GOP/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At the largest meeting of organized labor next week, U.S. unions are shutting out politicians so they can determine who their friends are. The question for labor unions is how to deal with a Republican White House that many of its members oppose but whose policies also appeal to significant elements of […]
Category: A- Trump As President
10/20/2017
SPORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump has stepped up the pressure on the National Football League over protests by its players during the national anthem by launching a petition and asking his supporters to show their patriotism by backing it. The move came after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this week rejected Trump’s calls to […]
10/20/2017
TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK: “Just out report: ‘United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror.’ Not good, we must keep America safe!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, 2017 05:31am […]
10/20/2017
DRUGS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump overrode his own advisers when he promised to deliver an emergency declaration next week to combat the nation’s worsening opioid crisis… Blindsided officials are now scrambling to develop such a plan, but it is unclear when it will be announced, how or if it will be done, and whether […]
10/20/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is pushing the limits of an obscure federal law that restricts nominees from serving in federal positions before they’re approved by the Senate. A POLITICO review has identified four officials at three different agencies doing substantially similar work to the position for which they have been nominated – despite […]
10/20/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s reversals in the past week on maintaining Obamacare subsidies to insurers are sowing new confusion over what kind of health insurance will be available to consumers, and at what price, when enrollment for 2018 begins in two weeks. Trump said last week his administration would stop paying billions of […]
10/19/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Keep up the GREAT work. I am with you 100%! ‘ISIS is losing its grip…’ Army Colonel Ryan Dillon CJTF–OIR https://t.co/jVGuvv5mzm https://t.co/PSCXg38CtS” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2017 08:43pm […]
10/19/2017
FBI/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined the investigation into how a group of militants thought to be Islamists killed four American soldiers in Niger two weeks ago, a move that comes as U.S. officials face criticism over their struggle to answer questions about the incident. U.S. military officials said Thursday [10-19-17] […]
10/19/2017
REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson described how he seeks to manage an often-fraught relationship with President Donald Trump, saying he tries to deliver short-term victories to an impatient commander-in-chief while focusing on a longer horizon himself. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal Thursday, Mr. Tillerson acknowledged the contrasting […]
10/19/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly two dozen major companies in technology and other industries are planning to launch a coalition to demand legislation that would allow young, illegal immigrants a path to permanent residency, according to documents seen by Reuters. The Coalition for the American Dream intends to ask Congress to pass bipartisan legislation this year […]
10/19/2017
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has personally interviewed at least two potential candidates for U.S. attorney positions in New York, according to two sources familiar with the matter — a move that critics say raises questions about whether they can be sufficiently independent from the president. Trump has interviewed Geoffrey Berman, who is […]
10/19/2017
JOHN KELLY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly defended President Donald Trump’s comments to an Army widow, saying the president expressed his condolences to the families of fallen soldiers the ‘best way he could.’… Mr. Kelly, who said he had counseled the president on what to say, denounced Ms. Wilson, calling her […]
10/19/2017
PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was great to have Governor @RicardoRossello of #PuertoRico??with us at the @WhiteHouse today. We are with you! #PRStrong https://t.co/Op2xDZxvNc” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2017 03:40pm […]
10/19/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who dished out scathing criticism of President Donald Trump, said Thursday [10-19-17] that the White House includes staff with instincts that run counter to ‘prudent norms.’… Corker, the seasoned and smooth chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, has taken off the gloves in recent […]
10/19/2017
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Construction crews are erecting eight looming prototypes of President Trump’s border wall in a remote section of the San Diego borderlands. Four are solid concrete; four are made of steel and concrete; one is topped with spikes. They all approach 30 feet in height. Customs and Border Protection is paying $20 million […]
10/19/2017
FTC/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will nominate antitrust attorney Joseph Simons as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, moving to install a hand-picked leader at the consumer protection agency that’s been without a permanent head for 10 months. He also will nominate Noah Phillips, chief counsel for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), for the FTC […]
10/19/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@foxandfriends ‘Russia sent millions to Clinton Foundation’ “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2017 07:21am […]
10/19/2017
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Workers of firm involved with the discredited and Fake Dossier take the 5th. Who paid for it, Russia, the FBI or the Dems (or all)?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2017 06:56am […]
10/19/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Foreign companies operating in the U.S. could face major changes in their tax bills under an overhaul being planned by Republicans. Those could include new surtaxes or limits on how much the companies can deduct on certain expenses such as rent, royalties and interest on debt. The changes would be meant […]
10/19/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After criticizing the Federal Reserve for the past eight years, Republicans have a chance to change the course of the central bank when President Donald Trump nominates someone to take the helm in early 2018. But they are divided over which direction monetary policy should take. GOP efforts to subject the […]
10/18/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘46% of Americans think the Media is inventing stories about Trump & his Administration.’ @FoxNews It is actually much worse than this!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 10:03pm […]
10/18/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has denied a congresswoman’s account that he told a grieving soldier’s widow in a phone call that the soldier ‘knew what he signed up for,’ saying on Wednesday [10-18-17] that the Democratic representative’s description was ‘totally fabricated.’ Representative Frederica Wilson, Democrat of Florida, recounted details of Mr. Trump’s call with […]
10/18/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: ” ‘Donald J. Trump, Defendant’ has graced reams of court papers through decades of dealmaking and New York real estate litigiousness. ‘Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States of America’ remains a relatively new phenomenon. But inside a federal courtroom on Wednesday in […]
10/18/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “When Trump administration officials travel to Germany next month for United Nations climate change discussions, they will face a fundamental contradiction: how to negotiate the terms of a deal they say they’re walking away from. Like a spouse who demands a divorce but then continues to live at home, the relationship […]
10/18/2017
MEDIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Rep. Frederica Wilson’s conduct regarding President Donald Trump’s call with Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, is ‘appalling and disgusting.’ ‘I think it is appalling what the congresswoman has done and the way she has politicized this issue and the way […]
10/18/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@DanaPerino & @BradThor, Thank you so much for the wonderful compliment. Working hard! #MAGA https://t.co/AKWlsMsCVH” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 06:31pm […]
10/18/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is what REAL PRIDE in our COUNTRY is all about! #USA?? https://t.co/kyv866prdE” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 05:19pm […]
10/18/2017
POLITICS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was an honor to welcome Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee to the @WhiteHouse today. #TaxReform https://t.co/ge4Xic9fId” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 01:20pm […]
10/18/2017
CALIFORNIA/FEMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our hearts are with all affected by the wildfires in California. God bless our brave First Responders and @FEMA team. We support you! https://t.co/YaoPbaVI5L” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 11:58am […]
10/18/2017
DEMS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump intensified his efforts to sell Democrats on his tax reform plan on Wednesday [10-18-17] even as Senate Republicans edged closer to passing a budget measure that would push forward a tax bill without Democratic support. Trump, whose plan would bestow up to $6 trillion in tax cuts on businesses […]
10/18/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bipartisan proposal on health care teetered Wednesday [10-18-17] after President Donald Trump withdrew his support and conservative GOP lawmakers said it didn’t do enough to roll back the Affordable Care Act. The two senators behind the deal, Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D., Wash.), remained publicly upbeat about the […]
10/18/2017
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Staffers at the National Security Council drafted and circulated a statement of condolence for President Donald Trump to make almost immediately after a deadly ambush of U.S. soldiers in Niger earlier this month. But Trump never publicly issued the statement, and, some two weeks later, is now in hot water over […]
10/18/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump Wednesday [10-18-17] morning said he would ‘never support bailing out’ health insurance companies — an ominous sign for the Obamacare deal crafted by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.)… It would be all but impossible for Republicans lawmakers to support the deal — let alone bring it […]
10/18/2017
HEALTHCARE/LEGAL/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge said Wednesday [10-18-17] he plans to rule next week on a request to force the Trump administration to make Obamacare subsidy payments that it plans to cut off beginning with a payment due on Friday. A group of 19 states filed suit last week in federal court in San […]
10/18/2017
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s drive to overhaul the U.S. tax code headed for a pivotal moment on Thursday [10-19-17], with Senate Republicans poised to approve a budget measure that would help them pass tax legislation without Democratic support. The Senate and the House of Representatives must agree on a fiscal year 2018 budget […]
10/18/2017
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The current tax code is a burden on American taxpayers & harmful to job-creators. Americans need #TaxReform! More: https://t.co/qXyiYiFWCO https://t.co/NGIjJOc3TP” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 10:07am […]
10/18/2017
IRAN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. Treasury Department official said Washington would roll out more sanctions on Iran later this month as part of a preview of the U.S. strategy toward that country following the decision by President Donald Trump not to re-certify Iran’s compliance with a nuclear agreement. As part of the new Iran policy, […]
10/18/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am supportive of Lamar as a person & also of the process, but I can never support bailing out ins co’s who have made a fortune w/ O’Care.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 08:41am […]
10/18/2017
MILITARY/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 06:25am […]
10/18/2017
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The NFL has decided that it will not force players to stand for the playing of our National Anthem. Total disrespect for our great country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 06:06am […]
10/18/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A second U.S. federal judge has blocked parts of President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban on people entering the United States from eight countries, dealing another legal blow to the administration’s third bid to impose travel restrictions. U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland, in a ruling issued overnight, said the […]
10/18/2017
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@NFL: Too much talk, not enough action. Stand for the National Anthem.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 03:42pm […]
10/17/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The most important truth our FOUNDERS understood was: FREEDOM is NOT a gift from Govt. FREEDOM is a GIFT from GOD. ?https://t.co/rmAzGt8SuG https://t.co/SrPavwrt2R” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2017 09:21pm […]
10/17/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in California on Tuesday [10-17-17] ordered the Trump administration to turn over emails, letters, memos and other materials related to its decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The order by U.S. District Judge William Alsup, based in San Francisco, also appears to cover legal advice […]
10/17/2017
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “BORDER WALL prototypes underway! https://t.co/arFNO80zmO” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2017 06:03pm […]
10/17/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Senate GOP leaders are desperate for a show of legislative unity on tax reform after the collapse of Obamacare repeal. But they’re unlikely to get it thanks to Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. The frequent GOP contrarian is digging in against the budget as written — an ominous […]
10/17/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So much Fake News being put in dying magazines and newspapers. Only place worse may be @NBCNews, @CBSNews, @ABC and @CNN. Fiction writers!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2017 04:51pm […]
10/17/2017
FAKE NEWS/LGBTQ/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is hitting back at The New Yorker magazine after an explosive profile of Vice President Mike Pence, contesting an anecdote about President Donald Trump joking that Pence wanted to ‘hang’ homosexuals as well as other details reported in the story. Reporter Jane Mayer wrote that the president […]
10/17/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Tuesday [10-17-17] blocked the Trump administration from implementing its planned new travel restrictions on people from six Muslim-majority countries, ruling the president’s latest ban on travel is likely unlawful. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits the administration from enforcing […]
10/17/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Trump administration seeks to obliterate Obama-era policies, progressive lawyers are racing to court asking for an extreme form of relief, urging judges to reach deep into their judicial tool kits and issue national — even global — injunctions. Such injunctions are a relatively new phenomenon, and some legal scholars worry […]
10/17/2017
GREECE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Donald Trump sat for talks Tuesday [10-17-17] with his left-wing Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras, he faced a man who last year warned his own citizens that Trump represented an ‘evil’ raft of ideas with no place in western democracy. Now that Trump is President, Tsipras finds himself among the club […]
10/17/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rep. Tom Marino is the eleventh nominee to withdraw from consideration for a Trump administration post, according to CNN’s nomination tracker… Once he formally withdraws, Marino will become the twelfth recalled nomination by the Trump administration. This number is not unprecedented, according to the Partnership for Public Service, a nonpartisan nonprofit […]
10/17/2017
GREECE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was my great honor to welcome Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece to the WH today! ?https://t.co/Bn1vM6fYW9 ?https://t.co/j0roMFT3YL https://t.co/MPe5HWFcZ1” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2017 01:59pm […]
10/17/2017
JOHN KELLY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-17-17] invoked the death of the son of his chief of staff, John Kelly, as he defended his claim from a day before that Barack Obama and other past presidents didn’t always call the families of slain service members… ‘Now, as far as other representatives, I […]
10/17/2017
GREECE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me LIVE from the Rose Garden at 1:30pmE with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece. ➡️https://t.co/Bn1vM6fYW9 https://t.co/dZB4mDBKpi” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2017 12:25pm […]
10/17/2017
DRUGS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s pick for White House drug czar removed himself from consideration after a backlash over his role in passing a law that made it tougher to limit the spread of opioid drugs. In a Twitter post Tuesday [10-17-17] morning, the president said that Rep. Tom Marino, a Pennsylvania Republican, ‘informed […]
10/17/2017
KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday [10-17-17] that she does not see in President Donald Trump any of the ‘spurious nationalism’ that Sen. John McCain condemned in a Monday night speech in Philadelphia, expressing optimism that the two men might soon find themselves on the same legislative page. McCain […]
10/17/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. John McCain took aim at nationalist, isolationist rhetoric that has swept through the Republican party and secured a toehold in the White House, in remarks Monday [10-16-17] night accepting an award honoring his fight for liberty around the world. ‘To fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters of […]
10/17/2017
DRUGS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rep.Tom Marino has informed me that he is withdrawing his name from consideration as drug czar. Tom is a fine man and a great Congressman!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2017 07:39am […]
10/17/2017
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has nominated 50 candidates to lifetime appointments to the federal bench — including a man who asserted transgender children were evidence of ‘Satan’s plan,’ one deemed unqualified by the American Bar Association and a handful of prolific bloggers. And the GOP has unanimously stuck by Trump’s judges. Senate […]
10/16/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose relationship has been tense for months, offered a united front Monday [10-16-17] to promote their plans to rewrite the tax code as the Senate nears a critical vote. The White House had asked for the meeting over a week ago, according […]
10/16/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Always great to see the wonderful people of South Carolina. Thank you for the beautiful welcome at Greenville-Spartanburg Int’l Airport! https://t.co/maO9Nc0sTe” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 16, 2017 06:32pm […]
10/16/2017
CUBA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Monday [10-16-17] he believes Cuba ‘is responsible’ for the mysterious ailments that have left at least 22 American government employees and family members in Cuba with hearing loss, cognitive problems and other symptoms. But it was unclear if he meant to formally blame Havana for what the […]
10/16/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump plans to meet Thursday [10-19-17] with Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen to discuss the possibility of nominating her for a second term as central-bank chief, according to a person familiar with the matter. Ms. Yellen’s four-year term as chairwoman expires in early February. She is one of several […]
10/16/2017
AMBASSADOR/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate on Monday [10-16-17] voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s nomination of Callista Gingrich to be the U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. Gingrich, 51, an author, documentary filmmaker and former congressional aide, is the wife of former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, a vocal Trump ally. […]
10/16/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge on Monday [10-16-17] questioned attorneys defending the Trump administration about a classified report the government is using to justify its latest ban on citizens of some countries from entering the United States. U.S. District Court Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland heard arguments for and against President Donald Trump’s […]
10/16/2017
STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump offered up praise for Steve Bannon when asked about his former chief strategist’s war against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell… Trump added that he ‘can understand where Steve Bannon is coming from’ given Republican lawmakers’ failure so far to pass an Obamacare repeal, tax reform and other big […]
10/16/2017
DRUGS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [10-16-17] he would review a report that his nominee for drug czar championed a law that weakened the government’s ability to fight the nation’s opioid epidemic, and said he could consider jettisoning the pick… Asked if the report had undercut his confidence in his nominee […]
10/16/2017
CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Democratic Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill on Sunday [10-15-17] that was hailed as an effort to force President Donald Trump and future White House hopefuls to disclose their personal tax returns in order to be put on the California ballot. Brown argued that the measure would likely be overturned by […]
10/16/2017
DOW/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. has gained more than 5.2 trillion dollars in Stock Market Value since Election Day! Also, record business enthusiasm.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 16, 2017 07:57am […]
10/16/2017
IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Dem Senator Schumer hated the Iran deal made by President Obama, but now that I am involved, he is OK with it. Tell that to Israel, Chuck!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 16, 2017 07:49am […]
10/16/2017
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The tax-overhaul plan being negotiated in Washington has the potential to virtually eliminate a break lawmakers once considered untouchable: the mortgage interest deduction. The break allows homeowners to deduct from federal taxes money spent on interest tied to mortgage loans of as much as $1 million. So far the deduction is one […]
10/16/2017
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Art Laffer just said that he doesn’t know how a Democrat could vote against the big tax cut/reform bill and live with themselves! @FoxNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 16, 2017 07:17am […]
10/16/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Trump administration takes steps to weaken provisions of the Affordable Care Act, voters in Maine are being asked whether the state should embrace a central plank of the 2010 law. The November statewide ballot measure proposes the state accept enhanced federal funding available under the health law to extend Medicaid […]
10/15/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Before Bob Corker, there was Jeff Flake. Mr. Flake, the even-tempered Republican senator from Arizona, has for months offered stinging critiques of President Trump’s character, demeanor and truthfulness — the same message forcefully echoed a week ago by Mr. Corker, a Republican colleague from Tennessee, who warned that Mr. Trump’s reckless […]
10/15/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House won a major institutional victory over the White House on health care spending last week, but it wasn’t really a fair fight in the end. The Trump administration capitulated in a long-running legal dispute over health insurance subsidies paid out under the Affordable Care Act, concurring with House Republicans’ claim […]
10/15/2017
IRAN/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. officials defended President Donald Trump’s refusal to certify the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, saying the country threatens global stability even while technically complying with the accord itself… Ms. Haley stopped short of saying Iran had violated the terms of the agreement, however. ‘No one is questioning…they are in compliance’ with […]
10/15/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate this week will grapple with President Donald Trump’s decision to stop making subsidy payments to health insurers, with lawmakers seeking a deal that would keep the money flowing while Republicans try to fold in conservative-oriented health-care priorities… The result, driven by unexpectedly far-reaching moves by Mr. Trump on health care […]
10/15/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A former contestant on ‘The Apprentice’ who accuses President Donald Trump of past sexual misconduct has filed a subpoena for ‘all documents concerning any woman who asserted that Donald J. Trump touched her inappropriately,’ it was revealed on Sunday [10-15-17]… More than a dozen women publicly accused Trump of sexual assault or […]
10/15/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will hurt low-income Americans by doing away with Obamacare subsidies and make it harder for him to engage in bipartisan talks with Democrats as Congress edges toward a possible government shutdown, lawmakers said on Sunday. The White House has announced that the Republican administration will stop paying billions […]
10/15/2017
NAFTA/TAXES/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s presidency has so far been largely good for big business and investors, with deregulation in train, hopes for corporate tax cuts, and stocks hitting records. But the risk of a serious jolt now looms: the potential end of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which has governed continental commerce […]
10/15/2017
CAMPAIGN/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign raised more than $10.1 million in the third quarter of 2017 and spent $4 million, including $1.1 million on legal fees. Trump’s campaign paid $237,924 to lawyer Alan Futerfas, who is representing Donald Trump Jr. in matters related to the campaign’s involvement with Russian interference in the […]
10/15/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Failing @nytimes, in a story by Peter Baker, should have mentioned the rapid terminations by me of TPP & The Paris Accord & the fast… approvals of The Keystone XL & Dakota Access pipelines. Also, look at the recent EPA cancelations & our great new Supreme Court Justice!” -Donald Trump, […]
10/13/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Many people talking, with much agreement, on my Iran speech today. Participants in the deal are making lots of money on trade with Iran!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2017 08:02pm […]
10/13/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration and congressional Republicans in recent weeks have renewed the fight over opening part of an enormous wildlife refuge in northern Alaska to oil and gas exploration. The battle over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which pits Republicans in Washington and much of the political and business establishment in Alaska […]
10/13/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and congressional lawmakers are not the only ones interested in collecting taxes on global profits that American corporations are hoarding overseas. European regulators, knee deep in their own campaign to stamp out tax avoidance, have their own plans for that money. Last week, for instance, the European Commission billed […]
10/13/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#WeeklyAddress?? https://t.co/riqEiBNwk2” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2017 05:01pm […]
10/13/2017
IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, I announced our strategy to confront the Iranian regime’s hostile actions and to ensure that they never acquire a nuclear weapon. https://t.co/N4ISdjuEdC” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2017 01:09pm […]
10/13/2017
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In America, we don’t worship government – we worship God. #ValuesVotersSummit https://t.co/YQ3iDlWylK” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2017 12:07pm […]
10/13/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will announce on Friday [10-13-17] that he won’t certify that Iran is complying with the 2015 nuclear agreement and will ask Congress to set trigger points that would reinstate sanctions on Tehran, according to senior officials. The Trump administration also wants to initiate talks with European partners to […]
10/13/2017
NAVY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have no greater privilege than to serve as your Commander-in-Chief. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the incredible men and women @USNavy! #242NavyBday https://t.co/qcdB4U8CqA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2017 11:30am […]
10/13/2017
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump spoke to one of the most faithful blocs of his base on Friday [10-13-17], telling attendees at this year’s Values Voter Summit that in America ‘we don’t worship government, we worship God.’ Trump was the first sitting president to address the annual gathering of Christian conservatives, and while he’s had […]
10/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “ObamaCare is a broken mess. Piece by piece we will now begin the process of giving America the great HealthCare it deserves!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2017 06:14am […]
10/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats ObamaCare is imploding. Massive subsidy payments to their pet insurance companies has stopped. Dems should call me to fix!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2017 04:36am […]
10/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/HHS/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration will end billions of dollars in payments to insurers under the Affordable Care Act program, but President Donald Trump has privately told at least one lawmaker that the payments may continue if a bipartisan deal is reached on heath care, according to people familiar with the matter on Capitol […]
10/12/2017
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration announced on Thursday [10-12-17] that it would withdraw from Unesco, the United Nations cultural organization, after years of America distancing itself because of what it called the group’s ‘anti-Israel bias.’ ‘This decision was not taken lightly,’ according to a State Department statement on Thursday. In addition to anti-Israel bias, […]
10/12/2017
CRISIS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump suggested again on Thursday [10-12-17] that Puerto Rico bore some of the blame for its current crisis following twin hurricanes, and that there were limits to how long he would keep troops and federal emergency workers on the island to help. Mr. Trump, who has been criticized for a […]
10/12/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Wednesday [10-11-17], the 264th day of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, a Democratic congressman from Texas walked onto the floor of the House and presented articles of impeachment against the commander in chief. President Trump has not necessarily committed a crime, the congressman said, but he has ‘undermined’ the integrity of his […]
10/12/2017
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is time to take care of OUR COUNTRY, to rebuild OUR COMMUNITIES, and to protect our GREAT AMERICAN WORKERS! #TaxReform https://t.co/FEjGjT4xp9” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 12, 2017 08:18pm […]
10/12/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As a top executive at AccuWeather, Barry Myers has pushed for limits on the kinds of products that the National Weather Service offers to the public, saying they offered unfair competition to his industry. Now, President Donald Trump’s nomination of Myers to lead the weather service’s parent agency could allow […]