LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has been able to review evidence and is being treated like a ‘VIP’ in jail, prosecutors said on Wednesday [7-11-18], arguing against Manafort’s efforts to postpone his trial on fraud charges. In a filing to a Virginia federal judge overseeing one of […]
Category: A- Trump People
7/11/2018
EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s acting chief said on Wednesday [7-11-18] he would push to cut regulations on industry and speed up decisions on permits, echoing the policies of former head Scott Pruitt who stepped down last week. Andrew Wheeler, a longtime Washington insider, took the reins on Monday [7-9-18] after Pruitt, a […]
7/10/2018
GOP/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Even for an era of strained relations, the images that crossed back over the Atlantic last week stood out: Seven Republican senators and one Republican congresswoman ushered into a Moscow conference room, exchanging pleasantries with top Russian officials on the eve of American Independence Day. But if the delegation was intended […]
7/10/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday [7-10-18] that his department was performing ‘one of the great acts of American generosity and charity’ in its care of immigrant children. Repeatedly pressed by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on ‘The Situation Room’ about why HHS won’t allow media cameras into facilities housing children, Azar […]
7/10/2018
CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Long before President Trump nominated him for the Supreme Court on Monday [7-9-18], Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh had already made a name for himself as an influential conservative critic of sweeping environmental regulations. During his 12 years on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, often […]
7/10/2018
PARDONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump on Tuesday [7-10-18] pardoned a pair of Oregon cattle ranchers who had been serving sentences for arson on federal land — sentences that set off the armed occupation of a wildlife refuge in 2016. Dwight L. Hammond, now 76, and his son, Steven D. Hammond, 49, became a cause célèbre that […]
7/10/2018
ABORTION/DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Even before Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced his retirement, Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative advocacy group, had reserved more than two dozen internet domain names — one for each candidate on President Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees. The idea, said Carrie Severino, the group’s chief counsel, was to […]
7/10/2018
NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “A Senate committee voted on Tuesday [7-10-18] to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, after a largely noncontroversial confirmation hearing last month. Trump nominated Robert Wilkie, who is a Pentagon undersecretary, to lead the department after ousting former VA Secretary David Shulkin. The President initially […]
7/10/2018
LEGAL/LOBBYING/MICHAEL FLYNN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former national security adviser Mike Flynn has a new job: He has joined a global lobbying and investment advisory firm. As he awaits sentencing for lying to federal investigators, he is going into business with Washington lobbyist Nick Muzin and his New York partner Joey Allaham with a new firm called […]
7/10/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Majority Whip Steve Scalise on Tuesday [7–10-18] came out in support of Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, the first member of the House leadership team to do so since the congressman has been rocked by accusations that he turned a blind eye to alleged sexual abuse while an assistant […]
7/10/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Atlantic County Republican Chairman Keith Davis said Tuesday [7-10-18] he won’t withdraw his support for congressional candidate Seth Grossman, despite Grossman’s sharing of a racist article from a white nationalist website on social media…Media Matters for America, a liberal watchdog group, revealed Monday [7-9-18] that Grossman, the GOP candidate in New Jersey’s 2nd […]
7/10/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/MIKE PENCE/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The day after he was nominated to become a Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh visited Capitol Hill, where his possible future on the high court will be determined. Kavanaugh and Vice President Mike Pence met Tuesday [7-10-18] with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The meeting came at almost the […]
7/10/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee may not have to wait too long for controversial cases if he is confirmed to the job, with disputes involving abortion, immigration, gay rights, voting rights and transgender troops possibly heading toward the justices soon. Republicans are hoping Brett Kavanaugh, the conservative U.S. appeals court judge […]
7/10/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser who pleaded guilty in a case related to the Russian election collusion investigation, is eager to move to the sentencing phase and put his legal ordeal behind him, Flynn’s lawyer said at a hearing on Tuesday. Robert Kelner confirmed at the […]
7/10/2018
DEMS/ICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @KatrinaPierson: The stupidity of the left was on full display in Oakland. The #AbolishICE protest was actually the execution of a warra…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 10, 2018 4:07 am […]
7/9/2018
ELECTIONS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mitch McConnell and his Republican Caucus are enthusiastic about the prospect of filling a Supreme Court vacancy before the midterm elections. But they don’t deny the enormity of the task at hand. McConnell is overseeing the slimmest Senate majority in modern times to handle D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the […]
7/9/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Majority Whip Steve Scalise on Monday [7-9-18] released a statement backing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) against accusations that he turned a blind eye to sexual abuse decades ago. The Louisiana Republican is the first member of leadership to publicly back Jordan, who has long been a thorn in GOP leadership’s […]
7/9/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/ TRUMP PEOPLE: “In choosing Brett M. Kavanaugh, 53, to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, President Trump opted for a Washington insider who, according to at least one measure, may be less conservative than Mr. Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee, Neil M. Gorsuch. According to an analysis based on political donations given […]
7/9/2018
EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The acting Environmental Protection Agency chief, Andrew Wheeler, is bringing to the job a ‘change in tone,’ the agency said, that could shed greater light on the decisions and actions of EPA leadership. The EPA’s former administrator, Scott Pruitt, broke with his predecessors’ common practices of publishing a calendar online and announcing […]
7/9/2018
AFGHANISTAN/MIKE POMPEO/TALIBAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, making an unannounced visit to the Afghan capital on Monday [7-9-18], said the prospect for talks between the Kabul government and Taliban militants was now brighter thanks to the Trump administration’s rejuvenated strategy for fighting the 17-year war. Mr. Pompeo’s first official visit to Afghanistan since […]
7/9/2018
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s new Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh, could soon be in a position to address several big legal questions at the center of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. The list includes the question of whether Trump can be subpoenaed to testify in a criminal case; the […]
7/8/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Scott Pruitt’s brief, tumultuous tenure as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency has left him disgraced in the eyes of many in Washington and across the country. But it may not have done him much harm in his home state. Though a comeback for Mr. Pruitt is far from assured, some […]
7/7/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brushed off North Korean charges that he used ‘gangster-like’ diplomacy in negotiations in Pyongyang, saying on Sunday [7-8-18] after meeting his Japanese and South Korean counterparts that he would keep pursuing denuclearization talks with North Korea. Pompeo said in Tokyo there was still […]
7/7/2018
LOBBYING/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Six months after Republicans pushed a $1.5 trillion tax overhaul through Congress, many of the most influential players who worked behind the scenes on the legislation are no longer on Capitol Hill or in the Trump administration. They are now lobbyists. The two-way street between lobbying and lawmaking is well worn in Washington. […]
7/6/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Paul Manafort does not want to visit court until his Virginia criminal trial and he waived his right to appear in court for any upcoming hearings in the Eastern District of Virginia, his attorneys wrote in a filing Friday [7-6-18]. No other hearings are currently scheduled before the district court until his […]
7/6/2018
DEMS/EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Andrew Wheeler, the new acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, should do everything he can ‘to restore the American people’s confidence in the agency’s mission, which is the protection of human health and our environment,’ Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, wrote in a […]
7/6/2018
DEMS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Vice President Mike Pence said Friday [7-6-18] that the calls within the Democratic Party to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency are ‘irresponsible’ and ‘unacceptable…’ Pence argued that dismantling the agency would lead to more violent crime, more gangs like MS-13, more drugs in the country, and increased human trafficking. ICE […]
7/6/2018
CHINA/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As China and the United States escalate a trade war, the Chinese government is turning to familiar Wall Street and Washington insiders for advice on understanding President Donald Trump — with underwhelming results. Corporate leaders and former U.S. officials who have spent years cultivating relationships with Beijing — such as […]
7/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Bill Shine, the former Fox News executive who was pushed out over his handling of sexual harassment scandals at the network, was named the White House deputy chief of staff for communications on Thursday [7-5-18]. The move formalizes a job that Mr. Shine has been in since earlier this week, according to White […]
7/5/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said he has narrowed his search for a Supreme Court justice to two to four candidates and expects to settle on a nominee this weekend ahead of a prime-time announcement Monday [7-9-18] night. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One en route to Montana for a campaign […]
7/5/2018
GOP/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump came to Rep. Jim Jordan’s defense Thursday [7-5-18] after the Ohio Republican denied claims that he overlooked years of sexual abuse when he was a wrestling coach at Ohio State University…Trump further asserted Jordan’s innocence, saying he doesn’t believe the allegations. ‘I don’t believe them at all,’ Trump said. […]
7/5/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s embattled former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, who has dropped hints that he may cooperate with federal prosecutors investigating his former boss, has hired an attorney and PR man who led former President Bill Clinton’s public defense against multiple scandals in the 1990s. Lanny Davis, who spent countless hours […]
7/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has appointed former Fox News executive Bill Shine as an assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for communications, the White House said Thursday [7-5-18]. Mr. Shine began working at the White House on Monday [7-2-18], according to an administration official. He will oversee the White […]
7/5/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors are urging a federal appeals court to reject former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s bid to be released on bail as he prepares for two criminal trials, including one set to begin later this month. In a filing Thursday [7-5-18], Mueller’s team urged the U.S. Court […]
7/5/2018
EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Scott Pruitt’s once bright political future is in doubt after his sudden fall from grace as head of the EPA, following an avalanche of revelations about his first-class flights, pricey security trappings, backdoor raises for proteges and sweetheart deals with lobbyists stretching from his Oklahoma roots to his arrival in Washington. Some […]
7/5/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has resigned from his post, President Donald Trump said. Mr. Pruitt exits amid a series of allegations over ethics and spending. ‘I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, […]
7/5/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Matt Rosendale, the Republican looking to unseat Democratic Montana Sen. Jon Tester in November, is running as an unflinching supporter of President Donald Trump, welcoming the President’s visit to Great Falls on Thursday [7-5-18]. But Rosendale, the state auditor, was not always as enamored with the businessman-turned-politician as he is today. During one […]
7/5/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this. The Senate confirmed Deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 5, 2018 […]
7/5/2018
EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “…on Monday [7-9-18] assume duties as the acting Administrator of the EPA. I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda. We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 5, 2018 2:37 pm […]
7/5/2018
CHUCK SCHUMER/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appealed to President Donald Trump to repeat his predecessor’s choice and nominate federal judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court for a second time ‘as a way to unify the country,’ according to a source. The President phoned the New York Democrat on Tuesday […]
7/3/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Heading to West Virginia to be with my friend, @WVGovernor Jim Justice, at his beautiful Greenbrier Resort. He works hard, does a great job, and raises lots of money for charities!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 3, 2018 4:26 pm […]
7/3/2018
EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides have kept ‘secret’ calendars and schedules to overtly hide controversial meetings or calls with industry representatives and others, according to a former EPA official who is expected to soon testify before Congress. A review of EPA documents by CNN found discrepancies between Pruitt’s official calendar […]
7/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Bob Menendez said he hopes the White House will ‘dramatically change their protocol’ after a prank call from a comedian impersonating the senator got through to President Donald Trump, who called the prankster back from Air Force One. Podcast host John Melendez, better known as ‘Stuttering John,’ pretended to be the Democratic […]
7/2/2018
DEA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration on Monday [7-2-18] named a top White House lawyer as the new head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration after the agency’s prior acting administrator announced his retirement last month. Uttam Dhillon, who most recently served as deputy White House counsel, was named as the DEA’s acting administrator […]
7/2/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House on Monday [7-2-18] announced key members of the team that will work to ensure President Donald Trump’s next nominee to the Supreme Court is confirmed. White House counsel Don McGahn, who has been eyeing the White House exits amid tensions with Trump in recent months, will oversee […]
7/2/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Forty percent of the staff members who were working a year ago in U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House have since left for other jobs, a new report shows, providing a snapshot of the chaos among Trump’s closest subordinates. At all levels of seniority and pay levels, Trump staff churn has […]
7/1/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s national security adviser said on Sunday [7-1-18] that North Korea could dismantle all of its nuclear weapons, threatening missiles and biological weapons ‘in a year,’ a far more aggressive schedule than the one Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined for Congress recently, reflecting a strain inside the […]
6/30/2018
DEMS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @DanScavino: “@GovMikeHuckabee: Trump could nominate Moses for Supreme Court and Democrats would fight it” https://t.co/5wx3nVJxvF“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 30, 2018 5:59 am […]
6/29/2018
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said on Friday that he planned to interview one or two candidates to fill Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat this weekend at his Bedminster, N.J., resort, and plans to announce his final pick on July 9…The president also said he wouldn’t specifically ask candidates about Roe v. Wade, […]
6/29/2018
HHS/MEDICAID/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A federal judge ruled Friday [6-29-18] that Kentucky cannot require certain Medicaid recipients to get jobs or lose their benefits. In a closely watched case, US District Court Judge James Boasberg voided the federal government’s approval of Kentucky’s request to implement work requirements and kicked the matter back to the Department […]
6/29/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/RACISM/STATE/UN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Trump administration appointee to the State Department tore into standard UN documents that condemn racism as a threat to democracy. The deputy assistant secretary for refugees and migration, a foreign service officer promoted by the White House to an unusually senior position for his rank, disputed the idea that leaders have […]
6/29/2018
DEFICIT/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said he hoped the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates ‘very slowly,’ breaking with a 25-year White House precedent of generally refraining from commenting on monetary policy. Lawrence Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Council, made the comments Friday [6-29-18] morning during an interview on […]
6/29/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday [6-29-18] he is not looking for a new chief of staff to replace John Kelly but at some point, ‘things happen.’ Kelly, a retired general, is nearing a year in the job and could be leaving soon, a source familiar with the situation […]
6/29/2018
FBI/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A personal assistant to Paul Manafort granted the FBI access to a storage locker, allowing the government to secure evidence that President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager is trying to suppress, according to testimony on Friday [6-29-18] in a federal court hearing in Virginia. FBI special agent Jeff Pfeiffer made […]
6/29/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is consulting with advisers about whom he should tap as his next chief of staff, with John Kelly expected to depart the administration as early as this summer, possibly soon, according to people familiar with the matter. The two front-runners for the job, the people said, are […]
6/29/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the days after the F.B.I. director James B. Comey was fired last year, the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, repeatedly expressed anger about how the White House used him to rationalize the firing, saying the experience damaged his reputation, according to four people familiar with his outbursts. In public, Mr. […]
6/28/2018
DHS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Investigators with the Department of Homeland Security made an unannounced visit on Wednesday [6-27-18] to the home of a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman who abruptly resigned three months ago because he could not bring himself to lie on behalf of the Trump administration. The former spokesman, James Schwab, […]
6/28/2018
CRIME/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “At least 19 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators are seeking to dissolve the agency, concerned that the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal migrants has limited their ability to pursue national security threats, child pornography and transnational crime. In a letter sent last week to Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, the […]
6/28/2018
ABORTION/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Susan Collins took a notable phone call Thursday [6-28-18] as she enters the eye of the Supreme Court confirmation storm: It was White House counsel Don McGahn, sounding out the moderate Maine Republican in what she called a ‘preliminary discussion’ of the high court vacancy. Republicans control the Senate by a […]
6/28/2018
IRS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the IRS owns a stake in two rental units at a Trump-branded hotel in Hawaii. Charles Rettig was questioned by members of the Senate Finance Committee Thursday [6-28-18] on topics ranging from his experience as a tax attorney to his management style. He was also asked to […]
6/28/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is consulting with advisers about whom he should tap as his next chief of staff, with John Kelly expected to depart the administration as early as this summer, possibly even this week, according to people familiar with the matter. The two front-runners for the job, the people […]
6/28/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray rejected assertions by Republicans Thursday [6-28-18] that their agencies hadn’t been forthcoming in responding to Congress’s requests for information about the Russia and Hillary Clinton email investigations. Mr. Rosenstein became testy at times in answering sharp questions from House […]
6/28/2018
IMMIGRATION/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Vice President Mike Pence plans to urge the leaders of three Central American nations to do more to stop the flow of migrants from their countries in a meeting later Thursday [6-28-18], while Congress and the Trump administration struggle to find a solution back home. The vice president wraps up his three-country […]
6/28/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The State Department said children held in government facilities are at higher risk of psychological damage and should be separated from their families only as a ‘last resort.’ The finding, part of the agency’s Trafficking in Persons Report released Thursday [6-28-18], came as President Donald Trump seeks to quiet public furor […]
6/28/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump will be advised by a small group of deeply conservative lawyers, some inside the White House and at least one from outside, on choosing a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, said several sources familiar with the process. Kennedy announced his retirement […]
6/28/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With John Kelly’s tenure as White House chief of staff possibly winding down, President Donald Trump has been consulting with some of his advisers on who should succeed Kelly in that post, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday. Kelly, a retired general, is nearing a year in […]
6/28/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued a grand jury subpoena to another associate of longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone, a lawyer for Andrew Miller, the subject of the subpoena, said on Thursday [6-28-18]. The subpoena is the latest to suggest that Mueller, who is probing Russian meddling in […]
6/28/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Republicans on Thursday [6-28-18] mounted a multi-front effort to rebuke and embarrass the GOP-led Justice Department, hauling Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein before an ’emergency’ hearing of the Judiciary Committee just as the House voted to accuse him of flouting congressional document requests. Face-to-face with Rosenstein and FBI […]
6/28/2018
FBI/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. House Republican allies of President Donald Trump shouted and attacked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday [6-28-18], alleging he was improperly withholding documents related to the FBI’s investigation of Trump’s 2016 campaign. The tense congressional hearing came as Republicans brought to the House floor a non-binding resolution that […]
6/28/2018
ABORTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s retirement announcement was less than a day old when liberal activists rallied on the steps of the Supreme Court on Thursday [6-28-18], invoking the names of two Republican senators who, they believe, hold the future of Roe v. Wade in their hands…Ms. Collins, of Maine, and Ms. Murkowski, […]
6/27/2018
DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House resoundingly rejected a far-reaching immigration overhaul on Wednesday [6-27-18], despite a last-minute plea from President Trump, as internal divisions in the Republican ranks continued to hobble legislative efforts to protect the young unauthorized immigrants known as Dreamers. The 121-301 votes was an embarrassment to both Mr. Trump […]
6/27/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Just landed in North Dakota with @SenJohnHoeven and @RepKevinCramer. We will see everyone at Scheels Arena shortly! https://t.co/pakUigKB61“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2018 6:14 pm […]
6/27/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Anthony M. Kennedy, one of the Supreme Court’s most consequential modern-day justices and author of landmark rulings on gay rights, the death penalty and campaign finance, announced his retirement Wednesday [6-27-18], handing President Donald Trump a historic opportunity to reshape the court…The justice in his letter expressed ‘profound gratitude for […]
6/27/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A search warrant application unsealed on Wednesday [6-27-18] revealed closer links than previously known between President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin. In an affidavit attached to the July 2017 application, an FBI agent said he had reviewed tax returns for […]
6/26/2018
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A man and his mother were doing yard work in California when a woman unleashed a diatribe against Mexicans, and — invoking President Trump — called them rapists, animals and drug dealers. The encounter was captured in a video that was posted on Twitter early Monday [6-25-18] morning and had been […]
6/26/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump pleaded Monday [6-25-18] night with South Carolina Republicans to vote for Gov. Henry McMaster in a runoff election on Tuesday [6-26-18], warning conservatives that if the governor lost, his failure would be pinned on the president they came to see. Rallying a cozy high school gymnasium full of supporters […]
6/26/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a victory lap on Tuesday [6-26–18], celebrating his background role in the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban. But the ruling could complicate the race for Republicans in swing House districts. Minutes after the Court upheld Mr. Trump’s ban […]
6/26/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump helped lift a pair of incumbent Republicans locked in difficult races to victory Tuesday [6-26-18] while the liberal wing of the Democratic Party scored its most significant successes yet in the primary season, with progressive candidates unseating the fourth-ranking House Democrat and claiming the nominations for governor in Maryland […]
6/26/2018
BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday [6-26-18] called immigration enforcement ‘a decisive issue for our time,’ maintaining a hard line on illegal border crossings a day after a key Department of Homeland Security official declared the administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy effectively dead…He went on to accuse Democrats and members of the media […]
6/26/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, on the first day of a Latin America trip, took President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown on a roadshow, urging countries in the region to rein in the flow of migrants to the U.S. or face consequences…In his remarks with Mr. Pence, Mr. Temer expressed his country’s concern […]
6/26/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday [6-26-18] approved a resolution that demands the Justice Department produce the outstanding documents Congress has subpoenaed related to the FBI’s actions during the 2016 election campaign. The resolution, which was spearheaded by House Freedom Caucus leaders Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan, is the latest […]
6/26/2018
ELECTION/GOP/POLL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Any list of endangered House incumbents this cycle will have Barbara Comstock’s name at or near the top. Comstock, a two-term GOP lawmaker representing the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, is facing a challenge from Democratic state Sen. Jennifer Wexton, who won a six-way primary earlier this month with 42% of […]
6/26/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was dealt a major loss on Tuesday [6-26-18] when a federal judge who had previously expressed some sympathy for Manafort refused to dismiss charges brought against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Judge T.S. Ellis in the U.S. District Court […]
6/26/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’The most profound question of our era: Was there a conspiracy in the Obama Department of Justice and the FBI to prevent Donald Trump from becoming President of the U.S., and was Strzok at the core of the conspiracy?’ Judge Andrew Napolitano” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2018 8:30 am […]
6/26/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s influence with Republican primary voters faces another test Tuesday [6-26-18] as he tries to lift two incumbents over outsiders who argue they are the more Trump-like candidates. In South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster — who Trump campaigned for Monday [6-25-18] night — faces a runoff against John Warren, […]
6/26/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was great being with Governor Henry McMaster last night in South Carolina. Henry is tough on Crime and Borders, loves our Military and our Vets and has created many jobs and a great economy. GO OUT AND VOTE FOR HENRY TODAY, HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
6/26/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A bitter New York matchup between a convicted felon seeking to reclaim his congressional seat from a former prosecutor is among dozens of races in seven U.S. states on Tuesday [6-26-18], as voters pick candidates for November elections to determine control of Congress. Voters in Colorado, Maryland, South Carolina, Utah, Oklahoma […]
6/25/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump on Monday [6-25-18] criticized a Virginia restaurant that refused on Friday [6-22-18] to serve the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, offering a somewhat belated defense of a prominent figure in his administration after she was targeted for her association with his policies. Ms. Sanders, whose question-and-answer sessions […]
6/25/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’Director David Lynch: Trump Could Go Down as One of the Greatest Presidents’ https://t.co/AcgnIZNh6e“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2018 6:06 pm […]
6/25/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With a sudden flurry of plans for high-level contacts between Washington and Moscow, President Donald Trump appears to be telegraphing an upcoming meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin — a controversial push to engage the Kremlin at a time when relations between the US and key European allies are rapidly […]
6/25/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is going through one of the roughest patches in her public career. She still appears on the front pages with pronouncements at the UN, but her star, which was burning so brightly in the first year of the Trump administration, is […]
6/25/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @TrumpGolf: Congratulations to our dear friend and @TrumpCharlotte member, @ScottMcCarron, on his incredible win at the @AmFamChamp this…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2018 11:58 am […]
6/25/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lawyers for Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former presidential campaign manager, said on Monday [6-25-18] they plan to appeal a judge’s decision to jail Manafort while he awaits a criminal trial in Washington later this fall. Judge Amy Berman Jackson in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia […]
6/25/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Red Hen Restaurant should focus more on cleaning its filthy canopies, doors and windows (badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I always had a rule, if a restaurant is dirty on the outside, it is dirty on the inside!” […]
6/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Michael Caputo was facing $130,000 in legal bills with no clear way to pay on the May morning that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators interviewed him about Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election. Mr. Caputo planned to liquidate his retirement savings and children’s college accounts, and said the size […]
6/24/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Gov. Henry McMaster’s bid to hold on to his office depends on whether his alliance with President Donald Trump endears him to voters who would otherwise be disdainful of a career politician. The 71-year-old is telling voters ahead of Tuesday’s [6-26-18] gubernatorial primary runoff that he and the president aren’t just […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Trump moved on Friday [6-22-18] to leave an even deeper mark on Republican primary season, boosting a personal ally who is running for governor of Florida and extending political clemency to a former critic, Representative Martha Roby of Alabama, who is in a difficult race for re-election. Ms. Roby has […]
6/22/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A federal judge on Friday [6-22-18] dealt another blow to U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, refusing to dismiss a money laundering charge brought against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s ruling was the latest setback for Manafort, whose charges stem […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Ron DeSantis, a top student at Yale and Harvard Law School, is running for Governor of the Great State of Florida. Ron is strong on Borders, tough on Crime & big on Cutting Taxes – Loves our Military & our Vets. He will be a Great Governor & has my […]
6/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congresswoman Martha Roby of Alabama has been a consistent and reliable vote for our Make America Great Again Agenda. She is in a Republican Primary run-off against a recent Nancy Pelosi voting Democrat. I fully endorse Martha for Alabama 2nd Congressional District!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2018 6:46 am […]