DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and congressional GOP leaders are daring Democrats to shut down the government over immigration rather than back a plan to extend funding into January. After Democratic leaders Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer boycotted a Tuesday [11-28-17] afternoon White House negotiating session on government funding, Speaker Paul Ryan […]
11/29/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the wake of CNN’s decision to boycott the annual White House Christmas party for media, opinion on the event was split among other reporters: some told POLITICO they would attend, while others expressed reservations over mingling with members of an administration that so consistently attacks the press. So far, no major […]
11/29/2017
CRIME/ECONOMY/FCC/FTC: “The federal cop that polices much of the internet is about to shift, a move that could lead to a fundamental reshaping of the online economy. Under the Federal Communications Commission’s plans to step back from the top internet-enforcement job, the Federal Trade Commission will again regulate how internet-service providers operate, reassuming a role […]
11/29/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA: “The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has asked four foreign policy advisers to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign for documents about their contacts with Russians and discussions about Russia. Senator Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday sent letters to former Trump campaign advisers Carter Page, Sam Clovis, J.D. Gordon, and Walid Phares […]
11/29/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Opponents of the Republican tax proposal moving through Congress are focusing in part on one particular billionaire as they seek to rally Americans against it: President Donald Trump. In more than $1 million worth of advertising on television, online and even mobile billboards, Mr. Trump is portrayed as a beneficiary even as […]
11/29/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/MICK MULVANEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Tuesday [11-28-17] sided with the White House in the battle over control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying he wouldn’t stop the Trump administration from running the agency. An Obama-era official, Leandra English, had argued she was the CFPB’s rightful leader until a permanent successor […]
11/29/2017
DOW/ECONOMY: “Economy growing! Excluding hurricane effects, CEA estimates that real GDP growth would have been 3.9% in Q3. Stock market at a new high, unemployment at a low. We are winning and TAX CUTS will shift our economy into high gear! https://t.co/HrKIF72VqE” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 09:49am […]
11/29/2017
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just spoke to President XI JINPING of China concerning the provocative actions of North Korea. Additional major sanctions will be imposed on North Korea today. This situation will be handled!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 09:40am […]
11/29/2017
LEGAL/MEDIA/WOMEN: “So now that Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin? And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the “unsolved mystery” that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 09:14am […]
11/29/2017
RACISM/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump shared videos supposedly portraying Muslims committing acts of violence on Twitter early Wednesday [11-29-17] morning, images that are likely to fuel anti-Islam sentiments popular among the president’s political base in the United States and prompted the office of Britain’s prime minister to issue a statement condemning the tweets. Mr. Trump […]
11/29/2017
LEGAL/MEDIA/WOMEN: “So now tha Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin? And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the ‘unsolved mystery’ that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 08:58am […]
11/29/2017
DRUGS/HHS/NOMINATIONS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Alex Azar, a former drug industry executive who Republicans have nominated to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on Wednesday [11-29-17] promised to lower drug prices that he said are too high, saying he would look at abuse of patent laws that delays generic competition. Azar, who worked at […]
11/29/2017
LEGAL/MEDIA/WOMEN: “Wow, Matt Lauer was just fired from NBC for ‘inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.’ But when will the top executives at NBC & Comcast be fired for putting out so much Fake News. Check out Andy Lack’s past!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 07:16am […]
11/29/2017
DOW: “Looks like another great day for the Stock Market. Consumer Confidence is at Record High. I guess somebody likes me (my policies)!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 07:03am […]
11/29/2017
EDUCATION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS: “The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives this week will propose sweeping legislation that aims to change where Americans go to college, how they pay for it, what they study, and how their success—or failure—affects the institutions they attend. The most dramatic and far-reaching element of the plan is a radical revamp of […]
11/29/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “Great, and we should boycott Fake News CNN. Dealing with them is a total waste of time! https://t.co/8zJ3j7g5el” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 06:49am […]
11/29/2017
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@foxandfriends, we are in record territory in all things having to do with our economy! https://t.co/VB0Ao3s18d” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 06:32am […]
11/29/2017
SUPREME COURT: “The Supreme Court will hear a major case involving privacy in the digital age on Wednesday [11-29-17], and will grapple with how to apply established legal rules to rapidly changing technology. The case concerns whether investigators need warrants to obtain cell tower data in order to track and reconstruct the movements of cell […]
11/29/2017
GUNS/HOUSE OF REPS: “A House committee advanced legislation Wednesday [11-29-17] that would allow Americans who legally carry concealed guns in their home states to travel anywhere in the U.S. with their firearms, overriding state laws that tightly restrict who can bear arms in public. The House Judiciary Committee’s 19-11 vote, along party lines, marked Congress’s […]
11/29/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/WOMEN: “Ivanka Trump has a suggestion for India to get its economy booming again — get more women to work. Speaking at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, President Trump’s daughter and senior adviser said increasing the number of women in the workforce could boost growth… It’s a problem […]
11/29/2017
DEBT/EDUCATION: “The Trump administration is reaching out to the country’s biggest finance and tech companies for help in managing the government’s $1.3 trillion student-loan program. The meetings are part of an overhaul of one of the nation’s biggest consumer-loan portfolios, undertaken by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and A. Wayne Johnson, the Education Department’s chief operating […]
11/28/2017
BANKING/FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jerome H. Powell, nominated by President Trump to lead the Federal Reserve, presented himself as a pragmatic moderate who would largely continue the Fed’s current policies at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday [11-28-17]. Mr. Powell, a Fed governor since 2012, defended the Fed’s approach to financial […]
11/28/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “As tensions between the United States and North Korea continue to simmer, Hawaii will start a statewide test on Friday [11-24-17] of a Cold War-era early warning system designed to inform its residents of an impending nuclear attack. The Attack Warning Tone, described as a ‘wailing tone,’ will be heard for about […]
11/28/2017
GOP/TAXES: “Great day for Tax Cuts and the Republican Party. But the biggest Winner will be our great Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, 2017 10:35pm […]
11/28/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Great work Ivanka! https://t.co/AQL4JLvnDh” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, 2017 10:30pm […]
11/28/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION: “Just won the lawsuit on leadership of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CFPB. A big win for the Consumer!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, 2017 10:28pm […]
11/28/2017
CRIME/DHS/LEGAL: “It was an audacious scheme: an attempted inside job at the office of a federal watchdog agency, where the cops, the authorities said, became the robbers. Three employees in the inspector general’s office for the Department of Homeland Security stole a computer system that contained sensitive personal information of about 246,000 agency employees, according […]
11/28/2017
HILLARY CLINTON/NATIONAL SECURITY: “Charles McCullough, the respected fmr Intel Comm Inspector General, said public was misled on Crooked Hillary Emails. ‘Emails endangered National Security.’ Why aren’t our deep State authorities looking at this? Rigged & corrupt? @TuckerCarlson @seanhannity” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, 2017 09:45pm […]
11/28/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA: “North Korea has been conducting missile engine and fuel tests in recent weeks, with the goal of achieving nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities as early as next year, a senior South Korean official said on Tuesday [11-28-17]. Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, South Korea’s lead official on North Korea, also said his […]
11/28/2017
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “After North Korea missile launch, it’s more important than ever to fund our gov’t & military! Dems shouldn’t hold troop funding hostage for amnesty & illegal immigration. I ran on stopping illegal immigration and won big. They can’t now threaten a shutdown to get their demands.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, 2017 […]
11/28/2017
AIR FORCE/CRIME/GUNS/LEGAL: “Dozens of Air Force service members charged with or convicted of serious crimes were never reported to the federal gun background-check database as required, Air Force officials said on Tuesday [11-28-17]. The revelation came after the Air Force disclosed that it had failed to report the domestic violence conviction of Devin P. Kelley, […]
11/28/2017
POLITICS/RUSSIA: “New legislation championed by two DC Council members would symbolically change the name of a small stretch of road outside the Russian Embassy to that of Boris Nemtsov, a pro-democracy Russian dissident who was assassinated in Moscow in 2015. The honorary renaming is meant to send a message to Russia and the rest of […]
11/28/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION: ” ‘The Conference Board said that consumer sentiment was at its highest level in nearly 17 years in November. The Consumer Confidence Index rose from 126.2 in October to 129.5, notching its best reading since December 2000…’ https://t.co/iNOtT3K8Vn” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, 2017 05:44pm […]
11/28/2017
MIKE PENCE/UN: “Vice President Mike Pence said the White House is actively considering when and how to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a campaign promise the Trump administration has so far put on hold. Mr. Pence, speaking Tuesday [11-28-17] at a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the United […]
11/28/2017
DOW/ECONOMY: “Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all finished the day at new RECORD HIGHS! https://t.co/wJyB9d00hh” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, 2017 05:30pm […]
11/28/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Remarks from the Roosevelt Room with @SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell, @SpeakerRyan and Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis. https://t.co/lZMqK5jBvh” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, 2017 05:12pm […]
11/28/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/REX TILLERSON/STATE: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday [11-28-17] pushed back at criticism from lawmakers and diplomats suggesting that he is gutting the State Department, adding that it is functioning ‘very well.’ Mr. Tillerson, speaking before a think tank in Washington, defended what he described as hard work by career officials, many in […]
11/28/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In less than a year since taking the helm of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt has repealed the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan and Waters of the United States rule, encouraged President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and removed scientists dependent on EPA funding from serving […]
11/28/2017
MICHAEL FLYNN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR ENERGY: “Private-sector backers of a controversial Middle East nuclear plan worked with former national security adviser Mike Flynn to promote it inside the White House, to the point of sending him a draft memo for the president to sign authorizing the project. At issue was a proposal to build dozens of nuclear […]
11/28/2017
CHINA/COMMERCE/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILBUR ROSS: “The Trump administration took new action Tuesday [11-28-17] in its emerging strategy to ramp up trade pressure on Beijing, dusting off a little-used authority to combat imports of inexpensive Chinese aluminum. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told American industry executives that his department would ‘self-initiate’ an investigation into whether their Chinese […]
11/28/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA: “North Korea test-fired a missile towards the east in the early hours of Wednesday [11-29-17] morning, South Korean authorities said, ending a more than two-month hiatus from Pyongyang and threatening to increase tensions with the U.S. and in the region. The missile, which South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said was […]
11/28/2017
EDUCATION/GOP/TAXES: “Congressional Republicans’ plans to slap unprecedented new taxes on higher education have left college leaders shocked and scrambling — the latest salvo in what some observers say is a growing culture war on a higher education system seen as elitist and out of touch. While most college leaders said they don’t believe they were […]
11/28/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘Statement from President Donald J. Trump on #GivingTuesday’ https://t.co/NrfnmixAwR” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, 2017 11:27am […]
11/28/2017
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democratic leaders pulled out of a planned meeting with President Donald Trump set for Tuesday [11-28-17] afternoon after the president suggested in a tweet that he didn’t see a deal emerging over how to keep the government funded. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer […]
11/28/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Meeting with ‘Chuck and Nancy’ today about keeping government open and working. Problem is they want illegal immigrants flooding into our Country unchecked, are weak on Crime and want to substantially RAISE Taxes. I don’t see a deal!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, 2017 09:17am […]
11/28/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/LEGAL/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration urged a federal judge to reject an Obama-era official’s attempt to assert command over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing in a court filing it had properly installed its own official to run the agency. In an overnight filing Monday [11-27-17], the Justice Department said the CFPB’s deputy […]
11/28/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Melania, our great and very hard working First Lady, who truly loves what she is doing, always thought that ‘if you run, you will win.’ She would tell everyone that, ‘no doubt, he will win.’ I also felt I would win (or I would not have run) – and Country is doing great!” […]
11/28/2017
PROTESTS/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At least 24 players kneeling this weekend at NFL stadiums that are now having a very hard time filling up. The American public is fed up with the disrespect the NFL is paying to our Country, our Flag and our National Anthem. Weak and out of control!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 28, […]
11/28/2017
CRISIS/DEBT/PUERTO RICO: “Puerto Rico would get substantial debt relief and other new aid to help it recover from destruction inflicted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September, under legislation unveiled on Tuesday [11-28-17] by leading liberals in the U.S. Senate. Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent, and Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, called for a new […]
11/27/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/TAXES: “Orrin Hatch is facing one of the toughest tasks of his 40-year political career: Ushering a massive tax reform bill through a narrowly divided Senate… He has few votes to spare with Republicans holding a 52-seat majority in the Senate. Some GOP lawmakers are wavering and Democratic opposition is loud and insistent. There’s […]
11/27/2017
BUSINESS/CONSUMER PROTECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A decade after the financial crisis, the federal government is easing up its policing of Wall Street and the banking industry, even without actually repealing broad swaths of regulation. The public battle over who will serve as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — with the White House […]
11/27/2017
STATE: “A senior State Department official appointed by the Trump administration is leaving the agency after just three months on the job, CNN has learned. Maliz Beams had been appointed as counselor — a senior position not requiring congressional confirmation — over the summer. In this role, she served as a special adviser to Secretary […]
11/27/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES: “Thank you Rand! https://t.co/NvPeleVmub” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 27, 2017 09:50pm […]
11/27/2017
DOW/TAXES: “New home sales reach a 10 year high. Stock Market has more record gains. Hopefully Republican Senators will give us the much needed Tax Cuts to keep it all going! Democrats want big Tax Increases.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 27, 2017 09:48pm […]
11/27/2017
GUNS/POLITICS: “Buying a fully assembled gun is a process subject to a host of regulations and restrictions, especially in states like California that tend to be more stringent. But anyone can make a gun at home. The do-it-yourself route is often favored by gun enthusiasts, including hobbyists and competitive shooters. It can also be a […]
11/27/2017
GOP/TAXES: “Senate Republicans began a frenzied week of negotiations to pass a landmark tax overhaul, grappling with several blocs of wavering GOP senators and trying to cobble together enough votes… Republican leaders were confident they would get the 50 votes they need to pass the bill. But placating all these groups will be challenging, politically […]
11/27/2017
ETHICS/LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES/WOMEN: “Senator Al Franken, addressing reporters here for the first time since reports emerged that he had groped several women, said on Monday that he was sorry and would be getting back to work to try to regain the trust of women, voters and his colleagues… Four women have accused Mr. Franken, who was […]
11/27/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/LEGAL/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Monday [11-27-17], Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, brought in doughnuts. Around the same time, Leandra English, the agency’s other acting director, sent an all-staff email thanking employees for their service. Awkward. And so it goes in a capital city defined by its dysfunction, at […]
11/27/2017
CRIME/CYBERWAR/LEGAL: “Three Chinese people have been indicted in the U.S. for allegedly hacking into the email account of a Moody’s Analytics economist and stealing confidential business information from German electrical engineering giant Siemens AG , according to an indictment unsealed Monday [11-27-17]. The hackers targeted an unnamed ‘influential economist’ at Moody’s and forwarded the economist’s […]
11/27/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS: “Doug Jones and Roy Moore both released new television ads on Monday [11-27-17]. But many Alabama voters will see only one of them. That’s because of the massive disparity in TV ad spending between the two candidates in the Alabama special election to a Senate seat, where Jones, the Democratic candidate, is outspending […]
11/27/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took a moment Monday [11-27-17] to cite his Indian nickname for a political nemesis during a White House event honoring a group of Native American men for service during World War II. Speaking in the Oval Office and standing beside the three veterans, Mr. Trump said: ‘You were here […]
11/27/2017
GUNS/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT: “The Supreme Court on Monday [11-27-17] turned down two appeals seeking to expand access to firearms, leaving in place a Maryland law banning semiautomatic rifles and a Florida restriction on carrying guns openly. Gun dealers and firearms enthusiasts had challenged a Maryland law enacted following the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in […]
11/27/2017
BUDGET/CONSUMER PROTECTION/MICK MULVANEY: “The White House’s budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, arrived at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday [11-27-17] to assume the job of acting director after an Obama-era official sued to block the Trump administration from taking control of the agency. Mr. Mulvaney, carrying a bag from Dunkin’ Donuts, entered the building early […]
11/27/2017
FAA/TAXES/TRADE DEALS: “Some overseas airlines would be forced to pay U.S. corporate taxes on part of their profits under a proposal in the Senate tax-overhaul bill that would upset decades of protocols governing international aviation. In general, airlines only have to pay taxes in their own countries, not on income generated abroad. The U.S. and […]
11/27/2017
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Tax Cut Bill is coming along very well, great support. With just a few changes, some mathematical, the middle class and job producers can get even more in actual dollars and savings and the pass through provision becomes simpler and really works well!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 27, 2017 09:24am […]
11/27/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “The good news is that their ratings are terrible, nobody cares! https://t.co/I7h4Ryin3h” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 27, 2017 09:16am […]
11/27/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “We should have a contest as to which of the Networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishonest, corrupt and/or distorted in its political coverage of your favorite President (me). They are all bad. Winner to receive the FAKE NEWS TROPHY!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 27, 2017 09:04am […]
11/27/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will not campaign for Roy Moore, the Alabama Republican Senate candidate who is facing allegations of sexual misconduct, a White House official said on Monday [11-27-17]. Republican lawmakers have distanced themselves from Moore and called for him to step down, but he has defied those entreaties and […]
11/27/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican Senator Rand Paul, a fiscal hawk who has sometimes opposed his party’s spending plans, said on Monday [11-27-17] he planned to vote for the U.S. Senate tax bill and urged his colleagues to do the same. Paul, writing in a Fox News online opinion piece, said that while the bill […]
11/27/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The fight for control of the U.S. consumer watchdog agency intensified on Monday [11-27-17] as Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), imposed a hiring freeze and halted any new regulations. In a partisan showdown over the CFPB, which was created to crack down […]
11/27/2017
ETHICS/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The ranks of former White House ethics lawyers available to comment on the ongoing controversies engulfing President Donald Trump’s administration has just grown by one — an attorney who’s certain to offer a much different perspective than the most prominent figures now ensconced as seemingly permanent fixtures on cable news. After almost a […]
11/27/2017
BANKING/FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday [11-28-17] for what could be one of the least contentious confirmation hearings for a Fed chair nominee since the financial crisis. The Senate Banking Committee is considering Mr. Powell’s nomination to succeed Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen when her term as […]
11/26/2017
GOP/TAXES: “Lawmakers returning to Washington face a tight calendar and a dizzying list of legislative tasks, from a major tax overhaul to a new federal spending agreement, with the added complication of sexual harassment allegations that are reverberating in the halls of the Capitol… The Senate could vote on its version of the overhaul this […]
11/26/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/LEGAL/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The battle over who will lead the federal government’s top consumer financial watchdog agency is now headed to court. The extraordinary fight, which intensified on Sunday [11-26-17] night, adds to the uncertainty over the fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a regulator created in the aftermath of the global financial […]
11/26/2017
GOP/TAXES: “Back in D.C., big week for Tax Cuts and many other things of great importance to our Country. Senate Republicans will hopefully come through for all of us. The Tax Cut Bill is getting better and better. The end result will be great for ALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 26, 2017 08:47pm […]
11/26/2017
ETHICS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Rep. John Conyers said Sunday he would step aside from his post as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee while an ethics panel investigates allegations of sexual harassment against him… Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York will take over as the committee’s top Democrat. Mr. Conyers acknowledged last week that he […]
11/26/2017
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Since the first day I took office, all you hear is the phony Democrat excuse for losing the election, Russia, Russia,Russia. Despite this I have the economy booming and have possibly done more than any 10 month President. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 26, 2017 04:29pm […]
11/26/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/LEGAL/STATE/TURKEY: “A trial opening in Manhattan on Monday [11-27-17] that could implicate prominent Turkish officials is exacerbating already inflamed tensions between the U.S. and Turkey, where authorities are calling the case an American plot to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The arrest of Reza Zarrab, a Turkish gold trader, in Miami last year on […]
11/26/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/MICK MULVANEY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An Obama-era official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued the Trump administration on Sunday [11-26-17] night to block budget director Mick Mulvaney from taking control of the agency. Leandra English, a career staffer appointed Friday to lead the CFPB by former director Richard Cordray, filed the lawsuit in federal […]
11/26/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I endorsed Luther Strange in the Alabama Primary. He shot way up in the polls but it wasn’t enough. Can’t let Schumer/Pelosi win this race. Liberal Jones would be BAD!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 26, 2017 09:33am […]
11/26/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The last thing we need in Alabama and the U.S. Senate is a Schumer/Pelosi puppet who is WEAK on Crime, WEAK on the Border, Bad for our Military and our great Vets, Bad for our 2nd Amendment, AND WANTS TO RAISES TAXES TO THE SKY. Jones would be a disaster!” -Donald Trump, […]
11/25/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Few in the opening days of the Trump administration dared to challenge Mr. Kushner’s power to design his job or steer the direction of the White House as he saw fit. But 10 months after being given free rein to tackle everything from the federal government’s outdated technology to peace in the […]
11/25/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “Wow, even I didn’t realize we did so much. Wish the Fake News would report! Thank you. https://t.co/ApVbu2b0Jd” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 25, 2017 06:25pm […]
11/25/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “@FoxNews is MUCH more important in the United States than CNN, but outside of the U.S., CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our Nation to the WORLD very poorly. The outside world does not see the truth from them!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 25, 2017 05:37pm […]
11/25/2017
MEDIA: “Check out the recent Editorial in the Wall Street Journal @WSJ about what a complete disaster the @CFPB has been under its leader from previous Administration, who just quit!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 25, 2017 05:00pm […]
11/25/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, has been a total disaster as run by the previous Administrations pick. Financial Institutions have been devastated and unable to properly serve the public. We will bring it back to life!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 25, 2017 04:48pm […]
11/25/2017
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Happy #SmallBusinessSaturday! A great day to support your community and America’s JOB creators by shopping locally at a #SmallBiz. #ShopSmall https://t.co/pBQaBHvl7k” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 25, 2017 02:40pm […]
11/25/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/WOMEN: “Days ahead of what should be a major moment for Ivanka Trump on the world stage, CNN has learned Secretary of State Rex Tillerson isn’t sending a high-level delegation to support her amid reports of tensions between Tillerson and the White House. Multiple State Department officials, as well as a source […]
11/25/2017
FAA/MILITARY/TRANSPORTATION: “As part of efforts to make it easier for U.S. military aviators to become commercial airline pilots, the Federal Aviation Administration has found a strategy around White House mandates to eliminate two existing regulations for each new rule that is proposed. Seeking to permit additional current and former military flyers to claim civilian credit […]
11/24/2017
REX TILLERSON/STATE: “Of all the State Department employees who might have been vulnerable in the staff reductions that Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has initiated as he reshapes the department, the one person who seemed least likely to be a target was the chief of security, Bill A. Miller… But in his first nine […]
11/24/2017
DONALD ON DONALD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named ‘Man (Person) of the Year,’ like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/24/2017
LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating former White House national security adviser Mike Flynn’s work on an unfinished film financed by Turkish interests as part of its wider probe into whether Mr. Flynn improperly concealed financial ties to Turkey and to Russia, according to people familiar with the matter. The focus on […]
11/24/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans at their weekly closed-doors lunch on Tuesday [11-21-17], a top GOP lawmaker said Friday, as the party prepares to vote next week on legislation overhauling the tax code. The Senate Budget Committee is expected to merge key pieces of the legislation on Tuesday, ahead […]
11/24/2017
TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Will be calling the President of Egypt in a short while to discuss the tragic terrorist attack, with so much loss of life. We have to get TOUGHER AND SMARTER than ever before, and we will. Need the WALL, need the BAN! God bless the people of Egypt.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. […]
11/24/2017
TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Horrible and cowardly terrorist attack on innocent and defenseless worshipers in Egypt. The world cannot tolerate terrorism, we must defeat them militarily and discredit the extremist ideology that forms the basis of their existence!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 24, 2017 10:27am […]
11/24/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After Turkey call I will be heading over to Trump National Golf Club, Jupiter, to play golf (quickly) with Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson. Then back to Mar-a-Lago for talks on bringing even more jobs and companies back to the USA!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 24, 2017 07:10am […]
11/24/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be speaking to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey this morning about bringing peace to the mess that I inherited in the Middle East. I will get it all done, but what a mistake, in lives and dollars (6 trillion), to be there in the first place!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/24/2017
DODD-FRANK/FTC: “J. Christopher Giancarlo moved to the top job at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission this year from a minority commissioner’s role, giving him a chance to push for changes on Obama-era derivatives regulations that he has criticized. But so far, Mr. Giancarlo has been content to tweak derivatives rules tied to the 2010 Dodd-Frank […]
11/24/2017
PROTESTS/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can you believe that the disrespect for our Country, our Flag, our Anthem continues without penalty to the players. The Commissioner has lost control of the hemorrhaging league. Players are the boss! https://t.co/udXP5MR8BC” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 24, 2017 06:48am […]
11/23/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two great people! https://t.co/5cVnMhnmuH” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 23, 2017 11:54pm […]