FOREIGN POLICY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN/NIKKI HALEY: “The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has condemned Syrian strongman Bashar Assad for being ‘a war criminal’ who’s done ‘disgusting’ things to his own people. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s made the comments at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Monday during a press conference held to mark […]
04/04/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. John McCain said Tuesday [4-4-17] the Trump administration’s decision to no longer prioritize ending the Syrian civil war is ‘another disgraceful chapter in American history.’ ‘(Syrian President) Bashar Assad and his friends, the Russians, take note of what Americans say,’ the Arizona Republican told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on ‘New Day.’ […]
04/04/2017
INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/OBAMA/RUSSIA/SUSAN RICE: “The House Intelligence Committee wants Susan Rice, a top aide in the Obama administration, to testify in a probe of alleged Russian election interference, as the investigation widens to include allegations that Obama officials improperly used intelligence information involving President Donald Trump or his associates. Two officials familiar with the matter said […]
04/04/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “Veteran radio reporter April Ryan’s run-ins with the White House in recent weeks have turned her into a kind of symbol. But it’s not exactly clear what kind. After press secretary Sean Spicer responded sharply to Ryan’s question at a daily briefing last week, Hillary Clinton suggested the episode demonstrates how women […]
4/4/2017
DONALD ON DONALD/JOBS: “Great to talk jobs with #NABTU2017. Tremendous spirit & optimism – we will deliver! https://t.co/6lRuQZZHrc” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2017 04:03pm […]
04/04/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Warning the U.S. could act alone, President Donald Trump has vowed to deliver an ultimatum to Chinese leader Xi Jinping to rein in North Korea when the two men come face-to-face for the first time this week. But Trump’s early retreat on Taiwan already has chipped away at his standing […]
4/4/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you Sean McGarvey & the entire Governing Board of Presidents for honoring me w/an invite to speak. #NABTU2017… https://t.co/dJlZvlq6Tj” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2017 02:38pm […]
4/3/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Memorandum for the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service Principles for Reforming the Military Selective Service Process I am forwarding to you the attached Principles for Reforming the Military Selective Service Process, in accordance with section 555 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328), which […]
04/03/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “With little notice, President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that advocates say rolls back hard-fought victories for women in the workplace. Tuesday’s ‘Equal Pay Day’ — which highlights the wage disparity between men and women — is the perfect time to draw more attention to the president’s action, activists say. […]
04/03/2017
POLITICS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/NEIL GORSUCH: “The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether corporations can be sued by foreign individuals in U.S. courts for alleged violations of international law, including giving aid to terrorists. The high court on Monday said it would review an appeal by citizens of Israel and other nations who filed U.S. lawsuits against […]
04/03/2017
POLITICS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/NEIL GORSUCH: “Four Senate Democrats announced Monday [4-3-17] they plan to oppose Neil Gorsuch, bringing the Democratic caucus to the 41 votes needed to sustain a filibuster against the Supreme Court nominee. The announcement sets Republicans up to change Senate rules — referred to as the ‘nuclear option’ — to lowering the threshold […]
04/03/2017
CABINET/EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SCOTT PRUITT: “Any expectation that Scott Pruitt, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency, would be able to cruise through an appearance on ‘Fox News Sunday’ over the weekend was dashed within about 10 seconds of the interview. …Wallace began grilling Pruitt about an executive order President Trump signed last week to dismantle […]
04/03/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The federal government on Monday [4-3-17] began accepting visa applications for a fresh round of high-skilled foreign workers, without the wholesale changes President Donald Trump promised in his campaign. His administration did, though, announce one shift that could put pressure on outsourcing companies that typically win a large share of the […]
04/03/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, who promised to work for free, donated his salary for the first quarter of the year on Monday [4-3-17] to the National Park Service, which, like other government agencies, faces major cuts in the president’s first budget proposal. At the daily White House briefing, Sean Spicer, the president’s press secretary, […]
04/03/2017
EGYPT/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ever since he seized power in a military takeover nearly four years ago, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been barred from the White House. But President Trump made clear on Monday [4-3-17] that the period of ostracism was over as he hosted Mr. Sisi and pledged unstinting support for the […]
04/03/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “When President Donald Trump placed his businesses in a trust upon entering the White House, he put his sons in charge and claimed to distance himself from his sprawling empire. ‘I hope at the end of eight years I’ll come back and say, *Oh you did a good job,*’ Trump said […]
04/03/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAQ/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “White House senior adviser Jared Kushner landed in Iraq Monday [4-3-17], his first visit to the country since assuming a broad portfolio of foreign POLICY in the Trump presidency. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was invited by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford, and is traveling with […]
04/03/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump continues to pillory House conservatives who derailed efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, he took a different tack Sunday [4-2-17] with one of the Republican senators who had been loudly egging them on, inviting Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to play golf at one of his eponymous courses. White […]
04/03/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/ENERGY: “A coalition of U.S. states has mounted a broad legal challenge against what it called the Trump administration’s illegal suspension of rules to improve the energy efficiency of ceiling fans, portable air conditioners and other products. The challenge, also joined by environmental groups, came after the U.S. Department of Energy last month delayed […]
4/3/2017
EGYPT/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was an honor to welcome President Al Sisi of Egypt to the @WhiteHouse as we renew the historic partnership between the U.S. and Egypt.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2017 02:39pm […]
4/3/2017
VETS: “Looking forward to hosting our heroes from the Wounded Warrior Project (@WWP) Soldier Ride to the @WhiteHouse on Thursday!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2017 12:56pm […]
4/3/2017
EGYPT/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Getting ready to meet President al-Sisi of Egypt. On behalf of the United States, I look forward to a long and wonderful relationship.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2017 11:00am […]
4/3/2017
FBI/WIRETAPPING: “.@FoxNews from multiple sources: ‘There was electronic surveillance of Trump, and people close to Trump. This is unprecedented.’ @FBI” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2017 07:51am […]
4/3/2017
HILLARY: “Did Hillary Clinton ever apologize for receiving the answers to the debate? Just asking!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2017 06:21am […]
4/3/2017
HILLARY/RUSSIA: “Was the brother of John Podesta paid big money to get the sanctions on Russia lifted? Did Hillary know?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2017 06:16am […]
4/3/2017
MEDIA/WIRETAPPING: “Such amazing reporting on unmasking and the crooked scheme against us by @foxandfriends. ‘Spied on before nomination.’ The real story.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2017 05:15am […]
4/2/2017
HOLIDAYS: “Melania and I are honored to light up the @WhiteHouse this evening, for #WorldAutismAwarenessDay. Join us & #LIUB. http://45.wh.gov/TE8ak1 “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2017 07:58pm […]
04/02/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER/IVANKA: “Kushner reported Ivanka’s stake in Trump’s Washington hotel It was announced only last week that Ivanka Trump will become an official government employee, so her financial disclosure forms are still in the works. But we know from a 54-page document filed by her husband, Jared Kushner, that she maintained partial ownership of […]
04/02/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, failed to disclose payments from a Russian television network and a second firm linked to Russia in a February financial disclosure form, according to documents released by the White House on Saturday [4-2-17]. In a financial disclosure form signed by Flynn on […]
04/02/20107
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/LEGAL: “A federal judge has rejected President Donald Trump’s free speech defense against a lawsuit accusing him of inciting violence against protesters at a campaign rally. Trump’s lawyers sought to dismiss the lawsuit by three protesters who say they were roughed up by his supporters at a March 1, 2016 rally in Louisville, Kentucky. […]
4/2/2017
LEAKS/WIRETAPPING: “The real story turns out to be SURVEILLANCE and LEAKING! Find the leakers.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2017 08:34am […]
4/2/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Talks on Repealing and Replacing ObamaCare are, and have been, going on, and will continue until such time as a deal is hopefully struck.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2017 08:03am […]
4/2/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Anybody (especially Fake News media) who thinks that Repeal & Replace of ObamaCare is dead does not know the love and strength in R Party!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2017 07:56am […]
4/1/2017
DONALD ON DONALD: “Thank you @JCLayfield — will get even better as my Administration continues to put #AmericaFirst?? https://t.co/AQQzmt10x7” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2017 05:21pm […]
4/1/2017
RUSSIA/WIRETAPPING: “Wow, @FoxNews just reporting big news. Source: ‘Official behind unmasking is high up. Known Intel official is responsible. Some unmasked…not associated with Russia. Trump team spied on before he was nominated.’ If this is true, does not get much bigger. Would be sad for U.S.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2017 11:50am and 12:02pm […]
4/1/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The failing @nytimes finally gets it – ‘In places where no insurance company offers plans, there will be no way for ObamaCare customers to…use subsidies to buy health plans.’ In other words, Ocare is dead. Good things will happen, however, either with Republicans or Dems.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2017 10:59am and 11:06am […]
4/1/2017
FAKE NEWS/RUSSIA: “It is the same Fake News Media that said there is ‘no path to victory for Trump’ that is now pushing the phony Russia story. A total scam!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2017 08:02am […]
4/1/2017
FAKE NEWS/OBAMA/WIRETAPPING: “When will Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd and @NBCNews start talking about the Obama SURVEILLANCE SCANDAL and stop with the Fake Trump/Russia story?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2017 07:43am […]
3/31/2017
DHS/TRADE DEALS/TREASURY/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: ” ‘Establishing Enhanced Collection and Enforcement of Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties and Violations of Trade and Customs Law’ The order directs the secretary of homeland security to develop a plan within 90 days to combat two types of non-trade barriers placed against the U.S.: anti-dumping and countervailing duties. The order also […]
3/31/2017
COMMERCE/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: ” ‘Omnibus Report on Significant Trade Deficits’ The order directs the Commerce Department and U.S. Trade Representative to compile a report on trade practices that contribute to the trade deficit. The report will look at each of America’s trade partners and assess whether the country’s trade practices unfairly discriminate against the […]
3/29/2017
SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “The city of Seattle sued the Trump administration over the president’s executive order that calls for cutting federal funding for so-called sanctuary cities and other jurisdictions that protect undocumented immigrants. Seattle’s mayor contends Trump’s threat to withhold funding for local governments that don’t cooperate with his immigration crackdown is […]
3/29/2017
ECONOMY/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s temporary travel ban and an inhospitable political climate could punch an $18 billion hole in U.S. tourism by international visitors over the next two years, projections by travel analysts show. Foreign tourism is a $250 billion-a-year business in the United States, and Trump’s original and revised executive orders temporarily […]
3/29/2017
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “Expectations that President Donald Trump’s election would lead to a rapid U.S. rapprochement with Russia are fading, as the White House pushes off the Kremlin’s proposals for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin and takes an increasingly skeptical view of reaching a grand bargain with Moscow. At a White House meeting […]
3/29/2017
CABINET/FOREIGN AFFAIRS/MILITARY/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has decided to lift all human rights conditions on a major sale of F-16 fighter jets and other arms to Bahrain in an effort to end a rift between the United States and a critical Middle East ally, according to administration and congressional […]
3/30/2017
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has relaxed some of the rules for preventing civilian casualties when the American military carries out counterterrorism strikes in Somalia, laying the groundwork for an escalating campaign against Islamist militants in the Horn of Africa. The decision, according to officials familiar with internal deliberations, gives commanders at the United […]
3/30/2017
BUSH FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jeb Bush has some advice for his onetime rival President Donald Trump: ‘Stop saying things that aren’t true.’ Trump’s unsuccessful rival for the Republican presidential nomination says the new tenant in the White House has made ‘some really good appointments’ and acted ‘decisively’ on rolling back regulations — but he is […]
3/31/2017
ECONOMY/JOBS: “We are going to defend our industry & create a level playing field for the American worker. It is time to put #AmericaFirst & #MAGA!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 31, 2017 04:31pm […]
3/31/2017
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Trump Celebrates American Manufacturing Survey Showing Highest Level of Optimism in 20 Years’ ➡️http://45.wh.gov/o6bLge “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 31, 2017 02:37pm […]
3/31/2017
DONALDISM: “It is an exciting time for our country! #WeeklyAddress #ConfirmGorsuch https://t.co/tP4bkvTOBq” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 31, 2017 01:30pm […]
03/31/2017
BUDGET/HILLARY: “Hillary Clinton again waded into politics Friday [3-31-17], months after losing the 2016 election, by slamming President Donald Trump’s proposed budget blueprint at Georgetown University. ‘(It) should alarm us all,’ Clinton said of the document which proposed deep domestic spending cuts and increased military spending. The former secretary of state, who has recently begun […]
03/31/2017
DONALDISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Long before Donald Trump ever became a credible presidential candidate, let alone the commander in chief, the former reality TV star was guided by one animating principle: ‘If they screw you, screw them back 10 times as hard.’ Trump’s desire for revenge played out in public on Thursday when, in an effort […]
3/31/2017
POLITICS: “#ConfirmGorsuch #SCOTUS https://t.co/WkqHYMcYa3” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 31, 2017 12:45pm […]
3/31/2017
POLITICS: “Great meeting with a wonderful woman today, former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice! #USA?? https://t.co/ZuriIC3YwG” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 31, 2017 12:28pm […]
03/31/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump is sick of losing. More than 70 days into his tenure, the president has yet to autograph a major piece of legislation. He lost his pseudo–Muslim ban to the courts, Obamacare repeal to the House GOP, and his national security adviser to a scandal that casts a shadow over his […]
3/31/2017
FOREIGN POLICY: “It was an honor to welcome the Prime Minister of Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen {@larsloekke} to the @WhiteHouse yesterday!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar 31, 2017 09:35am […]
03/31/2017
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL: “The Trump administration on Friday [3-31-17] fired back at California’s top judge, disputing her characterization this month that federal immigration agents were ‘stalking’ courthouses to make arrests. In a letter to Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, leaders of Trump’s Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security called her description of federal agents’ conduct “troubling.” They […]
03/31/2017
BUDGET/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Reducing the deficit in external payments is a key objective of the Trump administration. The shortfall means that U.S. residents are consuming more products and services produced abroad than foreign consumers do in the U.S. If this could be reversed, Donald Trump’s advisers reason, it would mean that more of the […]
3/31/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday supported the decision of his former national security adviser to seek immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony in congressional probes of possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Retired General Michael Flynn wants protection against ‘unfair prosecution’ if he testifies before […]
3/31/2017
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media & Dems, of historic proportion!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 31, 2017 06:04am […]
03/31/2017
NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “The top U.S. diplomat and the Pentagon’s chief stressed the importance of NATO and criticized Russia for aggression and meddling in other countries’ POLICY, easing European allies’ concerns about President Donald Trump’s commitment to trans-Atlantic security. In his first appearance at a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Secretary of State […]
3/31/2017
TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to promote the efficient and effective administration of United States trade laws, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Importers that unlawfully evade antidumping and countervailing duties […]
3/31/2017
AGRICULTURE/COMMERCE/DEFENSE/DHS/ECONOMY/FOREIGN POLICY/MANUFACTURING/NATIONAL SECURITY/SECRETARY OF STATE/TREASURY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO): “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to ensure the informed exercise of the authority over international trade granted to me by law, it is hereby ordered as follows: […]
3/31/2017
TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice […]
03/30/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA: “President Donald Trump’s hopes of striking a grand bargain with Russia are fading, two administration officials confirmed to CNN Thursday [3-30-17]. According to one senior administration official, this isn’t necessarily because Trump’s view of Russian President Vladimir Putin has evolved. But Trump believes in the current atmosphere — with so much media scrutiny […]
03/30/2017
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/NEIL GORSUCH: “Two Democratic senators from solidly Republican states announced their support on Thursday [3-30-17] for President Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, giving the nominee a measure of bipartisan sheen but doing little to dissuade leading Democrats from planning to block him. The lawmakers — Senator Joe Manchin III of […]
03/30/2017
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/DEVIN NUNES: “A pair of White House officials helped provide Representative Devin Nunes of California, a Republican and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, with the intelligence reports that showed that President Trump and his associates were incidentally swept up in foreign surveillance by American spy agencies. The revelation on Thursday that White House […]
03/30/2017
ECONOMY/POLITICS: “By a single vote, the Senate gave final approval on Thursday [3-30-17] to a measure to block cities and counties from organizing retirement savings accounts for workers who have no access to employer-sponsored plans. The vote reverses a Labor Department rule that allows local governments to automatically enroll private-sector workers in retirement plans unless […]
3/30/2017
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/WIRETAPPING: “The White House said Thursday [3-30-17] that members of its staff had uncovered materials regarding surveillance in the 2016 election, raising questions about whether President Donald Trump’s own aides had shared classified information with the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee in an attempt to bolster Trump’s claims he was wiretapped. In […]
3/30/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “On the fourth floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the staff of the White House chief technology officer has been virtually deleted, down from 24 members before the election to, by Friday [3-31-17], only one. Scores of departures by scientists and Silicon Valley technology experts who advised Mr. Trump’s predecessor […]
3/30/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is threatening the conservative group that opposed him on health care, raising the specter of intraparty opposition in next year’s midterm elections. ‘The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don’t get on the team, & fast,’ Trump tweeted. ‘We must fight them, & Dems, in 2018!’ […]
3/29/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of President Trump, is becoming an official government employee, joining her husband in serving as an unpaid adviser to her father in the White House. Ms. Trump already has an office in the West Wing, and she said last week that she would serve as an […]
3/29/2017
CABINET/HHS/TRUMP PEOPLE/TOM PRICE: “Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Wednesday he is obligated to uphold the Affordable Care Act as long it is in place but he didn’t commit to specific actions, including enforcing the requirement that most Americans pay a penalty if they don’t have health coverage. ‘So long as the law […]
3/29/2017
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/POLITICS/RUSSIA: “The Senate intelligence committee has asked 20 people to be questioned in its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the panel’s chairman said Wednesday. ‘This one is one of the biggest investigations the Hill has seen in my time here,’ Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, said at a […]
3/28/2017
CABINET/EDUCATION/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN/IVANKA/BETSY DEVOS: “On Tuesday [3-28-17], presidential daughter Ivanka Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. According to the Education Department, they were there to ‘highlight the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education’ and to discuss ’empowering young women to pursue STEM-related careers.’ […]
3/28/2017
SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “More than 108,000 people have signed a petition urging First Lady Melania Trump to move to the White House or pay for security costs at Trump Tower herself. The Change.org petition was started after a senior White House aide indicated the president’s wife and son, Barron, will remain in New York until […]
3/28/2017
SECRET SERVICE: “The Secret Service says they have taken a man into custody who was carrying a package near the White House after he made suspicious comments to an officer. A Secret Service official says an explosive ordinance team was on the scene on Tuesday [3-28-17] morning to examine the package about a block from […]
3/28/2017
NAFTA/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump administration trade officials want a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement to improve access for U.S. farm products, manufactured goods and services in Canada and Mexico, said lawmakers who met with them on Tuesday [3-28-17]. Members of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee met with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross […]
3/29/2017
2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The New York Times sought to correct the record with President Donald Trump Wednesday [3-29-17], pushing back on his claim that the Times ‘apologized to subscribers’ for its election coverage. ‘Remember when the failing @nytimes apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong,’ Trump tweeted […]
3/29/2017
PHARMA/POLITICS/TRUMP PEOPLE/CHRIS CHRISTIE: “New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will take on an advisory role to help figure out ways the Trump administration can fight the opioid epidemic. Christie told ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ on Wednesday [3-29-17] that as chair of a special commission he will ‘take a look at what we are doing across the […]
3/29/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House staff won’t attend the annual correspondents’ dinner in ‘solidarity’ with President Trump, the White House Correspondents’ Association announced Tuesday [3-20-17]. WHCA president Jeff Mason, a White House correspondent for Reuters, said that the group has worked to build a ‘constructive relationship’ with the president and his staff, something that […]
03/30/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/DEVIN NUNES: “California Rep. Adam Schiff may not offer much by way of substance, but give him marks for political flimflam. The ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee was so successful at ginning up fake outrage over his Republican counterpart that he successfully buried this week’s only real (and bombshell) news. Mr. […]
3/29/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/INTELLIGENCE/POLITICAL FIGURES/RUSSIA/DEVIN NUNES: “House intelligence chairman Devin Nunes rebuffed calls to step aside from the Russia investigation Tuesday [3-28-17] as demands grew for him to recuse himself as head of that probe. ‘Why would I?’ Nunes said. The calls for him to resign came after revelations about his meeting with a secret source […]
3/28/2017
INTELLIGENCE/POLITICAL FIGURES/RUSSIA/DEVIN NUNES: “The Trump administration is refusing to provide details Tuesday [3-28-17] to who signed House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes into offices on White House grounds, as the House investigation into Russia’s interference in the US elections is stalled, the victim of a partisan showdown. All meetings of the House Russia investigators were canceled […]
3/28/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/ENERGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “President Trump signed on Tuesday [3-28-17] a much-anticipated executive order intended to roll back most of President Barack Obama’s climate-change legacy, celebrating the move as a way to promote energy independence and to restore thousands of lost coal industry jobs. Flanked by coal miners at a ceremony at the […]
3/27/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump is tapping a key member of the White House communications staff for her East Wing team — deputy press secretary Stephanie Grisham will serve as the first lady’s communications director, the White House announced Monday [3-27-17]. Grisham was the director of traveling press during President Donald Trump’s campaign, responsible […]
3/28/2017
APPRENTICE/LEGAL/PUBLIC FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/SUMMER ZERVOS: “The president [Trump] believes the Supremacy Clause bars state lawsuits against a sitting president and looks to tackle an issue ‘not decided’ by the Supreme Court in Bill Clinton v. Paula Jones. Donald Trump is making a big legal move that may shape his presidency over the next four years. […]
3/28/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/OBAMA EXEC ORDERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will direct the federal government on Tuesday to begin dismantling his predecessor’s most significant climate change policies, with a sweeping directive telling agencies to stop trying to reduce the carbon pollution of electric utilities, oil and gas drillers and coal miners. The executive order Trump will […]
3/27/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICAL FIGURES/BERNIE SANDERS: “Now that Republicans’ efforts to pass sweeping health care legislation have failed, Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to propose a health care system funded entirely by taxpayers. Speaking on ‘State of the Union’ Sunday [3-26-17], Sanders told CNN’s Dana Bash that he intends to introduce legislation outlining a ‘Medicare-for-all, single-payer’ health care plan […]
3/28/2017
CABINET/CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/SCOTT PRUITT: “Scott Pruitt’s first weeks leading the Environmental Protection Agency have been marked by infighting among competing factions, three sources tell CNN, including a group that believes Pruitt may not go far enough to reshape the agency and pare back regulations. Some conservatives both inside and outside the agency are […]
3/28/2017
CABINET/CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/TREASURY/TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVEN MNUCHIN: “The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee asked the government ethics watchdog on Monday to review comments by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin plugging ‘The Lego Batman Movie,’ a film one of his companies produced, for a possible ethics violation. In a letter to Office of Government Ethics Director Walter […]
3/28/2017
CAMPAIGN/JOBS: “Donald J. Trump can be brilliant. On the campaign trail, his diagnosis of the raw anger and disillusionment among white working-class Americans bested the most sophisticated analyses from the professional political class. His description of ‘American carnage’ in his Inaugural Address — complete with ‘rusted-out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape,’ impoverished mothers and […]
3/28/2017
2016 ELECTION/POLITICAL FIGURES/RUSSIA/DICK CHENEY: “Former Vice President Dick Cheney says Russia’s alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election could be interpreted by some as an “act of war.” ‘There was a very serious effort made by Mr. Putin and his government, his organization, to interfere in major ways with our basic, fundamental democratic processes,’ Cheney […]
3/27/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s approval rating fell to 36% Monday [3-27-17] after House Republicans failed to pass their repeal of the Affordable Care Act, marking a new low for the president’s young tenure. Before March 24, when the House pulled the scheduled vote on the American Health Care Act, the president’s approval rating […]
3/27/2017
BUDGET/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES: “New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and dozens of legislators from around the country are dismissing the Trump administration’s threat to cut millions of dollars in federal funding from sanctuary cities as an illegal maneuver to bully cities into enforcing immigration law, even as Attorney General Jeff Sessions aired that threat Monday […]
3/27/2017
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Trump administration ramps up deportations and cracks down on so-called sanctuary cities, mayors and prosecutors across the US say immigrants who are living in the country illegally have begun avoiding law enforcement at all costs — often declining to testify in court cases and refusing to report crimes. In Denver, […]
3/26/2017
SECRET SERVICE: “The Secret Service says a woman who got tangled up by her shoelaces after trying to jump the White House fence last week has been arrested again after a similar stunt. Thirty-eight-year-old Marci Anderson Wahl of Everett, Washington, was arrested after an alarm sounded about 2:15 a.m. Sunday [3-27-17]. Officials say she scaled […]
3/26/2017
FCC/INTERNET PRIVACY/POLITICS: “Now that Republicans are in charge, the federal government is poised to roll back regulations limiting access to consumers’ online data. States have other ideas. As on climate change, immigration and a host of other issues, some state legislatures may prove to be a counterweight to Washington by enacting new regulations to increase […]
3/27/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Monday [3-27-17] that cities and states that protect immigrant felons from federal immigration laws may see cuts in grants from the Justice Department. ‘Failure to deport aliens who are convicted of criminal offenses puts whole communities at risk, especially immigrant communities in the […]
3/27/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/UN: “A worldwide nuclear ban is simply not ‘realistic’, the US ambassador to the UN has said, as nearly 40 countries stayed away from talks on the subject. The US, Britain and France were among the countries that skipped a UN meeting to discuss a new treaty. More than 120 others endorsed a plan […]
3/24/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wielding the same authority created decades ago to fight smog, California regulators on Friday [3-24-17] moved forward with tough new pollution-reduction requirements for automakers selling cars in the state. The rules set escalating targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from 2022 through 2025, and officials are planning tougher steps after that. […]