IVANKA/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s oldest daughter, who serves as a senior adviser in the White House, denied on Friday [2-8-19] that her father was involved in issuing security clearances for her or her husband, Jared Kushner. Ivanka Trump made the remarks during an interview with the ABC News host Abby Huntsman in an […]
Category: A- Trump As President
2/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will get together with the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, this month in Hanoi, choosing the capital of a communist nation for a high-stakes summit meeting intended to eliminate a potential nuclear threat, the White House said on Friday [2-8-19]…Mr. Trump revealed in his State of the Union […]
2/8/2019
IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Iran uses the slogan ‘Death to America,’ the country’s supreme leader said on Friday, it is specifically wishing death on President Trump and two of his senior officials…Ayatollah Khamenei has reflected on the phrase repeatedly as Iran prepares to commemorate the 40th anniversary of its Islamic revolution, and engages in an […]
2/8/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s personal physician said on Friday [2-8-19] that the president is in ‘very good health’ and should remain so ‘for the remainder of his presidency and beyond’ after Mr. Trump underwent a comprehensive physical examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington. But Dr. Sean Conley, a Navy officer […]
2/8/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump refused to provide Congress a report on Friday [2-8-19] determining who killed the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, defying a demand by lawmakers intent on establishing whether the crown prince of Saudi Arabia was behind the grisly assassination. Mr. Trump effectively bypassed a deadline set by law as his administration argued […]
2/8/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…It is all a GIANT AND ILLEGAL HOAX, developed long before the election itself, but used as an excuse by the Democrats as to why Crooked Hillary Clinton lost the Election! Someday the Fake News Media will turn honest & report that Donald J. Trump was actually a GREAT Candidate!” […]
2/8/2019
INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The mainstream media has refused to cover the fact that the head of the VERY important Senate Intelligence Committee, after two years of intensive study and access to Intelligence that only they could get, just stated that they have found NO COLLUSION between ‘Trump’ & Russia….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 8, 2019 […]
2/8/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now we find out that Adam Schiff was spending time together in Aspen with Glenn Simpson of GPS Fusion, who wrote the fake and discredited Dossier, even though Simpson was testifying before Schiff. John Solomon of @thehill” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 8, 2019 8:41 am […]
2/8/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Not only did Senator Burr’s Committee find No Collusion by the Trump Campaign and Russia, it’s important because they interviewed 200 witnesses and 300,000 pages of documents, & the Committee has direct access to intelligence information that’s Classified. @GreggJarrett” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 8, 2019 7:23 am […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “There is a growing optimism in the White House that a budget agreement to avoid another partial government shutdown can be reached, a senior White House official said Thursday [2-7-19]. The shift from earlier in the week, when some White House officials expressed concern about the prospects of a deal, comes as […]
2/7/2019
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The State Department broke its silence on Thursday [2-7-19], holding its first public press briefing of 2019. The number of briefings at the agency have plummeted since the Trump administration came into office, plunging from what was a near-daily occurrence in past administrations to a sporadically scheduled event that regular watchers say […]
2/7/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/DEMS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic lawmakers pressed the National Rifle Association for more information around millions of dollars in donations the group funneled towards the campaigns of President Donald Trump and Republican congressional candidates in a letter to the NRA’s president Wednesday [2-6-19]. The letter, from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Jamie Raskin, follows a […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior Department of Health and Human Services official told lawmakers on Thursday [2-7-19] that he had raised concerns about separating families apprehended at the US-Mexico border to three Trump appointees before the administration’s controversial “zero tolerance” immigration policy was announced…White said he had shared those concerns with then-director of the Office […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Inside the White House, the Trump team is increasingly aware that the president is trapped. Facing a Republican Party unwilling to back another government shutdown or a national emergency declaration to build his border wall, President Donald Trump is in an unfamiliar position, according to multiple White House officials and lawmakers: prepared, […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump showed in his State of the Union address Tuesday [2-5-19] night that he plans to run for re-election by attacking socialism – including going after figures popular with the fired-up Democratic base like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders. After Trump warned about ‘new calls to adopt socialism […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Billionaire Tom Steyer is cranking up pressure on key House Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump where he thinks they’ll feel it most — back in their home districts. Steyer’s first targets are three powerful committee chairmen, Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). But the liberal megadonor isn’t […]
2/7/2019
NOMINATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general moved one step closer to confirmation after winning approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. In a 12-10 party-line vote, the panel endorsed William Barr’s nomination, which could see a floor vote as soon as next week. Barr, losing no Republican support so far, […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional negotiators are nearing a deal on border security to avoid a government shutdown — if the president will accept it. Democrats and Republicans have been trading offers all week; any deal is likely to provide funding for technology and fencing on the southern border, according to senators and aides. Republicans were […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/DEMS/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump delivered a solid State of the Union address the other night. The riff on border security, the issue du jour, was particularly effective. That was my impression, even though I think Trump overstates the importance of physical barriers to deterring illegal immigration and drug trafficking. (As I believe […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signaled optimism Thursday [2-7-19] about the progress of congressional talks on border security, just a week after telling Republicans they were wasting their time trying to negotiate a deal with Democrats…Trump’s remarks are the latest sign that negotiations are progressing as lawmakers try to hammer out a deal before […]
2/7/2019
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr said Thursday [2-7-19] that his committee’s Russia investigation has yet to find evidence of collusion between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Kremlin but will soon release a report on the Obama administration’s response to Russian interference in the last presidential election. In […]
2/7/2019
ABORTION/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [2-7-19] outlined the importance of faith in American society in a speech that at times mirrored his State of the Union address from earlier this week…The president proceeded to list his administration’s accomplishments and goals. But those words were quickly overshadowed on social media when, in the […]
2/7/2019
ABORTION/ELECTION/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump used an appearance at a high-profile religious gathering Thursday [2-7-19] to stress anti-abortion policies and appeal to conservative, Christian voters as the 2020 election campaign gets underway…That pledge, two days after Trump in his State of the Union address denounced late-term abortion, is part of his effort to re-energize […]
2/7/2019
DRUGS/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Melania Trump thanked youth anti-drug advocates Thursday [2-7-19] for ‘choosing to step up and be part of the solution’ for reducing drug abuse and addiction…The first lady leads a national campaign called “Be Best” that partly focuses on the opioid crisis, especially babies born dependent on the powerful drugs. Mrs. Trump spoke […]
2/7/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVSTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Where the investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president obstructed the investigation. Trump also plays a central role in a […]
2/7/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Thursday [2-7-19] that he would not meet this month with President Xi Jinping of China, raising new concerns that the United States will not be able to complete a trade deal with China before American tariffs increase on March 2. The decision not to meet ahead of […]
2/7/2019
ECONOMY/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump this week added another wrinkle to his long complicated relationship with his home state, when he encouraged residents of upstate New York who are unhappy with the region’s economy to ‘go to another state.’ Mr. Trump’s comments, which came during an interview with reporters at the White House on […]
2/7/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump accused Democrats on Thursday [2-7-19] morning of ‘presidential harassment’ over congressional investigations into his finances, and he mocked Virginia politicians whose jobs are in peril after revelations they appeared in blackface. Then, the president went to the annual National Prayer Breakfast, where he implored attendees to open up to […]
2/7/2019
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “2019 National Prayer Breakfast https://t.co/cKvv3ygOOt“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 7, 2019 10:20 am […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump suggested Thursday [2-7-19] morning that Republicans could benefit in upcoming elections from the leadership crisis threatening three top Democrats in Virginia…Trump’s remarks followed a number of revelations that have rocked the Virginia Democratic Party: Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring’s revelations on Wednesday that he, too, once wore blackface in […]
2/7/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT! It should never be allowed to happen again!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 7, 2019 7:37 am […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats at the top are killing the Great State of Virginia. If the three failing pols were Republicans, far stronger action would be taken. Virginia will come back HOME Republican) in 2020!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 7, 2019 7:35 am […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump responded Thursday [2-7-19] to the first waves of oversight investigations into his administration launched by the new Democratic majority in the House, alleging that he is being unfairly subjected to ‘unlimited presidential harassment’ that no previous president has faced. On Wednesday [2-6-19], House Intelligence Chairman Schiff (D-Calif.) […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama, there would be no time left to run government. I hear other committee heads will do the same thing. Even stealing people who work at White House! A continuation of Witch Hunt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February […]
2/7/2019
CONGRESS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So now Congressman Adam Schiff announces, after having found zero Russian Collusion, that he is going to be looking at every aspect of my life, both financial and personal, even though there is no reason to be doing so. Never happened before! Unlimited Presidential Harassment….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 7, 2019 6:13 […]
2/6/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A ritual of sorts has developed around the State of the Union address. President Trump arrives in the Capitol, basks in the pomp and ceremony, and delivers an uncharacteristically reserved speech that includes some passing appeals to compromise. ‘This is the day Trump became president,’ official Washington crows, shocked by the apparent […]
2/6/2019
ABORTION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [2-5-19] evening asked Congress to ban a type of abortion often referred to as ‘late-term abortion.’ He said he wanted to protect ‘children who can feel pain in the mother’s womb.’ He scorned New York’s recently passed Reproductive Health Act, saying that lawmakers had ‘cheered with delight […]
2/6/2019
AFGHANISTAN/ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump sought to reassure nervous allies on Wednesday [2-6-19] that his administration would continue an unrelenting hunt for Islamic State fighters ‘for many years to come,’ even as the United States prepares to withdraw troops from the war zones of Syria and Afghanistan. Mr. Trump, speaking to international diplomats at the […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In his State of the Union speech Tuesday [2-5-19] night, President Donald Trump minced no words when it came to the ongoing — and planned — investigations into him and his Cabinet. ‘If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation,’ Trump said, to murmurs […]
2/6/2019
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One week after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, Imaad Zuberi, an American venture capitalist and longtime Democratic donor, began piling tens of thousands of dollars into Republican coffers. It was a dramatic shift for Zuberi, who embraced Democrats as his entrée into Washington, serving as a major donor on […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who offered a rebuttal to his State of the Union address, wouldn’t win if she ran for the Senate or president in 2020. In an interview with regional reporters at the White House on Wednesday [2-6-19], the president pushed back against calls for Abrams […]
2/6/2019
ISIS/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump praised the US and its allies for progress made in the fight against ISIS in a speech that failed to discuss the diplomatic and policy implications of his sudden decision to pull US troops from Syria. In remarks to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS ministerial at the State […]
2/6/2019
ABORTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The delicate issue of third-trimester abortions has been in the news recently, with legislation in New York and Virginia sparking new controversy. The issue was amplified by comments last week from Virginia’s embattled Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam. During his State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19] night, President Donald Trump took […]
2/6/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [2-6-19] he wants to see more legal immigration because additional workers are needed by companies moving back to the United States…Trump’s remarks followed an unscripted comment in his State of the Union address Tuesday [2-5-19] in which he called for immigrants to enter the U.S. legally in […]
2/6/2019
AIRLINE INDUSTRY/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On January 24, it seemed like the partial government shutdown would go on forever, leaving more than 800,000 federal workers in unpaid limbo. But on January 25 — the 35th day of the longest-ever federal shutdown — something changed: 10 air traffic controllers decided to stay home. The absence of those […]
2/6/2019
ABORTION/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump – who once described himself as ‘very pro-choice’ – burnished his anti-abortion credentials during his State of the Union address Tuesday [2-5-19] night with harsh attacks on recent state actions. Trump charged lawmakers in New York with having ‘cheered with delight’ after recently passing legislation to ‘allow a baby […]
2/6/2019
AGRICULTURE/ELECTION/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s trade war is magnifying some of the toughest farm conditions since the crisis that bankrupted thousands of farmers in the 1980s — and threatening a constituency crucial to his reelection hopes. The president’s trade policies have sent U.S. agricultural exports plunging, exacerbating already difficult economic conditions facing farmers. […]
2/6/2019
MEDIA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, a ratings junkie, should be pleased with the results of his State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19] night. The ratings for Tuesday’s prime time address were up slightly compared with the same speech last year. The hour and a half long event averaged 46.8 million viewers across 12 […]
2/6/19
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: #SOTU https://t.co/kL6SoClx4K” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 6, 2019 05:14 pm […]
2/6/2019
CONGRESS/FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress inched closer to a major foreign-policy rebuke of President Donald Trump on Wednesday [2-6-19] when the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced a bill to cut off U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen’s bloody civil war. In a party-line vote, the panel’s Democrats sent a War Powers […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democratic leaders aren’t in a rush to demand President Donald Trump’s tax returns, despite pressure from more progressive members of the caucus…Trump himself escalated the debate over the Democrats’ efforts in his State of the Union address, just ahead of a Thursday hearing at a Ways and Means […]
2/6/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump kept a relatively low profile the day after his State of the Union address, staying silent on Twitter and remaining in Washington on a day when many past presidents have hit the road to amplify their annual speeches. But White House officials and close advisers say that Trump is […]
2/6/2019
JAMES MATTIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Secretary of Defense James Mattis was right to disagree with President Donald Trump over his plan to withdraw US troops from Syria, a top civilian official at the Pentagon told congressional lawmakers on Wednesday [2-6-19]. Appearing before the House Armed Services Committee for a hearing on the Pentagon’s counter terrorism […]
2/6/2019
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Donald Trump will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Feb. 27 and 28, the latest sign of thawing tensions between two leaders who had publicly traded insults and threats of military confrontation. Trump announced the meeting Tuesday [2-5-19] night during the State of the Union […]
2/6/2019
IRAQ/ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [2-6-19] that officials would announce next week that ‘100 percent’ of the ISIS caliphate had been liberated..ISIS currently holds only about 1 percent of land in Iraq and Syria, the global coalition to counter ISIS announced late last year. However, the caliphate continues to hold territory in […]
2/8/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, President George W. Bush declared a national emergency to do something Republicans had long wanted to do anyway: He suspended prevailing wage laws on federal contracts to rebuild the region. Labor unions protested. Democrats signed on to a bill to rewrite the law. […]
2/6/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/tUDYZrc6w0“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 6, 2019 12:34 pm […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump urged bipartisanship during his State of the Union address Tuesday [2-5-19]. Then he promptly called for Democrats to help him build a border wall, enact a new abortion ban and preemptively end the House’s investigations. Needless to say, it did not go over well. ‘WTF,’ said Sen. Mazie Hirono […]
2/6/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “You might say that Donald Trump’s presidency seems to be heading toward a wall. Trump strode down the center aisle of the House of Representatives chamber Tuesday [2-5-19] night just as he did at last year’s State of the Union. Once again, he stuck to a script – an evening for Teleprompter […]
2/6/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats accused President Donald Trump of using Nixonian intimidation tactics during his State of the Union address when he denounced ‘ridiculous partisan investigations,’ vowing to press on with their probes into the president’s administration, campaign and personal finances…Connolly’s disgust — accentuated by his head-shaking as he left the chamber — came […]
2/6/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump will return to the U.S.-Mexico border next week amid ongoing negotiations to avoid another government shutdown and as the White House lays the groundwork for declaring a national emergency to build a border wall. A day after a State of the Union address in which Trump discussed the need […]
2/6/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/CONGRESS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday [2-6-19] that President Donald Trump’s oblique denunciation of probes into his administration was a signal that he is ‘scared’ of such inquiries and ‘has something to hide.’ Delivering his State of the Union address Tuesday night, the president touted his administration’s claimed […]
2/6/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, as it unfolded, was a dizzying and even disorienting experience, a cascade of rhetorical passages that seemed to contradict each other every few moments. Appeals for unity and bipartisanship jostled with ideological and cultural scab-picking. Theatrics used by all modern presidents to swell the […]
2/6/2019
BORDER/DEMS/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump wants $5.7 billion for border security. Trump has made it clear that the centerpiece of this funding would be for ‘the wall.’ Homeland Security officials have been more specific on how they would use the money: to replace 115 miles of border fence and build an additional 100 miles […]
2/6/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s State of the Union speech hit hard on a topic that has dominated his term in office: defending the border with Mexico against what he described as migrants in ‘large organized caravans.’ He also suggested that the Mexican authorities were encouraging the migrants to cross the border illegally. ‘We have […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday [2-6-19] began a broad inquiry into whether Russia and other foreign powers may be exercising influence over President Trump, acting only hours after a defiant Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared that the House would not be cowed by the president’s ‘all-out threat’ to drop its investigations […]
2/6/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In 2011, Donald J. Trump, host of ‘The Celebrity Apprentice,’ was the star of a Comedy Central roast, a familiar ritual for showbiz personae. The guest of honor sits stage center and gets insulted, then everyone laughs it off as all in good fun. The State of the Union address, under President […]
2/6/2019
CONGRESS/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump lauded his new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico in his State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19] and urged Congress to pass the revised pact. The deal, he argued, will help American farmers and workers and ensure ‘that more cars are proudly stamped with the four beautiful […]
2/6/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior American negotiator arrived in North Korea on Wednesday [2-5-19] to sort out crucial details for a nuclear summit meeting in Vietnam between President Trump and the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, with only three weeks to go before the talks take place. Stephen Biegun, the Trump administration’s special representative for […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As the federal government prepares to begin construction of barriers and fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, activists in the Rio Grande Valley are joining forces to oppose the projects. The groups that gathered over the weekend in Mission include the No Border Wall coalition and the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. Construction equipment […]
2/5/2019
CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “As President Donald Trump highlighted the number of women who now have jobs thanks to his administration, the record number of Democratic women elected to Congress last year rose to their feet and cheered. The moment during Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night allowed for a rare bipartisan moment, […]
2/5/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [2-5-19] night revealed that he plans to meet North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un for a two-day summit in Vietnam on Feb. 27 and 28, as he also boasted about averting a deadly standoff with the rogue nation…The statement confirmed POLITICO’s report earlier on Tuesday that […]
2/5/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [2-5-19] denounced ‘ridiculous partisan’ investigations during his State of the Union address, adding that there cannot be peace as long as there is ‘war and investigation’…Trump did not specify which investigations he was referring to, but he has often attacked special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation […]
2/5/2019
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “They have called it a ‘childish spectacle,’ a ‘political pep rally’ at which they feel ‘very awkward’ and ‘very uncomfortable.’ One of them fell asleep because she ‘wasn’t 100 percent sober.’ Among the issues that deeply divide the Supreme Court – and there are many – one of the most personal […]
2/5/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump appeared before a divided Congress for the first time on Tuesday [2-5-19] to appeal to lawmakers’ sense of unity at a moment of deepening partisan spite. His calls for conciliation were met with mostly stone-faced silence from Democrats, who bitterly oppose his agenda and accuse him of hastening […]
2/5/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is expected to announce during Tuesday’s [2-5-19] State of the Union address that his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in Vietnam on February 27 and 28, according to a source familiar with the summit’s planning and Trump’s planned remarks. The city […]
2/1/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fresh off his 2018 re-election in deep blue Maryland, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan says he is leaving the door open to challenging President Donald Trump in a Republican primary…Asked if he’s thinking about running, Hogan replied, ‘I would say I’m listening. I’m not sure how much thinking we’re doing, but I haven’t […]
2/5/2019
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “North Korea is moving its nuclear and ballistic weapons to hide them from potential US military strikes, according to a UN Security Council diplomat citing a confidential UN report. The North Korean nuclear and missile program remains intact and shows no change in North Korea’s behavior, says the bi-annual report, even […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/HHS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A House panel is requesting additional documents from the Department of Health and Human Services related to the administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy that led to the separation of families apprehended along the southern border, after an earlier request went unfulfilled…The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Poll after poll shows that most Americans don’t believe illegal border crossings are the country’s most pressing problem. Far from it. But ‘the wall’ is the subject of constant coverage and advocacy by right-wing media outlets. That’s what President Trump is hearing and seeing all the time. And that’s what’s informing his […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/ENVIRONMENT/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As President Donald Trump prepares to sell Congress on the border wall at Tuesday’s [2-5-19] State of the Union, a butterfly conservation group is putting itself in the way of construction set to begin in Texas. Equipment for the construction of the first new miles of southern border wall approved since Trump […]
2/5/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump came to the House chamber on Tuesday [2-5-19] night pushing a message of unity, but the deep divisions that have ripped this city apart over the last two years were on vivid display throughout the night. The Democrats in the audience — many of whom wore white, the […]
2/5/2019
DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “When President Donald Trump climbs the rostrum to deliver his second State of the Union address, he’ll share the stage with the Democrat who has become his most vexing political rival: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. White House aides say Trump intends to deliver a speech focused on bipartisanship. But sitting just […]
2/5/2019
GOP/LEGISLATION/MIDDLE EAST/SENATE/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Republican-led Senate approved legislation Tuesday [2-5-19] that sharply criticizes President Donald Trump’s planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan. The bill also includes a controversial provision that would allow local governments to penalize businesses or individuals engaged in anti-Israel boycotts. Supporters of the boycott provision said it’s needed […]
2/5/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looking forward to tonight! #SOTU https://t.co/lGKkZeaxUZ“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 5, 2019 4:41 pm […]
2/5/2019
ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump delivers his second State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19] night at a moment of major political peril. A POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted in the run-up to the speech shows a majority of voters, 52 percent, say they would definitely vote for someone other than Trump if the […]
2/5/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump hinted last week that one theme of his State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19] will be unity. The current state of his presidency: turbulence and uncertainty. Trump will deliver his call for harmony in a new era of divided government and at a time when he has […]
2/5/2019
DEMS/DRUGS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump keeps telling Democrats he wants a big bipartisan drug pricing deal. But Democrats don’t believe him — and are rolling out a series of bills that would set the framework for talks far to the left, defying Trump to stand in the way. At the center of that effort […]
2/5/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I see Schumer is already criticizing my State of the Union speech, even though he hasn’t seen it yet. He’s just upset that he didn’t win the Senate, after spending a fortune, like he thought he would. Too bad we weren’t given more credit for the Senate win by the media!” […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Tremendous numbers of people are coming up through Mexico in the hopes of flooding our Southern Border. We have sent additional military. We will build a Human Wall if necessary. If we had a real Wall, this would be a non-event!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 5, 2019 9:10 am […]
2/5/2019
TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WORLD BANK: “The World Bank may be poised for a shake-up with President Donald Trump planning to nominate David Malpass, who has been a critic of the bank, to lead the institution focused on global poverty. Malpass’ selection was confirmed by a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the […]
2/5/2019
LAWSUIT/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A federal judge has granted adult film actress Stormy Daniels’ request to dismiss a defamation claim against U.S. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen, while letting her pursue her lawsuit against Trump and Cohen to end a hush money settlement. In a decision made public on Tuesday [2-5-19], U.S. District […]
2/5/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Stacey Abrams, who nearly became both the first African-American and first woman to be governor of Georgia, will deliver the Democrats’ response to the State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19], test-driving the party’s 2020 challenge to President Donald Trump. After losing a Southern state that Trump won in 2016 by […]
2/5/2019
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal subpoena seeking documents from Donald Trump’s inaugural committee is part of ‘a hysteria’ over the fact that he’s president, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Tuesday [2-5-19]. Federal prosecutors in New York issued the wide-ranging subpoena Monday [2-4-19], furthering a federal inquiry into a fund that has […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate’s top Republican on Tuesday [2-5-19] pushed congressional bargainers to reach a border security deal without first getting President Donald Trump’s approval, a month after the impulsive president scuttled an apparent bipartisan deal and triggered a historically long federal shutdown. Capitol Hill talks to resolve an impasse over Trump’s demands for […]
2/5/2019
CONGRESS/INFRASTRUCTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will ask Congress in his State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19] to pass legislation to boost the nation’s aging infrastructure, but will not explain how to pay for it, administration officials said. Trump is likely to set a benchmark of investing at least $1 trillion to build […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump told Americans in his State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19] that illegal immigration was an urgent national crisis and he vowed to build a border wall as he sought funding for a project rejected by Democrats…Trump used part of his speech to offer a spirit of compromise, […]
2/5/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump delivered a message of bipartisan unity on Tuesday [2-5-19] night in his first address to Congress in the new era of divided government, but any hope of enduring harmony was dispelled long before he arrived at the Capitol. Mr. Trump, who has warred with Democrats for weeks over his plan […]
2/4/2019
2016 ELECTION/LGEAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee confirmed Monday [2-4-19] that it had received a subpoena from federal prosecutors in New York as part of an investigation into the group’s fundraising activities. ‘While we are still reviewing the subpoena, it is our intention to cooperate with the inquiry,’ the committee said in […]
2/4/2019
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal prosecutors issued a subpoena on Monday [2-4-19] to President Donald Trump’s inauguration committee in another sign of the broadening swath of investigations circling around events tied to the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath. A spokesman for the inauguration confirmed news of the subpoena from the Southern District of New […]