9/25/2018

DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-25-18] questioned the credibility of the second woman to accuse Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, saying she admitted she was drunk at a party where the alleged behavior occurred. The woman, Deborah Ramirez, accused Kavanaugh in an article published in the […]

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9/25/2018

SOUTH AMERICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-25-18] called the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a brutal regime and said the situation in the South American country was unacceptable. U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a brutal regime and said the situation in […]

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9/25/2018

IRAN/NUCLEAR/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [9-25-18] that he will not meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani this week while the two are in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, but he nonetheless said the Iranian leader was probably ‘an absolutely lovely man’…Rouhani, in an interview with NBC News that aired […]

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9/25/2018

FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/IRAN/MIKE POMPEO/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump’s visit to the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week has been … confused. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo advertised that Trump would like to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and then Trump claimed (implausibly) to have turned down Rouhani’s request for a […]

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9/25/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Will be speaking at the United Nations this morning. Our country is much stronger and much richer than it was when I took office less than two years ago. We are also MUCH safer!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2018 8:14 am […]

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9/25/2018

CLINTONS/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ken Starr would love to hear from Donald Trump. He thinks he could help. The former independent counsel whose investigation into President Bill Clinton led to Clinton’s impeachment says President Trump has enough to be worried about that he’ll need good lawyers around him as he decides whether to sit […]

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9/25/2018

GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republicans aren’t waiting for Brett Kavanaugh’s main accuser to have her say. With a generational conservative goal of a Supreme Court majority in sight, Senate GOP leaders are sketching a voting timetable that could see him confirmed within days even as they brace for a crucial hearing on Thursday [9-27-18] on which […]

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9/25/2018

IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [9-25-18] the Iranians have no choice but to change before a meeting with him can occur, but he looks forward to having a great relationship in the future. Speaking before he was due to address the U.N. General Assembly, Trump said: ‘I’m not meeting with […]

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9/25/2018

GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said on Monday [9-24-18] he would not step aside after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago, with President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans showing no signs of relenting in their push for his Senate confirmation…The allegations, dating back to the 1980s, have […]

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9/25/2018

IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite requests, I have no plans to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Maybe someday in the future. I am sure he is an absolutely lovely man!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2018 5:53 am […]

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9/25/2018

CANADA/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This week, Canada’s leaders have a big choice to make: whether to go along with the new North American Free Trade Agreement negotiated between the Trump administration and Mexico. President Donald Trump is demanding that Canada accept new rules on everything from cross-border investment to dairy to autos. In anticipation, the Canadian […]

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9/25/2018

CANADA/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day after winning the Mexican presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took a congratulatory call from U.S. President Donald Trump. But Trump had something more important on his mind: Would Mexico’s new president consider a bilateral trade deal? Lopez Obrador responded he would be ‘open to the possibility’ in the absence […]

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9/25/2018

IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “U.S. President Donald Trump, in New York to attend the U.N. General Assembly, on Tuesday [9-25-18] said has no plans to meet Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani but signaled he was open to a possible future meeting. ‘Despite requests, I have no plans to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Maybe someday in the […]

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9/25/2018

FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a fiery rebuke of US policies under President Donald Trump at the UN General Assembly Tuesday [9-25-18], signaling that he is ready to take up the mantle of global leadership usually assumed by a US leader. At times directly referring to the US, Macron rapped the Trump […]

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9/24/2018

LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Michael Avenatti said Monday [9-24-18] night that he has new information regarding allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Avenatti, the lawyer also representing adult film star Stormy Daniels who is suing President Donald Trump, said on CNN’s ‘Cuomo Prime Time’ that he has multiple clients and ‘at least one’ is prepared […]

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9/24/2018

CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Monday [9-24-18] urged voters and congressional Republicans gripped by Brett Kavanaugh’s dramatic Supreme Court fight to keep their eyes on the clash that will play out across battleground states in November. ‘REMEMBER THE MIDTERMS!’ Trump tweeted late Monday evening, following a day that saw the White House […]

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9/24/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s SUV pulled into the White House complex shortly before 11 a.m. — about 20 minutes after the first headline blared the dramatic news. Rosenstein was scheduled to meet with chief of staff John Kelly before attending a previously scheduled national security meeting with other senior officials […]

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9/24/2018

NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “At first, the Sunday [9-23-18] night publication of a New Yorker article detailing a new allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh looked like a disaster for the White House. But by Monday [9-24-18] afternoon, President Donald Trump’s aides and allies argued it was not only survivable, […]

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9/24/2018

DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Democrats are working hard to destroy a wonderful man, and a man who has the potential to be one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices ever, with an array of False Accusations the likes of which have never been seen before!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 9:50 pm […]

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9/24/2018

DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Democrats are working hard to destroy a wonderful man, and a man who has the potential to be one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices ever, with an array of False Acquisitions the likes of which have never been seen before!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 9:37 pm […]

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9/24/2018

CHINA/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “One man will dominate proceedings at the United Nations General Assembly this week: Donald Trump. But the man who has become, in more ways than ever, the most important man in U.N. politics—Chinese President Xi Jinping—won’t be there. While Trump is set to spend three days lecturing other leaders on issues from […]

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9/24/2018

NOMINATION/RALLY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “As the fate of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee, teetered over a sexual assault allegation from decades ago, President Trump vented his frustration about his own party’s unwillingness to aggressively hit back. Speaking to thousands of supporters at a rally in Missouri on Friday [9-23-18], Mr. Trump recounted […]

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9/24/2018

CIA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The C.I.A. director said on Monday [9-24-18] that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, will not give up his nuclear weapons easily, seeing them as crucial leverage to preserve his government. In rare public remarks, Gina Haspel, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, said that North Korea has spent decades […]

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9/24/2018

DEMS/GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Monday [9-24-18] said the sexual misconduct allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, which are slowing proceedings on his nomination to be the newest Supreme Court justice, could be one of the ‘single most unfair, unjust things to happen to a candidate for anything.’ The president said he continues […]

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9/24/2018

NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, facing new allegations of sexual impropriety and growing doubts over his confirmation to the Supreme Court, mounted an aggressive defense of himself on Monday [9-24-18], vowing to fight the ‘smears’ and declaring that he will not withdraw his nomination. With President Trump publicly backing him, and senior Senate […]

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9/24/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, headed to the White House on Monday [9-24-18] morning, he was ready to resign and convinced — wrongly, it turned out — that President Trump was about to fire him. Top Justice Department aides scrambled to draft a statement about who would […]

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9/24/2018

HUMAN RIGHTS/MILITARY/MUSLIMS/MYANMAR/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The State Department on Monday [9-24-18] quietly released the results of its investigation into Myanmar’s military campaign against Rohingya Muslims, detailing a slew of atrocities but stopping short of calling the crackdown either a ‘genocide’ or ‘crimes against humanity’ — two designations that carry legal ramifications. The department posted its report […]

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8/24/2018

CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic lawmakers on Monday [9-24-18] renewed their calls for Republicans in Congress to pass legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference amid heightened uncertainty over Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s fate in the Trump administration. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate […]

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9/24/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s job will be on the line when he meets with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday [9-27-18]. Also in the balance will be the fate of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. The ouster of Rosenstein — who serves […]

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9/24/2018

MIKE POMPEO/NIKKI HALEY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump will express a desire for other nations ‘to exert their sovereignty to solve challenges’ and to listen ‘to what America can do to help’ when he addresses the United Nations General Assembly later this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday [9-24-18]. Pompeo and Ambassador […]

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9/24/2018

SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The latest version of the heavily armored U.S. presidential limousine known as ‘The Beast’ is making its debut in New York City this week. The custom-built Cadillac produced by General Motors Co (GM.N) appeared for the first time in public on Sunday [9-23-18] — along with an identical version that travels […]

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9/24/2018

GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a Republican golden boy with insider connections, had seemed so inevitable that in May 2016 when then-candidate Donald Trump released his first list of Supreme Court possibilities, journalists and political commentators seized on the absence of Kavanaugh’s name. The list ‘omits two of the […]

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9/24/2018

MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump, arriving at the United Nations on Monday [9-24-18] morning, said he and Kim Jong Un will meet for a second time ‘quite soon’…Diplomacy between the US and North Korea has continued in fits and starts since Trump met with Kim in Singapore in June, with Trump most […]

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9/24/2018

DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Remarks by President Trump at ‘Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem’ Event’ #UNGA ➡️https://t.co/kvUZegWdlH https://t.co/BGdrQeZuId“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 9:17 am […]

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9/24/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SCEMD: Now is the time to put safety first above everything else. Evacuate to a shelter if you need to, take your pets with you. Your l…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 9:13 am […]

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9/24/2018

CHINA/ECONOMY/ELECTION/GOP/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s trade battles are already triggering economic warnings — and rising danger for Republicans just ahead of the midterm elections. As fresh U.S. tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports take effect Monday [9-24-18], surveys show consumers growing increasingly worried about higher prices this fall. Giant retailers such as […]

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9/24/2018

NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton brought a prop to the UN General Assembly to underscore the Trump administration’s primary theme: the US stands on its own. Bolton waved a copy of the Constitution, a little booklet meant to symbolize the message of sovereignty US officials will hammer home […]

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9/23/2018

IRAN/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “When President Trump made his first visit to the United Nations last year, he ridiculed North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, as a suicidal ‘rocket man’ and threatened to ‘totally destroy’ his country. He also vowed to rip up the Iran nuclear deal, which he called an ’embarrassment to the United States.’ […]

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9/23/2018

NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The leader of a prominent conservative research organization who suggested that Christine Blasey Ford mistakenly accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while in high school, and who built a case against one of his classmates, will take a leave of absence from the organization, its board announced on Sunday […]

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9/23/2018

JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prime Minster @AbeShinzo is coming up to Trump Tower for dinner but, most importantly, he just had a great landslide victory in Japan. I will congratulate him on behalf of the American people!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 23, 2018 5:48 pm […]

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9/23/2018

JAPAN/MILITARY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Going to New York. Will be with Prime Minister Abe of Japan tonight, talking Military and Trade. We have done much to help Japan, would like to see more of a reciprocal relationship. It will all work out!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 23, 2018 3:52 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dcexaminer: ‘We are standing up for your values,’ Trump said closing his rally in Springfield, Missouri. ‘We are standing up for our na…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 10:11 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @juliehdavis: For 2nd night in row at Trump rally (tonite in Springfield, last nite in Las Vegas), crowd spontaneously breaks into cheer…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 10:09 pm  […]

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9/21/2018

CABINET/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump vowed Friday [9-21-18] night to eradicate a ‘lingering stench’ at the Justice Department, hours after it was reported that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed wearing a ‘wire’ to record conversations with Trump and recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from […]

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9/21/2018

POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A man who threatened to shoot President Donald Trump has been captured in Ohio, a law enforcement official told CNN Friday [9-21-18]. Shawn Richard Christy, 27, of McAdoo, Pennsylvania, had been on the run since June after a federal warrant was taken out that accused him of posting threats on Facebook against […]

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9/21/2018

NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis wrote about her own sexual assault experience to defend Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Davis’ story was published in an op-ed in The Washington Post on Friday [9-21-18], in which she alleged that she was raped by […]

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9/21/2018

CABINET/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, suggested last year that he secretly record President Trump in the White House to expose the chaos consuming the administration, and he discussed recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Mr. Trump from office for being unfit. Mr. Rosenstein […]

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9/21/2018

NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski told CNN on Friday [9-21-18] she plans to wait until after Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault, testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee before deciding whether to back Kavanaugh’s nomination…Republicans can confirm Kavanaugh without any […]

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9/21/2018

IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran’s foreign minister tweeted on Friday [9-21-18] that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump was a threat to the Middle East and to the global community…Tensions have ramped up between Iran and the United States after Trump withdrew from a landmark multi-lateral nuclear deal in May and reimposed sanctions on […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and documents pertaining to the Russia probe (all times local): 11 a.m. President Donald Trump has delayed the release of Russia probe documents after U.S. allies raised concerns. The Justice Department’s internal watchdog has been asked to review documents from the FBI’s Russia investigation […]

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9/21/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “Since U.S. President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations a year ago pushing an ‘America First’ policy, he has quit the Iran nuclear deal, the U.N. Human Rights Council and lashed out at some of the closest allies of the United States. Next week at the United Nations, […]

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9/21/2018

HEALTHCARE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a campaign rally in Las Vegas, President Trump said that he and Republicans ‘will protect patients with pre-existing conditions.’ But his Justice Department has said that those provisions under the Affordable Care Act should be overturned. THE FACTS This requires context. The Justice Department told a federal court in […]

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9/21/2018

POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Pennsylvania man who threatened to ‘put a bullet’ in President Trump’s head and then evaded the police for three months by surviving in the wilderness was arrested on Friday in Ohio, the authorities said. The fugitive, Shawn Richard Christy, 26, was captured in a wooded area of Mifflin Township, a town […]

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9/21/2018

MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump plans to award the Medal of Honor to a retired Army staff sergeant in recognition of his treatment and evacuation of fellow US soldiers while taking fire from enemy combatants in Afghanistan in 2008. The White House announced Friday [9-21-18] the President will recognize Ronald J. Shurer with the […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rod Rosenstein and his allies furiously pushed back Friday [9-21-18] against a bombshell New York Times report that the deputy attorney general considered wearing a wire to record President Donald Trump during a tumultuous period last year after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. According to the report, Rosenstein […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a rare retreat, President Trump on Friday [9-21-18] reversed himself and said he was no longer demanding that documents related to the Russia investigation be immediately declassified and released to the public. Taking to Twitter on Friday morning, Mr. Trump said that instead of an immediate release, Justice Department […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @W7VOA: View of the line outside Las Vegas Convention Center of those waiting to get into the @realDonaldTrump #MAGA rally. (Photos sent…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:26 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RamonaGiwargis: The crowd roars as @realDonaldTrump takes the stage. Says he’s thrilled to be back in Ne-vah-da. ‘You have to say that…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:25 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @MikeTokes: We are outside the Trump rally in Las Vegas. There are THOUSANDS of conservatives here and the line extends all the way arou…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:24 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @MikeTokes: What an amazing Trump rally in Las Vegas, Nevada. There must have been over 10,000 people here and trust me when I say it, w…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:24 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @NVGOP: Energy and excitement for President @realDonaldTrump and his #AmericaFirst agenda is through the roof! #MAGA https://t.co/KNywCE…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:23 pm  […]

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9/21/2018

GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOP: ‘We’re fighting every day for our factories, our ranchers, our great miners, our farmers, and we are now the largest producer of e…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:22 pm […]

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9/21/2018

GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Sen. Susan Collins is ‘appalled’ by President Donald Trump’s tweet attacking the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, she told reporters in her home state Maine on Friday [9-21-18]. The moderate Republican senator, who is a key swing vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination, said that the president downplayed […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [9-21-18] abandoned plans to quickly declassify and release sensitive documents connected to the FBI’s Russia investigation, citing a ‘perceived negative impact’ on the probe and concerns raised by ‘key allies’ about dumping the materials. Trump instead announced that he would defer to a Justice Department […]

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9/21/2018

MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Throughout American history, the men and women of our Armed Forces have selflessly served our Country, making tremendous sacrifices to defend our liberty. On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we honor all American Prisoners of War: https://t.co/ZGiqdYbats https://t.co/OEetrLzgcJ“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 12:22 pm […]

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9/21/2018

DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Feinstein and the Democrats held the letter for months, only to release it with a bang after the hearings were OVER – done very purposefully to Obstruct & Resist & Delay. Let her testify, or not, and TAKE THE VOTE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 10:29 am […]

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9/21/2018

DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Feinstein and the Democrats held the letter for months, only to release it with a bang after the hearings were OVER – done very purposefully to Obstruct & Resist & Delay. Let her testify, or not, and TAKE THE VOTE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 10:25 am […]

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9/21/2018

CYBERWAR/DHS/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration touted the National Cyber Strategy it released Thursday [9-20-18] as proof of its commitment to protecting U.S. government networks and critical infrastructure from cyber threats, but the document offered little new information about how President Donald Trump plans to improve U.S. cybersecurity, even as intelligence officials continue to warn […]

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9/21/2018

RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….has been asked to review these documents on an expedited basis. I believe he will move quickly on this (and hopefully other things which he is looking at). In the end I can always declassify if it proves necessary. Speed is very important to me – and everyone!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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9/21/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I met with the DOJ concerning the declassification of various UNREDACTED documents. They agreed to release them but stated that so doing may have a perceived negative impact on the Russia probe. Also, key Allies’ called to ask not to release. Therefore, the Inspector General…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, […]

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9/21/2018

CHINA/STEVE BANNON/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump’s strategy is to make the trade war with China ‘unprecedentedly large’ and ‘unbearably painful’ for Beijing, and he will not back down before victory, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in an exclusive interview. Bannon said the aim was not just to force China […]

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