BUSINESS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thanks to the historic TAX CUTS that I signed into law, your paychecks are going way UP, your taxes are going way DOWN, and America is once again OPEN FOR BUSINESS! https://t.co/GISFbDDGXX” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 5, 2018 03:42pm […]
2/5/2018
GOP/RACISM/RELIGION: “A long-shot candidate with a history of anti-Semitic statements and Holocaust denial is primed to represent the Republican Party in a congressional race in Illinois. The candidate, Arthur Jones, is running unopposed in the GOP primary for Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District, which occupies a portion of Chicago, as well as Western Springs and La […]
2/5/2018
DHS/NATIONAL SECURITY: “The Department of Homeland Security documents critiquing the response to a simulated anthrax attack on Super Bowl Sunday [2-4-18] were marked ‘For Official Use Only’ and ‘important for national security.’ Recipients of the draft ‘after-action’ reports were told to keep them locked up after business hours and to shred them prior to discarding. […]
2/5/2018
BORDER/BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Monday [2-5-18] again insisted on funding for his promised border wall, making clear the high hurdle faced by a bipartisan pair of senators who are backing an immigration plan that leaves out wall funding and other Trump demands. The senators are hoping that their legislation, being […]
2/5/2018
BUSINESS/TAXES: “The U.S. tax overhaul may bring trillions of dollars in accumulated profits back home from overseas financial centers, but will likely deliver a smaller boost to U.S. investment by foreign businesses, according to an analysis by the United Nations. The overhaul included a cut in the rate at which company profits are taxed, a […]
2/5/2018
ECONOMY/JOBS: “A measure of service-sector activity across the U.S. picked up in January to reach a 10-year high, suggesting strong momentum in the sector powering the bulk of the U.S. economy beginning 2018. The Institute for Supply Management Monday [2-5-18] said its index of nonmanufacturing activity—tracking industries including health care, finance, agriculture and construction—rose to […]
2/5/2018
2016 ELECTION/CATER PAGE/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE: “The House Intelligence Committee on Monday [2-5-18] voted unanimously to release a classified Democratic memo that defends the federal investigation into a Trump campaign associate, a move that gives the White House five days to allow or reject its disclosure. Democrats wrote the 10-page memo as a response to a […]
2/5/2018
IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is dismissing an immigration deal brokered by a bipartisan group of lawmakers as a non-starter just hours before it is expected to be formally introduced in the Senate. Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain and Delaware Democratic Sen. Chris Coons are slated to introduce a bill Monday [2-5-18] that would […]
2/5/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK: “Donald Trump’s habit of testing the US relationship with Britain took a new turn Monday [2-5-18] when he attacked the UK’s National Health Service, claiming it is ‘going broke and not working.’ The US President hit out on Twitter minutes after a segment aired on Fox News that highlighted winter strains […]
2/5/2018
POLITICAL FIGURES: “Representative Devin Nunes, a man of tremendous courage and grit, may someday be recognized as a Great American Hero for what he has exposed and what he has had to endure!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 5, 2018 10:08am […]
2/5/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/WALL: “Any deal on DACA that does not include STRONG border security and the desperately needed WALL is a total waste of time. March 5th is rapidly approaching and the Dems seem not to care about DACA. Make a deal!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 5, 2018 09:36am […]
2/5/2018
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Several Philadelphia Eagles players will skip out on any White House celebration this year following their first-ever Super Bowl win Sunday [2-4-18]. Wide receiver Torrey Smith, defensive end Chris Long and safety Malcolm Jenkins have all said they will not attend if the traditional presidential invitation is extended… Last year, several Patriots […]
2/5/2018
POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper! Adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information. Must be stopped!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 5, 2018 07:39am […]
2/5/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two U.S. senators unveiled a bipartisan compromise on immigration on Monday [2-5-18] that would protect young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children and would also boost security on the Mexican border. But President Donald Trump appeared to dismiss the plan immediately, saying any deal should provide […]
2/5/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to @foxandfriends for exposing the truth. Perhaps that’s why your ratings are soooo much better than your untruthful competition!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 5, 2018 07:17am […]
2/5/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/UK: “The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working. Dems want to greatly raise taxes for really bad and non-personal medical care. No thanks!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 5, 2018 07:11am […]
2/5/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. has met the limits on the number of deployed nuclear warheads it is allowed under a 2010 treaty with Russia, the State Department said Monday, and expects to find Moscow in compliance with its obligations as well. The State Department said the U.S. has fulfilled its commitments under […]
2/5/2018
DEFENSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the Pentagon’s largest agencies can’t account for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of spending, a leading accounting firm says in an internal audit obtained by POLITICO that arrives just as President Donald Trump is proposing a boost in the military budget. Ernst & Young found that the Defense Logistics […]
2/5/2018
GOP: “Is it time for Republicans to start freaking out? More than 40 House Republican incumbents were outraised in the final quarter of 2017 by one — or several — of their Democratic opponents, according to the latest round of fundraising numbers. And of that group, more than a dozen had less cash on hand […]
2/4/2018
SPORTS: “Congratulations to the Philadelphia Eagles on a great Super Bowl victory!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 4, 2018 10:54pm […]
2/4/2018
BUDGET/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress is expected this week to pass yet another short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, prompting a bipartisan pair of senators to introduce a narrow bill on immigration aimed at ending the impasse that has hindered a two-year budget deal. The government’s current funding expires at 12:01 a.m. Friday [2-9-18]. […]
2/4/2018
DOW/ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE: “The stock market’s recent selloff crystallizes four important challenges facing the Federal Reserve’s new chairman, Jerome Powell, who takes charge Monday [2-5-18]. Low inflation and steady job gains allowed his predecessor, Janet Yellen, to raise interest rates slowly, enabling the economy to heal and the markets to romp ahead. Mr. Powell takes over […]
2/4/2018
DEMS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Intelligence Committee on Monday [2-5-18] is expected to consider whether to release a Democratic rebuttal to a GOP-authored document about surveillance of a onetime Trump campaign adviser, according to people familiar with the matter. The four-page Republican document, released Friday, alleged political bias by federal law-enforcement officials in […]
2/4/2018
EPA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of President Donald Trump’s top environmental nominees is withdrawing after a year of criticism for being skeptical about climate change and for calling global warming a ‘kind of paganism.’ Kathleen Hartnett White, Mr. Trump’s choice to head the White House Council on Environmental Quality, asked to withdraw this weekend. She cited […]
2/4/2018
CRISIS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims involved in this mornings train collision in South Carolina. Thank you to our incredible First Responders for the work they’ve done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 4, 2018 11:58am […]
2/4/2018
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon put potential adversaries on notice that the U.S. might respond with nuclear weapons if it is the target of a major nonnuclear attack. The warning, which is contained in a new plan called the Nuclear Posture Review, doesn’t specifically detail the circumstances that might lead the U.S. to retaliate […]
2/4/2018
BUDGET/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/PAUL RYAN: “House Speaker Paul Ryan, speaking at a GOP policy retreat, called for overhauling government-aid programs to be a legislative priority in 2018, though his plan is likely to face difficulties getting through the Senate and to be delayed by fights over government spending, the nation’s debt limit and immigration. Mr. Ryan, […]
2/4/2018
SUPREME COURT/VOTING: “The Supreme Court is facing a sensitive choice on whether to intervene in a partisan battle over Pennsylvania’s congressional map, a decision expected within days that could have considerable political and legal ramifications for the midterm elections. With the state’s primary vote about three months away, Pennsylvania candidates and voters don’t know what […]
2/4/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMCARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At least nine states are considering their own versions of a requirement that residents must have health insurance, a move that could accelerate a divide between Democratic states trying to shore up the Affordable Care Act and Republican states intent on tearing it down. Congressional Republicans in December repealed the so-called individual […]
2/3/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Saturday [2-3-18] that a partisan memo released by House Republicans ‘totally vindicates’ him in the investigation into Russian election interference, complaining that the ‘witch hunt’ would go ‘on and on’ even though there had been no collusion or obstruction of justice. Mr. Trump, who is in […]
2/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘The four page memo released Friday reports the disturbing fact about how the FBI and FISA appear to have been used to influence the 2016 election and its aftermath….The FBI failed to inform the FISA court that the Clinton campaign had funded the dossier….the FBI became… a tool of anti-Trump […]
2/3/2018
JOBS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great jobs numbers and finally, after many years, rising wages- and nobody even talks about them. Only Russia, Russia, Russia, despite the fact that, after a year of looking, there is No Collusion!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 3, 2018 07:26pm […]
2/3/2018
DONALD ON DONALD: “Rasmussen just announced that my approval rating jumped to 49%, a far better number than I had in winning the Election, and higher than certain ‘sacred cows.’ Other Trump polls are way up also. So why does the media refuse to write this? Oh well, someday!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 3, 2018 […]
2/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This memo totally vindicates ‘Trump’ in probe. But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on. Their was no Collusion and there was no Obstruction (the word now used because, after one year of looking endlessly and finding NOTHING, collusion is dead). This is an American disgrace!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. […]
2/2/2018
REX TILLERSON/STATE: “U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has spent much of his first year trying to manage crises with North Korea, Syria, Iran and Venezuela. But he’s largely alone at the highest levels of the State Department, a problem exacerbated after the senior career diplomat, Tom Shannon, announced on Thursday that he plans to […]
2/2/2018
DEMS/FBI/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top officials and investigators at the F.B.I. and Justice Department have ‘politicized the sacred investigative process,’ President Trump said on Friday [2-2-18], hours before the White House is expected to clear the way for Congress to release a controversial memo that is said to describe a bias among senior law enforcement […]
2/2/2018
CYBERWAR/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA: “A Russian programmer who had been arrested in Spain in a high-profile case that pitted the U.S. against Russia on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges of running a vast network of computers for criminal purposes. Pyotr Levashov, described by the U.S. Justice Department as one of the world’s most sophisticated hackers, is […]
2/2/2018
BORDER/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was my honor to join the great men and women of @DHSgov, @CustomsBorder, @ICEgov and @USCIS at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection National Targeting Center in Sterling, Virginia. Fact sheet: https://t.co/Q027Wgdzdo https://t.co/NecuA0y1Sk” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 2, 2018 05:26pm […]
2/2/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘Trump the orator outlines the greatness of America to Democrats’ disgust’ https://t.co/XpirrtTY6V” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 2, 2018 01:07pm […]
2/2/2018
TAXES: “With 3.5 million Americans receiving bonuses or other benefits from their employers as a result of TAX CUTS, 2018 is off to great start! ✅Unemployment rate at 4.1%. ✅Average earnings up 2.9% in the last year. ✅200,000 new American jobs. ✅#MAGA?? https://t.co/upqSvBhRqJ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 2, 2018 01:05pm […]
2/2/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/STATE/SUDAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan Friday [2-3-18], in a sign of Washington’s mounting frustration with continued violence in the country. The move is more symbolic than practical, as the U.S. government doesn’t sell arms or provide defense services to South Sudan, and there is virtually no military […]
2/2/2018
FBI/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump accused senior officials and investigators at the Federal Bureau of Investigation of being biased against Republicans and favoring Democrats, as the White House is expected approve the release of a classified memo that Republicans allege shows improper surveillance of one of the president’s former campaign aides… A White House […]
2/2/2018
MISC: ” ‘You had Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party try to hide the fact that they gave money to GPS Fusion to create a Dossier which was used by their allies in the Obama Administration to convince a Court misleadingly, by all accounts, to spy on the Trump Team.’ Tom Fitton, JW” -Donald Trump, […]
2/2/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans – something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 2, 2018 06:33am […]
2/2/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation has gathered enough steam that some lawyers representing key Donald Trump associates are considering the possibility of a historic first: an indictment against a sitting president. While many legal experts contend that Mueller lacks the standing to bring criminal charges against Trump, at least two […]
2/1/2018
DEMS/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats just aren’t calling about DACA. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have to get moving fast, or they’ll disappoint you again. We have a great chance to make a deal or, blame the Dems! March 5th is coming up fast.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 1, 2018 10:32pm […]
2/1/2018
EDUCATION/RELIGION: “Religious colleges would be able to bar openly same-sex relationships without fear of repercussions. Religious student groups could block people who do not share their faith from becoming members. Controversial speakers would have more leverage when they want to appear at colleges. A 590-page higher-education bill working its way through Congress is a wish […]
2/1/2018
CAMPAIGN/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s re-election campaign raised $15.2 million in the last three months of last year, and spent $1.2 million on legal fees — with much of the cash going to law firms responding to investigations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election — according to campaign finance reports. The reports, filed […]
2/1/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “The Justice Department has effectively shuttered an Obama-era office dedicated to making legal aid accessible to all citizens, according to two people familiar with the situation. The division, the Office for Access to Justice, began as an initiative in 2010 under former Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to increase and improve legal […]
2/1/2018
POLITICAL FIGURES/STATE: “The State Department’s top career diplomat announced his resignation on Thursday [2-1-18], contributing to an exodus of senior diplomats during the Trump administration. Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the under secretary of state for political affairs, is the department’s third highest ranking official. He will serve until his successor is confirmed by the Senate, […]
2/1/2018
GUANTANAMO/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s order to keep open the Guantanamo Bay prison camp formalized a yearlong push to halt his predecessor’s efforts to close the detention center, but raises tough questions about how to manage the costly facility and its inmates. The State Department directed diplomats at its missions around the world to […]
2/1/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The law firm representing senior White House adviser Jared Kushner has hired a veteran of prior White House investigations to handle press relations for the firm’s clients. Abbe Lowell of Norton Rose Fulbright, a lawyer representing Mr. Kushner and other high-profile clients, has hired Peter Mirijanian, who has run his own public-relations […]
2/1/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [2-1-18] that he is willing to walk away from immigration negotiations if Democrats won’t agree to his terms, and many involved in the debate said the chances of a deal appear to be fading… On Capitol Hill, there was no sign of a breakthrough in […]
2/1/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration warned Syria about an increase in the use of poison gas against civilians, despite last year’s cruise-missile strike aimed at deterring the Assad regime from carrying out such attacks. U.S. officials on Thursday [2-1-18] said the Syrian military was shifting tactics to try to conceal its role in […]
2/1/2018
AUSTRALIA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the White House on Feb. 23, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. ‘The president and prime minister will discuss a range of shared bilateral, regional, and global priorities, including fighting terrorism, promoting economic growth, and […]
2/1/2018
BUDGET/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans are considering voting next week on a stopgap spending bill that would keep the government funded through late March, lawmakers and aides said Thursday [2-1-18]. The government’s current funding expires at 12:01 a.m. Feb. 9, and lawmakers have said they will need to pass another short-term spending bill […]
2/1/2018
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/REX TILLERSON/RUSSIA/STATE: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson criticized Chinese and Russian attempts to expand footholds in Latin America as the chief U.S. diplomat prepared to embark Thursday on a visit to the region… Mr. Tillerson took particular aim at China and criticized what he described as Beijing’s unfair trading practices… China is the largest […]
2/1/2018
CONSUMER PROTECTION/LEGAL/MICK MULVANEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration has revamped the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s lending-discrimination operations, an agency spokesman said Thursday, the latest step in a broad review of the bureau’s activities under its new director. The changes place the consumer-finance regulator’s Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity under the direct control of […]
2/1/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The same week President Donald Trump was sworn into office, he applied for a trademark on ‘Keep America Great’ for use on buttons, banners, clothing, advertising and more, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and filed the paperwork to launch a re-election campaign earlier than any other president in […]
2/1/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Breitbart News obtained an audio recording of the rest of Trump’s speech as he delighted the crowd by discussing the details of his cognitive exam at Walter Reed Military Hospital. He boasted that he got a ’30-for-30’ score… He said that in the beginning of the test, he had to identify sketches […]
2/1/2018
CIA/FBI/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former CIA Director John Brennan is calling out Republicans for ‘reckless partisan behavior’ over their handling of a secret memo about the FBI’s surveillance practices. ‘I had many fights with Congressional Dems over the years on national security matters. But I never witnessed the type of reckless partisan behavior I am […]
2/1/2018
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/CATER PAGE/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “Carter Page, who served as a foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign, was known to U.S. counterintelligence officials for years before he became a prominent figure in a dossier of unverified research about the future president’s ties to Russia. The White House is expected to release as early as this week a […]
2/1/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Trump administration moves to give states more flexibility in running Medicaid, advocates for the poor are keeping a close eye on Indiana to see whether such conservative ideas improve or harm care. Indiana in 2015 implemented some of the most radical changes seen to the state-federal program that covers nearly […]
2/1/2018
DONALD ON DONALD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump incorrectly claimed Thursday [2-1-18] that the State of the Union address he delivered earlier this week was the most watched in history, even though his own 2017 address to Congress got higher television ratings… The president did not make clear the source of his statistic, although the […]
2/1/2018
GOP/IMMIGRATION/INFRASTRUCTURE: “U.S. Republicans will turn their attention to infrastructure and immigration issues, President Donald Trump said on Thursday [2-1-18], blaming Democrats for failing to help young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants even as disunity simmered around the issue in his own party. The president was due to make an appearance later on Thursday at a retreat for congressional […]
2/1/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you for all of the nice compliments and reviews on the State of the Union speech. 45.6 million people watched, the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in. Delivered from the heart!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 1, 2018 […]
2/1/2018
DEMS/DREAMERS: “March 5th is rapidly approaching and the Democrats are doing nothing about DACA. They Resist, Blame, Complain and Obstruct – and do nothing. Start pushing Nancy Pelosi and the Dems to work out a DACA fix, NOW!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 1, 2018 06:51am […]
2/1/2018
DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION: “Heading to beautiful West Virginia to be with great members of the Republican Party. Will be planning Infrastructure and discussing Immigration and DACA, not easy when we have no support from the Democrats. NOT ONE DEM VOTED FOR OUR TAX CUT BILL! Need more Republicans in ‘18.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 1, 2018 06:43am […]
2/1/2018
FBI/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A secret Republican memo alleging FBI bias against President Donald Trump likely will be released on Thursday [2-1-18], a Trump administration official said, a move that would put the White House in direct confrontation with the top U.S. law enforcement agency. The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a rare rebuke on Wednesday […]
2/1/2018
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION: “An immigration deal protecting young ‘Dreamer’ immigrants and allocating additional funds for border security without also addressing family migration and the visa lottery would be a ‘non starter,’ Republican Mark Meadows, head of the conservative Freedom Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday. Meadows said that President Donald Trump could extend […]
2/1/2018
INTERIOR/LOBBYING/RYAN ZINKE: “Two casino-owning American Indian tribes are accusing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of illegally blocking their plans to expand operations in Connecticut — a delay that stands to benefit politically connected gambling giant MGM Resorts International. The Interior Department’s refusal to sign off on the tribes’ plans for a third Connecticut casino came after […]
2/1/2018
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Donald Trump’s administration took its fight to end a controversial immigration program directly to the U.S. Supreme Court last month, skipping over a California federal appeals court in the process, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said it was a ‘rare step’ to ensure a quick and fair resolution. But the […]
2/1/2018
FBI/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House intelligence committee’s top Democrat charged Republicans late Wednesday [1-31-18] with sending the White House ‘an altered version’ of a classified memo alleging misconduct by the FBI in its probe of a former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) made the accusation against Republicans on […]
1/31/2018
BUDGET/ENERGY/ENERGY [ALT]/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House will ask Congress next month for a 72 percent cut to research programs on clean energy and energy efficiency in fiscal 2019, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday [1-31-18], citing draft budget documents. The Trump administration is pursuing a so-called energy dominance policy that seeks to boost production […]
1/31/2018
CDC/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned on Wednesday [1-31-18], in the middle of the nation’s worst flu epidemic in nearly a decade, over financial investments that had posed potential conflicts of interest. In a statement, Alex Azar, the newly appointed secretary of Health and Human Services, announced the […]
1/31/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON: “Top FBI officials were aware for at least a month before alerting Congress that emails potentially related to an investigation of Hillary Clinton had emerged during a key stretch of the 2016 presidential campaign, according to text messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe had learned about […]
1/31/2018
CALIFORNIA/CRIME/LEGAL: “Thousands of people convicted of marijuana offenses in this city going back to 1975 will have their convictions dismissed or reduced, San Francisco’s district attorney announced Wednesday [1-31-18]. It marks one of the most aggressive moves to wipe away old convictions in the face of new laws legalizing marijuana in California and other states. […]
1/31/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration extended protections for roughly 7,000 Syrian nationals in the US due to the ongoing civil war in the country, the agency announced Wednesday [1-31-18] evening. But Syrians who arrived in the US after August 2016 will not be eligible under the new policy. The protections for Syria were […]
1/31/2018
BUDGET/IRS/TREASURY: “The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday [1-31-18] the government will most likely run out of cash to pay its bills in the first half of March unless Congress raises the federal borrowing limit. CBO previously had projected Treasury would run out of cash in ‘late March or early April,’ but said the effects of […]
1/31/2018
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said Wednesday [1-31-18] it would prioritize asylum applications from people who have most recently entered the U.S., an effort to quickly deport those without valid claims and discourage others from coming. The change turns a critical piece of immigration policy on its head by handling new asylum arrivals first, […]
1/31/2018
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy said Wednesday [1-31-18] that he will leave Congress after this year, the latest House Republican to resign or announce he won’t stand for re-election. Mr. Gowdy (R., S.C.) is the second Oversight Committee chairman to quit in the past seven months. The post, one of […]
1/31/2018
GOP: “An Amtrak train taking U.S. lawmakers and their staff to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck near Charlottesville, Virginia, on Wednesday morning, killing the driver of truck, according to multiple sources. No serious injuries were reported on the train, although some passengers were hurt. The White House confirmed that there […]
1/31/2018
FBI/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/JOHN KELLY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “FBI Director Christopher Wray sent a striking signal to the White House Wednesday [1-31-18], issuing a rare public warning that a controversial Republican memo about the FBI’s surveillance practices omits key information that could impact its veracity. The move sets up an ugly clash with the President who wants it […]
1/31/2018
DEMS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Rep. Bob Brady, a longtime powerhouse in Philadelphia Democratic politics, won’t seek reelection to the House, according to a person close to the congressman. Brady has represented south Philadelphia in Congress since 1998, but he has long had a ruling hand in the city’s politics, serving as chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic Party […]
1/31/2018
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy said Wednesday [1-31-18] he is not running for re-election and plans to leave politics. Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor, issued a statement saying he planned to retire from Congress at the end of this term and would return to working in the justice system… Gowdy’s announcement makes […]
1/31/2018
FEMA/PUERTO RICO: “A spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday [1-31-18] that the agency’s plan to end its distribution of emergency food and water in Puerto Rico and turn that responsibility over to the Puerto Rican government would not take effect on Jan. 31. ‘Provision of those commodities will continue,’ spokesman William Booher […]
1/31/2018
FDA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, in his State of the Union address, gave a boost to so-called Right to Try legislation that would give terminally-ill patients greater access to experimental drugs. Public-health advocates are pushing back, characterizing the Right to Try movement as a solution to a nonexistent problem. Right to Try laws, having […]
1/31/2018
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “President Donald Trump’s call for lawmakers to embrace what he termed a compromise proposal on immigration got a chilly reaction Wednesday [1-31-18] from both Democrats and Republicans, who are struggling to make progress in their negotiations. In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, Mr. Trump highlighted the details […]
1/31/2018
CRISIS/DEMS/PUERTO RICO: “Democratic lawmakers say President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech glossed over the grim reality that at least 3 million of Puerto Ricans are facing. In his 80-minute speech, Trump acknowledged Puerto Ricans when he expressed solidarity toward those affected by the floods, fires and storms that hit the country in the […]
1/31/2018
NONTRUTHS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false. […]
1/31/2018
NOMINATIONS/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false… Most […]
1/31/2018
CRIME/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false… MS-13 […]
1/31/2018
ENERGY/NONTRUTHS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false. […]
1/31/2018
IMMIGRATION/NONTRUTHS/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false… Have […]
1/31/2018
JOBS/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false… 2.4 […]
1/31/2018
MILITARY/NONTRUTHS/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false…. ISIS […]
1/31/2018
IMMIGRATION/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false. Family-based […]
1/31/2018
JOBS/NONTRUTHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false… Wage […]
1/31/2018
NONTRUTHS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false. Economy […]
1/31/2018
AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-30-18] delivered his first State of the Union address, and CNN’s Reality Check Team was there to vet his claims. The team of reporters, researchers and editors across CNN listened throughout the speech and analyzed key statements, rating them either true, true but misleading, or false… […]