Category: A- Trump As President

9/21/2018

IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran’s foreign minister tweeted on Friday [9-21-18] that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump was a threat to the Middle East and to the global community…Tensions have ramped up between Iran and the United States after Trump withdrew from a landmark multi-lateral nuclear deal in May and reimposed sanctions on […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and documents pertaining to the Russia probe (all times local): 11 a.m. President Donald Trump has delayed the release of Russia probe documents after U.S. allies raised concerns. The Justice Department’s internal watchdog has been asked to review documents from the FBI’s Russia investigation […]

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9/21/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “Since U.S. President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations a year ago pushing an ‘America First’ policy, he has quit the Iran nuclear deal, the U.N. Human Rights Council and lashed out at some of the closest allies of the United States. Next week at the United Nations, […]

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9/21/2018

HEALTHCARE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a campaign rally in Las Vegas, President Trump said that he and Republicans ‘will protect patients with pre-existing conditions.’ But his Justice Department has said that those provisions under the Affordable Care Act should be overturned. THE FACTS This requires context. The Justice Department told a federal court in […]

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9/21/2018

POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Pennsylvania man who threatened to ‘put a bullet’ in President Trump’s head and then evaded the police for three months by surviving in the wilderness was arrested on Friday in Ohio, the authorities said. The fugitive, Shawn Richard Christy, 26, was captured in a wooded area of Mifflin Township, a town […]

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9/21/2018

MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump plans to award the Medal of Honor to a retired Army staff sergeant in recognition of his treatment and evacuation of fellow US soldiers while taking fire from enemy combatants in Afghanistan in 2008. The White House announced Friday [9-21-18] the President will recognize Ronald J. Shurer with the […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rod Rosenstein and his allies furiously pushed back Friday [9-21-18] against a bombshell New York Times report that the deputy attorney general considered wearing a wire to record President Donald Trump during a tumultuous period last year after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. According to the report, Rosenstein […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a rare retreat, President Trump on Friday [9-21-18] reversed himself and said he was no longer demanding that documents related to the Russia investigation be immediately declassified and released to the public. Taking to Twitter on Friday morning, Mr. Trump said that instead of an immediate release, Justice Department […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @W7VOA: View of the line outside Las Vegas Convention Center of those waiting to get into the @realDonaldTrump #MAGA rally. (Photos sent…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:26 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RamonaGiwargis: The crowd roars as @realDonaldTrump takes the stage. Says he’s thrilled to be back in Ne-vah-da. ‘You have to say that…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:25 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @MikeTokes: We are outside the Trump rally in Las Vegas. There are THOUSANDS of conservatives here and the line extends all the way arou…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:24 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @MikeTokes: What an amazing Trump rally in Las Vegas, Nevada. There must have been over 10,000 people here and trust me when I say it, w…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:24 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @NVGOP: Energy and excitement for President @realDonaldTrump and his #AmericaFirst agenda is through the roof! #MAGA https://t.co/KNywCE…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:23 pm  […]

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9/21/2018

GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOP: ‘We’re fighting every day for our factories, our ranchers, our great miners, our farmers, and we are now the largest producer of e…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:22 pm […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [9-21-18] abandoned plans to quickly declassify and release sensitive documents connected to the FBI’s Russia investigation, citing a ‘perceived negative impact’ on the probe and concerns raised by ‘key allies’ about dumping the materials. Trump instead announced that he would defer to a Justice Department […]

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9/21/2018

MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Throughout American history, the men and women of our Armed Forces have selflessly served our Country, making tremendous sacrifices to defend our liberty. On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we honor all American Prisoners of War: https://t.co/ZGiqdYbats https://t.co/OEetrLzgcJ“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 12:22 pm […]

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9/21/2018

CYBERWAR/DHS/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration touted the National Cyber Strategy it released Thursday [9-20-18] as proof of its commitment to protecting U.S. government networks and critical infrastructure from cyber threats, but the document offered little new information about how President Donald Trump plans to improve U.S. cybersecurity, even as intelligence officials continue to warn […]

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9/21/2018

RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….has been asked to review these documents on an expedited basis. I believe he will move quickly on this (and hopefully other things which he is looking at). In the end I can always declassify if it proves necessary. Speed is very important to me – and everyone!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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9/21/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I met with the DOJ concerning the declassification of various UNREDACTED documents. They agreed to release them but stated that so doing may have a perceived negative impact on the Russia probe. Also, key Allies’ called to ask not to release. Therefore, the Inspector General…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, […]

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9/21/2018

CHINA/STEVE BANNON/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump’s strategy is to make the trade war with China ‘unprecedentedly large’ and ‘unbearably painful’ for Beijing, and he will not back down before victory, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in an exclusive interview. Bannon said the aim was not just to force China […]

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9/21/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are surging back in the Midwestern states where President Donald Trump cut deepest into their old coalition in 2016, led by a class of candidates for governor that have Republicans on their heels. The Republican Governors Association cut the size of its ad buys in Minnesota and then in Michigan, according […]

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9/20/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Early in President Donald Trump’s speech at a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday [9-20-18] night, he told the crowd he was glad to be in Nevada — and then stopped to emphasize the Ne-VA-da pronunciation, pointing out that you ‘have to say that name just right.’ Toward the end of his […]

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9/20/2018

DEMS/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democratic mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, slammed President Donald Trump on Thursday, telling Anderson Cooper that the White House’s response to Hurricane Maria will go down in history as Trump’s own Hurricane Katrina, a storm that many say marred George W. Bush’s presidency. ‘This is historic. It’s a historic […]

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9/20/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Landing in Las Vegas now for a Make America Great Again Rally supporting @DeanHeller and @DannyTarkanian. Also doing interview there with @seanhannity live on @FoxNews. Big crowd, long lines. Will be great! #MAGA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 8:27 pm […]

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9/20/2018

COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION/VA: “A union that represents employees at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Missouri has asked a federal judge to hold the agency in contempt of her ruling that struck down key provisions of three executive orders on federal civil service issued by President Donald Trump. Local 3399 of the American Federation […]

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9/20/2018

MEDICARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CMS thought a proposal to save doctors paperwork would be a public relations bonanza. Instead, most doctor groups view it as disastrous. A provision tucked into the agency’s 1,472-page payment rule in July does away with a lot of paper-pushing, but it also appears to strip away the financial incentives to see […]

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9/20/2018

JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to my good friend Prime Minister @AbeShinzo on his HUGE election victory in Japan. I’m looking forward to many more years of working together. See you in New York next week!????” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 12:39 pm […]

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9/20/2018

FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of South Korea, Egypt, France, Israel, Japan, and Britain next week during a gathering for the United Nations General Assembly, the White House said on Thursday [9-20-18].” –Reuters Staff, “Trump to meet Israel, Egypt, Japan leaders at U.N. next week: […]

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9/20/2018

INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump suggested that some of the information related to the Russia investigation that he sought to publicly release may not be disclosed, at the request of US allies — a stark reversal just four days after issuing an unprecedented directive for ‘immediate declassification’…Trump said he had received […]

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9/20/2018

ELECTION/GOP/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “All summer, congressional GOP leaders have touted their success passing spending bills before the Sept. 30 funding deadline, a rare feat in this partisan age that they’ve even highlighted on the campaign trail. But President Donald Trump just doesn’t care. He wants his wall, and he wants it yesterday. Trump on […]

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9/20/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI director James Comey said he’s not worried by President Donald Trump’s order to the bureau to release a slew of his text messages, saying he ‘wasn’t a big texter’ when he was at the law enforcement agency. Trump’s sudden Monday [9-17-18] move to release Comey’s communications […]

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9/20/2018

CONGRESS/ELECTION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump complained Thursday [9-20-18] morning about the ‘ridiculous spending bill’ making its way through Congress, demanding answers on funding for his long-promised border wall but stopping short of calling for a government shutdown before this fall’s midterm elections…The president has complained loudly and regularly throughout his first two years in […]

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9/20/2018

GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Perhaps the most confounding example of divided loyalties in American politics right now is happening in the power corridors of Republican Alabama. From Montgomery to Mobile, the state’s GOP elite has stuck by President Donald Trump with a tenacity almost unmatched in the country. At the same time, those same die-hards […]

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9/20/2018

ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “This summer, as anger over the separation of migrant families at the border boiled over, and the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement became a rallying cry for left-leaning Democrats, a number of less scrutinized, more arcane reforms were quietly working their way into the most foundational laws governing U.S. immigration. […]

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9/20/2018

DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Raising the specter of a government shutdown in just 10 days, President Donald Trump complained Thursday [9-20-18] that a spending plan pushed by congressional Republicans is ‘ridiculous’ because it does not include funding for a border wall with Mexico. Trump tweeted that he wants to know ‘where is the money for Border […]

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9/20/2018

COURTS/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Aided by fellow Republicans in the Senate, President Donald Trump is rapidly filling vacancies on U.S. appeals courts, moving some that had liberal majorities closer to conservative control in an ideological shift that could benefit his administration. These 13 courts wield considerable power, usually providing the last word on rulings appealed from […]

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9/20/2018

CRIME/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A daughter who never returned home, a son gunned down point-blank, a mom who was brutally attacked — all deaths at the hands of immigrants in the country illegally, all gripping stories the White House has been eager to share. But for all the talk of murderers, rapists and other ‘bad […]

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9/20/2018

DRUGS/NIKKI HALEY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump will call for global action on the world drug problem, lay out his vision of the U.S. role in the world, and urge a halt to the spread of weapons of mass destruction during next week’s gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. Nikki Haley, the […]

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9/20/2018

ELECTION/GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “During a discussion about his party’s legislative high points this year with a small group at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, expressed a new concern about an old habit of President Trump’s. The many ‘distractions’ generated by the president, Mr. McConnell […]

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9/20/2018

ASIA/EU/IRAN/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “When President Trump travels to New York on Sunday [9-23-18] for his second visit to the United Nations, he will face tensions with allies in Europe and Asia — but not necessarily of a predictable sort. Administration officials contend that Mr. Trump’s well-documented rift with the Europeans over his withdrawal from […]

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9/20/2018

COURTS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Aided by fellow Republicans in the Senate, President Donald Trump is rapidly filling vacancies on U.S. appeals courts, moving some that had liberal majorities closer to conservative control in an ideological shift that could benefit his administration. These 13 courts wield considerable power, usually providing the last word on rulings appealed […]

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9/20/2018

BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I want to know, where is the money for Border Security and the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and where will it come from after the Midterms? Dems are obstructing Law Enforcement and Border Security. REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET TOUGH!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 6:43 am   […]

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9/20/2018

BORDER/COURTS/DEMS/ECONOMY/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’We can’t secure the Border because of the Democrats historic level of Obstruction. The Presidents fed up with this. His agenda is working. The economy is growing at twice the rate it did under Obama. We’ve nominated and confirmed 68 Federal Judges, 26 Court of Appeals Judges….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September […]

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9/20/2018

MIDDLE EAST/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We protect the countries of the Middle East, they would not be safe for very long without us, and yet they continue to push for higher and higher oil prices! We will remember. The OPEC monopoly must get prices down now!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 6:13 am  […]

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9/20/2018

ECONOMY/ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Financial and jobs numbers are fantastic. There are plenty of new, high paying jobs available in our great and very vibrant economy. If you are not happy where you are, start looking – but also remember, our economy is only getting better. Vote in Midterms!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 6:05 […]

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9/20/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/FBI/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic operatives are growing anxious that Republicans working to undermine the FBI’s Russia probe are teeing up a series of document dumps meant to gin up GOP voters ahead of the midterm elections. After weeks of hand-wringing, President Donald Trump on Monday [9-17-18] ordered the declassification of a slew of […]

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9/20/2018

ECONOMY/ELECTION/GOP/MIDDLE EAST/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump linked American support for Middle Eastern countries to oil prices on Thursday [9-20-18] as he again urged OPEC to lower prices…The Republican president has lashed out at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries over the past several months. Rising U.S. gasoline prices could create a political headache […]

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9/20/2018

MIDDLE EAST/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump linked American support for Middle Eastern countries to oil prices on Thursday [9-20-18] as he again urged OPEC to lower prices. ‘We protect the countries of the Middle East, they would not be safe for very long without us, and yet they continue to push for higher […]

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9/19/2018

NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed developments on Wednesday [9-19-18] at an inter-Korean summit in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang as ‘very exciting’. ‘Kim Jong Un has agreed to allow nuclear inspections, subject to final negotiations, and to permanently dismantle a test site and launch pad in the presence of […]

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9/19/2018

ETHICS/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump loves to tout the fact that there has never been another president like him. When it comes to his ratings on ethics, he’s right. Gallup recently asked people to rate the ethical standards of Trump as compared to the seven men who held the office prior to him — […]

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9/19/2018

LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is set to be sentenced on December 18 for lying to FBI investigators, federal Judge Emmet Sullivan said Wednesday [9-19-18]. Flynn pleaded guilty to one charge last December as a result of the special counsel probe led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller. Both […]

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9/19/2018

HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just returned to the White House from the Great States of North Carolina and South Carolina where incredible work is being done on the ongoing fight against hurricane Florence. Tremendous talent and spirit!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2018 6:37 pm […]

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9/19/2018

CHILDREN/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration again could not determine where nearly 1,500 immigrant children were over a three-month period this year, the second time in less than a year that it admitted it had lost track of hundreds of undocumented children released from US custody. The findings were released on Tuesday [9-18-18] by a […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow claimed, without presenting evidence, that NBC edited a May 2017 interview in which the President said he was thinking of ‘this Russia thing’ when he decided to fire then-FBI Director James Comey. Speaking Wednesday [9-19-18] on CNN’s ‘Cuomo Prime Time,’ Sekulow said the […]

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9/19/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump touted the federal government’s response to Hurricane Florence during a stop in North Carolina Wednesday [9-19-18], after the storm overwhelmed the region starting last week…Trump has been battling critics, including Puerto Rican officials, over the last week over complaints that the federal response to last year’s Hurricane Maria […]

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9/19/2018

LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-19-18] morning insisted he had no concerns about former campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s recent agreement to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller…As part of a guilty plea struck last Friday [9-14-18], Manafort agreed to cooperate fully with Mueller’s probe into Russian interference and whether […]

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9/19/2018

BUSINESS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “Thirteen United Steelworkers locals representing about 15,000 workers authorized a strike against Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, the USW announced Tuesday [9-18-18]. Members last week authorized a strike against U.S. Steel, arguing that the two companies (which together account for 40 percent of all flat-rolled steel production in the U.S.) weren’t passing through to workers […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESETIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [9-18-18] that his decision to declassify documents related to the Justice Department’s Russia probe was ‘a great service to the country’ and expressed regret that he had not fired former FBI Director James Comey earlier. In an interview with The Hill, Trump said […]

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9/19/2018

FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump nominated Nellie Liang, a longtime Federal Reserve staff member who is an expert on financial regulation, on Wednesday [9-19-18] to join the Fed’s board of governors. Ms. Liang, 60, played a key role in the Fed’s efforts to tighten oversight of the financial system after the 2008 crisis, […]

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9/19/2018

NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump hailed Wednesday’s [9-19-18] summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and said there had been ‘tremendous progress’ with North Korea on several fronts including Pyongyang’s denuclearization. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said agreements reached between the […]

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9/19/2018

2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-19-18] he is not worried about what his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who is cooperating with the U.S. special counsel’s probe into Russian election meddling, will tell prosecutors, as long as he is truthful. ‘No, I’m not,’ Trump told reporters at […]

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9/19/2018

ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….it was impossible – and then already it’s over 4%, and I expect it’s going to grow faster and faster. We’re just getting started here.’ Peter Ferrara, former advisor to President Reagan. @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2018 6:40 am […]

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9/19/2018

AFRICA/IMMIGRATION/SPAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump recommended building a wall across the Sahara to solve Europe’s migrant crisis, Spain’s foreign minister says. Josep Borrell, also a former President of the European Parliament, disagreed with the strategy. The comments came during a visit Mr Borrell made to the US at the end of June. Mr Trump’s pledge […]

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9/19/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump has said he does not ‘have an attorney general’ in his fiercest attack yet on Jeff Sessions. In an interview with Hill.TV, Mr Trump renewed criticism of Mr Sessions’ decision to step aside from the inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. He also said […]

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9/19/18

2016 ELECTION/ECONOMY/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’The recovery got started on Election Day 2016. It took Trump’s Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts to get the economy booming. Before that it was the worst and slowest economic recovery since the Great Depression. It took just 6 months for Trump to get to 3%, even though they said…..” –Donald […]

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9/19/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying, ‘I don’t have an attorney general.’ Trump, in a Hill.TV interview released on Wednesday [9-18-18], said that he’s ‘so sad over Jeff Sessions,’ whom he has repeatedly denounced for recusing himself from the Russia investigation…The president softened […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Robert Mueller has been busy. In just the last two weeks, the special counsel has secured the cooperation of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, dispensed with the case of the campaign aide who triggered the Russia probe and signaled he’s squeezed all the information he needs out […]

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9/19/2018

POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At least 100 state and federal law enforcement officers are scouring an Ohio city, searching for a fugitive who has eluded them across multiple states for months after threatening to ‘put a bullet’ in President Trump’s head, the authorities said. The search became increasingly intense and focused on Sunday [9-16-18], after the […]

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9/19/2018

HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s visit to the Carolinas to review Hurricane Florence damage (all times local): 4 p.m. President Donald Trump says South Carolina is in for a ‘rough few days’ in the aftermath of Florence, but assures the state that the federal government ‘is behind you.’ Trump spoke Wednesday […]

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9/19/2018

LOBBYING/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [9-19-18] that he’s not concerned about what his former campaign chairman is telling investigators in the Russia probe. Trump told reporters at the White House that if Paul Manafort tells the truth to special counsel Robert Mueller’s team then he doesn’t see a problem. […]

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9/19/2018

MILITARY/POLAND/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As brand names for high-rise towers, hotels or golf courses go, it is hard to trump Trump. But what about Fort Trump, the supposedly tongue-in-cheek name President Andrzej Duda of Poland has proposed for an American military base in his country? The Polish leader discussed that proposal with President Trump at the […]

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9/19/2018

CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is confident that the United States is winning its trade war with China. But on both sides of the Pacific, a bleaker recognition is taking hold: The world’s two largest economies are in the opening stages of a new economic Cold War, one that could persist well after Mr. […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump excoriated on Wednesday [9-19-18] his attorney general, the F.B.I., the special counsel and members of the intelligence community — citing conspiracy theories by conservatives even as he declared in a wide-ranging interview that he is ‘not a conspiratorial person.’ Mr. Trump used the Oval Office interview with The […]

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9/19/2018

HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump is expected on Wednesday [9-19-18] to visit North Carolina, which is bearing the brunt of Florence’s deadly deluge and where rivers are still rising while thousands of homes and roadways remain submerged. Trump’s trip to the state follows criticism for his handling of Hurricane Maria, which devastated […]

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9/18/2018

NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kim Jong Un has agreed to allow Nuclear inspections, subject to final negotiations, and to permanently dismantle a test site and launch pad in the presence of international experts. In the meantime there will be no Rocket or Nuclear testing. Hero remains to continue being……..”  -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 18, 2018 […]

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