BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s congressional allies are alarmed by his purge at the Department of Homeland Security — urging him not to fire more top officials and warning him how hard it will be to solve twin crises at the border and the federal agencies overseeing immigration policy. The president’s frantic four […]
Category: A- Trump People
4/7/2019
DHS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 7, 2019 5:02 pm […]
4/7/2019
DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….I am pleased to announce that Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary for @DHSgov. I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 7, 2019 5:02 pm […]
4/6/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Thank you to two great people! https://t.co/9VoIV44L9c” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2019 8:57 am […]
4/6/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @JesseBWatters: TOMORROW: It’s a star-studded FOX episode of @WattersWorld with @seanhannity , @LouDobbs , and @marklevinshow ! What wil…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2019 8:45 am […]
4/5/2019
GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was as if Mark Meadows were watching a political car crash in slow motion. In November 2018, when House Republicans lost their legislative majority, it rendered him a bit player in Donald Trump’s Washington. Then in late November and early December, a more paralyzing fear began to creep into his […]
4/5/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations David, a very big deal! https://t.co/ymtI2ueAgA” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2019 6:06 pm […]
4/5/2019
DHS/ICE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is pulling the nomination of Ron Vitiello to lead US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying he wants to go in a ‘tougher direction’ — a move that came at the urging of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller…Miller directly lobbied Trump to pull the nomination, two White House […]
4/5/2019
COURTS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Brian Hagedorn on his big surprise win over a well funded Liberal Democrat in the Great State of Wisconsin for a very important Supreme Court seat. Republicans are producing big for Wisconsin!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2019 11:43 am […]
4/4/2019
BORDER/DHS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said on Thursday [4-4-19] that the agency is in ‘disaster response’ as a result of a steep uptick of migrants at the southern border…Administration officials have been sounding the alarm over the increase in migrants at the southern border, underscoring the change in demographics as one […]
4/4/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-4-19] that he’s recommending Herman Cain, a former pizza executive who dropped his bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination amid sexual harassment allegations, for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board…The announcement comes weeks after Trump floated another nominee to fill an open seat […]
4/4/2019
CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I am pleased to announce that Jovita Carranza will be nominated as the new @SBAgov Administrator. She will be replacing Linda McMahon, who has done an outstanding job. Jovita was a great Treasurer of the United States – and I look forward to her joining my Cabinet!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2019 […]
4/4/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “‘Conservative support for Trump wall soars to 99 percent’ https://t.co/Tblpox8Nsg” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2019 6:45 pm […]
4/4/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Thank you @Trish_Regan! https://t.co/6CyCpHnR6x” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2019 5:55 pm […]
4/4/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mitt Romney is not particularly impressed with the idea of Herman Cain joining the Federal Reserve, though President Donald Trump is pushing forward on the possible nomination. In an interview, the Utah Republican senator brushed off the prospect of Trump following through and officially nominating Cain: ‘I doubt that will […]
4/4/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey softened his stance on a possible U.S.-Mexico border closure after meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-3-19], saying he would support Trump if he opted for a shutdown but hoped any closure would be ‘as short as possible.’ The Oval Office meeting came two days after […]
4/4/2019
IRS/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump earlier this year asked Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, to prioritize a confirmation vote for his nominee to be the chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, indicating that it was a higher priority than voting on the nomination of William P. Barr as attorney general, a person […]
4/3/2019
FOEIGN POLICY/MIKE POMPEO/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo named former Fox News contributor Morgan Ortagus, a previous critic of President Donald Trump, as the new State Department spokesperson Wednesday [4-3-19]…Ortagus, a Navy reserve officer, was the anticipated pick for the job and has extensive foreign policy experience. But in 2016, she slammed then-candidate Trump […]
4/3/2019
ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/ENVIRONMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Count Chuck Grassley as among those displeased by President Donald Trump’s attacks on wind energy. The longtime Iowa GOP senator told Iowa reporters on Wednesday [4-3-19] afternoon that Trump’s comments implying turbines cause cancer was ‘idiotic.’ Then he explained to Capitol Hill reporters that the president needs to stop railing […]
4/3/2019
COURTS/DEMS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans used the ‘nuclear option’ Wednesday [4-3-19] to unilaterally reduce debate time on most presidential nominees, the latest in a series of changes to the fabric of the Senate to dilute the power of the minority. The move by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) immediately paves the way to […]
4/3/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “More than half of the House Judiciary Committee’s 81 targets in its obstruction of justice and corruption investigation into President Donald Trump have declined to produce documents, according to a POLITICO analysis. Two weeks after committee chairman Jerrold Nadler’s March 18 deadline, 14 witnesses contacted by POLITICO indicated through […]
4/2/2019
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former Fox News contributor Morgan Ortagus, the expected pick to become the next State Department spokesperson, repeatedly criticized President Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primary, a CNN review found. Ortagus publicly lambasted then-candidate Trump over what she called his ‘isolationist foreign policy approach,’ and blasted behavior she qualified as […]
4/2/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s senior economic aides are scrambling to impress upon him the potentially dire economic costs of his threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, according to two people familiar with the matter. Both Kevin Hassett and Larry Kudlow, the president’s top economic advisers, have shared papers and data with Trump […]
4/2/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate Michelle Bowman, who has served on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors since November 2018, for a 14-year term on the board beginning on Feb. 1, 2020, the White House said on Tuesday [4-2-19]. Bowman, who ran the Kansas state bank commission before […]
4/2/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump told Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell ‘I guess I’m stuck with you’ in a recent phone call, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday [4-2-19], underscoring tensions between the White House and the independent central bank. The Trump administration has repeatedly and publicly blasted the Fed […]
4/2/2019
NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Today, it was my great honor to welcome @NATO Secretary General @JensStoltenberg to the @WhiteHouse! https://t.co/4drPHXZBWH” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 2:59 pm […]
4/2/2019
COMMERCE/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration is feuding internally over the fate of airwaves critical to 5G networks, threatening to undermine the country’s push to speed development of the super-fast wireless service and set the global standards around the technology. The clash pits FCC Chairman Ajit Pai against Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and NASA […]
4/2/2019
EU/MILITARY/NATO/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “He flew across the ocean to celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary with the largest and most important member of the military alliance. So to outsiders it appeared to be an awkward moment on Tuesday [4-2-19] for Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary general, as he sat stiffly by while President Trump criticized German […]
4/1/2019
NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “A White House staff member has told House investigators that senior officials have overruled concerns raised about 25 individuals whose security clearances were initially denied over a range of disqualifying issues — such as fears about foreign influence and potential conflicts-of-interests — warning of the grave implications to […]
4/1/2019
BETSY DEVOS/BUDGET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration’s now-abandoned plan to eliminate $17.6 million in federal funding for the Special Olympics is looking like a boon for the nonprofit. Rather than cutting off the Special Olympics from all federal money, lawmakers are weighing a possible increase for the fifth year in a row as high-profile advocates rally […]
3/28/2019
ENVIRONMENT/FLORIDA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump will tour troubled Lake Okeechobee by air on Friday [3-29-19] and meet with state and local officials to highlight the administration’s work with Florida on dike repairs. The White House will tout state-federal partnerships on environmental funding, offering Florida as an example of how high-dollar projects can be […]
3/30/2019
LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In honor of his past service to our Country, Navy Seal #EddieGallagher will soon be moved to less restrictive confinement while he awaits his day in court. Process should move quickly! @foxandfriends @RepRalphNorman” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 30, 2019 7:14 am […]
3/29/2019
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A huge thanks to @HeatherNauert for serving America at the @StateDept. Great work! I’m proud to have you join the Fulbright board! https://t.co/oq0ZaA3MID” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 29, 2019 10:26 pm […]
3/29/2019
ICE/IMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Donald Trump’s children and campaign staff arrived in South Florida during the 2016 presidential campaign, they were often greeted at the airport by Zoltan Tamas in a black Cadillac Escalade. As a senior security guard at Trump National Golf Club in the town of Jupiter, Mr. Tamas was licensed to […]
3/29/2019
CABINET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Linda McMahon, the former professional wrestling executive turned government official, is leaving her post as administrator of the Small Business Administration. McMahon is leaving President Donald Trump’s administration to join his outside political group, America First, two sources familiar with the move confirmed to CNN. The President deemed McMahon a ‘superstar’ […]
3/29/2019
CABINET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Linda McMahon is stepping down as head of Small Business Administration to chair the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action, according to three people familiar with the move. Trump allies have spent weeks searching for someone to chair the super PAC, which officials view as a key plank in the president’s […]
3/29/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Adam Schiff was poised to take over the House Intelligence Committee late last year, he spoke about his desire to restore comity to the panel after two years of infighting over the Russian investigation. Three months into the new Democratic Congress, the committee’s partisan warfare is more intense […]
3/28/2019
BETSY DEVOS/BUDGET/EDUCATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump said on Thursday [3-28-19] that the federal government would continue to fund the Special Olympics, reversing his administration’s decision to cut the allocated money, which his education secretary, Betsy DeVos, had been defending on Capitol Hill only hours earlier…His statement was an abrupt pivot from the stance offered […]
3/28/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jessie K. Liu has withdrawn herself from consideration for the No. 3 spot at the Justice Department, the department said on Thursday [3-28-19]. Earlier this month, President Trump planned to nominate Ms. Liu, who currently is the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, as associate attorney general, who […]
3/28/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The publicist whose 2016 email to Donald Trump Jr. led to a now-infamous Trump Tower meeting said Thursday [3-28-19] night he’s not surprised the special counsel investigation did not establish that President Donald Trump Trump or his campaign associates conspired with Russia to win the presidential election…Goldstone, a British publicist, […]
3/27/2019
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House has no ‘fresh’ plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, despite the administration backing a district court ruling striking down the full law earlier this week, a senior White House official told CNN Wednesday [3-27-19]. However, the administration plans to submit a health care replacement to Congress […]
3/27/2019
BETSY DEVOS/BUDGET/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former California First Lady Maria Shriver, whose mother founded the Special Olympics, is vowing to fight Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ latest attempt to end federal funding for the program for athletes with developmental disabilities. Shriver told POLITICO in a statement that she is ‘deeply disappointed’ in the proposal to slash nearly $18 million […]
3/27/2019
ECONOMY/GOP/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans are trying to head off their next potentially explosive conflict with President Donald Trump. In a series of private meetings and conversations with Trump over the past few months, Senate Republicans have pleaded with him not to impose a new round of tariffs on foreign automakers — fearing they could […]
3/27/2019
ETHICS/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “Seven former senior Trump aides, including the White House’s top ethics official, may have violated federal law by failing to disclose their future employment on financial reports, according to records obtained by POLITICO. One of those aides, John McEntee, President Donald Trump’s former personal aide who left in March 2018, reportedly […]
3/27/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@GreggJarrett: ‘Trump-Russia ‘collusion’ was always a hoax — and dirtiest political trick in modern US history’ https://t.co/H59Q1UL64g” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 27, 2019 1:47 pm […]
3/27/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s an emerging rallying cry on the left: Expand the Supreme Court and eliminate the Senate filibuster. Still seething over Republican obstruction during the Obama administration that peaked in 2016 with the blockade against the Supreme Court nominee Merrick B. Garland, liberal groups are encouraging Democrats running for president and the Senate […]
3/26/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s choice of former campaign adviser Stephen Moore to serve on the Federal Reserve Board is stirring misgivings among some bankers, who worry that the conservative economist would erode the Fed’s political independence. Moore hasn’t been formally nominated or even fully vetted by the White House yet, but […]
3/26/2019
MIKE PENCE/NASA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced on Tuesday [3-26-19] an accelerated goal of putting Americans back on the moon within five years ‘by any means necessary,’ and NASA’s top official immediately embraced the challenge. Pence, chairing a meeting of the National Space Council at NASA’s Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, borrowed […]
3/26/2019
BETSY DEVOS/BUDGET/DEMS/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For the third year in a row, Democrats dinged Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday [3-26-19] for proposing to cut funds from the Special Olympics, after-school programs and support for students from low-income families. The difference is that this time, Democrats control the House…Overall, DeVos proposed a 12% decrease in funding for […]
3/26/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Stephen Moore said he would not be a ‘sycophant’ for President Trump if nominated and confirmed for a seat on the Federal Reserve. And he is sorry he called for the Fed chairman to step down after the central bank raised interest rates. In an interview on Tuesday [3-26-19], Mr. […]
3/26/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The end of Robert Mueller’s probe marks a new phase of Donald Trump’s presidency. It also marks a new phase for the small group of citizen journalists, Twitter thread-spinners and stunt artists who rose to prominence on the back of investigation. After devoting much of their waking lives to the […]
3/26/2019
2016 ELECTION/LAWSUIT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Soviet-born convicted felon who worked on real estate deals with President Donald Trump was accused in a lawsuit Monday [3-25-19] of plotting to use Trump-branded skyscrapers to launder money allegedly stolen from a Kazakhstan bank. BTA Bank and the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, allege Felix Sater conspired with the […]
3/26/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “No collusion. Let’s party. After two years spent in a defensive crouch, the president’s aides have emerged from their emotional bunkers in celebration of what they say is a total vindication of President Trump. That view may be based on the best possible interpretation of the letter written by Attorney […]
3/26/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “On May 10, 2017, less than 24 hours after President Trump fired James Comey as F.B.I. director, Comey received an email from a man he had never met. The correspondent, Matt Latimer, began by praising Comey’s ‘decades of faithful service to the United States government and to the cause of law […]
3/26/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @TomFitton: Let’s be clear, neither Mueller, Obama FBI, DOJ, CIA, Deep State, etc ever had good faith basis to pursue @realDonaldTrump o…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 26, 2019 6:12 am […]
3/25/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General William Barr’s summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian election interference declares simply and with authority that investigators did ‘not establish that the President was involved’ in any crime related to Russian interference. But on the other key question investigated by Mueller and his team — […]
3/25/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A day after President Donald Trump was cleared of colluding with Russia, White House officials responded with a mixture of ecstatic relief — and plans for revenge. While Trump insisted for months that he would be vindicated by special counsel Robert Mueller, some of his aides weren’t so sure. That […]
3/25/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former White House counsel Don McGahn, White House strategist Steve Bannon, and Trump’s former chief of staff Reince Priebus will not turn over records to Congress from their period at the White House without the administration’s approval, their lawyer Bill Burke told lawmakers, according to a person familiar with […]
3/25/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Members of President Donald Trump’s legal team on Monday [3-25-19] called Robert Mueller an ‘honest’ and ‘professional’ man — but also took shots at the special counsel’s probe — one day after Attorney General William Barr announced in a letter to Congress that the special counsel found no Russia […]
3/25/2019
PARDONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “There have been no conversations about President Donald Trump issuing pardons for any of his associates who have been charged or pleaded guilty as part of the U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, the White House said on Monday [3-25-19]. There has been ‘no discussion that I’m aware of’ […]
3/25/2019
ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared President Trump to Cyrus the Great, Lord Balfour and Harry S. Truman — historic giants who helped secure the future of the Israeli people. Mr. Trump called Mr. Netanyahu a ‘very special man.’ If the expressions of praise seemed unequal, they accurately conveyed the political dynamic […]
3/25/2019
PARDONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “There have been no conversations about President Donald Trump issuing pardons for any of his associates who have been charged or pleaded guilty as part of the U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, the White House said on Monday [3-22-19]. There has been ‘no discussion that I’m aware of’ […]
3/22/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It is my pleasure to announce that @StephenMoore, a very respected Economist, will be nominated to serve on the Fed Board. I have known Steve for a long time – and have no doubt he will be an outstanding choice!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 22, 2019 11:47 am […]
3/22/2019
ISIS/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “‘Our own Benjamin Hall is doing fantastic reporting on ISIS right on the from line (True). ISIS was willing to die but now, because of big pressure, save for a few people in caves, most have surrendered. A testament to our President.’ Thank you Pete Hegseth @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 22, 2019 […]
3/19/2019
INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Judiciary Committee announced Monday [3-18-19] that it received responses from a ‘large number’ of the 81 individuals and entities who were asked to provide documents as part of the panel’s wide-ranging investigation into obstruction of justice allegations against President Donald Trump — but the committee was mum on details […]
3/14/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/JARED KUSHNER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A top aide to President Donald Trump found out FBI Director James Comey would be fired when a letter terminating him was sent to the wrong printer, according to a new book, ‘Kushner, Inc.’ The book by Vicky Ward, which CNN has reviewed, paints a chaotic account of the […]
3/14/2019
RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “The top communications official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, John Ullyot, announced his resignation Thursday, according to an internal email obtained by CNN and a statement from Secretary Robert Wilkie. Ullyot will officially leave his post as the assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs in early April and will be ‘announcing […]
3/14/2019
CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/TRUMP PEOPLE/WILBER ROSS: “Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday [3-14-19] that his congressional testimony on adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census has been truthful, even displaying a series of photographs in rebuttal to Democrats who argue otherwise…Democrats have claimed that Ross misled them at a March 2018 hearing, when he appeared to testify […]
3/14/2019
LGBTQ/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Vice President Mike Pence hosted Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and his same-sex partner at the Naval Observatory for the Friends of Ireland breakfast on Thursday [3-14-19]. While the Pences hosted Varadkar last year as part of an annual trip the Irish delegation makes to Washington, this year the vice president and […]
3/13/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I agree with Rand Paul. This is a total disgrace and should NEVER happen to another President! https://t.co/czcUbee9x7” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 5:52 pm […]
3/13/2019
BETSY DEVOS/BUDGET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For the third year in a row, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has proposed ending a loan forgiveness program for public service workers and eliminating subsidized loans for low-income students. The budget put forward this week by President Donald Trump has little chance of being accepted by Democrats who control one chamber of […]
3/13/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/NEW YORK/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @DiamondandSilk: AG Letitia James of New York is abusing her power by targeting the POTUS. Using the Attorney General office as a weapo…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 9:26 am […]
3/13/2019
IVANKA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rhona Graff, President Trump’s longtime executive assistant, was asked for documents related to foreign governments providing gifts or money to Ivanka Trump or her businesses. Anatoli Samochornov, the Russian translator who sat in on a meeting between Trump campaign officials and Russian lobbyists, was asked to hand over handwritten notes showing any […]
3/13/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/NAFTA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s trade chief Robert Lighthizer will be on Capitol Hill on Wednesday [3-13-19] to entice House Democrats into supporting the new North American trade pact, but already it’s becoming clear that outreach alone won’t get the votes needed. In the latest show of disapproval to the deal, leaders of […]
3/13/2019
GOP/MEDICAID/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump last year shut down a push by several Republican governors and administration officials to allow states to offer a partial expansion of Medicaid, a change that would cover fewer Americans than required under the Affordable Care Act. Eight months later, the policy is now ‘under review,’ said Seema […]
3/12/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @LindaSuhler: Dear God, Thank you for answering our prayers. A grateful Nation #GodBlessAmerica?? #PresidentTrump #ElectionDay https://…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 11:07 pm […]
3/12/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @Jim_Jordan: Why did @AdamSchiff say that his talks with Michael Cohen were limited to inviting him and allaying any concerns about thre…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 11:04 pm […]
3/12/2019
DONALD JR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @DonaldJTrumpJr: Well done @SteveDaines! As we spoke about on the campaign trail and in hunting camp #publiclands is a big issue for us…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 11:03 pm […]
3/12/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Democrats grilled T-Mobile CEO John Legere on Tuesday [3-12-19] for staying at the Trump International Hotel while his company seeks government approval for a merger with Sprint. Legere and Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law to answer questions […]
3/11/2019
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @RepAndyBiggsAZ: Kate Steinle. Sarah Root. Grant Ronnebeck. We willl no longer be bystanders to these crimes committed by illegal alien…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 11, 2019 9:42 am […]
3/10/2019
MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @USAmbIsrael: With @LindseyGrahamSC today touring a Gaza terror tunnel. Cost of tunnel = cost of 2 new schools = cost of 30 new homes. #…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 10, 2019 8:53 pm […]
3/10/2019
LEGAL/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @LindseyGrahamSC: Executive Business meeting this morning on judicial nominees in the @senjudiciary committee. WATCH: https://t.co/AAzW…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 10, 2019 8:52 pm […]
3/10/2019
SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @senatemajldr: H.R.1 is a blatant power grab to give Washington bureaucrats control over what American citizens can say about politics,…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 10, 2019 8:51 pm […]
3/10/2019
DEMS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @TomFitton: Top House Dem says Cohen likely to face DOJ perjury probe https://t.co/Xo1o4E6f5x #FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 10, 2019 7:13 pm […]
3/10/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @paulsperry_: If Schiff wasn’t coaching Cohen on how to go after Trump before his testimony and was just going over procedural issues, w…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 10, 2019 5:46 pm […]
3/9/2019
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @mike_pence: Great to be in Kentucky! I’m proud to stand with @MattBevin who is working tirelessly for the great people of the Bluegrass…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 9, 2019 11:33 pm […]
3/9/2019
BORDER/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Wacky Nut Job @AnnCoulter, who still hasn’t figured out that, despite all odds and an entire Democrat Party of Far Left Radicals against me (not to mention certain Republicans who are sadly unwilling to fight), I am winning on the Border. Major sections of Wall are being built…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/9/2019
VOTING/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @RepDanCrenshaw: Today I offered a motion to recommit #HR1 reaffirming that only US citizens should have the right to vote. Dems rejec…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 9, 2019 3:35 pm […]
3/8/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@RepMikeTurner ‘The only time that Michael Cohen told the truth is when he pled that he is guilty.’ Also when he said no collusion and I did not tell him to lie!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 8, 2019 6:18 pm […]
3/8/2019
IVANKA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @IvankaTrump: Thank you for your exemplary service to our nation Secretary Wilson! https://t.co/sYGLGmOT4X” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 8, 2019 5:57 pm […]
3/8/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “Bill Shine is the fifth person to learn that it’s not easy to serve as communications director to a president who doesn’t think he needs one. Trump on Friday [3-8-19] accepted the resignation of Shine, a former Fox News executive who had spent just nine months on the job, severing his […]
3/8/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @marklevinshow: Victor Davis Hanson is on next. His new book, the Case for Trump, is out now! https://t.co/u8JLoroBca” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 8, 2019 4:30 pm […]
3/8/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @marklevinshow: Ron DeSantis, America’s governor https://t.co/WmJ9yC922a” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 8, 2019 4:28 pm […]
3/8/2019
EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Heather Wilson, who is the sole finalist to become the next President of University of Texas at El Paso effective September 1, 2019. Heather has done an absolutely fantastic job…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 8, 2019 1:47 pm […]
3/8/2019
EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….as Secretary of the Air Force, and I know she will be equally great in the very important world of higher education. A strong thank you to Heather for her service.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 8, 2019 1:47 pm […]
3/8/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Why is the mainstream media so agitated about President Donald Trump’s close relationship with Fox News host Sean Hannity? A right-wing critic emails with a taunt: ‘Everybody loved it when Bradlee and Kennedy were in bed together.’ Not sure I buy the premise. Speaking for myself, not ‘the media,’ I found […]
3/7/2019
PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Paul Manafort entered an Alexandria, Virginia, courtroom on Thursday [3-7-19], he did so in a wheelchair. And dressed in a green prison jumpsuit. That picture of Manafort, who was sentenced Thursday to 47 months in jail for a panoply of financial crimes having to do with his long relationship with Ukraine, was […]
3/7/2019
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Some Republicans facing tough 2020 elections are weighing a break with President Donald Trump on foreign policy or his border wall-driven national emergency declaration. David Perdue is going the other way…It’s a confident early stance from a Republican facing one of the toughest reelection races in the country next year — […]
3/6/2019
DEMS/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP TAXES: “Senate Finance Committee Chuck Grassley said today he’d request President Donald Trump’s tax returns if House tax writers do, to make sure Democrats don’t politicize them…House Ways and Means Democrats are preparing to seek a decade’s worth of Trump’s personal returns, a request allowed under a rarely used law, as part of […]
3/6/2019
COURTS/DEMS/GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s stream of judges is about to become a torrent. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his GOP caucus have long prioritized confirming conservative judges to lifetime appointments. But they’re about to accelerate their ability to unilaterally approve many nominees in dramatic fashion. The Senate is on track to confirm […]