BORDER/DEMS/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Despite the Democrat inspired laws on Sanctuary Cities and the Border being so bad and one sided, I have instructed the Secretary of Homeland Security not to let these large Caravans of people into our Country. It is a disgrace. We are the only Country in the World so naive! WALL” […]
4/23/2018
SEC/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday [4-23-18] appeared divided over a challenge to the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s selection of in-house judges to enforce investor protection laws in a case involving a former radio host and investment adviser backed by the Trump administration. The court heard arguments in […]
4/23/2018
MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A U.S. Senate committee approved the nomination of President Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, on Monday [4-23-18] after a Republican senator who had been opposed threw his support behind the CIA director in the face of party pressure.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination on […]
4/23/2018
DEMS/MIKE POMPEO/NOMINATIONS/SECRETARY OF STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hard to believe Obstructionists May vote against Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State. The Dems will not approve hundreds of good people, including the Ambassador to Germany. They are maxing out the time on approval process for all, never happened before. Need more Republicans!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 23, […]
4/23/2018
PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed a speech on lowering prescription drug prices previously scheduled for Thursday 4-26-18] to a date in the near future, the White House said on Sunday [4-25-18].The White House did not provide a date or time frame for when the speech would take place, and did not […]
4/23/2018
IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump threatened to make Mexican immigration control a condition of a new NAFTA agreement on Monday [4-23-18], saying the southern U.S. neighbor must stop illegal immigrants from getting into the United States…The U.S. president made similar comments linking NAFTA, an acronym for the North American Free Trade Agreement, and immigration […]
4/23/2018
EDUCATION/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “American universities are losing out to colleges in other countries in the race to enroll international students, and they’re blaming President Donald Trump. Foreign competitors are taking advantage of Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric, aggressively recruiting the types of foreign students and faculty who would have typically come to the United States for […]
4/22/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will urge North Korea to act quickly to dismantle its nuclear arsenal when he meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and isn’t willing to grant Pyongyang substantial sanctions relief in return for a freeze of its nuclear and missile tests, administration officials said. Those two closely related […]
4/22/2018
FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Emmanuel Macron was put on the spot this year in front of a room full of journalists when one asked, provocatively: Which man is more dangerous, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un; or Donald J. Trump?…With that careful answer, the leader of France sought to reassure a French public hostile to the […]
4/22/2018
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of Amazon’s antagonists seized the moment last month with an unusual newspaper advertisement addressed to President Trump. The ad, from a nonprofit that advocates less government, attacked a Defense Department technology contract that Amazon intends to bid on, calling it a lucrative handout for the company. A top think tank critic […]
4/22/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In her first public appearance since James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, began his book tour, Hillary Clinton made only a glancing reference to him in a speech on Sunday [4-22-18] night and instead focused most of her attacks on President Trump, once again likening him to authoritarians. Mrs. […]
4/22/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When you have the best known name in your congressional district and your younger brother is a heartbeat away from the presidency, it is difficult to run a stealth campaign. But Greg Pence is doing a pretty good job of it…Hardly the first candidate to run on a famous name, Mr. Pence, […]
4/22/2018
MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As negotiations over a summit meeting with the ruler of North Korea accelerate, President Trump on Sunday [4-22-18] disputed any suggestion that he had made too many concessions at the outset of an unpredictable and potentially volatile diplomatic exercise. From his Florida estate, Mr. Trump took to Twitter to criticize Chuck […]
4/22/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Wednesday [4-25-18] will consider whether President Donald Trump can legally restrict entry to the U.S. for travelers from several Muslim-majority countries, tackling a central issue of his presidency. The case traces back to a defining moment in Mr. Trump’s campaign, when he called for ‘a total […]
4/22/2018
POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to the incredible Law Enforcement Officers from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. They keep us safe and are very cool about it! https://t.co/NlhxpPwmzT“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 22, 2018 3:12 pm […]
4/22/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kim Strassel of the WSJ just said, after reviewing the dumb Comey Memos, ‘you got to ask, what was the purpose of the Special Counsel? There’s no there there.’ Dan Henninger of the WSJ said Memos would show that this would be one of the weakest obstruction cases ever brought!” –Donald […]
4/22/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Funny how all of the Pundits that couldn’t come close to making a deal on North Korea are now all over the place telling me how to make a deal!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 22, 2018 1:43 pm […]
4/22/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A complete Witch Hunt!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 22, 2018 12:23 pm […]
4/22/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I can die happy now with Trump Job performance,” stated Mary Matalin. “A great overall President, stunning!” Thank you Mary.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 22, 2018 9:06 am […]
4/22/2018
NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….We are a long way from conclusion on North Korea, maybe things will work out, and maybe they won’t – only time will tell….But the work I am doing now should have been done a long time ago!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 22, 2018 8:02 am […]
4/22/2018
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd of Fake News NBC just stated that we have given up so much in our negotiations with North Korea, and they have given up nothing. Wow, we haven’t given up anything & they have agreed to denuclearization (so great for World), site closure, & no more […]
4/22/2018
GOP/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘GOP Lawmakers asking Sessions to Investigate Comey and Hillary Clinton.’ @FoxNews Good luck with that request!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 22, 2018 7:22 am […]
4/21/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has been hinting that he might try to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible criminal wrongdoing related to Russian election interference and matters related to it, such as the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. As Trump put it last Monday [4-16-18] when asked about […]
4/21/2018
EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Early in Scott Pruitt’s political career, as a state senator from Tulsa, he attended a gathering at the Oklahoma City home of an influential telecommunications lobbyist who was nearing retirement and about to move away. The lobbyist said that after the 2003 gathering, Mr. Pruitt — who had a modest legal practice […]
4/21/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘At least two Memos Comey shared with a friend contained Classified Information.’ Wall Street Journal” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, 2018 5:30 pm […]
4/21/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dmartosko: The same can be said of the ‘collusion’ stuff. https://t.co/xMCVuH3OTs” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, 2018 5:27 pm […]
4/20/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran may resume its nuclear activities ‘at a much greater speed’ if President Donald Trump moves forward with plans to pull the U.S. out of a landmark nuclear agreement and reimpose sanctions against the nation, Iran’s foreign minister said Friday [4-20-18]. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told ‘Face the Nation’ host Margaret […]
4/21/2018
FAKE NEWS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Washington Post said I refer to Jeff Sessions as ‘Mr. Magoo’ and Rod Rosenstein as ‘Mr. Peepers.’ This is ‘according to people with whom the president has spoken.’ There are no such people and don’t know these characters…just more Fake & Disgusting News to create ill will!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/21/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Comey’s Memos are Classified, I did not Declassify them. They belong to our Government! Therefore, he broke the law! Additionally, he totally made up many of the things he said I said, and he is already a proven liar and leaker. Where are Memos on Clinton, Lynch & others?” -Donald […]
4/21/2018
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sylvester Stallone called me with the story of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson. His trials and tribulations were great, his life complex and controversial. Others have looked at this over the years, most thought it would be done, but yes, I am considering a Full Pardon!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, 2018 […]
4/21/2018
DEMS/GOP/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So funny, the Democrats have sued the Republicans for Winning. Now he R’s counter and force them to turn over a treasure trove of material, including Servers and Emails!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, 2018 1:52 pm […]
4/21/2018
BUSH FAMILY/MELANIA: “Heading to the Southern White House to watch the Funeral Service of Barbara Bush. First Lady Melania has arrived in Houston to pay our respects. Will be a beautiful day!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, 2018 10:47 am […]
4/21/2018
BUSH FAMILY: “Today, my thoughts and prayers are with the entire Bush family. In memory of First Lady Barbara Bush, there is a remembrance display located at her portrait in the Center Hall of the @WhiteHouse. https://t.co/AuJ3RLZyax“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, 2018 10:45 am […]
4/21/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fantastic crowd and great people yesterday in Key West, Florida. Thank you! https://t.co/HqOUFgmbQS” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, 2018 10:44 am […]
4/21/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me in Washington, Michigan on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 7:00pm! #MAGA Tickets: https://t.co/DISosdqBuu https://t.co/gHdTgHw5FU” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, 2018 8:18 am […]
4/21/2018
MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….non-existent ‘sources’ and a drunk/drugged up loser who hates Michael, a fine person with a wonderful family. Michael is a businessman for his own account/lawyer who I have always liked & respected. Most people will flip if the Government lets them out of trouble, even if….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, […]
4/21/2018
MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The New York Times and a third rate reporter named Maggie Haberman, known as a Crooked H flunkie who I don’t speak to and have nothing to do with, are going out of their way to destroy Michael Cohen and his relationship with me in the hope that he will ‘flip.’ […]
4/21/2018
MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don’t see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, 2018 8:10 am […]
4/21/2018
MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, I don’t see Michael doing that despite the horrible Witch Hunt and the dishonest media!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, 2018 7:17 am […]
4/21/2018
MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The New York Times and a third rate reporter named Maggie Habberman, known as a Crooked H flunkie who I don’t speak to and have nothing to do with, are going out of their way to destroy Michael Cohen and his relationship with me in the hope that he will ‘flip.’ […]
4/21/2018
MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….non-existent ‘sources’ and a drunk/drugged up loser who hates Michael, a fine person with a wonderful family. Michael is a businessman for his own account/lawyer who I have always liked & respected. Most people will flip if the Government lets them out of trouble, even if….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 21, […]
4/20/2018
LEGAL/NEW YORK/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “New York state lawmakers on Friday [4-20-18] introduced legislation to give the state’s attorney general and other local prosecutors the power to bring criminal charges against people pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump.The bill is intended to close what New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman called a loophole in state law […]
4/20/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On a dark February night, the trucks unloaded their contraband near Hyesan, a North Korean town across a narrow river from China. As border guards looked the other way, workers used carts to pull the cargo of metal ore — tungsten, lead, zinc, copper and gold concentrates, all banned from export […]
4/20/2018
CONGRESS/EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Some of the most reliable conservatives in Congress are starting to speak out against Scott Pruitt, the chief of the Environmental Protection Agency who is now facing a barrage of ethics and spending questions. Previously, conservative Republicans had shown a reluctance to question the actions of top Trump administration officials. Their […]
4/20/2018
CIA/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Central Intelligence Agency operatives have long run covert influence campaigns overseas. Now, the agency is mounting an unusually active, not very secret campaign in Washington. The C.I.A. is trying to ensure its deputy director, Gina Haspel, a career spy, is confirmed as its new director. Almost every detail of her life and work […]
4/20/2018
COURTS/DEMS/LEGAL/NEW YORK/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democratic National Committee opened a new legal assault on President Trump on Friday [4-20-18] by filing a lawsuit in federal court alleging that the organization was the victim of a conspiracy by Russian officials, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks to damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential run. The 66-page lawsuit, filed in […]
4/19/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Justice Department’s internal watchdog referred its finding that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe had misled investigators to federal prosecutors to determine whether he should be charged with a crime, according to people familiar with the matter. The inspector general concluded in a report released last week that Mr. McCabe […]
4/19/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI Director James Comey in memos recounting conversations with U.S. President Donald Trump last year said Trump repeatedly raised concern over salacious allegations in an intelligence dossier, the need for loyalty and ferreting out leakers. The partially redacted memos were handed over on Thursday [4-19-18] by the U.S. Justice […]
4/20/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If House Republicans thought they were helping President Donald Trump by forcing the release of James Comey’s memos, they might want to think again. The documents written by the then-FBI director, detailing his interactions with Trump, present a contemporaneous and deeply unflattering view of a President throwing his weight […]
4/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Several Republican lawmakers have said it is too early to answer whether they’ll back President Donald Trump in 2020. Yet barring some seismic event, Trump will most likely be their only viable choice. Trump right now is adored by the Republican base. His favorability ratings among Republican voters are up significantly from […]
4/20/2018
JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At least two of the memos that former FBI Director James Comey gave to a friend outside of the government contained information that officials now consider classified, according to people familiar with the matter, prompting a review by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog. Of those two memos, Mr. Comey himself […]
4/20/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “One of embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s most trusted advisers sought to retroactively change her resignation date a day after the House oversight committee requested to interview her as part of its investigation. Samantha Dravis, Pruitt’s top policy adviser at the Environmental Protection Agency, is scheduled to depart the agency Friday [4-20-18]. […]
4/20/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/LAWSUIT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democratic National Committee sued the Russian government, the Trump campaign and the antisecrecy group WikiLeaks on Friday [4-20-18], accusing them of conspiring to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. The lawsuit alleges a wide-ranging conspiracy ahead of the election to hack into the DNC’s computer network and strategically leak the […]
4/20/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani isn’t the only new addition to President Donald Trump’s legal team. Former federal prosecutors Jane and Marty Raskin have also joined the team, Jay Sekulow, a counsel to the president, announced on Thursday [4-19-18]. The Raskins are a husband-and-wife duo with a Florida-based law firm, Raskin […]
4/20/2018
CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday [4-20-18] backed the decriminalization of marijuana, unveiling a bill removing it from the federal schedule of controlled substances days after President Donald Trump softened his own stance over the drug. Schumer said his position had ‘evolved’ and threw his support behind more local […]
4/20/2018
LAWSUIT/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A federal judge on Friday [4-20-18] signaled possible shortcomings in a request by Donald Trump’s personal lawyer to delay adult-film actress Stormy Daniels’ lawsuit over her alleged affair with the U.S. president, but stopped short of putting it on hold. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, sued last month to […]
4/20/2018
DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just heard the Campaign was sued by the Obstructionist Democrats. This can be good news in that we will now counter for the DNC Server that they refused to give to the FBI, the Debbie Wasserman Schultz Servers and Documents held by the Pakistani mystery man and Clinton Emails.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/20/2018
OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looks like OPEC is at it again. With record amounts of Oil all over the place, including the fully loaded ships at sea, Oil prices are artificially Very High! No good and will not be accepted!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 20, 2018 5:57 am […]
4/20/2018
GOP/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TAXES: “Nancy Pelosi is going absolutely crazy about the big Tax Cuts given to the American People by the Republicans…got not one Democrat Vote! Here’s a choice. They want to end them and raise your taxes substantially. Republicans are working on making them permanent and more cuts!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 20, […]
4/20/2018
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea has agreed to suspend all Nuclear Tests and close up a major test site. This is very good news for North Korea and the World – big progress! Look forward to our Summit.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 20, 2018 5:50 am […]
4/20/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So exciting! I have agreed to be the Commencement Speaker at our GREAT Naval Academy on May 25th in Annapolis, Maryland. Looking forward to being there.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 20, 2018 5:43 am […]
4/20/2018
JAMES COMEY/MICHAEL FLYNN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So General Michael Flynn’s life can be totally destroyed while Shadey James Comey can Leak and Lie and make lots of money from a third rate book (that should never have been written). Is that really the way life in America is supposed to work? I don’t think so!” -Donald […]
4/20/2018
DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just heard the Campaign was sued by the Obstructionist Democrats. This can be good news in that we will now counter for the DNC Server that they refused to give to the FBI, the Wendy Wasserman Schultz Servers and Documents held by the Pakistani mystery man and Clinton Emails.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/20/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Riding a van back to Mar-a-Lago after a news conference this week, White House officials told economic adviser Lawrence Kudlow that he had just said something bound to produce some unwanted headlines. Mr. Kudlow had suggested that Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, suffered ‘momentary confusion’ when she said […]
4/20/2018
BUSH FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will not attend Saturday’s [4-21-18] funeral service for former first lady Barbara Bush, the White House said in a statement Thursday [4-19-18], citing the desire to ‘avoid disruptions’ and out of respect for her family and friends…President Trump offered his condolences to the Bush family Wednesday [4-18-18] as […]
4/20/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can you believe that despite 93% bad stories from the Fake News Media (should be getting good stories), today we had just about our highest Poll Numbers, including those on Election Day? The American public is wise to the phony an dishonest press. Make America Great Again!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 20, […]
4/20/2018
2016 ELECTION/LAWSUIT/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A federal judge in California said Friday [4-20-18] that he needed to hear from President Donald Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen directly before deciding whether to issue a stay in a civil lawsuit involving porn star Stormy Daniels. Daniels wants to void a contract she signed days before the 2016 general […]
4/20/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: Delegation of Authority To Approve Certain Military Decorations […]
4/19/2018
ETHICS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House aides were worried enough about a visit last year by Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia, under investigation by American prosecutors who say he embezzled $3.5 billion from a state investment fund, that he was denied the customary photo in the Oval Office with President Trump. But that did not stop […]
4/19/2018
DEMS/MIKE POMPEO/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mike Pompeo came close on Thursday [4-19-18] to clinching confirmation as the nation’s 70th secretary of state when Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Democrat of North Dakota, announced her support. But before that triumph, he is expected to face a historic rebuke from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which most likely will not recommend […]
4/19/2018
JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump spoke in intimate and candid terms to the former F.B.I. director James Comey about some of the most sensitive matters before the agency, including the salacious dossier detailing Mr. Trump’s ties to Russia and the investigation into Michael T. Flynn, the president’s first national security adviser, according to […]
4/19/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and longtime friend of President Trump, will join the president’s legal team in an effort to ‘quickly’ resolve the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference and possible ties to Trump associates. Mr. Trump will also bring on Jane Serene Raskin and […]
4/19/2018
DEMS/EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general will investigate agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s use of his official security detail on recent personal trips, the latest in a string of congressional, White House and internal probes into his spending on security and travel. The investigation comes at the request of Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, […]
4/19/2018
ECONOMY/JAPAN/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe courted the new American president with a golden driver not long after Donald Trump won the White House. He’s met with the billionaire businessman more than any other world leader, and he is Trump’s second-most frequent caller. Yet the ‘bromance’ between Trump and Abe has its […]
4/19/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James B. Comey is currently a lot of things: ex-director of the F.B.I., ex-United States attorney, author, moral crusader, ‘slimeball’ (according to President Trump) and so ubiquitous that he is impossible to ignore. But whether you think he is a heroic truth teller or a self-aggrandizing grandstander, and there are arguments […]
4/19/2018
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, has removed a key obstacle to negotiations with Washington by no longer demanding that American troops be removed from South Korea as a condition for denuclearizing his country, the South’s president, Moon Jae-in, said Thursday [4-19-18]. The change in stance, if officially confirmed by the […]
4/19/2019
DRONES/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day after President Trump promised to slash the red tape involved in weapons sales, the administration announced on Thursday [4-19-18] a new policy that could vastly expand sales of armed drones, a contentious emblem of the shift toward remotely controlled warfare. That change, in addition to a newly released update to […]
4/19/2018
EXPORT-IMPORT BANK/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As trade tensions mount, an 84-year-old Washington institution could have been a powerful tool for President Trump. The institution, the Export-Import Bank, was created to help American companies compete overseas and bolster exports by providing cheap government-backed loans. But the institution, which once financed multibillion-dollar projects, has been effectively crippled […]
4/18/2018
BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wall Street, corporate America and the diplomatic world are settling on a strategy to deal with President Donald Trump’s rapidly shifting statements on critical issues like trade deals and Russia sanctions: Just ignore him. Trump last week shocked the world by suggesting he might rejoin the giant Trans-Pacific Partnership, an 11-nation pact […]
4/19/2018
MIKE POMPEO/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mike Pompeo is outstanding. First in his class at West Point. A top student at Harvard Law School. A success at whatever he has done. We need the Senate to approve Mike ASAP. He will be a great Secretary of State!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 19, 2018 3:31 pm […]
4/19/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…Hopefully the Senate will not leave Washington until our Ambassadors, Judges and the people who make Washington work are approved. The Democrats are Obstructing the process and we need these people approved for the good of our Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 19, 2018 3:27 pm […]
4/19/2018
BORDER/CRIME/MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@MarshaBlackburn is a wonderful woman who has always been there when we have needed her. Great on the Military, Border Security and Crime. Loves and works hard for the people of Tennessee. She has my full endorsement and I will be there to campaign with her!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 19, 2018 1:40 […]
4/19/2018
DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU #JIATFSouth, @Norad_Northcom, @southcomwatch and @DHSgov. Keep up the GREAT work! https://t.co/3v2uG6Jp1T“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 19, 2018 1:33 pm […]
4/19/2018
NIKKI HALEY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Public humiliation is a rite of passage for many top officials in the Trump administration. But when it was Nikki Haley’s turn this week, she fought back, defending herself in a way that reflects her unique status in the Trump administration. The US ambassador to the United Nations spent much of Tuesday […]
4/19/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump threatened Thursday [4-19-18] to cut off federal funding for the deployment of California’s National Guard if Gov. Jerry Brown insists that the troops ‘do nothing,’ an apparent jab at the state official’s insistence that they not perform immigration enforcement duties. Brown on Wednesday [4-18-18] mobilized 400 members of the […]
4/19/2018
CABINET/DEMS/MIKE POMPEO/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo has been one of the few cabinet members to thrive in President Donald Trump’s administration. He recently had a successful meeting, by the White House’s accounting, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. His next task: winning over Senate Democrats to become secretary of state. […]
4/19/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has dropped a defamation lawsuit against BuzzFeed over the publication of an unsubstantiated intelligence dossier that alleged he played a role in working with Russia to help Mr. Trump become president. Mr. Cohen is also dropping a similar defamation suit against Fusion GPS, the […]
4/19/2018
DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just arrived @NASKeyWest! Heading to a briefing with the Joint Interagency Task Force South, NORTHCOM and SOUTHCOM. https://t.co/r906IXnBcG” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 19, 2018 11:23 am […]
4/19/2018
ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The drama of U.S. and allied missile strikes on Syria has obscured a sobering fact: The U.S.-led campaign to eliminate the Islamic State from Syria has stalled. The U.S. has 2,000 troops in Syria assisting local Arab and Kurdish fighters against IS, even as President Donald Trump resists deeper U.S. involvement and […]
4/19/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Governor Jerry Brown announced he will deploy ‘up to 400 National Guard Troops’ to do nothing. The crime rate in California is high enough, and the Federal Government will not be paying for Governor Brown’s charade. We need border security and action, not words!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 19, 2018 10:48 am […]
4/19/2018
CALIFORNIA/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you San Diego County for defending the rule of law and supporting our lawsuit against California’s illegal and unconstitutional ‘Sanctuary’ policies. California’s dangerous policies release violent criminals back into our communities, putting all Americans at risk.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 19, 2018 10:23 am […]
4/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “A long-awaited U.S. Justice Department internal watchdog report on former FBI chief James Comey’s public disclosures on Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state and whether FBI employees leaked information to try to hurt her 2016 presidential bid is expected to be issued next month. […]
4/19/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The leader of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Thursday 4[19-18] the committee would vote on a bill to protect Robert Mueller, the special counsel appointed to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, despite objections by the chamber’s Republican leadership.Senator Chuck Grassley, the Judiciary Committee’s Republican chairman, said […]
4/19/2018
JAPAN/MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great meeting with Prime Minister Abe of Japan, who has just left Florida. Talked in depth about North Korea, Military and Trade. Good things will happen!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 19, 2018 9:45 am […]
4/19/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday [4-19-18] morning that it’s too early to say whether he’ll support a re-election bid for Donald Trump in 2020, adding to a growing list of conservatives on Capitol Hill who are holding out their endorsements for their party’s President…Johnson called the prompt for Trump’s endorsement […]
4/19/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A wide array of House and Senate Republicans are not yet ready to endorse President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term, a reflection of the deep uncertainty on Capitol Hill over his political standing amid growing problems at home and abroad. In interviews with a cross-section of more than two dozen […]
4/19/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are obstructing good (hopefully great) people wanting to give up a big portion of their life to work for our Government, hence, the American People. They are ‘slow walking’ all of my nominations – hundreds of people. At this rate it would take 9 years for all approvals!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
4/18/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of President Donald Trump’s longtime legal advisers said he warned the president in a phone call Friday [4-13-18] that Michael Cohen, Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer and close friend, would turn against the president and cooperate with federal prosecutors if faced with criminal charges. Mr. Trump made the call seeking advice […]
4/18/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge expressed skepticism on Thursday [4-19-18] as a lawyer for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort sought to convince her to dismiss charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. During a hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson questioned Manafort’s attorney Kevin Downing and […]
4/18/2018
IVANKA/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @IvankaTrump: This year’s #TaxDay is the last time you’ll have to file your taxes through an outdated, broken system. #BYE-BYE https://t…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 18, 2018 4:43 AM […]