5/9/2018

DREAMERS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A breakaway group of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives plans on Wednesday [5-9-18] to defy their leaders and join with Democrats in an attempt to force action on legislation that would protect young, illegal immigrants from deportation. The rare move could trigger a House debate next month on […]

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5/9/2018

EU/FRANCE/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Europe has a ‘limited opportunity’ to preserve the nuclear deal with Tehran, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani told French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on Wednesday [5-9-19], according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency…Macron traveled to the United States in late April in an attempt to convince U.S. President Donald Trump […]

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5/9/2018

IRAN/NORTH KOREA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So much of the Trump presidency to this moment has been about undoing President Barack Obama. Announcing the US would leave the Iran nuclear deal, President Donald Trump was still more concerned with how badly he said it was negotiated than with what would come next. He called it flawed, horrible, […]

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5/9/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump complained Wednesday [5-9-18]that his administration receives overwhelmingly negative coverage from network news outlets and floated the idea of pulling credentials from outlets whose reporting is deemed unfair by the White House. Trump cited a study from the right-leaning Media Research Center that showed 91 percent of the coverage of […]

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5/9/2018

MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back from North Korea with the 3 wonderful gentlemen that everyone is looking so forward to meeting. They seem to be in good health. Also, good meeting with Kim Jong […]

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5/9/2018

ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Mike Dewine on his big win in the Great State of Ohio. He will be a great Governor with a heavy focus on HealthCare and Jobs. His Socialist opponent in November should not do well, a big failure in last job!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 9, 2018 7:00 am […]

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5/9/2018

TRUMP PEOPLE: “Candace Owens of Turning Point USA is having a big impact on politics in our Country. She represents an ever expanding group of very smart ‘thinkers,’ and it is wonderful to watch and hear the dialogue going on…so good for our Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 9, 2018 6:48 am […]

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5/9/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News is working overtime. Just reported that, despite the tremendous success we are having with the economy & all things else, 91% of the Network News about me is negative (Fake). Why do we work so hard in working with the media when it is corrupt? Take away credentials?” -Donald […]

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5/9/2018

ECONOMY/ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Republican Party had a great night. Tremendous voter energy and excitement, and all candidates are those who have a great chance of winning in November. The Economy is sooo strong, and with Nancy Pelosi wanting to end the big Tax Cuts and Raise Taxes, why wouldn’t we win?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]

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5/9/2018

FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During his first year in office, President Donald Trump often acceded to the advice of cautious national security aides. At their urging, he added troops to the war in Afghanistan, delayed plans to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and preserved a nuclear-containment deal with Iran even though […]

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5/9/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Rachel Crooks, who alleged that Donald Trump kissed her without her consent in 2005 when she was working as a receptionist in Trump Tower, on Tuesday [5-8-18] secured her primary bid for state office in Ohio. Crooks was running unopposed for the Democratic nomination for a seat in the state Legislature. Crooks […]

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5/9/2018

MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators have questioned a Russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments his company’s US affiliate made to President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, after the election, according to a source familiar with the matter. Viktor Vekselberg, chairman of asset manager Renova Group, is […]

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5/9/2018

IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s exit from the Iran nuclear deal was one of the most significant moments of his presidency — and cemented a sharp turn in decades of US foreign policy orthodoxy. It also opened a new window into Trump’s political soul, showing his willingness to unleash the kind of chaos abroad he […]

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5/8/2018

IRAN/ISRAEL/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For President Trump and two of the allies he values most — Israel and Saudi Arabia — the problem of the Iranian nuclear accord was not, primarily, about nuclear weapons. It was that the deal legitimized and normalized the clerical Iranian government, reopening it to the world economy with oil revenue […]

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5/8/2018

LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A company created by Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, received $500,000 in 2017 from an investment fund linked to a Russian oligarch, according to a person familiar with the matter. Separately, AT&T Inc. said it made payments to Mr. Cohen’s company in 2017 for ‘insights’ into the administration at a […]

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5/8/2018

RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump and White House aides expressed their discomfort over Rudy Giuliani’s free-wheeling interviews, those who know the former mayor from his native New York City and who’ve seen him at recent events suggest it’s just Rudy being Rudy. They described a man whose once-powerful legal career long […]

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5/8/2018

LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A shell company that Michael D. Cohen used to pay hush money to a pornographic film actress received payments totaling more than $1 million from an American company linked to a Russian oligarch and several corporations with business before the Trump administration, according to documents and interviews. Financial records reviewed by […]

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5/8/2018

IRAN/ISRAEL/NUCLEAR/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For President Trump and two of the allies he values most — Israel and Saudi Arabia — the problem of the Iranian nuclear accord was not, primarily, about nuclear weapons. It was that the deal legitimized and normalized Iran’s clerical government, reopening it to the world economy with oil revenue that […]

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5/8/2018

ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Dutch attorney now has the dubious distinction of being the first person imprisoned in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Alex van der Zwaan, 33, reported to a low-security Federal Bureau of Prisons facility near Allenwood, Pennsylvania, on Monday to serve […]

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5/8/2018

IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Iran Deal is defective at its core. If we do nothing, we know what will happen. In just a short time, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world’s most dangerous weapons… https://t.co/58qwBLzxIH“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2018 5:11 pm […]

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5/8/2018

IRAN/NUCLEAR/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Oil prices settled lower on Tuesday [5-8-18], recovering some losses after President Donald Trump announced his decision to abandon the Iran nuclear deal. Light, sweet crude for June delivery settled down 2.4% at $69.06 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, breaking a four-session winning streak. Brent, the global benchmark, fell […]

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5/8/2018

IRAN/JOE BIDEN/NUCLEAR/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday [5-8-18] criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Iran deal, a pillar of Obama’s legacy on foreign policy…Trump announced on Tuesday afternoon that he was withdrawing the US from the nuclear agreement with Iran and said he would impose new sanctions. In his statement […]

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5/8/2018

EU/FRANCE/GERMANY/IRAN/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For months, leaders from France, Germany and the United Kingdom — key signatories to the six-nation negotiating group that brokered the 2015 Obama-era Iran deal — had tried to persuade US President Donald Trump to stay or renegotiate the deal. But on Tuesday [5-8-18] afternoon, it appeared those efforts were wasted, as […]

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5/8/2018

IRAN/ISRAEL/MILITARY/SYRIA: “There are increasing concerns Iran is on the cusp of an attack against Israel, several US military officials told CNN. Intelligence is not clear on when an attack could come and what form it would take, they said, with one official noting that ‘if there is an attack it might not be immediately clear […]

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5/8/2018

EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “On a trip to Morocco last year, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his staff missed a connecting flight and spent more than 24 hours in Paris because his security detail’s weapons and other gear couldn’t be transferred between the planes in time, his former security chief told congressional staffers last […]

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5/8/2018

COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a March speech at a Washington, D.C. law school, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions slammed ‘activist’ federal judges for blocking some of President Donald Trump’s key initiatives, voicing again a favorite grievance of the administration and Trump himself. Pointing to courtroom losses on policies such as the travel ban, the Trump […]

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5/8/2018

IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: ‘Finally, I want to deliver a message to the long-suffering people of Iran. The people of America stand with you.’ https://…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2018 3:33 pm […]

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5/8/2018

CIA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The fate of President Donald Trump’s CIA nominee hinges on how well she fields tough questions Wednesday [5-9-18] from senators who want details of her time running a covert detention site where terror suspects were brutally interrogated after 9/11 and an explanation for why she wanted videos of the sessions destroyed. Gina Haspel, […]

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5/8/2018

FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. is pulling out of the Iranian nuclear accord, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday [5-8-18], dismantling his predecessor’s signature foreign-policy achievement and bucking the wishes of key allies around the globe. Speaking in the Diplomatic Room of the White House, Mr. Trump delivered harsh words about the deal, calling it […]

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5/8/2018

IRAN/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump announced Tuesday [5-8-18] he is quitting the Iran nuclear deal, pitting him against the United States’ closest allies and leaving the future of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions in question. ‘It is clear to me that we cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the […]

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5/8/2018

MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday [5-8-18] afternoon that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was flying to North Korea, where he will continue preparations for Trump’s planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un…Pompeo’s trip to North Korea is his second in recent months and his first since being confirmed […]

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5/8/2018

IRAN/NUKES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran could quickly ramp up its nuclear activities now that President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 international agreement designed to curtail them. But experts and former officials differ over how long Tehran would need to build a bomb. Some, pointing to Iran’s slow past progress and independent analyses, believe Iran […]

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5/8/2018

STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Another desk is being vacated in the ever-churning White House communications department. Cliff Sims, a special assistant to the president who oversees White House message strategy, is expected to take a position at the State Department as a senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the coming weeks…Sims was officially offered […]

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5/8/2018

DEMS/SPENDING/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Tuesday [5-8-18] began trying to convince U.S. lawmakers to support $15 billion in spending cuts, which Democrats called a hypocritical bid to reclaim an image of fiscal conservatism following Republicans’ deficit-ballooning tax cuts of 2017. President Donald Trump’s package, known as a rescissions request to kill existing budget […]

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5/8/2018

CONGRESS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans angry with the Justice Department over not providing documents to Congress are urging President Donald Trump to intervene in the latest dispute between House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, a California Republican, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Nunes threatened on Fox News over the weekend to hold Sessions in contempt after […]

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5/8/2018

MELANIA: “The office of first lady Melania Trump on Tuesday [5-8-18] scolded ‘opposition media’ for pointing out that Trump reused an educational booklet from the Obama-era Federal Trade Commission in unveiling her new “Be Best” campaign on childhood wellness. After Trump launched the childhood ‘well-being, social media use and opioid abuse’ initiative on Monday [5-7-18], […]

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5/8/2018

IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday [5-8-18] that Iran would remain committed to a multinational nuclear deal despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 agreement designed to deny Tehran the ability to build nuclear weapons…The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is the full name for the nuclear […]

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5/8/2018

CIA/DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Jon Tester said Tuesday [5-8-18] he is not voting for Gina Haspel’s nomination to be the next CIA director, the first Democrat from a red state to openly oppose her…The White House has rallied behind Haspel for the position, even though questions over her past in the CIA are likely to come […]

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5/8/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “John Kerry can’t get over the fact that he had his chance and blew it! Stay away from negotiations John, you are hurting your country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2018 6:30 am […]

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5/8/2018

IRAN/NUCLEAR/POLL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Almost two-thirds of Americans — 63% — believe that the US should not withdraw from the agreement made with Iran to prevent the country from developing nuclear weapons. Only 29% believe the US should withdraw, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. President Donald Trump is expected to announce Tuesday […]

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5/8/2018

CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be speaking to my friend, President Xi of China, this morning at 8:30. The primary topics will be Trade, where good things will happen, and North Korea, where relationships and trust are building.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2018 6:22 am […]

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5/8/2018

CIA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Gina Haspel, my highly respected nominee to lead the CIA, is being praised for the fact that she has been, and alway will be, TOUGH ON TERROR! This is a woman who has been a leader wherever she has gone. The CIA wants her to lead them into America’s bright and […]

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5/8/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The heart of the political primary season begins Tuesday [5-8-18], with Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia holding contests to select candidates for November’s general elections. Eight more states will pick nominees in the next two weeks and 18 more have primaries in June. The two biggest races Tuesday are the […]

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5/8/2018

ELECTIONS/GOP/HOUSE OF REP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Bitter Republican U.S. Senate races in West Virginia and Indiana featuring candidates who have fought to prove their loyalty to President Donald Trump will highlight a slate of high-stakes party primaries in four states on Tuesday [5-8-18]. Voters in Ohio and North Carolina also pick candidates on Tuesday for November’s congressional […]

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5/7/2018

EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Environmental Protection Agency had a total of 33 threat investigations underway as of mid-March — 10 of them involving Scott Pruitt from the last six months — a security assessment released Monday [5-7-18] shows, offering the most detailed tally yet of threats against the agency’s top official. The memos, provided […]

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5/7/2018

CIA/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Trump picked Gina Haspel to run the Central Intelligence Agency, he opted for a seasoned veteran of the nation’s spy apparatus, a career professional removed from the partisan skirmishes of recent years who had the respect of many fellow intelligence officers. But Ms. Haspel’s greatest strength as a […]

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5/7/2018

IRAN/NUCLEAR/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For years, opponents of the nuclear deal with Iran have accused Benjamin J. Rhodes, a top national security aide to President Barack Obama, of scheming to sell the diplomatic agreement on false pretenses to the American people. Now, just as President Trump appears likely to announce his decision to withdraw from the […]

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5/7/2018

HOUSE OF REPS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Conservatives in the House of Representatives are making a push to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt of Congress for failing to hand over documents related to the Russia investigation, but a senior White House official said Monday [5-7-18] evening the administration is backing Sessions. ‘I think […]

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5/7/2018

NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has actively cultivated an air of suspense around his upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but his decision last week to add another dose of reality-TV drama by teasing the release of three Americans currently being detained by the regime is raising concerns among former […]

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5/7/2018

EU/IRAN/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is expected to announce on Tuesday [5-7-18] that he is withdrawing the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, European diplomats said after concluding that they had failed to convince him that reneging on America’s commitment to the pact could cast the West into new confrontation with Tehran. If […]

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5/7/2018

ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has derided the Fifth Amendment as the refuge of mobsters, and during Watergate President Richard Nixon infamously told aides, ‘I want you all to stonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment, cover up, or anything else.’ Despite the negative implications of taking the Fifth, the US […]

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5/7/2018

IRAN/SECRETARY OF STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday [5-7-18] to condemn former Secretary of State John Kerry for engaging in ‘shadow diplomacy’ to try to preserve the Iran nuclear deal by holding meetings and speaking with major players, who, like Kerry, do not want Trump to withdraw the US from […]

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5/7/2018

ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump inserted himself into Tuesday’s [5-8-18] Republican Senate primary in West Virginia, urging voters to reject a scandal-scarred former coal executive whose apparent polling strength is stirring fears that he could cost the party a chance to pick up a seat from Democrats. In a tweet Monday [5-7-18], Mr. Trump said […]

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5/7/2018

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration plans to step up the prosecution of parents who cross the U.S. border illegally with their children, separating more families in hopes of deterring such crossings, officials said. The policy has been under review since the earliest days of the Trump administration and is part of the […]

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5/7/2018

IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he would announce on Tuesday [5-8-18] his decision on whether to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, which he has repeatedly criticized. ‘I will be announcing my decision on the Iran Deal tomorrow from the White House at 2:00pm,’ Mr. Trump tweeted Monday [5-7-18] afternoon. Mr. Trump repeatedly […]

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5/7/2018

LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers advising President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation hope to decide whether he should testify by May 17, the one-year anniversary of the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani said Monday [5-7-18]. Mr. Trump’s legal team has long been divided on whether he should agree […]

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5/7/2018

MELANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When she unveils her official initiative as first lady on Monday [5-7-18], Melania Trump will follow in the footsteps of other modern first ladies who focused on their passions. Laura Bush championed literacy. Michelle Obama was an advocate for fitness. Mrs. Trump will focus on good behavior on social media as part of […]

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5/7/2018

GUNS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Bobby Amos stood outside of an Episcopal church in Alabama last spring, begging police to kill him. He had been suicidal earlier and held a gun to his head, his wife said, and she had hidden the weapon at the church, where he had followed her to retrieve it. There was […]

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5/7/2018

BUDGET/CONGRESS/CONSUMER PROTECTION/SPENDING/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In his time in the Trump administration, Mick Mulvaney has produced two budgets that slashed federal spending and were heralded as blueprints for the deconstruction of the administrative state. Even Republicans ignored them, and Congress then added billions to the very programs he targeted in what seemed a personal rebuke. But Mr. […]

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5/7/2018

ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald J. Trump intervened Monday [5-7-18] in the West Virginia Republican Senate primary, pleading with voters a day before the election to oppose the former mine operator Don Blankenship, and suggesting that Mr. Blankenship’s nomination would lead to a replay of the party’s embarrassing loss last year in Alabama. Mr. Trump’s decision […]

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5/7/2018

COURTS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller seemingly enjoyed free rein over the last year in his investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign connections to the Kremlin, arresting suspects, winning plea deals and handing down indictments at will. Until last week. Much to the merriment of the president and his lawyers, Mueller’s prosecutors have […]

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5/4/2018

LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said Friday [5-4-18] that his lawyer Rudy Giuliani will ‘get his facts straight’ and praised him as a ‘great guy,’ two days after the former New York City mayor stunned the White House and the president’s legal team with remarks about payments to an adult film star […]

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5/7/2018

ELECTION/GOP/PENNSYLVANIA/RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Republican congressional candidate in Pennsylvania is trying to distance himself from his friend and former radio co-host Carl Higbie, who resigned from the Trump administration earlier this year after CNN’s KFile uncovered anti-gay, anti-Muslim, racist and sexist remarks he made on his radio program. Guy Reschenthaler was Higbie’s co-host on the radio […]

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5/7/2018

IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States does not need John Kerry’s possibly illegal Shadow Diplomacy on the very badly negotiated Iran Deal. He was the one that created this MESS in the first place!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 7, 2018 9:08 am […]

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5/7/2018

DEMS/ELECTIONS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Is this Phony Witch Hunt going to go on even longer so it wrongfully impacts the Mid-Term Elections, which is what the Democrats always intended? Republicans better get tough and smart before it is too late!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 7, 2018 8:35 am […]

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5/7/2018

FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lisa Page, who may hold the record for the most Emails in the shortest period of time (to her Lover, Peter S), and attorney Baker, are out at the FBI as part of the Probers getting caught? Why is Peter S still there? What a total mess. Our Country has to get […]

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5/7/2018

CIA/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump attempted to bolster support Monday [5-7-18] for his embattled nominee to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, ahead of her confirmation hearing later this week. ‘My highly respected nominee for CIA Director, Gina Haspel, has come under fire because she was too tough on Terrorists. Think of that, […]

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5/7/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The Great Revolt’ by Salena Zito and Brad Todd does much to tell the story of our great Election victory. The Forgotten Men & Women are forgotten no longer!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 7, 2018 8:00 am […]

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5/7/2018

COURTS/DEMS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The 13 Angry Democrats in charge of the Russian Witch Hunt are starting to find out that there is a Court System in place that actually protects people from injustice…and just wait ‘till the Courts get to see your unrevealed Conflicts of Interest!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 7, 2018 6:39 am […]

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5/7/2018

HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Russia Witch Hunt is rapidly losing credibility. House Intelligence Committee found No Collusion, Coordination or anything else with Russia. So now the Probe says OK, what else is there? How about Obstruction for a made up, phony crime.There is no O, it’s called Fighting Back” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]

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5/7/2018

CIA/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My highly respected nominee for CIA Director, Gina Haspel, has come under fire because she was too tough on Terrorists. Think of that, in these very dangerous times, we have the most qualified person, a woman, who Democrats want OUT because she is too tough on terror. Win Gina!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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5/7/2018

ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To the great people of West Virginia we have, together, a really great chance to keep making a big difference. Problem is, Don Blankenship, currently running for Senate, can’t win the General Election in your State…No way! Remember Alabama. Vote Rep. Jenkins or A.G. Morrisey!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 7, 2018 5:53 […]

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5/6/2018

LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s legal team is striking a more combative tone with Robert Mueller, suggesting publicly that the president may decline to cooperate with the special counsel’s prosecutors. That tougher stance comes as the Mueller probe already faces a time crunch because of the approaching midterm elections. Rudy Giuliani, the former […]

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5/6/2018

LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Rudolph W. Giuliani, reeling after a chaotic first week as President Trump’s lawyer, tried again on Sunday [5-6-18] to straighten out his client’s story. But Mr. Giuliani raised new questions about whether Mr. Trump had paid hush money to other women and suggested the president might invoke the Fifth Amendment to […]

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5/6/2018

KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP PEOPLE/TWITTER: “In legal circles, George T. Conway III is perhaps best known as the lawyer who argued a securities case before the Supreme Court and won with an 8-to-0 vote, or for his behind-the-scenes work that ultimately hastened the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. In Washington, Mr. Conway, 54, a corporate litigator, is […]

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5/4/2018

2016 ELECTION: “We ran a great campaign. We won easily. We won that easily: 306 [electoral votes] to — I think, it was 223. We won it easily. That was a great victory. That was a great day for this country.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure,” whitehouse.gov, May 4, 2018 […]

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5/4/2018

CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our high level delegation is on the way back from China where they had long meetings with Chinese leaders and business representatives. We will be meeting tomorrow to determine the results, but it is hard for China in that they have become very spoiled with U.S. trade wins!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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5/4/2018

NRA/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just returned home to the beautiful White House, from Dallas, where the Arena was packed to the rafters with the great fans and supporters of the @NRA. It was so wonderful to be there!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2018 7:17 pm […]

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5/4/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Great book just out by very successful businessman @AndyPuzder. Always known as somebody who knows how to win, ‘Capitalist Comeback’ will be a big hit!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2018 7:08 pm […]

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NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I want to thank all of our friends and patriots at the @NRA. We will never fail, and we will always protect your Second Amendment! God Bless you, and God Bless America! https://t.co/3PoNPV24p4” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2018 5:56 pm […]

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LEGAL/NRA/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump sought to reassure National Rifle Association members at their 2018 annual meeting Friday [5-4-18] that their Second Amendment rights are safe in the midst of a national conversation on gun law reform…Trump also urged the crowd not to become ‘complacent’ heading into the midterm elections as he […]

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NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has ordered the Pentagon to prepare options for drawing down American troops in South Korea, just weeks before he holds a landmark meeting with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, according to several people briefed on the deliberations. Reduced troop levels are not intended to be a bargaining chip […]

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AFRICA/CHINA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tensions between the United States and China flared on two military fronts as Washington accused the Chinese of harassing American pilots flying over the African nation of Djibouti and warned of consequences to the deployment of missiles on artificial islands China has built in disputed waters in the South China Sea. The […]

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NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With diplomacy moving apace to end North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, Northeast Asia is bracing for something few had thought likely just months ago: a reduction or withdrawal of American troops from South Korea. These forces have been the bedrock of the 65-year-old alliance between Seoul and Washington since the […]

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CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senior Chinese and American officials concluded two days of negotiations late Friday [5-4-18] afternoon with no deal and no date set for further talks, as the United States stepped up its demands for Chinese concessions to avert a potential trade war. The American negotiating team, which included Treasury Secretary Steven […]

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LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump undercut his attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, on Friday [5-4-18], and said the former New York mayor will eventually get the facts right regarding a payment to a pornographic actress who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump. ‘And virtually everything said has been said incorrectly, and it’s […]

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CONGRESS/CRIME/DEMS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats and liberals in Congress want to disarm law-abiding Americans at the same time they are releasing dangerous criminal aliens and savage gang members onto our streets. Politicians who put criminal aliens before American Citizens should be voted out of office!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2018 4:58 pm […]

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NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “All of us here today are united by the same timeless values. We believe that our liberty is a gift from our creator, and that no Government can ever take it away. We believe in the rule of law – and we support the men and women of law enforcement. We have […]

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LEGAL/RUDY GUILIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump publicly undermined his attorney Rudy Giuliani on Friday [5-4-18], saying the former New York City mayor had only a loose grasp of the Stormy Daniels business when he spoke about it earlier this week. A clarifying statement from Giuliani issued four hours later did little to illuminate […]

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CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The U.S. and China asked one another to make sweeping concessions in trade talks, failing to bridge sharp divisions and raising the chances that each government will slap tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of the other country’s exports before settling the dispute. Top economic officials on both sides […]

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GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [5-4-18] that he would ‘love to speak’ with special counsel Robert Mueller, but only if he’s “treated fairly…” The President also called into question the impartiality of Mueller’s team, saying it was filled with Democrats, and pointed out that Mueller worked as the FBI […]

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NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [5-4-18] he has agreed to a time and place for his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but declined to announce the details…A White House spokeswoman didn’t immediately return a message seeking additional comment. Mr. Trump has said he wants meet Mr. […]

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