BANKING/LEGAL/TREASURY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The bank used by President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer to wire $130,000 to a former adult-film actress flagged the transaction as suspicious and reported it to the Treasury Department, according to a person familiar with the matter. The lawyer, Michael Cohen, wired the money to a lawyer for former actress Stephanie Clifford, known […]
3/5/2018
GOP/LOBBYING/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Republicans are frantically lobbying President Donald Trump to reconsider his move to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum — even considering legislative action to try to stop him if he refuses. Speaker Paul Ryan has personally spoken with the president and tried to warn him of the economic dangers of […]
3/5/2018
DEMS/POLITICS: “Senate Democrats, against all odds just a few months ago, can see a path that could lead them back to power, with one hitch—the road to a Democratic Senate majority runs through Trump Country. To win, Democrats must defend 10 Senate seats they hold in states President Donald Trump won in 2016, plus take […]
3/5/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the White House on Monday [3-5-18], it will be under clouds of controversy — both his own and those of his hosts. Netanyahu and his inner circle are entangled in a series of corruption scandals back home that has put his political future […]
3/5/2018
AMBASSADOR/FOREIGN POLICY/TURKEY: “The U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey closed Monday [3-5-18] due to an unspecified security threat, though local media reports the closure came as Turkish authorities detained several suspects on charges of plotting an attack against the embassy. According to The Anadolu Agency, the country’s state-run media outlet, the suspects are Iraqi nationals and […]
3/5/2018
NAFTA/TRADE DEALS: “President Donald Trump on Monday [3-5-18] increased pressure on two top U.S. trading partners, saying he would lift planned tariffs on steel imports only if Mexico and Canada sign a new version of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or Nafta… The broad duties on steel and aluminum that Mr. Trump announced on […]
3/5/2018
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/OBAMA ADMIN/RUSSIA: “Why did the Obama Administration start an investigation into the Trump Campaign (with zero proof of wrongdoing) long before the Election in November? Wanted to discredit so Crooked H would win. Unprecedented. Bigger than Watergate! Plus, Obama did NOTHING about Russian meddling.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 5, 2018 08:22am […]
3/5/2018
DONALDISM/TRADE DEALS: “To protect our Country we must protect American Steel! #AMERICA FIRST” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 5, 2018 07:57am […]
3/5/2018
NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have large trade deficits with Mexico and Canada. NAFTA, which is under renegotiation right now, has been a bad deal for U.S.A. Massive relocation of companies & jobs. Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum will only come off if new & fair NAFTA agreement is signed. Also, Canada must… treat our […]
3/5/2018
POLITICS/TEXAS: “Texas voters on Tuesday [3-6-18] will kick off a 2018 midterm primary season that is teeming with candidates, including an unprecedented number of Democrats seeking to regain control of Congress and create a check on President Donald Trump’s White House. History may be on the party’s side—the president’s party has lost seats in 35 […]
3/5/2018
BANKING/DEMS/GOP: “Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are poised to pass a bill this week that would relax key banking regulations, steamrolling opposition from outspoken liberals like Sen. Elizabeth Warren who have built their careers calling for tougher oversight of Wall Street. A core group of moderate Democrats is brushing off an escalating opposition campaign […]
3/4/2018
BUSINESS/ECONOMY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Manufacturing executives who use the metals to make beer cans, cars, refrigerators and other goods warn of price surges, shortages and retaliatory trade barriers on U.S. exports if the administration follows through on the plan, announced Thursday [3-1-18], to impose 25% tariffs on imported steel and 10% duties on aluminum imports. They also […]
3/4/2018
CYBERWAR/POLITICS/RUSSIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Russia’s virtual war against the United States continues unabated with the midterm elections approaching, the State Department has yet to spend any of the $120 million it has been allocated since late 2016 to counter foreign efforts to meddle in elections or sow distrust in democracy. As a result, not one […]
3/4/2018
CHINA/ FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The comment was made behind closed doors, and appeared to be in jest: President Trump told donors on Saturday [3-3-18] that China’s president, Xi Jinping, was now ‘president for life,’ and added: ‘I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll want to give that a shot someday.’ … On Saturday evening, at the annual Gridiron dinner in […]
3/4/2018
SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “The man who fatally shot himself in front of the White House was a 26-year-old resident of Maylene, Ala., authorities said. Cameron Ross Burgess approached the fence along the north side of the White House and fired several rounds from a handgun shortly before midday Saturday [3-3-18], police said. President […]
3/4/2018
DONALDISM/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are on the losing side of almost all trade deals. Our friends and enemies have taken advantage of the U.S. for many years. Our Steel and Aluminum industries are dead. Sorry, it’s time for a change! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 4, 2018 07:10pm […]
3/4/2018
MCMASTER/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Even before he took the job last winter as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster had a target on his back. He stepped into the role with lukewarm support from the president and outright resistance from high-ranking Trump loyalists who saw in Gen. McMaster the embodiment of the […]
3/4/2018
GUNS/NEW YORK/POLITICS: “Citing the activism of students around the country, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday [3-4-18] announced legislative measures that he will introduce in the coming weeks in an attempt to curb gun violence and prevent future mass shootings. The first initiative calls for universal background checks, ensuring that no one with a […]
3/4/2018
ECONOMY/INFRASTRUCTURE/LABOR/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump burnished his tough-on-trade image last week by declaring he would impose tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports. But the move could undermine another part of his ‘America First’ economic agenda: Rebuilding U.S. infrastructure. Tariffs on imported aluminum and steel could drive up the cost of infrastructure investments, […]
3/4/2018
TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration is downplaying reports that White House chief economist Gary Cohn is planning to leave the West Wing because of frustrations over the implementation of steel and aluminum tariffs. After President Donald Trump announced the US would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports last week, one person […]
3/4/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Gridiron Dinner last night was great fun. I am accomplishing a lot in Washington and have never had a better time doing something, and especially since this is for the American People!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 4, 2018 12:42pm […]
3/4/2018
EU/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s announcement of punitive steel tariffs may raise U.S. prices short term, but in Europe they could have the opposite effect. … ‘Diverted trade flows threaten Europe with a new steel glut when as things are the EU market is far from tackling [its own] import crisis,’ said Hans […]
3/4/2018
ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump administration officials on Sunday [3-4-18] defended the president’s plan to levy tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and played down the likelihood the U.S. would allow for many exclusions from the proposals. The tariff plan would do little to hurt the broader U.S. economy, said the officials, who also minimized […]
3/4/2018
TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House trade adviser Peter Navarro says no countries will be excluded from upcoming steel and aluminum tariffs set to be imposed by the Trump administration, including the United States’ greatest allies… Navarro said he expects President Donald Trump to sign the measures by the end of this week or early […]
3/4/2018
BORDER/DHS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Along a dusty stretch of border, flanked by an outlet mall and farmland, a giant crane hoisted a 30-foot-high section of steel barrier and dropped it into a shallow trench last Wednesday [2-28-18]. The structure was one of the first new pieces of a border wall put in place since the start […]
3/4/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “After nearly a year, a Trump administration effort to devise a blueprint for Middle East peace has yet to materialize and now faces a growing array of obstacles even before it has been unveiled, experts and diplomats say. White House adviser Jared Kushner, who has been leading the effort, and chief […]
3/3/2018
GUNS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In West Wing meetings over the past several weeks, Mr. [Donald J.] Trump has held discussions on immigration, school safety and gun control with cameras rolling and attendees speaking their minds. The sessions are extraordinary for the rare glimpses they provide of unscripted conversations at the White House on critical issues. They […]
3/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Saturday [3-3-18] afternoon, President Trump took another swing at his favorite punching bag. ‘Mainstream Media in U.S. is being mocked all over the world,’ he tweeted. ‘They’ve gone CRAZY!’ On Saturday night, however, Mr. Trump donned his tuxedo and joined the very journalists he loves to malign for an evening of humorous — and sometimes […]
3/3/2018
INFRASTRUCTURE/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For beleaguered commuters who ride trains into and out of New York City, the plan to dig new rail tunnels under the Hudson River must, by now, seem like a big tease. Just a few months ago, the idea once again appeared to have gained the support it needed in Washington […]
3/3/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the midst of a joke-filled monologue at a dinner with journalists, President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday [3-3-18] that the United States will be meeting with North Korea but has told Pyongyang it must first ‘denuke.’ ‘Now we are talking and they, by the way, called up a couple of […]
3/3/2018
ENERGY/RUSSIA/UKRAINE: “Russia is tearing up its contracts to supply Ukraine with natural gas, sparking another stand-off between Moscow and Kiev and raising fears of new gas supply shortages across Europe during the winter. … Russian energy officials said the dispute was commercial and reflected its disagreement with an arbitration decision that just went in Ukraine’s […]
3/3/2018
BUSINESS/ECONOMY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “President Donald Trump upped the ante in a brewing trade conflict stirred up by his announcement of steel and aluminum tariffs, saying the U.S. would impose tariffs on European car exports if the bloc follows through with retaliation against his metals duties. … The exchange began Thursday after Mr. Trump […]
3/3/2018
GUNS/SECRET SERVICE: “A man fatally shot himself outside the White House on Saturday [3-3-18], the U.S. Secret Service said. … President Donald Trump wasn’t at the White House when the man shot himself. Mr. Trump spent the morning golfing in Florida, where he is staying at his Mar-a-Lago resort. He is set to return to Washington on Saturday evening […]
3/3/2018
TARIFFS/TAXES/TRADE DEALS: “If the E.U. wants to further increase their already massive tariffs and barriers on U.S. companies doing business there, we will simply apply a Tax on their Cars which freely pour into the U.S. They make it impossible for our cars (and more) to sell there. Big trade imbalance!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. […]
3/3/2018
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States has an $800 Billion Dollar Yearly Trade Deficit because of our ‘very stupid’ trade deals and policies. Our jobs and wealth are being given to other countries that have taken advantage of us for years. They laugh at what fools our leaders have been. No more!” -Donald Trump, […]
3/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mainstream Media in U.S. is being mocked all over the world. They’ve gone CRAZY! https://t.co/4UGYuJpUA7” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 3, 2018 12:33pm […]
3/3/2018
HOLIDAY: “Happy National Anthem Day! https://t.co/cf1eugMbKU” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 3, 2018 09:15am […]
3/3/2018
BUSINESS/ECONOMY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports have many economists and lawmakers worried about a coming trade war. But workers and others in this community, where steel has been made for well over a century, see a chance for more jobs and bigger paychecks. … ‘Overall it’s […]
3/2/2018
INTERIOR/POLITICAL FIGURES/RYAN ZINKE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Even before President Trump officially opened his high-profile review last spring of federal lands protected as national monuments, the Department of Interior was focused on the potential for oil and gas exploration at a protected Utah site, internal agency documents show. The debate started as early as March 2017, when […]
3/2/2018
MIKE PENCE/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “The Rev. Billy Graham, for half a century the world’s most famous evangelist and a pastor to presidents, will be memorialized at his funeral on Friday by his family and some of the preachers he inspired from around the globe… When the funeral was planned, the expectation was that it […]
3/2/2018
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading to Billy Graham Funeral. A Special Man!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 2, 2018 03:31pm […]
3/2/2018
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “REST IN PEACE BILLY GRAHAM! https://t.co/2qMoUccVC2” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 2, 2018 02:48pm […]
3/2/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House chief of staff John Kelly said he regretted his handling of the departure of Rob Porter, whose resignation last month resulted in an overhaul of security-clearance rules and played an indirect part in the confusion over the rollout of President Donald Trump’s new trade tariffs. When Mr. Porter […]
3/2/2018
CUBA/REX TILLERSON/STATE: “The U.S. will make staff reductions at its embassy in Havana permanent, the State Department said Friday [3-2-18], as officials have so far failed to determine the source of ‘health attacks’ against personnel stationed there. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had ordered most staff except for emergency personnel to leave the embassy in […]
3/2/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “President Donald Trump is asking chief of staff John Kelly for help in pushing his daughter and son-in-law out of the White House, The New York Times reports. The Times, citing two people familiar with Trump’s views, said Trump has been frustrated with his son-in-law Kushner after his top […]
3/2/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump Friday [3-2-18] said that ‘trade wars are good’ in a tweet the morning after he announced the U.S. would impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum, a move that prompted America’s trading partners around the world to suggest they would retaliate… It appeared Mr. Trump was referring […]
3/2/2018
2A/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House signaled Friday [3-2-18]that President Donald Trump is backing away from a broad overhaul of U.S. gun policy and focusing on more modest changes, after his Thursday night meeting with the National Rifle Association. At a televised meeting earlier in the week with lawmakers, Mr. Trump had endorsed a Senate […]
3/2/2018
GUNS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s glide toward a potential U.S. Senate bid became far more complicated after a troubled 19-year-old killed 17 people, including 14-year-old students, last month at a school in Parkland, Fla. In more than seven years in office, the Republican governor signed bills cutting concealed-carry permit fees and a measure last […]
3/2/2018
TAXES: “When a country Taxes our products coming in at, say, 50%, and we Tax the same product coming into our country at ZERO, not fair or smart. We will soon be starting RECIPROCAL TAXES so that we will charge the same thing as they charge us. $800 Billion Trade Deficit-have no choice!” -Donald Trump, […]
3/2/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on steel and aluminum prompted angry responses from U.S. allies around the globe Friday [3-2-18], driving down stock prices and generating warnings of a possible international trade war. Allies in Asia and Europe lobbied for a change of heart and took issue with Mr. Trump’s […]
3/2/2018
DEMS/FCC/GOP: “Republican and Democratic lawmakers have reached agreement to allow for the sale of spectrum to speed up the introduction of next-generation 5G wireless networks, congressional leaders said on Friday [3-2-18]. The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the measure on Tuesday, leaders in both parties said. Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai on […]
3/2/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We must protect our country and our workers. Our steel industry is in bad shape. IF YOU DON’T HAVE STEEL, YOU DON’T HAVE A COUNTRY!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 2, 2018 08:01am […]
3/2/2018
BUSINESS/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Since he became president, Donald Trump’s threats to sanction global trading partners sent tremors through business-oriented congressional Republicans worried about how potential retaliation from abroad could reverberate through the businesses and farms in their districts. On Thursday, the rattle turned into an earthquake. The president’s announcement of plans to put barriers on […]
3/2/2018
DEMS/GOP/GUNS/LOBBYING/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer urged President Donald Trump on Friday [3-2-18] to follow his gut on gun restrictions he has recently backed, after the powerful U.S. gun lobby said the Republican president and vice president do not want gun control. The exhortation to Trump, who this week stunned fellow Republicans by […]
3/2/2018
MEDIA: “Eric, we are all with you and your family! Look forward to seeing you back on T.V. https://t.co/d6y3Q00BSy” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 2, 2018 06:18am […]
3/2/2018
ENTERTAINMENT: “Alec Baldwin, whose dying mediocre career was saved by his terrible impersonation of me on SNL, now says playing me was agony. Alec, it was agony for those who were forced to watch. Bring back Darrell Hammond, funnier and a far greater talent!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 2, 2018 06:07am […]
3/2/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When a country (USA) is losing many billions of dollars on trade with virtually every country it does business with, trade wars are good, and easy to win. Example, when we are down $100 billion with a certain country and they get cute, don’t trade anymore-we win big. It’s easy!” […]
3/2/2018
ENTERTAINMENT: “Alex Baldwin, whose dieing mediocre career was saved by his impersonation of me on SNL, now says playing DJT was agony for him. Alex, it was also agony for those who were forced to watch. You were terrible. Bring back Darrell Hammond, much funnier and a far greater talent!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 2, […]
3/2/2018
EPA/RELIGION/SCOTT PRUITT: “Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt dismissed evolution as an unproven theory, lamented that ‘minority religions’ were pushing Christianity out of ‘the public square’ and advocated amending the Constitution to ban abortion, prohibit same-sex marriage and protect the Pledge of Allegiance and the Ten Commandments, according to a newly unearthed series of Oklahoma […]
3/2/2018
2A/GUNS/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day after President Donald Trump called for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. gun policy, lawmakers from both parties appeared divided on what they would support, with some pitching their own plans and others calling for Mr. Trump to keep up the public pressure. Mr. Trump made waves in the gun debate […]
3/1/2018
AMBASSADOR/MEXICO/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States ambassador to Mexico plans to resign from her post in May, according to a memo circulated on Thursday [3-1-18] to embassy staff, the latest in a string of senior diplomatic departures from the region — and more broadly from the State Department. The ambassador, Roberta S. Jacobson, 57, served […]
3/1/2018
NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Good (Great) meeting in the Oval Office tonight with the NRA!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 1, 2018 10:04pm […]
3/1/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Justice Department review is expected to criticize the former F.B.I. deputy director, Andrew G. McCabe, for authorizing the disclosure of information about a continuing investigation to journalists, according to four people familiar with the inquiry. Such a damning report would give President Trump new ammunition to criticize Mr. McCabe, who […]
3/1/2018
BEN CARSON/ETHICS/HUD: “Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, is attempting to cancel a $31,000 order for a customized hardwood dining room table, chairs, sideboard and hutch the day after the chairman of the House Oversight Committee announced an investigation into the refurbishment of his HUD office… On Tuesday, Raffi Williams, a department […]
3/1/2018
CRIME/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Early in his term, Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed his top investigative deputies to target the transnational gang MS-13 as a priority. A year later, drug task forces have new powers to fight MS-13, more federal prosecutors are pursuing charges against the street gang with ties to El Salvador and foreign […]
3/1/2018
ECONOMY/FOREIGN POLICY/GARY COHEN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser, has been rumored to be on the brink of leaving the White House for months but stayed for one main reason: to stop the president from imposing steep tariffs. By Thursday afternoon, Cohn had lost the fight. In a meeting with steel […]
3/1/2018
ECONOMY: “Manufacturing growing at the fastest pace in almost two decades!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 1, 2018 07:52pm […]
3/1/2018
JOBS: “Jobless claims at a 49 year low!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 1, 2018 07:51pm […]
3/1/2018
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s lawyers have urged him not to discuss details of the unfolding Russia investigation with anyone outside his legal team, warning of a conversational ‘bright line’ that could put aides and associates in legal jeopardy, according to current and former Trump aides. But Trump often ignores that legal advice […]
3/1/2018
FCC/GOP/NRA: “Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Thursday [3-1-18] turned down an NRA gun award he received at the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, citing the advice of ethics officials at his agency. An executive from the National Rifle Association named Pai the Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award recipient at CPAC for his […]
3/1/2018
FAKE NEWS/MCMASTER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration batted down a new report on Thursday that national security adviser H.R. McMaster could be on his way out, with President Donald Trump telling a spokesman for the National Security Council that the article was ‘fake news.’… Raj Shah, the White House principal deputy press secretary, also […]
3/1/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has held up veterans as the ideal armed teachers who could ward off school shooters. But the reality is very few of today’s educators served in the military, and those who did may reject the idea of carrying a gun to class. Even with the influx of Iraq and […]
3/1/2018
CRIME/DRUGS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [3-1-18] suggested using the death penalty on drug dealers to address the opioid epidemic, equating providing lethal drugs with murder. ‘We have pushers and drugs dealers, they are killing hundreds and hundreds of people,’ Trump said at a White House summit on opioid abuse. ‘If you […]
3/1/2018
DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Together, we will face this challenge as a national family with conviction, with unity, and with a commitment to love and support our neighbors in times of dire need. Working together, we will defeat this #OpioidEpidemic. Full Opioid Summit: https://t.co/qqfeVr4BBf https://t.co/oFvr0DJMEf” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 1, 2018 04:31pm […]
3/1/2018
ECONOMY: ” ‘Consumer Confidence in February Highest Since November 2000’ https://t.co/UgAJRawExx” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 1, 2018 03:40pm […]
3/1/2018
DHS/JOHN KELLY: “White House chief of staff John Kelly expressed some regret about leaving the Department of Homeland Security for his current job, suggesting he was being divinely ‘punished.’ Onstage at a DHS anniversary event Thursday [3-1-18] featuring current and former secretaries, Kelly noted his short tenure as secretary — six months — and got […]
3/1/2018
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is likely to nominate Columbia University economist Richard Clarida to become vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr. Clarida is a Republican economist whom colleagues describe as more of a pragmatist than an ideologue. Such a temperament fits the mold […]
3/1/2018
ECONOMY: ” ‘Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Fastest Pace Since May 2004’ https://t.co/XZkwS8tTml” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 1, 2018 01:26pm […]
3/1/2018
JOBS: “Unemployment filings are at their lowest level in over 48 years. Great news for workers and JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! #MAGA https://t.co/SzHTarzfrW” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 1, 2018 01:06pm […]
3/1/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration summoned steel and aluminum executives on short notice for a White House meeting on Thursday [3-1-18], telling some of them that an announcement could be made then on long-awaited curbs on steel and aluminum imports in the name of protecting national security, according to people familiar with […]
3/1/2018
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE: “Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday [3-1-18] for a second day of testimony, with investors eager for more on whether his bullish view of the U.S. economy might translate into a more aggressive approach to raising interest rates this year and beyond. Stocks and bonds sold off Tuesday […]
3/1/2018
2016 ELECTION/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A top Republican fundraiser close to President Donald Trump was in negotiations to earn tens of millions of dollars if the U.S. Justice Department dropped its investigation into a multibillion-dollar graft scandal involving a Malaysian state investment fund, according to emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. In emails dated […]
3/1/2018
BUSINESS/CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s family real estate group obtained business loans after Kushner met with the company heads in his official government capacity, The New York Times reported Wednesday [2-28-18]. According to the Times, Kushner met with Joshua Harris, one of the founders of Apollo Global Management, on […]
3/1/2018
2A/BUSINESS/GUNS: “Kroger Co. said it would stop selling guns to buyers under 21 years old through its Fred Meyer locations, the third major retailer to tighten its policies while lawmakers continue to debate how to respond to the latest school shooting in America. The U.S.’s largest supermarket chain said it would raise the minimum age […]
3/1/2018
DEMS/GOP/PLANNED PARENTHOOD/POLITICS: “Planned Parenthood’s political arm is targeting eight states with competitive Senate and governor’s races in its largest-ever midterm election campaign. The offensive is set to cost $20 million, an initial mark that the organization’s officials say is all but certain to be exceeded. The investment from Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Planned Parenthood […]
3/1/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Thursday [3-1-18] that chief of staff John Kelly is running the West Wing through a culture of fear and predicted more departures from the White House are to come, adding that ‘morale is terrible.’… Scaramucci — who was ousted from his position over the summer […]
3/1/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA: “Russia has developed nuclear weapons capable of penetrating U.S. air-defense systems, the country’s president, Vladimir Putin, said Thursday [3-1-18], sharpening rhetoric against the West and raising the prospect of a new arms race with Washington. In language reminiscent of the Cold War, Mr. Putin used his annual state of the union address to […]
3/1/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our Steel and Aluminum industries (and many others) have been decimated by decades of unfair trade and bad policy with countries from around the world. We must not let our country, companies and workers be taken advantage of any longer. We want free, fair and SMART TRADE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/1/2018
2A/POLITICS: “Many ideas, some good & some not so good, emerged from our bipartisan meeting on school safety yesterday at the White House. Background Checks a big part of conversation. Gun free zones are proven targets of killers. After many years, a Bill should emerge. Respect 2nd Amendment!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 1, 2018 06:53am […]
3/1/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee have asked the Trump Organization if it was aware of allegations that real estate agents and investors involved in the Trump Ocean Club in Panama had ties to money laundering and drug trafficking. Democratic Representatives Norma Torres and Eliot Engel […]
3/1/2018
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/ENERGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Russian-backed propaganda group used social media in an attempt to disrupt the U.S. energy industry and influence energy policy, according to a new congressional staff report reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Unlike other Russian campaigns to stir political unrest in the U.S., this effort by the tech-savvy Internet Research […]
3/1/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. 801–946), and in order to prescribe amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, prescribed […]
2/28/2018
LEGAL/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Hope Hicks, the White House communications director and one of President Trump’s longest-serving advisers, said Wednesday [2-28-18] that she was resigning. Ms. Hicks, 29, a former model who joined Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign without any experience in politics, became known as one of the few aides who understood his personality and style […]
2/28/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Three top Justice Department officials were spotted dining together at an upscale Washington restaurant on Wednesday [2-28-18] night, according to a source who saw them there. The source said Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Solicitor General Noel Francisco ate at Central Michel Richard, which is almost across […]
2/28/2018
ENERGY [ALT]/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump urged representatives from the rival oil and corn industries on Thursday [3-1-18] to break a deadlock in talks over the future of the nation’s biofuels policy by accepting a deal involving reforms sought by both sides. Trump has arranged a series of talks between Big Corn and […]
2/28/2018
2A/BUSINESS/GUNS: “Two of the nation’s leading gun sellers, Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods, took steps on Wednesday [2-28-18] to limit their sales of firearms, thrusting themselves into the middle of the polarizing national debate over gun control. Walmart, the biggest gun seller, announced late in the afternoon that it would not sell any gun to […]
2/28/2018
MEDIA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The protocol for nominating and choosing recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize is one of the world’s most scrutinized and secretive… The identities of the candidates are kept secret, and indeed, the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the prizes, is forbidden from divulging any information about its deliberations for 50 years, and […]
2/28/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The long-simmering friction between President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions erupted into an extraordinary public face-off on Wednesday [2-28-18] as the investigation into Russia’s election interference roiled the administration and raised new questions about the independence of law enforcement agencies. Mr. Trump excoriated Mr. Sessions for not ordering his own […]
2/28/2018
2A/GOP/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump stunned Republicans on live television Wednesday [2-28-18] by embracing gun control and urging a group of lawmakers at the White House to resurrect gun safety legislation that has been opposed for years by the powerful National Rifle Association and the vast majority of his party. In a remarkable meeting, the […]
2/28/2018
ABORTION/DHS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s policy of halting abortions among undocumented minors was established by email through an ad hoc process without formal legal vetting, according to new documents released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU, which is suing the administration over the policy, made public the December depositions of the […]