GOP: “Republicans are failing at governance. And they know it. Their senatorially painful decision announced on Tuesday [7-11-17] to sacrifice some of lawmakers’ usually sacrosanct August recess was a public confession that they have not gotten the job done even while controlling the White House, Senate and House of Representatives. In deciding to forgo at […]
7/12/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA: “It won a near-unanimous vote in the Senate, involves a hostile foreign power that interfered in the election last fall and now shadows the president. And it is now before a House Republican majority that has long placed a hawkish approach to Russia at the center of its foreign policy. So why is […]
7/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/STATE/TRAVEL BAN: “The Trump administration reached its self-imposed quota on refugee admissions for the 2017 fiscal year this week, according to State Department data posted online, and will dramatically reduce admissions going forward. The quota of 50,000 was initially set by President Donald Trump as part of his travel ban executive order in January, but […]
7/12/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) faced intensifying pressure Wednesday [7-12-17] from President Donald Trump, conservative lawmakers and outside groups to push through a health-care overhaul next week, but he appeared to make little progress in bridging the deep divides imperiling his party’s seven-year quest to topple the Affordable Care Act. […]
7/12/2017
BORDER/WALL: “Big WIN today for building the wall. It will secure the border & save lives. Now the full House & Senate must act! ➡️https://t.co/TTg7lvBdo2 https://t.co/xhiknXko70” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2017 06:24pm […]
7/12/2017
DONALDISM/JOBS: “JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! #MAGA?? https://t.co/HScS4Y9ZJK” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2017 06:12pm […]
7/12/2017
ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Stock market hits another high with spirit and enthusiasm so positive. Jobs outlook looking very good! #MAGA?? https://t.co/Vwxsb2vWGe” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2017 06:06pm […]
7/12/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/FRANCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Getting rdy to leave for France @ the invitation of President Macron to celebrate & honor Bastille Day and 100yrs since U.S. entry into WWI.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2017 05:35pm […]
7/12/2017
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vice President Mike Pence’s team pushed back Wednesday [7-12-17] against the notion that he was trying to distance himself from President Donald Trump, after a statement Pence issued a day earlier on the latest developments in the Russia saga drew raised eyebrows. Some White House aides said they were blindsided by […]
7/12/2017
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [7-12-17] he did not fault his son Donald Trump Jr. for meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election campaign and that he was unaware of the meeting until a few days ago. Asked if he knew that his son […]
7/12/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/MIKE PENCE: “While Senate Republicans wrangled behind closed doors over health care Wednesday [7-12-17], Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Kentucky, one of the states with the most at stake as the GOP pushes to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Pence planned to join Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in Lexington […]
7/12/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/FRANCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Washington is currently a dark place for President Donald Trump, a stop in the City of Light may prove well-timed. ‘The White House is paralyzed,’ a top Republican close to the West Wing told CNN ahead of Trump’s departure to Paris, a withering assessment of an administration whose goals of […]
7/12/2017
DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON/UKRAINE: “Multiple Democratic National Committee officials, former Clinton campaign officials and Democratic sources denied that the Democratic committee or Clinton campaign worked with the government of Ukraine to dig up dirt on Donald Trump and his top aides. But multiple Democratic sources said that a DNC contractor, whose work included organizing political events for […]
7/12/2017
BUDGET/DEFENSE/NATIONAL SECURITY: “The National Defense Authorization Act is a massive $696 billion defense policy bill that covers everything from F-35 fighter jets to Guantanamo Bay to military pay raises. It’s also a prime opportunity for Democrats to try to force politically difficult votes on Republicans dealing with President Donald Trump’s business ties, his family members […]
7/12/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/JARED KUSHNER: “While President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., finds himself at the center of a political firestorm stemming from his controversial meeting with a Russian lawyer last summer, questions are also beginning to swirl around the involvement of another Trump family member who was present for the rendezvous: Jared Kushner. […]
7/12/2017
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An attorney representing President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday [7-12-17] that the President was unaware of his oldest son’s attempts to obtain information purportedly from Russia during the 2016 election. ‘Let’s focus on what the President was aware of: nothing,’ Jay Sekulow said on CNN’s ‘New Day.’ Sekulow said he wanted to […]
7/12/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Christopher Wray vowed Wednesday [7-12-17] to remain independent of any pressure if he’s confirmed to lead the FBI — pledging to adhere to the ‘Constitution and the rule of law’ as head of the bureau, ‘no matter the test.’ Wray also testified that he did not have any conversations with anyone […]
7/12/2017
2016 ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “The Kremlin said Wednesday [7-12-17] the release of an email chain by Donald Trump Jr. was part of a ‘long-running TV drama,’ dismissing an alleged Russian government offer to pass on information to damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. ‘There is nothing to investigate,’ said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according […]
7/12/2017
NATO/RUSSIA: “NATO and Russian pilots are reviving a Cold War contest of nerves, increasing the risk that airborne close encounters could accidentally spark a conflict. Over the past three years, the number of adversarial flights near the other side’s planes and ships have increased significantly. The tactic, usually meant as a show of force or […]
7/12/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Former ethics lawyers for presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush both think Donald Trump Jr. broke the law when he met with a Russian lawyer to get purported damaging information on Hillary Clinton. In an editorial penned Tuesday [7-11-17] night in the New York Times, the two called Trump Jr.’s defense […]
7/12/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The W.H. is functioning perfectly, focused on HealthCare, Tax Cuts/Reform & many other things. I have very little time for watching T.V.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2017 08:39am […]
7/12/2017
DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON: “Why aren’t the same standards placed on the Democrats. Look what Hillary Clinton may have gotten away with. Disgraceful!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2017 08:27am […]
7/12/2017
BUDGET/GOP: “Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, argued Wednesday [7-12-17] that Congress should build President Trump’s border wall by taking money from Planned Parenthood and federal food stamps. On CNN, King said he supports the $1.6 billion in funding that the House is considering as a start for building the wall. But he said he’d add another […]
7/12/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/HOUSE OF REPS/IRAN/RUSSIA: “U.S. House of Representatives Democrats said they would introduce a new version of a Russia and Iran sanctions bill on Wednesday [7-12-17], in a new bid to move legislation that has been mired in partisan squabbling for almost a month. Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee plan to introduce in […]
7/12/2017
DEMS/MEDIA: “.@WashTimes states ‘Democrats have willfully used Moscow disinformation to influence the presidential election against Donald Trump.’ “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2017 07:12am […]
7/12/2017
2016 ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “The White House has been thrust into chaos after days of ever-worsening revelations about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a lawyer characterized as representing the Russian government, as the president fumes against his enemies and senior aides circle one another with suspicion, according to top White House officials […]
7/12/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TERRORISM: “ISIS is on the run & will soon be wiped out of Syria & Iraq, illegal border crossings are way down (75%) & MS 13 gangs are being removed.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2017 06:05am […]
7/12/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “Remember, when you hear the words ‘sources say’ from the Fake Media, often times those sources are made up and do not exist.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2017 05:32am […]
7/12/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “My son Donald did a good job last night. He was open, transparent and innocent. This is the greatest Witch Hunt in political history. Sad!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 12, 2017 05:19am […]
7/12/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/LEGAL/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions is poised to announce a major law enforcement action this week targeting health-care fraud, focusing on opioid treatment programs exploiting Obamacare insurance plans, according to two people familiar with the matter. In what is described as a nationwide sweep with hundreds of arrests being carried out across […]
7/12/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE: “Since before there was a United States, Americans have had a love affair with Paris. President Donald Trump, who will leave for the French capital on Wednesday [7-12-17], does not share that affection. Few cities have been the subject of Trump’s derision and mockery like Paris. He has painted the city as a […]
7/12/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Joe Scarborough, the conservative co-host of MSNBC’s political commentary show ‘Morning Joe,’ is leaving the Republican Party. He made the announcement Tuesday [7-11-17] night during an appearance on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ alongside his co-host Mika Brzezinski. A two-minute clip of the segment was teased on the program’s Twitter account earlier Tuesday. […]
7/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SUDAN/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: ” ‘Allowing Additional Time for Recognizing Positive Actions by the Government of Sudan and Amending Executive Order 13761’ The order comes in relation to a 1997 executive order issued by Bill Clinton, which named Sudan an ‘unusual and extraordinary threat to national security’ for its support of terrorism, attempts at destabilizing […]
7/11/2017
SUDAN/TREASURY/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “A Message to the Congress of the United States Consistent with subsection 401(b) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(b), and subsection 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the “order”) that amends Executive Order 13761 of January […]
7/11/2017
CALIFORNIA/CLIMATE CHANGE/NEW YORK: “A coalition of American states, cities and businesses that have pledged to stick with the Paris climate pact will team up with experts to quantify their climate commitments and share their plans with the United Nations, vowing to act in spite of the Trump administration’s exit from the accord. President Trump said […]
7/11/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A group of Twitter users blocked by President Trump sued him and two top White House aides on Tuesday [7-11-17], arguing that his account amounts to a public forum that he, as a government official, cannot bar people from. The blocked Twitter users, represented by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia […]
7/11/2017
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “If President Trump emerged from his meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last week hoping he had begun to ‘move forward’ from the controversy over the Kremlin’s election meddling, as advisers put it, his flight home the next day made clear just how overly optimistic that was. […]
7/11/2017
STATE/SUDAN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration said Tuesday [7-11-7] it is delaying a decision on whether to lift sanctions on Sudan by three months. The administration faced a July 12 deadline to decide if sanctions relief initiated by the Obama administration in January would become permanent. ‘The United States will revoke the sanctions if the [Government […]
7/11/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “My son, Donald, will be interviewed by @seanhannity tonight at 10:00 P.M. He is a great person who loves our country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2017 07:24pm […]
7/11/2017
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “For months, the hope in President Donald Trump’s world—sometimes realistic, sometimes strained—was that the story of Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election would quickly shrivel up and blow away. That dream died on Tuesday [7-11-17]. Whatever else the stunning email chain released by Donald Trump Jr. did or didn’t show, […]
7/11/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a woman he was told was a Russian government lawyer who had incriminating information about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton that could help his father’s presidential campaign could lead investigators to probe whether he violated U.S. election law, experts said. Trump Jr. met the woman, lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, […]
7/11/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SCOTT PRUITT: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the early stages of launching a debate about climate change that could air on television – challenging scientists to prove the widespread view that global warming is a serious threat, the head of the agency said. The move comes as the administration of President […]
7/11/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS: “Guests at 14 Trump properties, including hotels in Washington, New York and Vancouver, have had their credit card information exposed, marking the third time in as many years that a months-long security breach has affected customers of the chain of luxury hotels. The latest instance occurred between August 2016 and March 2017, according […]
7/11/2017
DEBT/EDUCATION: “Study after study shows that college students are terrible at keeping track of how much debt they are racking up in school, so states are working to make the cost of higher education crystal clear—and there are signs the moves are slowing runaway borrowing. This month, Florida joined Indiana and Nebraska in requiring that […]
7/11/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, ratcheting up the pressure on fellow Republicans, set a vote on the GOP health-care bill for next week and delayed the chamber’s August recess to give the party time to seek other legislative wins, even if the health plan stalls. Senate GOP leaders, still working to corral support for […]
7/11/2017
CRIME/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Hillary Clinton’s former running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, said Donald Trump Jr. may have committed treason when he agreed to meet with a Russian lawyer under the pretense of getting dirt on Clinton. ‘We are now beyond obstruction of justice,’ the Virginia Democrat told CNN Tuesday [7-11-17]. ‘This is moving into perjury, […]
7/11/2017
NET NEUTRALITY: “AT&T, a leading opponent of the federal government’s 2015 net neutrality rules, said it would join an online protest this week in favor of keeping the rules. In recognition of the ‘Day of Action’ on July 12, the company said it would display on its website banners in favor of maintaining a ‘free […]
7/11/2017
STATE/TERRORISM/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “The U.S. and Qatar signed an agreement in Doha Tuesday [7-11-17] to crack down on terrorist financing, part of efforts by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson as he shuttles around the Persian Gulf to resolve a weekslong conflict between four Arab states and Qatar. Under the agreement, the two countries will step […]
7/11/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR/JARED KUSHNER: “The president’s eldest son and senior campaign aides attended a meeting last year to discuss allegedly incriminating information about Hillary Clinton they were told was being offered by the Russian government in support of Donald Trump’s candidacy, according to emails Donald Trump Jr. released Tuesday [7-11-17]. The release of […]
7/11/2017
DEFENSE/MILITARY: “A United States-built missile defense system on Tuesday [7-11-17] successfully intercepted its target during a test run, the US Missile Defense Agency said. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system successfully shot down a target over Alaska, according to a news release. ‘I couldn’t be more proud of the government and […]
7/11/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA: “North Korea’s recent long-range missile test didn’t show Pyongyang is able to arm the device with a warhead that can survive the intense heat and vibration of re-entering the atmosphere, South Korea’s intelligence agency said. The assessment, given to South Korean lawmakers on Tuesday [7-11-17], contradicts an assertion by North Korea and […]
7/11/2017
TERRORISM: “Big wins against ISIS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2017 07:23am […]
7/11/2017
MILITARY: “Marine Plane crash in Mississippi is heartbreaking. Melania and I send our deepest condolences to all!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2017 07:09am […]
7/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SPORTS: “Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States (L.A.). Stay tuned!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2017 06:46am […]
7/11/2017
COMMERCE/ENERGY/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS: “U.S. House Republicans expect to introduce bills later this week that would bar states from setting their own rules for self-driving cars and take other steps to remove obstacles to putting such vehicles on the road, a spokeswoman said. The legislative action comes as major automakers are joining forces with auto suppliers […]
7/11/2017
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate Democrats have only confirmed 48 of 197 Presidential Nominees. They can’t win so all they do is slow things down & obstruct!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2017 05:59am […]
7/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “European diplomats say they are increasingly concerned the Trump administration will stretch out its review of the Iranian nuclear deal, undermining the agreement by curbing the economic benefits designed to ensure Iran’s compliance. President Donald Trump has attacked the agreement, reached in 2015, as a ‘terrible deal’ for the U.S. European officials […]
7/11/2017
TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: Allowing Additional Time for Recognizing Positive Actions by the Government of Sudan and Amending Executive Order 13761 […]
7/10/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is moving toward unilaterally tightening sanctions on North Korea, targeting Chinese companies and banks the U.S. says are funneling cash into Pyongyang’s weapons program. Sharper rhetoric from high-ranking U.S. officials since North Korea’s July 4 ballistic missile test and recently unsealed court filings offer clues that the […]
7/10/2017
COMMERCE/WILBUR ROSS: “Rio Tinto’s proposed Resolution Copper Mine in Arizona would tunnel 7,000 feet underground, where rocks radiate heat from the earth’s molten core. It would suck up enough water to supply a city and leave a crater a mile and a half wide and 1,000 feet deep. Planned for more than a decade, the […]
7/10/2017
MILITARY/NAVY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The navies of India, Japan and the United States began a set of war games on Monday [7-10-17] with a particular target: submarines capable of sliding unannounced into the deep waters of the Indian Ocean, silently taking positions near the Indian coastline. It is not a mystery whose submarines are at issue. […]
7/10/2017
BUDGET/FBI: “The federal government has canceled the search for a new F.B.I. headquarters, ensuring that the nation’s top law enforcement agency will be housed in a crumbling, cramped building in downtown Washington for years to come, according to a senior government official. For more than a decade, the government had been searching for a new […]
7/10/2017
HEALTHCARE/HHS/OBAMACARE(ACA)/WOMEN: “From the obscure perch of a backbench senator’s office, Katy Talento used to warn against what she saw as the health hazards of birth control pills — cancer, infertility and miscarriage. From his post at a Christian legal advocacy group, Matthew Bowman spent years attacking the requirement that most health insurance plans cover contraception […]
7/10/2017
AFGHANISTAN/FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s advisers recruited two businessmen who profited from military contracting to devise alternatives to the Pentagon’s plan to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, reflecting the Trump administration’s struggle to define its strategy for dealing with a war now 16 years old. Erik D. Prince, a founder of the private […]
7/10/2017
CONSUMER PROTECTION/LEGAL: “The nation’s consumer watchdog is adopting a rule on Monday [7-10-17] that would pry open the courtroom doors for millions of Americans, restoring their right to bring class-action lawsuits against financial firms. Under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule, banks and credit card companies could no longer force customers into arbitration and block […]
7/10/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/TAIWAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Chinese official said on Monday [7-10-17] that the United States had apologized for a White House statement that misidentified China’s leader, Xi Jinping, as president of the Republic of China — the formal name for Taiwan. ‘According to my understanding, the Chinese side has already raised this with the United […]
7/10/2017
BANKING/CONSUMER PROTECTION: “An Obama-appointed regulator on Monday [7-10-17] barred financial-services companies from requiring customers to use arbitration to resolve disputes, setting off a showdown with the Trump administration and congressional Republicans. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray completed a rule proposed in May 2016 over the opposition of Trump administration officials and Republicans lawmakers. […]
7/10/2017
2016 ELECTION/ETHICS/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest son on Monday [7-10-17] offered to talk to a Senate committee investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, after he acknowledged meeting a Russian lawyer during the campaign. ‘Happy to work with the committee to pass on what I know,’ Donald Trump Jr. wrote […]
7/10/2017
ETHICS/FBI/NOMINATIONS: “President Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, Christopher Wray, is worth more than $23 million and will recuse himself from any investigation in which his law firm represents a party, according to ethics disclosures provided on Monday [7-11-17]. Mr. Wray, a former senior Justice Department official, has spent the past decade as a […]
7/10/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday [7-10-17] said it had filed a lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump’s election commission, saying it had failed to follow federal law governing public access and transparency for such advisory groups. The ACLU said in a statement that the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election […]
7/10/2017
2016 ELECTION/ETHICS/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr. is in a legal danger zone following his acknowledgment that he met during the heat of the 2016 presidential campaign with a Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties who offered to deliver damaging information about Hillary Clinton. Democratic and Republican lawyers and political operatives alike say explanations about the […]
7/10/2017
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA: “The two congressional committees investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election have committed to a goal that has eluded almost every major probe on Capitol Hill in recent years: bipartisanship. The Senate and House intelligence committees are broadly examining Russian meddling in the election, including whether members of President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded […]
7/10/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump plans to put his first mark on the Federal Reserve by nominating Randal Quarles, an investment-fund manager and former Republican Treasury official, to be the central bank’s top official in charge of regulating big banks. The choice of Mr. Quarles, expected for months and confirmed by a White […]
7/10/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives in the Persian Gulf region Monday [7-10-17] for a round of shuttle diplomacy aimed at resolving a conflict among U.S. allies that Washington fears will drag on for months. The former Exxon Mobil Corp. chief executive, who has close ties to many Arab officials in […]
7/10/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday [7-10-17] morning to defend his daughter Ivanka, who faced criticism this weekend as she briefly took his seat at the Group of 20 Summit. ‘When I left Conference Room for short meetings with Japan and other countries, I asked Ivanka to hold seat. Very […]
7/10/2017
ETHICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “President Donald Trump’s eldest son arranged a June 2016 meeting between top campaign aides and a Russian lawyer who has been linked to the Kremlin after being told she ‘might have information helpful to the campaign.’ In a statement Sunday, Donald Trump Jr. said he didn’t know the lawyer’s name before the […]
7/10/2017
ETHICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “The Kremlin on Monday [7-10-17] said it was unaware of a 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer purported to have information that could potentially damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. President Trump’s eldest son said Sunday that Natalia Veselnitskaya, who represents business executives close to the Russian government had […]
7/10/2017
CYBERWAR/FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA: “A joint Russian-U.S. working group on cyber security, proposed by President Vladimir Putin in a discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump in Hamburg, is unlikely to be launched any time soon, a Russian official said on Monday [7-10-17]. ‘President Putin proposed forming a working group. This does not mean that it should start […]
7/10/2017
DRUGS/FDA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SCOTT GOTTLIEB: “Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is calling for his agency to institute rigorous new safety standards for how immediate-release opioids are prescribed, in an effort to curb the nation’s opioid crisis. Dr. Gottlieb, in a talk kicking off an FDA workshop of public-health officials on painkiller safety and abuse, said […]
7/10/2017
NATO/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/TURKEY/REX TILLERSON: “U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday [7-10-17] acknowledged severe strains in U.S.-Turkey relations, although he said he is hopeful of mending ties with the NATO ally and partner in the anti-Islamic State coalition. He also said he hoped that the U.S. and Turkey could replicate an agreement reached last week […]
7/10/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is back from a trip that highlighted his isolation abroad to confront political storms in Washington over Russia and Obamacare that have only grown more intense in his absence. The President will be called upon to rescue a Republican push to repeal Obamacare that now appears to be in […]
7/10/2017
FAKE NEWS/CLINTONS: “If Chelsea Clinton were asked to hold the seat for her mother,as her mother gave our country away, the Fake News would say CHELSEA FOR PRES!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 10, 2017 06:47am […]
7/10/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “When I left Conference Room for short meetings with Japan and other countries, I asked Ivanka to hold seat. Very standard. Angela M agrees!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 10, 2017 06:31am […]
7/10/2017
HEALTHCARE/POLITICS: “I cannot imagine that Congress would dare to leave Washington without a beautiful new HealthCare bill fully approved and ready to go!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 10, 2017 05:47am […]
7/10/2017
JAMES COMEY/MEDIA: “James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 10, 2017 05:40am […]
7/9/2017
MIKE PENCE: “Vice President Mike Pence has been courting scores of the country’s most influential donors, corporate executives and conservative political leaders over the past several months in a series of private gatherings and one-on-one conversations. The centerpiece of the effort is a string of dinners held every few weeks at the vice president’s official […]
7/9/2017
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump tried without success on Sunday [7-9-17] to put the matter of Russia’s election meddling behind him, insisting that he had ‘strongly pressed’ President Vladimir V. Putin on the matter twice in a private meeting last week and declaring that it was ‘time to move forward.’ But if Mr. Trump […]
7/9/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Europeans have stopped trying to paper over their differences with President Trump and the United States. Traditionally respectful of American leadership and mindful of the country’s crucial role in European defense and global trade, European leaders normally repress or soften their criticism of United States presidents. Europeans were generally not […]
7/9/2017
CYBERWAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The fact that President Putin and I discussed a Cyber Security unit doesn’t mean I think it can happen. It can’t-but a ceasefire can,& did!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 9, 2017 07:45pm […]
7/9/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Republicans returning from a July 4 recess are so divided over a health-overhaul bill that they are also struggling to agree on what to do if they fail to pass their legislation. Some conservative lawmakers say an implosion of the Republican legislation would give them a chance to return to their goal of […]
7/9/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SYRIA: “Syrian ceasefire seems to be holding. Many lives can be saved. Came out of meeting. Good!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 9, 2017 03:09pm […]
7/9/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For years, even as a ‘civilian,’ I listened as Republicans pushed the Repeal and Replace of ObamaCare. Now they finally have their chance!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 9, 2017 03:07pm […]
7/9/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Through marathon meetings and dinners at the Group of 20 summit, various world leaders sought to coax America’s new president to accept core tenets of the internationalist order they embrace, including commitment to free trade and tough environmental regulation. He barely budged. In his second foreign trip, President Donald […]
7/9/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON/UKRAINE: “U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Sunday [7-9-17] with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, a visit that telegraphs U.S. support to Kiev after President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In an appearance with Mr. Poroshenko in Kiev, Mr. Tillerson said the Trump administration was looking for a […]
7/9/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/POLAND/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In Warsaw, crowds waved American flags. In Germany, cartoonish effigies of the American President were hoisted instead. For President Donald Trump, a second foreign trip was again a study in contrasts, the quick-shifting reaction to his controversial tenure encapsulating the divided world he and other leaders at the G20 summit confront. […]
7/9/2017
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Leading central banks plan to withdraw some of the stimulus measures they have put in place since the financial crisis. But their timing seems a little puzzling: Inflation, which is already below their targets, is falling world-wide. The decline in inflation is a mystery since the global economy appears to be growing […]
7/9/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If fireworks erupt at Wednesday’s [7-12-17] confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next FBI director, they aren’t likely to be sparked by the nominee, Christopher Wray, a former Justice Department official known as a workhorse who eschews the spotlight. Many current and former FBI agents say that is […]
7/9/2017
DONALDISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/NVDVRrWLs4” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 9, 2017 07:57am […]
7/9/2017
RUSSIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sanctions were not discussed at my meeting with President Putin. Nothing will be done until the Ukrainian & Syrian problems are solved!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 9, 2017 07:31am […]
7/9/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s ability to land his first major legislative achievement, on health care, now rests with a Republican who kept a studied distance from the party’s nominee during the campaign and since: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Kentuckian didn’t campaign with the president and rarely mentioned him. Shortly before the […]