President Trump's careening public statements and tweets have damaged the credibility of those sent out to speak on his behalf — from press aides to senior officials with constitutional offices.

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How to Finance a Tiny House Over the past several years we have seen an increasing trend in what enthusiasts are calling the Tiny House Movement. Folks are giving up their 2,000 to 5,000 sq. ft. homes and minimizing their lifestyles to fit into 500 sq. ft. homes or smaller. The idea is to give up…

Derek Jeter never blew you away with any single talent during his career. Instead, he just did everything. He didn’t have blazing speed, his pop would come and go, and his glove in the field was known more for its steadiness than its flashiness. There was one quality that simply rose above the rest,…

BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday urged major multilateral institutions to join his new Belt and Road Initiative, stressing the importance of rejecting protectionism in seeking global economic growth. Addressing other world leaders at a summit on the initiative in Beijing, Xi said it…

TOKYO — If Kim Jong Un wants to meet President Trump, he’s going the wrong way about it, Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Sunday after North Korea’s latest missile launch. The missile appeared to have a significantly longer range than others North Korea has tested recently, analysts…

Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — As Stephen Curry nailed a 14-foot floater immediately after halftime of Game 1 to cut the Golden State Warriors ' deficit to merely 18, the videoboard suspended over Oracle Arena instinctually gave those two points to the San Antonio Spurs , who were rolling toward…

Crowds gathered on Sunday to protest Moscow’s plan to demolish thousands of Soviet-era apartment blocks. The mayor said the opinions voiced at the protest would be taken into account. Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters MOSCOW — Demonstrators packed a downtown Moscow avenue on Sunday, angered by plans for the…

Former director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. warned Sunday that the nation’s institutions are being undermined by President Trump after his decision last week to fire FBI Director James B. Comey. Citing Russian influence in the U.S. election, Clapper told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State…

Microsoft legal chief Brad Smith says governments should share software vulnerabilities with vendors instead of keeping them secret. Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP/Getty Images Microsoft is criticizing government agencies for hoarding software flaws and keeping them secret, calling a massive, new…

The Supreme Court will not review a decision that found North Carolina’s 2013 voting law discriminated against African American voters, the justices said Monday. A unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit had found in 2016 that North Carolina legislators had acted “with…

Gregg Popovich may have joked that his game plan was to pray for the San Antonio Spurs to beat the Golden State Warriors , but really, all he needed was the All-Star version of LaMarcus Aldridge his team is paying for. That LaMarcus showed up early in Game 1, and he and Kawhi Leonard had the…

John W. Dean testifies before the Senate committee on the Watergate hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 27, 1973. | AP Photo Veterans of past White House scandals from Watergate to Plamegate have an important message for Team Trump: It’s time to think about lawyering up. In the past week, a Senate…

A standoff involving a Kane County jail inmate holding an employee at a Geneva hospital hostage ended late Saturday afternoon, officials said. The inmate, whose name has not been released, was taken to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital for treatment, said sheriff's spokesman Lt. Patrick Gengler.…

Thanks to John Wall 's late-game heroics, the Washington Wizards ' season lives on. Despite the Boston Celtics ' all-black pregame attire, Wall's 3-pointer with 3.5 seconds to play delivered Friday's last rites as the Wizards forced a Game 7. "Don't come to my city, wearing all black, talking about…

Reuters PHILADELPHIA -- The state's top prosecutor on Friday charged a speeding Amtrak engineer with causing a catastrophe, involuntary manslaughter and other crimes in a deadly 2015 derailment that came after he accelerated to 106 mph on a 50 mph curve. Prosecutors said they were in talks with…

KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio — The Latest on the fatal shootings of an Ohio police chief and two nursing home employees (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Authorities have identified the gunman and two nursing home employees who died during a shooting at an Ohio nursing home. Officials say 43-year-old Thomas…

There is nothing unique and different about the concept of playing football video games. Picking up the sticks and playing some Madden is a time-honored tradition amongst nerds, kids, football fans and anyone who lands in that giant Venn diagram. The biggest football news of the weekend was Tom…

President Trump’s press secretary, Sean Spicer, talked to reporters about the firing of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, outside the White House on Tuesday. Doug Mills/The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump has never shown any reluctance to sacrifice a surrogate to serve a short-term…

Before UFC 211 this weekend, the UFC hosted some of its biggest stars in a press conference in Dallas to promote the upcoming shows this summer. And promote the did. The UFC Summer Kickoff presser was easily one of the most memorable press conferences the UFC has hosted in the last few years and it…

Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions has ordered federal prosecutors to return to tough policies against drug abusers, ending a push by the Obama administration to clear prisons of lower-level criminals serving long, mandatory minimum sentences. He rescinded two policy memos signed by a predecessor, former…

Scottsdale is an incredible city, full of gorgeous homes . It has seen a high increase in population every year, which also contributes to a boost in the real estate industry. It is growing fast, especially in the northern regions of the city. Regardless of how a lot of people are relocating to…

Scottsdale is an incredible city, full of gorgeous homes . It has seen a high increase in population every year, which also contributes to a boost in the real estate industry. It is growing fast, especially in the northern regions of the city. Regardless of how a lot of people are relocating to…

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Story highlights Melissa McCarthy will host 'Saturday Night Live' this weekend A GIF of Sean Spicer photoshopped as Homer Simpson disappearing into the bushes went viral this week (CNN) From the firing of former FBI Director James Comey to the return of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, this…

KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio — The Latest on the fatal shootings of an Ohio police chief and two nursing home employees (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Authorities say they’ve searched two cars belonging to the man suspected of fatally shooting an Ohio police chief and two nursing home employees. Ohio Attorney…

HOUSTON -- MVP candidate James Harden accepted that he will be subjected to intense criticism after having one of the worst playoff performances of his career as the Houston Rockets ' season ended in humiliating fashion. Harden finished with only 10 points on 2-of-11 shooting, seven assists and six…

The United States Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested 1,378 people over the last six weeks in a massive gang-related operation. Of those, 1,095 were confirmed as gang members, ICE said, while the remaining 238 "were arrested on either criminal or administrative charges". More…

WASHINGTON (AP) Marc-Andre Fleury thanked his stick and flashed a smile so wide it could be seen through his mask. This was vintage Fleury, and he has the Pittsburgh Penguins one step closer to another Stanley Cup. Fleury stopped all 29 shots in a turn-back-the-clock performance to shut out the…

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Story highlights FBI Director James Comey was fired Tuesday Obama tapped him for the job in 2013 Washington (CNN) A little past 5 p.m. on Tuesday, a black Ford Taurus slowed to a stop just outside FBI headquarters in Washington and dispatched a white-haired man in a dark suit. He emerged from the…

James Harden , the point guard of the quickest offense in the league, held the ball watching the clock run down once. Then he did it again. By the time the overtime buzzer sounded, it was the San Antonio Spurs winning, 110-107 — and the Houston Rockets scoring just six points in the extra period. In…

Chanel West Coast and Other Rob & Big Co-Stars Mourn the Death of Christopher ''Big Black'' Boykin By & by Meg Swertlow | Share Tweet Share Email Share Tweet Share Email Noel Vasquez/Getty Images Chanel West Coast and others MTV stars are taking to social media to mourn the loss of their friend and…

FALL RIVER - Former New England Patriots star Aaron J. Hernandez is no longer a convicted murderer. Superior Court Judge E. Susan Garsh, citing legal precedent, vacated Hernandez’s first-degree murder conviction for the 2013 shooting of Odin L. Lloyd because his trial was not reviewed by the Supreme…