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Former President Donald J. Trump claimed to a Fox News anchor in an interview on Monday that he did not have a classified document with him in a meeting with a book publisher even though he referred during that meeting to “secret” information in his possession.The July 2021 meeting — at Mr. Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, N.J. — was recorded by at least two people in attendance, and a transcript describes the former president pointing to a pile of papers and then saying of Gen. Mark A. Milley, whom he had been criticizing: “Look. This was him. They presented me this — this is off the record, but — they presented me this. This was him. This was the Defense Department and him.”On the recording, according to two people familiar with its contents, Mr. Trump can be heard flipping through pape...

Pains, Trains and Automobiles Margins of Error Who doesn’t love a good vacation? But the likelihood of stress goes through the roof as soon as you factor in the act of traveling. Annoyances like cramped leg room, high gas prices and mysterious service fees can make getting from point A to point B, a real pain. Is there a more efficient way to drive, board a plane or even fuel your vehicle? Harry turns to some very smart people who are doing their best to optimize the way we travel. You'll hear about how AI can create the most efficient road ...Show moretrip and the science behind boarding an airplane faster. And will kelp power the transportation of the future?For information on Randy Olson's optimal road trip: http://www.randalolson.c...

Former Attorney General William P. Barr says former President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents is “indefensible,” but he doesn’t think his ex-boss should be imprisoned if he is convicted on federal charges. ...

Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said during a Father's Day interview that strong male role models are necessary to encourage masculine traits in society's current "epidemic of fatherlessness."Speaking with the Washington Examiner, Hawley explained that fathers have a responsibility to provide for and protect their families — despite what some critics of traditional gender roles are currently saying about fatherhood."As I continue to grow as a dad, I think providing for your family, protecting them, and then really nurturing them, looking to their growth, those are the key things that I think as a dad, at least in the stage that I'm in right now, are so important," Hawley said."Men are told all the time that to be a man is to be toxic, that if you're a man, you make the world a worse ...

The Rev. William J. Barber II, the human rights activist, delivered his last sermon as pastor of his North Carolina church Sunday, using the occasion to decry jubilance associated with the Juneteenth holiday."They want you jumping around and drinking," he said. "That's not what Juneteenth is."Barber, 59, has been transitioning to Yale Divinity School, where he is the founding director of its Center for Public Theology & Public Policy. He is retiring as pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, for 30 years the professional base from which he launched the Poor People’s Campaign — A National Call for Moral Revival, a movement that highlights the mortality of poverty and seeks to elect leaders who prioritize economic justice. Its name is honors Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 prog...

Comment on this storyCommentFormer attorney general William P. Barr on Sunday compared his former boss, Donald Trump, to a “defiant, 9-year-old kid” and continued his condemnation of the actions described in Trump’s recently unsealed federal indictment.Speaking to CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Barr, a Republican, pushed back on a number of his party’s talking points in excusing the former president’s alleged actions.“The legal theory by which he gets to take battle plans and sensitive national security information as his personal papers is absurd,” Barr said. “It’s just as wacky as the legal doctrine they came up with for, you know, having the vice president unilaterally determine who won the election.”Barr said that Trump did some good things as president but that he does not believe Tru...

Talk of federal indictments, classified documents and anything related to the president’s predecessor are out. Bridge repair, “junk fees” and prescription drug prices are in.As President Biden ramps up his re-election campaign, his team is focused not on the various investigations into former President Donald J. Trump but rather on spotlighting the ways, however mundane, his administration can assist Americans in their daily lives.Such was the case when Mr. Biden visited Philadelphia, where a fiery crash last weekend caused part of a highway used by the area’s commuters to collapse, and reviewed the recycled glass product that he said was needed to ensure the highway’s speedy repair. Mr. Biden then had one of his more public-facing campaign rallies to celebrate the endorsements of more th...

Ep. 538 — President Barack Obama The Axe Files with David Axelrod Since leaving office in 2016, former President Barack Obama has been a careful observer of the ebbs and flows of democracy around the globe, speaking out on the subject and building coalitions through the Obama Foundation. President Obama joined David to talk about the state of democracy at home and abroad, how the economy and technological advances impact politics and polarization, the weaponization of the word woke, race, and his advice to the GOP. Jun 15, 2023 52 mins Ep. 537 — Kaitlan Collins The Axe Files with David Axelrod CNN...