9/8/2017

CALIFORNIA/DHS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The University of California and its president, a former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, on Friday [9-8-17] filed suit challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, claiming it violates due process provisions of the Constitution. The lawsuit comes two days after 15 states […]

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9/8/2017

CRISIS/HOUSE OF REPS/NATIONAL DEBT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House on Friday approved a package of $15.25 billion in relief for victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma as well as a three-month extension of the government’s funding and borrowing limit. Passed in a 316-90 vote, the bill was the result of an unexpected deal President Donald Trump […]

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9/8/2017

CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hurricane Irma is of epic proportion, perhaps bigger than we have ever seen. Be safe and get out of its way,if possible. Federal G is ready!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2017 07:34am […]

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9/7/2107

MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Overnight strikes Thursday [9-8-17] on Syrian military sites — which are said to produce chemical weapons and advanced missiles — brought renewed attention to Syria’s chemical weapons, and appear to have been an escalation of Israel’s efforts to prevent its enemies from gaining access to sophisticated weapons. The Syrian military said Israeli […]

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9/7/2017

IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court on Thursday [9-7-17] reopened the country’s door to thousands of refugees who had been temporarily blocked by President Trump’s travel ban, and also upheld a lower court decision that had exempted grandparents and other relatives from the ban. The ruling, from the United States Court of Appeals […]

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9/7/2017

FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump refused to rule out military action against North Korea on Thursday [9-7-17], but he stopped short of answering a reporter’s question as to whether he would tolerate a nuclearized North Korean state if the threat were contained… Continuing several months of rhetoric between the U.S. and North […]

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9/7/2017

CRIME/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security had planned nationwide raids to target 8,400 undocumented immigrants later this month, according to three law enforcement officials and an internal document that described the plan as ‘the largest operation of its kind in the history of ICE,’ an acronym for U.S. Immigration and Customs […]

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9/7/2017

DEMS/GOP/NATIONAL DEBT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signaled he was open to making more deals with Democrats in Congress despite anger from fellow Republicans over a bipartisan agreement that passed the Senate Thursday yoking hurricane aid to an extension of the government’s ability to borrow. For months, Mr. Trump has publicly mused about negotiating with […]

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9/7/2017

NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two Senate Democrats said Thursday [9-7-17] they will block yet another nominee from President Donald Trump to the nation’s powerful appellate courts — inflaming a growing battle between Democratic senators and the White House over judicial candidates. The White House nominated Ryan Bounds to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on […]

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9/7/2017

DHS/JOHN KELLY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Texas Rep. Mike McCaul has emerged as a leading candidate in the White House’s search for a homeland security secretary, according to three people familiar with the conversations. The White House hasn’t rushed to fill the post — which was vacated in July when President Donald Trump tapped John Kelly, who […]

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9/7/2017

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Some 690,000 undocumented immigrants are currently enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and risk losing protections if Congress doesn’t act, the Department of Homeland Security said. DACA provides two-year, renewable work permits and safe harbor from deportation to people brought to the U.S. as children. DHS figures show that […]

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9/7/2017

FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump downplayed the possibility of military action against North Korea on Thursday, saying such an event is neither inevitable nor preferable. ‘Military action would certainly be an option,’ he said during a White House news conference, but added later: ‘It would be great if something else could be […]

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9/7/2017

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Welcome to the @WhiteHouse, Amir Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah of Kuwait! Joint press conference coming up soon: https://t.co/8T4Nyzlp4Y https://t.co/lfRa4AATaM” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2017 01:13pm […]

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9/7/2017

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said he doesn’t agree with President Donald Trump’s decision to end the DACA program and blasted the Catholic Church’s support for undocumented immigrants because ‘they need illegal aliens to fill the churches.’… Bannon told Rose that he disagreed with Trump’s decision this week to […]

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9/7/2017

CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hurricane Irma is raging but we have great teams of talented and brave people already in place and ready to help. Be careful, be safe! #FEMA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2017 07:33am […]

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9/6/2017

CRISIS/GOP/NATIONAL DEBT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump stunned Republicans on Wednesday [9-6-17] when he overrode pleas from GOP congressional leaders and sided with Democrats on a proposal to attach emergency aid for Hurricane Harvey victims to measures to keep the government funded and its borrowing limit suspended until mid-December. Mr. Trump’s decision to strike a […]

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9/6/2017

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you for joining me in Mandan, ND Gov. @DougBurgum, Lt. Gov. @BrentSanfordND, @SenJohnHoeven, @RepKevinCramer & @SenatorHeitkamp. https://t.co/8nIvtHvpu6” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2017 07:04pm […]

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9/6/2017

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wonderful to be in North Dakota with the incredible hardworking men & women @ the Andeavor Refinery. Full remarks: ?https://t.co/uxBpyeERUm https://t.co/fV9R9gJxDS” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2017 06:20pm […]

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9/6/2017

CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just spoke w/ Governors Rick Scott of Florida, Kenneth Mapp of the U.S. Virgin Islands & Ricardo Rosselló of Puerto Rico. WE ARE W/ YOU ALL! https://t.co/k92cslgKFa” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2017 02:26pm […]

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9/6/2017

CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘President Donald J. Trump Approves Emergency Declarations’ ➡️https://t.co/xSHSyNkvuP ➡️https://t.co/UbBSFOhMM7 ➡️https://t.co/xWOfp9Z9iR https://t.co/qoJOM54Gy8” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2017 12:52pm […]

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9/6/2017

CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Watching Hurricane closely. My team, which has done, and is doing, such a good job in Texas, is already in Florida. No rest for the weary!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2017 05:51am […]

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9/5/2017

CHINA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Vladimir V. Putin seemed to be in top form during a news conference in China on Tuesday [9-5-17], answering a question about President Trump by saying the American leader is ‘not my bride, and I am not his groom.’ While the comment could be interpreted as a subtle jab by a […]

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9/5/2017

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [9-5-17] ordered an end to the Obama-era executive action that shields young undocumented immigrants from deportation, calling the program an ‘amnesty-first approach’ and urging Congress to replace it with legislation before it begins phasing out on March 5, 2018… The statement was released shortly after Mr. Trump, who […]

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9/5/2017

CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “What the Chinese call the Friendship Pipeline runs for 20 miles, crossing under the Yalu River and spanning the border between North Korea and China. For more than half a century, it has been both a symbol of the two nations’ alliance and a lifeline for the North’s economy. Now, […]

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9/5/2017

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The head of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce resigned from President Donald Trump’s National Diversity Council Tuesday over the administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. ‘I tried to work as hard as I could with this administration on this issue and I continue to want to […]

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9/5/2017

FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday [9-5-17] that any delivery of weapons by the Trump administration to Ukraine’s government could inflame hostilities and cause Russia-supported separatists to expand the theater of conflict. The comments are the Kremlin’s starkest warning yet about the potential consequences of any deliveries, and underscore the dilemma the […]

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9/5/2017

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s move to end a program that protects young, undocumented immigrants sets up a six-month scramble among Republicans who want to save the protections, others who want to kill them and still others who hope to use the program’s future as a bargaining chip for other goals such as funding […]

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9/5/2017

FBI/HOUSE OF REPS/JAMES COMEY/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday [9-5-17] it will consider this week a resolution asking President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to provide documents related to Trump’s firing of James Comey as FBI director. The House Judiciary Committee said it would consider the resolution […]

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9/4/2017

CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “South Korea warned that North Korea appears to be preparing to test another intercontinental ballistic missile, and the U.S. told the United Nations that the regime is ‘begging for war’ after Pyongyang on Sunday [9-3-17] set off its most powerful nuclear bomb yet. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley on […]

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9/4/2017

BUDGET/GOP/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress returns Tuesday [9-5-17] from its summer break and, in a test of the uneasy alliance between President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans, will have to grapple with keeping the federal government open, paying U.S. creditors and passing a hurricane-aid bill. The list is long, and the time is short. The Trump […]

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9/4/2017

CRISIS/EPA/HHS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Water is subsiding in flooded neighborhoods, the mayor is insisting Houston ‘is open for business,’ and shelters are emptying out, but Texans returning to flood-damaged homes face plenty of obstacles: the threat of toxic pollutants in the air and drinking water, and even hungry, dislocated animals seeking shelter. On Monday [9-4-17], authorities […]

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9/4/2017

CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s stern warning that the U.S. may halt trade with countries doing business with North Korea was seen as a direct shot at China, the regime’s biggest trading partner. But China is America’s largest single trading partner as well, highlighting how difficult it would be for the Trump […]

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9/4/2017

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “New York and Washington state on Monday [9-5-17] vowed to sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children. The Trump administration is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will end the so-called Dreamers program but give the […]

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9/3/2017

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So much SPIRIT in LA! Thank you to all of our HEREOS who saved many lives. An honor to spend time w/ @NationalGuard, #LEOs & the #CajunNavy! https://t.co/7PEtSL6RKF” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2017 12:17am […]

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9/20/2017

CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK/UN: “U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said the Paris climate agreement is a key part of promoting global security and prosperity in what appeared to be a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s pledge to leave the accord. Mrs. May, in her remarks to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday [9-20-17], said […]

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9/2/2017

NASA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine, named on Friday [9-1-17] as President Donald Trump’s choice to head the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, faces tough policy, personnel and political challenges repositioning the agency in an era of booming commercial space ventures. The decision to nominate the former Navy aviator and three-term Oklahoma lawmaker, a […]

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9/2/2017

CRISIS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “TEXAS: We are with you today, we are with you tomorrow, and we will be with you EVERY SINGLE DAY AFTER, to restore, recover, and REBUILD! https://t.co/p1Fh8jmmFA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 2, 2017 11:56am […]

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9/1/2017

JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has obtained a letter that President Trump and a top political aide drafted in the days before Mr. Trump fired the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, which explains the president’s rationale for why he planned to dismiss the director. The May letter had […]

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9/1/2017

CRISIS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On behalf of @FLOTUS Melania & myself, THANK YOU for today’s update & GREAT WORK! #SouthernBaptist @SendRelief, @RedCross & @SalvationArmyUS https://t.co/DLgFNiCxN2” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 1, 2017 07:34pm […]

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9/1/2017

FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The weekend before he fired FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump drafted a letter to him laying out the reasons why he didn’t want him to stay in the job, a senior Trump administration official said Friday [9-1-17]. Mr. Trump, who worked on the draft at his golf club in […]

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9/1/2017

FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday [9-1-17] that the standoff between North Korea and the United States was close to spilling into a large-scale conflict and said it was a mistake to try to pressure Pyongyang into halting its nuclear missile program. Putin, due to attend a summit of the […]

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9/1/2017

GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A number of Senate Republicans are gathering behind a bipartisan push to shore up the Affordable Care Act, reflecting a growing divide between President Donald Trump and many GOP senators. Republicans brushed off a call by Mr. Trump to continue working on a repeal of the 2010 health-care law after their bill […]

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9/1/2017

DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attention will immediately shift to Congress if President Donald Trump ends the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which provides protections and work permits for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children. The prime question is whether Republicans will be willing to give them similar protections via legislation. […]

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9/1/2017

MEXICO/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The second round of talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement begins here Friday [9-1-17] under a dark cloud after both the U.S. and Mexico raised the stakes dramatically in recent days. U.S. President Donald Trump has jolted the tone of the meetings with renewed calls to pull out […]

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9/1/2017

BUSINESS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top executives at a range of companies, business groups and academic institutions banded together to voice support for an Obama-era program protecting young, illegal immigrants amid concerns that President Donald Trump could end the policy. In an open letter, more than 350 executives and other organization leaders urged Mr. Trump and congressional […]

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8/31/2017

BUDGET/CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In swamping large swaths of Texas and Louisiana, Hurricane Harvey also forged a new reality for President Trump and the Republicans governing Washington. Gone are the confrontational talk of a government shutdown and the brinkmanship over the debt limit. Instead, both Mr. Trump and his putative allies in Congress — many of […]

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8/31/2017

IRAN/NIKKI HALEY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The world’s nuclear inspectors complicated President Trump’s effort to find Iran in violation of the two-year-old nuclear accord with the United States and five other world powers, declaring on Thursday [8-31-17] that the latest inspections found no evidence that the country is breaching the agreement. Mr. Trump has made no secret […]

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8/31/2017

FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States and South Korea wrapped up their annual joint military exercises on Thursday [8-31-17] by flying some of their most powerful warplanes in bombing drills in a show of force two days after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan. Two B-1B supersonic bombers and four F-35 stealth […]

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8/31/2017

CRISIS/EPA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Explosions and fires at a Houston-area chemical plant triggered an evacuation Thursday [8-31-17] in a region still in chaos from Hurricane Harvey — and generated new criticism of President Donald Trump’s efforts to repeal the industry’s safety rules. Thursday morning’s blasts at the plant came just a day after a federal court […]

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8/31/2017

BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/HHS/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s administration is cutting nearly $116 million from outreach programs aimed at signing people up for the Affordable Care Act, a move that has cheered the health law’s opponents but inflamed Democrats who fear the administration is undermining it. The Department of Health and Human Services plans to spend $10 […]

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8/31/2017

NOMINATIONS/SEC/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Columbia University law professor Robert Jackson to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. Jackson is expected to be formally nominated on Friday, the source said. He would fill a vacant spot […]

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8/31/2017

BORDER/DHS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday [8-31-17] which vendors have been selected to build some protoypes for President Donald Trump’s promised US-Mexico border wall, a step forward for the project after months of delays. The announcement came after the Government Accountability Office on Friday dismissed a protest filed on the contract […]

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8/31/2017

FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The US announced Thursday [8-31-17] it will shutter the Russian consulate in San Francisco, as well as annexes in Washington and New York, in response to mandated staff cuts at the US mission in Russia. The move comes one day before Moscow’s deadline for US personnel to leave their positions and […]

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8/30/2017

FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a post on Twitter on Wednesday [8-30-17], President Trump accused past administrations of paying ‘extortion money’ to North Korea and said diplomatic talks are not sufficient… It was not clear what money the president was referring to. Mr. Trump has been both open to and against talks with North […]

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8/30/2017

TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After months of vague promises of a sweeping tax overhaul, President Trump is expected on Wednesday [8-30-17] to begin a public push to enact the ambitious plan, which still lacks many crucial details. In a speech in Springfield, Mo., Mr. Trump plans to lay out the case for cutting taxes for businesses […]

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8/30/2017

AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States has about 11,000 troops in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Wednesday [8-30-17], acknowledging for the first time publicly that the total forces there are higher than formally disclosed in recent years. Previously, Defense Department officials had said 8,400 troops were in Afghanistan as part of NATO’s Resolute Support mission. […]

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8/30/2017

FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump vowed on Wednesday [8-30-17] that he would not talk to Kim Jong-un, cooling off what has become his on-again, off-again cultivation of North Korea’s rogue dictator. But if Mr. Trump’s tweet, in which he said, ‘talking is not the answer!,’ seemed to reignite tensions with North Korea, it […]

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8/30/2017

CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “First responders have been doing heroic work. Their courage & devotion has saved countless lives – they represent the very best of America! https://t.co/I0gvCQLTKO” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 30, 2017 08:00pm […]

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8/30/2017

CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Texas & Louisiana: We are w/ you today, we are w/ you tomorrow, & we will be w/ you EVERY SINGLE DAY AFTER, to restore, recover, & REBUILD! https://t.co/YQb82K2VSB” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 30, 2017 02:38pm […]

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8/30/2017

MILITARY/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. military on Wednesday [8-30-17] carried out an airstrike to stop hundreds of Islamic State militants evacuated from the Lebanese-Syrian border from relocating to an extremist stronghold in Syria near the border with Iraq. The airstrike came shortly after the U.S. criticized a deal brokered by the Lebanese militia Hezbollah that […]

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8/30/2017

TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump heads to Missouri on Wednesday [8-30-17] to argue that a tax plan that significantly cuts business taxes would benefit middle-class workers, White House officials said. The speech in Springfield, which isn’t expected to offer new policy details, begins a new phase of the president’s direct engagement in the tax […]

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8/30/2017

NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When President Donald Trump asked Hope Hicks to step into the role of communications director, his longtime aide hesitated before taking on a management position overseeing more than 40 staffers who work in White House media relations… After a summer of distracting staff churn, the communications director job is just one […]

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8/30/2017

NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the United States, Canada and Mexico head for a second round of talks this weekend to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, President Trump is ramping up his bluster about simply terminating the pact instead. But many former trade negotiators and experts agree that the president’s threat to cancel […]

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8/29/2017

JAMES MATTIS/LGBTQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Defense Secretary Jim Mattis kicked President Trump’s proposed ban on transgender people serving in the military down the road, announcing that transgender service members will continue to be allowed to serve pending the results of a study. In a statement on Tuesday [8-29-17] evening, Mr. Mattis said that he was establishing […]

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8/29/2017

JOBS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Tuesday [8-29-17] said it will halt a planned Obama-era rule that would have required businesses to begin collecting data about how much they pay workers of different genders, races and ethnic groups, saying it posed a burden to employers. The data-collection requirement was proposed by the Obama administration […]

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8/29/2017

CRISIS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump arrived in Texas on Tuesday [8-29-17] morning to survey the devastation from tropical storm Harvey, with scheduled stops in Corpus Christi and Austin. In Corpus Christi, a Gulf Coast city about 200 miles southwest of Houston, the president is scheduled to receive a briefing on relief efforts from local […]

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8/29/2017

FINLAND/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Sauli Niinisto on Tuesday [8-29-17] denied that Finland was buying new fighter jets from American planemaker Boeing, following remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump. Finland is looking to replace its ageing fleet of 62 F/A-18 Hornet jets with multirole fighter aircraft in a procurement estimated at 7-10 billion euros by […]

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8/29/2017

JAPAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea launched a ballistic missile over Japan Tuesday [8-29-17], the latest in a string of direct provocations that have destabilized the region and triggered global alarm. The missile—the first Pyongyang has fired over Japan’s main islands since 2009—prompted a fiery response from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe… Mr. Abe […]

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8/28/2017

POLITICS/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just-departed White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is breaking from President Donald Trump in the closely watched Alabama Senate special election. During a closed-door meeting with powerful conservatives in Washington last week, Bannon declared that he’s supporting former state Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore over Trump-endorsed incumbent Sen. Luther Strange, according […]

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8/28/2017

SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration may be headed for trouble in the Supreme Court. It has twice switched sides in important Supreme Court cases, on workers’ rights and voting rolls, abandoning the positions of the previous administration for ones favored by conservatives. Such legal U-turns can try the justices’ patience. In the Obama […]

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8/28/2017

CRISIS/FEMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Federal Emergency Management Agency is calling on Americans to help with the response to Hurricane Harvey through financial donations or by assisting with search and rescue efforts, as the rainfall continues over the next few days. The federal government was focused on rescue operations on Monday morning and expected about 30,000 […]

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8/28/2017

CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The brutal storm pummeling the Houston area is putting the brakes, at least for a time, on the area’s recent economic upswing. And the impact is quite likely to be especially deep given the crucial role the region plays in the nation’s energy, chemical and shipping industries. Despite wobbly oil prices, local […]

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8/28/2017

CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Water poured into hospitals. Ambulances were caught up in roiling floodwaters. Medical transport helicopters were grounded by high winds. Houston’s world-renowned health care infrastructure found itself battered by Hurricane Harvey, struggling to treat storm victims while becoming a victim itself. The coming days will inevitably bring more hazards for storm-damaged hospitals and […]

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8/28/2017

GARY COHN/STEVE MNUCHIN/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Gary D. Cohn and Steven Mnuchin have spent months behind closed doors with Republican congressional leaders sketching the contours of an elaborate and politically difficult tax overhaul that is President Trump’s top priority. Mr. Trump hopes to jump-start the process on Wednesday [8-30-17], traveling to Springfield, Mo., for a […]

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8/28/2017

IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the latest arguments over President Trump’s travel ban, a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court in Seattle indicated on Monday [8-29-17] that it would continue allowing grandparents and other relatives of United States residents to travel here from six predominantly Muslim countries. But the judges were less forthcoming about […]

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8/28/2017

LEGAL/LGBTQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Civil-liberties groups on Monday [8-28-17] filed two lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members serving in the military, arguing that the prohibitions are unconstitutional. The suits state the ban violates rights to due process of service members and those who want to join the military. One of the two […]

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8/28/2017

CRIME/LEGAL/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump offered a fiery defense on Monday [8-29-17] of his decision to pardon Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff, as Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas last week — and claimed he timed it to attract maximum attention as television viewers were glued to storm coverage. Mr. Trump, who said his […]

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8/28/2017

CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tropical Storm Harvey was poised to re-enter the Gulf of Mexico Monday [8-28-17] and make another landfall closer to Houston roughly two days later, prolonging the slow-motion flooding disaster that already has crippled one of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. The storm isn’t expected to regain hurricane strength as its eye moves […]

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8/28/2017

CRISIS/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is ‘anxious’ to visit hurricane-ravaged Texas this week and convey to Texans that ‘we are with you,’ Vice President Mike Pence said Monday [8-28-17]. The White House announced Sunday that Trump will visit the state on Tuesday, and Pence said Monday that details of the trip will be […]

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8/28/2017

BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Spurred by President Donald Trump’s emphatic reiteration that it will eventually pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Mexican government said in a statement Sunday that it will not fund such a project ‘under any circumstances.’ ‘As the Mexican government has always stated, our country will not pay, under any […]

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8/28/2017

OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA/VETS: “VA Secretary David Shulkin has proved to be something unique in President Donald Trump’s Washington: an Obama appointee nominated by Trump who is beloved by almost everyone and getting stuff done. By tweaking regulations, he has managed to fire hundreds of allegedly incompetent employees, publicized waiting times at Veterans Affairs clinics, gotten […]

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8/27/2017

MILITARY/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration plans to reinstate in full a program that provides local police departments with military surplus equipment such as large-caliber weapons and grenade launchers, according to a document obtained by The New York Times… President Barack Obama put limits on the program in 2015, when several high-profile cases of police […]

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8/27/2017

CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will fly to Texas on Tuesday [8-29-17], the White House said, where he will see firsthand the damage from a deadly tropical storm that has flooded Houston, the nation’s fourth-largest city. Mr. Trump returned to the White House on Sunday afternoon after monitoring the storm from the presidential retreat […]

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