GOP/LEGAL/MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Donald Trump openly toys with the possibility of firing deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein or special counsel Robert Mueller (or both), the New York Times editorial board has published a striking and strident piece warning Republicans that the time is now or never to speak out against the sitting president…The […]
4/16/2018
DRUGS/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump has visited a memorial dedicated to victims of the opioid crisis. Mrs. Trump tweeted Monday [4-16-18] that it was a ‘Very moving visit today.’ She added that the memorial was a ‘worthwhile project’ among the White House, the Interior Department and the National Park Service. The memorial in Washington is […]
4/16/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump deferred to his Pentagon chief’s caution and tempered his preference for a more robust attack on Syria over allegations it used deadly gas on civilians, the first hints at the direction of his revamped national-security team. The decision late last week, detailed by people familiar with the process, […]
4/16/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/JAMES COMEY/LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump on Monday [4-16-18] accused fired FBI officials James Comey and Andrew McCabe of committing ‘many crimes,’ his latest salvo at the bureau in the wake of the former bureau director’s media tour to support his upcoming book. ‘Comey drafted the Crooked Hillary exoneration long before he talked […]
4/16/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the law when it approved a $43,000 soundproof phone booth last year for the office of embattled Administrator Scott Pruitt, a congressional watchdog unit said on Monday [4-16-18]. The Government Accountability Office said the EPA violated the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, which […]
4/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI Director James Comey said he believes ‘it’s possible’ that Russia has compromising information on President Donald Trump…Comey was fired by the President last year in the midst of the FBI’s investigation into whether Trump’s campaign associates colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election. When he was still […]
4/16/2018
CHINA/ECONOMY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russia and China are playing the Currency Devaluation game as the U.S. keeps raising interest rates. Not acceptable!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 16, 2018 7:31 am […]
4/16/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Comey drafted the Crooked Hillary exoneration long before he talked to her (lied in Congress to Senator G), then based his decisions on her poll numbers. Disgruntled, he, McCabe, and the others, committed many crimes!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 16, 2018 7:25 am […]
4/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/GOP/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump, his White House staff and the Republican National Committee escalated their attacks on Monday [4-16-18] against the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who called Trump a ‘morally unfit’ leader in an interview. James Comey, who was fired by Trump last year amid an […]
4/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Tensions over who will succeed Speaker Paul Ryan are starting to torment House Republicans as they enter one of the most difficult midterm election cycles in years. Allies of Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the current favorite for the job, are upset that Ryan insists on staying through the election. They think the […]
4/16/2018
GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thom Tillis isn’t the kind of Republican who typically challenges Donald Trump. The North Carolina senator backs the president’s agenda and holds his tongue when it comes to the tweets. As others abandoned Trump after the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape emerged, Tillis stood by his endorsement. But now, he’s a lead sponsor […]
4/16/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer whose offices and home were raided last week will ask a judge to limit federal prosecutors’ ability to review seized documents at a hearing which adult film star Stormy Daniels is expected to attend. Michael Cohen, who prosecutors revealed last week is under criminal […]
4/15/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for President Donald Trump say they should be allowed to review the material seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation last week from Mr. Trump’s longtime lawyer Michael Cohen before government investigators begin their own, according to a court filing late Sunday [4-15-18]. The filing asks a Manhattan federal judge […]
4/15/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Another white collar lawyer has turned down the opportunity to represent President Donald Trump, citing an unidentified conflict, as the President struggles to add to the legal team representing him in the special counsel investigation. People close to Trump contacted New York attorney Steven Molo, a former prosecutor who specializes […]
4/15/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, used the same Delaware limited-liability company in two secret deals relating to alleged sexual encounters involving his clients, according to people familiar with the matter. Venture capitalist Elliott Broidy paid an initial installment of $62,500 to the company, Essential Consultants LLC, as part of […]
4/15/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/POLL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic voters are showing a higher level of interest in the 2018 midterm elections than are Republicans, with three-quarters of Democrats saying their vote for Congress is intended as a message of opposition to President Donald Trump, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds. While Democratic interest in the election rose […]
4/15/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s re-election campaign has ramped up its fund-raising this year, bringing in $20.2 million, while investing heavily in cultivating a wide base of small donors, according to reports filed Sunday [4-15-18] afternoon with the Federal Election Commission. Mr. Trump’s campaign apparatus spent nearly $8.2 million through the end of last month, […]
4/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “For the second time in a week, President Trump on Sunday [4-15-18] excoriated the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey in a series of tweets after details from Mr. Comey’s tell-all book were leaked before its official release. In the latest tirade, which unfolded over an hour, the president declared that […]
4/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If there was any chance that President Trump and James B. Comey could have avoided all-out war, it ended Sunday [4-15-18] night. That was when ABC News aired an interview with Mr. Comey, the president’s fired F.B.I. director, as he uses a publicity blitz for his searing tell-all memoir, ‘A Higher […]
4/15/2018
MEDIA/OBAMA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just hit 50% in the Rasmussen Poll, much higher than President Obama at same point. With all of the phony stories and Fake News, it’s hard to believe! Thank you America, we are doing Great Things.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 15, 2018 9:44 am […]
4/15/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Slippery James Comey, a man who always ends up badly and out of whack (he is not smart!), will go down as the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 15, 2018 8:07 am […]
4/15/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney Client privilege is now a thing of the past. I have many (too many!) lawyers and they are probably wondering when their offices, and even homes, are going to be raided with everything, including their phones and computers, taken. All lawyers are deflated and concerned!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 15, 2018 […]
4/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I never asked Comey for Personal Loyalty. I hardly even knew this guy. Just another of his many lies. His ‘memos’ are self serving and FAKE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 15, 2018 7:32 am […]
4/15/2018
MEDIA/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Syrian raid was so perfectly carried out, with such precision, that the only way the Fake News Media could demean was by my use of the term ‘Mission Accomplished.’ I knew they would seize on this but felt it is such a great Military term, it should be brought back. Use […]
4/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Comey throws AG Lynch ‘under the bus!’ Why can’t we all find out what happened on the tarmac in the back of the plane with Wild Bill and Lynch? Was she promised a Supreme Court seat, or AG, in order to lay off Hillary. No golf and grandkids talk (give […]
4/15/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The big questions in Comey’s badly reviewed book aren’t answered like, how come he gave up Classified Information (jail), why did he lie to Congress (jail), why did the DNC refuse to give Server to the FBI (why didn’t they TAKE it), why the phony memos, McCabe’s $700,000 & more?” –Donald […]
4/15/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unbelievably, James Comey states that Polls, where Crooked Hillary was leading, were a factor in the handling (stupidly) of the Clinton Email probe. In other words, he was making decisions based on the fact that he thought she was going to win, and he wanted a job. Slimeball!” -Donald Trump, […]
4/15/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: So proud of our great Military which will soon be, after the spending of billions of fully approved dollars, the fines…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 15, 2018 6:25 am […]
4/14/2018
ISIS/OBAMA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Welcome to the NBA.’ That was Barack Obama’s Inauguration-Day message to Donald Trump, when the outgoing president laid out the particularly nasty policy dilemma his successor faced in war-ravaged Syria. The question was whether to arm Kurdish fighters battling ISIS in eastern Syria, a seemingly arcane but hugely sensitive question with major […]
4/14/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE : “RT @nikkihaley:” https://t.co/oO3wIKolMy -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 14, 2018 5:13 pm […]
4/14/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So proud of our great Military which will soon be, after the spending of billions of fully approved dollars, the finest that our Country has ever had. There won’t be anything, or anyone, even close!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 14, 2018 7:29 am […]
4/14/2018
BRITAIN/FRANCE/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 14, 2018 7:21 am […]
4/13/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Andrew McCabe, the fired FBI deputy director, misled investigators multiple times about his role in a news media disclosure about Hillary Clinton just days before the 2016 presidential election and authorized the release of information to “advance his personal interests,” according to a Justice Department watchdog report. The report alleges […]
4/13/2018
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the Oval Office on Tuesday [4-10-18], as fears of a trade war with China roiled markets and panicked American farmers and lawmakers, Larry Kudlow, President Trump’s new top economic adviser, scored what passes for a major coup in a White House whipsawed by angry presidential tweets. He helped get […]
4/13/2018
FBI/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Shortly before news became public on Monday [4-9-18] of an F.B.I. raid on the hotel room and office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Mr. Trump’s legal team met in Washington to draft a proposal that would allow him to be interviewed by the special counsel in the Russia investigation, […]
4/13/2018
ASIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As trade tensions with China escalate, President Trump has found new appeal in a regional trade pact he once called a ‘rape of our country.’ The pact’s members — including some of America’s most stalwart allies — might not make it so easy to come back. Officials in Japan, Australia and […]
4/13/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, asked a federal judge in Manhattan on Friday [4-13-18] to block the Justice Department from reading documents related to his decade-long legal representation of Mr. Trump and that were taken in a recent F.B.I. raid. Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen still were […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Donald J. Trump asked Director James B. Comey of the F.B.I. to investigate and knock down a lurid but unverified report that placed Mr. Trump years earlier in a Moscow hotel suite with prostitutes, explaining to Mr. Comey that the fantastic story was untrue and was painful and distressing to his […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “James B. Comey’s searing, tell-all book touched off a forceful attack on the former F.B.I. director’s character by President Trump and his allies on Friday [4-13-18], even as many Democrats struggled with conflicted feelings about the man they blame for Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 election. Pointed and salacious details […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his top aides launched pointed attacks on James Comey on Friday [4-13-18] over his forthcoming tell-all — and the offensive is only expected to intensify in the coming days as the former FBI director embarks on a series of media interviews ahead of the book’s Tuesday [4-17-18] […]
4/13/2018
CIA/DICK CHENEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Friday [4-13-18] he has pardoned a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby…Mr. Libby, now 67 years old, was convicted in 2007 of lying to a grand jury and obstructing justice in a case that involved the leaking of the identity […]
4/13/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “DOJ just issued the McCabe report – which is a total disaster. He LIED! LIED! LIED! McCabe was totally controlled by Comey – McCabe is Comey!! No collusion, all made up by this den of thieves and lowlifes!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 13, 2018 2:36 pm […]
4/13/2018
MIKE POMPEO/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s starting to look like Mike Pompeo might not get a favorable vote from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to support his nomination as secretary of state, after three Democrats (and at least one Republican) on the panel have signaled they’ll vote against the current CIA director. Nominations can advance to full […]
4/13/2018
ETHICS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein continues to oversee special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation after consulting with a career ethics adviser at the Justice Department about his ability to oversee the Russia probe, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. For nearly a year, legal experts and journalists have […]
4/13/2018
CHINA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The images could not have provided a greater contrast. At one point on the globe, a nation’s leader in military fatigues, overseeing its largest display of naval power ever, and in waters that are at the heart of a regional territorial dispute. At another, a besieged president waylaid by seemingly endless domestic […]
4/13/2018
DRUGS/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has promised to support legislation protecting the marijuana industry in states that have legalized the drug, a move that could lift a threat to the industry made by the U.S. attorney general just three months ago. Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado said Friday [4-13-18] that Trump made […]
4/13/2018
FBI/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The FBI raid of the office of President Donald Trump’s attorney caused the President’s team to back off presenting a proposal they were preparing for special counsel Robert Mueller about an interview with the President, according to sources familiar with the matter. Trump’s legal team is now re-evaluating what, if […]
4/13/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Federal prosecutors said in a court filing Friday [4-13-18] that the criminal probe that led them to raid the offices of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is focused on the attorney’s ‘personal business dealings’ and has been going on for months. In the filing with a court […]
4/13/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took aim at former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey on Friday [4-13-18], calling him a ‘weak and untruthful slime ball’ days ahead of the publication of a new book by Mr. Comey that refers to the president as a ‘deeply flawed person and leader.’ In a […]
4/13/2018
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are bringing back our factories, we are bringing back our jobs, and we are bringing back those four beautiful words: MADE IN THE USA! https://t.co/grABSrYUBX” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 13, 2018 11:21 am […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….untruthful slime ball who was, as time has proven, a terrible Director of the FBI. His handling of the Crooked Hillary Clinton case, and the events surrounding it, will go down as one of the worst “botch jobs” of history. It was my great honor to fire James Comey!” -Donald Trump, […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR. Virtually everyone in Washington thought he should be fired for the terrible job he did-until he was, in fact, fired. He leaked CLASSIFIED information, for which he should be prosecuted. He lied to Congress under OATH. He is a weak and…..” –Donald Trump, […]
4/13/2018
BORDER/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Tremendous pressure is building, like never before, for the Border Wall and an end to crime cradling Sanctuary Cities. Started the Wall in San Diego, where the people were pushing really hard to get it. They will soon be protected!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 13, 2018 6:44 am […]
4/13/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels argued in a court hearing on Friday [4-13-18] that materials seized by federal investigators from U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer may concern his client, who claims the president slept with her. Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, has said she […]
4/13/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump this week stepped up preparations to counter political and military challenges that could reshape his presidency, girding for a strike against Syria and pushing a campaign to discredit the Justice Department. Several aides described Mr. Trump seething over an FBI raid of his personal attorney’s files and […]
4/13/2018
HEALTHCARE/HHS/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration is pursuing a significant shift toward a more conservative health-care agenda, expanding the use of civil-rights laws to defend health-industry workers who object to medical procedures on religious grounds. Roger Severino, an administration appointee to the Department of Health and Human Services, is heading a new division at […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI Director James Comey pillories President Donald Trump in his soon-to-be-released book, ‘A Higher Loyalty,’ deriding him as a cruel and selfish liar who is ‘unethical,’ ‘untethered to truth’ and has likely never ‘recoiled from causing another person pain.’ From jabs at Trump’s height to ruminating on the status of […]
4/13/2018
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump attacked James Comey as a ‘weak and untruthful slime ball’ on Friday [4-13-18] after the fired former FBI director castigated him as an unethical liar and likened him to a mob moss in a searing new memoir.The president fired Comey last May while his agency was investigating potential […]
4/13/2018
BUDGET/GOP/SPENDING/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House is ignoring warnings from worried Hill Republicans and moving ahead with plans to cut billions of dollars from the massive spending bill that Congress passed in late March, after President Donald Trump has spent weeks grousing about the legislation. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney — himself a […]
4/13/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans are rushing to shore up congressional seats deep in the heart of Trump country as they come to an alarming realization: In this midterm election, few GOP lawmakers are safe. GOP leaders are pressing Republican lawmakers in conservative areas to get their sluggish campaigns in order. They’re pleading with major donors to […]
4/13/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/PAUL RYAN/SPENDING/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A six-month budget truce stitched together by Congress in March could unravel if Republican leaders vying to replace U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan indulge party conservatives who want to renege on critical parts of the pact. At issue is a resurgent move by conservative Republicans to rescind, or cut about […]
4/13/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, is “under criminal investigation,” the Justice Department said Friday [4-13-18]. In response to Cohen’s motion to restrain the evidence collected in Monday’s [4-9-18] raids of his home and office, the US attorney in New York asserted the raids were authorized by a […]
4/12/2018
Presidential Memorandum for the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency “Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), Public Law 88-206, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establishes National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for certain common air pollutants, often referred to as “criteria pollutants,” which it must review every 5 years. Over the past four decades, EPA […]
4/12/2018
MIKE POMPEO/REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo promised on Thursday [4-12-18] to rebuild the State Department that has been gutted by the departure of senior diplomats and has found itself sidelined in foreign policy decisions under the Trump administration. A reorganization and hiring freeze initiated by former Secretary of State Rex […]
4/12/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Britain, France and the U.S. united Thursday [4-12-18] around broad plans for a military strike against Syria as they worked to bridge differences over the scope and purpose of a coordinated response to a suspected chemical weapons attack, U.S. officials said. President Donald Trump met with his national security team on […]
4/12/2018
ASIA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, in a sharp reversal, told a gathering of farm-state lawmakers and governors on Thursday [4-12-18] morning that the United States was looking into rejoining a multicountry trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal he pulled out of days after assuming the presidency. Mr. Trump’s reconsideration of an […]
4/12/2018
DEMS/EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A high-ranking political staffer at the Environmental Protection Agency has told lawmakers he faced retaliation after pushing back against outsized spending demands from Administrator Scott Pruitt and his top aides. House and Senate Democrats sent letters Thursday [4-12-18] to President Donald Trump and Pruitt describing a meeting they had with Kevin Chmielewski, […]
4/12/2018
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate on Thursday [4-12-18] is widely expected to confirm the Environmental Protection Agency’s second-in-command, Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist who not only shares the deregulatory zeal of Scott Pruitt, the E.P.A. chief, but also his doubtful view of climate science. More notable, however, are the differences between the two men. […]
4/12/2018
MIKE POMPEO/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senators on Thursday [4-12-18] implored Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director nominated to be secretary of state, to stabilize the Trump administration’s erratic diplomacy by standing up to Russia and other adversaries and reinstalling American influence among allies. Under persistent questioning, Mr. Pompeo said that he had spoken to Robert S. Mueller […]
4/12/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House speakers historically exit amid political intrigue, mounting scandal or humiliating rejection by the voters. By contrast, Paul D. Ryan’s disclosure on Wednesday [4-11-18] that he would step aside at the end of the year was quite calm and businesslike even as he gave that most Washington of reasons — more time […]
4/12/2018
EU/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said in a tweet early Thursday that he had never telegraphed the timing of an attack on Syria, and that such a strike — for which he put Russia and Syria on notice just one day earlier — ‘could be very soon or not so soon at all!’ France, on […]
4/12/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A breakthrough bipartisan bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller is coming under a new threat: Partisan infighting among leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Confusion and distrust between Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and top Democrat Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has already delayed consideration of the hot-button bill, which is strongly opposed […]
4/12/2018
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “America’s greatest treasure is our people – and my Administration HEARS YOUR VOICE and HAS YOUR BACK. We are fighting to give every American a future of dignity, purpose and pride. AMERICAN SPIRIT is back! #TaxCuts https://t.co/oSGZe0irBf“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 2:03 pm […]
4/12/2018
ASIA/CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump directed two of his top aides to study the possibility of re-engaging in negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said in an interview Thursday [4-12-18]. The move would be a huge policy swing for Trump, a free-trade skeptic who walked away from the massive trade […]
4/12/2018
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “PM Thank you to all of the American workers who travelled here today! This event is dedicated to YOU: the hardworking Americans who make this nation run. You love your country, you provide for your family, you have PRIDE in your work and you cherish our GREAT AMERICAN FLAG! #TaxCuts https://t.co/RwaLpCRPh5“ -Donald […]
4/12/2018
TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One year after withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, President Donald Trump has asked his top economic advisers to study the possibility of re-entering the trade pact negotiations. Mr. Trump has deputized Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative, and Larry Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Council, to study […]
4/12/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-12-18] that if he wanted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, he would have months ago…Trump was disputing a New York Times report published Tuesday [4-10-18] that said the President sought to fire Mueller in December following reports that Mueller was seeking Trump’s financial records. CNN […]
4/12/2018
MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-12-18] softened his rhetoric about potential airstrikes on Syria, a day after warning Russia that missiles ‘will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart.’ In an early morning tweet and later in comments at the White House, Trump attempted to cloud the timing of military action — […]
4/12/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said Thursday [4-12-18] that the new bill that to protect special counsel Robert Mueller is an improvement, but he still has constitutional concerns about the measure to restrict the ability of the President to fire the special counsel. And a fight is already brewing ahead of an […]
4/12/2018
JAMES MATTIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Thursday [4-12-18] said the U.S. has enough proof to act in response to an alleged chemical attack in Syria, and President Donald Trump is looking at all his options…The Syrian government allegedly used chemical weapons on civilians in a suburb […]
4/12/2018
CONGRESS/AGRICULTURE/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “PM Just had an Agricultural Roundtable with memembers of Congress and Governors. I will be making remarks on the large scale TAX CUTS given to American families and workers at 1:45 P.M. from the Rose Garden. Join me live: https://t.co/XAchZ3zUSe https://t.co/Dqe8QhpDAZ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 12:13 pm […]
4/12/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Eight months before the company that owns the National Enquirer paid $150,000 to a former Playboy Playmate who claimed she’d had an affair with Donald Trump, the tabloid’s parent made a $30,000 payment to a less famous individual: a former doorman at one of the real estate mogul’s New York City […]
4/12/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have agreed with the historically cooperative, disciplined approach that we have engaged in with Robert Mueller (Unlike the Clintons!). I have full confidence in Ty Cobb, my Special Counsel, and have been fully advised throughout each phase of this process.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 11:46 am […]
4/12/2018
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Yom HaShoah we remember the six million Jews slaughtered in the Holocaust. With each passing year, our duty to remember this atrocity increases as we pledge #NeverAgain. #HolocaustRemembranceDay https://t.co/tyga4VtjLT“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 11:42 am […]
4/12/2018
GOP/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When House Speaker Paul Ryan announced his retirement decision, he did so on his own terms. The political fallout may not be so easy to control. Ryan’s relinquishing of one of the most powerful positions in Washington left Republicans scrambling Thursday [4-12-18] over not only who will replace him, but whether he […]
4/12/2018
MIKE POMPEO/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mike Pompeo, the CIA director nominated to be secretary of state, defended the Trump administration’s efforts to push back on aggression from Russia at his confirmation hearing Thursday [4-12-18] while suggesting more sanctions on Moscow are still needed. Yet he dodged repeatedly when Democrats tried to pin him down on President […]
4/12/2018
DEMS/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “DemocratIc U.S. lawmakers asked embattled Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Thursday [4-12-2018] to provide documents about ethics issues they said were revealed to them by a former agency official, including spending on bulletproof vests, weapons, and a contract with an Italian security service. The Democrats, including Senators Tom Carper, Sheldon […]
4/12/2018
FBI/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The longest-serving Republican senator in history offered a sharp rebuke Thursday [4-12-18] to anyone recommending that President Donald Trump fire special counsel Robert Mueller. ‘Anyone advising the President — in public or over the airwaves — to fire Bob Mueller does not have the President or the nation’s best interest at […]
4/12/2018
GOP/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s allies are preparing an extensive campaign to fight back against James Comey’s publicity tour, trying to undermine the credibility of the former FBI director by reviving the blistering Democratic criticism of him before he was fired nearly a year ago. The battle plan against Comey, obtained by CNN, calls […]
4/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former federal prosecutor Joseph diGenova, who was set to join President Donald Trump’s legal team, on Wednesday [4-11-18] night called for the firing of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, telling Fox News that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has an obligation to dismiss his second in command. DiGenova joins a […]
4/12/2018
MILITARY/RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “In a series of tweets and pronouncements in recent days, President Donald Trump has outlined a military operation still in the planning stages, spelled out a decision timetable and pointed to the kinds of weapons he may use. ‘Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!’’ he […]
4/12/2018
MIKE POMPEO/SECRETARY OF STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Good luck to Mike Pompeo during his Confirmation Hearing today. He will be a great Secretary of State!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 5:37 am […]
4/12/2018
MIKE POMPEO/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two of the Trump administration’s most senior national security officials go before lawmakers Thursday [4-12-18] in the midst of high-level U.S. planning for a possible military strike against Syria in retaliation for an alleged chemical weapons attack. Secretary of State-nominee Mike Pompeo faces the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his confirmation […]
4/12/2018
ENTITLEMENTS/PAUL RYAN/SPENDING/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When House Speaker Paul Ryan leaves Congress, the Republican party will lose its most influential advocate for changes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. As Budget committee chairman, a vice presidential running mate to Mitt Romney in 2012, Ways and Means chairman and finally House speaker, Mr. Ryan had pressed for curbs […]
4/12/2018
ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so soon at all! In any event, the United States, under my Administration, has done a great job of ridding the region of ISIS. Where is our ‘Thank you America?’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 […]
4/12/2018
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California Governor Jerry Brown is doing the right thing and sending the National Guard to the Border. Thank you Jerry, good move for the safety of our Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 5:08 am […]
4/12/2018
MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If I wanted to fire Robert Mueller in December, as reported by the Failing New York Times, I would have fired him. Just more Fake News from a biased newspaper!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 5:03 am […]
4/12/2018
NEW YORK/TRUMP BUSINESS: “For Todd Brassner, an art dealer who died in a fire that ripped through his Trump Tower apartment last weekend, the New York high-rise he lived in for two decades became unbearable after Donald Trump announced he was running for president. Brassner’s experience trying to sell his 50th-floor condominium in the building […]
4/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly slammed a federal probe into possible collusion between Moscow and his presidential election campaign as a ‘witch hunt,’ said on Thursday [4-12-18] he backed a ‘cooperative’ approach to the investigation…Mueller has been tasked with looking into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 […]
4/12/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/ELECTION/SPENDING/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote as early as Thursday [4-12-18] on a balanced budget amendment that would prohibit federal spending from exceeding federal revenues, but it is seen as a largely symbolic gesture.The vote is meant to show Republican voters that their party cares about fiscal responsibility, but […]