BEN CARSON/HUD/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Friday [9-21-18] tied the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to a century-old plot by socialists…Carson’s mention of ‘Fabians’ likely refers to the Fabian Society, a British socialist group founded in 1884 that is now affiliated with the United Kingdom’s […]
9/21/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, […]
9/21/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Brett Kavanaugh is a fine man, with an impeccable reputation, who is under assault by radical left wing politicians who don’t want to know the answers, they just want to destroy and delay. Facts don’t matter. I go through this with them every single day in D.C.” -Donald Trump, […]
9/21/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are surging back in the Midwestern states where President Donald Trump cut deepest into their old coalition in 2016, led by a class of candidates for governor that have Republicans on their heels. The Republican Governors Association cut the size of its ad buys in Minnesota and then in Michigan, according […]
9/21/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: [Frances Watson: “Should the Republicans hold onto the House in the Senate, you plan to move forward with any changes on health care? What can we expect?”] “100 percent, and we’re making it so it’s very — very much more affordable. And what we’ve actually done, we’ve really taken Obamacare apart. We are […]
9/21/2018
HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “Republicans want to protect the safety for truly needy Americans, not for illegal aliens. We don’t want that — can’t afford it. I’d be nice. You can’t afford it. When it comes to health care, republicans will protect patients with preexisting conditions. They’re going to protect preexisting conditions. I will always protect preexisting […]
9/20/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Early in President Donald Trump’s speech at a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday [9-20-18] night, he told the crowd he was glad to be in Nevada — and then stopped to emphasize the Ne-VA-da pronunciation, pointing out that you ‘have to say that name just right.’ Toward the end of his […]
9/20/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “AMERICA IS WINNING AGAIN! https://t.co/6HcBjLAAQB“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 11:05 pm […]
9/20/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you Las Vegas, Nevada – I love you! #MAGA?? https://t.co/GBZO84PyQ“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 10:33 pm […]
9/20/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/OYJUkiEUid“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 10:29 pm […]
9/20/2018
CONGRESS/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford opened the possibility she would testify before Congress about her accusation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. An email her lawyers sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee said Ford ‘would be prepared to testify next week’ if the senators offer her ‘terms that are fair and […]
9/20/2018
DEMS/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democratic mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, slammed President Donald Trump on Thursday, telling Anderson Cooper that the White House’s response to Hurricane Maria will go down in history as Trump’s own Hurricane Katrina, a storm that many say marred George W. Bush’s presidency. ‘This is historic. It’s a historic […]
9/20/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former attorney, has spoken with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team several times over the past month, ABC News reported Thursday [9-20-18]. Cohen’s attorney Lanny Davis appeared to confirm the ABC report later Thursday when he praised his client for speaking to Mueller…The report said the […]
9/20/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Landing in Las Vegas now for a Make America Great Again Rally supporting @DeanHeller and @DannyTarkanian. Also doing interview there with @seanhannity live on @FoxNews. Big crowd, long lines. Will be great! #MAGA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 8:27 pm […]
9/20/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/LdXQb42Imc“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 6:57 pm […]
9/20/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On my way to Las Vegas, Nevada. Look forward to seeing everyone tonight! #MAGA https://t.co/wTeerIUJvd“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 4:54 pm […]
9/20/2018
COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION/VA: “A union that represents employees at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Missouri has asked a federal judge to hold the agency in contempt of her ruling that struck down key provisions of three executive orders on federal civil service issued by President Donald Trump. Local 3399 of the American Federation […]
9/20/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/RzqoiQ4SmD“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 1:34 pm […]
9/20/2018
MEDICARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CMS thought a proposal to save doctors paperwork would be a public relations bonanza. Instead, most doctor groups view it as disastrous. A provision tucked into the agency’s 1,472-page payment rule in July does away with a lot of paper-pushing, but it also appears to strip away the financial incentives to see […]
9/20/2018
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Army Master Sgt. Charles H. McDaniel, 32, of Vernon, Indiana, and Army Pfc. William H. Jones, 19, of Nash County, North Carolina, are the first American remains from…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 1:10 pm […]
9/20/2018
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…North Korea to be identified as a result of my Summit with Chairman Kim. These HEROES are home, they may Rest In Peace, and hopefully their families can have closure.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 1:10 pm […]
9/20/2018
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to my good friend Prime Minister @AbeShinzo on his HUGE election victory in Japan. I’m looking forward to many more years of working together. See you in New York next week!????” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 12:39 pm […]
9/20/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@JayWebberNJ is running for Congress in the 11th District of New Jersey. He is outstanding in every way. Strong on Borders, loves our Military and our Vets. Big Crime fighter. Jay has my Full and Total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 12:30 pm […]
9/20/2018
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of South Korea, Egypt, France, Israel, Japan, and Britain next week during a gathering for the United Nations General Assembly, the White House said on Thursday [9-20-18].” –Reuters Staff, “Trump to meet Israel, Egypt, Japan leaders at U.N. next week: […]
9/20/2018
CHINA/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The US imposed sanctions Thursday [9-20-18] against China’s military for its purchases of Russian military equipment in a move US officials said is meant to punish Moscow for its ‘malign activities,’ including attacks on American elections…The penalties were applied under a law that requires the US to sanction anyone undertaking significant transactions with […]
9/20/2018
INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump suggested that some of the information related to the Russia investigation that he sought to publicly release may not be disclosed, at the request of US allies — a stark reversal just four days after issuing an unprecedented directive for ‘immediate declassification’…Trump said he had received […]
9/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “All summer, congressional GOP leaders have touted their success passing spending bills before the Sept. 30 funding deadline, a rare feat in this partisan age that they’ve even highlighted on the campaign trail. But President Donald Trump just doesn’t care. He wants his wall, and he wants it yesterday. Trump on […]
9/20/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI director James Comey said he’s not worried by President Donald Trump’s order to the bureau to release a slew of his text messages, saying he ‘wasn’t a big texter’ when he was at the law enforcement agency. Trump’s sudden Monday [9-17-18] move to release Comey’s communications […]
9/20/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump complained Thursday [9-20-18] morning about the ‘ridiculous spending bill’ making its way through Congress, demanding answers on funding for his long-promised border wall but stopping short of calling for a government shutdown before this fall’s midterm elections…The president has complained loudly and regularly throughout his first two years in […]
9/20/2018
GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Perhaps the most confounding example of divided loyalties in American politics right now is happening in the power corridors of Republican Alabama. From Montgomery to Mobile, the state’s GOP elite has stuck by President Donald Trump with a tenacity almost unmatched in the country. At the same time, those same die-hards […]
9/20/2018
ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “This summer, as anger over the separation of migrant families at the border boiled over, and the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement became a rallying cry for left-leaning Democrats, a number of less scrutinized, more arcane reforms were quietly working their way into the most foundational laws governing U.S. immigration. […]
9/20/2018
BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “S&P 500 HITS ALL-TIME HIGH Congratulations USA!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 8:34 am […]
9/20/2018
DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Raising the specter of a government shutdown in just 10 days, President Donald Trump complained Thursday [9-20-18] that a spending plan pushed by congressional Republicans is ‘ridiculous’ because it does not include funding for a border wall with Mexico. Trump tweeted that he wants to know ‘where is the money for Border […]
9/20/2018
COURTS/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Aided by fellow Republicans in the Senate, President Donald Trump is rapidly filling vacancies on U.S. appeals courts, moving some that had liberal majorities closer to conservative control in an ideological shift that could benefit his administration. These 13 courts wield considerable power, usually providing the last word on rulings appealed from […]
9/20/2018
CRIME/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A daughter who never returned home, a son gunned down point-blank, a mom who was brutally attacked — all deaths at the hands of immigrants in the country illegally, all gripping stories the White House has been eager to share. But for all the talk of murderers, rapists and other ‘bad […]
9/20/2018
DRUGS/NIKKI HALEY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump will call for global action on the world drug problem, lay out his vision of the U.S. role in the world, and urge a halt to the spread of weapons of mass destruction during next week’s gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. Nikki Haley, the […]
9/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “During a discussion about his party’s legislative high points this year with a small group at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, expressed a new concern about an old habit of President Trump’s. The many ‘distractions’ generated by the president, Mr. McConnell […]
9/20/2018
ASIA/EU/IRAN/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “When President Trump travels to New York on Sunday [9-23-18] for his second visit to the United Nations, he will face tensions with allies in Europe and Asia — but not necessarily of a predictable sort. Administration officials contend that Mr. Trump’s well-documented rift with the Europeans over his withdrawal from […]
9/20/2018
COURTS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Aided by fellow Republicans in the Senate, President Donald Trump is rapidly filling vacancies on U.S. appeals courts, moving some that had liberal majorities closer to conservative control in an ideological shift that could benefit his administration. These 13 courts wield considerable power, usually providing the last word on rulings appealed […]
9/20/2018
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I want to know, where is the money for Border Security and the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and where will it come from after the Midterms? Dems are obstructing Law Enforcement and Border Security. REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET TOUGH!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 6:43 am […]
9/20/2018
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….The thing that’s lacking is we can’t properly secure the Border because of the Democrats historic level of Obstruction.’ Senator David Perdue of Georgia.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 6:37 am […]
9/20/2018
BORDER/COURTS/DEMS/ECONOMY/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’We can’t secure the Border because of the Democrats historic level of Obstruction. The Presidents fed up with this. His agenda is working. The economy is growing at twice the rate it did under Obama. We’ve nominated and confirmed 68 Federal Judges, 26 Court of Appeals Judges….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September […]
9/20/2018
MIDDLE EAST/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We protect the countries of the Middle East, they would not be safe for very long without us, and yet they continue to push for higher and higher oil prices! We will remember. The OPEC monopoly must get prices down now!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 6:13 am […]
9/20/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Financial and jobs numbers are fantastic. There are plenty of new, high paying jobs available in our great and very vibrant economy. If you are not happy where you are, start looking – but also remember, our economy is only getting better. Vote in Midterms!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 6:05 […]
9/20/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/FBI/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic operatives are growing anxious that Republicans working to undermine the FBI’s Russia probe are teeing up a series of document dumps meant to gin up GOP voters ahead of the midterm elections. After weeks of hand-wringing, President Donald Trump on Monday [9-17-18] ordered the declassification of a slew of […]
9/20/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/GOP/MIDDLE EAST/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump linked American support for Middle Eastern countries to oil prices on Thursday [9-20-18] as he again urged OPEC to lower prices…The Republican president has lashed out at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries over the past several months. Rising U.S. gasoline prices could create a political headache […]
9/20/2018
MIDDLE EAST/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump linked American support for Middle Eastern countries to oil prices on Thursday [9-20-18] as he again urged OPEC to lower prices. ‘We protect the countries of the Middle East, they would not be safe for very long without us, and yet they continue to push for higher […]
9/20/2018
SANCTIONS/SECRETARY OF STATE/TREASURY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in order to take additional steps with respect to the national emergencies declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, as expanded in scope and relied upon for additional steps taken in subsequent Executive Orders, and Executive Order 13694 of April 1, 2015, […]
9/19/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said Wednesday [9-19-18] she is voting no on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, citing concerns over his stance on anonymous political contributions. McCaskill’s position is significant given that she is running for re-election this year in a state President Donald Trump won in 2016, […]
9/19/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed developments on Wednesday [9-19-18] at an inter-Korean summit in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang as ‘very exciting’. ‘Kim Jong Un has agreed to allow nuclear inspections, subject to final negotiations, and to permanently dismantle a test site and launch pad in the presence of […]
9/19/2018
ETHICS/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump loves to tout the fact that there has never been another president like him. When it comes to his ratings on ethics, he’s right. Gallup recently asked people to rate the ethical standards of Trump as compared to the seven men who held the office prior to him — […]
9/19/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is set to be sentenced on December 18 for lying to FBI investigators, federal Judge Emmet Sullivan said Wednesday [9-19-18]. Flynn pleaded guilty to one charge last December as a result of the special counsel probe led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller. Both […]
9/19/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/zMg2iZgriM“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2018 07:50 pm […]
9/19/2018
FBI/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The White House could order the FBI to investigate the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, several former senior White House and Justice Department officials from both parties said Wednesday [9-19-18], contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims that doing so would exceed the FBI’s mandate. Trump continued to insist on […]
9/19/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great new book by Jason Chaffetz appropriately called ‘The Deep State.’ Very interesting indeed!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2018 6:57 pm […]
9/19/2018
HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just returned to the White House from the Great States of North Carolina and South Carolina where incredible work is being done on the ongoing fight against hurricane Florence. Tremendous talent and spirit!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2018 6:37 pm […]
9/19/2018
CHILDREN/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration again could not determine where nearly 1,500 immigrant children were over a three-month period this year, the second time in less than a year that it admitted it had lost track of hundreds of undocumented children released from US custody. The findings were released on Tuesday [9-18-18] by a […]
9/19/2018
FBI/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, will be sentenced on Dec. 18, according to a court filing on Wednesday. Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia, in exchange for […]
9/19/2018
HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’President Donald J. Trump’s Administration is Providing Support to Those Impacted by Hurricane Florence’ https://t.co/3neafSgQ1h“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2018 12:49 pm […]
9/19/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow claimed, without presenting evidence, that NBC edited a May 2017 interview in which the President said he was thinking of ‘this Russia thing’ when he decided to fire then-FBI Director James Comey. Speaking Wednesday [9-19-18] on CNN’s ‘Cuomo Prime Time,’ Sekulow said the […]
9/19/2018
HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump touted the federal government’s response to Hurricane Florence during a stop in North Carolina Wednesday [9-19-18], after the storm overwhelmed the region starting last week…Trump has been battling critics, including Puerto Rican officials, over the last week over complaints that the federal response to last year’s Hurricane Maria […]
9/19/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-19-18] morning insisted he had no concerns about former campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s recent agreement to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller…As part of a guilty plea struck last Friday [9-14-18], Manafort agreed to cooperate fully with Mueller’s probe into Russian interference and whether […]
9/19/2018
BUSINESS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “Thirteen United Steelworkers locals representing about 15,000 workers authorized a strike against Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, the USW announced Tuesday [9-18-18]. Members last week authorized a strike against U.S. Steel, arguing that the two companies (which together account for 40 percent of all flat-rolled steel production in the U.S.) weren’t passing through to workers […]
9/19/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESETIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [9-18-18] that his decision to declassify documents related to the Justice Department’s Russia probe was ‘a great service to the country’ and expressed regret that he had not fired former FBI Director James Comey earlier. In an interview with The Hill, Trump said […]
9/19/2018
LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “An attorney for Christine Blasey Ford said Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is unnecessarily rushing toward a hearing by pushing for her to testify about her allegation of sexual assault against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Ford has accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s choice for the nation’s highest court, of sexually […]
9/19/2018
FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump nominated Nellie Liang, a longtime Federal Reserve staff member who is an expert on financial regulation, on Wednesday [9-19-18] to join the Fed’s board of governors. Ms. Liang, 60, played a key role in the Fed’s efforts to tighten oversight of the financial system after the 2008 crisis, […]
9/19/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump hailed Wednesday’s [9-19-18] summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and said there had been ‘tremendous progress’ with North Korea on several fronts including Pyongyang’s denuclearization. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said agreements reached between the […]
9/19/2018
MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’North Korea recommits to denuclearization – we’ve come a long way.’ @FoxNews “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2018 6:43 am […]
9/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-19-18] he is not worried about what his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who is cooperating with the U.S. special counsel’s probe into Russian election meddling, will tell prosecutors, as long as he is truthful. ‘No, I’m not,’ Trump told reporters at […]
9/19/2018
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….it was impossible – and then already it’s over 4%, and I expect it’s going to grow faster and faster. We’re just getting started here.’ Peter Ferrara, former advisor to President Reagan. @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2018 6:40 am […]
9/19/2018
NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-18-19] it was up to the U.S. Senate how to handle a sexual assault allegation brought by a woman against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said it would be unfortunate if Kavanaugh’s accuser, university professor Christine Blasey […]
9/19/2018
AFRICA/IMMIGRATION/SPAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump recommended building a wall across the Sahara to solve Europe’s migrant crisis, Spain’s foreign minister says. Josep Borrell, also a former President of the European Parliament, disagreed with the strategy. The comments came during a visit Mr Borrell made to the US at the end of June. Mr Trump’s pledge […]
9/19/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump has said he does not ‘have an attorney general’ in his fiercest attack yet on Jeff Sessions. In an interview with Hill.TV, Mr Trump renewed criticism of Mr Sessions’ decision to step aside from the inquiry into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. He also said […]
9/19/18
2016 ELECTION/ECONOMY/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’The recovery got started on Election Day 2016. It took Trump’s Tax Cuts and Regulation Cuts to get the economy booming. Before that it was the worst and slowest economic recovery since the Great Depression. It took just 6 months for Trump to get to 3%, even though they said…..” –Donald […]
9/19/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, saying, ‘I don’t have an attorney general.’ Trump, in a Hill.TV interview released on Wednesday [9-18-18], said that he’s ‘so sad over Jeff Sessions,’ whom he has repeatedly denounced for recusing himself from the Russia investigation…The president softened […]
9/19/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Robert Mueller has been busy. In just the last two weeks, the special counsel has secured the cooperation of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, dispensed with the case of the campaign aide who triggered the Russia probe and signaled he’s squeezed all the information he needs out […]
9/19/2018
POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At least 100 state and federal law enforcement officers are scouring an Ohio city, searching for a fugitive who has eluded them across multiple states for months after threatening to ‘put a bullet’ in President Trump’s head, the authorities said. The search became increasingly intense and focused on Sunday [9-16-18], after the […]
9/19/2018
HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s visit to the Carolinas to review Hurricane Florence damage (all times local): 4 p.m. President Donald Trump says South Carolina is in for a ‘rough few days’ in the aftermath of Florence, but assures the state that the federal government ‘is behind you.’ Trump spoke Wednesday […]
9/19/2018
LOBBYING/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [9-19-18] that he’s not concerned about what his former campaign chairman is telling investigators in the Russia probe. Trump told reporters at the White House that if Paul Manafort tells the truth to special counsel Robert Mueller’s team then he doesn’t see a problem. […]
9/19/2018
MILITARY/POLAND/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As brand names for high-rise towers, hotels or golf courses go, it is hard to trump Trump. But what about Fort Trump, the supposedly tongue-in-cheek name President Andrzej Duda of Poland has proposed for an American military base in his country? The Polish leader discussed that proposal with President Trump at the […]
9/19/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is confident that the United States is winning its trade war with China. But on both sides of the Pacific, a bleaker recognition is taking hold: The world’s two largest economies are in the opening stages of a new economic Cold War, one that could persist well after Mr. […]
9/19/2018
GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The scramble to save the Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination is the first real test of whether President Donald Trump can work in lockstep with Republican members of Congress and conservative activists under crisis conditions. Trump’s commitment to stacking the judiciary with conservative jurists may be his top selling point among traditional […]
9/19/2018
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump excoriated on Wednesday [9-19-18] his attorney general, the F.B.I., the special counsel and members of the intelligence community — citing conspiracy theories by conservatives even as he declared in a wide-ranging interview that he is ‘not a conspiratorial person.’ Mr. Trump used the Oval Office interview with The […]
9/19/2018
HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump is expected on Wednesday [9-19-18] to visit North Carolina, which is bearing the brunt of Florence’s deadly deluge and where rivers are still rising while thousands of homes and roadways remain submerged. Trump’s trip to the state follows criticism for his handling of Hurricane Maria, which devastated […]
9/18/2018
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….returned home to the United States. Also, North and South Korea will file a joint bid to host the 2032 Olympics. Very exciting!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 18, 2018 11:11 pm […]
9/18/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kim Jong Un has agreed to allow Nuclear inspections, subject to final negotiations, and to permanently dismantle a test site and launch pad in the presence of international experts. In the meantime there will be no Rocket or Nuclear testing. Hero remains to continue being……..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 18, 2018 […]
9/18/2018
DEMS/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court is one of the main reasons I got elected President. I hope Republican Voters, and others, are watching, and studying, the Democrats Playbook.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 18, 2018 10:45 pm […]
9/18/2018
CLIMATE CHANGE/INTERIOR/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has finished rewriting an Obama administration rule on methane pollution from oil and gas wells on public lands — but the new version of the Waste Prevention Rule is likely to be just as controversial as the original. The rewritten rule will eliminate complicated and expensive regulations for […]
9/18/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The South Korean president has become the mediator between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un and is leading the diplomatic efforts to try to get North Korea to disarm. Mr Moon’s trip to Pyongyang on Tuesday [9-18-18], his third meeting with Mr Kim since April, may be his toughest challenge yet. […]
9/18/2018
CHINA/ELECTION/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China has hit back at President Donald Trump by announcing new trade tariffs on $60bn of US goods. It comes after the US slapped duties on $200bn of Chinese imports to take effect from next Monday [9-24-18], escalating its trade war with Beijing. China will target goods such as liquefied natural […]
9/18/2018
DEFENSE/IMMIGRATION/MIKE POMPEO/REFUGEES/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It has been strange and unsettling to watch how much effort the Trump team has put into damaging the U.S. government’s own refugee resettlement program, but give them points for effectiveness. On Monday [9-17-18], Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the refugee ceiling for the coming fiscal year will be […]
9/18/2018
HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will travel to North Carolina on Wednesday [9-19-18] to survey the impact of Hurricane Florence. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Tuesday [9-18-18] confirmed Trump’s travel plans to North Carolina, which bore the brunt of the powerful storm. Days after the hurricane rolled through, the region is dealing […]
9/18/2018
MILITARY/POLAND/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Poland’s leader pressed President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-18-18] to consider creating a permanent American military base in Poland, offering a tempting incentive: The installation would be called ‘Fort Trump.’ Polish President Andrzej Duda extended the invitation during a one-on-one meeting with Trump at the White House that focused heavily on the […]
9/18/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump falsely charged on Tuesday [9-18-18] that Democrats had sought to time a sexual assault allegation against his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, to obstruct his confirmation, siding with the judge as he called for a swift process for airing the accusation on Capitol Hill…Judge Kavanaugh has flatly […]
9/18/2018
CALIFORNIA/ENERGY/INTERIOR/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on a Trump administration rollback of a rule meant to curb pollution emissions from oil and gas drilling on public lands (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Attorneys general from California and New Mexico are suing the Trump administration over its rollback of a rule aimed at reducing pollution from energy […]
9/18/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump sided with his embattled Supreme Court nominee, defending Judge Brett Kavanaugh against allegations of sexual assault as the White House walked a fine line in addressing accusations that revived memories of the president’s own #MeToo moments. Time and again, Trump has defended powerful men against the claims […]
9/18/2018
DEFENSE/JAMES MATTIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday [9-18-18] dismissed recent news reports that tensions between him and President Donald Trump point to his exit soon. Asked by a reporter whether such reports should be taken seriously, he replied, ‘No. I wouldn’t take it seriously at all. It’s like most of those kind […]
9/18/2018
CHILDREN/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump administration officials told a Senate panel on Tuesday [9-18-18] that a decades-old court ruling that limits the length of time migrant children can be detained hampers the government’s ability to stem illegal immigration, and needs to be amended by Congress. The officials, from the Department of Homeland Security and the […]
9/18/2018
IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Donald Trump sees next week’s main session of the United Nations General Assembly as a chance to condemn Iran for spreading what he’s called ‘chaos and terror’ through the Middle East. But many key U.S. allies will likely use the global forum to present Trump himself as a threat to world […]
9/18/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/G0BjCXEnaX“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 18, 2018 6:42 pm […]