BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham issued a statement Thursday [1-10-19] calling for President Donald Trump to invoke national emergency powers to fund his border wall…The statement from the key Trump ally came shortly after Graham said efforts to forge a deal with congressional Democrats had fallen flat. GOP senators gathered […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “House Democrats are weighing a lawsuit if President Donald Trump pulls the trigger on a national emergency declaration to build his border wall, with party leaders eager to stop the president from doing an end run around Congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to lay out exactly how House Democrats would […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “People and businesses across this border city reflected the national debate raging over President Donald Trump’s border wall during his visit Thursday [1-10-19]. Protesters favoring the wall and those opposed to new barriers took to the streets as residents insisted there was no crisis. Across the street from U.S. Customs and Border […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “From the Southern Border…. https://t.co/Vgsf5nEZUH“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 5:41 pm […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During a trip to the U.S-Mexico border on Thursday [1-10-19], President Donald Trump twice claimed that more people are being caught illegally crossing the southern border than ever before. ‘We’re apprehending more people than ever apprehended before,’ Trump told a group of law enforcement officials and local leaders during a round-table discussion […]
1/10/2019
NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is reaching out to political allies and conservative activist groups to prepare for an ailing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s possible death or departure from the Supreme Court — an event that would trigger the second bitter confirmation battle of President Donald Trump’s tenure. The outreach began after Ginsburg, […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump did walk out of a negotiation session on Wednesday [1-19-19], but he said he didn’t slam any tables. Trump on Thursday [1-10-19] denied suggestions from congressional Democratic leaders that he had a ‘temper tantrum’ and hand-slammed the table on his way out the door…The New York Democrat had made his […]
1/10/2019
2016 ELECTION/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [1-10-19] he knew nothing about his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, sharing poll data with a Russian before the 2016 election…Manafort’s lawyers inadvertently revealed the accusation from Justice Department special prosecutor Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, that Manafort […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [1-10-19] canceled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, citing the ‘safety of our nation’ as he continues to push for border wall funding that has ignited a partial government shutdown…The president remains at odds with Congressional Democrats over appropriations for his long-promised wall […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SenateGOP: Why do we need border security? This is why. These are the facts. #SecureOurBorder https://t.co/dMpYb3p4Wy“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 1:17 pm […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Because of the Democrats intransigence on Border Security and the great importance of Safety for our Nation, I am respectfully cancelling my very important trip to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum. My warmest regards and apologies to the @WEF!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 1:14 pm […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/CHINA/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As the partial government shutdown enters Day 20 with no compromise in sight, President Donald Trump said on Thursday [1-10-19] that dealing with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is more frustrating that negotiating with China — a country Trump has described as America’s economic adversary…Trump made the […]
1/10/2019
AMAZON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump today wished Jeff Bezos luck after the Amazon CEO and wife MacKenzie Bezos announced they are getting divorced, though he added of the split, ‘It’s going to be a beauty.’ The couple, who were married for 25 years, said in a statement Wednesday that “after a long period of […]
1/10/2019
OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Obama, thank you for your great support – I have been saying this all along! https://t.co/L506g9Aq4z” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 11:47 am […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [1-10-19] disputed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s account of their contentious meeting a day earlier, insisting that he had not slammed his fists on the table after hearing Democrats would not support funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Referring to Schumer (D-N.Y.) in a […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Nearly every lawmaker who represents a district or state along the U.S.-Mexico border — including two Republicans — either opposes outright or more quietly declines to support President Donald Trump’s $5.7 billion request for a border wall, according to a survey conducted by POLITICO. That poses an awkward reality for the president […]
1/10/2019
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hours after he was sworn in as America’s 45th president, Donald J. Trump and his wife, Melania, swayed together to a rendition of the Frank Sinatra classic ‘My Way,’ as hundreds of their wealthiest and most influential supporters held aloft smartphones to capture the Trumps’ first dance following the inauguration. […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/FEMA/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and the partial government shutdown (all times local): 7:15 p.m. The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says what’s happening on the U.S. southern border is no emergency. W. Craig Fugate, who ran the national disaster agency for nearly eight years under President Barack […]
1/10/2019
GOP/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Years before President Trump forced a government shutdown over a border wall, triggering a momentous test of wills in Washington, Representative Steve King of Iowa took to the House floor to show off a model of a 12-foot border wall he had designed. And long before Mr. Trump demonized immigrants — accusing Mexico […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/DHS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump arrived in this border town Thursday [1-10-19] on a trip that he did not want to take to discuss a crisis that Democrats say does not exist, repeating his request for a long-promised border wall that has led to a bitter political impasse and a 20-day government shutdown. Flanked by […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “When a president comes to town there are two realities, the one the White House hopes to create and the one that actually exists. President Trump arrived in this city on the Mexican border on Thursday [1-10-19] to dramatize his desire for a border wall, a hardened position that has caused the […]
1/10/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald J. Trump’s highly personal management style as a businessman — impetuous, impolitic, sometimes immature — worked. At the very least, it wasn’t publicly discredited very often. Mr. Trump ran his own private company. It was small and largely hidden from the prying eyes of shareholders and government regulators. He was surrounded […]
1/10/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A fateful confrontation for the ages is fast approaching over the limits of presidential authority between Donald Trump and the political, investigative and judicial bodies that stand in his way. The three top intrigues consuming Washington — the Russia probe, the duel over the border wall and Trump’s battle with the […]
1/10/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer who implicated him in a scheme to pay hush money to two women claiming to have had affairs with him, said on Thursday [1-10-19] that he had agreed to testify before a House committee next month and give ‘a full and credible […]
1/10/2019
TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Getting ready to leave for the Great State of Texas! #MAGA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 8:43 am […]
1/10/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 8:43 am […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “‘Great support for Border Security and the Wall.’ @foxandfriends Even greater than anyone would know! ‘Presidents supporters do not want him to cave.’ @SteveDoocy I won’t!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 8:41 am […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is GREAT unity with the Republicans in the House and Senate, despite the Fake News Media working in overdrive to make the story look otherwise. The Opposition Party & the Dems know we must have Strong Border Security, but don’t want to give ‘Trump’ another one of many wins!” […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Cryin Chuck told his favorite lie when he used his standard sound bite that I ‘slammed the table & walked out of the room. He had a temper tantrum.’ Because I knew he would say that, and after Nancy said no to proper Border Security, I politely said bye-bye and […]
1/10/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As special counsel Robert Mueller wraps up his Russia probe, investigators have focused on conflicting public statements by President Donald Trump and his team that could be seen as an effort to influence witnesses and obstruct justice, according to people familiar with the investigation. The line of questioning adds […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said he is nearing a decision to declare a national emergency on the southern border, which he visited in person Thursday [1-10-19] despite earlier reservations about taking the trip. The President warned as he departed the White House he would take the step — which would be subject to […]
1/9/2019
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to pursue a second summit with President Donald Trump ‘to achieve results that will be welcomed by the international community,’ Chinese state media reported on Thursday [1-10-19]. Kim also reiterated his commitment to denuclearization, according to the report by Xinhua News Agency, which followed […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dbongino: New Poll: Vast Majority of Voters Believe There is ‘Crisis’ or ‘Problem’ at U.S. Border https://t.co/bzFimBid26“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 9, 2019 11:11 pm […]
1/9/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @charliekirk11: Governor Ron DeSantis suspends the horrible Sheriff Scott Israel who is largely responsible for the errors leading up to…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 9, 2019 10:59 pm […]
1/9/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @parscale: Just received my newest voter score tracking from my team. @realDonaldTrump has reached his highest national approval rating…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 9, 2019 10:59 pm […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/CRIME/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @charliekirk11: Did you know: At our Southern Border, in 2018: 1.7 MILLION pounds of narcotics were seized 17,000 criminals were arre…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 9, 2019 10:56 pm […]
1/9/2019
DRUGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “RT @charliekirk11: This is why we need a wall Illegal immigration is a serious threat to our country 90% of all heroin comes across the b…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 9, 2019 10:55 pm […]
1/9/2019
DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @charliekirk11: President Trump is winning this shutdown fight Democrats have no message, and are refusing to open government because t…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 9, 2019 10:55 pm […]
1/9/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Gave an OFF THE RECORD luncheon, somewhat of a White House tradition or custom, to network anchors yesterday – and they quickly leaked the contents of the meeting. Who would believe how bad it has gotten with the mainstream media, which has gone totally bonkers!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 9, 2019 10:53 […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California Sen. Kamala Harris called the shutdown of the federal government a ‘crisis of the President’s own making’ in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday [1-9-19]. Harris, who published a new memoir this week ahead of likely 2020 presidential run, demurred on whether she will challenge President Donald Trump for […]
1/9/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Mainstream Media has NEVER been more dishonest than it is now. NBC and MSNBC are going Crazy. They report stories, purposely, the exact opposite of the facts. They are truly the Opposition Party working with the Dems. May even be worse than Fake News CNN, if that is possible!” -Donald Trump, […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “US taxpayers will foot the bill for a border wall, White House strategic communications director Mercedes Schlapp acknowledged in an interview on Wednesday [1-9-19]…The White House has previously acknowledged that the construction of a border wall will need to be funded by government dollars, but have insisted — as Schlapp did […]
1/9/2019
NATIONAL SECURITY/NATO/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump and senior defense officials met to discuss the planned Syria troop withdrawal Wednesday [1-9-19], as his national security team continued to send conflicting signals about the planned pullback that has roiled relations with NATO-ally Turkey. Even as administration officials continue to insist the US will leave Syria, […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s efforts to halt migrant caravans and limit asylum have not deterred Central American minors and members of their families from rushing toward the USA, according to data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday [1-9-19]. Border Patrol agents apprehended 27,518 members of family units in December, […]
1/2/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…I remain ready and willing to work with Democrats to pass a bill that secures our borders, supports the agents and officers on the ground, and keeps America Safe. Let’s get it done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 2, 2019 7:07 pm […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DONALD JR/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Donald Trump Jr. likened his father’s proposed border wall with Mexico to a zoo fence Tuesday [1-8-19] evening, sparking a sharp backlash on social media from users who thought he was comparing immigrants to zoo animals. ‘You know why you can enjoy a day at the zoo?’ the son of President […]
1/9/2019
COURTS/DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration wants to put on hold Democrats’ attempt to defend Obamacare until the partial government shutdown ends. In a filing Wednesday [1-9-19], the Justice Department said it wants to challenge House Democrats’ attempt to get involved in the litigation over the Affordable Care Act. But lawyers can’t meet the […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump has run into a wall. It’s the new Democratic House. In the first Oval Office address of his presidency, Trump argued Tuesday [1-8-19] night that a dire security and humanitarian crisis at the Mexican border has made it imperative for Congress to approve his immigration proposal, including […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump stormed out of a shutdown meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday [1-9-19], threatening to declare a national emergency at the border after Democrats refused him money for a border wall. Trump later called the meeting ‘a total waste of time.’ Meanwhile, the partial shutdown droned on for 800,000 federal workers, […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time. I asked what is going to happen in 30 days if I quickly open things up, are you going to approve Border Security which includes a Wall or Steel Barrier? Nancy said, NO. I said bye-bye, nothing else works!” […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/LEGAL/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is set to visit the southern border in Texas on Thursday [1-10-19] to make his case for building a border wall. And in the latest sign that he is considering extreme legal measures to secure funding for the project, he’ll be accompanied by an unusual guest: the White House’s […]
1/9/2019
POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to all of America’s brave police, deputies, sheriffs, and federal law enforcement on National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day! We love you and will always support you. https://t.co/kGL6kPmpDY“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 9, 2019 2:31 pm […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/LEGAL/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump’s quest to build a wall on the southern border has escalated to considering declaring a national emergency. It’s being reported the administration is looking to declare the emergency, then move around money already appropriated to the Pentagon by cancelling some other construction projects so that construction at the border […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday [1-9-19] that he has the ‘absolute right’ to declare a national emergency to force the construction of a border wall, but said he would still prefer to reach a wall-funding deal with lawmakers. Speaking with reporters at the White House during a signing for anti-human trafficking […]
1/9/2019
EPA/ETHICS/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has formally nominated Andrew Wheeler to be EPA administrator, cementing the no-nonsense former attorney as his pick to carry out his deregulatory agenda, the White House announced today. The nomination was expected after Trump announced his intention in November. Democrats are likely to attack Wheeler for his aggressive […]
1/9/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IRS/SPENDING/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House passed a financial services spending bill on Wednesday [1-9-19], the first of four appropriations bills the House will vote on this week in an attempt to reopen shuttered parts of government, despite the fact that the measures are not expected to go anywhere in the Senate and face […]
1/9/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CHUCK SCHUMER/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday [1-9-19] called on the president to withdraw William Barr’s nomination for attorney general, saying the nominee’s previous criticism of Robert Mueller’s probe disqualifies him to lead the Justice Department. In remarks on the Senate floor, Schumer (D-N.Y.) cited a memo Barr wrote […]
1/9/2019
CALIFORNIA/FEMA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forest fires that, with proper Forest Management, would never happen. Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money. It is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/9/2019
CALIFORNIA/FEMA/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest fires that, with proper Forrest Management, would never happen. Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money. It is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Even in its heyday, ‘The Apprentice’ never earned ratings like this. President Trump’s appearance in network prime time on Tuesday [1-7-19] — a nine-minute speech from the Oval Office on border security that mostly recycled his usual talking points — drew roughly 40 million television viewers, according to statistics released on Wednesday […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our Country is doing so well in so many ways. Great jobs numbers, with a record setting December. We are rebuilding our military. Vets finally have Choice & Accountability. Economy & GDP are strong. Tax & Reg cuts historic. Trade deals great. But we MUST fix our Southern Border!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Donald Trump isn’t sure The Wall exists. At various times, he has said that much of it has ‘already been built’—not true. He’s said that Mexico is already paying for it, through a trade deal that has yet to be ratified—also not true, and flat-out impossible, at that. Nevertheless, the president has […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Though betting odds had a 20 percent chance that Donald Trump would use his brief prime-time Oval Office address to declare a national emergency at the Mexican-U.S. border, he did not. Instead, he dedicated his time to a hodge-podge of lurid descriptions of violence juxtaposed to a plea for humanitarian aid. In […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “For President Trump, a prime-time presidential address to the nation was a radical experiment in conventionality. The first results back from the lab were not an indication that he should stop winging it and become more disciplined in the mold of predecessors. Here was one of the most traditionally powerful platforms available […]
1/9/2019
CALIFORNIA/GOP/NATURAL DISASTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Latest on Trump’s comments on California wildfires (all times local): 1:20 p.m. Republican U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is defending President Donald Trump’s comments that California isn’t doing a good enough job managing its forests. McCarthy, of California, says he agrees with Trump that better forest management could […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he left a meeting on border wall funding with Democratic congressional leaders on Wednesday [1-9-19] because it was a ‘total waste of time,’ while Democrats said he walked out in a ‘temper tantrum.’ Trump met at the White House with congressional leaders including two top Democrats – […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump warned on Wednesday [1-9-19] that he reserved the option of declaring a national emergency to build his border wall without congressional approval. The president, speaking a day after his address to the nation that even some supporters conceded was unlikely to increase public support, headed to a luncheon meeting on […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump stormed out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders on Wednesday [1-9-19] after Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would not fund a border wall even if he agreed to reopen the government, escalating a confrontation that has shuttered large portions of the government for 19 days and counting. Stunned […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “At the beginning of the government shutdown, Bill Shine was about as far away from the capital as President Trump’s most senior communications official could get. While the president was complaining about sitting alone in the White House trying to force Democrats to accept a wall on the Mexican border, Mr. […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Donald Trump’s hatred of looking foolish and Democrats’ conviction that they have a winning hand is leaving the President with no way out of the stalemate over his border wall. That means hundreds of thousands of federal workers, in limbo in a government shutdown that is within days of becoming the longest […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Donald Trump walked out of discussions to end a partial government shutdown, now in its third week, calling the talks with congressional Democrats “a total waste of time’…Trump was in a chummy mood when he entered the Situation Room, according to a source familiar with how things unfolded. The President […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-8-19-] night made a public plea for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, claiming that law enforcement officials are the ones demanding it, while blaming Democrats for the prolonged government shutdown that has resulted from an impasse over how to pay for the barrier. The president, however, […]
1/8/2019
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Natalia V. Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who in 2016 met with Trump campaign officials in Trump Tower, was charged on Tuesday [1-8-19] in a separate case that showed her close ties to the Kremlin. Ms. Veselnitskaya, a pivotal figure in the investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election, was charged […]
1/8/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you for soooo many nice comments regarding my Oval Office speech. A very interesting experience!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 8, 2019 11:33 pm […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As the government shutdown passed its 18th day Tuesday [1-8-19], President Donald Trump told Americans that a border wall is needed to keep the country safe – but avoided talk of declaring a national emergency that would allow him to start building it without congressional authorization. In his first formal address from […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Congressional Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi strongly rebuffed President Donald Trump’s nationally televised call Tuesday [1-8-19] night for billions in funding for an ‘ineffective, unnecessary’ border wall. Shortly after Trump argued for the wall, both Democrats not only denounced the wall but also blasted what they called the president’s sharp […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump tweeted from Camp David on Sunday [1-6-19] his latest vision for the border wall he has promised for more than two years: ‘We are now planning a steel barrier rather than concrete,’ Trump wrote. That might have come as a surprise to anyone who still assumes that Washington’s most […]
1/8/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/Ft6FqQmYfI“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 8, 2019 9:16 pm […]
1/8/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised that Mexico would pay for the border wall, a pledge he made starting on the campaign trail. Now he’s demanding that Congress come up with more than $5 billion to build a wall. He’ll make a prime-time address Tuesday night, making his case to the […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is keeping everyone in suspense as he considers whether to declare a national emergency to fund his border wall. Republican support for an emergency declaration is growing in some corners of the party, as GOP leaders and White House officials view it as a way out of a shutdown […]
1/8/2019
GOVERNMENT/LEGISLATION/MIDDLE EAST/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Democrats blocked action on a bill unrelated to the ongoing government shutdown Tuesday [1-8-19], in protest of President Donald Trump’s demands to fund a controversial border wall with Mexico in exchange for reopening the agencies. The move escalated an already tense situation between the parties as Democrats weighed whether to […]
1/8/2019
SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/TURKEY: “US National Security Advisor John Bolton made ‘a serious mistake’ telling reporters that the United States would only pull out of Syria if Turkey pledged not to attack its Kurdish allies there, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday…The extraordinary public rebuke comes as the US has been sending starkly divergent […]
1/8/2019
2016 ELECTION/DONALD JR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Russian lawyer who attended a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with members of the Trump campaign was charged by federal prosecutors in New York with obstruction of justice in connection with a money-laundering case, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday that highlighted her ties to the Russian government. […]
1/8/2019
SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/TURKEY: “National security adviser John Bolton left here in frustration Tuesday [1-8-19], with the U.S. and Turkey locked in a political standoff that threatens President Donald Trump’s plans for a troop withdrawal from Syria. Bolton left Turkey without seeing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who then publicly called earlier comments the top […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Donald Trump and his allies have launched a full-court press to convince Americans, and skeptical lawmakers, that there is a crisis on the Southern border, and the only way to fix it is to approve billions of dollars for Trump’s signature border wall. But senior Trump administration officials, including Vice […]
1/8/2019
AGRICULTURE/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/USDA: “Thanks to the government shutdown, the Department of Agriculture will extend the deadline for farmers to apply for assistance to offset losses they were experiencing as a result of trade tensions between the US and other countries. Applications were due January 15, but the department’s Farm Service Agency, which operates the […]
1/8/2019
2016 ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/LEGAL/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Russian lawyer who promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign was charged with obstruction in an unrelated money laundering investigation, federal prosecutors said Tuesday [1-8-19]. The criminal case against Natalya Veselnitskaya, who met at Trump Tower in 2016 with Donald Trump Jr., Trump presidential campaign […]
1/8/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On a sunny summer’s day at historic Christopher Columbus Park on Boston’s waterfront, it’s hard to picture the dormant fury of the Atlantic Ocean as it laps softly at the creaking docks. But one day, according to the city’s climate projections,a massive storm driven by unusually high winds and high tides […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump faces a tall task in his Oval Office address on Tuesday [1-8-19] night: convincing voters outside of his political base that there is an urgent crisis at the nation’s southern border, that a wall along the border is necessary to solve it, and it’s worth a government shutdown that […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump will lay out his case for the border wall in a prime time address Tuesday [1-8-19] from the Oval Office, but he has been making similar arguments in less high-profile settings for weeks amid the partial government shutdown. Recurring themes have emerged that are certain to come up again […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump wants to address the nation from the Oval Office on Tuesday [1-8-19] night to talk about immigration — specifically his desire to build a wall — and, presumably, the shutdown of the federal government. Broadcast networks are giving the president a slot in prime time to make his case. […]
1/8/2019
HHS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has summoned top officials for a White House meeting on drug prices, frustrated over a new round of price hikes after Trump promised to lower pharmaceutical costs, two individuals with knowledge told POLITICO. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett and acting […]
1/8/2019
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to a truly great football team, the Clemson Tigers, on an incredible win last night against a powerful Alabama team. A big win also for the Great State of South Carolina. Look forward to seeing the team, and their brilliant coach, for the second time at the W.H. “ –Donald Trump, […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “With the bullhorn of a nationally televised address and the prestige of the White House around him, President Trump delivered a dark, if familiar, message to the American people on Tuesday [1-8-19] night: The United States needs a border wall to stanch the flow of drugs and criminals, and it has no […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CLINTONS/JIMMY CARTER/MEXICO/MIKE PENCE/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s claim that his predecessors endorsed his idea of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local): 9:05 a.m. Vice President Mike Pence says President Donald Trump’s recent claim that his predecessors endorsed his idea of a U.S.-Mexico border wall was an ‘impression.’ Trump […]
1/8/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump has invited representatives from cable and broadcast news channels to an off-the-record lunch at the White House ahead of his prime time speech Tuesday [1-8-19] night, an address in which he is expected to frame his demand for border wall funding as a response to a national security and humanitarian […]
1/8/2019
CRIME/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A look at where the investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Trump is facing criminal investigations in Washington and New York. Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democratic congressional leaders called on President Trump on Tuesday [1-8-19] to reopen the federal government while they resolve differences with him over securing the southern border, in a formal response to his prime-time address from the Oval Office that they dismissed as riddled with misinformation and fear-mongering. ‘The president has chosen fear; […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Moments after President Trump concluded his Oval Office remarks on border security on Tuesday [1-8-19], the NBC anchor Chuck Todd came on air with a blunt assessment. ‘He made a lot of dubious claims,’ Mr. Todd informed millions of viewers after the network’s scheduled program — a new episode of an Ellen […]
1/8/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump doubled down on one of the biggest gambles of his presidency on Tuesday [1-8-19] night with a televised appeal to pressure Congress into paying for his long-promised border wall, even at the cost of leaving the government partly closed until lawmakers give in. Embarking on a strategy that he himself […]