BORDER/CONGRESS/NANCY PELOSI/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After days sequestered behind closed doors, President Donald Trump let loose Thursday [1-31-19], holding forth on border security negotiations, North Korea and other topics from the Oval Office. Trump invited reporters in for the 40-minute session, which broke a five-day stretch with no public events from the typically media-hungry leader. […]
Category: Congress
1/30/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s planned ‘great, great wall’ began morphing into a physical barrier and an array of high-tech gadgets in congressional talks launched on Wednesday to forge a compromise on security at the U.S. border with Mexico. Although there were no guarantees a deal could be reached by a Feb. 15 deadline, […]
1/30/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [1-30-19] warned lawmakers beginning negotiations to avert another government shutdown that they are ‘wasting their time’ if they are not discussing construction of a physical barrier along the nation’s southern border, a long-standing demand of the president’s. A 17-member bipartisan committee made up of lawmakers from both […]
1/29/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The House Democratic Women’s Working Group is inviting female members of both parties to wear white to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week as a symbol of solidarity…Frankel pointed out there have never been as many Democratic women serving in Congress as there are today. In 2017, the […]
1/29/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rep. Joaquin Castro said Tuesday [1-29-19] that he believes no topics are off limits for the expected hearing next week with President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen…Cohen agreed on Monday [1-28-19] to a closed-door hearing with the House Intelligence Committee, of which Castro is a member, on February 8. Among […]
1/28/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 5, 10 days before the deadline for lawmakers in the House and the Senate to reach an agreement on a border security package to avert another government shutdown. Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent an invitation to the president on […]
1/28/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will deliver the annual State of the Union address next week after accepting an invitation from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who had postponed it due to the partial shutdown of the U.S. government. The nationally televised address from the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, now set […]
1/28/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “• The longest government shutdown in history inflicted severe political damage on President Trump, dragging down his poll numbers and stirring concern about his ability to navigate a divided government. He now appears without a plan for mounting a strong campaign in 2020. • With the shutdown over for now, Congress will […]
1/28/2019
BORDER/CHINA/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump this week will turn his attention from a fight with congressional Democrats to an even more formidable negotiating challenge, one with potentially higher stakes: China. Trade talks with Beijing begin on Wednesday [1-30-19] in Washington, kicking off a monthlong sprint of negotiations between the two nations that could prove […]
1/27/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump came away empty-handed for now after the longest federal government shutdown in American history failed to pressure Congress into funding his long-promised border wall, purportedly to stop an inflow of drugs and crime from Mexico. But he is not done making his case on immigration. On Sunday [1-27-19] he rattled […]
1/26/2019
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s defeat in his border-wall standoff with Congress has clouded his already perilous path to a second term in 2020, undercutting Mr. Trump’s cherished image as a forceful leader and deft negotiator, and emboldening alike his Democratic challengers and Republican dissenters who hope to block his re-election. The longest […]
1/26/2019
CONGRESS/FBI/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Roger Stone was indicted for lying to Congress, what about the lying done by Comey, Brennan, Clapper, Lisa Page & lover, Baker and soooo many others? What about Hillary to FBI and her 33,000 deleted Emails? What about Lisa & Peter’s deleted texts & Wiener’s laptop? Much more!” –Donald Trump, […]
1/25/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The president announced a deal on Friday [1-25-19] to temporarily end to the longest-ever government shutdown, teeing up three weeks of negotiations to end the stalemate over funding for a wall along the southern border. Trump, speaking from the White House, said the temporary relief would allow the 800,000 federal employees who […]
1/25/2019
CONGRESS/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Call it Donald Trump’s second wall, only this time the president’s target is not migrants coming north but dollars going south to help storm-tossed Puerto Rico. Additional food aid for the island’s poor will soon be exhausted without supplemental funds opposed by the White House. At the same time, billions […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Seven percent of Americans against the border wall believe that Congress should fund President Donald Trump’s wall on the U.S.-Mexico border if that is the only way to end the government shutdown. That fact is an enormous opportunity to change the dynamic between this Congress and this president. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The longest government shutdown in U.S. history came to an end Friday [1-25-19] after President Donald Trump and Congress agreed to temporarily reopen shuttered federal agencies without providing any money for the president’s border wall. Soon after Trump announced the deal Friday afternoon in the Rose Garden, the House and Senate quickly […]
1/24/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [1-24-19] it was sad that his former personal attorney is trying to to delay his public testimony to Congress, calling it ‘so interesting’ that Michael Cohen’s legal counsel has strong ties to Trump’s 2016 opponent. Cohen, who has pleaded guilty to violations tied to his […]
1/24/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The counter-puncher caved. President Donald Trump’s decision to postpone his State of the Union address under pressure from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi surprised allies, contradicted top aides who had been working on an alternative speech plan and left all of Washington trying to determine whether it signaled new willingness by Trump […]
1/22/2019
CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Shahira Knight, the president’s legislative affairs director and a central figure in the White House’s shutdown negotiations with Congress, is planning to leave the White House in the coming months, according to four sources familiar with her plans. Knight’s talk of exiting a job she took less than seven months ago […]
1/18/2019
CONGRESS/IMPEACHMENT/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a pointed exchange during William Barr’s confirmation hearing earlier this week, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., engaged the nominee for attorney general in an ominous hypothetical: If the president encouraged or instructed a witness to lie, would that act amount to obstruction of justice? ‘Yes,’ Barr said with little hesitation. Two […]
1/17/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/ETHICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The ascension of Democrats to control of the House of Representatives in 2019 should bring renewed attention to the financial conflicts of interest that have plagued the Trump presidency for the past two years. Prior to Donald Trump, every other president in the modern era divested investments that conflict with official duties […]
1/17/2019
AFGHANISTAN/CONGRESS/MILITARY/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bus emblazoned with the United States Air Force logo was idling outside the Capitol on Thursday [1-17-19], members of Congress on board, ready to depart for Joint Base Andrews and a waiting military aircraft. Inside, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was in her office making final preparations to lead the congressional delegation […]
1/15/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With this government shutdown now the longest in American history, it’s time to bring it to an end. The simplest way to end the shutdown is for the Senate to pass, as the House has already done, the six appropriations bills for the remainder of the fiscal year, along with a continuing […]
1/12/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the partial government shutdown slipped into the record books Saturday [1-12-19], members of Congress had left town, no negotiations were scheduled and President Donald Trump tweeted into the void. He did not tip his hand on whether he will move ahead with an emergency declaration that could break the impasse, […]
1/12/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Washington used to know how to have a serious debate about border security. Republicans demanded more money for Border Patrol agents and necessary fences. Democrats argued for better surveillance technology and more resources at the ports of entry. The two parties squabbled over how much to spend, how to pay for it […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: This is common sense. Congress must pass a bill that ends the crisis at our border. https://t.co/wD0PPKfpNM” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 11, 2019 5:11 pm […]
1/11/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Despite previously unfruitful negotiations during the last round of shutdown talks, President Donald Trump says he’s ripe to reopen the government — urging party leaders to return to Washington and vote for a wall, or barrier, or whatever they wish to call it — even ‘peaches’…Trump’s comments came shortly after Congress adjourned […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said Friday [1-11-19] he is still open to declaring a national emergency over immigration at the southern border, but made clear he would ‘rather not,’ calling it an ‘easy way out’…One of the reasons Trump is reluctant to declare a national emergency: He believes his administration will be sued […]
1/11/2019
CONGRESS/LEGISLATION/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A new bill circulating in Congress would give President Donald Trump broad authority to raise tariffs unilaterally on specific products if he determined foreign countries were employing higher import barriers than the United States, according to a draft copy of the legislation obtained by POLITICO. The draft legislation, called the United States […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump has stepped back from declaring a national emergency to pay for a border wall, under pressure from congressional Republicans, his own lawyers and advisers, who say using it as a way out of the government shutdown does not justify the precedent it would set and the legal questions it could […]
1/10/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and longtime fixer, will testify publicly before the House Oversight Committee in February, an appearance that is likely to air potentially embarrassing details and set up a very public spectacle about his now-fraught relationship with the president. Cohen, who was sentenced to three […]
1/10/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer who implicated him in a scheme to pay hush money to two women claiming to have had affairs with him, said on Thursday [1-10-19] that he had agreed to testify before a House committee next month and give ‘a full and credible […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump stormed out of a shutdown meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday [1-9-19], threatening to declare a national emergency at the border after Democrats refused him money for a border wall. Trump later called the meeting ‘a total waste of time.’ Meanwhile, the partial shutdown droned on for 800,000 federal workers, […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/LEGAL/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump’s quest to build a wall on the southern border has escalated to considering declaring a national emergency. It’s being reported the administration is looking to declare the emergency, then move around money already appropriated to the Pentagon by cancelling some other construction projects so that construction at the border […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-8-19-] night made a public plea for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, claiming that law enforcement officials are the ones demanding it, while blaming Democrats for the prolonged government shutdown that has resulted from an impasse over how to pay for the barrier. The president, however, […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congressional Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi strongly rebuffed President Donald Trump’s nationally televised call Tuesday [1-8-19] night for billions in funding for an ‘ineffective, unnecessary’ border wall. Shortly after Trump argued for the wall, both Democrats not only denounced the wall but also blasted what they called the president’s sharp […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is keeping everyone in suspense as he considers whether to declare a national emergency to fund his border wall. Republican support for an emergency declaration is growing in some corners of the party, as GOP leaders and White House officials view it as a way out of a shutdown […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump doubled down on one of the biggest gambles of his presidency on Tuesday [1-8-19] night with a televised appeal to pressure Congress into paying for his long-promised border wall, even at the cost of leaving the government partly closed until lawmakers give in. Embarking on a strategy that he himself […]
1/8/2019
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The government shutdown is threatening important pieces of President Donald Trump’s agenda, escalating the political stakes as he and Congress vie to see who blinks first. At EPA and the Interior Department, furloughs have frozen efforts to roll back Obama-era regulations and open new water to oil and gas drilling. The White […]
1/7/2019
CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressman Adam Smith, the new Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, just stated, ‘Yes, there is a provision in law that says a president can declare an emergency. It’s been done a number of times.’ No doubt, but let’s get our deal done in Congress!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 7, 2019 […]
12/26/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The partial government shutdown entered its fifth day Wednesday [12-26-18] with no signs of a breakthrough and hundreds of thousands of federal workers about to feel the pinch of a protracted standoff. President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders aren’t currently negotiating directly, according to GOP and Democratic aides. Staff-level discussions are […]
12/21/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal government shutdowns are not new to Washington, but it’s unusual for them to happen when one party controls the White House and Congress. That’s what’s occurred under the Republican Trump administration – and it’s happened three times during his nearly two years in office. No other previous administration since the Budget […]
12/21/2018
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has at least twice in the past few weeks vented to his acting attorney general, angered by federal prosecutors who referenced the President’s actions in crimes his former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Trump was frustrated, the sources […]
12/21/2018
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With Washington just hours away from a partial government shutdown, lawmakers and President Donald Trump still have not yet reached a deal to stave off a shutdown. An effort to broker an agreement that would prevent a shuttering of key federal agencies appears to be underway, however. Republican Tennessee Republican Sen. […]
12/21/2018
CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Parts of the federal government shut down at midnight after Congress and the White House failed to reach a deal Friday [12-21-18] night to avert the shuttering of several departments. Both the US House of Representatives and the Senate adjourned after Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said there would […]
12/20/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Thank you to our GREAT Republican Members of Congress for your VOTE to fund Border Security and the Wall. The final numbers were 217-185 and many have said that the enthusiasm was greater than they have ever seen before. So proud of you all. Now on to the Senate!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/20/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats on Thursday [12-20-18] accused President Donald Trump of ‘plunging the country into chaos’ amid ongoing negotiations over a government funding bill and the administration’s abrupt reshuffling of military strategy. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., described the administration’s vacillation over the government funding bill and the decision late Thursday of […]
12/20/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Donald Trump reversed his position on a possible government shutdown Thursday [12-20-18] amid rising anger from his conservative base on several fronts. As Trump obsessively monitored criticism from the right casting him as an inept negotiator being rolled by Congressional Democrats, he came to second-guess his earlier decision to sign […]
12/19/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/POLLS/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “If parts of the federal government shut down later this week, most voters will blame President Donald Trump and Republicans over Democratic minorities in Congress, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. The holiday brinkmanship in Washington comes as the government must approve a series of spending bills to stay open past […]
12/18/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democrats are carefully laying the groundwork to obtain President Donald Trump’s personal tax returns in the new Congress, hoping to build public support for their effort as they prepare to confront a defiant President. Incoming House Ways and Means Committee Chairmen Richard Neal, the only Democrat who has […]
12/18/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump and leaders in Congress appear to be pulling back from a government shutdown over his $5 billion request for border wall funds. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders indicates that Trump doesn’t want to shut down the government, though just last week he said he’d be ‘proud’ to […]
12/14/2018
CONGRESS/COURTS/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As I predicted all along, Obamacare has been struck down as an UNCONSTITUTIONAL disaster! Now Congress must pass a STRONG law that provides GREAT healthcare and protects pre-existing conditions. Mitch and Nancy, get it done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 14, 2018 9:07 pm […]
12/12/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “Republican House member Mark Meadows will stay in Congress and not become President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff, officials said Wednesday [12-12-18]. Meadows ‘is doing an incredible job in Congress,’ said White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders. ‘The President told him we need him in Congress so he can […]
12/9/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/DEFENSE/MILITARY/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump has backed plans to request $750 billion from Congress for defense spending next year, a U.S. official said on Sunday, signaling a Pentagon spending hike at a time of potential belt-tightening elsewhere in the government. Trump, faced with a budget deficit at a six-year high, told his Cabinet […]
12/9/2018
CONGRESS/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Leakin’ James Comey must have set a record for who lied the most to Congress in one day. His Friday [12-7-18] testimony was so untruthful! This whole deal is a Rigged Fraud headed up by dishonest people who would do anything so that I could not become President. They are now […]
12/6/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congress steered clear of a shutdown Thursday [12-6-18], but the parties are no closer to resolving the battle over President Donald Trump’s wall as Democratic leaders prepare to meet with Trump next week. Democrats are urging Republicans to sidestep a Christmastime fight over Trump’s wall and simply extend current border security funding […]
12/6/2018
CANADA/CONGRESS/MEXICO/NAFTA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump just celebrated the signing of a new North American trade pact with Canada and Mexico, but he faces a huge roadblock in Congress over U.S. tariffs that are still in place on steel and aluminum imports from the two U.S. neighbors. The two nations are still working to negotiate […]
12/3/2018
CONGRESS/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump used his Twitter feed on Monday [12-3-18] to accuse his former personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, of lying under oath and said he should receive the maximum jail sentence as he praised another former adviser, Roger J. Stone Jr., for saying he would never testify against the president. Mr. […]
11/30/2018
CONGRESS/DONALD JR/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee is reviewing Donald Trump Jr.’s interviews with the panel last September, in light of a guilty plea from President Donald Trump’s longtime lawyer. On Thursday [11-29-18], Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the timeline related to plans for a Trump Tower […]
11/30/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats on Friday [11-30-18] warned that other associates of President Donald Trump may have lied to Congress, a day after his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to doing so as part of a probe of Russian meddling in U.S. politics. Lawmakers did not level direct accusations […]
11/29/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Two senior Democratic investigators in the U.S. Congress said on Thursday [11-29-18] they want to hear testimony from officials of President Donald Trump’s family foundation and a separate nonprofit group that once employed Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker. In a preview of the kinds of inquiries Democrats may launch in January when they […]
11/29/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Two senior Democratic investigators in the U.S. Congress said on Thursday [11-29-18] they want to hear testimony from officials of President Donald Trump’s family foundation and a separate nonprofit group that once employed Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker. In a preview of the kinds of inquiries Democrats may launch in January when they […]
11/29/2018
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Donald J. Trump was more involved in discussions over a potential Russian business deal during the presidential campaign than previously known, his former lawyer Michael D. Cohen said Thursday [11-29-18] in pleading guilty to lying to Congress. Mr. Trump’s associates pursued the project as the Kremlin was escalating its election […]
11/28/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “California officials on both sides of the aisle are warning that President Trump’s repeated vows to close the border with Mexico ‘for a long time’ — to thwart what he claims are security threats posed by refugee caravans — will have disastrous long-term economic and human impacts on the state. Trump on […]
11/28/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump told House Republican leaders on Tuesday [11-27-18] that Congress must accede to his demand to include $5 billion for a southern border wall in a hefty year-end spending bill, intensifying a fight over one of his signature campaign promises that could lead to a partial government shutdown next week. With […]
11/28/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he would ‘totally be willing’ to shut down the federal government unless Congress authorized $5 billion to fund his long-promised wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, according to a Politico interview published on Wednesday [11-28-18]. Trump also told the news outlet that the suggested $5 billion […]
11/26/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/MINORITIES/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Representative Mia Love, the only black Republican woman in Congress, lashed out on Monday [11-26-18] at President Donald Trump and her party, saying in her concession speech that they had failed to fully embrace minority voters. Love, a conservative from Utah, narrowly lost her bid for a third term to Salt Lake […]
11/25/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday [11-25-18] criticized President Donald Trump for having ‘gut-punched’ Congress in its efforts to legislate fixes to America’s immigration system, and said lawmakers are prepared to boost federal funding for border security in exchange for certain reform measures…The senator’s remarks followed a tweet by Trump earlier in […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump was back at his West Palm Beach golf course on another sunny Florida day. Trump began his Friday [11-23-18] on Twitter, saying Democrats and Republicans ‘MUST come together, finally, with a major Border Security package, which will include funding for the Wall.’ He says it’s ‘time for action,’ even […]
11/23/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump warned Thursday [11-22-18] that someone – a group of judges or Congress – must step in to stop what he called ‘horrible decisions’ by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that blocked several of his border and immigration orders…His remarks at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, […]
11/21/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congress just can’t help itself: With a partial government shutdown potentially two weeks away, Democrats and Republicans are dug in, each side upping its demands and vowing not to buckle to the other. President Donald Trump is pressuring Republicans to obtain at least $5 billion for his border wall, far more than […]
11/20/2018
CONGRESS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House statement that defended Saudi Arabia in the killing of dissident Jamal Khashoggi was attributed to President Donald Trump. But all Rand Paul heard when he read it was John Bolton…The Kentucky Republican doesn’t break with Trump much these days, but the president’s statement propping up American support for Saudi […]
11/20/2018
CONGRESS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is facing pressure from Congress to punish Saudi Arabia for the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who died Oct. 2 inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey. So far, the administration has taken two steps: • The State Department has barred 21 Saudi nationals accused of involvement […]
11/18/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The audition to become President Donald Trump’s most visible defender in Congress — and lead the fight against any impeachment proceedings — is in full swing. One of Trump’s fiercest allies, Rep. Jim Jordan, on Friday began flirting openly with a bid to serve as the top Republican on the House […]
11/18/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Reps.-elect Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) are already going head-to-head over President Donald Trump’s decision to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, giving a preview of how a new class of lawmakers will grapple over the issue next year. During a panel discussion CBS was to air Sunday [11-18-18] on […]
11/16/2018
CONGRESS/CRIME/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Mitch McConnell told President Trump in a private meeting on Thursday [11-15-18] that there is not likely to be enough time to bring a bipartisan criminal justice bill up for a vote this year, regardless of the support it has in the Senate and the White House, according to people […]
11/14/2018
CONGRESS/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-14-18] endorsed a criminal justice deal taking shape in Congress, giving a boost to the measure even as it faces a cool reception in the Senate from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. It’s unclear whether the package, which includes sentencing reform provisions that divide the Senate Republican Caucus, […]
11/13/2018
CONGRESS/JARED KUSHNER/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is expected to throw his support behind bipartisan criminal justice legislation during an event at the White House on Wednesday [11-14-18], two sources close to the process said. Trump is scheduled to announce on Wednesday that he is supporting the latest iteration of the First Step Act, a […]
11/12/2018
CONGRESS/JARED KUSHNER/PRISONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House officials and a bipartisan group of senators are mounting an ambitious effort to push criminal justice legislation through Congress by the end of the year, four sources close to the process told CNN. But first, Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, who has been leading the […]
11/7/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-7-18] said he hopes he can work with Congress on immigration to fund his border wall, as well as possibly addressing the thousands of young immigrants living in the United States without legal status. Speaking to reporters at the White House after Tuesday’s [11-6-18] congressional elections, […]
11/6/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans moved toward expanding their control of the Senate as Democrats took power in the House, with incomplete election results pointing toward a reaffirmation of a deeply divided nation. The Republicans flipped seats in three states — Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota — that President Trump had won by a […]
11/5/2018
CONRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Dana Rohrabacher has been a great Congressman for his District and for the people of Cal. He works hard and is respected by all – he produces! Dems are desperate to replace Dana by spending vast sums to elect a super liberal who is weak on Crime and bad for our […]
11/5/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An epic battle for control of Congress and the future of Donald Trump’s presidency was wrapping up Monday [11-5-18] as both parties made their final appeals to voters. Reprising his frantic campaigning during the final days of his 2016 race, Trump was barnstorming the country with rallies in Ohio, Indiana and Missouri, […]
11/3/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congresswoman Maxine Waters was called the most Corrupt Member of Congress! @FoxNews If Dems win, she would be put in charge of our Country’s finances. The beginning of the end!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 3, 2018 5:54 am […]
10/31/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s policies, but not his name, dominated Tuesday [10-30-18] night’s debate in New Jersey’s hotly contested 3rd Congressional District. The president’s name was barely uttered, despite the fact Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur is Trump’s biggest ally in the New Jersey delegation, and Democrat Andy Kim’s candidacy has been boosted […]
10/31/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/MIDDLE CLASS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and the top Republican tax-writer in Congress, House and Ways Means Chair Kevin Brady of Texas, conceded on Wednesday [10-31-18] there was zero chance that middle-class Americans will see their taxes cut this year. It was the first time the White House had returned to a last-ditch campaign […]
10/30/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman @KevinYoder has fought hard for the People of Kansas. Highly respected, strong on Crime, the Border, Military, Vets and Second Amendment. Kevin has my Total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 30, 2018 12:38 pm […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@Erik_Paulsen, @Jason2CD, @JimHagedornMN and @PeteStauber love our Country and the Great State of Minnesota. They are winners and always get the job done. We need them all in Congress for #MAGA. Border, Military, Vets, 2nd A. Go Vote Minnesota. They have my Strong Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 10:21 […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman @DaveBratVA7th is a fighter who is doing a great job for Virginia and for our Country. Border, Military, Vets, 2nd Amendment and all else. We need Dave in D.C. He has my Strong Endorsement!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 10:19 pm […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@Erik_Paulsen, @Jason2CD, @JimHagedornMN and @PeteStauber love our Country and the Great State of Minnesota. They are winners and always get the job done We need them all in Congress for #MAGA. Border, Military, Vets, 2nd A. Go Vote Minnesota. They have my Strong Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 10:18 […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congresswoman @cathymcmorris of Washington State is an incredible leader who is respected by everyone in Congress. We need her badly in D.C. to keep building on #MAGA. She has my Strong Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 10:13 pm […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman @RodBlum of Iowa got a desperately needed Flood Wall for Cedar Rapids that was almost impossible to get. He makes a BIG difference for Iowa! Border, Military, Vets etc. We need Rod in D.C. He has my Strong Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 10:07 pm […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@Denver4VA of the 5th District in Virginia is a popular guy who really knows how to get the job done! Really big help with Tax Cuts, the Military and our great Vets. He has my Total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 10:05 pm […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@ErikPaulson, @JasonLewis, @JimHagedornMN and @PeteStauber love our Country and the Great State of Minnesota. They are winners and always get the job done We need them all in Congress for #MAGA. Border, Military, Vets, 2nd A. Go Vote Minnesota. They have my Strong Endorsement!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 10:01 […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@Troy_Balderson is doing a great job as Congressman from Ohio. We need him in D.C. Vote for Troy – He has my total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 9:11 pm […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@troybalderson is doing a great job as Congressman from Ohio. We need him in D.C. Vote for Troy – He has my total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 8:56 pm […]
10/29/2018
AGRICULTURE/CONGRESS/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Implementing the new farm bill — whenever Congress finishes one — could prove to be a major test case for Trump’s deregulatory agenda, according to USDA’s chief lawyer. Stephen Vaden, the principal deputy general counsel, said the sweeping legislation will especially test a Trump administration executive order that each department or agency’s […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Great job being done by Congressman Keith Rothfus of Pennsylvania. Thank you Keith!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2018 9:57 am […]
10/29/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/MEDIA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s re-election campaign announced on Monday [10-29-18] that it would spend $6 million to air a new television ad throughout the country in the run-up to next week’s midterm congressional elections, ‘making the closing sale to vote’ Republican. But Mr. Trump is not the one making this particular sale. Neither he, […]
10/24/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The undercurrent of rage that has been driving U.S. politics for the past few years surfaced on Wednesday [10-24-18] in a series of suspected bombs sent to prominent U.S. Democrats and the news outlet CNN less than two weeks before congressional elections. None of the devices went off and no injuries were […]