WASHINGTON — Breaking his silence about abuse, President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’s “totally opposed to domestic violence.”
He commented amid growing pressure to speak out after allegations that a top White House aide had abused two former wives.
“Everybody knows” his position, Trump said, but “now you hear it.”
The president’s remarks came more than a week after the allegations against former White House staff secretary Rob Porter first became public. Porter resigned a week ago. He has denied the allegations.
Trump had praised Porter, his former staff secretary, on Friday in his first comments about the allegations. And on Saturday, he appeared to cast doubt on the women’s allegations when he tweeted: “Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation.”
The White House’s handling of the Porter situation has engulfed senior West Wing officials, calling into question the decision-making and candor of chief of staff John Kelly and White House counsel Don McGahn.
CHICAGO — Two babies, born 15 months apart to the same young woman overcoming opioid addiction. Two very different treatments.
Sarah Sherbert’s first child was whisked away to a hospital special-care nursery for two weeks of treatment for withdrawal from doctor-prescribed methadone that her mother continued to use during her pregnancy. Nurses hesitated to let Sherbert hold the girl and hovered nervously when she visited to breast-feed.
Born just 15 months later and 30 miles away at a different South Carolina hospital, Sherbert’s second child was started on medicine even before he showed any withdrawal symptoms and she was allowed to keep him in her room to encourage breast-feeding and bonding. His hospital stay was just a week.
“It was like night and day,” Sherbert said.
The different approaches highlight a sobering fact: The surge has outpaced the science, and no one knows the best way to treat the opioid epidemic’s youngest patients.
SALT LAKE CITY — Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will announce Thursday that he’s running for the Utah Senate seat held by retiring Orrin Hatch, three people with direct knowledge of the plan confirmed Wednesday.
He’ll be a heavy favorite to keep the seat in Republican hands.
The 70-year-old Romney, once a harsh critic of President Donald Trump, will release an online video Thursday announcing his Senate bid.
His first public appearance as a Senate candidate will come Friday night at a county Republican dinner in Provo.
Those with knowledge of his plans spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly.
Despite a drama-filled history with Trump, Romney is not expected to address the combative president directly in the announcement video.
Those close to him say he plans a hyper-local focus on Utah issues throughout the Senate campaign.
From Associated Press