6/28/2018

2016 ELECTION/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election! Where is the DNC Server, and why didn’t Shady James Comey and the now disgraced FBI agents take and closely examine it? Why isn’t Hillary/Russia being looked at? So many questions, so much corruption!” […]

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6/28/2018

FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lover FBI Agent Peter Strzok was given poor marks on yesterday’s closed door testimony and, according to most reports, refused to answer many questions. There was no Collusion and the Witch Hunt, headed by 13 Angry Democrats and others who are totally conflicted, is Rigged!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 28, 2018 […]

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6/28/2018

IMMIGRATION/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly 600 protesters were arrested during a clangorous occupation of a U.S. Senate office building in Washington on Thursday [6-28-18], where they decried U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘zero- tolerance’ stance on illegal immigration. The protesters, mostly women dressed in white, sat on the Hart Senate Office Building’s marbled floors and wrapped themselves […]

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6/28/2018

ABORTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s retirement announcement was less than a day old when liberal activists rallied on the steps of the Supreme Court on Thursday [6-28-18], invoking the names of two Republican senators who, they believe, hold the future of Roe v. Wade in their hands…Ms. Collins, of Maine, and Ms. Murkowski, […]

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6/27/2018

BUSINESS/CHINA/TARIFFS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump backed away from plans to create tough new restrictions on Chinese investments in the U.S. and U.S. technology exports to China, defusing one fight with Beijing as American business officials try to head off a looming battle over tariffs. The White House opted for a less confrontational approach with […]

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6/27/2018

SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday [6-27-18] dealt a big blow to organized labor, ruling that non-members cannot be forced in certain states to pay fees to unions representing public employees such as teachers and police, shutting off a key union revenue source. The 5-4 ruling overturned a 1977 Supreme Court […]

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6/27/2018

ICE/IMMIGRATION/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the middle of a national immigration firestorm over the Trump administration’s policy of separating children and parents at the southern border, and with the president tweeting that detained immigrants should be denied due process in the courts, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on Tuesday [6-26-18] made an […]

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6/27/2018

BORDER/CHILDREN/COURT/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump administration officials said on Wednesday [6-27-18] that it would be difficult to comply with the timetable in a federal court order requiring the reunification of migrant children and parents who were separated at the border. Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the Federal District Court in San Diego issued a preliminary injunction […]

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6/27/2018

DEMS/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced on Wednesday [6-27-18] that he would retire, setting the stage for a furious fight over the future direction of the Supreme Court. Justice Kennedy, 81, has long been the decisive vote in many closely divided cases. His retirement gives President Trump the opportunity to fundamentally change […]

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6/27/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House resoundingly rejected a far-reaching immigration overhaul on Wednesday [6-27-18], despite a last-minute plea from President Trump, as internal divisions in the Republican ranks continued to hobble legislative efforts to protect the young unauthorized immigrants known as Dreamers. The 121-301 votes was an embarrassment to both Mr. Trump […]

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6/27/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Democrats are about to face their toughest political test yet of the Trump era: a Supreme Court confirmation battle that will play out as they scrap with the GOP for control of the chamber. The stakes are difficult to understate. The confirmation itself could reshape the court for a generation, […]

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6/27/2018

2016 ELECTION/FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Embattled FBI agent Peter Strzok told lawmakers Thursday in a marathon, closed-door interview that the anti-Trump text messages he exchanged with an FBI lawyer were part of an ‘intimate’ conversation and he did not intend to act on any of the missives, according to Democrats in the meeting. But Republicans […]

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6/27/2018

MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told US lawmakers on Wednesday [6-27-18] that North Korea remains a nuclear threat, but defended President Donald Trump for tweeting earlier this month, ‘There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea…’ Pompeo also confirmed North Korea has yet to return the remains of […]

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6/27/2018

GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans plan to confirm a new Supreme Court justice to replace retiring Anthony Kennedy before the midterm elections, according to interviews with nearly a dozen Republican senators. The Senate GOP is expected to execute a lightning strike confirmation despite their razor thin majority of 51 senators, which is effectively down […]

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6/27/2018

DEMS/GOP/OBAMA/POLLS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Justice Anthony Kennedy, a Republican appointee who provided key swing votes for same-sex marriage, abortion access and affirmative action, has announced his retirement from the Supreme Court. This decision will affect the court for a long time to come as President Donald Trump will have his second chance to nominate a […]

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6/27/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was my great honor to welcome President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal to the @WhiteHouse!???? https://t.co/yd37K4Ei8R“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2018 04:18 pm […]

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6/27/2018

SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Anthony M. Kennedy, one of the Supreme Court’s most consequential modern-day justices and author of landmark rulings on gay rights, the death penalty and campaign finance, announced his retirement Wednesday [6-27-18], handing President Donald Trump a historic opportunity to reshape the court…The justice in his letter expressed ‘profound gratitude for […]

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6/27/2018

NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [6-27-18] he will ‘most likely’ meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in a summit next month in Europe. The president is scheduled to attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit next month in Brussels and is also planning to visit the U.K. He met twice […]

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6/27/2018

CONGRESS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading to North Dakota to fully stand with and endorse Kevin Cramer for Senate. He is an extraordinary Congressman who will hopefully soon represent this great state as your Senator. He is tough on crime, strong on borders, loves our Military, and our Vets! #NDSen https://t.co/uP95m0sIRP“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2018 […]

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6/27/2018

GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House on Wednesday [6-27-18] rejected an immigration bill devised as a compromise between different wings of the GOP, in a defeat for centrist Republicans aiming to show progress on the contentious issue before the midterm elections. With Democrats opposed to what they saw as the bill’s harsh treatment of […]

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6/27/2018

POLLS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Public support for the recent tax overhaul plunged in the past two months, as more voters became ambivalent about it, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. Just 37 percent of registered voters said they supported the tax-cut laden law, down from 44 percent in an April poll. The number of voters […]

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6/27/2018

LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A search warrant application unsealed on Wednesday [6-27-18] revealed closer links than previously known between President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin. In an affidavit attached to the July 2017 application, an FBI agent said he had reviewed tax returns for […]

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6/27/2018

NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea is upgrading its nuclear research center at a rapid pace, new satellite imagery analysis suggests, despite Pyongyang’s commitment to denuclearization at a summit with the U.S. this month. The analysis from 38 North, a North Korea-focused website published by the Stimson Center in Washington, found that Pyongyang, in recent […]

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6/27/2018

SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said on Wednesday [6-27-18] he plans to retire after three decades as a pivotal vote on the highest U.S. judicial body, giving President Donald Trump an opportunity to make the court more firmly conservative. Kennedy, who turns 82 in July and is the second-oldest justice on […]

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6/27/2018

BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in California late Tuesday [6-26-18] ordered a halt to most family separations at the US border and the reunification of all families that have been separated in the first major rebuke to the Trump administration during ongoing furor over family separations at the border. The court order specifically requires […]

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6/27/2018

BUSINESS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Harley-Davidson should stay 100% in America, with the people that got you your success. I’ve done so much for you, and then this. Other companies are coming back where they belong! We won’t forget, and neither will your customers or your now very HAPPY competitors!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2018 10:26 […]

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6/27/2018

SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “Supreme Court rules in favor of non-union workers who are now, as an example, able to support a candidate of his or her choice without having those who control the Union deciding for them. Big loss for the coffers of the Democrats!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2018 9:11 am […]

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6/27/2018

BORDER/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “HOUSE REPUBLICANS SHOULD PASS THE STRONG BUT FAIR IMMIGRATION BILL, KNOWN AS GOODLATTE II, IN THEIR AFTERNOON VOTE TODAY, EVEN THOUGH THE DEMS WON’T LET IT PASS IN THE SENATE. PASSAGE WILL SHOW THAT WE WANT STRONG BORDERS & SECURITY WHILE THE DEMS WANT OPEN BORDERS = CRIME. WIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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6/27/2018

BORDER/CHILDREN/DREAMERS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a ‘compromise’ immigration bill on Wednesday [6-27-18], as expected, that would have addressed the crisis of families being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. The House could vote next month on a narrower measure that is being developed and would focus specifically on the family […]

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6/27/2018

DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to Maxine Waters, whose crazy rants have made her, together with Nancy Pelosi, the unhinged FACE of the Democrat Party. Together, they will Make America Weak Again! But have no fear, America is now stronger than ever before, and I’m not going anywhere!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2018 6:18 am […]

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6/26/2018

IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A man and his mother were doing yard work in California when a woman unleashed a diatribe against Mexicans, and — invoking President Trump — called them rapists, animals and drug dealers. The encounter was captured in a video that was posted on Twitter early Monday [6-25-18] morning and had been […]

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6/26/2018

ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump pleaded Monday [6-25-18] night with South Carolina Republicans to vote for Gov. Henry McMaster in a runoff election on Tuesday [6-26-18], warning conservatives that if the governor lost, his failure would be pinned on the president they came to see. Rallying a cozy high school gymnasium full of supporters […]

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6/26/2018

ABORTION/GOP/OBAMA/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The consequences of President Trump’s nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court — and the Republican blockade of President Obama’s nomination of Merrick B. Garland in 2016 for that seat — reverberated powerfully on Tuesday as the court’s conservative majority handed down major decisions on Mr. Trump’s travel […]

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6/26/2018

BUSINESS/EU/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump lashed out at one of his favorite American manufacturers on Tuesday [6-26-18], criticizing Harley-Davidson over its plans to move some of its motorcycle production abroad and threatening it with steep punitive taxes. In a series of tweets on Tuesday, the president accused the Wisconsin-based company of surrendering in Mr. […]

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6/26/2018

SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday [6-26-18] upheld President Trump’s ban on travel from mostly-Muslim nations, delivering a robust endorsement of Mr. Trump’s power to control the flow of immigration into America at a time of political upheaval about the treatment of migrants at the Mexican border. In a 5-to-4 vote, […]

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6/26/2018

SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a victory lap on Tuesday [6-26–18], celebrating his background role in the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban. But the ruling could complicate the race for Republicans in swing House districts. Minutes after the Court upheld Mr. Trump’s ban […]

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6/26/2018

ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump helped lift a pair of incumbent Republicans locked in difficult races to victory Tuesday [6-26-18] while the liberal wing of the Democratic Party scored its most significant successes yet in the primary season, with progressive candidates unseating the fourth-ranking House Democrat and claiming the nominations for governor in Maryland […]

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6/26/2018

BORDER/CHILDREN/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in California issued a nationwide injunction late Tuesday [6-26-18] temporarily stopping the Trump administration from separating children from their parents at the border and ordered that all families already separated be reunited within 30 days. Judge Dana M. Sabraw of the Federal District Court in San Diego said children […]

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6/26/2018

BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The pace of arrests on the U.S.-Mexico border dropped in June, according to a preliminary government estimate — potentially signaling that the Trump administration’s controversial ‘zero tolerance’ policy discouraged migrants from traveling north. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is projected to arrest roughly 37,000 people at the border in June, based […]

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6/26/2018

BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday [6-26-18] called immigration enforcement ‘a decisive issue for our time,’ maintaining a hard line on illegal border crossings a day after a key Department of Homeland Security official declared the administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy effectively dead…He went on to accuse Democrats and members of the media […]

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6/26/2018

DHS/IMMIGRATION/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump will again pay a visit to immigration facilities in coming days, her spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham confirmed to CNN…It is not known where exactly Trump plans to go but it is likely the first lady will see first-hand an immigration processing detention center as had been part of her plan in […]

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6/26/2018

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, on the first day of a Latin America trip, took President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown on a roadshow, urging countries in the region to rein in the flow of migrants to the U.S. or face consequences…In his remarks with Mr. Pence, Mr. Temer expressed his country’s concern […]

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6/26/2018

RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin may meet next month in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, a US official said on Tuesday [6-26-18]. The Scandinavian city has emerged as a strong possibility to host the summit, which Trump has pressed aides to organize after he raised the idea during […]

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6/26/2018

2016 ELECTION/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday [6-26-18] approved a resolution that demands the Justice Department produce the outstanding documents Congress has subpoenaed related to the FBI’s actions during the 2016 election campaign. The resolution, which was spearheaded by House Freedom Caucus leaders Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan, is the latest […]

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6/26/2018

BUSINESS/CHINA/TARIFFS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday [6-26-18] that he will ease off his demands for tough new restrictions on Chinese investment in technology industries and will rely instead on a 1988 law being updated by Congress that authorizes the government to review foreign investments for national security problems. He called a recent article […]

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6/26/2018

MUSLIMS/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A divided Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s latest ban on travel to the U.S. by people from several Muslim-majority countries, a sweeping reaffirmation of presidential authority and a victory for the White House on one of its most central—and controversial—initiatives. The court, in a 5-4 opinion by Chief Justice […]

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6/26/2018

ELECTION/GOP/POLL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Any list of endangered House incumbents this cycle will have Barbara Comstock’s name at or near the top. Comstock, a two-term GOP lawmaker representing the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, is facing a challenge from Democratic state Sen. Jennifer Wexton, who won a six-way primary earlier this month with 42% of […]

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6/26/2018

MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, we tell the story of an incredible HERO who defended our nation in World War Two – First Lieutenant Garlin Murl Conner. Although he died 20 years ago, today he takes his rightful place in the Eternal Chronicle of American Valor…https://t.co/mzJ8pPPgZE“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2018 3:12 pm […]

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6/26/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was dealt a major loss on Tuesday [6-26-18] when a federal judge who had previously expressed some sympathy for Manafort refused to dismiss charges brought against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Judge T.S. Ellis in the U.S. District Court […]

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6/26/2018

SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump called Tuesday’s [6-26-18] Supreme Court ruling on the travel ban ‘a tremendous success, a tremendous victory for the American people and our Constitution…’ Speaking in the Cabinet Room during a luncheon with Republican members of Congress, Trump said that the ruling shows that attacks from the media […]

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6/26/2018

GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republican leaders worked to build support among GOP lawmakers for a broad immigration bill tentatively set for a vote on Wednesday [6-27-18], aiming to minimize defections after President Donald Trump vacillated on whether he backed the measure. After meeting behind closed doors with rank-and-file Republicans, GOP leaders planned to spend the […]

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6/26/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’The most profound question of our era: Was there a conspiracy in the Obama Department of Justice and the FBI to prevent Donald Trump from becoming President of the U.S., and was Strzok at the core of the conspiracy?’ Judge Andrew Napolitano” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2018 8:30 am […]

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6/26/2018

BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday [6-26-18] over its separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying President Donald Trump’s order last week ending the breakups was illusory. In a complaint filed with U.S. District Court in Seattle, 17 states and the District of […]

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6/26/2018

DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The face of the Democrats is now Maxine Waters who, together with Nancy Pelosi, have established a fine leadership team. They should always stay together and lead the Democrats, who want Open Borders and Unlimited Crime, well into the future….and pick Crooked Hillary for Pres.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2018 7:36 […]

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6/26/2018

SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday [6-26-18] handed Donald Trump one of the biggest victories of his presidency, upholding his travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries and rejecting the argument that it represented unconstitutional religious discrimination. The 5-4 ruling, with the conservative justices in the majority and the liberal justices […]

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6/26/2018

BUSINESS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Harley-Davidson should never be built in another country-never! Their employees and customers are already very angry at them. If they move, watch, it will be the beginning of the end – they surrendered, they quit! The Aura will be gone and they will be taxed like never before!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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6/26/2018

ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s influence with Republican primary voters faces another test Tuesday [6-26-18] as he tries to lift two incumbents over outsiders who argue they are the more Trump-like candidates. In South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster — who Trump campaigned for Monday [6-25-18] night — faces a runoff against John Warren, […]

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6/26/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was great being with Governor Henry McMaster last night in South Carolina. Henry is tough on Crime and Borders, loves our Military and our Vets and has created many jobs and a great economy. GO OUT AND VOTE FOR HENRY TODAY, HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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6/26/2018

EU/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….We are finishing our study of Tariffs on cars from the E.U. in that they have long taken advantage of the U.S. in the form of Trade Barriers and Tariffs. In the end it will all even out – and it won’t take very long!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2018 […]

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6/26/2018

BUSINESS/TARIFFS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….When I had Harley-Davidson officials over to the White House, I chided them about tariffs in other countries, like India, being too high. Companies are now coming back to America. Harley must know that they won’t be able to sell back into U.S. without paying a big tax!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]

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6/26/2018

TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….We are getting other countries to reduce and eliminate tariffs and trade barriers that have been unfairly used for years against our farmers, workers and companies. We are opening up closed markets and expanding our footprint. They must play fair or they will pay tariffs!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2018 […]

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6/26/2018

BUSINESS/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Early this year Harley-Davidson said they would move much of their plant operations in Kansas City to Thailand. That was long before Tariffs were announced. Hence, they were just using Tariffs/Trade War as an excuse. Shows how unbalanced & unfair trade is, but we will fix it…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]

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6/26/2018

BUSINESS/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Early this year Harley-Davidson said they would move much of their plant operations in Kansas City to Thailand. That was long before Tariffs were announced. Hence, they were just using Tariffs/Trade War as an excuse. Shows how unbalanced & unfair trade is, but we will fix it…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]

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6/26/2018

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The two Honduran mothers didn’t run when the Border Patrol agents found them along a muddy border road Monday [6-25-18], near where Mexico ends and the U.S. begins. The suspected smuggler who guided the women, their children and two teenage boys, had fled back toward the Rio Grande when they encountered the […]

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6/26/2018

ECONOMY/IMMIGRATION/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump could be running a ‘Morning in America’ midterm campaign strategy, bragging about an economy growing as consistently as it has in over a decade with an unemployment rate tied for the lowest level in nearly half a century. Instead, he’s banking on hard-line trade and immigration policies that […]

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6/26/2018

CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A bitter New York matchup between a convicted felon seeking to reclaim his congressional seat from a former prosecutor is among dozens of races in seven U.S. states on Tuesday [6-26-18], as voters pick candidates for November elections to determine control of Congress. Voters in Colorado, Maryland, South Carolina, Utah, Oklahoma […]

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6/25/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In more than 20 of the most competitive House races of 2018, the share of Democrats voting in primaries notably increased, compared with 2014, the last midterm election cycle. Democrats have appeared to be more enthusiastic than Republicans about the 2018 elections, showing up in massive numbers to protest President […]

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6/25/2018

BUSINESS/EU/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Harley-Davidson, the American motorcycle manufacturer, said on Monday [6-25-18] that it would shift some production of its iconic bikes overseas to avoid retaliatory tariffs imposed by the European Union in response to President Trump’s trade moves. The decision, announced in a public filing, is the latest and most high-profile example of how […]

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6/25/2018

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The nation’s top border security official said on Monday [6-25-18] that his agency has temporarily stopped handing over migrant adults who cross the Mexican border with children to prosecutors, undercutting claims by other administration officials that ‘zero tolerance’ for illegal immigration is still in place. Kevin K. McAleenan, the commissioner of […]

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6/25/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump on Monday [6-25-18] criticized a Virginia restaurant that refused on Friday [6-22-18] to serve the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, offering a somewhat belated defense of a prominent figure in his administration after she was targeted for her association with his policies. Ms. Sanders, whose question-and-answer sessions […]

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6/25/2018

DEVIN NUNES/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department on Monday [6-25-18] told the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee that it had complied with his requests to the extent legally permissible, pushing back against his Monday evening deadline for more documents related to the FBI’s investigation of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. In a […]

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6/25/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The hearing of Peter Strzok and the other hating frauds at the FBI & DOJ should be shown to the public on live television, not a closed door hearing that nobody will see. We should expose these people for what they are – there should be total transparency!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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6/25/2018

DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why is Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), perhaps in a near drunken state, claiming he has information that only he and Bob Mueller, the leader of the 13 Angry Democrats on a Witch Hunt, knows? Isn’t this highly illegal. Is it being investigated?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2018 06:22 pm […]

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6/25/2018

HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans are adding to a broad immigration bill a measure making it harder to work in the U.S. without legal documentation and a provision establishing a new agricultural guest-workers program, part of a last-ditch effort to show progress on the issue ahead of the midterm elections. A vote on […]

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6/25/2018

BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump was insistent on Monday [6-25-18] he doesn’t regret signing an executive order meant to keep migrant families together, even as the measure from last week continues to sow confusion and internal angst. Meanwhile, his administration continued to maintain there was little they could do to appease the border crisis […]

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6/25/2018

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Families who cross into the U.S. illegally aren’t being prosecuted for now, said the official who oversees agents at the border, effectively circumventing the Trump administration’s policy of zero tolerance for illegal immigration. That said, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said the zero-tolerance policy remained in effect. Attorney General […]

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6/25/2018

CANADA/CHINA/EU/GOP/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is taking his trade policy on the road this week. But the reception he is set to receive in a series of crucial 2018 states may not be what he had hoped. A series of threatening trade wars have become a weight on the President and Republicans across […]

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6/25/2018

BORDER/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump in recent days has fumed about the immigration courts that handle cases of people seeking entry into the US. But Trump’s fixation on the courts and the judges who staff them flies in the face of what his attorney general has been trying to do to reshape the […]

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6/25/2018

ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With a sudden flurry of plans for high-level contacts between Washington and Moscow, President Donald Trump appears to be telegraphing an upcoming meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin — a controversial push to engage the Kremlin at a time when relations between the US and key European allies are rapidly […]

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6/25/2018

BUSINESS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Surprised that Harley-Davidson, of all companies, would be the first to wave the White Flag. I fought hard for them and ultimately they will not pay tariffs selling into the E.U., which has hurt us badly on trade, down $151 Billion. Taxes just a Harley excuse – be patient! #MAGA” -Donald Trump, […]

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6/25/2018

COLOMBIA/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Colombian coca cultivation rose again in 2017, reaching a new high, according to an official U.S. assessment released Monday [6-25-18] that is likely to fuel fresh consternation against a key Latin American ally. Coca cultivation increased 11% to 209,000 hectares (516,450 acres) from 188,000 hectares (464,558 acres) in 2016, growing for a […]

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6/25/2018

BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Parents who cross illegally from Mexico to the United States with their children will not face prosecution for the time being despite President Donald Trump’s vow to continue a ‘zero tolerance’ policy on illegal immigration, the top U.S. border-security official told news outlets on Monday [6-25-18]. Kevin McAleenan, the head of U.S. […]

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6/25/2018

NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is going through one of the roughest patches in her public career. She still appears on the front pages with pronouncements at the UN, but her star, which was burning so brightly in the first year of the Trump administration, is […]

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6/25/2018

2016 ELECTION/BUSINESS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Russian company accused of helping fund a propaganda operation to sway the 2016 presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor asked a federal judge on Monday [6-25-18] to dismiss charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying Mueller was unlawfully appointed and lacks prosecutorial authority. Concord Management and Consulting LLC, […]

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6/25/2018

ELECTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING: “The U.S. Supreme Court sided with Republicans in Texas and North Carolina on Monday [6-25-18] in two more cases on the contentious issue of politicians manipulating electoral district boundaries for political gain, known as gerrymandering. The justices upheld a batch of Republican-drawn legislative districts in Texas, including two in the U.S. […]

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6/25/2018

DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congresswoman Maxine Waters, an extraordinarily low IQ person, has become, together with Nancy Pelosi, the Face of the Democrat Party. She has just called for harm to supporters, of which there are many, of the Make America Great Again movement. Be careful what you wish for Max!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, […]

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6/25/2018

LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lawyers for Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former presidential campaign manager, said on Monday [6-25-18] they plan to appeal a judge’s decision to jail Manafort while he awaits a criminal trial in Washington later this fall. Judge Amy Berman Jackson in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia […]

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6/25/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @marcorubio: Trump haters still haven’t realized how much they help him with their condescension of those who either voted for him or do…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2018 9:39 am […]

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6/25/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be heading to one of my favorite places, South Carolina, to fight for one of my original ‘fighters,’ Governor Henry McMaster. Speaking at 7:00 P.M.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2018 9:36 am […]

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6/25/2018

IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “….If this is done, illegal immigration will be stopped in it’s tracks – and at very little, by comparison, cost. This is the only real answer – and we must continue to BUILD THE WALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2018 7:54 am […]

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