding man with an unblemished record and lamenting the hardship this has placed on Kavanaugh’s wife and two young daughters. They’re hurting somebody’s life, Trump said. I think it’s a very unfair thing what’s going on. Ford, a research psychologist at Palo Alto...

    Catastrophic flooding from Florence has spread across parts of the US, with roads cut off by the epic deluge and muddy river water swamping entire neighbourhoods miles inland. The disruption was threatening both North and South Carolina with Wilmington and the surrounding area particularly badly affected on Sunday. North Carolina governor Roy Cooper declared “the risk to life is rising with the angry waters” as the storm’s death toll climbed to 17. The storm continued to crawl westward, dumping more than 30 inches of rain in spots since Friday, and fears of historic flooding grew. Tens of thousands were ordered evacuated from communities along the state’s steadily rising rivers — with the Cape Fear, Little River, Lumber, Waccamaw and Pee Dee rivers all projected t...

    Despite buying a cool $5 million Ontario mansion, Justin Bieber isn't saying goodbye to the U.S. anytime soon. In fact, the singer is applying for dual citizenship. TMZ reports that Justin will, in fact, be a Canadian citizen and an American citizen, as he has a deep love for the U.S. and an appreciation for this country. His U.S. citizenship is also sure to deepen his bond with fiancée and American-born Hailey Baldwin, who lives in New York. TMZ reports that Justin will, in fact, be a Canadian citizen and an American citizen, as he has a deep love for the U.S. and an appreciation for this country. New York has become a mainstay for Jailey throughout their summer engagement, as they've been spotted all around the city making out, breaking down, and even possibly g...

    Florence started its slow march across the Southeast Friday, pounding North Carolina with rain, forcing hundreds of people to be rescued from floodwaters and claiming at least five lives. The storm, which made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, N.C., at about 7:15 a.m., began what could be a dayslong deluge in the region, with rain forecast to potentially reach 40 inches in some areas. About 750,000 people were without power and about 210,000 were staying in 170 shelters in the Carolinas. The storm made landfall just 2 miles from where it was expected and it remains to be seen if its impact is as forecasters fear. At least five people have died in storm conditions in the state, according to authorities. The deaths include two people killed in Lenoir County, and a mot...

    At least one person was killed and 13 were injured in Massachusetts Thursday after a series of gas explosions tore through several communities outside Boston, officials said. Leonel Robson, 18, was inside his car when a chimney from a house explosion fell on his vehicle, the Essex County District Attorney’s office said. Robson was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. At least 13 patients were taken to Lawrence General Hospital as a result of the gas fires. The hospital said one critical patient was taken to a trauma center, while the other injuries ranged from minor smoke inhalation to blast trauma. Preliminary numbers estimate that between 60 and 100 homes in the Merrimack Valley caught fire in the towns of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, Methue...

    Six Royal Navy sailors were arrested for drunk and disorderly behaviour just hours after  HMS Queen Elizabeth docked in Florida following its first transatlantic voyage. Three were also charged with resisting arrest and two were Tasered by local police officers amid claims that sailors were seen urinating from a pub balcony into the street, fighting each other and causing friction by not tipping enough. The £3 billion, 65,000 tonne aircraft carrier, nicknamed Big Lizzie, docked at Mayport naval base on Wednesday and hundreds of its crew spilled out into local pubs and bars. Keith Doherty, the owner and manager of Lynch's Irish Pub in Jacksonville, said: I think we need a modern day Paul Revere to let us know that the British are coming. Sgt. Larry Smith of the Jac...

    Barack Obama has revealed he was kicked out of Disneyland when he was a teenager for smoking. Mr Obama was on the gondolas after attending a Kool & The Gang concert when he was escorted away by police officers. Speaking at a Democratic congressional rally in in Anaheim, California, the former US president said: These were cigarettes, people. Terrible thing. but at the time I'm a teenager, I'm rebellious. As we're coming in, there are these two very large Disneyland police officers and they say 'Sir, can you come with us?' and they escorted us out of Disneyland. This is a true story everybody. I was booted out of the Magic Kingdom. Despite Mr Obama's bad behaviour, Disneyland has said he is welcome to return. Robert Iger, chairman and chief executive of The W...

    President Trump warned evangelical leaders Monday night that Democrats will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do it quickly and violently if Republicans lose control of Congress in the midterm elections. Speaking to the group in the State Dining Room of the White House, Mr. Trump painted a stark picture of what losing the majority would mean for the administration’s conservative agenda, according to an audiotape of his remarks provided to The New York Times by someone who attended the event. They will end everything immediately, Mr. Trump said. When you look at antifa, he added, a term that describes militant leftist groups, and you look at some of these groups, these are violent people. The blunt warning delivered to about 100 of the president’s most...