FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took shots at the FBI and the Justice Department during a half-hour phone interview on ‘Fox and Friends’ Thursday morning [4-26-18], hinting that at ‘some point’ he might step in and take action. ‘You look at the corruption at the top of the FBI — it’s a […]
4/26/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time Thursday 4-26-18] that his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is representing him with regards to legal matters involving Stormy Daniels, the porn star who says she had an affair with Trump. On Cohen, the President both solidified his link with Cohen on the […]
4/26/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT; “A Senate panel on [4-26-18] Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired without cause, in a bipartisan show of support for the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Serious political and legal hurdles stand in the way of it becoming […]
4/26/2018
FBI/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday [4-26-18] defended his decision not to appoint a second special prosecutor to investigate Republicans’ concerns about the FBI by noting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe had already taken on ‘a life of its own.’ Speaking to a U.S. House appropriations panel […]
4/26/2018
ELECTORAL COLLEGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-26-18] voiced support for doing away with the Electoral College for presidential elections in favor of a popular vote because the latter would be ‘much easier to win.’ The president’s support for a popular-vote presidential election came as an aside during a freewheeling Thursday morning interview […]
4/26/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he has decided not to interfere with the Justice Department, which is conducting an investigation of his associates’ alleged ties to Russia, but suggested there was a point at which he might. ‘I’m very disappointed in my Justice Department. I have decided I won’t be involved,’ Mr. […]
4/26/2018
MIKE POMPEO/SECRETARY OF STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate confirmed Mike Pompeo as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state on Thursday [4-26-18], and the former CIA director set off immediately on a trip to meet key allies in Europe and the Middle East. Pompeo, a former Army officer who was a Republican congressman, is regarded […]
4/26/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael Cohen, the longtime personal attorney for President Donald Trump, filed court papers Wednesday [4-25-18] indicating he would assert his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination regarding his involvement in a hush money deal involving porn star Stormy Daniels and the President. Cohen cited FBI raids of his residence, office and hotel […]
4/26/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Veterans Affairs department withdrew his candidacy Thursday morning, following the release of allegations that he wrecked a government vehicle while drunk and freely gave out prescription drugs without paperwork. Dr. Ronny Jackson, who is Mr. Trump’s White House physician, took himself out of the running after […]
4/26/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said ‘three or four days’ and as many as five locations are being considered for his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which is expected to occur by mid-June…Mr. Trump also disclosed new details about the trip Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo made to […]
4/26/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Donald Trump said Thursday [4-26-18] that attorney Michael Cohen ‘represented me’ by cutting a deal with porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, after the president previously said he didn’t know about the ‘hush money’ payment. Trump also tried to distance himself from Cohen, who is currently under federal criminal investigation related […]
4/26/2018
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump skipped through Tuesday [4-24-18] kissing, hugging, holding hands and rubbing each others’ shoulders. On Wednesday, [4-25-18] before a joint session of of Congress, the charismatic French leader turned around and repudiated the US President’s political philosophy and worldview. The startling contrast between Macron palling around […]
4/26/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-26-18] said he is considering three or four dates as well as five locations for his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, adding that it remains unclear whether the meeting will occur. Trump, speaking in an interview on Fox News Channel, said […]
4/26/2018
DEMS/EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, fought back Thursday [4-26-18] against Democratic criticism of his spending and policies, asserting that the attacks were driven by opposition to President Donald Trump’s agenda. In a largely partisan hearing before a House subcommittee, Mr. Pruitt said he recognized the ‘very troubling reports’ […]
4/25/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two back-to-back court developments this week indicate a possible road map for President Trump through the minefield of legal resistance he has faced as judges across the country have blocked much of his hard-line immigration agenda. On Tuesday [4-24-18], a federal judge ruled in favor of an Obama-era immigration program but […]
4/25/2018
ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When the Stars and Stripes is hoisted over the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem next month it will be a physical milestone in a broader, striking shift by the Trump administration away from a half-century of traditional U.S. policy toward Israel and the Palestinians. For decades, even amid close U.S.-Israeli ties, Washington […]
4/25/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani isn’t wasting time as Donald Trump’s newest lawyer. Hired late last week as the president’s top personal attorney, Giuliani held his first meeting on Tuesday 4-24-18] with special counsel Robert Mueller in a bid to jump-start talks on whether Trump will even be called in for an interview as part […]
4/25/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic energy has been on vivid display in a series of special elections since President Trump’s inauguration, including in strongly conservative areas where Republicans usually win elections easily, like Arizona’s Eighth District.In a special House election on Tuesday [4-24-18], Debbie Lesko, a Republican, won the conservative Arizona district, but was ahead by […]
4/25/2018
FRANCE/MELANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the end she played the part, donned the costume — and gave everyone something to chew on. Melania Trump, who orchestrated the first state dinner of the Trump administration, a.k.a. the most fancy ceremonial evening since the inauguration, stood next to her husband and welcomed President Emmanuel Macron of France and his […]
4/24/2018
NOMINATIONS/VA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump acknowledged Tuesday [4-24-18] that Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, his nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, is in serious trouble amid accusations that as the White House doctor he oversaw a hostile work environment, improperly dispensed prescription drugs and possibly drank on the job. Speaking at a midday news […]
4/25/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Supreme Court justices asked tough questions of both sides on Wednesday [4-25-18] in weighing President Trump’s authority to impose a travel ban, which restricts entry into the United States from several predominantly Muslims nations, after the president promised during his campaign to impose a ‘Muslim ban.’ By the end of […]
4/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “For Senate Republicans, the question of the day is not if, but when, President Donald Trump pulls the plug on Ronny Jackson. GOP support for the Veterans Affairs nominee has cratered in the face of allegations of misconduct as White House physician. Jackson already faced serious doubts over his lack of management experience. […]
4/25/2018
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you Kanye, very cool! https://t.co/Vric87m21x” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 25, 2018 2:33 pm […]
4/25/2018
MEDIA/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A group of news outlets requested on Tuesday [4-24-18] that documents used by special counsel Robert Mueller to obtain warrants in his investigation into Russian election meddling be unsealed by a federal court. The media organizations — which include POLITICO, The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Associated Press […]
4/25/2018
GOP/POLLS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than half of registered voters say they haven’t noticed an increase in their paychecks as a result of the new tax law, and support for the law overall remains tepid, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. The April 19-23 survey suggests that Republicans’ message about the benefits of the tax […]
4/25/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Democrats are obstructing good (hopefully great) people wanting to give up a big portion of their life to work for our…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 25, 2018 2:02 pm […]
4/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A former Donald Trump campaign aide with connections to Moscow is getting help to pay what he says are mounting legal fees tied to the Russia investigations. Associates of Michael Caputo have set up a new fund to help cover some of Caputo’s $125,000 in estimated costs connected to being a witness […]
4/25/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Conservative justices and swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy appeared to side with the Trump administration Wednesday [4-25-18] as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on President Donald Trump’s travel ban. More than a year after Trump caused chaos in the airports by following through on a campaign promise and restricting […]
4/25/2018
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “French President Emmanuel Macron issued what he called an urgent plea to President Donald Trump and the U.S. to maintain its role as a global defender of democracy and human rights, warning American lawmakers of a ‘critical moment’ in which international institutions could crumble…He cautioned against ‘isolationism and nationalism’ and urged the […]
4/25/2018
ARIZONA/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It took a big money push from the Republican Party, tweets by the president and the support of the state’s current and former governors, but the GOP held onto an Arizona U.S. House seat they would have never considered endangered in any other year. Tuesday’s [4-24-18] narrow victory by Republican Debbie […]
4/25/2018
BEN CARSON/CONGRESS/HUD/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Millions of families living in federally subsidized public housing would have to pay more for rent under a Trump administration proposal. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is asking Congress to raise the rent paid by public housing residents to 35 percent of income from the current 30 percent. The plan […]
4/25/2018
EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican senators say they want President Donald Trump’s embattled environmental chief to address questions about ethics and spending decisions. But GOP lawmakers who have stood behind Scott Pruitt are stopping short of calling for him to step down, for now. They do say his answers at House hearings Thursday could prove crucial […]
4/25/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Ronny Jackson is fighting to salvage his imperiled nomination to be veterans affairs chief as more details emerge about accusations from his time as a top White House doctor, including repeated drunkenness and a ‘toxic’ work environment. President Donald Trump has suggested publicly that Jackson may want to withdraw, citing what Trump calls […]
4/25/2018
CHINA/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Don Blankenship, the coal executive recently released from federal prison and now running for US Senate in West Virginia, this week accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of having conflicts of interest in foreign relations because his father-in-law is ‘a wealthy Chinaperson.’ Blankenship, one of three GOP leading candidates in the May 8 […]
4/25/2018
SPAIN/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A woman in Spain has found unexpected fame on social media after many found she bore a striking resemblance to U.S. President Donald Trump. A journalist reporting on farming in northwestern Spain posted on Instagram a picture of Dolores Leis dressed in farm clothing with a hoe over her shoulder, prompting thousands […]
4/25/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday [4-25-18] signaled they are likely to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries, one of the most contentious policies of his presidency. Both Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy, a frequent swing vote on the conservative-majority, nine-member court, […]
4/25/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After more than a year of intense litigation, Wednesday’s [4-15-18] oral argument wasn’t quite the powerfully charged session that some court watchers anticipated. In some ways it felt oddly anti-climactic, 15 months after the initial travel ban created chaos at airports and sparked protests around the country. The justices, while […]
4/25/2018
BUDGET/DEMS/ENTITLEMENTS/GOP/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is preparing to submit to the U.S. Congress up to $25 billion in immediate spending cuts, including possible reductions to social safety net programs, lawmakers said on Wednesday [4-25-18], in a move that could upend a budget deal enacted last month.The White House plan, which has not yet been […]
4/25/2018
BUSINESS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looking forward to my meeting with Tim Cook of Apple. We will be talking about many things, including how the U.S. has been treated unfairly for many years, by many countries, on trade.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 25, 2018 9:11 am […]
4/25/2018
FRANCE/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@FLOTUS did a spectacular job hosting the President of France @EmmanuelMacron and his wife Brigitte. Every detail was done to perfection. The State Dining Room never looked more beautiful, and Washington is abuzz over what an incredible job Melania did.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 25, 2018 9:10 am […]
4/25/2018
CONGRESS/FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Busy day planned. Looking forward to watching President Macron of France address a Joint Session of Congress today. This is a great honor and seldom allowed to be done…he will be GREAT!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 25, 2018 8:29 am […]
4/25/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived on the White House South Lawn Tuesday morning to formally welcome French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, one thing was clear: The first lady commanded attention. Without speaking a word, dressed in a white Michael Kors Collection asymmetrical blazer and […]
4/25/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “During an overseas trip in 2015, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, was intoxicated and banged on the hotel room door of a female employee, according to four sources familiar with the allegation. The incident became so noisy, one source familiar with the allegation told CNN, that the Secret Service stopped […]
4/25/2018
ARIZONA/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Republican Debbie Lesko on her big win in the Special Election for Arizona House seat. Debbie will do a Great Job! Press is so silent.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 25, 2018 6:53 am […]
4/25/2018
AGRICULTURE/GOP/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is caught between two powerful business constituents of the Republican Party as he faces growing pressure to resolve a dispute between the oil industry and the Farm Belt. Oil refineries want out of a costly requirement to blend ethanol into the gasoline they produce. Corn growers say the requirement […]
4/25/2018
BEN CARSON/HUD/TRUMP PEOPLE: “HUD Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday [4-25-18] unveiled a major overhaul of the rental-housing system, proposing to increase the share of rent that low-income households must pay without assistance and give public housing authorities the option to impose work requirements. The proposal reshaping the way HUD helps 4.5 million people meet their […]
4/25/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Comey has shifted hundreds of thousands of copies of a “A Higher Loyalty” and has a bumper bestseller on his hands. But whether his book tour has advanced his goal of alerting Americans to the danger of what he sees as a presidency that threatens ‘much of what is good […]
4/24/2018
AMBASSADOR/AUSTRALIA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is considering sending Adm. Harry Harris to South Korea as its new ambassador, according to two people familiar with the matter, turning to a military man to fill a diplomatic vacancy at a pivotal moment on the Korean Peninsula. Adm. Harris, currently the head of U.S. Pacific Command, […]
4/24/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new regulation Tuesday [4-24-18] that would restrict the kinds of scientific studies the agency can use when it develops policies, a move critics say will permanently weaken the agency’s ability to protect public health. Under the measure, the E.P.A. will require that the underlying data for […]
4/24/2018
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ever since Donald J. Trump began his improbable political rise, many pundits have credited his appeal among white, Christian and male voters to ‘economic anxiety.’ Hobbled by unemployment and locked out of the recovery, those voters turned out in force to send Mr. Trump, and a message, to Washington. Or so that […]
4/24/2018
ELECTION/RELIGION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The conservative Christian coalition that helped usher President Trump into power in 2016 is planning its largest midterm election mobilization ever, with volunteers fanning out from the church pews to the streets to register voters, raise money and persuade conservatives that they cannot afford to be complacent this year. But the cumulative weight […]
4/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/VA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump acknowledged Tuesday [4-24-18] that Ronny L. Jackson, his nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, is in serious trouble amid allegations that he oversaw a hostile work environment as the White House doctor, allowed the overprescribing of drugs and possibly drank on the job. Speaking at a news conference […]
4/24/2018
DREAMERS/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A third federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to cancel an Obama-era program protecting young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. The decision, issued Tuesday [4-24-18] evening by U.S. District Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee in Washington, D.C., is in one respect the […]
4/24/2018
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/EPA/MEDIA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The former Secret Service agent who leads the security detail for Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, worked on assignments for the tabloid news publisher American Media Inc. during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to records and interviews. The security official, Pasquale Perrotta, had received a waiver […]
4/24/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “On an oven-hot day this month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions strode into a hotel ballroom to preach Trump-era immigration gospel to cowboy-hatted sheriffs from 31 counties near the United States’ border with Mexico…Mr. Sessions has taken more abuse from President Trump than any other member of his high-churn cabinet […]
4/24/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Justice Department reiterated on Tuesday [4-24-18] that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was not overseeing any investigations related to the 2016 presidential election, following a report that Sessions has not recused himself from the inquiry into Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney…Sessions had declined to recuse himself from […]
4/24/2018
AMBASSADOR/AUSTRALIA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Adm. Harry Harris, the top US military official overseeing operations across Asia who had been tapped as ambassador to Australia, is likely to be named instead as US ambassador to South Korea, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. Moving Harris, who currently serves as commander of US Pacific Command, […]
4/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Capitol Hill was once again flung into damage control mode Tuesday [4-24-18] as Republicans and Democrats attempted to understand the severity of allegations being made against Ronny Jackson, the President’s pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. It’s a scenario that some lawmakers argue has become all too familiar in the Trump […]
4/24/2018
EPA: “The Environmental Protection Agency plans to restrict research used in developing regulations, the agency said Tuesday [4-24-18], a change that could affect rules governing everything from household products to power-plant emissions. The proposed rule—which would only allow the use of studies if their underlying data is made public—prompted an uproar from scientists, who said […]
4/24/2018
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Our two great republics are linked together by the timeless bonds of history, culture, and destiny. We are people who…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2018 3:19 pm […]
4/24/2018
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our two great republics are linked together by the timeless bonds of history, culture, and destiny. We are people who cherish our values, protect our civilization, and recognize the image of God in every human soul. https://t.co/01c8iSGDB3“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2018 3:18 pm […]
4/24/2018
FRANCE/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Iran would have ‘big problems’ if the country restarts its nuclear program, as he hosted French President Emmanuel Macron, who has pushed for the U.S. to remain in the nuclear pact and Tuesday [4-24-18] floated the idea of an expanded deal…At a later news conference, Mr. Trump again […]
4/24/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [4-24-18] that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un — the man he once mocked as ‘Little Rocket Man’ — ‘has really been very open and I think very honorable based on what we are seeing’ as the two gear up for an anticipated face-to-face meeting in […]
4/24/2018
DRUGS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “A top Senate Democrat says allegations against President Donald Trump’s pick to lead Veterans Affairs involve him being “repeatedly drunk” when he was a White House physician. Sen. Jon Tester of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is reviewing the allegations against Ronny Jackson, a White House doctor since 2006. He tells NPR the […]
4/24/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “When President Donald Trump named White House physician Ronny Jackson as his choice to be the next head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, it caught lots of people — inside and outside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — by surprise. After all, Jackson had never run an agency even close to the […]
4/24/2018
CHINA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said he was sending a delegation of his top economic advisers to Beijing next week to try to settle trade disputes that have upset U.S.-China relations and rattled markets world-wide…The members of the U.S. team will include Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, National Economic […]
4/24/2018
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday [4-24-18] she will oppose legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller if an amendment from Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is added to the bill. Feinstein told CNN she has three concerns about the amendment Grassley plans […]
4/24/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fired FBI director James Comey’s memoir that details his private meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump sold some 600,000 copies in all formats in its first week, its publisher said on Tuesday [4-24-18], the latest in a series of best-selling political books. Comey’s ‘A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,’ has […]
4/24/2018
FRANCE/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, @FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to welcome French President @EmmanuelMacron and Mrs. Brigitte Macron to the @WhiteHouse. We look forward to hosting them at tonight’s State Dinner, in their honor. https://t.co/wGJcWqSzyP“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2018 2:18 pm […]
4/24/2018
FRANCE/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump is not the only President who wants to make his country great again — his first state dinner guest, Emmanuel Macron, wants to do the same. That’s why the young, pragmatic French President is giving the impression that there’s nothing he’d rather do than spend time with his scandal-plagued US […]
4/24/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@JimRenacci has worked so hard on Tax Reductions, Illegal Immigration, the Border and Crime. I need Jim very badly to help our agenda and to keep MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! He will be a fantastic Senator for the Great State of Ohio, and has my full endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/24/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@JimRenacci has worked so hard on Tax Reductions, Illegal Immigration, the Border and Crime. I need Jim very badly to help our agenda and to keep MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! He will be a fantastic Senator for the Great State of Ohio, and has my full endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/24/2018
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump Calls the U.S.-France Relationship ‘Unbreakable.’ History Shows He’s Right.” https://t.co/L0gT4rvaJO“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2018 1:41 pm […]
4/24/2018
ARIZONA/CONGRESS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Arizona, please get out today and vote @DebbieLesko for Congress in #AZ08. Strong on Border, Immigration and Crime. Great on the Military. Time is ticking down – get out and VOTE today. We need Debbie in Congress!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2018 1:02 pm […]
4/24/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments on President Trump’s latest travel ban on Wednesday [4-25-18], families wonder whether this may be a turning point in their effort to reunite with loved ones overseas. In December, the Supreme Court temporarily allowed the current version of the ban to […]
4/24/2018
CANADA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Americans stand with you and all of Canada, Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. #TorontoStrong https://t.co/Xo3Cn962z8” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2018 12:56 pm […]
4/24/2018
FRANCE/IRAN/SYRIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Having great meetings and discussions with my friend, President @EmmanuelMacron of France. We are in the midst of meetings on Iran, Syria and Trade. We will be holding a joint press conference shortly, here at the @WhiteHouse. ???? https://t.co/ju1FXhgjaD“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2018 11:43 am […]
4/24/2018
FRANCE/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani exchanged threats over the Iran nuclear deal Tuesday [4-24-18], with Trump warning that Tehran will face ‘big problems’ if it restarts its nuclear program and Rouhani saying America will face ‘severe consequences’ if it abandons the agreement. Iran nuclear deal Tuesday, with Trump warning […]
4/24/2018
CANADA/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [4-24-18] that a new North American Free Trade Agreement could be agreed quickly, as Canada hailed progress on forging new rules for the auto industry, the pivotal issue in talks to revamp the 24-year-old accord. Ministers from the United States, Canada and Mexico responsible for […]
4/24/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @mike_pence: PROUD to support our friend @VoteMarsha for US Senate representing Tennessee. Marsha Blackburn is a rock-ribbed conservativ…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2018 5:42 am […]
4/24/2018
ENERGY/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is at odds with American companies over a proposed rule change to the North American Free Trade Agreement that is endangering a bright spot—energy—in contentious treaty talks. All three Nafta countries—the U.S, Canada and Mexico—agree that a new treaty should aid the burgeoning energy trade. Under negotiation are initiatives […]
4/24/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Getting Michael Cohen to rat out President Donald Trump may not be as simple as it sounds. Although Trump’s detractors are rooting for Trump’s personal attorney to ‘flip’ on the president and cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller to escape a potentially harsh prison sentence, legal obstacles make it difficult […]
4/23/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House said Monday [4-23-18] North Korea won’t get sanctions relief until it takes ‘concrete action’ toward denuclearization, the goal of President Donald Trump’s planned summit with Kim Jong Un. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ comments appeared to leave open the possibility of easing the U.S.-led ‘maximum pressure’ campaign before […]
4/23/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NOMINATIONS/SECRETARY OF STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a late pivot on [4-23-18] Monday evening, approved the confirmation of Mike Pompeo to be the next secretary of state, after Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, bowed to pressure from President Trump and dropped his opposition. For days, the committee appeared ready to […]
4/23/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the first state dinner of the Trump era approaches, Melania Trump, a first lady of few public words who tends to let visuals do the talking, has repeatedly doled out a short bit of advice to her small East Wing staff: ‘Do not worry.’ Her instructions came in the midst of […]
4/23/2018
FRANCE/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Emmanuel Macron of France was scheduled to arrive at the White House on Monday [4-23-18] on a mission to persuade President Trump not to scrap the multinational nuclear agreement with Iran, even as Tehran’s foreign minister warned that there was no alternative to the deal and ‘it is either all or […]
4/23/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is increasingly relying on his personal cell phone to contact outside advisers, multiple sources inside and outside the White House told CNN, as Trump returns to the free-wheeling mode of operation that characterized the earliest days of his administration…Sources cited Trump’s stepped-up cell phone use as an example […]
4/23/2018
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump threatened to bar asylum-seeking Central American migrants from entering the U.S. illegally on Monday [4-23-18] while dangling the possibility of making stricter border enforcement a demand in NAFTA negotiations talks with Mexico. The president, who earlier this month decried reports of an incoming ‘caravan’ of migrants marching across Mexico […]
4/23/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is pushing hard to finish talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement over the next two weeks and is considering bare-knuckle tactics to get Congress to approve a new deal. President Donald Trump has repeatedly signaled his willingness to withdraw from Nafta entirely if he doesn’t get a […]
4/23/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In Trump’s Washington, traditions are frail and civility a novelty. But one custom that is hanging on — tattered and tenuously — is an unwritten rule: Don’t work too hard to inflict political harm on your Senate colleagues. This election season is testing lawmakers’ commitment to the fading courtesy. As many Democrats […]
4/23/2018
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tending to bonding before business, President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron started off the French president’s visit Monday [4-23-18] with an anything-but-ordinary double date with their wives at George Washington’s house. The presidents and their spouses hopped on a helicopter bound for Mount Vernon, Washington’s historic riverside home, for a […]
4/23/2018
ENTITLEMENTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Here’s a great stat – since January 2017, the number of people forced to use food stamps is down 1.9 million. The American people are finally back to work!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 23, 2018 3:08 pm […]
4/23/2018
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions has made overhauling the chronically backlogged immigration courts a top priority — but some of his moves seem to run counter to recommendations in a Justice Department-commissioned report made public on Monday [4-23-18]. While some of the recommendations, such as increasing staffing, have been part of his […]
4/23/2018
DEMS/MIKE POMPEO/SECRETARY OF STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Two more Senate Democrats said Monday [4-23-18] they would support Mike Pompeo for secretary of state, giving him some breathing room in the full Senate despite his likely rejection by the Senate panel considering his nomination. Sens. Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Joe Manchin of West Virginia—both representing red-leaning states […]
4/23/2018
FRANCE/IRAN/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is deploying the full trappings of formal state entertaining for the first time on Monday [4-23-18] in the hopes an elaborate display of diplomacy can lead to a deeper bond with French President Emmanuel Macron. But beneath the pomp and circumstance the state visit will bring — streets lined […]
4/23/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Only for embattled Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein could a half hour of tough questioning from U.S. Supreme Court justices be seen as a break from his stressful day job.That is what happened on Monday [4-23-18] for Rosenstein, who oversees Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia and the 2016 U.S. […]
4/23/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Only for embattled Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein could a half hour of tough questioning from U.S. Supreme Court justices be seen as a break from his stressful day job.That is what happened on Monday [4-23-18] for Rosenstein, who oversees Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia and the 2016 U.S. […]
4/23/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The vibes surrounding President Donald Trump’s planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are pretty good at the moment, and good vibes are better than bad ones. But here is the tougher underlying reality. Even a successful summit is likely to mark merely the start of prolonged and difficult […]
4/23/2018
AFRICA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former President Barack Obama will deliver a high-profile address in July marking the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth as he continues to shape his post-White House platform. Like all of Obama’s public appearances since leaving the White House, the lecture in Johannesburg isn’t likely to raise his successor, President Donald Trump, […]
4/23/2018
BORDER/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Mexico, whose laws on immigration are very tough, must stop people from going through Mexico and into the U.S. We may make this a condition of the new NAFTA Agreement. Our Country cannot accept what is happening! Also, we must get Wall funding fast.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 23, 2018 8:51 am […]