NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I agree with Kim Jong Un of North Korea that our personal relationship remains very good, perhaps the term excellent would be even more accurate, and that a third Summit would be good in that we fully understand where we each stand. North Korea has tremendous potential for…….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In New York State, Democrats blocked a Bill expanding College Tuition for Gold Star families after approving aid for illegal immigrants. No wonder so many people are leaving N.Y. Very Sad!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 10:51 pm […]
4/12/2019
IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Another Fake Story on @NBCNews that I offered Pardons to Homeland Securiy personnel in case they broke the law regarding illegal immigration and sanctuary cities. Of course this is not true. Mainstream Media is corrupt and getting worse, if that is possible, every day!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 10:33 pm […]
4/12/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Fake Story by Politico. Made up sources. Thank you Mount Vernon! https://t.co/Pf60zBy6Sw” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 9:59 pm […]
4/12/2019
CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @politicalelle: How is this woman walking the halls of Congress. How. https://t.co/CrtK7j3wpZ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 9:51 pm […]
4/12/2019
INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dbongino: With the exception of FISA warrants, the use of human intelligence assets, the use of national security letters, & the unprec…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 9:45 pm […]
4/12/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Finally, great news at the Border! https://t.co/nofzYa2Qs7” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 9:42 pm […]
4/12/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Finally great news at the Border! https://t.co/nofzYa2Qs7” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 9:38 pm […]
4/12/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Thank you Jeh, so well stated! https://t.co/4QmP6XrUVA” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 9:35 pm […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If the Radical Left Democrats all of a sudden don’t want the Illegal Migrants in their Sanctuary Cities (no more open arms), why should others be expected to take them into their communities? Go home and come into our Country legally and through a system of Merit!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, […]
4/12/2019
BORDER/COURTS/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump last week privately urged Kevin McAleenan, the border enforcement official he was about to name as acting secretary of homeland security, to close the southwestern border to migrants despite having just said publicly that he was delaying a decision on the step for a year, according to three people briefed […]
4/12/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A myriad of logistical and legal obstacles await President Donald Trump if he follows through on his threat to place migrants arriving at the border into so-called sanctuary cities, a move apparently designed to punish Democrats for refusing to support his immigration policies. Not only is the idea impractical and a […]
4/12/2019
BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump reportedly offered to pardon Kevin McAleenan, the acting Homeland Security secretary, if he violated the law and was arrested for blocking entry into the U.S. along the southern border, CNN and The New York Times reported. The news outlets, quoting anonymous administration officials, reported that the conversation happened last week when […]
4/12/2019
SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “WSJ’s Strassel: Barr ‘Right’ to Say ‘Spying’ Occurred on Trump Campaign | Breitbart https://t.co/YuC9IX01GF via @BreitbartNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 6:26 pm […]
4/12/2019
LEGAL/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIRGINIA: “Mississippi federal Judge Carlton Reeves in a speech in Virginia assailed the Trump administration for lack of diversity in judicial appointments and likened President Trump’s attacks on the judiciary to tactics used by the Ku Klux Klan and segregationists in the Jim Crow era. Reeves, who has ruled on some of the state’s […]
4/12/2019
2016 ELECTION/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @trish_regan: .@CLewandowski_ says he is POSITIVE orders to spy on the #Trump campaign during 2016 came from the HIGHEST levels – perhap…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 5:38 pm […]
4/12/2019
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP BUSINESS: “House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) is moving to issue a subpoena to obtain 10 years of President Donald Trump’s financial records from accounting firm Mazars USA, the chairman told members of the panel in a memo on Friday [4-12-19]. Cummings plans to issue the subpoena on Monday [4-15-19] […]
4/12/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “WE WILL NEVER FORGET! https://t.co/VxrGFRFeJM” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 4:35 pm […]
4/12/2019
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration will not nominate anyone to serve on a United Nations committee on racism, the latest sign of a U.S. retreat from international bodies and traditional human rights priorities. A State Department official said the White House intervened to prevent the expected renomination of a human rights lawyer chosen by […]
4/12/2019
DHS/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [4-12-19] said that his administration is ‘strongly looking at’ releasing detained undocumented immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities — contradicting a previous statement from the White House that the policy was no longer being considered…The Washington Post reported Thursday that Trump administration officials proposed last November and […]
4/12/2019
TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump finally took sides Friday [4-12-19] in a fight among his advisers about the best way to advance super-fast 5G wireless networks in the U.S., backing administration officials who want to keep the federal government from grabbing a bigger role from industry…The comments offered a sign that Trump is siding, […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats disagree sharply over where to take the nation’s health care system, but the infighting has eased — and for that they can thank President Donald Trump. The Trump administration’s renewed assault on Obamacare has quelled for the moment the simmering tensions over ‘Medicare for All’ between Democrats’ vocal progressive […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 11:38 am […]
4/12/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The Radical Left always seems to have an Open Borders, Open Arms policy – so this should make them very happy!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 11:38 am […]
4/12/2019
LEGAL/MEDIA/OBAMA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [4-12-19] accused the media of burying news that a White House counsel in the Obama administration had been indicted on ‘very serious’ charges similar to those his former campaign chairman and national security adviser pleaded guilty to last year…Craig, who served in the White House in […]
4/12/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Even the Democrats now say that our Southern Border is a Crisis and a National Emergency. Hopefully, we will not be getting any more BAD (outrageous) court decisions!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 9:19 am […]
4/12/2019
IVANKA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/WORLD BANK: “President Donald Trump considered nominating his oldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, to lead the World Bank, according to an interview published Friday [4-12-19] in which he also talked up his daughter’s future presidential bona fides. In an interview with The Atlantic, the president showered praise over all of his children, noting […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Democrats don’t like the results of the Mueller Report, so now they’re trying everything else.’ @RepDougCollins They should stop wasting time and money and get back to real legislating, especially on the Border!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 8:46 am […]
4/12/2019
LEGAL/MEDIA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Obama’s top White House lawyer, Gregory B. Craig, was indicted yesterday on very serious charges. This is a really big story, but the Fake News New York Times didn’t even put it on page one, rather page 16. @washingtonpost not much better, ‘tiny’ page one. Corrupt News!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/12/2019
MELANIA/MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Melania Trump and Karen Pence will get an up-close look at the military’s special operations capabilities when they visit Fort Bragg next week. The White House says the wives of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence plan a Monday stop at the Fayetteville, North Carolina, installation, home of the Airborne and […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/MUSLIMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top Democrats on Saturday [4-13-19] rushed to defend Rep. Ilhan Omar after President Donald Trump retweeted video that was edited to suggest she was being dismissive of the significance of the worst terrorist assault on U.S. soil. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi scolded Trump for using the ‘painful images of 9/11 […]
4/12/2019
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local): 9:20 p.m. The Department of Homeland Security denies that President Donald Trump ‘indicated, asked, directed or pressured’ Kevin McAleenan to do anything illegal. Last week Trump urged his soon-to-be acting homeland security secretary to seal the southern border and told McAleenan […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [4-12-19] he is strongly considering releasing ‘Illegal Immigrants’ into Democratic strongholds to punish congressional foes for inaction on the border— just hours after White House and Homeland Security officials insisted the idea had been rejected as fast as it had been proposed…The reversal, which appeared to […]
4/12/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “‘I don’t need to know any more. We’re done, absolutely done, he (Mueller) tried the case. There’s NO COLLUSION.’ @LindseyGrahamSC @foxandfriends No matter what we do or give to the Radical Left, it will never be enough!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2019 8:06 am […]
4/12/2019
ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [4-12-19] the United States should not nationalize its 5G network and said private companies should move quickly to deploy the faster next-generation network. ‘In the United States our approach is private-sector driven and private-sector led. The government doesn’t have to spend lots of money,’ Trump said. ‘Leading […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The chairman of the House oversight committee said Friday [4-12-19] he intends to subpoena President Donald Trump’s accountant for his financial records. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., told committee members in a letter that Mazars USA wouldn’t turn over records for Trump, his company and related entities without a subpoena. Cummings […]
4/12/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Friday [4-12-19] that his administration was ‘strongly’ considering releasing migrants detained at the border into mostly Democratic ‘sanctuary cities,’ suggesting that the idea should make liberals ‘very happy’ because of their immigration policies…The comments came a day after the administration said the policy proposal was never seriously […]
4/11/2019
NORTH KOREA/SANCTIONS/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In an Oval Office meeting with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in, President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-11-19] that he wants sanctions on North Korea to remain in place but doesn’t want to increase them…Trump’s mention of holding back on increasing sanctions appeared to be a reference to a tweet […]
4/11/2019
TAXES/TRUMP TAXES: “Two tax stories, progressing on non-parallel tracks and in seemingly alternate universes, are in the news, both moving full-steam ahead. One story is about all of us, or rather almost all of us: Ordinary workers getting ready this Monday, April 15, for the first tax day after the Trump-inspired Tax Cut and Jobs […]
4/11/2019
BUDGET/CONGRESS/REGULATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration issued new guidelines on Thursday [4-11-19] that will expand White House and congressional oversight and review of federal agencies’ rule-making processes, including those for traditionally independent agencies such as the Federal Reserve. The 15-page memo, issued by Office of Management and Budget acting Director Russell Vought, outlines how the […]
4/11/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s embattled nominee for the Federal Reserve board, Stephen Moore, defended himself Thursday [4-11-19] against accusations that he’s unqualified for the role and asserted that the central bank can be ‘divorced from politics’…Moore also said he would not be the first member of the board with close ties to […]
4/11/2019
BUDGET/DEFICIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Here’s a headline you might have missed amid the onslaught of news about Julian Assange, William Barr, Nipsey Hussle and Michael Avenatti: ‘US budget deficit running 15% higher than a year ago.’ The story cites this monthly report from the Treasury Department detailing these few eye-popping facts: 1) The budget deficit grew […]
4/11/2019
EGYPT/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is welcoming Egyptian President Abdel-Fatah el-Sissi to the White House on Tuesday [4-16-19] for a second official visit. The two leaders are expected to address topics including human rights, natural gas development in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and Egypt’s efforts to defuse tensions in Gaza through negotiations with […]
4/11/2019
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As President Donald Trump looks to reshape the executive branch, he’s avoiding the words ‘you’re hired.’ Trump’s choice of Kevin McAleenan as acting replacement for Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen spotlights the president’s increasing reliance on a once-obscure federal statute that governs how to fill vacant federal posts. It also raises […]
4/11/2019
ELECTION/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is expected to travel to Minnesota on Monday, the April 15 tax filing deadline. Trump is hoping to win Minnesota in the next election and has been citing tax cuts and his work on trade deals as positives that will help Republicans win in 2020. The Federal Aviation Administration […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TAXES/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s tax returns (all times local): 10:45 a.m. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says his department intends to ‘follow the law’ and is reviewing a request by a top House Democrat to provide President Donald Trump’s tax returns to lawmakers. Mnuchin told a House panel that he […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday [4-9-19] that his department intends to ‘follow the law’ and is reviewing a request by a top House Democrat to provide President Donald Trump’s tax returns to lawmakers. Mnuchin told a House panel that he has not had any communications with the president or his top […]
4/11/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump says he’s not looking to reinstate the much-criticized practice of separating migrant families at the border with Mexico. But he says many more migrants are streaming toward the U.S. through Mexico because the practice is no longer in place. Says Trump: ‘I’m the one that stopped it.’ He claims […]
4/11/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Trump said on Thursday [4-11-19] that he would be open to a third summit meeting with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, suggesting he is keen to revive a high-stakes engagement that was abruptly suspended six weeks ago after the two leaders failed to strike a nuclear disarmament deal in […]
4/11/2019
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “JOBLESS CLAIMS AT 50 YEAR LOW!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 7:46 pm […]
4/11/2019
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @chuckwoolery: President Trump continues to tally up wins for our country as Americans just saw the best income gains in over 50 years.…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 7:44 pm […]
4/11/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DailyCaller: Every CNN Presidential Town Hall Finished Behind MSNBC And Fox News In Ratings https://t.co/muDZgLT4u7” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 7:32 pm […]
4/11/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Great heroes! https://t.co/ltiNOcBBeo” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 7:29 pm […]
4/11/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DailyCaller: Rod Rosenstein Defends Attorney General’s Handling Of Mueller Report https://t.co/qMmzaPYrK4” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 7:24 pm […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘And the Radical Dems reeling in disarray as the President continues to Win, Win and Win again! The Left is PRETENDING to be shocked by A.G. William Barr’s testimony before Congress in which he said SPYING did occur on the Trump 2016 Campaign.’ @LouDobbs @FoxNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 6:57 […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @ArthurSchwartz: Wow. @tedlieu got a well deserved ass kicking. Shame on you Ted. https://t.co/R6Yb95EzYX” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 6:45 pm […]
4/11/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-11-19] that he will discuss potential ‘new encounters’ with Kim Jong Un, but he did not offer odds on the prospects of a third summit with the North Korean leader. ‘A third summit could happen, and it’s step-by-step – it’s not a fast process,’ Trump told reporters before […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats want to negotiate a $2 TRILLION spending increase but can’t even pass their own plan. We can’t afford it anyway, and it’s not happening!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 6:14 pm […]
4/11/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The former F.B.I. director James B. Comey said on Thursday [4-11-19] that he knew of no electronic surveillance aimed at the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election, defending the bureau after Attorney General William P. Barr asserted a day earlier that the bureau spied on the campaign as part […]
4/11/2019
FRANCE/HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Surrounded by World War II veterans in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-11-19] that he will travel to France in June to celebrate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. ‘I’ll be there,’ Trump said of ceremonies in France to commemorate the June 6, 1944, landing of allied forces on Normandy’s coast. Trump […]
4/11/2019
2016 ELECTION/ATTORNEY GENERAL/ROBERT MUELLER/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-11-19] told reporters ‘there was absolutely spying into my campaign’ in 2016, feeding partisan tensions about the anticipated release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report and the origins of the Russia investigation. The president’s declaration comes a day after Attorney General William Barr […]
4/11/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Beautiful afternoon in the Oval Office today with a few great American HEROES! https://t.co/HYEI83NVrm” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 4:23 pm […]
4/11/2019
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats are grappling with how to address the surge of migrants at the border, amid divisions over how to respond to President Donald Trump’s hard-line approach. For Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her deputies, the risks of diving into a fight with the president are clear. It was health care and […]
4/11/2019
NATURAL DISASTERS/SENATE/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senators whose states are recovering from natural disasters will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday [4-11-19] afternoon to discuss a stalled aid package. The meeting comes as the Senate prepares to leave for a two-week recess without coming to a deal on a multibillion-dollar disaster aid […]
4/11/2019
MEDIA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fox Business Network issued an on-air correction Thursday [4-11-19] after the network aired a poll graphic — later shared online by President Donald Trump — that incorrectly displayed the president’s unfavorable rating as his job approval rating…The Georgetown Politics poll, as featured on Fox Business network’s ‘Lou Dobbs Tonight,’ showed a […]
4/11/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/CONGRESS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has proposed ending tax credits to encourage the purchase of electric cars but a bipartisan group in Congress moved to stop him. U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, both D-Mich., as well as Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, […]
4/11/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Biggest scandal of our time – the coup that failed!’ @MariaBartiromo https://t.co/7JuifNK79T” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 10:35 am […]
4/11/2019
FEDERAL RESERVE/NANCY PELOSI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday [4-11-19] sharply criticized President Donald Trump’s planned picks for the Federal Reserve, Herman Cain and Stephen Moore, warning that the hyperpartisan duo would be ‘dangerous’ for the economy…Democrats and Republicans alike have skewered Cain, a former pizza magnate, and Moore, a former member of […]
4/11/2019
SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘SPY GAMES: TIME FOR ANSWERS’ https://t.co/tRw7fb7Tys” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 10:20 am […]
4/11/2019
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/REGULATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Aiming to streamline oil and gas pipeline projects, President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-10-19] signed two executive orders making it harder for states to block construction because of environmental concerns. The orders were prompted by fossil fuel industry pressure after officials in New York and Washington state had stopped new projects with permitting processes […]
4/11/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With the president by his side, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice made a dramatic announcement before a raucous crowd of ‘MAGA’-hat wearing supporters: He was bolting a Democratic Party that had ‘walked away’ from him to join Donald Trump’s GOP. Two years later, Trump is now repaying the favor. A pair of […]
4/11/2019
GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell asked Republicans this week to head off problematic nominees before President Donald Trump officially picked them, the Kentucky Republican singled out Ken Cuccinelli. Floated for the job of Homeland Security secretary, the former Virginia attorney general runs the anti-establishment Senate Conservatives Fund, which he joined in […]
4/11/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great news! #MAGA https://t.co/haZ1HbVpNu” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 11, 2019 6:20 am […]
4/10/2019
BREXIT/EU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Too bad that the European Union is being so tough on the United Kingdom and Brexit. The E.U. is likewise a brutal trading partner with the United States, which will change. Sometimes in life you have to let people breathe before it all comes back to bite you!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I think what the Democrats are doing with the Border is TREASONOUS. Their Open Border mindset is putting our Country at risk. Will not let this happen!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 9:33 pm […]
4/10/2019
DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @DHSgov: Today, @CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan was sworn-in to lead DHS as the Acting Secretary. The ceremony took place at the new D…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 9:20 pm […]
4/10/2019
TRUMP FAMILY: “CONGRATULATIONS to @EricTrump and @LaraLeaTrump on the great news. So proud!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 8:55 pm […]
4/10/2019
DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The Trump administration missed a Wednesday [4-10-19] deadline set by Democrats to hand over the president’s tax returns, as the two sides edge closer to an epic legal battle that could rise all the way to the Supreme Court. In a letter released Wednesday evening, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he needs […]
4/10/2019
ELECTION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is celebrating Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli election victory like it’s his own — and in many ways, it is. Trump and his foreign policy team orchestrated one of the most undisguised US interventions in an election abroad of recent times, helping to win the Israeli Prime Minister a fifth term. […]
4/10/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION: “I have not seen the Mueller report. I have not read the Mueller report. I won. No collusion. No obstruction. I won. Everybody knows I won. And the pros knew it was illegally started. The whole thing was illegal. I have not read the Mueller report. I haven’t seen the Mueller report. […]
4/10/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION: “Well, the Mueller Report is interesting. After $35 million, with 13 — increased to 18 — angry Democrats — people that truly hated Donald Trump, truly hated Trump — they found no collusion whatsoever with Russia. But I could have told you that and so could most people… It was an illegal […]
4/10/2019
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senators rapped Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday for being less than forthcoming on a series of issues, as the top US diplomat sidestepped questions on Washington’s support for a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians, the Saudi killing of Jamal Khashoggi and why Washington is treating Mexico like […]
4/10/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump paid a visit to Mount Vernon last year with French President Emmanuel Macron, and according to new details relayed by associates to Politico, the experience was ‘truly bizarre.’ Mount Vernon president and CEO Doug Bradburn, who led the tour, according to Politico, has told several people that the […]
4/10/2019
DEMS/SENATE/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats are making a fresh push to repeal President Donald Trump’s travel ban that predominantly targets Muslim-majority countries. The No Ban Act, introduced by Sen. Chris Coons in the Senate and Rep. Judy Chu in the House, aims to repeal all three versions of the travel ban enacted by the […]
4/10/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump had some advice for George Washington. During a guided tour of Mount Vernon last April with French president Emmanuel Macron, Trump learned that Washington was one of the major real-estate speculators of his era. So, he couldn’t understand why America’s first president didn’t name his historic Virginia compound […]
4/10/2019
DEFENSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Defense Department personnel have charged more than $300,000 at Trump-branded properties since the start of Donald Trump’s presidency through last November, according to internal agency documents obtained by CNN. The transactions range from lodging expenses at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to restaurant tabs at the Trump International […]
4/10/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General William P. Barr, appearing before Congress for a second straight day on Wednesday [4-10-19], said the government spied on the Trump campaign and said he would look into whether any rules were violated. • Mr. Barr signaled he was open to sharing more information with lawmakers about the […]
4/10/2019
AUTO INDUSTRY/OBAMA/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Trump administration prepares to drastically weaken Obama-era rules restricting vehicle pollution, nervous automakers are devising a strategy to handle their worst-case scenario: a divided American auto market, with some states following President Trump’s weakened rules while others stick with the tougher ones. The effort is increasingly urgent because the Trump […]
4/10/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The Treasury Department said on Wednesday [4-10-19] evening that it would not immediately comply with a congressional request to hand over President Trump’s tax returns, setting up a protracted legal battle between two branches of government. Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said in a letter to Representative Richard E. Neal, […]
4/10/2019
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump’s older sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, has retired as a federal appellate judge, ending an investigation into whether she violated judicial conduct rules by participating in fraudulent tax schemes with her siblings. The court inquiry stemmed from complaints filed last October, after an investigation by The New York Times found that […]
4/10/2019
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump signed two executive orders on Wednesday [4-10-19] that he says will speed up construction of pipelines and other projects to enhance the production and transport of oil and natural gas between states and across international borders. The actions are unlikely to have much of an immediate impact, and they will […]
4/10/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General William P. Barr said on Wednesday [4-10-19] that he would scrutinize the F.B.I.’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, including whether ‘spying’ conducted by American intelligence agencies on the campaign’s associates had been properly carried out…The remarks by the new attorney general — particularly his embrace […]
4/10/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Manhattan, near the southwest corner of Central Park, is a 44-story building with a mix of luxury condominiums and hotel suites that go for more than $2,500 a night. Unit 32G, a two-bedroom, 1,767-square-foot apartment with sweeping views of the park, is owned by an […]
4/10/2019
TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU Texas, I love you! https://t.co/24D4K9ILFd” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 4:41 pm […]
4/10/2019
INFRASTRUCTURE/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me in Crosby, Texas as I deliver remarks and sign Executive Orders on Energy and Infrastructure! https://t.co/oun56uzi53” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 4:37 pm […]
4/10/2019
ELECTION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday [4-10-19] to congratulate him on his re-election, and Netanyahu said he thanked his ally for ‘tremendous support for Israel.’ Netanyahu tweeted that Trump had called him from Air Force One. The president was on a flight to Texas. Netanyahu secured […]
4/10/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So, it has now been determined, by 18 people that truly hate President Trump, that there was No Collusion with Russia. In fact, it was an illegal investigation that should never have been allowed to start. I fought back hard against this Phony & Treasonous Hoax!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, […]
4/10/2019
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/HUMAN RIGHTS/MYANMAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States needs to raise pressure on Myanmar to resolve a massive refugee crisis following what many officials and human rights researchers around the world believe was an act of genocide, a top foreign diplomat urged this week. In an interview with POLITICO in Washington, Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul […]
4/10/2019
ELECTION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Spoke to Bibi @Netanyahu to congratulate him on a great and hard-fought win. The United States is with him and the People of Israel all the way! https://t.co/OfFI6aKSOb” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 2:17 pm […]
4/10/2019
TRUMP TAXES: “Now, I will say this: I would love to give them [tax returns], but I’m not going to do it while I’m under audit. It’s very simple. Remember, I got elected last time — the same exact issue, with same intensity, which wasn’t very much because, frankly, the people don’t care… But I […]