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    Trump Denies Using Vulgar Slur; Top Democrat Says He Said It

    Sources told NPR President Trump called African nations a vulgar slur Thursday. The White House didn't deny it; Trump tweeted a denial, but a Democratic senator confirmed the vulgarity on the record.
    by Scott Detrow Jan 12, 2018 2 minutes

    Updated 10:19 a.m. ET

    President Trump is denying reports, from NPR and other news outlets, that in a Thursday meeting at the White House, he disparaged African nations as "shithole countries" and questioned why the United States would admit immigrants from them and other nations, like Haiti.

    Trump told lawmakers

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