BANKING/DODD-FRANK/POLITICS: “On Halloween, Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio huddled with fellow Democrats in his Senate offices to make an announcement: months of talks between Mr. Brown and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo to roll back post-financial crisis rules had ended in failure. Unfazed, Sens. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Jon Tester of Montana and […]
11/17/2017
DOW/ECONOMY: “Great numbers on Stocks and the Economy. If we get Tax Cuts and Reform, we’ll really see some great results!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 17, 2017 05:29am […]
11/17/2017
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL: “At the Department of Justice, there have been 31 sexual harassment complaints through the third quarter of 2017, a number in line with recent years. At the CIA, there were six sexual harassment complaints from 2012 to 2016, according to its federal reports. But there are no comparable records for the White House, […]
11/16/2017
DEMS/GOP/POLITICS: “Democrat Doug Jones, who hopes to pull off an upset in Alabama’s Dec. 12 special Senate election, is gaining traction as Republican Roy Moore is being weighed down by sexual-misconduct allegations. On the campaign trail, Mr. Jones is running an under-the-radar campaign, compared with the television klieg lights surrounding his rival. His campaign message […]
11/16/2017
ENERGY/STATE/TREASURY/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Energy Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, […]
11/16/2017
HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES: “The House of Representatives passed a bill that would usher in the most far-reaching overhaul of the U.S. tax system in 31 years, a plan that would reduce the corporate tax rate to its lowest point since 1939 and cut individual taxes for most households in 2018. The bill would repeal the […]
11/16/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES: “The congressional Joint Committee on Taxation said on Thursday [11-16-17] that the latest version of the Senate tax bill would effectively raise taxes for lower-income Americans by 2021. An analysis by the nonpartisan committee projected that, if the Senate bill becomes law, Americans earning $30,000 a year or below would pay higher taxes beginning […]
11/16/2017
DHS/RACISM: “The Department of Homeland Security’s head of outreach to religious and community organizations resigned on Thursday [11-16-17] after audio recordings revealed that he had previously made incendiary remarks about African-Americans and Muslims while speaking on radio shows. In a 2008 clip, the Rev. Jamie Johnson, who was appointed by the Trump administration to lead […]
11/16/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump lashed out at Senator Al Franken, Democrat of Minnesota, in two suggestive Twitter posts late Thursday [11-16-17] night after the senator was accused by a Los Angeles radio newscaster of kissing and groping her more than a decade ago. Leeann Tweeden, the newscaster, made the allegations earlier Thursday about […]
11/16/2017
KEYSTONE/PIPELINES: “About 5,000 barrels of oil, or about 210,000 gallons, gushed out of the Keystone Pipeline on Thursday in South Dakota, blackening a grassy field in the remote northeast part of the state and sending cleanup crews and emergency workers scrambling to the site. ‘This is not a little spill from any perspective,’ said Kim […]
11/16/2017
STATE/SUDAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A month after the Trump administration formally lifted decades-old sanctions against Sudan, a top official said on Thursday [11-16-17] that the United States would consider removing Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a designation that has been in place since 1993. The step, which is contingent on further cooperation […]
11/16/2017
KEYSTONE/PIPELINES: “TransCanada Corp has shut part of its Keystone pipeline after 5,000 barrels of oil leaked in Amherst, South Dakota, the company said on Thursday, four days before the state of Nebraska is due to decide on an expansion of the system. The pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to Cushing, Oklahoma, and to Patoka, Illinois, has […]
11/16/2017
LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES/WOMEN: “The Al Frankenstien picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 while she sleeps?… And to think that just last week he was lecturing anyone who would listen about sexual harassment and respect for women. Lesley Stahl tape?” -Donald Trump, […]
11/16/2017
HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES: “Big win today in the House for GOP Tax Cuts and Reform, 227-205. Zero Dems, they want to raise taxes much higher, but not for our military!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 16, 2017 09:57pm […]
11/16/2017
MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. is laying the groundwork to build a type of missile banned by a Cold War-era pact unless Russia abandons its own pursuit of the weapons, U.S. officials said. The U.S. military’s preliminary research and development, previously undisclosed, is aimed at potentially reviving an arsenal of prohibited ground-based, intermediate-range missiles […]
11/16/2017
BUDGET/CONSUMER PROTECTION/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House budget director Mick Mulvaney is expected to be tapped by the White House to serve as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau when the agency’s current head, Richard Cordray, resigns from his post later in November, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move could […]
11/16/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator John McCain warned President Donald Trump on Thursday [11-16-17] against nominating any more defense industry insiders to top Pentagon posts, as his committee questioned an executive from Lockheed Martin Corp about potential conflicts of interest. Concern over the close relationship between the Pentagon and arms manufacturers has existed for decades but […]
11/16/2017
DEFENSE: “The Defense Department’s official Twitter account retweeted a message Thursday [11-16-17] calling for three politicians, including President Trump, to step away from politics amid sexual assault allegations, but quickly deleted it and said it was a mistake. The tweet, by a person using the handle ‘Proud Resister,’ stated that Trump and Sen. Al Franken […]
11/16/2017
HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES: “Congratulations to the House of Representatives for passing the #TaxCutsandJobsAct — a big step toward fulfilling our promise to deliver historic TAX CUTS for the American people by the end of the year! https://t.co/8FjefMj6hh” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 16, 2017 03:16pm […]
11/16/2017
INTERIOR/LEGAL/RYAN ZINKE: “The U.S. Interior Department has failed to provide documentation needed for an internal probe of Secretary Ryan Zinke’s travels, the department’s inspector general said on Thursday. ‘Our investigation has been delayed by absent, or incomplete documentation for several pertinent trips,’ Mary Kendall, the department’s deputy inspector general, said in a letter sent this […]
11/16/2017
DHS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION: “Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke late Wednesday [11-15-17] ordered the government to accept renewal applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that arrived late due to postal delays — a reversal after the agency had originally rejected those applications. US Citizenship and Immigration Services issued the new guidance hours before a […]
11/16/2017
PAUL RYAN/PUERTO RICO/TAXES: “U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday [11-16-17] he wants to craft changes to a just-passed tax overhaul bill to provide ‘additional tax incentives’ that would help Puerto Ricans recover from Hurricane Maria. In a statement following passage in the House of a major tax bill, Ryan said he […]
11/16/2017
SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Need all on the UN Security Council to vote to renew the Joint Investigative Mechanism for Syria to ensure that Assad Regime does not commit mass murder with chemical weapons ever again.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 16, 2017 01:13pm […]
11/16/2017
LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES/WOMEN: “Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) faced allegations of sexual misconduct Thursday [11-16-17], after a woman said he kissed her against her will during a 2006 rehearsal and he posed for a photo in which he appeared to grope her while she was asleep. Mr. Franken said he didn’t recall the rehearsal events occurring […]
11/16/2017
LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES: “For the second time this week a federal jury has said it cannot reach a verdict in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey… The jury sent out a note at about 11:30 a.m. saying that it has carefully reviewed all the evidence and is still unable to agree. […]
11/16/2017
LEGAL/POLITICS/WOMEN: “Two things have become painfully clear on Capitol Hill this week: Lawmakers and staffers say sexual harassment is ‘rampant’ — but even members of Congress have no idea just how widespread the problem is. The controversial and sensitive issue has taken center stage in Congress this week, with female lawmakers making fresh allegations of […]
11/16/2017
HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES: “The House passed a sweeping rewrite of the tax code on Thursday, taking a significant leap forward as Republicans seek to enact $1.5 trillion in tax cuts for businesses and individuals and deliver the first major legislative achievement of President Trump’s tenure. The House voted to 227 to 205 to approve the […]
11/16/2017
2016 ELECTION/CARTER PAGE/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page on Thursday [11-16-17] delivered subpoenaed documents he described as ‘irrelevant and unnecessary’ to two congressional committees investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Page, an oil industry consultant with numerous contacts in Russia, told Reuters in a text message that he delivered the documents […]
11/16/2017
BANKING/FEDERAL RESERVE: “Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Thursday [11-16-17] she believed inflation would continue to rise and eventually hit the Fed’s 2% target, making it appropriate for the central bank to continue gradually raising rates… In a question-and-answer session following a presentation at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., Ms. Mester […]
11/16/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Conservation groups decried U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision this week to allow trophy hunters who kill elephants in two African countries to bring home the endangered animals’ tusks or other body parts as trophies. The move triggered protests from conservation groups and a frenzy on social media from opponents who posted pictures […]
11/16/2017
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China is sending an Envoy and Delegation to North Korea – A big move, we’ll see what happens!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 16, 2017 07:43am […]
11/16/2017
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is preparing to interview the woman who’s seen it all: Hope Hicks. She’s been part of Donald Trump’s inner circle for years, first at Trump Tower and then as an omnipresent gatekeeper and fixer who could get emails or other communications directly to the boss during […]
11/16/2017
CHINA/CRIME: “To the three UCLA basketball players I say: You’re welcome, go out and give a big Thank You to President Xi Jinping of China who made… your release possible and, HAVE A GREAT LIFE! Be careful, there are many pitfalls on the long and winding road of life!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 16, 2017 […]
11/16/2017
NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As officials for the U.S., Canada and Mexico convene in Mexico City this week for talks to remake the North American Free Trade Agreement, the countries’ top trade officials will stay home, leaving their working-level teams to dig into the most difficult issues. Their absence captures the difficult state of the […]
11/16/2017
NATIONAL DEBT/TREASURY: “The Treasury Department has unveiled a new strategy for managing federal debt that could ease pressures set to push up long-term interest rates and reduce a potential drag on the economy. Under the plan unveiled earlier this month by Treasury, the department would increase the share of shorter-term debt issuance and reduce the […]
11/15/2017
TERRORISM: “The director of the National Counterterrorism Center will step down next month, the Trump administration said on Wednesday [11-15-17]. The director, Nicholas J. Rasmussen, is one of the few individuals in the American government who has served continuously in counterterrorism jobs since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Mr. Rasmussen, 52, had served […]
11/15/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TAXES: “Senator Susan Collins is back in the spotlight as a crucial swing vote in the U.S. Senate as she raises questions about how combining a Republican tax-cut plan with a partial repeal of Obamacare will affect middle-class Americans. A day after Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell decided to link the two issues in a […]
11/15/2017
HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES: “Big vote tomorrow in the House. Tax cuts are getting close!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 09:14pm […]
11/15/2017
DEMS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why are Democrats fighting massive tax cuts for the middle class and business (jobs)? The reason: Obstruction and Delay!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 09:11pm […]
11/15/2017
GOP/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fox News anchor Shepard Smith discredited an unsubstantiated theory that his network and other conservative media outlets and Republican politicians have aggressively promoted as Hillary Clinton’s Uranium One ‘scandal.’ During Tuesday [11-14-17] night’s broadcast, Smith succinctly debunked Republicans’ claims that the Obama administration and the Clinton-led State Department approved a […]
11/15/2017
COMMERCE/LEGAL/WILBUR ROSS: “Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross and the firm he founded were sued by three of his former colleagues who say WL Ross pocketed management fees from the general partnerships that handled its private-equity investments. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in New York State court, claims WL Ross covertly took management fees from general partner […]
11/15/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/WOMEN: “Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore’s lawyer tried to discredit one of the women who has accused him of sexual misconduct, and President Donald Trump chose not to weigh in on the Alabama Senate race that is dividing his party on Wednesday [11-15-17]. Moore lawyer Phillip Jauregui in a press conference questioned the woman’s […]
11/15/2017
GOP/PROTESTS/TAXES: “Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) said he opposes the Senate Republican tax package, becoming the first GOP voice of dissent that, if it gains momentum, could force significant changes or jeopardize the party’s goal to pass the bill before the end of the year… Any Republican opposition is significant because GOP leaders are counting […]
11/15/2017
ARMY/CRIME/MILITARY: “The U.S. Army has failed to submit military conviction records to federal databases in as many as one-fifth of all cases, the Army’s top officer said Wednesday, allowing those service members to bypass legal prohibitions against buying and possessing weapons… The Army, from 1998 to 2016, logged more than 2,400 dishonorable discharges resulting from […]
11/15/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee rejected Republican efforts to discredit a raw-intelligence document compiled on Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, saying that its allegations that Russia sought to help elect Mr. Trump ‘turned out to be true.’ In a Wall Street Journal interview Wednesday [11-15-17], Rep. Adam […]
11/15/2017
POLITICS/TAXES: “State and local governments could suffer hits to revenue collections under the tax reform bills being considered in the U.S. Senate and House because of the potential loss of a federal subsidy applied to bond issues and because a proposed increase in the standard taypayer deductions would affect some states. These additional risks to […]
11/15/2017
ENERGY/LOBBYING/NUCLEAR ENERGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump plans to nominate Melissa Burnison, a nuclear energy industry lobbyist, to serve as assistant secretary in charge of congressional and intergovernmental affairs at the U.S. Energy Department, the White House said on Wednesday. Burnison is currently director of federal programs for the Nuclear Energy Institute, ‘where she plans, […]
11/15/2017
BORDER/MEXICO/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Cards Against Humanity, an irreverent card game company known for its attention-seeking pranks, says it bought land on the U.S.-Mexico border to block President Trump from building his wall. The Chicago company said on its website that this was part of a holiday promotion, for which customers could contribute to the wall-blocking […]
11/15/2017
FAKE NEWS/FOREIGN POLICY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is actually hard to believe how naive (or dumb) the Failing @nytimes is when it comes to foreign policy…weak and ineffective!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 11:52am […]
11/15/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The failing @nytimes hates the fact that I have developed a great relationship with World leaders like Xi Jinping, President of China… They should realize that these relationships are a good thing, not a bad thing. The U.S. is being respected again. Watch Trade!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 […]
11/15/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “A trip to Pyongyang by a special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping offers a chance for Beijing to manage relations with its troublesome neighbor after months of frayed ties and stepped-up U.S. pressure to rein in North Korea’s nuclear program. The two sides will ‘exchange opinions on matters of mutual […]
11/15/2017
CRIME/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump? They were headed for 10 years in jail!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 10:11am […]
11/15/2017
FCC/NET NEUTRALITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The telecom industry won a big victory in May when the FCC launched a repeal of its Obama-era net neutrality rules, over the objections of Democrats and tech giants like Google and Netflix. Now both sides are about to find out how sweeping the reversal might be. The FCC, under Trump-appointed […]
11/15/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said on Wednesday [11-15-17] that he would leave the agency this month. ‘It has been a joy of my life to have the opportunity to serve our country as the first director of the consumer bureau by working alongside all of […]
11/15/2017
LEGAL/MEDIA/RUSSIA: “Russian lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that would allow the government to designate international media outlets as ‘foreign agents,’ a retaliatory move after Kremlin-backed network RT was required to register as a foreign agent in the U.S. this week. Legislators in the Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, voted unanimously Wednesday [11-15-17] to amend […]
11/15/2017
MILITARY/REX TILLERSON/STATE: “U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday [11-15-17] pressed Myanmar’s top civilian and military leaders to allow an independent investigation into a crackdown against ethnic Rohingya Muslims that has driven more than 600,000 people into neighboring Bangladesh. In a news conference with Aung San Suu Kyi, who heads the country’s civilian government, […]
11/15/2017
CIA/INTELLIGENCE/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has turned his daily intelligence briefing — a routine that in previous administrations has been a dry, formal affair — into a free-flowing conversation during which he peppers his CIA director, former House member Mike Pompeo, with questions about everything from national security threats to the internal dynamics […]
11/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you! https://t.co/EQMwv1XbiM” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 05:58am […]
11/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you, working hard! https://t.co/TmNdNPBJ3m” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 05:53am […]
11/15/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While in the Philippines I was forced to watch @CNN, which I have not done in months, and again realized how bad, and FAKE, it is. Loser!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 05:45am […]
11/15/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@foxandfriends will be showing much of our successful trip to Asia, and the friendships & benefits that will endure for years to come!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 05:40am […]
11/15/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our great country is respected again in Asia. You will see the fruits of our long but successful trip for many years to come!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 15, 2017 05:30am […]
11/14/2017
GOP/LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Republicans, seeking to head off the first Senate Democratic victory in Alabama in decades, are grasping for ways to derail their nominee, Roy Moore, whose campaign has been engulfed by allegations of sexual misconduct. President Donald Trump spoke on the phone from Vietnam with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and discussed […]
11/14/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A report to the U.S. Congress released on Wednesday accused Chinese state media entities of involvement in spying and propaganda and said their staff in the United States should be required to register as foreign agents. The annual report of the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission said that while […]
11/14/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES: “Senate Republicans have decided to include the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that most people have health insurance into the sprawling tax rewrite, merging the fight over health care with the high-stakes effort to cut taxes. They also have made a calculated gamble to help speed their bill to passage on a […]
11/14/2017
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American Bar Association has been a key gatekeeper for the federal courts since it began evaluating judicial nominees in the 1940s, but it is losing influence among Republicans in the U.S. Senate who view it as a liberal group. Tensions between Senate Republicans and the association, the largest organization of […]
11/14/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/RUSSIA: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday [11-14-17] that he now recalls a 2016 meeting with a Trump campaign adviser at which the aide spoke about contacts with Russians, after earlier saying he knew of no such contacts. Mr. Sessions’ comments, in an appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, highlighted the challenges facing […]
11/14/2017
DEFENSE/MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. senators on Tuesday [11-14-17] took a rare look at the decades-old presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike, posing questions at a hearing about the process President Donald Trump would follow if he were to order such an attack… Three former government and military officials who were questioned by the […]
11/14/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. senators on Tuesday [11-14-17] took a rare look at the decades-old presidential authority to launch a nuclear strike, posing questions at a hearing about the process President Donald Trump would follow if he were to order such an attack. Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.), the Senate Foreign Relations Committee committee […]
11/14/2017
GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell deepened his bid to persuade Roy Moore to drop out of the race for an open Alabama Senate seat after accusations the Republican candidate engaged in sexual misconduct with teenage girls. At The Wall Street Journal CEO Council, the Kentucky Republican suggested he wanted Attorney General Jeff […]
11/14/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES: “Senate Republicans signaled Tuesday [11-14-17] they would seek to repeal the Affordable Care Act requirement that most Americans must have insurance coverage as part of their tax-overhaul package, adding an uncertain element to an already complex legislative effort. The package is expected to be released later Tuesday. GOP Senate members met to discuss the […]
11/14/2017
COMMERCE/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/WILBUR ROSS: “Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross defended the Trump administration’s hardball strategy for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, suggesting that the U.S. can pressure Mexico and Canada into big concessions because they have more to lose if the pact collapses… The likely result, Mr. Ross said, was that the two countries will […]
11/14/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/JAPAN/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At each stop on his 12-day, five-country Asia tour, President Donald Trump emphasized one aspect of his visit above all else: his personal rapport with the heads of state who hosted him. He golfed with Shinzo Abe, complimenting the Japanese prime minister’s accidental backward tumble into a bunker as graceful. […]
11/14/2017
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “Members of the Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday [11-14-17] pressed Attorney General Jeff Sessions on his and his department’s handling of race, including the lack of minorities in key Justice Department positions Under questioning from CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond at the House judiciary committee hearing, Sessions acknowledged he lacks a single black […]
11/14/2017
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/NOMINATIONS/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A former government official criticized for being the principal author of the legal justifications for ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ was narrowly confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday as the top lawyer for the U.S. Department of Transportation in the Trump administration. Steven Bradbury, a Washington lawyer at Dechert LLP who was a […]
11/14/2017
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said Tuesday [11-14-17] that he is still deciding whether to hold a public hearing with Donald Trump Jr. as part of the panel’s probe into whether any associates of the president colluded with Russians in the 2016 election… Hearing from President Donald Trump’s eldest […]
11/14/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House is considering economist Mohamed El-Erian as one of several candidates to serve as the Federal Reserve’s vice chairman, according to a person familiar with the matter. The process of selecting the central bank’s No. 2 official began this month after President Donald Trump nominated Fed governor Jerome Powell […]
11/14/2017
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republican leaders on Tuesday [11-14-17] were working to lock in votes for a 10-year, $1.4 trillion tax cut up for consideration this week, a task complicated by lingering worries among rank-and-file lawmakers about whether President Donald Trump would turn against them in favor of the Senate’s version. Emerging from […]
11/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU ASIA! #USA?? https://t.co/FziKSbrzcu” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 12:39pm […]
11/14/2017
DRUGS/HHS/NOMINATIONS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump tweeted Monday [11-13-17] that his nominee for HHS secretary, Alex Azar will ‘be a star for … lower drug prices!’ But the record of the former top executive for Eli Lilly, which tripled the price of a top-selling insulin drug while he led its U.S. operation, suggests a different […]
11/14/2017
LEGAL/POLITICS/WOMEN: “Two female lawmakers, one Republican and one Democrat, shared stories at a hearing Tuesday [11-14-17] about male members of Congress who engaged in sexual harassment, though they declined to name them.Two female lawmakers, one Republican and one Democrat, shared stories at a hearing Tuesday about male members of Congress who engaged in sexual harassment, […]
11/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just returned from Asia after 12 very successful days. Great to be home!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 11:42pm […]
11/14/2017
ETHICS/JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES/WOMEN: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday [11-14-17] that he had ‘no reason to doubt’ the women who have made sexual misconduct allegations against Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore, joining a wave of high-profile Republicans who have expressed confidence in his accusers. But Sessions did not say whether Moore should be seated […]
11/14/2017
CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “May God be with the people of Sutherland Springs, Texas. The FBI and Law Enforcement has arrived.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 11:34pm […]
11/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Alternative facts. Lies. Distortions. Exaggerations. Misstatements. Half truths. Call it what you want, but there’s one indisputable fact: Donald Trump does a stunning amount of it. According to a count maintained by The Washington Post’s Fact Checker and updated Tuesday morning, Trump has now made 1,628 false or misleading claims in his […]
11/14/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions, during questioning at a congressional hearing Tuesday [11-14-17], sidestepped questions about whether President Trump’s vitriol toward CNN was factoring into the Department of Justice’s review of a mammoth media merger. AT&T is trying to buy Time Warner Inc. — which owns CNN, HBO, […]
11/14/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/RUSSIA: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions faced a fresh round of lawmaker questions on Tuesday [11-14-17] about the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russian officials, as well as about Republican lawmakers’ earlier inquiries about Hillary Clinton. The morning oversight hearing of the Justice Department by the House Judiciary Committee touched on several topics including questions […]
11/14/2017
ECONOMY/TAXES: “Gary Cohn, the president’s top economic adviser, said Tuesday [11-14-17] he is confident Congress will pass a sweeping tax overhaul, while adding that time is short and lawmakers need to act by year’s end. Mr. Cohn noted that Congress is set to leave for Thanksgiving recess this week and the legislative agenda looks to […]
11/14/2017
CHINA/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [11-14-17] that he had discussed the situation of three UCLA men’s basketball players arrested for shoplifting in China with Chinese President Xi Jinping, expressing hope that the three would soon be able to return to the U.S… UCLA freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley were […]
11/14/2017
BUSINESS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/LOBBYING/POLITICS: “Large U.S. businesses and their lobby groups are redoubling a push for legislation to protect young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children, urging lawmakers to act before the year is out. On Wednesday [11-15-17], executives from about 40 companies plan to travel to Capitol Hill to lobby members of Congress, with some […]
11/14/201
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One year after helping President Donald Trump win the election and earning more than $15 million from a dozen political candidates and committees, the data firm Cambridge Analytica doesn’t have any U.S. political clients, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission records. Research firms that work with winning campaigns usually […]
11/14/2017
AMBASSADORS/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “THANK YOU to the amazing staff and their families of the United States Embassy in the Philippines. Keep up the GREAT WORK! https://t.co/3ABVXTsJM0” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 04:11am […]
11/14/2017
DONALDISM/FAKE NEWS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the most accurate polls last time around. But #FakeNews likes to say we’re in the 30’s. They are wrong. Some people think numbers could be in the 50’s. Together, WE will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/YhrwkdObhP” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 03:07am […]
11/14/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be making a major statement from the @WhiteHouse upon my return to D.C. Time and date to be set.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 01:23am […]
11/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just arrived at #ASEAN50 in the Philippines for my final stop with World Leaders. Will lead to FAIR TRADE DEALS, unlike the horror shows from past Administrations. Will then be leaving for D.C. Made many good friends!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 12:26am […]
11/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After my tour of Asia, all Countries dealing with us on TRADE know that the rules have changed. The United States has to be treated fairly and in a reciprocal fashion. The massive TRADE deficits must go down quickly!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 12:20am […]
11/14/2017
HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES: “Great to see @RandPaul looking well and back on the Senate floor. He will help us with TAX CUTS and REFORM!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 14, 2017 12:08am […]
11/13/2017
HILLARY CLINTON/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department said Monday [11-13-17] that prosecutors were looking into whether a special counsel should be appointed to investigate political rivals President Trump has singled out for scrutiny, including Hillary Clinton. The department, in a letter sent to the House Judiciary Committee, said the prosecutors would examine allegations that […]
11/13/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of President Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees did not disclose on publicly available congressional documents that he is married to a senior lawyer in the White House Counsel’s Office. The nominee, Brett J. Talley, is awaiting a Senate confirmation vote that could come as early as Monday [11-13-17] […]
11/13/2017
HOUSE OF REPS/MILITARY: “In a rare exercise of its war-making role, the House of Representatives on Monday [11-13-17] overwhelmingly passed a resolution explicitly stating that U.S. military assistance to Saudi Arabia in its war in Yemen is not authorized under legislation passed by Congress to fight terrorism or invade Iraq. The nonbinding resolution adopted 366-30, […]