ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Don Blankenship, the former coal magnate who served a year in prison for a mine-safety conviction, said Monday [5-21-18] that he planned to continue his bid for a U.S. Senate seat, now as a third-party candidate after losing the Republican primary in West Virginia earlier this month. Mr. Blankenship’s decision to […]
5/21/2018
DEVIN NUNES/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Monday [5-21-18] praised Rep. Devin Nunes — who is aggressively pushing the Justice Department for sensitive documents related to the Russia probe — as a ‘very courageous man.’ In remarks delivered before swearing in CIA Director Gina Haspel, Trump diverted from the focus of […]
5/21/2018
2016 ELECTION/DONALD JR/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald Trump Jr., the U.S. president’s eldest son, met in August 2016 with an envoy representing the crown princes of United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The meeting was first reported by the New York Times on Saturday and confirmed by an attorney representing Trump Jr. The meeting was a […]
5/21/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “The Trump administration on Monday [5-19-18] dismissed Venezuela’s presidential election as a ‘sham’ and ramped up economic and diplomatic pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s beleaguered government. The White House announced that President Donald Trump had signed an executive order restricting the Venezuelan government’s ability to liquidate assets for pennies on the dollar […]
5/21/2018
2016 ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump isn’t over the 2016 election, and Hillary Clinton isn’t either. That’s what she said in a commencement address at Yale. ‘No, I’m not over it,’ she said. ‘I still think about the 2016 election. I still regret the mistakes I made.’ But while Trump continues to goad […]
5/21/2018
SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [5-21-18] put in place new economic sanctions aimed at Venezuela in an executive order banning U.S. citizens from being involved in sales of that country’s accounts receivables related to oil and other assets. ‘Today’s executive order closes another avenue for corruption that we have observed being […]
5/21/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will meet on Monday [5-21-18] with Justice Department and intelligence officials to discuss his order to look into whether his 2016 presidential campaign was infiltrated or surveilled under the Obama administration, a White House official told Reuters. Trump will meet at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) with Deputy […]
5/21/2018
GANGS/IMMIGRATION/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will travel to New York on Wednesday [5-23-18] for a speech on immigration. New York Rep. Pete King’s office says they’re expecting the president to travel to Bethpage, on Long Island, to discuss efforts to eradicate the violent MS-13 gang. Last week, Trump raised eyebrows when he used […]
5/21/2018
CHINA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. suspended its threat to impose tariffs on $150 billion in Chinese imports to the U.S. while negotiations with China continue, but President Donald Trump could impose the tariffs if a deal between the two countries doesn’t progress, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. ‘Both parties have agreed to suspend the […]
5/21/2018
DEFENSE/IRAN/MIKE POMPEO/MILITARY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The US will aim to ‘crush’ Iran with economic and military pressure unless it changes its behavior in the Middle East, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday [5-21-18]. Pompeo, unveiling the Trump administration’s new policy on Iran just weeks after President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal, said […]
5/21/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/ETHICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats plan to hammer the corruption allegations swirling around the Trump administration in the run up to the midterms, hoping to tap into a successful strategy that delivered them control of Congress in 2006. Democratic leaders will roll out the latest plank of their messaging platform Monday [5-21-18], focusing on a package […]
5/21/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under our potential deal with China, they will purchase from our Great American Farmers practically as much as our Farmers can produce.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2018 8:16 am […]
5/21/2018
MEDIA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Wall Street Journal asks, ‘WHERE IN THE WORLD WAS BARACK OBAMA?’ A very good question!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2018 7:51 am […]
5/21/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA ADMIN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has wrenched the United States back to the brink of a constitutional showdown after a weekend of rage culminated in his demand for an investigation into claims that the Obama administration inserted a spy in his 2016 campaign. Trump’s power play injected fresh intensity into […]
5/21/2018
CIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…they then used to start an investigation about Trump. It is that simple. This guy is the genesis of this whole Debacle. This was a Political hit job, this was not an Intelligence Investigation. Brennan has disgraced himself, he’s worried about staying out of Jail.’ Dan Bongino” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, […]
5/21/2018
CIA/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….top of the FBI. Brennan started this entire debacle about President Trump. We now know that Brennan had detailed knowledge of the (phony) Dossier…he knows about the Dossier, he denies knowledge of the Dossier, he briefs the Gang of 8 on the Hill about the Dossier, which….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, […]
5/21/2018
CIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’John Brennan is panicking. He has disgraced himself, he has disgraced the Country, he has disgraced the entire Intelligence Community. He is the one man who is largely responsible for the destruction of American’s faith in the Intelligence Community and in some people at the….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2018 6:53 […]
5/21/2018
BORDER/CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China must continue to be strong & tight on the Border of North Korea until a deal is made. The word is that recently the Border has become much more porous and more has been filtering in. I want this to happen, and North Korea to be VERY successful, but only […]
5/21/2018
GERMANY/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “German companies are concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump is increasingly thinking only of America rather than just putting his country first, the head of Germany’s DIHK Chambers of Commerce told media. The United States has pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and Germany has acknowledged it could be hard […]
5/21/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On China, Barriers and Tariffs to come down for first time.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2018 6:31 am […]
5/21/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China has agreed to buy massive amounts of ADDITIONAL Farm/Agricultural Products – would be one of the best things to happen to our farmers in many years!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2018 6:27 am […]
5/21/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [5-21-18] urged China on Monday to maintain a secure border with North Korea, pressing Beijing ahead of his anticipated meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month aimed at denuclearization…He did not elaborate on the significance of the North Korea-China border issue in […]
5/21/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda has few more outspoken opponents than Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who, as chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, has served as the voice of Hispanic and Democratic members of Congress in condemning the administration’s policies. The New Mexico Democrat is hoping to take that message to a […]
5/21/2018
CORRUPTION/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/VENEZUELA: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, […]
5/20/2018
2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department asked its internal watchdog to examine if there was any impropriety in the counterintelligence investigation of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, after the president demanded Sunday [5-20-18] that the department investigate the motives behind the inquiry. Earlier Sunday, in one of a series of tweets targeting […]
5/20/2018
CHINA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has suspended its plan to impose sweeping tariffs on China as it presses forward with trade talks, a gesture that will temporarily ease tensions between the two nations but rapidly increase pressure on President Trump to secure the type of tough deal that he has long said […]
5/20/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA ADMIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Sunday [5-20-18] demanded that the Justice Department investigate whether the department or the F.B.I. ‘infiltrated or surveilled’ his campaign at the behest of the Obama administration, following through on his frequent threats to intervene in the special counsel inquiry as he targets those he views as political […]
5/20/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump demanded Sunday [5-20-18] that his Justice Department look into whether it or the FBI spied on his presidential campaign for political reasons…The tweet comes after it was reported that the FBI dispatched a confidential source to speak with some aides to Trump’s presidential campaign about its possible […]
5/20/2018
ELECTIONS/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is amassing an army of political insiders for 2020 — all without leaving the White House. The Trump administration has hosted 14 ‘state days’ over the past few months, inviting county commissioners of both parties to come through for tours and meet senior administration officials, including Vice […]
5/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/DONALD JR/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three months before the 2016 election, a small group gathered at Trump Tower to meet with Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son. One was an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation. Another was an emissary for two wealthy Arab princes. The third was a Republican donor with a […]
5/18/2018
CALIFORNIA/GANGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is defending his use of the word ‘animals’ to describe some immigrants who enter the country illegally, saying he would continue to use the term to refer to violent gang members despite a sharp rebuke from Democratic leaders. Answering a reporter’s question during a meeting Thursday [5-17-18] with NATO […]
5/18/2018
DEMS/GOP/PRISON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [5-18-18] urged Congress to overhaul the nation’s prison system and help more former inmates re-enter society, hoping to jump-start legislation that’s facing fresh opposition from Democrats. Trump said at a White House forum that a prison overhaul ‘unites people from across the political spectrum’ and that lawmakers […]
5/18/2018
GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An armed man ranting against President Trump opened fire on police officers early Friday [5-18-18] at the Trump National Doral Miami Golf Club in South Florida before he was wounded and apprehended, the authorities said. Although the police did not immediately describe a motive for the attack at the resort, they said […]
5/18/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump ramped up pressure against the Justice Department on Friday [5-18-18], raising concerns about the possibility of a government informant inside his presidential campaign and saying ‘if true’ it is the ‘all time biggest political scandal!’ In a pair of tweets on Friday morning, the president offered his latest salvo […]
5/18/2018
JAPAN/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “After months of taking hits from the United States over North Korea policy and trade, Japan has decided that it will only be pushed so far, and is threatening to punch back. On Friday [5-18-18], Japan notified the World Trade Organization that it was reserving the right to impose retaliatory tariffs […]
5/18/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Trump announced on Friday [5-18-18] that he intended to nominate Robert Wilkie, the acting secretary of veterans affairs, to take over the sprawling agency, a move that the president said would surprise Mr. Wilkie because he was learning about it only as it was being revealed. The president made the […]
5/18/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For months, the political world has treated Robert S. Mueller III as the arbiter of President Trump’s fate: Hopeful Democrats have theorized about the damage Mr. Mueller’s investigation might inflict. Suspicious Republicans, led by Mr. Trump, have cast him as leading a ‘witch hunt.’ But this week Rudolph W. Giuliani, […]
5/17/2018
ABORTION/PLANNED PARENTHOOD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Clinics that provide abortions or refer patients to places that do would lose federal funding under a new Trump administration rule that takes direct aim at Planned Parenthood, according to three administration officials. The rule, which is to be announced Friday [5-18-18], is a top priority of social conservatives and is […]
5/18/2018
GUNS/NRA/SCHOOL SHOOTING/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Friday [5-18-18] expressed heartbreak and frustration about a deadly school shooting at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, and said his administration would do ‘everything in our power’ to keep guns away from those who should not have them…Months ago, Mr. Trump vowed to take action on […]
5/18/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Just met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres who is working hard to ‘Make the United Nations Great Again.’ When the UN does more to solve conflicts around the world, it means the U.S. has less to do and we save money. @NikkiHaley is doing a fantastic job! https://t.co/pqUv6cyH2z” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
5/18/2018
PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “America is a Nation that believes in the power of redemption. America is a Nation that believes in second chances – and America is a Nation that believes that the best is always yet to come! #PrisonReform https://t.co/Yk5UJUYgHN” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, 2018 3:22 pm […]
5/18/2018
DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SteveForbesCEO: .@realDonaldTrump speech on drug costs pays immediate dividends. New @Amgen drug lists at 30% less than expected. Middl…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, 2018 3:02 pm […]
5/18/2018
DEMS/GOP/PRISONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [5-18-18] embraced a bipartisan prison reform proposal, but a sharp divide among Democrats on the issue threatens to undermine the deal. The discord was on display Friday as Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York circulated a scathing letter accusing fellow Democrats of trying to tank the effort […]
5/18/2018
CIA/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An unsupported theory circulating on Capitol Hill and conservative media outlets about an ‘informant’ spying on the Trump campaign reached new heights Friday [5-18-18] morning, as President Donald Trump tweeted about the ‘all time greatest political scandal.’ But US officials tell CNN that the confidential intelligence source was not planted inside […]
5/18/2018
MELANIA: “President Donald Trump provided an update Friday [5-18-18] on first lady Melania Trump, who has remained hospitalized since undergoing kidney surgery earlier this week…On Monday {5-14-18], Mrs. Trump, 48, underwent an embolization procedure to treat a benign kidney condition at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, the first lady’s communications director, […]
5/18/2018
ABORTION/PLANNED PARENTHOOD/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is planning a controversial new proposition that would bar abortions at facilities receiving any federal family planning funds, an effort that could further divide the country on one of its most difficult political topics. Planned Parenthood, which could lose funds if the move is enacted, has immediately raised […]
5/18/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA ADMIN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his supporters are circulating an explosive theory: The FBI, they say, may have planted a mole, or ‘spy,’ inside the 2016 campaign to bring him down. The unverified allegation has lit up conservative media and earned space on Trump’s Twitter feed just as special […]
5/18/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [5-18-18] escalated his attacks on the Justice Department, suggesting that the FBI may have planted or recruited an informant in his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump stopped short of accusing the FBI of spying on his campaign, instead citing unnamed reports that at least one […]
5/18/2018
SCHOOL SHOOTING/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We grieve for the terrible loss of life, and send our support and love to everyone affected by this horrible attack in Texas. To the students, families, teachers and personnel at Santa Fe High School – we are with you in this tragic hour, and we will be with you forever… […]
5/18/2018
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A training exercise involving U.S. B-52 bombers and South Korean planes was scrapped earlier this week after the South Korean government expressed concerns that it could generate tensions before the summit meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to U.S. officials. The move follows […]
5/18/2018
SCHOOL SHOOTING/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “School shooting in Texas. Early reports not looking good. God bless all!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, 2018 10:05 am […]
5/18/2018
ABORTION/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Health clinics that get federal family-planning funds would no longer be required to counsel women about abortions and could no longer refer patients for the procedure under a widely anticipated Trump administration initiative. The move is part of a sweeping effort by the administration to roll back access to abortion and contraception, […]
5/18/2018
AGRICULTURE/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a sweeping $867 billion farm bill on Friday [5-18-18] after Republican leaders failed to appease conservative lawmakers who had asked them not to hold the vote until they were given the chance to consider a bill to clamp down on immigration. The next […]
5/18/2018
ABORTION/GOP/PLANNED PARENTHOOD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [5-18-18] issued a proposal that would effectively stop giving government funds that subsidize birth control for low-income women to Planned Parenthood and other clinics that provide abortions. The plan is aimed at fulfilling Trump’s campaign pledge to defund Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides abortions […]
5/18/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Reports are there was indeed at least one FBI representative implanted, for political purposes, into my campaign for president. It took place very early on, and long before the phony Russia Hoax became a ‘hot’ Fake News story. If true – all time biggest political scandal!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, […]
5/18/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why isn’t disgraced FBI official Andrew McCabe being investigated for the $700,000 Crooked Hillary Democrats in Virginia, led by Clinton best friend Terry M (under FBI investigation that they killed) gave to McCabe’s wife in her run for office? Then dropped case on Clinton!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, 2018 […]
5/18/2018
GANGS/IMMIGRATION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fake News Media had me calling Immigrants, or Illegal Immigrants, ‘Animals.’ Wrong! They were begrudgingly forced to withdraw their stories. I referred to MS 13 Gang Members as ‘Animals,’ a big difference – and so true. Fake News got it purposely wrong, as usual!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, 2018 5:51 am […]
5/18/2018
2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ‘”Apparently the DOJ put a Spy in the Trump Campaign. This has never been done before and by any means necessary, they are out to frame Donald Trump for crimes he didn’t commit.’ David Asman @LouDobbs @GreggJarrett Really bad stuff!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, 2018 5:24 am […]
5/18/2018
ETHICS/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Donald Trump’s fresh acknowledgment this week that he reimbursed his lawyer Michael Cohen more than $100,000 in 2017 is raising red flags with ethics experts about why the President withheld information from the public about those payments last year. Trump’s financial disclosure report released on Wednesday [5-16-18] — covering all of […]
5/18/2018
BORDERS/CALIFORNIA/CRIME/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California finally deserves a great Governor, one who understands borders, crime and lowering taxes. John Cox is the man – he’ll be the best Governor you’ve ever had. I fully endorse John Cox for Governor and look forward to working with him to Make California Great Again!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 18, […]
5/17/2018
COURTS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In 2011, Michael B. Brennan, then a lawyer in Milwaukee, vigorously defended the right of Wisconsin’s Republican senator to single-handedly block an Obama administration nominee for a federal bench seat in the state. Last week, Mr. Brennan was confirmed as a Trump administration nominee to that very same seat despite vigorous […]
5/17/2018
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A week ago, things could not have been going better for President Moon Jae-in of South Korea. He was successfully arranging a meeting between North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump. His approval ratings at home were soaring. The tone had changed so much that Mr. Trump had even […]
5/17/2018
ANOTHONY SCARAMUCCI/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A television show featuring Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who is suing President Trump on behalf of a pornographic film actress, and the former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci was pitched to two cable networks in recent weeks, people briefed on the matter said on Thursday [5-7-18]. The prominent television […]
5/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump asserted on Thursday [5-17-17] that federal investigators attempted to infiltrate his 2016 campaign with a confidential informant — a scandalous overreach, he said, that would be ‘bigger than Watergate!’ In some sense, many analysts have said, he is right: Efforts by a hostile foreign power to influence an […]
5/17/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TECHNOLOGY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Chinese negotiators are preparing to offer the United States a mammoth package of promises to buy more American goods, in a bid to pare down the trade deficit between the two countries and to defuse President Trump’s aggressive moves against China’s trade practices. The package, which officials said could approach […]
5/17/2018
CANADA/MEXICO/NAFTA/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s trade chief said Thursday [5-17-18] the U.S. is ‘nowhere near’ a deal on the North American Free Trade Agreement, effectively brushing aside an offer from House Speaker Paul Ryan for more time to conclude a deal that could be considered in Congress this year…All three Nafta countries—Mexico, Canada […]
5/17/2018
DEMS/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and his critics actually agree on something. If a column he read in a magazine is correct, he wrote on Twitter on Thursday [5-17-18], ‘this is bigger than Watergate!’ Never mind that he was thinking of something different than his adversaries when they use the same phrase. Mr. Trump […]
5/17/2018
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Paul Ryan and his longtime No. 2, Kevin McCarthy, have maintained a unified public front on immigration — but behind the scenes, the interests of the outgoing speaker and his potential successor are colliding over controversial Dreamers legislation. Both have vehemently opposed an effort by centrist Republicans to force votes […]
5/17/2018
LEAKS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is considering shrinking its communications team in the coming weeks, two officials with knowledge of the expected changes tell CNN, with one objective being reducing the number of leaks and the overall goal being restructuring the entire press shop. Discussions of staff reduction have ramped up after it leaked […]
5/17/2018
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/OBAMA ADMIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said Thursday [5-17-18] that immigration judges may no longer administratively close cases, a way of letting someone avoid deportation, and released data showing that it is arresting far more illegal immigrants without criminal convictions than was true in the Obama administration. Together, the announcements show how the […]
5/17/2018
JOHN MCCAIN/LEAKS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The leak of a White House press aide’s flippant comment about John McCain’s brain cancer has uncorked long-simmering tensions in the communications and press offices, with staffers anticipating potential personnel changes to come as soon as Friday [5-18-18]. The furor over White House aide Kelly Sadler’s remark set off jockeying […]
5/17/2018
ISRAEL/MIDDLE EAST/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s still-secret Middle East peace proposal is running into headwinds after deadly clashes at Israel’s border fence with the Gaza Strip and the move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem rattled Arab governments who could help bring the Palestinians to the negotiating table. The document—months in the works and […]
5/17/2018
VA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was my great honor to visit with our HEROES last night at Walter Reed Medical Center. There is nobody like them! https://t.co/fG5W1SwIHK“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, 2018 5:17 pm […]
5/17/2018
AGRICULTURE/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tomorrow, the House will vote on a strong Farm Bill, which includes work requirements. We must support our Nation’s great farmers!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, 2018 5:14 pm […]
5/17/2018
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great talk with my friend President Mauricio Macri of Argentina this week. He is doing such a good job for Argentina. I support his vision for transforming his country’s economy and unleashing its potential!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, 2018 4:53 pm […]
5/17/2018
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Talking trade with the Vice Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Liu He. https://t.co/9T7Iq6F3Xe“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, 2018 4:27 pm […]
5/17/2018
BUSINESS/CHINA/SANCTIONS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday [5-17-18] quietly rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to help restore the U.S. operations of the controversial Chinese tech megafirm, ZTE. Lawmakers from both parties unanimously agreed to include in an appropriations bill a provision that would uphold sanctions against the Chinese phone-maker, just days after President […]
5/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/LAWSUIT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign on Thursday [5-17-18] rejected as ‘wild speculation’ allegations by three Americans that it conspired with Russians to disseminate their private information from hacked emails to deter them from supporting Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. A hearing in U.S. District Court for […]
5/17/2018
IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [5-17-18] said he was referring to MS-13 gang members when he called some undocumented immigrants ‘animals’ a day earlier, after his remarks prompted a partisan spat online…The dust-up began Wednesday [5-16-18] when, during a roundtable on so-called sanctuary cities, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims brought up […]
5/17/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his allies ramped up their pressure campaign against special counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday [5-17-18] — the one-year anniversary of his sprawling investigation — as they seek to discredit the probe that shows no signs of wrapping up soon. Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor […]
5/17/2018
LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A New York appeals court has denied a motion by President Donald Trump’s attorney to stay the Summer Zervos defamation case pending appeal, meaning the gathering of evidence known as ‘discovery’ can move forward as both parties await a ruling on the appeal. Zervos, a former ‘Apprentice’ contestant, filed a lawsuit against […]
5/17/2018
GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unlike the president, Robert Mueller hasn’t uttered one word in public about his Russia investigation in the year since he was appointed special counsel. And that is rattling just about everyone involved. What’s he up to? When will he bring the probe to and end? He doesn’t have to say, and […]
5/17/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump offered another guarded response to warnings from North Korea Thursday [5-17-18], saying it’s possible the upcoming summit with Kim Jong Un doesn’t happen. ‘We may have the meeting. we may not have the meeting. If we don’t have it that will be very interesting,’ Trump said in the Oval […]
5/17/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, has cut a plea deal with the Justice Department that requires him to cooperate with other criminal probes, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The guilty plea agreement, which is under seal […]
5/17/2018
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Wednesday [5-16-18], two more Republicans signed on to a petition that would force an open-ended and unpredictable immigration debate onto the House floor — a nightmare scenario that the White House and GOP leaders seem, at least at the moment, unable to stop. The decisions by Republican Reps. John Katko of […]
5/17/2018
CIA/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The U.S. Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday [5-17-18] to be director of the CIA, ending a bruising confirmation fight centered on her ties to the spy agency’s past use of waterboarding and other brutal interrogation techniques. Haspel, who will be the first woman to lead the CIA, is a 33-year veteran at […]
5/17/2018
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Congrats to the House for passing the VA MISSION Act yesterday. Without this funding our veterans will be forced to stand in never ending lines in order to receive care. Putting politics over our veterans care is UNACCEPTABLE – Senate must vote yes on this bill by Memorial Day!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
5/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump sarcastically congratulated America Thursday [5-17-18] on the one-year anniversary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, maintaining that there was no collusion between his campaign and the Russians. ‘Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch […]
5/17/2018
ENERGY[ALTERNATIVE/EU/GERMANY/RUSSIA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is pressing Germany to pull the brakes on a major gas deal with Russia as the price for avoiding a trans-Atlantic trade war, according to German, U.S. and European officials. The officials said Mr. Trump told German Chancellor Angela Merkel in April that Germany should drop support for […]
5/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office notified a federal court in Virginia on Thursday [5-17-18] it had filed under seal an unredacted memorandum that is expected to shed light on the scope of his wide-ranging probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The filing, made as part of […]
5/17/2018
LAWSUIT/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A New York state appeals court on Thursday [5-17-18] denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to halt a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on his reality TV show ‘The Apprentice’ who accused him of making unwanted sexual advances. In a one-page order, the Appellate Division in Manhattan did not explain […]
5/17/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite the disgusting, illegal and unwarranted Witch Hunt, we have had the most successful first 17 month Administration in U.S. history – by far! Sorry to the Fake News Media and ‘Haters,’ but that’s the way it is!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, 2018 8:52 am […]
5/17/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is likely to fall well short of a plan to slash the U.S. trade deficit with China by half, in large part because American farms and factories will find it hard to produce enough exports to meet that goal, trade experts say. China’s chief economic envoy, Liu He […]
5/17/2018
FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI ‘SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN EMBEDDED INFORMANT.’ Andrew McCarthy says, ‘There’s probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign.’ If so, this is bigger than Watergate!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, 2018 7:45 […]
5/17/2018
FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI ‘SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN IMBEDDED INFORMANT.” Andrew McCarthy says, ‘There’s probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign.’ If so, this is bigger than Watergate!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, 2018 6:56 […]
5/17/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A partial surrender of nuclear arms and missiles by North Korea could help break a deadlock between Washington and Pyongyang over how to begin the process of denuclearization, under a solution proposed by a senior U.S. official and an adviser to the South Korean president. The idea is intended to […]
5/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History…and there is still No Collusion and No Obstruction. The only Collusion was that done by Democrats who were unable to win an Election despite the spending of far more money!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]
5/17/2018
CIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to our new CIA Director, Gina Haspel! https://t.co/n1xj9LSV9D“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, 2018 4:00 pm […]
5/17/2018
BORDERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said President Donald Trump was ‘very clearly’ speaking about MS-13 gang members who enter the US illegally when he called criminals who cross the US-Mexico border illegally ‘animals’ during an event at the White House on Wednesday [5-16-17]…Trump a day earlier lamented the illegal entry of […]
5/17/2018
CONGRESS/ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT/INFRASTRUCTURE/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. Policy. The Congress has enacted a wide range of statutory requirements related to energy and environmental performance of executive departments and agencies (agencies), including […]