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Giving what was essentially President Donald Trump's first news conference in nearly six months on Thursday, the President reiterated threats to the North Korean government, while taking a softer tone on Russia.

The news conference took place from Trump's New Jersey resort, where he was meeting with military leaders about the threat North Korea poses.

Trump told reporters on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin did the United States a favor by expelling 775 diplomats and other staffers working on behalf of the United States in Russia.

I want to thank him because we're trying to cut down our payroll, and as far as I'm concerned I'm very thankful that he let go a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll, Trump said. There's no real reason for them to go back. I greatly appreciate the fact that we've been able to cut our payroll of the United States. We're going to save a lot of money.

Putin's decision was put enacted after the US Congress overwhelmingly supported legislation that would increase sanctions against Russia, and prohibit Trump from being able to lift the sanctions. Trump came out in opposition of the legislation.

The legislation was enacted due to US intelligence services finding that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

The war of words between Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un continued on Thursday as Trump said that maybe his threats of'fire and fury' were not enough.

On Wednesday, the North Korean government said it is exploring a plot to fire missiles toward the coast of Guam. In response on Thursday, Trump said,"Maybe it wasn't tough enough," referring to his own comments from earlier in the week.

Trump would not rule out a preemptive strike against Un's government.

"We don't talk about that. We never do. I don't talk about it," Trump told reporters. "We'll see what happens."

Trump once again said accusations that his campaign colluded with Putin and the Russians were false, and that he simply won because he was the better candidate. Trump said that Russia would have prefered Hillary Clinton would have won. Trump claims that Clinton would have decreased the size and scope of the US military.

" I fought a smart battle," Trump said. "I didn't win because of Russia. Russia nothing to do with me winning. We had a great team and I guess I did a good job."

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Hillary Clinton wants to be a lay preacher. Here's what her spiritual adviser says. News & Observer Hillary Clinton wants to be a preacher, and a Duke Divinity School alum who served as her spiritual adviser during the 2016 presidential campaign says Clinton would be powerful in the pulpit. I think she wold be a terrific preacher, said the Rev ... Pastor Hillary Wants to Preach to YouNational Review Hillary Clinton Considers Becoming a Methodist PreacherTownhall Hillary Clinton is considering becoming a pastor. Seriously.Lifesite Washington Times -Breitbart News -Patriot Post all 17 news articles »

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All the times Hillary Clinton warned US voters about Donald Trump and she was right:

"A man who can be provoked by a tweet should not have his fingers anywhere near the nuclear codes, as far as I think anyone with any sense about this should be concerned."

- First Trump-Clinton debate, September 2016

"I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. And, yes, I did. And you know what else I prepared for? I prepared to be president. And I think that's a good thing."

- First Trump-Clinton debate, September 2016

"We have never in the history of our country been in a situation where an adversary, a foreign power, is working so hard to influence the outcome of the election, and believe, theyre not doing it to get me elected."

- Second Trump-Clinton debate, October 2016

"But it is important for us as a policy not to say, as Donald has said, were going to ban people based on a religion. How do you that?... Are we going to have religious tests when people fly into our country and how do we expect to be able to implement those?"

- Second Trump-Clinton debate, October 2016

"Words matter when you run for president. And they really matter when you are president."

- First Trump-Clinton debate, September 2016

"Every time Donald thinks things aren't going in his direction, he claims whatever it is, is rigged against him. The FBI conducted a yearlong investigation into my e-mails. They concluded there was no case. He said the FBI was rigged."

- ThirdTrump-Clinton debate, October 2016

"The other day, I saw Donald saying that there were some Iranian sailors on a ship in the waters off of Iran, and they were taunting American sailors who were on a nearby ship. He said, you know, if they taunted our sailors, I'd blow them out of the water and start another war. That's not good judgment."

- First Trump-Clinton debate, September 2016

"Your child had asthma, you may not be able to have insurance because you can't afford it. So let's fix what's broken about it, but lets not throw it away and give it back to the insurance companies. That's not going to work."

- Second Trump-Clinton debate, October 2016

"He even said, well, you know, if there were nuclear war in East Asia, well, you know, that's fine..."

- First Trump-Clinton debate, September 2016

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When Dorinda Medley isn't hanging with the ladies of The Real Housewives of New York City, you can find her hobnobbing around the Big Apple with the political elite. And that's just how she spent her weekend, catching up with her old pal, Hillary Clinton. You may have heard of her?

For those of you who may have caught a glimpse of that photo of Dorinda's timeline and wondered, "How do they know each other?", Dorinda recently explained their connection. "Hillary was a big part of our life at one point, and it's so funny because Hannah is incredibly comfortable with her because she was little when she first met her," she told Too Fab. "Both Bill and Hillary -- they're always so gracious and kind and happy to see you. She always says something relevant to make you feel like, you know, she really feels close to you. She's just amazing like that."

Their most recent catch-up session took place at the nuptials of Sophie Lasry and Alex Swieca at Cipriani Wall Street.

And, as Dorinda put it, "everybody who was anyone was there." And she's not lying. The event was also attended by Bill Clinton (naturally), Huma Abedin, Jennifer Lopez and boyfriend Alex Rodriguez and Donald Trump's daughter Tiffany Trump. Oh, yeah, Dorinda's daughter, Hannah Lynch, was also there. "It was one of the most beautiful weddings I've ever been to," she told TooFab. "[Marc Lasry, the father of the bride,] is an old friend of my late husband [Richard Medley], and Hannah is best friends with Sophie. The flowers, the decorations, the food -- it was pretty outstanding. I said to Hannah, 'Don't think you're gonna have anything quite like this. Don't get used to this, 'cause this ain't happening!'"

In case you didn't know, Richard also dabbled in politics. He was the Chief Economist for the House Banking Committee and Chief of Staff for the Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate under Robert Byrd. He was later the head speechwriter for Geraldine Ferraro's Vice Presidential campaign during the 1984 election. Dorinda and Richard were married in 2005, until his passing in 2011.

Below, Dorinda opens up a bit more about their marriage. She also dishes more about their time together in the video above.

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ANALYSIS/OPINION:

File this as a Youve Got to Be Kidding Me moment. Hillary Clinton wants to be a spiritual leader.

Thats right. Clinton wants to preach the word of God, according to her pastor, the Rev. Bill Shillady.

Cue the smoke and dramatic dark music. Not to be impolite, but the idea of Clinton imparting biblical wisdom to the masses isnt that rather like Satan instructing Eve in the way she should go?

Bite the apple, Eve. Go head, its good for you.

Shillady has a new book out, Strong for a Moment Like This: The Daily Devotions of Hillary Rodham Clinton. And within, are 365 of the more than 600 devotions written for Clinton, along with personal notes, portions of her speeches and headlines that provide context for that days devotion, publisher Abingdon Press announced.

Not sure which is more surprising in that announcement that Clinton accepted devotions from pastors during the election season, or that she accepted them on a daily basis. Certainly, she must have missed at least a day or two of godly reflections.

How about on this day, for example, when the Daily Mail ran this headline: Blow up! Days before losing the election Hillary and [husband] Bill had a screaming match over who to blame for her flagging campaign the ex-president so angry he threw his phone off the roof of his Arkansas penthouse.

Ouch. Seems that days devotion may have fallen on deaf ears. But then again, all humans are fallible. Thou shalt not judge, and so on. But now?

Clinton wants to preach, the Atlantic wrote. Thats what she told Bill Shillady at a recent photo shoot for his new book about the daily devotionals he sent her during the 2016 campaign. Scattered bits of reporting suggest that ministry has always been a secret dream of the two-time presidential candidate: Last fall, the former Newsweek editor Kenneth Woodward revealed that Clinton told him in 1994 that she thought all the time about becoming an ordained Methodist minister.

Apparently, Clinton asked Woodward to keep a lid on the hope, however. She thought it would make me seem much too pious.

Oh, not at all, Mrs. Clinton. Not at all.

But now, post-epic election fail, the woman whose face and name have become synonymous with Political Scandal, wants to go public and reinvent with religion. On one hand, strange but true. But on the other? Well, consider this: There is a lot of money to be made on the television preaching circuit. So in that respect, perhaps the job switch perhaps the reinvention from politics to pulpit isnt quite so odd after all.

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Hillary Clinton, the wanna-be preacher - Washington Times