JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘The unemployment rate remains at a 17-year low of 4.1%. The unemployment rate in manufacturing dropped to 2.6%, the lowest ever recorded. The unemployment rate among Hispanics dropped to 4.7%, the lowest ever recorded…’ @SecretaryAcosta @USDOL https://t.co/vou28s0yHN” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 8, 2017 02:02pm […]
Category: A- Trump As President
12/8/2017
BANKING/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [12-8-17] said his administration will continue pursuing sanctions against Wells Fargo, notably dismissing news reports indicating otherwise as inaccurate reporting instead of ‘fake news.’ Reuters reported Thursday that White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, who is doubling as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is […]
12/8/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump offered another full-throated pitch on Friday [12-8-17] for Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, imploring Alabama voters to keep the seat under GOP control and away from a ‘Pelosi/Schumer puppet,’ Democrat Doug Jones… Moore, a controversial former chief judge of the Alabama Supreme Court, has been accused by multiple […]
12/8/2017
BANKING/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fines and penalties against Wells Fargo Bank for their bad acts against their customers and others will not be dropped, as has incorrectly been reported, but will be pursued and, if anything, substantially increased. I will cut Regs but make penalties severe when caught cheating!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 8, 2017 10:18am […]
12/8/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “LAST thing the Make America Great Again Agenda needs is a Liberal Democrat in Senate where we have so little margin for victory already. The Pelosi/Schumer Puppet Jones would vote against us 100% of the time. He’s bad on Crime, Life, Border, Vets, Guns & Military. VOTE ROY MOORE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/8/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Big crowd expected today in Pensacola, Florida, for a Make America Great Again speech. We have done so much in so short a period of time…and yet are planning to do so much more! See you there!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 8, 2017 08:11am […]
12/8/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated, scores were hurt and at least one killed in clashes with Israeli troops on a ‘day of rage’ on Friday [12-8-17] against U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Across the Arab and Muslim worlds, thousands more demonstrators took to the streets on Friday, […]
12/8/2017
CAMPAIGN/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I fulfilled my campaign promise – others didn’t! https://t.co/bYdaOHmPVJ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 8, 2017 12:41am […]
12/7/2017
DEMS/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The latkes were fried and the kosher lamb chops were prepared on Thursday, just as in past years, for the first White House Hanukkah party of the Trump era. But there was one prominent break with tradition: President Trump did not invite Democratic lawmakers. Mr. Trump, who prizes loyalty and seldom forgets […]
12/7/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Days after Donald J. Trump launched his presidential campaign in June 2015, James O’Keefe, the conservative disrupter famous for trying to use secret recordings to embarrass liberals and journalists, visited Trump Tower and gave Mr. Trump a preview of his latest hidden camera video intended to undermine Hillary Clinton. The footage, […]
12/7/2017
CHRIS WRAY/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Christopher A. Wray, the director of the F.B.I., defended his work force on Thursday [12-7-17] in a politically charged hearing on Capitol Hill, rebutting President Trump’s accusation that the bureau was in ‘tatters’ and fending off attacks from Republicans on personnel… Mr. Wray was pressed by Republicans on the political […]
12/7/2017
HOLIDAY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump erred in their efforts to mark Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on Thursday, misquoting one of the president’s predecessors and misstating the date of the attack on social media. ‘National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day – *A day that will live in infamy!* December 7, 1941,’ […]
12/7/2017
BUDGET/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans passed a stopgap spending bill Thursday [12-7-17] to ward off a government shutdown Friday. But GOP leaders on both sides of the Capitol face a turbulent next few weeks as they try to clinch a broader budget deal with Democrats by the end of the year. The measure […]
12/7/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Across the battlefields, oceans, and harrowing skies of Europe and the Pacific throughout the war, one great battle cry could be heard by America’s friends and foes alike: ‘REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR.’ https://t.co/dfev02TwIr” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 7, 2017 04:10pm […]
12/7/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, as we Remember Pearl Harbor, it was an incredible honor to be joined with surviving Veterans of the attack on 12/7/1941. They are HEROES, and they are living witnesses to American History. All American hearts are filled with gratitude for their service and their sacrifice. https://t.co/x5LDl25o30” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 7, […]
12/7/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, the U.S. flag flies at half-staff at the @WhiteHouse, in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. https://t.co/LkXsBx2JF8 https://t.co/ogmpydr5LK” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 7, 2017 03:04pm […]
12/7/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, our entire nation pauses to REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR—and the brave warriors who on that day stood tall and fought for America. God Bless our HEROES who wear the uniform, and God Bless the United States of America. #PearlHarborRemembranceDay?? https://t.co/qGhlsPlxtH” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 7, 2017 11:16am […]
12/7/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day – ‘A day that will live in infamy!’ December 7, 1941” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 7, 2017 10:04am […]
12/7/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “President Donald Trump’s eldest son on Wednesday [12-6-17] refused to discuss with congressional investigators a father-son conversation earlier this year about how to handle fallout from revelations that he met with a Russian attorney during the 2016 campaign, according to people familiar with the matter. During the more than seven-hour […]
12/7/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The first signs of strain with President Donald Trump’s administration among his closest Arab allies have surfaced over the policy shift on Jerusalem, an indication that the U.S. is at risk of alienating potential partners in the pursuit of Mideast peace and the building of a coalition to counter Iran. […]
12/7/2017
ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s decision Wednesday [12-13-17] to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital could temporarily derail the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, two senior White House officials acknowledged after Trump’s speech… That ‘derailment’ was a cost the White House was prepared to accept to fulfill Trump’s campaign promise. And two senior White House officials said […]
12/7/2017
ENERGY/ENERGY [ALT]/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas will lead a delegation of lawmakers in a meeting with President Donald Trump on Thursday to argue for changes to the nation’s biofuels policy to protect oil refining jobs. The meeting comes after the Environmental Protection Agency last month announced a slight increase in the […]
12/7/2017
BUDGET/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will face off with Democratic leaders of Congress on Thursday [12-7-17] in a high-stakes White House meeting intended to bridge differences over a spending bill and preventing a government shutdown… Trump and Congress are facing a deadline of midnight Friday to pass new spending legislation or […]
12/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/YEMEN: “President Trump pressed Saudi Arabia on Wednesday [12-6-17] to fully end its blockade of food, water, medicine and fuel into Yemen, a rare humanitarian rebuke to the Middle East ally that he has firmly embraced since taking office. Saudi Arabia joined Yemen’s civil war, which pit the country’s leaders against […]
12/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ten days before Donald J. Trump took office, Sheldon G. Adelson went to Trump Tower for a private meeting. Afterward, Mr. Adelson, the casino billionaire and Republican donor, called an old friend, Morton A. Klein, to report that Mr. Trump told him that moving the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to […]
12/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There was no dancing in the rain-soaked streets, no jubilant horn-honking or waving of the blue-and-white flag. But there were blustery statements from Israeli politicians… News that President Trump would formally recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and take steps to move the United States Embassy to the city seemed to […]
12/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump granted U.S. recognition to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday, veering from decades of U.S. policy and launching an uncertain chapter in Washington’s decadeslong quest for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. Mr. Trump also ordered the State Department to begin moving the U.S. Embassy to […]
12/6/2017
LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats said Wednesday [12-6-17] they have evidence from a confidential whistleblower that within minutes of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, then-national security adviser Michael Flynn sent assurances to former business partners that a plan to build nuclear reactors across the Middle East was ‘good to go.’ Democrats on the House oversight […]
12/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s official capital and begin the process of moving the U.S. embassy here from Tel Aviv sent ripples across the local political scene on Wednesday [12-6-17], with many legislators voicing strong support for Trump’s decision and others warning that any hopes for a […]
12/6/2017
EX-IM BANK/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Export-Import Bank faces a crucial test as early as next week, with a Senate panel weighing a vote on his nomination. A majority vote against the troubled pick, Scott Garrett, could effectively end his candidacy. Sen. Mike Crapo (R., Idaho), the chairman of the […]
12/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. I am also directing the State Department to begin preparation to move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem… https://t.co/YwgWmT0O8m” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 6, 2017 04:14pm […]
12/6/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me live from the @WhiteHouse via #Periscope https://t.co/wLXKoISSTG” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 6, 2017 01:05pm […]
12/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/POPE FRANCIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Pope Francis called Wednesday [12-6-17] for the preservation of Jerusalem’s ‘identity’ in the wake of President Donald Trump’s expected move to declare the city the capital of Israel… Also on Wednesday, the leaders of Christian communities in Jerusalem told Trump in an open letter that recognizing the city as Israel’s […]
12/6/2017
INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressional investigators are scrutinizing trips to Europe taken last year by several associates of President Donald Trump, amid concern they may have met with Kremlin-linked operatives as part of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. Several people close to then-candidate Trump visited Europe during and after the campaign, including his […]
12/5/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite appeals and warnings from world leaders, President Donald Trump is poised to reverse decades of U.S. policy on Wednesday [12-6-17] by declaring Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and beginning the process of moving the U.S. Embassy to the holy city, a step that threatens to spark unrest across the Middle East […]
12/5/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Lawyers clashed Tuesday [12-5-17] in a Manhattan courtroom over whether a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who has accused President Trump of unwanted sexual advances should be allowed to proceed in New York State Supreme Court. The president’s lawyer, Marc E. Kasowitz, argued that the state court has no jurisdiction over […]
12/5/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s sudden decision on Monday [12-4-17] to endorse Roy S. Moore and direct the Republican National Committee to restore funding for the embattled Senate candidate in Alabama undercut party officials who have disavowed him. But it did not surprise them. Mr. Trump’s improvisational, and often impulsive, political decision making has […]
12/5/2017
DHS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate voted on Tuesday [12-5-17] to confirm Kirstjen Nielsen as the secretary of homeland security, elevating a top White House aide and former agency official to oversee the department central to President Trump’s plan to crack down on illegal immigration and beef up border security. The vote was 62 to 37. […]
12/5/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me this Friday in Pensacola, Florida at the Pensacola Bay Center! Tickets: https://t.co/zA7SGgWqBE https://t.co/QzFdxQdgAL” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 5, 2017 06:13pm […]
12/5/2017
GOP/LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The GOP hierarchy is splitting over the party’s controversial Senate nominee in Alabama, with the Senate campaign committee continuing to withhold support for Roy Moore despite President Donald Trump’s decision to endorse him. Sen. Cory Gardner (R., Colo.), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told reporters Tuesday morning that there […]
12/5/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Sexual harassment allegations against President Donald Trump dating back to his days hosting the reality TV show ‘The Apprentice’ will be raised in a New York courtroom Tuesday [12-5-17] afternoon, where a judge will hear arguments on a motion to dismiss a suit brought by a former contestant who says Trump groped […]
12/5/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump outlined his intentions to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in a call with President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday according to Palestinian Authority spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh. The Palestinians said that Abbas warned Trump in the call against the dangers of such a step and added that […]
12/5/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Yesterday, I was thrilled to be with so many WONDERFUL friends, in Utah’s MAGNIFICENT Capitol. It was my honor to sign two Presidential Proclamations that will modify the national monuments designations of both Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante… https://t.co/jiTHcPovCi https://t.co/dIpdAUVoRB” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 5, 2017 12:46pm […]
12/5/2017
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration ramped up arrests of people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally in 2017, but the number of deportations fell below even the lowest level recorded during the Obama administration, the government said Tuesday [12-5-17]. That is partly because the number of people caught crossing the border illegally plummeted […]
12/5/2017
BANKING/FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate Banking Committee voted Tuesday [12-5-17] to advance the nomination of Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the U.S. central bank. All but one of the panel’s Democrats— Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.)—joined Republicans to approve Mr. Powell’s nomination by a 22-1 vote. ‘His years […]
12/5/2017
INTERIOR/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A group of Native American tribes filed suit against President Donald Trump and a host of administration officials on Monday [12-4-17], alleging that Trump’s decision to significantly shrink Bears Ears National Monument is ‘in violation of the United States Constitution and the Antiquities Act of 1906.’ Representatives from the Hopi, Zuni, Ute […]
12/5/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Republicans near the finish line on a long-sought tax overhaul, President Donald Trump has committed them to taking up a welfare-revamp fight next. Mr. Trump has repeatedly said he is interested in kick-starting a debate around means-tested social programs, with allies seeing significant political rewards from taking up the issue even […]
12/5/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s expected announcement on the future status of Jerusalem has the potential to derail tenuous U.S. attempts to revive moribund Middle East peace talks, reaction from capitals in the region suggests. Arab leaders across the Middle East are making last-ditch appeals to the U.S. not to declare Jerusalem the […]
12/4/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Monday [12-4-17] said the Trump administration for now can implement all parts of its latest ban on travelers from certain countries, a significant boost to the White House after a string of setbacks in lower courts. The high court’s action came in a brief written order […]
12/4/2017
INTERIOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is expected to announce a historic reduction to Bears Ears National Monument on Monday [12-4-17], a sprawling region of red rock canyons in Utah that has been at the center of a national fight over how much land a president can legally set aside for protection. The Trump administration plans […]
12/4/2017
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/MIKE PENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “The White House’s chief lawyer told President Donald Trump in January he believed then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled the FBI and lied to Vice President Mike Pence and should be fired, a source familiar with the matter said Monday [12-4-17]. The description of the conversation […]
12/4/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday [12-4-17] handed a victory to President Donald Trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect even as legal challenges continue in lower courts. The nine-member court, with two liberal justices dissenting, granted his administration’s […]
12/4/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump threw his support behind Alabama candidate Roy Moore on Monday [12-4-17], calling the Senate hopeful, who has been accused of sexual misconduct, and tweeting that ‘we need Republican Roy Moore to win’ in order to push through the president’s agenda… Trump seemed to warm to Moore after endorsing […]
12/4/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/USDA: “Morale among many of the Agriculture Department’s legal staff has plummeted since Stephen Vaden, the Trump administration’s nominee to be USDA General Counsel, assumed leadership in March, say several agency attorneys from across the country. Vaden, who arrived at USDA in January as part of President Donald Trump’s beachhead team and was […]
12/4/2017
LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The guilty plea by President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser inspired dueling narratives over the weekend. To Mr. Trump’s supporters, the charge against Mike Flynn for making false statements was evidence that investigators were nowhere near proving collusion with Russians to interfere in the 2016 president election, the matter […]
12/4/2017
MEDIA/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A must watch: Legal Scholar Alan Dershowitz was just on @foxandfriends talking of what is going on with respect to the greatest Witch Hunt in U.S. political history. Enjoy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 4, 2017 07:35am […]
12/4/2017
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. and South Korean militaries began five days of simulated war drills on the peninsula Monday [12-4-17], involving bombers, fighters and thousands of troops, less than a week after North Korea tested its most advanced missile. The annual drills, known as Vigilant Ace, are aimed at developing interoperability […]
12/3/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration has quit participating in talks on a proposed United Nations agreement to improve ways of handling global flows of migrants and refugees, describing it as a subversion of American sovereignty. The administration’s decision to renounce the talks on the agreement, the Global Compact on Migration, was announced in a […]
12/3/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A conservative operative trumpeting his close ties to the National Rifle Association and Russia told a Trump campaign adviser last year that he could arrange a back-channel meeting between Donald J. Trump and Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian president, according to an email sent to the Trump campaign. A May 2016 […]
12/3/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald Trump is going all out to persuade seven-term Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch to seek reelection — a push aimed in no small part at keeping the president’s longtime nemesis, Mitt Romney, out of the Senate. Romney has been preparing to run for Hatch’s seat on the long-held assumption that […]
12/3/2017
FAKE NEWS/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 3, 2017 06:15am […]
12/2/2017
MICHAEL FLYNN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So General Flynn lies to the FBI and his life is destroyed, while Crooked Hillary Clinton, on that now famous FBI holiday ‘interrogation’ with no swearing in and no recording, lies many times…and nothing happens to her? Rigged system, or just a double standard?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 2, 2017 09:06pm […]
12/2/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “62 years ago this week, a brave seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama uttered one word that changed history… https://t.co/eOvCBcMIKX” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 2, 2017 04:07pm […]
12/2/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans are finally on the verge of enacting a signature legislative achievement. It’s something that seemed up in the air less than 24 hours before the vote, unlikely just a few months ago and completely unfathomable despite bold claims to the contrary midway through President Donald Trump’s first year in office. Yet […]
12/2/2017
MICHAEL FLYNN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 2, 2017 12:14pm […]
12/1/2017
CHINA/ENERGY [ALT]/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With President Trump vowing to get tougher on trade, troubled American makers of everything from steel tubing and aluminum foil to washing machines have lined up to ask Washington for protection from foreign rivals. But Mr. Trump’s first big international trade fight could be over solar panels. Major manufacturers in […]
12/1/2017
BUDGET/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans suddenly have a fiscal headache in their tax bill. They can thank President Trump for it. The cost of the Senate’s bill came in at $1 trillion over 10 years, after factoring in economic growth, according to an analysis released on Thursday by the Joint Committee on Taxation. That has alarmed […]
12/1/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Friday [12-1-17] appointed Brian Johnson, a Republican congressional lawyer, to assist the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new interim chief, Mick Mulvaney, as he takes charge of the agency. Mr. Johnson, an aide to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R., Texas), will serve as senior adviser […]
12/1/2017
EX-IM BANK/NOMINATIONS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. taxpayers could be on the hook starting next year for operating expenses at the Export-Import Bank, a trade-finance agency that can’t generate enough revenue because its leadership is in limbo due to congressional inaction. C.J. Hall, the government agency’s acting chairman, who is stepping down Saturday [12-2-17], said in an […]
11/30/2017
DEFENSE/FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The government of Niger has given the Defense Department permission to fly armed drones out of the Nigerien capital, Niamey, Pentagon officials said Thursday [11-30-17], in a major expansion of the American military’s footprint in Africa. Pentagon officials want to start the flights within days. A memorandum of understanding between the […]
11/30/2017
2016 ELECTION/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump over the summer repeatedly urged senior Senate Republicans, including the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to end the panel’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, according to a half dozen lawmakers and aides. Mr. Trump’s requests were a highly unusual intervention from a president into a […]
11/30/2017
MIKE POMPEO/NOMINATIONS/REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House has developed a plan to force out Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, whose relationship with President Trump has been strained, and replace him with Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director, perhaps within the next several weeks, senior administration officials said on Thursday [11-30-17]. Mr. Pompeo would be […]
11/30/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is seriously considering recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in early December, even as President Donald Trump signs a waiver to keep the embassy in Tel Aviv for another six months, sources tell CNN. Two senior administration officials and allies close to the US tell CNN that […]
11/30/2017
HOLIDAY/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Christmas Story begins 2,000 years ago with a mother, a father, their baby son and the most extraordinary gift of all—the gift of God’s love for all of humanity. Whatever our beliefs, we know that the birth of Jesus Christ and the story of his life… https://t.co/P94C3LjWlx” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. […]
11/30/2017
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today is a day that I’ve been looking very much forward to ALL YEAR LONG. It is one that you have heard me speak about many times before. Now, as President of the United States, it is my tremendous honor to finally wish America and the world, a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! https://t.co/cTvdlUkfHV” […]
11/30/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House is facing the prospect of another round of senior departures in the coming weeks as President Donald Trump approaches his one-year anniversary in office, according to several administration officials. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the former Exxon chief executive who has struggled to mesh with Mr. Trump during […]
11/30/2017
DOW/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our FIFTH 1K milestone of 2017! #DOW24K #MAGA https://t.co/NoVt1uFp0y” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 30, 2017 04:50pm […]
11/30/2017
DRUGS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will donate his third-quarter salary to the Department of Health and Human Services’ efforts to combat the opioid epidemic, the Trump administration said Thursday [11-30-17]. Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Eric Hargan, speaking with reporters at Thursday’s White House press briefing, said the donation shows Trump’s ‘sense of […]
11/30/2017
DONALDISM/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you @SenOrrinHatch. Let’s continue MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/PIv9OAVZcf https://t.co/6egRvuwj1l” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 30, 2017 02:26pm […]
11/30/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The former Twitter employee who on his last day of employment deactivated President Donald Trump’s account has come forward, and he says it was all a mistake… Trump, one of the most prolific and popular political tweeters, with nearly 44 million followers, saw his account deactivated for 11 minutes on November 2. […]
11/30/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK: “Relations between the U.S. and Britain appeared further strained on Thursday [11-30-17] after President Donald Trump shared inflammatory anti-Islam videos posted by a U.K. far-right group, as British lawmakers called on the prime minister to rescind an invitation to the U.S. leader for a state visit. The sudden tension between the […]
11/30/2017
DOW/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Dow just broke 24,000 for the first time (another all-time Record). If the Dems had won the Presidential Election, the Market would be down 50% from these levels and Consumer Confidence, which is also at an all-time high, would be ‘low and glum!’ “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 30, 2017 10:46am […]
11/30/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A British lawmaker addressed the House of Commons on Thursday [11-30-17] morning to call President Donald Trump’s three retweets of anti-Muslim videos from a far-right leader in the UK proof that the President is ‘a racist, incompetent, or unthinking, or all three,’ and he wasn’t done there. After railing in Parliament […]
11/30/2017
LEGAL/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump moves aggressively to advance a legal agenda with racial dimensions, he is simultaneously setting records for the percentage of white people nominated for lifetime appointments to the federal courts. Of the nearly 60 individuals Trump has nominated to preside over the US justice system, only one is black. […]
11/30/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Chinese Envoy, who just returned from North Korea, seems to have had no impact on Little Rocket Man. Hard to believe his people, and the military, put up with living in such horrible conditions. Russia and China condemned the launch.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 30, 2017 07:25am […]
11/30/2017
LOBBYING/MEDIA/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Failing @nytimes, the pipe organ for the Democrat Party, has become a virtual lobbyist for them with regard to our massive Tax Cut Bill. They are wrong so often that now I know we have a winner!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 30, 2017 07:01am […]
11/29/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump nominated Marvin Goodfriend, a former Federal Reserve economist and current Carnegie Mellon University professor, for a spot on the central bank’s board of governors on Wednesday. If confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Goodfriend would fill one of three vacancies on the Fed’s powerful seven-member board… Mr. Goodfriend, a […]
11/29/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are considering whether to cut the corporate tax rate less deeply than President Donald Trump has demanded, a move that could make it easier to pass the tax bill they voted to begin debating Wednesday [11-29-17]. One of the most significant unresolved issues is whether the corporate tax rate should […]
11/29/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Wednesday [11-29-17] nominated Marvin Goodfriend, a leading critic of the Federal Reserve’s actions since the 2008 financial crisis, to serve on the Fed’s board of governors. The choice of Mr. Goodfriend, a professor of economics at Carnegie Mellon University, is a victory for conservatives who want to reshape […]
11/29/2017
RELIGION/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@Theresa_May, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 08:02pm […]
11/29/2017
RELIGION/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Theresa @theresamay, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 07:43pm […]
11/29/2017
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now, we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to RESTORE AMERICAN PROSPERITY – and RECLAIM AMERICA’S DESTINY. But in order to achieve this bright and glowing future, the SENATE MUST PASS TAX CUTS – and bring Main Street roaring back to life! https://t.co/jMNwEMrbbr https://t.co/3Niu0thp1D” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 07:40pm […]
11/29/2017
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When John Kelly accepted the position of White House chief of staff last July, he framed his main function as imposing order, including instituting a formal process for the documents and news articles that reached the Resolute Desk. But President Donald Trump’s increasingly incendiary Twitter feed, which remains outside Kelly’s control, […]
11/29/2017
DONALDISM/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A vote to CUT TAXES is a vote to PUT AMERICA FIRST. It is time to take care of OUR WORKERS, to protect OUR COMMUNITIES, and to REBUILD OUR GREAT COUNTRY! https://t.co/wW3QNxcCHf https://t.co/sRL2yRK6k2” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 06:29pm […]
11/29/2017
POLITICS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This week, the Senate can join the House & take a strong stand for the Middle Class families who are the backbone of America. Together, we will give the American people a big, beautiful Christmas present-a massive tax cut that lets Americans keep more of their HARD-EARNED MONEY! https://t.co/9jddEW2Oo5” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/29/2017
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Departing @JBA_NAFW for St. Charles, Missouri to help push our plan for HISTORIC TAX CUTS across the finish line. A successful vote in the Senate this week will bring us one giant step closer to delivering an incredible victory for the American people! https://t.co/jR1DEUnm2h https://t.co/XF9sRwdV8u” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 01:34pm […]
11/29/2017
DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and congressional GOP leaders are daring Democrats to shut down the government over immigration rather than back a plan to extend funding into January. After Democratic leaders Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer boycotted a Tuesday [11-28-17] afternoon White House negotiating session on government funding, Speaker Paul Ryan […]
11/29/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the wake of CNN’s decision to boycott the annual White House Christmas party for media, opinion on the event was split among other reporters: some told POLITICO they would attend, while others expressed reservations over mingling with members of an administration that so consistently attacks the press. So far, no major […]
11/29/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Opponents of the Republican tax proposal moving through Congress are focusing in part on one particular billionaire as they seek to rally Americans against it: President Donald Trump. In more than $1 million worth of advertising on television, online and even mobile billboards, Mr. Trump is portrayed as a beneficiary even as […]
11/29/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/MICK MULVANEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Tuesday [11-28-17] sided with the White House in the battle over control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying he wouldn’t stop the Trump administration from running the agency. An Obama-era official, Leandra English, had argued she was the CFPB’s rightful leader until a permanent successor […]