GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Don’t worry, the Republicans, and your President, will fix it! https://t.co/xsbuPzXbHj“ – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 3:39 pm […]
6/20/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Look what Fake ABC News put out. I guess they had it prepared from the 13 Angry Democrats leading the Witch Hunt! #StopTheBias https://t.co/c0XOk1btEQ“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 03:34 pm […]
6/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani’s love life is causing trouble for the White House. In a move that blindsided the West Wing and sent Hill Republicans into a tizzy, the president’s personal attorney is throwing his support behind an obscure House candidate in Louisiana trying to take out incumbent GOP Rep. Clay Higgins. […]
6/20/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former longtime lawyer, resigned from his post as national deputy finance chairman at the Republican National Committee Wednesday [6-20-18], according to an RNC official, saying the investigations into his contacts with Russia and his business dealings were proving too great a distraction. In a letter […]
6/20/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Had a great meeting with the House GOP last night at the Capitol. They applauded and laughed loudly when I mentioned my experience with Mark Sanford. I have never been a fan of his!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 03:04 pm […]
6/20/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House mobilized an all-out Capitol Hill lobbying blitz Wednesday [6-20-18] afternoon in the hope of salvaging an immigration bill in the House that would give Trump his long-awaited border wall as well as a solution for family separations at the border. After a week of back and forth, […]
6/20/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/COMMERCE/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [6-20-18] that he and lawmakers are working on addressing concerns over a deal between Washington and Beijing to save Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corp. , which had been accused of repeated sanctions violations. Mr. Trump met with nearly two dozen lawmakers at the White House—many of […]
6/20/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/yfwdyUHmn3“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 12:37 pm […]
6/20/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More records! #MAGA https://t.co/2CP5eq40Fy“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 10:00 am […]
6/20/2018
COMMERCE/TARIFFS/TRUMP PEOPLE/WILBUR ROSS: “The Trump administration has completed its review of a handful of the thousands of requests filed seeking exemptions from its steel and aluminum tariffs, granting exclusions to 42 types of imports, and denying 56 such requests. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced the decisions on Wednesday [6-20-18] morning in testimony delivered before the […]
6/20/2018
CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @PastorDScott: Once the mid terms are over, liberals won’t talk about detained or separated illegal immigrant children until 2020. #itsa…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 9:02 am […]
6/20/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GlobalGolfPost: The golf world has lost a legend in five-time Open Championship winner Peter Thomson. READ: https://t.co/TfMHo2GeDG h…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 09:01 am […]
6/20/2018
FBI/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’FBI texts have revealed anti-Trump Bias.’ @FoxNews Big News, but the Fake News doesn’t want to cover. Total corruption – the Witch Hunt has turned out to be a scam! At some point soon the Mainstream Media will have to cover correctly, too big a story!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, […]
6/20/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @EricTrump: It is hard to believe that the historic North Korea / Kim Jong Un summit was exactly one week ago. Truly amazing to see the…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 08:43 am […]
6/20/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s the Democrats fault, they won’t give us the votes needed to pass good immigration legislation. They want open borders, which breeds horrible crime. Republicans want security. But I am working on something – it never ends!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 20, 2018 08:41 am […]
6/20/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [6-20-18] backed down and abandoned his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents on the U.S.-Mexico border, after images of youngsters in cages sparked outrage at home and abroad. Trump signed an executive order requiring that immigrant families be detained together when they are caught […]
6/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is ramping up his political travel ahead of the midterm elections, eying November as the most potent referendum on his presidency even as he faces widespread condemnation over his administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy. Trump’s focus on the midterms, which Republicans believe will come with an invigoration of […]
6/20/2018
DEMS/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News is not mentioning the safety and security of our Country when talking about illegal immigration. Our immigration laws are the weakest and worst anywhere in the world, and the Dems will do anything not to change them & to obstruct-want open borders which means crime!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
6/20/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body of bias against US ally Israel and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable. The move, which the Trump administration has threatened for months, came down […]
6/20/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A federal judge in Los Angeles has rejected a request by the adult film actress Stormy Daniels to restart her lawsuit there against U.S. President Donald Trump and his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen. In an order dated Tuesday [6-19-18], U.S. District Judge James Otero said the amount of media attention in […]
6/20/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEFENSE/DHS/FAMILY SEPARATION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of this Administration to rigorously enforce […]
6/19/2018
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon announced on Monday [6-18-18] that it was suspending a major military exercise with South Korea that President Trump had criticized as a waste of money. The decision to cancel — at least for now — the large-scale, long-planned Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise set for August had been expected […]
6/19/2018
OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration issued a sweeping new rule on Tuesday [6-19-18] to make it easier for small businesses to band together and set up health insurance plans that skirt many requirements of the Affordable Care Act, offering lower costs but also fewer benefits. President Trump, speaking at a 75th anniversary celebration of […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “National Guard troops from eight states will be withheld or recalled from the southern border, the states’ governors announced this week, over mounting objections to the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents there. The governors of Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Virginia and North Carolina declared […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump and two members of his cabinet mounted an aggressive defense on Monday [6-18-18] of his policy of separating children from their parents at the border in response to a growing outcry from members of both parties…Attorney General Jeff Sessions also defended the practice, while insisting that ‘we do not […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/BUSH/CHILDREN/HILLARY CLINTON/IMMIGRATION/MELANIA/OBAMA FAMILY: “In the weeks since the Trump administration instituted a zero tolerance policy that seeks to criminally prosecute anyone who crosses the border unlawfully and effectively causes children to be separated from their families, criticism has poured in from advocacy groups, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and a host of political […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/COURTS/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump ridiculed on Tuesday [6-19-18] what he said was a total lack of security at the nation’s borders, falsely blaming Democrats for separating families and dismissing as ‘crazy’ Republican proposals to hire thousands of new immigration judges. Rejecting a proposal by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas to end family separations by […]
6/19/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU @HouseGOP! https://t.co/scvACfJwts“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 09:36 pm […]
6/19/2018
-SPAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Earlier today, @FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to welcome King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain to the @WhiteHouse!???? https://t.co/cCubCyiRm5“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 09:17 pm […]
6/19/2018
SPAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Earlier today, @FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to welcome King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain to the @WhiteHouse!???? https://t.co/cCubCyiRm5“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 09:17 pm […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Homeland Security @SecNielsen did a fabulous job yesterday at the press conference explaining security at the border and for our country, while at the same time recommending changes to obsolete & nasty laws, which force family separation. We want “heart” and security in America!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 08:06 pm […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Homeland Security @SecNielsen did a fabulous job yesterday at the press conference explaining security at the border and for our country, while at the same time recommending changes to obsolete & nasty laws, which force family separation. We want “heart” and security in America!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 08:06 pm […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is meeting with Republicans Tuesday [6-19-18] on Capitol Hill at a pivotal moment — both for his presidency and his party — as the GOP-controlled House of Representatives prepares to hold major votes on two very different immigration bills this week…It’s the heart-wrenching stories of immigrant families […]
6/19/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Joe Hagin, the White House official who orchestrated logistics for the summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, will depart the administration next month, according to officials. A veteran of every Republican administration since President Ronald Reagan, Hagin will return to the private sector…Hagin initially told people in […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Guatemalan woman who was separated from her 7-year-old son after crossing the border from Mexico last month filed a new lawsuit on Tuesday [6-19-18] challenging the Trump administration’s practice of splitting up immigrant families even when an adult claims asylum. The suit, filed in federal court in Washington, demands the immediate […]
6/19/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/MIKE POMPEO/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration said Tuesday [6-19-18] it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, delivering on a long-running threat to leave the organization unless it made major changes. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the U.S. withdrawal in […]
6/19/2018
DEMS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono on Tuesday [6-19-18] called for the resignation of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, accusing her of lying for President Donald Trump over US immigration policies. Hirono’s comments come as the administration has been put under increased pressure to answer for the policy that has led to separating […]
6/19/2018
IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/RELIGION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “More than 600 members of the United Methodist Church have issued a formal complaint against Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a fellow church member, charging that his ‘zero tolerance’ policy on immigration violates church rules and may constitute child abuse. Officially, the complaint charges Sessions with violating the United Methodist Church’s Book of […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [6-19-18] called on Congress to give his administration the power to detain and deport migrant families as a unit, saying he considered that the ‘only solution to the border crisis’ and separation issue that has rocked immigration negotiations and his administration. Following Mr. Trump’s remarks, Senate Majority […]
6/19/2018
COURT/FBI/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorneys for a former Senate staff member accused of lying to federal investigators said President Donald Trump’s remarks on the case were ‘highly prejudicial,’ and asked a judge to order him and other executive branch officials to keep quiet about the case in public. In federal district court in Washington, D.C., […]
6/19/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Millions of small businesses and self-employed people will be able to buy health-insurance plans exempt from many Affordable Care Act consumer protections under a much-debated rule released Tuesday [6-19-18] by the Trump administration. The rule is a far-reaching step by the administration to wield its regulatory powers to chisel away at […]
6/19/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael Cohen took aggressive steps to collect on a multimillion-dollar debt in October 2016, at the time he was seeking to come up with $130,000 to pay a former adult-film star for agreeing to keep quiet about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump. The debt stemmed from a loan to […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump amplified his heated immigration rhetoric on Tuesday [6-19-18], accusing Democrats of wanting migrants to ‘infest our country’ and turning a speech on the economy into an angry tirade defending his harsh stance. It was a reflection of Trump’s growing frustration that the family separation crisis roiling his administration has […]
6/19/2018
EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt will testify before the Senate’s environment committee in August, panel chairman Senator John Barrasso said on Tuesday [6-19-18], where he will face questions about spending and ethics controversies. Barrasso said previously that he would call Pruitt to testify about Pruitt’s spending on first class travel, […]
6/19/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is working on measures that protect agriculture and other critical industries from retaliatory tariffs being threatened by China amid an escalating trade dispute between the two countries, a top adviser to President Donald Trump said. Peter Navarro told reporters on Tuesday [6-19-18] that Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I want to take a moment to address the current illegal immigration crisis on the Southern Border…it has been going on for many, many decades… https://t.co/1F7EK9Ef88“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 01:04 pm […]
6/19/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU @HouseGOP! https://t.co/scvACfJwts“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 01:04 pm […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump heads to Capitol Hill Tuesday [6-19-18] evening to rally House Republicans behind an immigration bill he panned just five days ago. Now Republicans have to decide: Which Trump do they believe? Speaker Paul Ryan and his top lieutenants are well aware that only the president can give […]
6/19/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU @NFIB! #NFIB75 https://t.co/5ppZhQhZu0“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 12:35 pm […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s aides are struggling to defend their talking points on the furor over the administration’s practice of separating families who enter the U.S. illegally, with officials and spokespeople engaging in heated exchanges with little backing from congressional Republicans. As the outcry has grown over the family separations, Trump officials […]
6/19/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me tomorrow in Duluth, Minnesota for a #MAGA Rally! Tickets: https://t.co/mhhJB8WQlF https://t.co/gP59o1RDqW“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 10:22 am […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#CHANGETHELAWS Now is the best opportunity ever for Congress to change the ridiculous and obsolete laws on immigration. Get it done, always keeping in mind that we must have strong border security.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 9:11 am […]
6/19/2018
CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We must always arrest people coming into our Country illegally. Of the 12,000 children, 10,000 are being sent by their parents on a very dangerous trip, and only 2000 are with their parents, many of whom have tried to enter our Country illegally on numerous occasions.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If you don’t have Borders, you don’t have a Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 8:52 am […]
6/19/2018
CRIME/DEMS/GANGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are the problem. They don’t care about crime and want illegal immigrants, no matter how bad they may be, to pour into and infest our Country, like MS-13. They can’t win on their terrible policies, so they view them as potential voters!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 8:52 am […]
6/19/2018
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I can’t think of something more concerning than a law enforcement officer suggesting that their going to use their powers to affect an election!’ Inspector General Horowitz on what was going on with numerous people regarding my election. A Rigged Witch Hunt!p” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 8:52 am […]
6/19/2018
CRIME/GERMANY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Crime in Germany is up 10% plus (officials do not want to report these crimes) since migrants were accepted. Others countries are even worse. Be smart America!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 19, 2018 8:52 am […]
6/19/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/IMMIGRATION/MIKE POMPEO/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday [6-19-18] accusing it of a ‘chronic bias against Israel,’ a move that activists warned would make advancing human rights globally even more difficult. Standing with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Haley slammed Russia, China, Cuba and […]
6/19/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Democrats are banking on a surge of female candidates to help them recapture the House of Representatives this November. But Democrats may not benefit as much as they hope from this dynamic unless their historic roster of female nominees can help the party solve its greatest remaining challenge with female voters. To […]
6/19/2018
BORDER/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Republicans scrambled on Tuesday [6-19-18] to craft legislation that would quell an outcry over the Trump administration’s separation of immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, with an opinion poll showing most Americans oppose the policy. The family separations and detentions of children, highlighted by videos of youngsters in cages […]
6/19/2018
ECONOMY/ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. The ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes waters of the United States are foundational to the economy, security, global competitiveness, and well-being of the […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [6-18-18] he would not allow the United States to become a ‘migrant camp’ as his administration faced a barrage of criticism for separating immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats and some in Trump’s own Republican Party have admonished the administration for […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/ECONOMY/ELECTION/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Republicans try to keep their midterm election strategy focused on the economy, tax cuts and falling unemployment, President Trump sent his clearest signal yet on Monday [6-18-18] that he intends to make divisive, racially charged issues like immigration central going into the campaign season. Facing bipartisan criticism over his administration’s family […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/STEPHEN MILLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jeff Sessions and Stephen Miller spent years on the political fringe in the nation’s capital as high-decibel immigration hard-liners, always warning about the dangers of open borders but rarely in a position to affect law or policy. Now, Mr. Sessions, the attorney general and former senator from Alabama, and Mr. […]
6/18/2018
CHILDREN/HUMAN RIGHTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The United Nations’ top human rights official on Monday [6-18-18] entered the mounting furor over the Trump administration’s policy of separating undocumented immigrant children from their parents, calling for an immediate halt to a practice he condemned as abuse. United States immigration authorities have detained almost 2,000 children in the past […]
6/18/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Trump tries to tilt global trade in the United States’ favor, he is increasingly putting his finger on the scale to help once-iconic industries that are declining as a share of the American economy, at the expense of some of the country’s fastest-growing sectors. The president’s attempts to boost […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump remained resistant on Monday [6-18-18] in the face of growing public outcry over his administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border, repeating the false assertion that Democrats were the ones to blame for it, and suggesting that criminals — not parents — were toting juveniles to […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DHS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans are growing anxious over President Donald Trump’s policy to break up families at the border — and now even his closest allies are trying to help find a way out of a growing political crisis. With the White House refusing to reverse the practice and demanding Congress step into the […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy and resulting separations of undocumented parents and kids is exploding into the most emotive and politically unpredictable test yet of President Donald Trump’s effort to change the character of America. As outrage grows over traumatic stories of families being torn apart, the big question this […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his Cabinet are refusing to publicly back down from their intensely controversial practice of separating migrant families at the border, despite pressure from fellow Republicans to ease up on what critics are calling a heartless policy…Trump hit back at the criticism during a space policy event at the […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the Trump administration’s practice of taking undocumented immigrant children from their families and putting them in government facilities on US borders, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. Only 28% approve. But among Republicans, there is majority support for the policy that has resulted in an […]
8/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/ELECTIONS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Top aides to President Donald Trump are planning additional crackdowns on immigration before the November midterms, despite a growing backlash over the administration’s move to separate migrant children from parents at the border. Senior policy adviser Stephen Miller and a team of officials from the Justice Department, Department of Labor, Department of Homeland […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris on Monday [6-18-18] called for the resignation of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as a result of immigration policy that has resulted in family separations at the US border…The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy at the border has resulted in thousands of family separations. The policy hasn’t […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker directed the state National Guard not to send any assets or personnel to the US-Mexico border because of the Trump administration’s ‘inhumane treatment’ of children, communications director Lizzy Guyton said in a statement. ‘I think it’s cruel and inhumane, and we told the National Guard to hold steady […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/BUSH FAMILY/HILLARY CLINTON/IMMIGRATION/OBAMA FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former first ladies Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama provided a signal boost on Monday [6-18-18] to another former first lady, Laura Bush, for her opinion piece slamming the Trump administration’s practice of separating families at the border. Speaking at a women’s forum award ceremony on Monday, Clinton also said […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Undaunted and unapologetic, President Donald Trump defended his administration’s border-protection policies Monday [6-18-18] in the face of rising national outrage over the forced separation of migrant children from their parents. Tough action is needed to fight illegal immigration, he declared and the U.S. ‘will not be a migrant camp’ on his watch. […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are openly admonishing the Trump administration’s practice of separating families at the border…Whether the blistering statements will manifest themselves into legislation remains to be seen. Such action would require GOP members to directly defy Trump, something the party has been hesitant to pursue in an election year. And the Senate […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic lawmakers joined protesters outside immigration detention facilities in New Jersey and Texas on Sunday [6-17-18] for Father’s Day demonstrations against the Trump administration’s practice of separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border…The events came as news stories highlighting the family separations intensified political pressure on the White House, even […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the Trump administration’s separation of children from their parents who cross into the U.S. illegally and suggested the policy could be ended as part of broader immigration legislation that may be voted on this week. Mr. Sessions in May announced a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy of detaining adults attempting […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy that has resulted in thousands of family separations at the border hasn’t deterred immigrants from trying to enter the country illegally, despite the administration’s predictions that it would, internal Department of Homeland Security documents obtained by CNN show. The documents, which refer to the effort […]
6/18/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SANCTUARY CITIES/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration, escalating its fight with so-called sanctuary cities, asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday [6-18-18] to narrow a lower court’s nationwide order preventing the federal government from denying public safety grants to municipalities that limit cooperation on immigration enforcement. The Justice Department asked the high […]
6/18/2018
JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Comey gave Strozk his marching orders. Mueller is Comey’s best friend. Witch Hunt!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2018 10:27 am […]
6/18/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A strange paradox is unfolding in Washington right now: As President Donald Trump acts less and less like a traditional Republican, traditional Republicans have become more and more afraid to cross him. In just the past couple of weeks, Mr. Trump has shredded the traditional Republican playbook on free trade. He has […]
6/18/2018
MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If President Obama (who got nowhere with North Korea and would have had to go to war with many millions of people being killed) had gotten along with North Korea and made the initial steps toward a deal that I have, the Fake News would have named him a national hero!” […]
6/18/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [6-18-18] ordered the Pentagon to establish a stand-alone Space Force as a new branch of the armed forces..The move quickly drew some backlash from one key senator, who said the president was overstepping his bounds by unilaterally calling for the creation of a new military service…Jerry Hendrix, […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is the Democrats fault for being weak and ineffective with Boarder Security and Crime. Tell them to start thinking about the people devastated by Crime coming from illegal immigration. Change the laws!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2018 8:53 am […]
6/18/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Children are being used by some of the worst criminals on earth as a means to enter our country. Has anyone been looking at the Crime taking place south of the border. It is historic, with some countries the most dangerous places in the world. Not going to happen in the U.S.” […]
6/18/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CHANGE THE LAWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2018 8:50 am […]
6/18/2018
EU/GERMANY/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The people of Germany are turning against their leadership as migration is rocking the already tenuous Berlin coalition. Crime in Germany is way up. Big mistake made all over Europe in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2018 8:04 […]
6/18/2018
DEMS/GANGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why don’t the Democrats give us the votes to fix the world’s worst immigration laws? Where is the outcry for the killings and crime being caused by gangs and thugs, including MS-13, coming into our country illegally?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2018 7:46 am […]
6/18/2018
ELECTIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday [6-18-18] dealt a setback to election reformers by declining to use high-profile cases from Wisconsin and Maryland to curb the ability of state lawmakers to draw electoral districts purely for partisan advantage. Sidestepping major rulings, the nine justices decided both cases on narrow legal grounds […]
6/18/2018
CHILDREN/DEMS/DHS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans are lining up two measures for potential floor votes – both a conservative bill and one that is the product of negotiations involving centrists in the chamber. But prospects for some kind of legislative breakthrough have been imperiled by controversy over the Trump administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ immigration policy, which has led […]
6/18/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s romp through white, working-class America in 2016 was nowhere more traumatic for Democrats than in Wisconsin, which flipped Republican in a presidential race for the first time since 1984. Now, two years after his stunning victory in the state, shell-shocked Democrats are beginning to pick up the pieces, pouring money […]
6/17/2018
RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Speaking to a racially mixed audience in August 2016, Corey Stewart, the far-right provocateur who won the Republican Senate nomination in Virginia last week, hailed the renaming of a middle school to honor a local black philanthropist instead of a former governor with segregationist roots…But six months later, he was singing a notably […]
6/17/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jose Luis Garcia was watering his lawn and drinking his morning coffee outside his home in Southern California last Sunday [6-10-18] when federal immigration authorities showed up. Mr. Garcia — a 62-year-old Mexican immigrant who has been a legal resident since the 1980s, according to his family — shouted for help. He […]
6/17/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The young women had come from 48 states across the country, yearning for moments of belonging they rarely found at home. Cheyenne Martin, a 19-year-old student at Georgetown University, described being ridiculed by classmates for her desire to lead the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency one day. But this weekend she […]
6/17/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Leading figures of both parties demanded on Sunday [6-17-18] that President Trump halt his administration’s practice of separating children from their parents when apprehended at the border, as the issue further polarized the already divisive immigration debate in Washington. Republican lawmakers, the former first lady Laura Bush, a conservative newspaper and a […]
6/17/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “FBI agent Peter Strzok, who was sharply criticized by the inspector general last week for sending anti-Trump text messages, has agreed to appear before congressional committees that invite him to testify, his lawyer said in a letter made public Sunday [6-17-18]. Mr. Strzok was the lead agent on the Federal […]
6/17/2018
ECONOMY/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The future of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which binds the economies of the U.S., Canada and Mexico, has rarely looked as murky as it does right now. Negotiators missed a self-imposed deadline to rewrite the deal in May. Then a quarrel between U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister […]
6/15/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Friday [6-15-18] evening walked back Donald Trump’s criticism of a House GOP bill shielding Dreamers from deportation, saying in a statement that the president would sign the legislation. After a daylong, dizzying back-and-forth over Trump’s position, White House spokesman Raj Shah said Trump misunderstood a question on ‘Fox […]