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Wednesday 15 May 2019
The attorney general joked about the House Judiciary Committee's finding that he should be held in contempt of Congress.
Monday 1 April 2019
...senior Trump administration officials granted security clearances to at least 25 individuals whose applications had been denied by career employees for “disqualifying issues”
Tricia Newbold says as many as 25 White House officials were granted clearances after initially being denied.
Tuesday 26 March 2019
A pair of subpoenas for testimony to a federal grand jury in Manhattan were among the files released under Foia law
Thursday 21 March 2019
...all of the laws and appointments passed by legislators were unlawful because they met in what's known as an "extraordinary session," which isn't explicitly allowed under the state's constitution.
Monday 18 March 2019
Time after time, with the support of two different chief executives, the bank handed money — a total of well over $2 billion — to a man whom nearly all other banks had deemed untouchable.
...federal agents scoured Elliott Broidy’s office for documents related to China, Saudi Arabia and a Miami Beach club promoter.
Saturday 16 March 2019
Ms. Yang was little known outside southern Florida until her name became associated with the arrest last month of Robert K. Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, in a prostitution sting at a Jupiter massage parlor.
Wednesday 27 February 2019
India confirmed the loss of one MiG21 fighter and said its pilot was missing in action.
Monday 25 February 2019
It was the first time that Indian aircraft had crossed the Kashmir Line of Control to strike in decades. But it was unclear what, if anything, the attack jets hit on the Pakistani side
Sunday 24 February 2019
...saying that excluding women is no longer justified because they can now serve in combat roles just as men do.
Saturday 23 February 2019
“Patience is exhausted, I can’t bare it anymore, we can’t keep putting up with Colombian territory being used for attacks against Venezuela.”
Thursday 21 February 2019
...a threat it has made before but now seems more determined to carry out in the wake of a suicide bomb attack last week for which India has blamed Pakistan.
...part of his escalating effort to stop opponents from sending humanitarian aid into his poverty-stricken country.
Not even the interns are exempt from the legally dubious rite of passage that is signing a Trump NDA.
Wednesday 20 February 2019
“I don’t know which report you’re talking about. We have many reports.”
Bloomberg said the bank's executive board was "leery of the public relations disaster they would face if they went after the assets of a sitting president."
The president has selected Jeffrey Rosen to take over for Rod Rosenstein as the No. 2 official at the DOJ.
Tuesday 19 February 2019
Known as Space Policy Directive 4 (SPD-4), the directive orders the Pentagon draft legislation for Congress that would create the Space Force as a part of the U.S. Air Force.
The administration is responding in part to a reported hanging of a young gay man in Iran, Trump’s top geopolitical foe.
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Washington, of course, already hosts major 4th of July parade. Called America's National Independence Day Parade
Guzmán has been found guilty on all 10 counts at his drug-trafficking trial at a federal court in New York.
"We have a line that is very long already ... And I understand our competition's got a line, too, but it's a tiny, little line."
Thursday 7 February 2019
...after he threatened to not show up following the panel’s warning that it could subpoena him.
Wednesday 6 February 2019
Pelosi says [...] Trump's suggestion [...] that lawmakers abandon their investigations of the administration is a "threat" that has no place in Congress.
"If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation. It just doesn't work that way!"
Instead of applause, Trump was met with steely silence.
Tuesday 5 February 2019
The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York subpoenaed the inaugural committee on Monday.
Saturday 2 February 2019
Among their concerns was that if Mr. Trump won the election and then defaulted, Deutsche Bank would have to choose between not collecting on the debt or seizing the assets of the president of the United States.
Friday 1 February 2019
Thursday 31 January 2019
So far this week, Mr Trump’s calendar showed he took part in one intelligence briefing, a lunch with vice-president Mike Pence, and a private Trump campaign fundraiser at his own Washington hotel.
Thursday 24 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 34
On one hand, with the situation spiraling out of control, it feels impossible that the status quo could continue. On the other, the same could have been said one, two or even three years ago
Wednesday 23 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 33
Guaido’s declaration takes Venezuela into uncharted territory, with the possibility of the opposition now running a parallel government recognized abroad as legitimate but without control over state functions.
Tuesday 22 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 32
Friday 18 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 28
Democratic lawmakers’ aides are discussing how to divide up the investigative work among committees and prevent overlap on requesting documents
Wednesday 16 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 26
Investigators monitored the man for months, and then arrested him when he tried to buy weapons from an undercover F.B.I. employee
Monday 7 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 17
...it’s noteworthy that just a few years ago, the networks were comfortable refusing to air a primetime Barack Obama speech about immigration on the grounds that the topic was “overtly political.”
...potentially pushing his high-profile appearance until after a permanent replacement has already been confirmed
But thanks largely to free-market forces, more coal-fired power plants have been deactivated in Trump's first two years in office then in Obama's entire first term.
Sunday 6 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 16
Trump said on Sunday he was in no hurry to find permanent replacements for one-quarter of his Cabinet currently serving in an acting capacity because it gives him “more flexibility.”
Saturday 5 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 15
"With so many leadership gaps in the building, and so much uncertainty about future leadership, this will just add to the growing sense of instability in an institution that thrives on predictability."
Thursday 3 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 13
...potentially bypassing more hawkish Republicans whose names have been floated to replace Jim Mattis.
But on Thursday, if only for a few hours, the dark clouds of divisive politics parted long enough for a peaceful transition of power from Republicans to Democrats
A new era of divided government arrived in Washington on Thursday, as Democrats took control of the House amid a partial government shutdown
Wednesday 2 January 2019
Government Shutdown Day 12
The pending judicial nominations will be sent back to the White House, where a majority of them are expected to be re-nominated in the coming days.
Trump boasted that he had “essentially” fired Mattis by moving up the four-star general’s departure date by two months.
Friday 28 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 7
In recent years, lame-duck bills to strip authority from newly elected Democrats have become part of the partisan playbook in Republican-controlled states.
Thursday 27 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 6
In addition to implying that U.S. troops were “suckers” before he came along, Trump also used his remarks in Iraq to push his political agenda back home.
Wednesday 26 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 5
"It is in fact a campaign slogan, that is a campaign item, and it is completely inappropriate for the troops to do this"
Monday 24 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 3
The House changeover is giving new life to calls by some lawmakers to reexamine the sweeping authority that Congress granted the president 17 years ago.
Sunday 23 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 2
Trump’s sudden announcement that he was firing a man who had already quit was the exclamation point to a tumultuous week at the Pentagon
Saturday 22 December 2018
Government Shutdown Day 1
The act was due to expire on Sept. 30 and on Dec. 7 but received a last-minute reprieve each time.
Thursday 20 December 2018
"One core belief I have always held is that our strength as a nation is inextricably linked to the strength of our unique and comprehensive system of alliances and partnerships. While the US remains the indispensable nation in the free world, we cannot protect our interests or serve that role effectively without maintaining strong alliances and showing respect to those allies."
...in protest of President Trump’s decision to withdraw 2,000 American troops from Syria,
Saturday 15 December 2018
Critics said the proposal amounted to gerrymandering
Friday 14 December 2018
“Yes, I am supporting Donald Trump, but I’m doing so despite the fact that I think he’s a terrible human being”
GOP lawmakers approved them in September so they could be more easily altered after the election with simple majority votes rather than the three-fourths support that would have been needed if voters had passed the proposals.
Thursday 13 December 2018
“Each of the threats was received via email, requesting bitcoin ransom, but we have no knowledge that anyone has complied with the transaction demands”
Probe looking into whether committee misspent funds and top donors gave money in exchange for access to the administration
But it did not attribute the missing texts to malicious intent on behalf of the two but rather a technology failure by the FBI’s tool meant to sweep up text messages
There’s no evidence of any actual explosives being placed or detonated, but it’s still caused numerous evacuations and law enforcement investigations
Dozens of institutions across the country received email threats Thursday afternoon, prompting evacuations and sweeps of buildings.
...but he refused to reveal who's now on the short-list.
"AMI admitted that it made the $150,000 payment in concert with a candidate's presidential campaign"
...creating a dynamic in which intelligence analysts frequently see troubling gaps between the president's public statements and the facts laid out for him in daily briefings.
Wednesday 12 December 2018
The deal, lawmakers announced, would take a variety of steps to change how Congress deals with sexual harassment, including publicly naming members who are personally liable.
The media company [...] admitted to "working in concert" with the Trump campaign to pay off a woman who said she had an affair with Mr. Trump in order to squash her story
Tuesday 11 December 2018
If the legislation passes, it could be a rare bipartisan policy achievement for this Congress and the largest sentencing overhaul in decades.
Trump has become increasingly concerned in recent weeks about what his administration is facing come January
Monday 10 December 2018
Several of his aides expressed frustration that months of intense campaigning to replace John F. Kelly [...] resulted in yet another chaotic staffing scramble in a White House splintered by factions and rife with turnover.
Sunday 9 December 2018
The decision leaves Mr. Trump to contend with fresh uncertainty as he enters the 2020 campaign amid growing danger from the Russia investigation and from Democrats who have vowed tougher oversight
Friday 7 December 2018
Democrat Dan McCready would be favored to win a special election if one is called, strategists in both parties say.
Trump on Friday said he intended to nominate William P. Barr, who served as attorney general during the first Bush administration from 1991 to 1993, to return as head of the Justice Department.
Thursday 6 December 2018
Nauert, 48, is an unusual choice for the UN role given that she had little experience in government or foreign policy before joining the administration in April 2017 after several years as an anchor and correspondent for Fox News, including on the “Fox and Friends” show watched by Trump.
The president has left top officials in a state of limbo and top jobs without permanent occupants, creating 'a sense of chaos.'
Tuesday 4 December 2018
After a two-month delay, the conservative legal activist Pat Cipollone will start his job Monday, according to two sources.
Party officials would not say when the hack began or who was behind it, although they privately believe it was a foreign agent due to the nature of the attack.
Less than a month after the midterm elections, Republican state lawmakers in Wisconsin and Michigan are working to limit the powers of newly elected Democrats in statewide office.
Monday 3 December 2018
Michigan’s Republican-led legislature is also trying to disempower the state’s newly-elected Democratic governor
“They lost and they’re throwing a fit.”
Sunday 2 December 2018
But now a cadre of G.O.P. lawmakers are speaking out and urging party officials to come to terms with why their 23-seat majority unraveled so spectacularly and Democrats gained the most seats they had since 1974.
Friday 30 November 2018
His death, which was announced by his office, came less than eight months after that of his wife of 73 years, Barbara Bush.
Democrats will take up voting rights, campaign finance reform, and a lobbying crackdown — all in their first bill of the year.
Thursday 29 November 2018
Senate Republicans are grumbling over Jeff Flake’s vow to oppose judicial nominees until he gets a vote to protect the Mueller probe.
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Pelosi overwhelmingly won the Democratic nomination on Wednesday to be speaker when the new Congress convenes in January, but the defection of 32 Democrats signaled that she could still face a divisive fight to lead the House
Thursday 22 November 2018
“This country is so much stronger now than it was when I took office and you wouldn’t believe it and when you see it, we’ve gotten so much stronger people don’t even believe it,” Trump told the press at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida
Monday 19 November 2018
GOP governors and legislators on their way out the door are trying to poison the water for incoming Democrats
Friday 2 November 2018
It's the second time he has canceled plans to visit the South American country.
Thursday 1 November 2018
"It's time we forget about 'restraint', 'measured responses', 'procedural justice', 'de-escalation', 'stigma-reduction', and other feel-good BS that is getting our officers killed"
Tuesday 23 October 2018
Monday's rally marked a rare instance where Trump explicitly described himself as a "nationalist"
...his Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams’ voter turnout operation “continues to concern us, especially if everybody uses and exercises their right to vote”
Monday 22 October 2018
The president has long declared himself an opponent of so-called “globalism” and has taken steps to remove the United States from a number of international treaties.
Sunday 21 October 2018
The Trump administration is considering narrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth
Thursday 18 October 2018
...ending a tumultuous 21-month tenure during which he spearheaded some of President Trump’s most significant political accomplishments, including two appointments to the Supreme Court
Wednesday 17 October 2018
Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley insisted on holding a confirmation hearing for six federal judges on Wednesday, even though he himself — and the majority of the committee — weren’t able to attend.
Monday 15 October 2018
“Are you willing to disrupt the Western alliance? … It’s kept the peace for 70 years,” Stahl noted. “You don’t know that,” Trump shot back.
Sunday 14 October 2018
...in which he portrayed himself as an isolated but eminently empowered commander in chief.
Saturday 13 October 2018
It's a court that has ruled against him on the travel ban, his proposed ban on transgender soldiers in the military, and sanctuary cities
Friday 12 October 2018
Democrats agreed to approve another 15 Trump-nominated judges on Thursday to allow vulnerable red-state lawmakers to return home and campaign,
Thursday 11 October 2018
The nomination was approved by the committee by an 11-10 vote.
...because they’re no longer bringing in high ratings.
Tuesday 2 October 2018
A spokesperson for The Times said in a statement Tuesday afternoon that the story Bazelon contributed to was "straightforward, fact-based and we fully stand behind it."
Tuesday 25 September 2018
"In less than two years, my administration has accomplished almost more than any other administration in the history of our country," Trump said at the top of his address, which prompted audible laughter in the hall.
"Didn't expect that reaction but that's OK," he responded.
Tuesday 11 September 2018
Monday 10 September 2018
Bolton [...] will lay out a new campaign Monday to punish countries and individuals that try to prosecute American personnel, the US or its allies -- in particular Israel -- at the ICC
Saturday 8 September 2018
The Trump administration held secret meetings with rebellious military officers from Venezuela over the last year to discuss their plans to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro
Saturday 1 September 2018
Doctors and scientists say microwave strikes may have caused sonic delusions and very real brain damage among embassy staff and family members.
Thursday 30 August 2018
It is not known how much of the material on Mr. Trump is still in American Media’s possession or whether American Media destroyed any of it after the campaign.
Friday 24 August 2018
State charges against the company or its executives could be significant because Mr. Trump has talked about pardoning some of his current or former aides who have faced federal charges. As president, he has no power to pardon people and corporate entities convicted of state crimes.
"She was also the campaign manager, so whatever she did that'll be looked at too, I'm sure," Hunter said of his wife, Margaret. "But I didn't do it. I didn't spend any money illegally."
Thursday 23 August 2018
While Hunter initially resisted the idea, he finally agreed “to be temporarily removed” from his committee positions
Reality Winner, 26, was accused of taking a report about a 2016 Russian military intelligence cyberattack from the NSA facility where she worked and sending it to an online news outlet.
Wednesday 22 August 2018
Because Hunter is refusing to give up his committee assignments following the indictment, the House GOP Steering Committee will move to strip him of his assignments
It took the White House less than a day to use Tibbetts’s murder to push Trump’s immigration agenda.
Tuesday 21 August 2018
Hunter and his wife were charged Tuesday with using more than $250,000 in campaign funds to finance family trips to Italy and Hawaii, golf outings, school tuition, theater tickets — even fast food purchases — and attempting to disguise the illegal spending in federal records
Friday 17 August 2018
Trump has told advisers that he is eager to strip more security clearances as part of an escalating attack against people who have criticized him or played a role in the investigation of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign
Retreating from his parade plans, the president also took a jab at the local government in Washington, saying the city is “poorly” run.
Thursday 16 August 2018
That’s why the president revoked my security clearance: to try to silence anyone who would dare challenge him.
He confessed that his true motivation for revoking former CIA director John Brennan’s security clearance was the “rigged witch hunt” that Brennan once “led.”
...alleging religious discrimination over his refusal to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Brennan [...] has emerged as one of Trump’s fiercest critics, denouncing his performance at a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last month as “treasonous.”
Tuesday 14 August 2018
The press secretary “can’t guarantee” the president didn’t use a racial slur, but she would like everyone to note that Trump has been better for African-Americans than Obama.
Friday 10 August 2018
“water treatment was applied”
“Inflation has been climbing and wage growth, meanwhile, has been flat as a pancake”
Thursday 2 August 2018
The protests began on July 16 after Trump made controversial comments he later clarified that appeared to support Russia's explanation for election meddling over the conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies.
Monday 23 July 2018
The White House is eyeing clearances held by former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former NSA Director Michael Hayden, former national security adviser Susan Rice and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe
In an unusual move, Paul wrote Monday morning that he would meet with Trump to discuss allegations that Brennan is "monetizing his security clearance" and "making millions of dollars divulging secrets to mainstream media."
Friday 20 July 2018
Footage captured from the Friday protest shows protesters standing along the White House fence holding signs that read "Treason" as the hip hop band performs.
Sunday 1 April 2018
The White House has said Shulkin resigned from the VA. But pressed by moderator Chuck Todd on the nature of his departure, Shulkin denied he was asked to submit a letter of resignation.
Wednesday 28 March 2018
I have been falsely accused of things by people who wanted me out of the way. But despite these politically based attacks on me and my family’s character, I am proud of my record and know that I acted with the utmost integrity. Unfortunately, none of that mattered.
Shulkin has been under fire after an internal watchdog report revealed that the VA had improperly approved taxpayers footing the bill for a trip Shulkin's wife took with him to Europe last year.
Tuesday 20 March 2018
A law enforcement official said that the package was addressed to Austin and was believed to be connected to the other packages under investigation. It contained shrapnel like the other packages
Monday 19 March 2018
“If we don’t get tougher on drug dealers, we are wasting our time,” Mr. Trump said, later adding, “That toughness includes the death penalty”
He also said: "It has to happen without anyone thinking, 'that's propaganda,' because the moment you think 'that's propaganda,' the next question is: 'Who's put that out?'"
Much of diGenova's commentary has described a vast law-enforcement conspiracy to take down Trump.
Sunday 18 March 2018
In the early months of the administration, at the behest of now-President Trump, who was furious over leaks from within the White House, senior White House staff members were asked to, and did, sign nondisclosure agreements vowing not to reveal confidential information and exposing them to damages for any violation.
Friday 16 March 2018
And the purge at the top may not be over. Mr. Trump, who is famously fickle, appears to have soured on additional members of his senior leadership team — and his frequent mulling about making changes has some people around him convinced that he could act soon.
Thursday 15 March 2018
A background investigation found that McEntee bet tens of thousands of dollars at a time, making him unsuitable for a sensitive position close to the president
Wednesday 14 March 2018
The FBI office that handles employee discipline has recommended firing the bureau’s former deputy director over allegations that he authorized the disclosure of sensitive information to a reporter and misled investigators when asked about it
Trump offered the job to Kudlow, an economic analyst and television personality, over the phone Tuesday night while Kudlow was at dinner in Manhattan, and he accepted
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Tuesday 6 March 2018
But his decision to leave came after he seemed poised to lose an internal struggle amid a Wild West-style process over Mr. Trump’s plan to impose large tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
Sunday 4 March 2018
The core of the new bill exempts about two dozen financial companies with assets between $50 billion and $250 billion from the highest levels of scrutiny by the Federal Reserve
Thursday 1 March 2018
"Some countries have a very, very tough penalty — the ultimate penalty — and by the way, they have much less of a drug problem than we do"
Wednesday 28 February 2018
Ms. Hicks, 29, a former model who joined Mr. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign without any experience in politics, became known as one of the few aides who understood Mr. Trump’s personality and style and could challenge the president to change his views.
Wednesday 21 February 2018
In fuller context, it’s a little less ridiculous than that. Belcher had previously represented this district in the state legislature, lost a very narrow 50.4-49.6 race in 2016; then the man who defeated her, Dan Johnson, killed himself while under a cloud of sexual assault allegations.
Friday 16 February 2018
“Incredible job, and everybody is talking about it,” Trump said of the response
By 8:50 p.m, the president’s motorcade was rolling north to his palatial coastal estate called Mar-a-Lago.
Wednesday 14 February 2018
Trump broke days of silence on the matter of spousal abuse, saying on Wednesday he was opposed to all manner of domestic violence.
"I'm totally opposed to domestic violence. And everybody here knows that ... I'm totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind. Everyone knows that. And it almost wouldn't even have to be said. So, now you hear it, but you all know."
Gowdy’s probe encompasses the larger question of whether more White House officials are working with temporary security clearances, indicating potential vetting problems.
Tuesday 13 February 2018
But the email nonetheless indicates that officials in the personnel security office — and perhaps others in the White House — were aware as far back as last year of the potential pitfalls of overreliance on interim security clearances
FBI Director Chris Wray said Tuesday that the bureau completed its background investigation of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter last year, contradicting the White House's assertion that the FBI “process” was ongoing.
Tuesday 30 January 2018
Speaking to a joint session of Congress, Mr. Trump hailed what he called the “extraordinary success” of his administration’s first year, and largely steered clear of the nationalist rhetoric, political attacks and confrontational tone that have been his calling cards both as a candidate and as a commander in chief.
Monday 29 January 2018
Andrew G. McCabe abruptly stepped down on Monday as the F.B.I.’s deputy director after months of withering criticism from President Trump, telling friends he felt pressure from the head of the bureau to leave
Saturday 20 January 2018
Government Shutdown Day 1
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marked the first anniversary of the national women's march in cities across the country on Saturday, vowing that last year's massive turnout was only the first stage of a movement protesting President Donald Trump
Monday 15 January 2018
South Africa’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday that it planned to call on the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires on Monday to provide an opportunity “to explain the statement that African countries constitute ‘shitholes’ from where migrants into the United States are undesirable.”
Thursday 11 January 2018
The bill reauthorizes for six years a powerful government authority to conduct foreign surveillance on U.S. soil.
CMS ... outlined the criteria it would use to approve state employment proposals that would require able-bodied, working-age Medicaid enrollees to get a job or participate in a related activity like job training for at least 20 hours a week in order to keep their health coverage.
Wednesday 10 January 2018
"A ‘gerrymander’ is by definition and common understanding, a strange looking ‘monster’ drawing. This map is clearly not that"
There are now 31 Republicans who will not seek re-election in November: 19 who are retiring outright and another 12 who are running for higher office.
The last time a party had nearly that many members retire during a midterm year was in 1994 when 28 Democrats left, and the GOP subsequently took back control of Congress in the Republican Revolution.
Friday 5 January 2018
The Trump administration finally crossed the line for some members of Congress this week, provoking bipartisan umbrage and accompanying pledges to hold top officials accountable.
Many thought the day had been far too long in coming. Few thought the galvanizing issue would be weed.
Thursday 4 January 2018
The legal notice — addressed to author Michael Wolff and the president of the book’s publisher — said Trump’s lawyers were pursuing possible charges including libel in connection with the forthcoming book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.”
The Justice Department is expected to rescind an Obama-era policy of discouraging federal prosecutors from bringing charges of marijuana-related crimes in states that had legalized sales of the drug.
Wednesday 3 January 2018
“The security and integrity of the technology systems at the White House is a top priority for the Trump administration and therefore starting next week the use of all personal devices for both guests and staff will no longer be allowed in the West Wing”
Tuesday 2 January 2018
Orrin Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator, announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection in November. The move sets the stage for a likely run for his Utah seat by former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
The president's reference Tuesday to "Deep State Justice Dept" suggests that federal law enforcement is part of an entrenched bureaucracy that Trump and his supporters say didn't want him to be elected and is actively working to undermine his presidency.
Friday 22 December 2017
Current and former F.B.I. officials say Mr. Trump’s criticisms, and those of normally supportive Republican members of Congress, have damaged morale in some quarters of the bureau. Senior agents have expressed fear that if their names appear in the news media, they will be singled out for attack by politicians.
Neither Republicans nor Democrats are united over how to limit the authority to conduct foreign surveillance on U.S. soil, particularly when it comes to the question of when law enforcement officials can scour the collected surveillance for information about Americans.
The refusal to play ball will prolong key vacancies throughout the administration, but Democrats complain many of the picks are unqualified.
Wednesday 20 December 2017
“As you consider your vote, I want you to know that the president and U.S. take this vote personally.”
Tuesday 19 December 2017
All of the petitions ... disappeared from Petitions.WhiteHouse.Gov as part of what a statement posted on the site said was part of a maintenance effort to improve its performance.
The statement said that the site, as well as all of its existing petitions, would be restored by the end of January.
Friday 15 December 2017
No, he had not ever handled a jury trial, or even a bench trial. In fact, he had not handled any civil or criminal trials at all, in either state or federal court.
No, he had never argued a motion in state court.
No, he could not define the Daubert standard, a well-known standard (among lawyers, anyway) for admitting expert testimony. Nor could he explain a motion in limine, a formal request to exclude certain kinds of evidence.
Saturday 9 December 2017
The change in plans came after Trump’s visit to the museum, which honors civil rights martyrs, drew criticism from those who marched in the rights movement.
Friday 8 December 2017
"Beginning in 2018, our audits will occur annually, with reports issued Nov. 15"
Thursday 7 December 2017
John Lewis, the civil rights leader and Democratic congressman from Georgia, said Thursday that he would not attend opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum this weekend because President Trump would be there.
Saturday 2 December 2017
Democrats are so far refusing to commit to helping Republicans pass a spending bill, ticking off a list of long-simmering political issues like protections for Dreamers, or young undocumented immigrants, and funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Thursday 30 November 2017
Trump’s mixed messages on a partial government shutdown could hamper the ability of congressional Republicans to negotiate with Democrats, whose support they need to pass spending legislation in coming weeks.
Saturday 25 November 2017
Leadership of the agency was thrown into doubt on an otherwise slow holiday weekend after President Trump and the CFPB’s outgoing head both named acting directors to head the regulatory watchdog.
Friday 24 November 2017
Monday 20 November 2017
Yellen's departure will mean the loss of decades of institutional knowledge. She has been part of the central bank’s leadership since 1994
Saturday 18 November 2017
Many world leaders say they have no illusions that they can avoid the White House on critical issues at the core of global stability, especially those related to security. But they have embraced efforts by Democratic governors and mayors to present a different face of U.S. power to the world
Monday 13 November 2017
Duterte's spokesman Harry Roque told CNN, however, that the topic "was not brought up," adding that Duterte brought up the "drug menace" in the Philippines and that Trump "appeared sympathetic and did not have any official position on the matter but was merely nodding his head."
Friday 10 November 2017
Based on the detection from monitoring stations and meteorological data, the mysterious cloud — which has since dissipated — has been traced to somewhere along the Russia-Kazakhstan border
Brett J. Talley, President Trump’s nominee to be a federal judge in Alabama, has never tried a case, was unanimously rated “not qualified” by the American Bar Assn.’s judicial rating committee, has practiced law for only three years and, as a blogger last year, displayed a degree of partisanship unusual for a judicial nominee
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee, on a party-line vote, approved him for a lifetime appointment to the federal bench.
Tuesday 7 November 2017
A Democratic Senator ... wants answers ... about why a career prosecutor was asked to resign days before a special counsel unveiled the first criminal charges in an investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election.
Tuesday's wide victories came in one solidly Democratic state and another that's been leaning that way, making it potentially perilous to read too much into their results.
Sunday 5 November 2017
Saturday 4 November 2017
Former president George H.W. Bush mocked then-candidate Trump as a “blowhard” and voted for a Democratic president, while the younger Bush worried aloud that Trump would destroy the idea of a Republican president in all but name
Friday 3 November 2017
“The saddest thing is, because I am the President of the United States, I am not supposed to be involved with the Justice Department. I’m not supposed to be involved with the FBI. I’m not supposed to be doing the kind of things I would love to be doing. And I am very frustrated by that.”
Thursday 2 November 2017
Mr. Powell, a member of the Fed’s board of governors since 2012, has consistently voted with Ms. Yellen to slowly raise interest rates and sell off assets that the Fed bought up in the wake of the severe recession of 2008 and 2009. Colleagues consider him a centrist and pragmatist.
Wednesday 1 November 2017
But the difference in reactions from President Trump reflects his perceptions of the sorts of threat each perpetrator represents, not the actual damage done.
On the morning after the deadliest terrorist attack on New York since Sept. 11, 2001, the president's public comments were based not on information from high-level briefings but on the chatter of cable news commentators providing incomplete facts.
Monday 30 October 2017
The points made in the pieces in the Journal, owned by Rupert Murdoch, not only tracked with White House talking points but were similar to those being hawked on other Murdoch properties, including the New York Post and Fox News.
Saturday 28 October 2017
Tuesday 24 October 2017
...an evenly divided Senate voted to give broad lawsuit immunity to credit card companies, auto lenders, credit reporting companies like Equifax, and many other financial firms. The 50-50 tie in the Senate was broken by Vice President Mike Pence (R), and the House approved the lawsuit immunity measure.
Flake made his announcement in an extraordinary 17-minute speech in which he challenged not only the president but also his party’s leadership. He deplored the “casual undermining of our democratic ideals” and “the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms and institutions, the flagrant disregard for truth and decency” that he said had become prevalent in American politics in the era of Mr. Trump.
The Tennessee Republican offers a prediction: 'I think the debasement of our nation will be what he'll be remembered most for.'
Sunday 22 October 2017
The U.S. Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert, a status not seen since the Cold War ended in 1991.
Friday 20 October 2017
The inconsistencies are at the heart of why the Pentagon has not been forthcoming with details about what happened in Niger
...to have unconfirmed nominees show up for work appears to skirt the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which prohibits most people who have been nominated to fill a vacant government position from performing that office’s duties in an acting capacity.
Thursday 19 October 2017
If anything, Flake is determined to make his campaign against Trump-aligned candidate Kelli Ward a referendum on the future of the Republican Party.
Wednesday 18 October 2017
He said, ‘Well, I guess you knew’ — something to the effect that ‘he knew what he was getting into when he signed up, but I guess it hurts anyway.’
Friday 6 October 2017
When pressed for more details, the president said, “you’ll find out”
Wednesday 4 October 2017
No one really knows exactly what drives the wild swings in Trump's behavior from one day to the next.
Monday 25 September 2017
Those comments, along with various eyebrow-raising but predictable vulgarities, can be found in a new, online archive of Trump’s 15 hours of radio banter with the shock jock.
Out of the blue, early in the morning September 5th, about 3 1/2 months after we had moved on, we received an email with a Dropbox link from an anonymous Yahoo account.
Sunday 24 September 2017
“It’s the same guy who couldn’t condemn violent neo-Nazis. And he’s condemning guys taking a knee during the anthem. There are bigger issues out there that he probably should be worried about. But for some reason the NFL is on his mind.”
Saturday 23 September 2017
We believe there is nothing more American than our citizens having the right to express themselves freely on matters important to them.
In lieu of a visit to the White Housse, we have decided that we'll constructively use our trip to the nation's capital in February to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion — the values that we embrace as an organization.
In a speech on Friday and a series of tweets on Saturday, he urged N.F.L. owners to fire players who do not stand for the national anthem, suggested that football is declining because it is not as violent as it once was and seemed to disinvite the N.B.A. champion Golden State Warriors from the traditional White House visit because of their star player Stephen Curry’s public opposition to him.
Friday 22 September 2017
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he’s fired. He’s FIRED!’ You know, some owner is gonna do that. He’s gonna say, ‘That guy disrespects our flag; he’s fired.’ And that owner, they don’t know it. They don’t know it. They’re friends of mine, many of them. They don’t know it. They’ll be the most popular person, for a week. They’ll be the most popular person in this country.”
Morale is low, the Russia investigations only seem to grow in scope, and constant churn at the top has left some staffers without patrons in a workplace known for back-biting and a tribal-like attitude.
Tuesday 19 September 2017
"The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea. Rocket Man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime."
"The Iran Deal was one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into. Frankly, that deal is an embarrassment to the United States, and I don’t think you’ve heard the last of it -- believe me."
"Major portions of the world are in conflict and some, in fact, are going to hell."
"The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented."
The president also threatens to "totally destroy" North Korea during his first United Nations address.
Monday 18 September 2017
...using his first moments at the world body to urge the 193-nation organization to reduce bureaucracy and costs while more clearly defining its mission around the world.
The photojournalist, David Carson, later tweeted that he’d spoken to the commander at the scene, who said that he did not hear the chant but that it was unacceptable and he would “deal with it.”
Saturday 16 September 2017
On Saturday alone, in addition to the Juggalo gathering, there was the Mother of All Rallies — an exhortation to the red-cap-wearing faithful to “take our country back” — and, blocks away, a counterprotest opposing white supremacy.
It seemed a potentially combustible mix, but clashes were limited to a few harsh words exchanged near some porta-potties
In some places, there has been an instinct to dismiss Mr. Trump as a bombastic, Twitter-obsessed political and diplomatic neophyte. “But the fact is you can’t write off the American president”
Thursday 31 August 2017
The controversial lawman was best known for his frequent Fox News appearances, his firebrand right-wing views, and his unwavering support for President Trump.
Sunday 27 August 2017
Last week, the Air Force announced major new contracts for an overhaul of the American nuclear force: $1.8 billion for initial development of a highly stealthy nuclear cruise missile, and nearly $700 million to begin replacing the 40-year-old Minuteman missiles in silos across the United States.
Trump plans to resume the transfer of surplus weapons, vehicles and other equipment from the nation’s military to its state and local law enforcement agencies, reviving a program which was sharply curtailed by President Barack Obama two years ago.
The giant forward steps we have taken in recent years on civil liberties and civil rights and human rights are being met by a ferocious pushback from the oldest and darkest forces in America.
We have an American president who has emboldened white supremacists with messages of comfort and support.
Saturday 26 August 2017
In the face of overwhelming popular and political opposition, a far-right activist canceled a press conference hastily scheduled for Saturday afternoon that some feared would provoke violent confrontations in the heart of San Francisco.
Friday 25 August 2017
Cohn lashed Trump’s comments earlier this month ... saying ... that “citizens standing up for equality and freedom can never be equated with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the KKK.”
...after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman last week publicly questioned the president's stability and competence.
Thursday 24 August 2017
Right before his departure, he was profiled ... as the staffer the White House pays “$89,000 a year to spot and distribute positive stories from the mainstream media.”
Wednesday 23 August 2017
“They’re trying to take away our culture. They are trying to take away our history,” Trump said. “And our weak leaders, they do it overnight . . . Weak, weak people.”
...to signal the city mourning the death of Heather Heyer, who was killed August 12 when a car plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters who had gathered to oppose a rally of white nationalist and other right-wing organizations.
Is Trump trying to heal the wounds of a country torn over this month’s deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville? Or is he trying to pull it further apart?
The Secret Service has agreed to stop erasing White House visitor log data while a lawsuit demanding public access to some of the information goes forward.
This follows an incident Monday in which the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with a merchant ship.
Tuesday 22 August 2017
“I can’t describe a Trump rally other than they’re the most fun things to go to”
...when he travels to Arizona for his first campaign rally since he caused an uproar with his remarks about a white nationalist demonstration in Virginia.
Saturday 19 August 2017
Tens of thousands of counterprotesters crammed Boston Common and marched through city streets Saturday morning in efforts to drown out the planned “free speech” rally that many feared would be attended by white-supremacist groups.
Friday 18 August 2017
“There was a deepening conflict of values between myself and the administration”
More than half of the members of the 15-person Digital Economy Board of Advisors, an expert board set up last year by the Obama administration to help the federal government navigate the digital economy, are known to have resigned this week
The members of Trump’s Arts Council left an intentional hidden message in their resignation letter: the first letter of each paragraph spells out R-E-S-I-S-T, a reference to a popular anti-Trump rallying cry.
Thursday 17 August 2017
Most of the statues were erected in the 1890s, as Jim Crow laws were being established, and in the 1950s, during a period of Southern resistance to the civil rights movement.
Wednesday 16 August 2017
The defections left Mr. Trump all but isolated from the business leaders whose approval he covets.
"I believe the initiative is no longer an effective vehicle for 3M to advance" its goals, Thulin said
Tuesday 15 August 2017
“What about the alt-left that came charging at the, as you say, the alt right? Do they have any semblance of guilt?”
“You had a group on one side and you had a group on the other,” Trump explained Tuesday, “and they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious and it was horrible, and it was a horrible thing to watch.”
He added: “I think there’s blame on both sides.”
Paul is joining Kenneth Frazier, the CEO of major pharmaceutical company Merck; Kevin Plank, the CEO of Under Armour; and Brian Krzanich, the CEO of Intel, who all resigned from the president’s council Monday.
Monday 14 August 2017
“In essence, the Search Warrant not only aims to identify the political dissidents of the current administration, but attempts to identify and understand what content each of these dissidents viewed on the website”
Trump, after two days of issuing equivocal statements, bowed to overwhelming pressure that he personally condemn white supremacists who incited bloody weekend demonstrations in Charlottesville.
...criticizing “racist violence” in remarks that were much more direct in their condemnation than his initial, widely panned response.
—Kenneth C. Frazier, Chairman and CEO, Merck
Sunday 13 August 2017
The Trump administration tried to reframe the president’s earlier, vague statement that blamed “many sides” for violence in Charlottesville
Friday 11 August 2017
Trump said he has “many options” for Venezuela, “including a possible military operation, if necessary.”
Tuesday 8 August 2017
It’s basically the opposite of a major government infrastructure program.
Sunday 6 August 2017
The change will allow Sinclair — a company known for injecting "must run" conservative segments into its local programming — to reach 72 percent of U.S. households after buying Tribune’s stations. That’s nearly double the congressionally imposed nationwide audience cap of 39 percent.
Thursday 3 August 2017
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), doing wrap up for the entire Senate, locked in nine "pro-forma" sessions — brief meetings that normally last roughly a minute.
The move, which requires the agreement of every senator, means the Senate will be in session every three business days throughout the August recess.
...bringing a historically unproductive period of governance to a close for Republicans, who failed to produce any major legislative achievements despite controlling Congress and the White House.
Monday 31 July 2017
Maduro said Monday evening he had no intention of deviating from his plans to rewrite the constitution and go after a string of enemies
Thursday 27 July 2017
A federal court is expected to rule soon on whether Texas intentionally discriminated against minorities and failed to draw enough minority-majority districts when it adopted its current congressional map.
Tuesday 25 July 2017
...standing before all 40,000 of them, he bragged about the “record” crowd size, bashed President Barack Obama, criticized the “fake media” and trashed Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. In the lengthy 35-minute speech, the president threatened to fire his Health and Human Services Secretary if he couldn’t convince members of Congress to vote for the Republican health-care bill.
Sunday 23 July 2017
Although nothing in the Constitution or federal law explicitly says presidents are immune from indictment while they remain in office, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel has asserted that they are.
A newly disclosed legal memo from the office of Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel who investigated President Clinton, challenges that analysis.
"President Clinton is subject to indictment and criminal prosecution, although it may be the case that he could not be imprisoned ... until after he leaves that office."
"If the framers of our Constitution wanted to create a special immunity for the President, they could have written the relevant clause. They certainly know how to write immunity clauses, for they write two immunity clauses that apply to Congress. But they wrote nothing to immunize the President."
Thursday 20 July 2017
White House reporters – and by extension the American public – have on more than this occasion received more detailed information about the president's conversations and whereabouts from foreign governments rather than from official channels in Washington.
Tuesday 18 July 2017
Yet on certain policy matters, Breitbart News is monitoring Trump’s follow-through and occasionally calling him out for not delivering what his base expected.
Wednesday 12 July 2017
...but would return from the break if the Senate passes its bill to repeal Obamacare.
Tuesday 11 July 2017
He is expected to say in his opening statement: “I will never allow the F.B.I.’s work to be driven by anything other than the facts, the law and the impartial pursuit of justice. Period.”
Saturday 8 July 2017
Trump later returned to take his place. "Ivanka didn't take the floor during her brief 'tenure'," one source said.
Thursday 6 July 2017
Tuesday 27 June 2017
Republicans now control the governorship and legislature in 25 states, compared to only six states for Democrats. Last November, the GOP seized all the levers of lawmaking in four new states – Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and New Hampshire – making it much easier to pass far-reaching legislation.
Saturday 17 June 2017
Clarke was expected to start in a role at DHS at the end of June
Friday 16 June 2017
The campaign and the early months of President Donald Trump’s presidency have been good for Donald Trump.
“Americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous ‘officials,’ particularly when they do not identify the country — let alone the branch or agency of government — with which the alleged sources supposedly are affiliated”
Trump has reportedly appointed a long-time Trump family supporter and event planner with no housing experience to oversee federal housing programs in New York.
Thursday 15 June 2017
The posts marked a dramatic shift in tone from the president, who spent Wednesday in a unifying mode following a shooting at a GOP congressional baseball practice in Virginia.
Tuesday 13 June 2017
Those who know Kasowitz say he is sometimes prone to exaggerating when regaling them with his exploits. But if true, his assertion adds to the mystery surrounding the motive and timing of Bharara’s firing.
Monday 12 June 2017
At first, I thought Trump was just going to have the new members of the Cabinet spend a few minutes praising him. NOPE! It soon became clear that Trump planned to have every Cabinet member speak. And when I say "speak" what I really mean is "praise Trump for his accomplishments, his foresight, his just being awesome."
Sunday 11 June 2017
...half a million Puerto Ricans voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to become America’s 51st state, in a flawed election most voters sat out.
Saturday 10 June 2017
An increasingly vocal anti-Muslim activist group is holding protest rallies in numerous cities across the country Saturday, marching in opposition to Islamic law, which the group believes is threatening American society.
Friday 9 June 2017
...to dismiss a lawsuit that accused President Trump of violating the Constitution by continuing to own and profit from his businesses, arguing in part that, even if he had broken the law, it would be up to Congress, not a federal judge, to act.
Thursday 8 June 2017
The vote is a significant step for a measure that still faces long odds of becoming law because of the slim majority that Republicans hold in the Senate.
Tuesday 6 June 2017
Haley used Venezuela's alleged human rights violations as an example of anti-Israel bias.
Monday 5 June 2017
Trump endorsed a proposal on Monday to privatize air traffic control ... But Mr. Trump’s announcement did not have any binding effect, and Democrats are all but certain to reject his proposal.
Friday 2 June 2017
...Richard V. Spencer, an investment banker and retired Marine aviator
Tuesday 30 May 2017
...in the first of what could be a series of changes to President Trump's senior staff amid the growing Russia scandal.
Saturday 27 May 2017
...citing "an unforeseen change" in the president's schedule.
Wednesday 24 May 2017
Trump called the meeting “great” and “fantastic.”
It was not immediately clear whether the expanded FBI director search was due to dissatisfaction with those interviewed, hurdles related to specific candidates, or several candidates taking themselves out of contention.
“I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem”
Monday 22 May 2017
An administration official who spoke to the president said he "seemed down more than angry," even though Trump defiantly tweeted that he was facing a “witch hunt.”
...he was pleased that he saw no protester with “a bad placard.”
Wednesday 17 May 2017
The trick is part of a range of techniques developed by officials to keep Mr Trump's infamously short attention span focused on important information.
At one point in the evening, Fox News host Bret Baier told viewers that “there are not Republicans willing to go on camera tonight as of yet.”
Saturday 13 May 2017
“Nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic. Because they’re people that can’t get the job done.”
And, as often happens with a party in peril, fingers were already being pointed over next year’s races.
Thursday 11 May 2017
Acting FBI director Andrew McCabe and other top U.S. intelligence officials are scheduled to testify before a congressional committee in a public hearing Thursday
Tuesday 9 May 2017
...gone also is his famous statement on “COMPELLING MEXICO TO PAY FOR THE WALL”; and the less-famous one comparing refugees to car payments; and the write-up of “TRUMP'S 'VERY GOOD' ECONOMIC SPEECH.”
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Monday 8 May 2017
Saturday 6 May 2017
Its legal basis, the FISA Amendments Act, is set to expire at the end of 2017.
...saying in a statement that his nomination had become a distraction because of “false and misleading attacks against me.”
Friday 5 May 2017
Sorry for the inconvenience, but I am unable to change any of the monitors to any other news source at this time.
Thursday 4 May 2017
...legislation that would gut much of the Dodd-Frank law, enacted by Democrats in the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession.
Wednesday 3 May 2017
Trump will direct the Internal Revenue Service to exercise “maximum enforcement discretion” so that religious organizations and other nonprofit groups are not subject to punishment for expressing political views during campaign seasons.
In the Trumpian psyche, it can’t be Trump’s personal failure or a failure of strategy. So who’s to blame? ... The problem is the constitution or more generally, democracy.
Tuesday 2 May 2017
On spending, on health care, on the border wall, Trump keeps on taking bullets for a divided Republican Party, and he hasn't won a thing.
Monday 1 May 2017
The White House is quietly starting to pull the plug on its shadow Cabinet of Trump loyalists who had been dispatched to federal agencies to serve as the president’s eyes and ears.
"It seems to be among the most bizarre recent 24 hours in American presidential history," said Douglas Brinkley, a presidential historian. "It was all just surreal disarray and a confused mental state from the president."
Trump says he likes the sense of power he gets working in the Oval Office
Sunday 30 April 2017
In a largely leaderless party, two distinct groups are emerging, defined mostly by age and national stature.
On one side are three potential candidates approaching celebrity status who would all be over 70 years old on Election Day: Mr. Biden, and Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
Competing against the Democrats’ senior cohort is a large and relatively shapeless set of younger candidates who span the ideological spectrum: governors, senators, mayors, wealthy executives and even members of the House.
It is not even clear, given the accusations of human rights abuses against him, that Mr. Duterte would be granted a visa to the United States were he not a head of state
...embracing an authoritarian leader who is accused of ordering extrajudicial killings of drug suspects and who crudely disparaged Mr. Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama.
Saturday 29 April 2017
"To bring your campaign speech into the presidency is something presidents rarely do ... This was the most divisive speech I've ever heard from a sitting American president."
It was like last year again, all lusty cheers and smiling faces, a refreshing tonic after three months of stubborn lawmakers, naysaying judges, carping protesters, frenetic days and lonely nights.
Democrats are defending a whopping 25 seats as compared to just eight for Republicans.
...it suggests a president, yet again, who doesn't agree with his own powers being limited or even questioned.
Friday 28 April 2017
...being put in charge of both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue has brought to the surface the long-standing divisions within the party, and tensions between the two houses of Congress.
There’s an element of surprise in Trump’s comments, a hint of bafflement that having responsibility for the welfare of 320 million people entwined in a global economy and international relationships might end up being trickier than running a real estate and branding shop from midtown Manhattan.
"I loved my previous life. I had so many things going," Trump told Reuters in an interview. "This is more work than in my previous life. I thought it would be easier."
Wednesday 26 April 2017
"There are many people that want to break up the 9th Circuit. It's outrageous."
Tuesday 25 April 2017
“Those who deny the Holocaust are complicit in it,” the president said.
A federal judge in California on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to withhold funding from cities that limit their cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
Monday 24 April 2017
...a conversation in which Trump bragged and boasted repeatedly — sometimes unprompted and using revisionist history — about what he's accomplished in his first 100 days as president.
Sunday 23 April 2017
...the Democratic Party is viewed as far more out of touch by Democrats than Trump or the GOP are by Republicans.
Still, despite these few bright spots, the polls point to mostly bad news for the president, as 56 percent say he doesn’t have the judgment to serve effectively as president, and 58 percent doubt his honesty and trustworthiness.
Friday 21 April 2017
Dr. Murthy has for years made headlines for calling gun violence a public health threat.
Thursday 20 April 2017
So perhaps it should surprise no one that so many lawmakers have chosen to avoid such outings with constituents during this two-week break
Wednesday 19 April 2017
Trump’s efforts to appear decisive and unequivocal in his responses to fast-moving global crises have been undercut by confusing and conflicting messages from within his administration.
The White House is now facing questions about why it was not clear about the carrier group’s whereabouts.
Tuesday 18 April 2017
The problem was that the carrier, the Carl Vinson, and the three other warships in its strike force were that very moment sailing in the opposite direction
Monday 17 April 2017
But despite concerns, all seemed to go off without a hitch.
Like his inauguration, Trump’s Easter Egg Roll lacked the additional star power on display during Obama’s presidency.
The drop was seen across every demographic group: women, men, millennials, baby boomers and people with political leanings of all kinds.
On Monday, the 139-year-old tradition continues, in whatever form the Trumps choose.
Sunday 16 April 2017
A news station called it “something resembling a war zone.” A woman told the Los Angeles Times that it was “more of a riot.”
Friday 14 April 2017
“You gotta knock the hell out of them — Boom! Boom! Boom!” Trump said of Islamic State terrorists at a January 2016 rally in Iowa, punctuating each “boom” with a punch of his fist.
...citing “grave national security risks and privacy concerns.”
Thursday 13 April 2017
...more and more often, it appears that the president is simply repeating the last thing he heard from an adviser, lobbyist, or head of state.
The investigation will focus on four major areas of interest, a GAO official wrote: federal ethics guidelines ...; the financial operation ...; conflicts of interest and financial-disclosure rules; and how the transition arranged ... contact with heads of foreign governments.
Two of those were related to keeping raw meat ... above the mandated maximum temperature of 41 degrees.
Wednesday 12 April 2017
Trump said he no longer wanted to label China a currency manipulator ... he no longer wanted to eliminate the Export-Import Bank. And he said that he might consider reappointing Janet Yellen as chairwoman of the Federal Reserve
So we're going to have a phenomenal tax reform. But I have to do health care first. I want to do it first to really do it right.
...he recently said that he'd like to put nonviolent drug offenders in some sort of “hospital-slash-prison.”
...under the new guidance, some agencies will wind up hiring more people, while others will end up "paring" the number of employees "even greater than they would have during the hiring freeze."
Monday 10 April 2017
A federal judge ruled on Monday that the voter identification law the Texas Legislature passed in 2011 was enacted with the intent to discriminate against black and Hispanic voters
“One hundred days is the marker, and we’ve got essentially two-and-a-half weeks to turn everything around,” said one White House official. "This is going to be a monumental task.”
Sunday 9 April 2017
The move follows Trump’s removal of chief White House strategist Stephen Bannon
Thursday 6 April 2017
A civil war between Donald Trump loyalists and establishment-minded Republicans is escalating throughout the federal government — and increasingly the president’s allies are losing.
To keep up, dozens of agents from New York and field offices across the country are being temporarily pulled off criminal investigations to serve two-week stints protecting members of the Trump family
There is precisely zero chance this is true. None. Zip. Nada. As journalists, we are trained to be circumspect — to always allow for the possibility of something we don't know to be 100 percent true. It's why journalists don't accuse Trump of lying when he says things that are clearly untrue.
Monday 3 April 2017
In the barrage of news surrounding President Donald Trump, one of the things his administration quietly did over the past few months was reopen the federal prison system to private prison companies.
Sunday 2 April 2017
Haley, a former South Carolina governor with no prior foreign policy experience, acting as a tough-talking bellwether of President Trump’s foreign policy.
Friday 31 March 2017
2 Thessalonians 3-10 ... “if a man will not work, he shall not eat”
Monday 27 March 2017
...a government shutdown — looming when a continuing resolution runs out April 28 — is "more likely than not... Wall Street is not expecting a shutdown and the markets are unprepared."
Pelley once again is doing what network evening-news anchors generally don’t do: abandoning careful neutrality in favor of pointed truth-telling.
Saturday 25 March 2017
And that could make each future negotiation more difficult as the issue matrix gets more complicated and the pockets of internal GOP resistance continue to grow
Wednesday 22 March 2017
Conservative news outlets ... are singling out individual career government employees for criticism, suggesting in articles that certain staffers will not be sufficiently loyal to President Donald Trump by virtue of their work under former President Barack Obama.
Tuesday 21 March 2017
It may not be about security. Three of the airlines that have been targeted for these measures — Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways — have long been accused by their U.S. competitors of receiving massive effective subsidies from their governments.
Sunday 19 March 2017
At the Pentagon, they’re privately calling the former Marine officer and fighter pilot who’s supposed to keep his eye on Defense Secretary Jim Mattis “the commissar”
Saturday 18 March 2017
The emerging turf war has led to fights over White House protocol and access to the president, backstabbing and leaks to reporters, and a heated Oval Office showdown over trade refereed by the president himself.
Instead, he has sowed chaos in his own West Wing, and talked or tweeted his way into trouble, over and over again.
Thursday 16 March 2017
...some of the budget losers, it turns out, may be some of the very constituencies that have been most supportive of the new president during his improbable rise to power.
Sunday 12 March 2017
King echoed the principles of white nationalism, the belief that national identity is linked to the white race and its superiority to other races.
...the president was merely trying to extend his good wishes.
Many federal agencies and offices are in states of suspended animation, their career civil servants answering to temporary bosses whose influence and staying power are unclear
Saturday 11 March 2017
“I did not resign. Moments ago I was fired.”
The president’s semi-public Florida retreat doesn’t follow the same strict background check protocol as the White House, creating an espionage risk.
Friday 10 March 2017
“...it sends another huge valentine and wet kiss to large corporate polluters and tortfesors, but gives the finger to millions of American citizens who suffer injuries from these defendants”
“A lot of this has to do with mobility. People are going to have to move where the jobs are and not expect the jobs to come where they are.”
Friday’s jobs report all but guarantees the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates by one-quarter point next week.
Wednesday 8 March 2017
Monday 6 March 2017
“There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less,”
One full paragraph appeared nearly identically word for word in each release. Another sentence appeared almost verbatim elsewhere.
Sunday 5 March 2017
...groups of hundreds of people rallied for President Donald Trump on Saturday, waving "Deplorables for Trump" signs and even carrying a life-size cutout of the president.
Thursday 2 March 2017
"My past statements made over five years ago about abolishing the Department of Energy do not reflect my current thinking."
Unlike many other cabinet members chosen by President Trump, Mr. Carson, who has no experience running a large federal bureaucracy, did not face much pushback from Democrats during his confirmation process.
Tuesday 28 February 2017
President Trump delivered his first big speech to Congress on Tuesday night — an address that in any other year would carry the title "State of the Union."
“And they lost Ryan, and I was at the airport when the casket came in, the body came in, and it was a very sad — with his family and it’s a great family, incredible wife and children, I met most of the family, and I can understand people saying that”
“Can you give me an example of a time when someone was critical of you and you thought to yourself, 'I deserved that hit, I deserved that column,'” “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade asked the president.
“No, probably I could never do that,” Trump responded.
Monday 27 February 2017
...highlighting a $54 billion increase in defense spending and equal cuts to domestic programs, such as the Environmental Protection Agency, and foreign aid.
Sunday 26 February 2017
"It’s now on us to produce results, and one of the things that we need to do is engage with the public.”
Saturday 25 February 2017
...people are "learning to disregard more of the things he says and tweets."
Ellison’s defeat was a blow to the party’s liberal wing, personified by activists, labor leaders and organizers
Friday 24 February 2017
But while Republicans generally support local control and the rights of states to pass their own laws, not all states' rights are created equal in the eyes of the new White House.
Thursday 23 February 2017
"We're getting really bad dudes out of this country, and at a rate that nobody's ever seen before. And they're the bad ones. And it's a military operation."
As he was talking to reporters, a security guard approached to escort him from the conference.
Thousands of people will attend the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) right outside of the nation’s capital this week
Wednesday 22 February 2017
The key to keeping Trump’s Twitter habit under control ... is to ensure that his personal media consumption includes a steady stream of praise.
President Trump on Wednesday rescinded protections for transgender students that had allowed them to use bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity
Tuesday 21 February 2017
“...due to the federal hiring freeze” the facility was “prevented from bringing on new caregivers” to replace those that are leaving.
Trump has yet to nominate anyone to 515 of them.
...many Republicans have chosen not to hold events at all, wary of protests that might greet them.
“Jewish Community Centers across the nation received bomb threats, and the President said absolutely nothing”
Thousands protesting against President Donald Trump on issues including immigration, climate change and the environment rallied in cities around the U.S. on Presidents Day
Saturday 18 February 2017
It was a raucous campaign appearance — light on specifics and heavy on braggadocio — just four weeks after he was inaugurated and almost four years before he faces re-election.
Deare harshly criticized the president and his chief strategist Steve Bannon and railed against the dysfunction paralyzing the Trump White House
Friday 17 February 2017
"Trump has taken us to a new moral low, where it is acceptable for a presidential candidate to mimic and mock someone with disabilities. Yet our religious leaders stand by and say nothing"
It will be a welcome respite for Trump, who has largely been holed up in the White House, careening from one controversy to the next during his first month in office.
Thursday 16 February 2017
“I am the least anti-Semitic person you've ever seen in your entire life,” Trump said. “Number two, racism, [I’m] the least racist person."
Instead they’re opting for more controlled Facebook Live or “tele-town halls,” where questions can be screened by press secretaries and followups are limited
"Any suggestion that the U.S. Intelligence Community is withholding information and not providing the best possible intelligence to the President and his national security team is not true”
Wednesday 15 February 2017
But it was Puzder’s hiring of an undocumented worker for domestic work — as well as his support for more liberalized immigration policies — that pushed several Senate Republicans away, they said.
...the committee has asked the President's team to provide proof of his security protocols at his estate and how they were maintained.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
By law, the Federal Register version is the legally controlling language. But it can often take several days for the order to be published, meaning that the public must often rely on what the White House puts out — and that's sometimes inaccurate.
Monday 13 February 2017
The Senate confirmed former Goldman Sachs financier Steven Mnuchin as President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary Monday, despite objections by Democrats who charged that Mnuchin had made much of his fortune by foreclosing on struggling homeowners during the financial crisis.
Now, as a national-security crisis broke out in front of him, DeAgazio continued snapping pictures — and posting them on Facebook.
Saturday 11 February 2017
Abortion rights supporters and opponents are planning hundreds of protests across the country Saturday, an opening battle in the fight over Planned Parenthood’s federal funding.
Thursday 9 February 2017
One of the executive orders seeks to “define new federal crimes, and increase penalties for existing federal crimes, in order to prevent violence” against state and federal police.
Wednesday 8 February 2017
The White House has gone without a full-time communications director since Trump was sworn in last month, [...] overtures to several Republican communications professionals have been met with disinterest, according to a half-dozen sources with knowledge of the situation.
Monday 6 February 2017
It also doesn’t include the mass shooting of African American churchgoers by Dylann Roof, an avowed white supremacist, at a Charleston church in June 2015, or a mass shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic in November 2015.
Friday 3 February 2017
“I don’t see how this in the slightest bit avoids a conflict of interest”
“I have so many people, friends of mine, that have nice businesses, they can’t borrow money”
A second directive would call on the Department of Labor to defer implementation of an Obama-era rule, known as the Fiduciary Rule, requiring financial advisers to act in the best interests of their clients in retirement planning.
Thursday 2 February 2017
Trump said he would seek to overturn the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt nonprofits — including churches and other houses of worship — from “directly or indirectly” participating in a political candidate’s campaign.
Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly pushing to erase neo-Nazis and white supremacists from the US government’s counter-extremism programme by moving it to focus exclusively on Islamist terrorism.
Around 5:50 p.m., about 150 men and women in black clothing marched towards the plaza. Many were carrying heavy sticks with black and Communist-themed flags, their faces obscured with bandana masks and hats pulled low on their foreheads.
Wednesday 1 February 2017
I’ve been asked by both my party and my caucus to commit to not criticizing the president for the remainder of his term and to take a more partisan approach to working in the Legislature. That is not a commitment I can make.
Essentially, Spicer used the new Skype seats to give himself four chances to recite vague talking points without being challenged by a journalist.
The Senate Finance Committee approved Georgia GOP Rep Tom Price to become Health secretary and financier Steve Mnuchin to be Treasury secretary by a pair of 14-0 votes.
Tuesday 31 January 2017
But LGBT-rights groups still question Mr Trump's commitment to their cause.
...four years ago, Republicans boycotted confirmation hearings for Gina McCarthy to serve as former president Barack Obama’s interior secretary
“But as I used to say to my staff,” he added, “if I can’t rely on you to get the small things right, how can I count on you to do so on things that really matter?”
Monday 30 January 2017
George W. Bush’s close adviser, Karl Rove, was never admitted to NSC meetings, according to his former chief of staff, Josh Bolten.
...requiring federal agencies to effectively eliminate at least two regulations for each new one issued.
Saturday 28 January 2017
Unlike previous presidential administrations, Trump’s Saturday memo specified that the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs will only attend principals committee meetings that pertain to their specific “responsibilities and expertise.”
Wisconsin is one of the most gerrymandered states in the nation.
There goes that relationship.
Most watched will be the call with Putin, whose interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has led to questions about Trump's relationship to the Russian leader
Friday 27 January 2017
I happen to feel that it does work. I’ve been open about that for a long period of time.
But the Trump Administration has been nothing if not erratic and has repeatedly shown it is willing to tear up existing agreements and protocols.
Vice President Mike Pence and Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway headlining this year’s event
Thursday 26 January 2017
The US, a standard-bearer of democracy for the world, has become a ‘flawed democracy,’ as popular confidence in the functioning of public institutions has declined
...moved the hands of the clock 30 seconds nearer to midnight, the closest it has been since 1953
...the single biggest simultaneous departure of institutional memory that anyone can remember.
Wednesday 25 January 2017
Donald Trump on torture: “I will always abide by the law”
Tuesday 24 January 2017
...do hereby proclaim January 20, 2017, as National Day of Patriotic Devotion...
Monday 23 January 2017
US president Donald Trump is being “demoralized” by the drumbeat of negative press
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Since Reagan, Democratic administrations have suspended the policy and Republicans have reimposed it.
Saturday 21 January 2017
The numbers were far higher than expected in many big cities, and the attendance in Washington, DC alone was estimated 500,000, double the audience for Trump’s inauguration.
In doing that, it took direct aim at the things the new president has a record of valuing so highly—crowd sizes, ratings, large-scale approval—and countered them.
Friday 20 January 2017
From this day forward, it's going to be only America first — America first.