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Trump vows to 'win' against opioid epidemic, offers no new steps
By James Oliphant BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump promised to win the fight against a U.S. epidemic of opioid drug use, but offered no new steps to do so and did not act on a recommendation made by a presidential commission that he declare a national emergency. Trump spoke at an event he had billed as a "major briefing" on the opioid crisis during a two-week "working vacation" at his private golf club in New Jersey. The Republican president said the United States has no alternative but to stem spreading opioid use, but more than six months into his presidency announced no new policies to combat a public health crisis that kills more than 100 Americans daily.
Top Trump aides clashing over direction of US foreign policy
A long-simmering dispute between two top White House aides has boiled into a public battle over the direction of President Donald Trump's foreign policy, with a cadre of conservative groups pushing for the ouster of national security adviser H.R. McMaster.
Trump says North Korea will be met with ‘fire and fury like the world has never seen’ if it escalates nuclear threat
Donald Trump has claimed the threat from North Korea will be met with "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if they continue to expand their nuclear and missile programmes. The comments come after reports that North Korea had produced a nuclear warhead small enough to fit on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). In a press conference at his Bedminster, New Jersey property, Mr Trump warned that North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un "best not make any more threats to the US".
Iraqi Shiite militia says 40 of its fighters killed in Syria
![Iraqi Shiite militia says 40 of its fighters killed in Syria]( "Iraqi Shiite militia says 40 of its fighters killed in Syria")
BAGHDAD (AP) — A powerful Iraqi Shiite militia said Tuesday that at least 40 of its militiamen were killed in an attack the previous day on its positions across the border in Syria. The militia blamed the U.S.-led coalition for the assault but the Islamic State group claimed its fighters had targeted the militiamen.
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