KELLYANNE CONWAY/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WIRETAPPING: “The Department of Justice is under pressure to provide any documents related to President Donald Trump’s accusation — presented so far without evidence — that the Obama administration wiretapped his phones at Trump Tower during the campaign. The House Intelligence Committee has set a Monday [3-13-17] deadline for the DOJ to […]
3/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Republican effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act could hit many rural areas particularly hard, according to a new analysis, sharply increasing the cost for some residents buying their own insurance. In extreme cases, the amount a consumer might owe for a plan could exceed that person’s annual income. In […]
3/13/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal courts across the country have seen a flurry of activity over the last week as challengers of President Donald Trump’s new travel ban race to block it before it ever goes into effect. Trump signed a new executive order last week banning foreign nationals from six Muslim-majority countries from entering […]
3/13/2017
OBAMA/TRUMP PEOPLE/WIRETAPPING/KELLYANNE CONWAY: “White House adviser Kellyanne Conway is denying she suggested there was wider surveillance of President Donald Trump during the campaign, telling CNN Monday that her comments in a recent interview were taken out of context. Sunday night, Conway appeared to expand Trump’s allegations that the Obama administration wiretapped his phones at Trump […]
3/13/2017
IMMIGRATION/STEVE KING: “Rep. Steve King doubled down Monday [3-13-17] on comments he made over the weekend in which he appeared to criticize foreigners and immigrants, drawing complaints of insensitivity on social media and from some of his Hill colleagues. King, a prominent Iowa Republican and a vocal advocate against illegal immigration, tweeted Sunday, “We can’t […]
3/13/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After living in the shadows for years the teen found some relief in 2012, when President Barack Obama issued the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a measure that granted protections and work privileges to about 750,000 so-called DREAMers like himself who were brought to the US as children. President Donald Trump, […]
3/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans say they want to jettison the maternity coverage requirement, which is part of the ACA’s list of 10 ‘essential’ benefits. It’s a valuable benefit, and removing it outright won’t be easy since it would take complicated maneuvering in the Senate to do so. It remains intact in the bill moving through […]
3/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans may soon get a preview of the political price of health reform. Washington is braced for the expected release as soon as Monday [3-13-17] of a Congressional Budget Office analysis set to reveal the cost and projected reach — and limits — of coverage for the GOP’s bill to repeal and […]
3/13/2017
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is planning to host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a summit next month at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, a senior administration official told CNN Monday [3-13-17]. The official cautioned that the plan is only tentative at the moment. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is expected to finalize plans […]
3/13/2017
EX-IM BANK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During the presidential campaign, Trump said he didn’t think the bank [Export-Import Bank] was needed. ‘It’s sort of a featherbedding for politicians and others, and a few companies,’ he told the conservative National Review in 2015. ‘And when you think about free enterprise, it’s really not free enterprise. I’d be against […]
3/13/2017
MISC: “Meeting w/ Washington, D.C. @MayorBowser and Metro GM Paul Wiedefeld about incoming winter storm preparations here in D.C. Everyone be safe!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 13, 2017 5:54pm […]
3/13/2017
CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Proud to welcome our great Cabinet this afternoon for our first meeting. Unfortunately 4 seats were empty because Senate Dems are delaying!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 13, 2017 3:57pm […]
3/13/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/POLITICS/ PAUL RYAN: “On a never-before-released private October conference call with House Republican members, House Speaker Paul Ryan told his members in the U.S. House of Representatives he was abandoning then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump forever and would never defend him ever again. In the Oct. 10, 2016 call, from right after the Access […]
3/13/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Congressional Budget Office on Monday estimated that as many as 24 million more people could be uninsured and the federal budget deficit would shrink by more than $300 billion over the next decade under the Republican healthcare bill. The findings came in a much-anticipated report detailing the possible effects of the […]
3/13/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/JARED KUSHNER: “A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, stands to receive over $400 million from China’s Anbang Insurance Group, that is investing in a Manhattan building owned by the Kushners, Bloomberg reported. Details of the agreement are being circulated to attract additional investors, Bloomberg reported on […]
3/13/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our put-upon president has spent a lifetime talking smack, like a street kid in a pickup basketball game in Queens. Insults and demeaning remarks are just part of the game and part of his persona. When he called Mexicans ‘rapists’ and said ‘Lyin’ Ted’ Cruz’s father helped kill JFK, it was all […]
3/13/2017
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/NEIL GORSUCH: “Corporate tool. Enemy of disabled people. Deferential to the privileged, including the man who chose him. One week before Judge Neil M. Gorsuch is to sit for his Supreme Court confirmation hearing, Democrats have zeroed in on their most prominent planned line of attack: Judge Gorsuch’s rulings have favored the powerful […]
3/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “Healthcare listening session w/ @VP & @SecPriceMD. Watch: https://t.co/5ayQ4dr8Ip #ReadTheBill:… https://t.co/1cQI0ZBUv8” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 13, 2017 12:20pm […]
3/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “ObamaCare is imploding. It is a disaster and 2017 will be the worst year yet, by far! Republicans will come together and save the day.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 13, 2017 8:11am […]
3/13/2017
MEDIA: “It is amazing how rude much of the media is to my very hard working representatives. Be nice, you will do much better!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 13, 2017 7:52am […]
3/13/2017
TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. This order is intended to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of the executive branch by directing the Director of the Office of […]
3/12/2017
OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WIRETAPPING: “A top intelligence overseer in Congress said he doubts the administration will back up Donald Trump’s claim that former President Barack Obama ordered a wiretap on him during the 2016 campaign. ‘I don’t expect we’re going to see any evidence of this,’ Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.), the top Democrat on the […]
3/12/2017
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican lawmakers are showing increasing resistance to President Donald Trump’s trade agenda, worried that his plans could hurt exports from their states and undermine longstanding U.S. alliances. The concerns indicate that the biggest threat to Mr. Trump’s trade policy—which emphasizes new bilateral deals and a tougher stance against countries blamed for […]
3/12/2017
CABINET/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ALEXANDER ACOSTA: “In 2008, three years after R. Alexander Acosta had decamped from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division for the United States attorney’s post in South Florida, the Justice Department’s in-house investigator laid out a damning conclusion: Under Mr. Acosta’s watch, his office had repeatedly violated federal law and department policies by weighing […]
3/12/2017
DOJ/LEGAL/OBAMA ADMIN/PREET BHARARA: “[M]ore than seven years after taking office, Mr. [Preet] Bharara, 48, finds himself on what appears to be the losing end of a quintessential political decision. On Saturday, the Trump administration fired him after he refused to follow a Justice Department order to resign immediately. The order, which was issued on Friday […]
3/12/2017
POLITICS/ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: “Arnold Schwarzenegger won’t be making a run for a Senate seat, but he’s not giving up on politics all together. The former governor of California, 69, took to social media Sunday to refute speculation that he is considering re-entering the political arena. ‘I’m deeply flattered by all of the people who have approached me […]
3/12/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump pledged to forgo a presidential salary, but as his second payday approaches, the White House is declining to say if the president has donated any of his earnings yet. During the campaign, Trump promised he would take ‘no salary’ if elected — a pledge he reiterated after […]
3/12/2017
POLITICS/PROTESTS: “[T]hey rallied in support of the International Women’s Day strike, demanding social and economic equality for women. These weren’t liberals. They were card-carrying members of the Democratic Socialists of America, one of the fastest growing groups on the American left. The surge of activism sweeping the U.S. since Donald Trump’s election has energized the […]
3/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/PROTESTS/TRAVEL BAN: “During spring break, Canadian families used to pile the kids into a tour bus and head to New York to see the Statue of Liberty, Rockefeller Center and other attractions. It was the start of the busy season for Comfort Tour, a Toronto-based firm that usually brought between 200 and 300 tourists to […]
3/11/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are making great progress with healthcare. ObamaCare is imploding and will only get worse. Republicans coming together to get job done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 11, 2017 9:39am […]
3/10/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions asked Friday [3-10-17] for the resignations of dozens of politically appointed U.S. attorneys held over from the Obama administration, the Justice Department said. Sessions wanted ‘to ensure a uniform transition’ to the Trump administration, spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said in a statement. ‘Until the new U.S. attorneys […]
3/10/2017
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three Republican senators, hoping to speed the hiring of law enforcement agents on U.S. borders, on Friday introduced legislation waiving lie detector tests for job applicants who already serve in law enforcement or have done military service. The ‘Boots on the Border Act’ was backed by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron […]
3/10/2017
CABINET/FDA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SCOTT GOTTLIEB: “The White House is expected as early as Friday to nominate Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a physician and conservative health policy expert, to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, sources familiar with the matter said. If confirmed by the Senate, Gottlieb would be in charge of implementing President Donald Trump’s plan to […]
3/10/2017
2016 ELECTION/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In historically conservative Staten Island, where President Donald Trump won 57 percent of the vote, residents are readying their homes to keep immigrants protected from being deported. People like Ruth, a local educator who didn’t want her full name used so Immigration and Customs Enforcement could not identify her, are […]
3/10/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an ethics complaint against Attorney General Jeff Sessions over his testimony to a Senate committee that he had no communications with the Russian government. The complaint, filed with the Alabama State Bar’s disciplinary commission, comes less than two weeks after The Washington Post revealed […]
3/10/2017
ECONOMY/JOBS: “The pace of job creation remained robust in February as low unemployment drove up wages, evidence of continued health in the U.S. labor market that likely clears the way for the Federal Reserve to raise short-term interest rates next week. Nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 235,000 in February from the prior month, […]
3/10/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/GUANTANAMO/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions thinks Guantanamo Bay is a ‘very fine place’ to send recently captured terrorists, and said he’d recommend President Trump to do so. The top law enforcement official added he was opposed to shuttering the controversial Cuban prison — a staple promise of the previous administration that never […]
3/09/2017
CABINET/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANDY PUDZER: “Southern California fast-food executive Andy Puzder on Thursday [3-9-17] blamed Democrats for the collapse of his nomination to be Labor secretary, even though he admitted he withdrew after being informed there was not enough support among Senate Republicans to confirm him. ‘I think the big problem here was the left and the […]
3/09/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are renting a Washington, D.C., home from a Chilean billionaire who bought it after the November election and whose company is embroiled in a dispute with the U.S. government over a mine potentially worth billions of dollars. The six-bedroom house in the capital’s Kalorama neighborhood was bought […]
3/09/2017
FREC/TRUMP PEOPLE/ROBERT POWELSON/KEVIN MCINTYRE/NEIL CHATTERJEE: “President Donald Trump will soon nominate three new commissioners to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FREC], which has been unable to conduct most business because it has too few leaders, according to multiple people familiar with the move. Mr. Trump is poised to tap Robert Powelson, a member of the […]
3/09/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 150 of the nation’s largest law firms, including Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, are urging the Trump administration to continue funding a major benefactor of civil legal services to the poor. The show of support for Legal Services Corp., a […]
3/09/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN: “Washington state, which played a central legal role in derailing President Donald Trump’s original executive order on immigration, also will challenge the revised White House order issued this week, its attorney general said on Thursday [3-9-17]. Several other Democratic-led states quickly signaled they would join the Washington suit, immediately making it a major […]
3/09/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WIRETAPPING: “Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey held meetings with top lawmakers at the Capitol on Thursday [3-9-17] in the midst of growing pressure over political and legal controversies involving the Trump administration. The precise subjects of the talks were unknown. The meetings took place as pressure was building in Congress for […]
3/09/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/TRUMP PEOPLE/IVANKA/KELLYANNE CONWAY: “The Office of Government Ethics isn’t happy with the White House’s decision not to punish top aide Kellyanne Conway for plugging Ivanka Trump’s products in a TV interview. OGE Director Walter Shaub told the White House in a letter Thursday [3-9-17] that he remains concerned with Conway’s ‘misuse of position.’… […]
3/09/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A lawsuit filed Thursday [3-9-17] by a Washington wine bar targets President Donald Trump’s lease with the federal government to rent the Old Post Office downtown, with the aim of forcing him to divest himself from the Trump International Hotel operating in the historic building. Filed by a cafe called Cork […]
3/9/2017
BORDER/MEXICO/WALL: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday [3-9-17] he doesn’t expect Mexico to pay for the wall that President Trump has been promising along America’s southern border. The GOP was asked if he thinks Mexico will pay for the wall during an interview with Politico — to which he flatly responded, ‘Uh, no.’ The […]
3/09/2017
CABINET/KEYSTONE/PIPELINES/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has recused himself from application decisions on the Keystone XL pipeline amid pressure from some environmental groups. The State Department said Tuesday that Tillerson would ‘play no role in the deliberations or ultimate resolution’ of the application from TransCanada, the company seeking to build the international energy […]
3/09/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A groundbreaking climate lawsuit, brought against the federal government by 21 children, has been hailed by environmentalists as a bold new strategy to press for climate action in the United States. But the Trump administration, which has pledged to undo Barack Obama’s climate regulations, is doing its best to make sure […]
3/09/2017
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal investigators and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a computer server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank, sources close to the investigation tell CNN. Questions about the possible connection were widely dismissed four months ago. But the FBI’s investigation remains open, the sources said, and […]
3/09/2017
BUDGET/CABINET/HUD/TRUMP PEOPLE/BEN CARSON: “Housing Secretary Ben Carson sought Thursday [3-9-17] to reassure his agency that budget cuts may not be as steep as some fear, even as housing advocates and others brace for deep reductions to public housing and anti-poverty programs. The cuts said to be under consideration, more than $6 billion, would target community […]
3/09/2017
AMBASSADOR/ISRAEL/TRUMP PEOPLE/DAVID FRIEDMAN: “Over considerable opposition, a Republican-controlled Senate panel Thursday [3-9-17] approved President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel. The nomination of David Friedman, Trump’s long-time bankruptcy lawyer, now faces a final vote in the full Senate. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12-9 to advance Friedman, despite statements he has made attacking liberal […]
3/09/2017
CABINET/CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SCOTT PRUITT: “President Trump’s head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a major cause of global warming. ‘I would not agree that [CO2] is a primary contributor to the global warming that we see,’ Scott Pruitt said Thursday in an interview with CNBC’s Joe Kernen. […]
3/09/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “The Republican drive to repeal the Affordable Care Act advanced on Thursday [3-9-17] as two House committees approved broad legislation to undo the law and replace it with a more modest system of tax credits and a rollback of President Barack Obama’s Medicaid expansion. The House Energy and Commerce Committee endorsed the legislation on […]
3/09/2017
CABINET/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ALEXANDER ACOSTA: “President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, filed financial disclosure and ethics paperwork, clearing the way for his confirmation hearing Wednesday [3-8-17]. The paperwork released by the Office of Government Ethics on Thursday [3-9-17] showed an uncomplicated financial situation for the law school dean who served in three Senate-confirmed positions […]
3/9/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “Republicans in Congress scored a victory early Thursday [3-9-17], pushing a measure through the House Ways and Means Committee to repeal investment taxes on high-income households and end tax penalties on Americans who don’t obtain health insurance. The move on a party-line vote came a day after groups representing hospitals, doctors and seniors urged […]
3/09/2017
AMBASSADOR/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/JON HUNTSMAN: “Former Utah governor and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman has accepted President Donald Trump’s offer to serve as the next ambassador to Russia, several senior administration officials told CNN. If confirmed, Huntsman would become one of the highest-profile US ambassadors, helming the diplomatic mission to a country that has seen its […]
3/09/2017
ENTERTAINMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is a lot like a stand-up comedian, Trevor Noah said Wednesday [3-8-17] — he ‘connects with audiences in the same way.’ Speaking at ‘The Messy Truth,’ a town hall series hosted by CNN commentator Van Jones, ‘The Daily Show’ host analyzed how Trump interacts with a crowd. Noah cited […]
3/09/2017
HEALTHCARE/POLITICS: “Despite what you hear in the press, healthcare is coming along great. We are talking to many groups and it will end in a beautiful picture!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 9, 2017 8:13 am […]
3/08/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/LEGAL/LOBBYING/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “POLITICO reported in November that Flynn’s consulting firm, Flynn Intel Group, was lobbying for a Dutch consulting firm with ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The new documents confirm that Flynn lobbied for the Turkish-linked firm, Inovo BV, before and immediately after the election. They also reveal that […]
3/08/2017
BUDGET/EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SCOTT PRUITT: “President Donald Trump pushed his White House team on Wednesday [3-8-17] to craft a plan for $1 trillion in infrastructure spending that would pressure states to streamline local permitting, favor renovation of existing roads and highways over new construction and prioritize projects that can quickly begin construction. Mr. Trump said he would […]
3/08/2017
HEALTHCARE/MINORITIES/PHARMA/POLITICS/ELIJAH CUMMINGS: “Rep. Elijah Cummings said Wednesday [3-8-17] that he used a meeting with President Donald Trump on prescription drug prices to deliver an additional message: don’t speak about America’s black communities like they’re all in crisis… ‘I said to him,*Mr. President, most respectfully, when you’re talking about the African-American community, I want you to […]
3/08/2017
ECONOMY/TRADE DEALS/TREASURY: “The Trump administration plans to press Japan, Germany and other nations with which the U.S. has large trade deficits, to buy more U.S.-made commercial and military products as a way to boost jobs and reduce the nation’s $500 billion trade deficit. ‘Any country we have a significant trade deficit with needs to work […]
3/08/2017
CABINET/SEC/TRUMP PEOPLE/JAY CLAYTON: “After spending years cultivating an elite roster of Wall Street and corporate clients, Jay Clayton will now be responsible for policing some of those same types of companies. Mr. Clayton, a longtime partner at the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell who is President Trump’s pick to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, […]
3/08/2017
CABINET/CONFLICT OF INTEREST/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE/USDA/SONNY PERDUE: “In Sonny Perdue’s telling, Georgians were growing weary of the corruption and scandals in their state when he took over as governor in 2003 — a time when he gave his own version of a ‘drain the swamp’ pledge. Mr. Perdue is one of the last cabinet members awaiting Senate […]
3/8/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “First Lady Melania Trump’s favorability is growing, according to a recent CNN/ORC poll. In a survey conducted between March 1 and 4, 52 percent of respondents said their opinions of Melania Trump were positive. That’s up roughly 16 points from a CNN/ORC poll conducted in January. It appears that people are warming up […]
3/08/2017
ETHICS/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE/MONICA CROWLEY: “Monica Crowley backed away from a top national security spot for Donald Trump after plagiarism reports surfaced in January. She has now spoken publicly for the first time during an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. In doing so, Crowley called herself a victim of a ‘political hit job.’ Controversy arose when […]
3/08/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NATO/RUSSIA: “Russia has deployed a land-based cruise missile that violates the ‘spirit and intent’ of an arms control treaty and poses a threat to NATO, Vice Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Paul Selva said on Wednesday. It was the first public accusation by the U.S. military of the deployment after […]
3/08/2017
BUDGET/CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/MIKE MULVANEY: “Donald Trump said during his presidential campaign not to touch Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, but Trump’s new budget director says he’s working on getting the president to ‘look at’ entitlement reform. ‘There are ways that we can not only allow the president to keep his promise but to help him keep […]
3/08/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has thrown his weight behind House Republicans’ new bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. But he knows the stakes for the party are high. He held a closed-door meeting with House Republicans on Tuesday. CNN reports that he warned of a ‘bloodbath’ in the 2018 midterm elections if the party […]
3/08/2017
FCC/NET NEUTRALITY: “Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai defended his partial rollback of Obama-era internet privacy rules at a hearing Wednesday [3-8-17], saying consumers would remain protected by federal law. But Democrats warned his efforts to scale back privacy and net neutrality rules could lead to consumer harm. ‘At the end of the day the […]
3/08/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Two House committees launched into a review on Wednesday [3-8-17] of a Republican proposal to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, legislation that is facing stiff resistance from health-care industry groups and a set of conservative GOP lawmakers… Early discussion in the committees showed no signs of significant dissent among GOP lawmakers. But opposition is […]
3/08/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRMP EXEC ORDER: “Hawaii is not wasting any time challenging President Donald Trump’s new travel ban. Attorneys for the state filed a new 40-page request just before midnight on Tuesday, asking a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order blocking implementation of the new executive order. Trump signed a new executive […]
3/08/2017
IMMIGRATION: “The Trump administration quietly made it more difficult for immigrants to seek asylum in the US last month, the latest in a series of steps designed to deliver on the President’s campaign promise to harshly enforce immigration laws. Supporters of President Donald Trump’s policies say the move cuts off an incentive for migrants to […]
3/08/2017
CYBERWAR/FBI/LEGAL/RUSSIA: “FBI Director James Comey signaled he has no plans to resign despite once again being at the center of a political storm — this time over probes into Russian hacking of the 2016 election and his request that Justice Department officials reject President Donald Trump’s claims that his predecessor ‘tapped’ his phones. ‘You’re stuck […]
3/08/2017
DONALDISM: “Great news. We are only just beginning. Together, we are going to #MAGA! https://t.co/BSp685Q9Qf https://t.co/K7yeBZsf6r” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 8, 2017 6:54pm […]
3/08/2017
DONALDISM: “Met with @RepCummings today at the @WhiteHouse. Great discussion!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 8, 2017 6:50 pm […]
3/08/2017
JOBS: “LinkedIn Workforce Report: January and February were the strongest consecutive months for hiring since August and September 2015” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 8, 2017 7:11am […]
3/08/2017
WOMEN: “On International Women’s Day, join me in honoring the critical role of women here in America & around the world.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 8, 2017 6:13AM […]
3/8/2017
ECONOMY/WOMEN: “I have tremendous respect for women and the many roles they serve that are vital to the fabric of our society and our economy.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 8, 2017 6:12AM […]
3/07/2017
BUDGET/DHS/FEMA/IMMIGRATION: “The Trump administration wants to gut the Coast Guard and make deep cuts in airport and rail security to help pay for its crackdown on illegal immigration, according to internal budget documents reviewed by POLITICO — a move that lawmakers and security experts say defies logic if the White House is serious about defending […]
3/07/2017
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have nothing to do with Russia — haven’t made a phone call to Russia in years, don’t speak to people from Russia,” President Trump said during a press conference on Feb. 16. But it seems Trump did meet the Russian ambassador during the campaign. On Tuesday [3-7-17], AmericaBlog pointed out […]
3/07/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump raised eyebrows after he posted five congratulatory tweets promoting a Monday announcement from the energy giant ExxonMobil, the company from which his secretary of state came to the administration. The company had said earlier in the day that it was expanding its manufacturing operation along the Gulf Coast […]
3/07/2017
CABINET/DHS/TRUMP PEOPLE/JOHN KELLY: “Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly confirmed that the department is considering separating children from their parents at the border. ‘We have tremendous experience of dealing with unaccompanied minors,’ he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on ‘The Situation Room.’ ‘We turn them over to (Health and Human Services) and they do a very, […]
3/07/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/RAND PAUL: “I feel sure that my friend @RandPaul will come along with the new and great health care program because he knows Obamacare is a disaster!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 7, 2017 7:14PM […]
3/07/2017
LEGAL/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s top spokesman said Monday there was no doubt the Obama administration conducted some type of surveillance of the Republican’s presidential campaign. ‘There’s no question that something happened. The question is it, is it surveillance, is it a wiretap or whatever?’ Spicer said during an off-camera briefing at the White […]
3/7/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE (ACA): “Obamacare is in very bad shape. I believe that if we wait two years, it will totally implode. It’s really pretty much imploding now, Steve [Scalise], when you think. But it will implode and people will be, like, please help us, please help us, and that will be the Democrats asking for help. […]
3/07/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “Don’t let the FAKE NEWS tell you that there is big infighting in the Trump Admin. We are getting along great, and getting major things done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 7, 2017 9:14AM […]
3/07/2017
HEALTHCARE/PHARMA: “I am working on a new system where there will be competition in the Drug Industry. Pricing for the American people will come way down!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 7, 2017 8:46AM […]
3/07/2017
HEALTHCARE: “Don’t worry, getting rid of state lines, which will promote competition, will be in phase 2 & 3 of healthcare rollout. @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 7, 2017 8:41AM […]
3/07/2017
OBAMA/RUSSIA: “For eight years Russia ‘ran over’ President Obama, got stronger and stronger, picked-off Crimea and added missiles. Weak! @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 7, 2017 8:13AM […]
3/07/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Our wonderful new Healthcare Bill is now out for review and negotiation. ObamaCare is a complete and total disaster – is imploding fast!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 7, 2017 7:13AM […]
3/07/2017
GUANTANAMO/OBAMA: “122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield. Just another terrible decision!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 7, 2017 7:04AM […]
3/6/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/DHS/STATE/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security Implementing Immediate Heightened Screening and Vetting of Applications for Visas and Other Immigration Benefits, Ensuring Enforcement of All Laws for Entry into the United States, and Increasing Transparency among Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government and for […]
3/06/2017
ECONOMY/JOBS: “Thank you to @exxonmobil for your $20 billion investment that is creating more than 45,000 manufacturing & construction jobs in the USA!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 6, 2017 10:50PM […]
3/06/2017
DONALDISM/JOBS: “Buy American & hire American are the principles at the core of my agenda, which is: JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! Thank you @exxonmobil.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 6, 2017 10:49PM […]
3/6/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security Implementing Immediate Heightened Screening and Vetting of Applications for Visas and Other Immigration Benefits, Ensuring Enforcement of All Laws for Entry into the United States, and Increasing Transparency among Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government and for […]
3/6/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security Implementing Immediate Heightened Screening and Vetting of Applications for Visas and Other Immigration Benefits, Ensuring Enforcement of All Laws for Entry into the United States, and Increasing Transparency among Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government and for […]
3/06/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/MELANIA: “White House tours are scheduled to reopen this week after a multi-week hiatus, bringing visitors back to what’s known as the ‘People’s House’ for the first time in the Trump administration. First lady Melania Trump excitedly announced the big move in a statement released last month. ‘I am excited to reopen the […]
3/06/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/TIFFANY: “Tiffany Trump has applied to some of the nation’s most elite law schools, but will her status as the president’s youngest daughter affect her admission? Inevitable comparisons are being made to the Reese Witherspoon movie Legally Blonde after a photo was posted on social media showing the 23-year-old on a tour of Harvard […]
3/6/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Monday urged President Donald Trump to release logs of visitors to the White House and Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida under a policy that made public the names of nearly six million visitors to the White House during the administration of Barack Obama. If Trump continues the policy, […]