Donald Trump has attacked the late former first lady Barbara Bush in a newspaper interview a day after posting a satirical alt-right meme of ex-vice-president Joe Biden on Twitter.
“I see that you are on the job and presidential, as always,” Mr Biden responded to the tweet, which sits pinned to the top of the president’s Twitter profile. The video in question sends up Mr Biden’s apology after he was accused of inappropriate conduct towards women while on the campaign trail, and was circulated by Donald Trump Jr earlier on Thursday.
Mr Trump is due in Calexico, California, on Friday to inspect construction work on his US-Mexico wall after rowing back on his threat to close the border, the trip providing a timely change of focus for the president after thousands of protesters campaigned outside the White House and in New York’s Times Square to demand the release of the Mueller report in full.
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Wall Street insiders feel pretty good about Donald Trump's chances at being re-elected.
Take a look at the latest poll coverage from us here at The Independent, including that story:
From Trump to Biden and Bernie, all the latest US election polls
Check in here for the most recent polling as a crowded democratic field looks to take on Donald Trump in 2020Here's our story on Bernie Sanders' scathing attack on the president this morning.
Bernie Sanders calls Trump ‘a sexist, a bigot and a homophobe’ in searing attack
The remarks come ahead of a planned speech in New York at the National Action Network Convention run by Al SharptonBernie Sanders isn't the only candidate speaking to the National Action Network conference today — Senator Kamala Harris is there as well.
During her remarks, Ms Harris thanked Reverend Al Sharpton for being a "voice of truth".
Donald Trump says he plans to once again skip the White House Correspondents' Dinner, saying that the dinner is "so boring and so negative" during remarks before jumping on a flight to California.
Mr Trump has a notable history with the event, and it is believed by some that Barack Obama roasting him at the dinner in 2011 was at least part of the reason the former businessman decided to run for president.
Here is some video of Joe Biden making his jokes about the inappropriate touching accusations that have plagued him over the past week after four women came forward to say his penchant for hugs and kisses made the uncomfortable.
Singer Cher has come to Joe Biden's defense over accusations of unwanted physical contact, but says that he should "commit" to being aware about the issue going forward.
Joe Biden just made his first public appearance since accusations of unwanted conduct have been made public, and he made light of the accusations.
Right off the bat, the former vice president joked that he "had permission to hug Lonnie", referring to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers president Lonnie Stephenson.
"I just want you to know. I had permission to hug Lonnie,” Mr Biden said at the event in Washington, to applause and laughs from a male dominated crowd.
Bernie Sanders has some harsh words for Donald Trump, just ahead of the president's visit to te border.
In the battle among Democrats for their party's nomination to take on Mr Trump in 2020, Elizabeth Warren has proposed some radical measures should she become president.
Among those ideas is a plan to break up big tech companies.
Americans are a bit conflicted on this new idea, however.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is among those dunking on Tucker Carlson after he asked how it is that feminists in the US are allowed to conduct scientific research.
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Jeff Flake, a former Republican senator known for his outspoken criticism of Donald Trump, has said he has received “several” death threats from some of the president’s supporters.
Here's Zamira Rahim's report.
Fox's steroidal coverage of the president's California trip is being roundly roasted on Twitter.
More evidence here of the Trump administration stepping up its efforts on the Mexico border.
The president has withdrawn the nomination of Ronald Vitiello to be the new director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), saying he wants to move in a "tougher" direction.
Vitiello is a former border agent who has been serving as acting director of ICE since late June 2018.
Some timely context on the section of wall President Trump is visiting in Calexico today. He's taking credit for a security initiative that long predates his administration.
Right-wing "news" site The Daily Caller badly needs to up its meme game because this is wretched in so many ways.
They were co-founded by Tucker Carlson and Roger Stone was once a fashion columnist, which should tell you all you need to know.
If you were wondering whether Trump is anxious about trading relations with China, here's a clip of him saying the word "deal" 14 times in 70 seconds yesterday.
Some good news for Trump to take credit for as he heads out to the border.
The US economy created 196,000 new jobs in March, up from just 33,000 in February.
The president still faces a number of economic challenges, however, not least the negative impact of his trade war with China on many American firms.
Here's our business correspondent, Ben Chapman.
If you're wondering how low this administration can go, here's a reminder.
Tricia Newbold - the White House security expert turned whistleblower, who raised the alarm about Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's disputed security clearances - spoke to NBC this week about the humiliation she was subjected to in the White House Personnel Security Office.
Newbold, who has a rare form of dwarfism, says a supervisor "moved files to a shelf beyond her reach" after she complained about the decision to grant security clearances over the objections of senior staffers.
"It was definitely humiliating," said Newbold, "But it didn’t stop me from doing what was right."
Wow.
The House Oversight Committee's chairman Elijah Cummings has subpoenaed her boss, Carl Kline, to appear before Congress.
Here's more on Federal Reserve board nominee Herman Cain from Tom Embury-Dennis.
After bashing The New York Times yesterday, Trump is now going after The Washington Post.
He's otherwise just repeating his new orthodoxy on the Mexico border: automobile tariffs until the government does more to combat illegal immigration. If that doesn't work, the border will be shut down at huge cost to both sides.
And with that, he was gone. Almost.
Here's Clark Mindock on Trump's latest tweets.
