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Compilation and Webpage © 2017 michaelbucci.com
A daily update of press and news headlines about the Donald
Trump presidency and the actions of the Republican controlled 115th Congress.
The First Six Months
Trump’s Deadly
Legacy January 20, 2017 – July
19, 2017
Note: With few exceptions, sources are from mainstream media.
January 20, 2017 Trump Inauguration (Friday):
- Trump signs first executive action
canceling Obama’s FHA mortgage rate premium cuts
- Trump signs executive order to roll-back
Obamacare hours after taking office
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/trump-signs-executive-order-on-obamacare/
- Trump writes memo temporarily banning new
federal government regulations.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/reince-priebus-regulations-memo/
January 21, 2017 (Saturday)
- Massive Women’s March in U.S. and World.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/21/world/womens-march-pictures.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/21/politics/trump-women-march-on-washington/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/womens-march-washington-chicago-massive-turnout-change-of-plans/
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/women-world-protest-president-trump-170121134424671.html
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/315442-massive-womens-march-crowds-swarm-dc-metro
- U.S. Customs asks Canadians entering
for D.C. if “pro-Trump” or “anti-Trump”. Some
anti-Trump barred from entering.
- Throughout weekend,
Trump argues about size of his inaugural
crowds compared to those who attended Women’s rally
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/315484-trump-defends-size-of-his-inaugural-crowd
January 23, 2017 (Monday):
- Trump signs repeal of TPP.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/us/politics/tpp-trump-trade-nafta.html
- Trump freezes federal hiring (except
military).
- Trump bans federal money to those who
counsel on abortions (incl
international groups).
- Trump blames voter fraud for loss of
popular vote.
http://elections.ap.org/content/trump-wrongly-blames-fraud-loss-popular-vote
January 24, 2017 (Tuesday)
- Executive Order to continue construction of
Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.
- Trump orders EPA freeze and media blackout,
banning press releases, blog updates or posts to the agency's social media
accounts. Also told Agricultural and Interior Depts, if not also DHS.
January 25, 2017 (Wednesday)
- Trump sends directives to build a 2,000
mile wall at the US-Mexican border and
curtail immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/24/us/politics/wall-border-trump.html
- Trump vows to strip funding from cities
shielding illegal immigrants.
- Trump to direct federal resources toward
building a border wall.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/24/politics/donald-trump-immigration-refugees/
- DOW hits 20,000
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-idUSKBN1591HP
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/25/investing/dow-20000-stocks/index.html
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/dow-hits-20-000-first-time-history-n698381
January 26, 2017 (Thursday)
- Trump calls Chelsea Manning an “ungrateful
traitor.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-manning-234207
- Trump tells Republicans meeting in PA, “now is the dawn of a new era."
https://www.c-span.org/video/?422829-1/president-trump-tells-congressional-republicans-now-deliver
- Mexico cancels meeting with Trump
citing disagreement over paying for wall.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/world/mexicos-president-cancels-meeting-with-trump-over-wall.html
- Trump calls for 20% tax on Mexican imports
to pay for border wall.
http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spicer-trump-considering-20-tax-on-mexican-imports-2017-1
- Scientists move Doomsday Clock ahead 30
seconds, closest to midnight in 63 years, due to threats such as nuclear weapons,
climate change and Donald Trump's election
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-science-doomsdayclock-idUSKBN15A2JJ
http://thebulletin.org/sites/default/files/Final%202017%20Clock%20Statement.pdf
- Bannon tells the NY Times the media is the "opposition
party" of the new administration and should “keep its mouth shut.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/business/media/stephen-bannon-trump-news-media.html
- Trump signs first presidential proclamation declaring this week “National School Choice Week.”
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-proclaims-national-school-195900813.html
- DHS has temporarily halted trips by staff to interview refugees abroad
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-refugees-idUSKBN15A2TD
- Trump pulls ad budget in the closing
days of HealthCare.gov. Former Obama
officials call it “sabotage”.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/27/news/economy/obamacare-ads-trump/
January 27, 2017 (Friday)
- U.S. U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley warned U.S. allies if they don’t support Washington, she is “taking names” and will respond.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/world/americas/nikki-haley-united-nations.html
-
Trump signs executive order that will
limit immigration and refugees from some Muslim-majority countries for six
months; suspends the
United States' Syrian refugees program indefinitely.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/politics/refugee-muslim-executive-order-trump.html
- Trump signs executive action to begin
military buildup
- British PM Theresa May and Trump pledge allegiance to special relationship. White House misspelled Theresa “Teresa” three times. British press corp was locked outside the
White House because their birthdates were submitted in UK format and Secret
Service didn’t understand it.
- Melania Trump wins first round in libel
lawsuit against MD blogger (Webster
Tarpley) for citing she was in escort service. Tarpley asked for dismissal of
suit and denied by judge.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/melania-trump-libel-suit-blogger-234263
- Trump tells Mexican president Peña
Nieto, “You have a bunch of bad hombres down there. You aren’t doing enough to
stop them. I think your military is scared. Our military isn’t, so I just might send them down to take care of it.”
January 28, 2017 (Saturday)
- Trump's immigration ban causes chaos and
controversy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/28/airports-us-immigration-ban-muslim-countries-trump
- Trump and Putin discuss 'mutually
beneficial' trade, security
(Leaked later – Feb.
9 - and reported by Reuters, Putin raised possibility of extending START
treaty. Trump asked his aides what it was and then told Putin the treaty was
one of several bad deals negotiated by the Obama administration, saying that
New START favored Russia. Trump also talked about his own popularity, the
sources said.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-putin-idUSKBN15O2A5
- Trump signs executive order banning
administration officials from ever lobbying the U.S. on behalf of a foreign
government and imposing a separate five-year ban on other lobbying.
http://time.com/4652703/president-trump-lobbying-ban/
- Trump signs memorandum giving military
leaders 30 days to construct and present a report outlining the U.S. strategy for defeating ISIS.
- Trump signs memorandum ordering a reorganization of the National Security
Council, gives seat to Steve Bannon.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/28/lobbying-ban-trump-executive-order-isis-strategy
- Trump blasted Australian Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull over a refugee agreement and boasted about the magnitude
of his electoral college win.
- The federal court for the Eastern
District of New York issued an emergency
stay halting President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to the US from seven majority-Muslim countries
January 29, 2017 (Sunday)
- Trump travel ban continues to sow chaos at
airports, outrage at protests.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/29/protest-trump-travel-ban-muslims-airports
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/nyregion/trump-travel-ban-protests-briefing.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-protests-idUSKBN15D15H
- Judges in Massachusetts, Virginia and
Washington state block federal
authorities from enforcing Trump's executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries
- Global backlash:
German Chancellor Merkel: global fight against terrorism “does not justify putting people of a
specific background or faith under general suspicion.”
British Foreign
Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: “Divisive and wrong to stigmatise because
of nationality.”
French President Hollande: defending democratic
principles required compliance with "the
principles on which it is founded, in particular the acceptance of
refugees".
UK PM Theresa May said she "did not agree" with the
restrictions.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands said his
country believes refugees "deserve a safe haven" ... “we reject this travel ban.”
- Presidential
counselor Kellyanne Conway said
television networks should be “cleaning house” of “these people who said
things that just weren’t true [about Donald Trump] ... The election was three
months ago. None of them have been let go.”
January 30, 2017 (Monday)
- Mass protests continue over Trump
immigration ban.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/travel-ban-protests-immigration/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-protests-idUSKBN15D15H
- Trump denies chaos at airports from
immigration ban but from computer glitch, demonstrators and “fake tears” of
Charles Schumer.
- Trump signs an executive action aimed at
cutting regulations for small businesses - a "one in, two out"
plan, requiring government agencies requesting a new regulation to identify two
others they will cut.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38800090
- Trump fires acting justice department head Sally
Yates for refusing to enforce immigration ban.
- State Department officials circulated a
draft memo criticizing Trump's executive order on immigration.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-cables-idUSKBN15E21X
- Washington State sues Trump over
immigration order.
- Trump replaces acting Immigration
Enforcement head.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/317025-trump-boots-acting-ice-head-report
January 31, 2017 (Tuesday)
- Democrats stall confirmation hearings of
Steven Mnuchin (Treasury) and Tom
Price (DHHS).
- More State Dept protests on their dissent
channel drawing 1,000 signatures.
- New York, Massachusetts and Virginia join
Washington state sue Trump over immigration ban.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/31/trump-travel-ban-state-lawsuits
- Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch to be
associate justice of the Supreme Court.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-idUSKBN15F1OW
- European Commission
President Donald Tusk lists US
administration as one of EU's 'external threats'.
February 1, 2017 (Wednesday)
- Senate Republicans suspend the rules to
approve two Trump nominees, Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) for secretary of health
and human services and Steve Mnuchin
to lead the Treasury. Republicans also
advanced the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) for attorney
general, and they finalized confirmation
of former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson for secretary of state
by a vote of 56 to 43. Trump urged Senate Republican leaders Wednesday to be
prepared to tear up the rules of the
Senate and “go nuclear” if Democrats try to block Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch
— that is, change long-standing Senate rules to permit the confirmation of a
Supreme Court nominee with a simple majority vote.
- Trump’s national
security adviser Michael Flynn delivered
a tight-lipped warning to Iran over its most recent ballistic missile test,
“As of today, we are officially putting Iran on notice.”
- Trump reverses campaign pledge to let
Medicare negotiate for lower prescription drug promises. After meeting with Big Pharma lobbyists, he would oppose apparent “price-fixing” by
Medicare, rather than working to stymie the industry’s grip on drug prices.
- Senate confirms Rex Tillerson as secretary
of state, sworn in.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/us/politics/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-confirmed.html
February 2, 2017 (Thursday)
- The European parliament’s main political
parties are making an unprecedented attempt
to block Trump’s likely choice as ambassador to the European Union from EU
buildings, describing Ted Malloch as
hostile and malevolent.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/02/european-union-trump-ambassador-ted-malloch-parliament
- Defense Sec. Mattis warns North Korea of “effective and
overwhelming” retaliation if country attacks U.S. ally.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-usa-mattis-idUSKBN15I060
February 3, 2017 (Friday)
- Trump signed a pair of executive orders aimed
at lightening the regulatory load on
financial institutions, setting the stage for a broader push to scale back the Dodd-Frank
financial reform law.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/317799-trump-signs-executive-orders-to-loosen-wall-street-regs
- The Trump administration slapped new sanctions
on Iran after the administration signaled
it wanted to punish Tehran for its latest ballistic missile test. The
Treasury Department announced that 13 people and 12 companies face new
restrictions
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/iran-sanctions-234604
- COURT TEMPORARILY BLOCKS TRUMP’S TRAVEL
BAN, and Airlines Are Told to Allow Passengers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/03/us/visa-ban-legal-challenge.html
Trump Cries ‘Witch Hunt’ as Russia Questions Pile Up.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/trump-cries-witch-hunt-russia-questions-pile-n728611
February 4, 2017 (Saturday)
- Trump administration filed notice of appeal
to suspension of immigration ban.
- “So-called” judge in immigration hold
decried by Trump.
- Tens of thousands join marches across UK
against Trump's travel ban.
- Thousands swarm New York’s Stonewall Inn to
protest Trump.
- Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters marched
on Trump's private Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Other protests at
White House, Supreme Court and Paul Ryan’s hometown office.
- Trump stands by voter fraud claim in Fox
News interview.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/317946-trump-defends-claims-of-widespread-voter-fraud
- Iran would use its missiles if its security
is under threat after Trump imposed sanctions on entities linked to the
Revolutionary Guards. Flynn said it put the country “on notice” after it test-fired
ballistic missiles.
http://in.reuters.com/article/iran-usa-military-missiles-idINKBN15J0DX
February 5, 2017 (Sunday)
- A federal
appeals court denied an initial bid by the Trump administration to restore its
controversial immigration order.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-travel-ban-20170205-story.html
- Trump attacks judge and court system.
Trump said Americans should blame U.S. District Judge James Robart and the
court system if anything happened.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-idUSKBN15K0AF
- Trump said he would put Vice President Mike Pence in charge of a commission
to probe what he believes was voter fraud in last November's election.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-voterfraud-idUSKBN15K0TS
February 6, 2017 (Monday)
- Corporate titans among 100 companies
joining brief against Trump travel ban. “The order inflicts significant
harm on American business, innovation, and growth as a result. Immigrants or
their children founded more than 200 of the companies on the Fortune 500 list.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/06/amicus-brief-trump-travel-ban
- Trump reaffirmed his support for NATO
before military leaders and troops at U.S. Central Command, and laced his speech with references to
homeland security.
http://www.voanews.com/a/trump-to-visit-centcom/3707656.html
- New York Assembly passes bill to make New
York State a “sanctuary state” in response to Trump’s promised crackdown on
sanctuary cities.
February 7, 2017 (Tuesday)
- Betsy DeVos is confirmed Education
Secretary. Senate voted 50-50 with V.P. Pence casting decisive vote.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/us/politics/betsy-devos-education-secretary-confirmed.html
- Blogger Webster Tarpley settles defamatory
lawsuit filed by Melania Trump paying her a “substantial sum”. He had
repeated rumors in his blog that Melania Trump had worked as a “high-end
escort”. Her lawyers claimed she suffered “multiple millions of dollars” in
economic damages because of the lost value to her brand.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/melania-trump-settles-her-defamation-lawsuit-against-a-blogg
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren was stopped by Republicans
from reading a nine-page letter written by the late Coretta Scott King,
Martin Luther King’s widow. In the 1986 letter, addressed to Strom Thurmond,
then the Senate Judiciary committee chairman, King expressed her opposition to
Sessions, who had been nominated for a federal judgeship in Alabama. She was
accused of 'impugning' Jeff Sessions.
http://time.com/4663497/coretta-scott-king-letter-warren-senate-sessions/
February 8, 2017 (Wednesday)
- Jeff Sessions confirmed as Attorney General.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/us/politics/jeff-sessions-attorney-general-confirmation.html
- Trump bashes Nordstrom after it drops
Ivanka's line.
- Supreme court nominee Neil Gorsuch calls
Trump judge attacks 'demoralizing' and ‘disheartening.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/21/politics/neil-gorsuch-trump-criticism-disheartening/
- Trump went after a
panel of federal judges weighing whether a court order blocking his travel ban
should be lifted. Trump argued the law gives him broad powers to control who
enters and leaves the U.S.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/318451-trump-attacks-judges-weighing-travel-ban
- ACLU vows to sue Sessions if he violates
Constitution as AG.
http://www.businessinsider.com/aclu-warns-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-trump-civil-rights-2017-2
- New York Post reporter sues after being
fired for critical Trump tweet. He Bart Hubbuch called Trump’s election a
“national tragedy,” and compared his victory to the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor
and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
February 9, 2017 (Thursday)
- British PM Theresa May says Trump’s travel
ban is wrong and Britain does not plan to adopt a similar policy.
- NY Times and Washington Post report Michael
Flynn, National security adviser, discussed
sanctions with Russian ambassador during the month before Trump took
office, contrary to public assertions by Trump officials, current and former
U.S. officials said.
- Trump signs three executive orders to
combat crime, further his “law and order” agenda, crack down on
international crime and crimes against law enforcement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/us/politics/trump-law-enforcement-drug-cartels-order.html
- In call with Putin, Trump denounced Obama-era
nuclear arms treaty.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-putin-idUSKBN15O2A5
- Federal appeals court rules 3 to 0 against
Trump on travel ban, a sweeping rebuke of the administration’s claim that
the courts have no role as a check on the president.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/us/politics/appeals-court-trump-travel-ban.html
- Trump calls the appeals court ruling
"a political decision." “SEE YOU IN COURT, THE SECURITY OF OUR
NATION IS AT STAKE!” Trump wrote on Twitter.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/318838-trump-responds-to-ruling-see-you-in-court
- Trump promises Chinese president Xi Jinping
he'll honor 'One China' policy.
http://fortune.com/2017/02/09/trump-one-china-xi-jinping/
February 10, 2017 (Friday)
- Trump meets with Japan’s President Shinzo
Abe but only takes questions from Murdoch owned media reporters from the
New York Post and Fox Business Network.
- Trump hints at new travel order coming next
week.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-hints-at-new-travel-order-coming-next-week/ar-AAmOqxG
- Education Secretary
Betsy DeVos was greeted with protesters
when she tried to enter a Washington middle school.
- British government drops plan to allow
Trump to address joint houses of Parliament. Officials are trying to ensure
that Trump is not in London at a time when parliament is sitting, in order to
avoid a formal snub.
- Obamacare opponent Tom Price sworn in as Health Secretary.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/us/politics/tom-price-health-secretary-senate.html
- The Central Intelligence Agency has denied
elite security clearance for Michael Flynn’s top National Security Council
deputy Africa Robin Townley.
- Democrats call for Michael Flynn's
dismissal after reported Russia talks, a potential violation of the Logan
Act, which prohibits private citizens from negotiating with foreign governments
in disputes involving the American government.
- Undocumented Immigrants Arrested
Nationwide, Stoking Fears Of Trump’s ‘Deportation Force’.
February 11, 2017 (Saturday)
- Anti-abortion protesters rallied at scores
of Planned Parenthood clinics to urge Congress and President Trump to strip
the health services provider of federal funding, while supporters of the
organization staged counter-demonstrations around the United States. All told,
rallies and marches were called in 45 states in cities large and small.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-idUSKBN15Q0AS
- Army veterans return to Standing Rock to
form a human shield against police.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/11/standing-rock-army-veterans-camp
- Trump claimed that his daughter Ivanka had
been "abused" by news media following renewed scrutiny over the
family's potential conflicts of interest.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-media-abused-ivanka-234933
February 12, 2017
(Sunday)
NO ENTRIES
February 13, 2017 (Monday)
- GOP says it will not investigate Trump’s
tax returns.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tax-returns-idUSKBN15S2GZ
- Senate confirms Steven Mnuchin as treasury
secretary.
- Justin Trudeau
meets with Trump at W.H.
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/trudeau-trump
February 14, 2017 (Tuesday)
- Trump national security aide Flynn resigns
over Russian contacts.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn-idUSKBN15S0BR
- Secret Service director to step down.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-secretservice-idUSKBN15T2J0
- Intel leaks reveal Trump aides were in
constant touch with senior Russian officials during campaign.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politics/donald-trump-aides-russians-campaign/index.html
- Trump signs repeal of transparency rule for
oil companies, to scrap Dodd-Frank
rule on oil extraction.
February 15, 2017 (Wednesday)
- NY Times and Washington Post cast doubt on
claims made by Trump's team that there had been no contact with Russian
officials; report intel knows of contacts between Trump campaign figures
and Russia. “Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J.
Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated
contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the
election.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/russia-intelligence-communications-trump.html
- Andy Puzder withdraws nomination for labor
secretary after he admitted employing an illegal immigrant as a former
housekeeper.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/top-senate-republicans-urge-white-house-to-withdraw-puzder-nomination/
- Trump blasts 'criminal' leaks by
intelligence agencies, calls Flynn 'wonderful'.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn-idUSKBN15U2C1
February 16, 2017 (Thursday)
- Trump gives 76 minute press conference and
berates media.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-media-out-of-control_us_58a5ea16e4b07602ad529bb7
- Mick Mulvaney, staunchly conservative
tea-party, confirmed by Senate to run
Trump's OMB.
- Six Donald Trump staffers fired today,
escorted out of White House, after flagged by FBI.
February 17, 2017 (Friday)
- Senate confirms climate-denier Scott Pruitt
to head EPA.
- John McCain broke with the reassuring
message that U.S. officials visiting Germany have sought to convey saying that the administration of President Donald Trump was in "disarray".
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-usa-idUSKBN15W1J2
- Trump considered using national guard to
round up immigrants, memo suggests.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/17/trump-immigration-roundup-national-guard
- Trump Calls the News Media the ‘Enemy of
the American People’.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/business/trump-calls-the-news-media-the-enemy-of-the-people.html
- Senate Intelligence Committee meets behind
closed-doors, summoning Comey, to discuss Trump-Russian ties.
- Senate Intelligence Committee asked more
than a dozen agencies, organizations and individuals to preserve communications
related to the panel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016
election. (This wasn’t reported until days later.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/19/politics/senate-intelligence-committee-russia-materials/
February 18, 2017 (Saturday)
- (story) Eight people flee U.S. border patrol to
seek asylum in Canada.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-refugees-idUSKBN15W2GN
- Trump holds rally in Orlando complete
with promises to repeal the health care
law, insults for the news media and a playlist highlighted by the Rolling
Stones.
- At Orlando rally Trump states that a terrorist attack had
occurred in Sweden, which has admitted tens of thousands of refugees in
recent years. He based it on a Fox News report. (No such attack took place.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/19/sweden-trump-cites-non-existent-terror-attack
- Memos signed by DHS secretary describe
sweeping new guidelines for deporting illegal immigrants.
- U.S. inquiries into Russian election
hacking include three FBI probes.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-cyber-idUSKBN15X0OE
February 19, 2017 (Sunday)
- NY Times reveals a back-channel plan
for Ukraine and Russia was circulated with aims to unseat President Poroshenko, install a pro-Russian president,
lift sanctions, “lease” Crimea to Ukraine.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-russia.html
February 20, 2017 (Monday)
- Trump named Lieutenant General Herbert
Raymond McMaster as his new national security adviser, again turning to the
U.S. military to play a central role on his foreign policy team.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKBN15Z1Z0
- Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vitaly
Churkin, died suddenly in New York after being taken ill at work, the
Russian Foreign Ministry said.
- Norway pledges $10 million to counter
Trump's global anti-abortion move.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-norway-abortion-idUSKBN15Z1KL
- Protests take place across the US for
"Not My President's Day".
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/20/us/not-my-presidents-day-protests/index.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/not-my-presidents-day-protests/
- The Senate Intelligence Committee has now
informed more than a dozen government agencies that they must secure documents relating to the
Trump-Russia investigation and are not
allowed to destroy them.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-russia-scandal-takes-unexpected-turn
- More than 100 headstones at the Chesed Shel Emeth
cemetery in St Louis were damaged or knocked. More than 50 bomb threats had been made against
Jewish organisations in the US since January, including 11 today.
February 21, 2017 (Tuesday)
- Millions of people living in the United
States illegally could be targeted for deportation - including people simply
arrested for traffic violations - under a sweeping rewrite of immigration
enforcement policies announced Tuesday by the Trump administration. The broad
scope of the president’s ambitions are: to publicize crimes by immigrants;
enlist local police officers as enforcers; strip immigrants of privacy rights;
erect new detention facilities; discourage asylum seekers; and, ultimately,
speed up deportations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/us/politics/dhs-immigration-trump.html
February 22, 2017 (Wednesday)
- Mexico fumes over Trump deportations to
Mexico. DHS unveiled plans on
Tuesday to consider almost all illegal
immigrants subject to deportation, and will seek to send many of them to
Mexico if they entered the United States from there, regardless of their
nationality.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-idUSKBN16127O
- Police surrounded the Standing Rock camps
to evict the remaining Native American activists fighting the Dakota Access
pipeline.
- DoJ moves to prevent CIA official from
detailing role in Bush-era torture.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/22/cia-torture-gina-haspel-court-deposition-trump
- Trump Administration Rescinds Rules on
Bathrooms for Transgender Students.
February 23, 2017 (Thursday)
- Alt-right leader Richard Spenser expelled
from CPAC after organizer denounces ‘sinister organization’. Dan Schneider,
the executive director of the American Conservative Union labeled the alt-right
leftist: “We must not be deceived by [a] hateful, left-wing fascist
group,” a reference to National Review columnist Jonah Goldberg’s “Liberal
Fascism”.
- Conservative activist O'Keefe posts tapes
targeting CNN.
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/conservative-activist-james-okeefe-release-cnn-tapes-115023325.html
- At CPAC, Bannon states Trump administration is
locked in an unending battle against the media and other globalist forces
to “deconstruct” an outdated system of governance. “If you think they are
giving you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken.”
- Trump says efforts to remove undocumented
immigrants is a “military operation.”
- At CPAC, Ted Cruz suggested that another seat on the
U.S. Supreme Court will open up this summer (with no explanation).
- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) on
Thursday invoked the 2011 shooting of
former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) at a constituent event as a reason not
to hold a public town hall. "At
this time there are groups from the more violent strains of the leftist
ideology, some even being paid, who are preying on public town halls to wreak
havoc and threaten public safety," Gohmert said in a statement.
- White House chief
of staff Reince Priebus asked a top FBI
official to dispute media reports that Trump's campaign advisers were
frequently in touch with Russian intelligence agents during the election.
- Trump tells Reuters he wants to expand
nuclear arsenal, make US 'top of the pack'.
February 24, 2017 (Friday)
- Trump addresses CPAC: calls for an
arms-race, vows military build-up, hammers nationalist themes; reiterates
that media is “enemy of the people”. He vowed to “do something about it [the
press].”
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKBN1630HH
- Trump blasted the FBI for being “totally
unable to stop the national security ‘leakers’ that have permeated our
government for a long time.”
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/fbi/320954-trump-fbi-totally-unable-to-stop-leaks
- Trump promises border wall 'soon, way ahead
of schedule'.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39080356
- Trump issues executive order requiring
federal agencies to create “deregulatory” task forces responsible for
eliminating outdated and unnecessary rules.
- Media outlets were denied entry to later
press briefing by Spicer: Guardian, the New York Times, Politico, CNN, BBC,
LA Times, The Hill, NY Daily News, Huffington Post, Daily Mail, BuzzFeed and
others. AP, USA Today and Time were invited but boycotted the briefing to show
solidarity with fellow news outlets. The White House Correspondents Association
condemned the White House’s move
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/24/media-blocked-white-house-briefing-sean-spicer
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-media-makes-up-sources-235345
- State legislators take steps to criminalize
protests.
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/321018-state-legislators-take-steps-to-criminalize-protests
- The White House acknowledged its chief of
staff Reince Priebus asked the FBI's
deputy director to dispute a New York Times article alleging Moscow links.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39080673
- Trump puts regulation monitors in U.S.
agencies. Trump signed the executive order in the Oval Office with chief executives
of major U.S. corporations standing behind him including Dow Chemical Co.,
Lockheed Martin Corp. and U.S. Steel Corp.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-regulations-idUSKBN1631NV
- Hate crime is feared as 2 Indian engineers
are shot in Kansas. It raised new
alarms about a climate of hostility toward foreigners in the United States,
where Trump has made clamping down on immigration a central plank of his
“America first” agenda.
- John Dean Accuses The White House Of A
Russia Cover-Up.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/02/24/john-dean-trump-white-house-covering-russia-scandal.html
February 25, 2017 Saturday
- Wary of Trump
unpredictability, China ramps up naval abilities.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-defence-navy-idUSKBN16500P
- Trump decides to skip White House press
dinner. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he would not
attend the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a
high-profile event that draws celebrities, politicians and journalists.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-press-idUSKBN1640TF
- Former Secretary of
Labor Tom Perez was elected DNC Chair
in a close election, and in his first move as Chair, he created the new
position of DNC Deputy Chair for his opponent Keith Ellison. The Democratic
Party is now led by a Hispanic son of immigrants and a Muslim.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/25/us/politics/dnc-perez-ellison-chairman-election.html
February 26, 2017 Sunday
- Trump's first budget proposal will spare
big social welfare programs such as Social Security and Medicare from any
cuts, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
said in an interview. (Entitlements will be cut, says a NYT report.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-economy-idUSKBN1650LL
- Spicer cracking down on leaks coming out of
the West Wing, with increased security measures that include random phone
checks of White House staffers, overseen by White House attorneys.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/sean-spicer-targets-own-staff-in-leak-crackdown-235413
- Sixty to one-hundred Jewish headstones
vandalized in Philadelphia.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/26/us/jewish-cemetery-vandalism-philadelphia/
February 27, 2017 Monday
- House Intelligence
chairman Nunes denies evidence of Trump
team’s ties to Russia. Nunes contended there was no need at this time for a
special prosecutor. Instead, the “major crimes” that have been committed are
leaking to the news media on the subject of Russia.
- Trump will propose a federal budget that
dramatically increases defense-related spending by $54 billion while cutting
virtually all other federal agencies by the same amount.
- Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., a former banker
and investor who earned billions during decades of buying and selling
industries, dubbed the “king of bankruptcy”, was confirmed as secretary of commerce by the Senate in a 72-to-27
vote.
- Trump
administration will formally end opposition to Texas voter ID law. Justice
department says administration won’t challenge the strict law, in a shift from
Obama-era opposition to such discriminatory laws.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/27/texas-voter-id-law-trump-administration-no-challenge
- Jewish community centers in Cherry
Hill, NJ, North Jersey, Wilmington, Delaware, and York, Pennsylvania, were
among those evacuated, targeted in wave
of bomb threats. NBC News lists at least 20 bomb threats to Jewish
Community Centers and day schools in 13 states.
- A federal appeals court rejected a Justice
Department request to place on hold an appeal over President Donald Trump's
travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court-idUSKBN16627W
- House Republicans beat back a Democratic
attempt to smoke out President Donald Trump’s tax returns, after the issue
was forced on the floor.
- Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
and Mike Lee (R-Utah) argue they want full repeal of Obamacare.
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/321489-cruz-lee-paul-demand-full-repeal-of-obamacare
February 28, 2017 Tuesday
- Washington Post reports FBI once planned to
pay MI6 agent Christopher Steele. An agreement with the FBI was reached a
few weeks before the election for the bureau to pay him to continue his
work.The agreement fell apart once Steele’s dossier was published and reported.
- White House lawyers instructed Trump's
staff to preserve materials that could be connected to Russian interference in
November's election.
https://apnews.com/23cca28e11b74f0cb369fda6fac64d67
- Trump gives address to Congress heralding a
“new chapter of American greatness,” overhauling the health care system, boosting
military spending, spending $1 trillion to upgrade infrastructure, tax relief
for middle-class and reduction in corporate tax rates, promotes new immigration
crime office. Trump invited relatives of those killed by undocumented people to
Capitol Hill.
- Donald Trump signs bill allowing mentally
ill people to buy guns.
- House Judiciary Committee voted along party
lines not to investigate the Trump-Russia scandal.
https://thinkprogress.org/house-republicans-government-information-trump-russia-852121abe2d6
March 1, 2017 Wednesday
- Senate confirms Ryan Zinke to head Interior
Department.
- Justice Department admits Sessions had
contacts with Russians, though he had denied it earlier. Adam B. Schiff,
the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement
that if the reports about Mr. Sessions were accurate, “it is essential that he
recuse himself from any role in the investigation of Trump campaign ties to the
Russians.” Mr. Schiff added, “This is not even a close call; it is a must.”
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader of the House, called on Mr. Sessions to
resign, saying on Twitter that “he is not fit to serve as the top law
enforcement officer of our country.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/us/politics/obama-trump-russia-election-hacking.html
- House Intelligence Committee has agreed an
investigation into Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 US elections.
http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/83382
- Trump Delays New
Travel Ban After Speech to Congress Gets High Marks. “We want the [executive
order] to have its own ‘moment,’” a White House official told CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/trump-travel-ban-visa-holders/
March 2, 2017 Thursday
- Ben Carson confirmed to head HUD.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/us/politics/ben-carson-housing-urban-development.html
- Trump stands by Session in Russia
controversy.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-sessions-idUSKBN16908L
- Euro lawmakers press EU to impose visas on
U.S. citizens. (File under Western nationalism.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-usa-visa-idUSKBN1691Q9
- Senate confirms Rick Perry as Energy
Secretary.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/rick-perry-confirmed-energy-secretary-235617
- Sessions recuses himself on all current
and future investigations into Russia
ties with the Trump campaign.
- White House EPA budget proposal cuts
climate protection program 70 percent to $29 million, targets climate,
clean water programs. An EPA climate protection program on cutting emissions of
greenhouse gases like methane that contribute to global warming would be cut 70
percent to $29 million.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-epa-budget-idUSKBN1692XA
- Adam Schiff, leading Democrat on the
House Intelligence Committee, claims FBI
holding back information on Russia probes. “At this point we know less than
a fraction of what the FBI knows.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-not-answering-congress-questions-russia-probe-democrat-190000262.html
- Vice President Mike Pence used a private email account to
conduct public business when he was governor of Indiana, a practice that
was legal but raised questions about the security of the communications, some
of which addressed sensitive topics.
- ‘The fuse is lit’: Dan Rather says Trump-Russia scandal is
about to go off like a bomb.
March 3, 2017 Friday
- Women and children crossing together
illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities
under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-children-idUSKBN16A2ES
- Vice President Pence said there was "no comparison
whatsoever" between his use of
a private email account for state business while he was governor of Indiana
and the email woes of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
- Trump administration is seeking a 17
percent cut to the budget of the government's
meteorological agency that monitors the climate and issues daily weather
forecasts. Proposed reductions in NOAA would affect research and satellite
programs and eliminate funding for some smaller programs.
- Current and former officials said that
in a departure from past practice, access
to a classified computer system at the White House has been tightened by
political appointees to prevent
professional staffers from seeing memos being prepared for the new president.
And at the Department of Homeland Security, some officials told Reuters they fear a witch hunt is under way for the
leaker of a draft intelligence report which found little evidence that
citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries covered by Trump's now-suspended
travel ban pose a threat to the United States.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-secrecy-exclusive-idUSKBN16A0GD
- The Transportation Security Administration has
started using a new and more
rigorous pat-down at airports, which one passenger this week likened to
“groin scrutiny.”
- European Parliament votes to end visa-free
travel for Americans. The passing of the non-binding resolution comes after
the US failed to agree visa-free travel for citizens of five EU countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/world/europe/eu-visas-parliament-united-states.html
- Trump leaves White House furious that Sessions recused himself.
- Carter Page, Adviser Once Linked to
Trump Campaign, Met With Russian
Ambassador.
March 4, 2017 Saturday
- Trump suggested Obama had improperly tapped
his phones, without citing evidence, in a series of tweets on Saturday
morning. "No president can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in
place to protect citizens from people like you," Ben Rhodes wrote on
Twitter.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-obama-idUSKBN16B0CC
- The White House budget director Mulvaney confirmed
that the Trump administration will propose "fairly dramatic
reductions" in the U.S. foreign aid budget later this month.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-idUSKBN16B0NC
- Mexico opened legal aid centers at its 50
consulates across the United States on Saturday to defend its citizens, the
Mexican government said, amid worries of a crackdown on illegal immigration
under U.S. President Donald Trump.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mexico-immigration-idUSKBN16B0PL
- Supporters of Trump held a second day of
small rallies in communities around the country, a counterpoint to a wave
of protests that have taken place since his election in November.
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-backers-series-small-rallies-support-president-563923
- The U.S. Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Services will temporarily suspend expedited processing of H-1B visas,
halting the option for American companies to quickly bring skilled immigrants
to the United States for employment.
http://time.com/money/4691238/us-suspends-expedited-processing-h1b-visas/
- Before heading to
his so-called winter White House in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump summoned some of his senior staffers to the Oval Office and went
"ballistic," a senior White House source told ABC News. Trump
furious that Sessions recused himself. Washington Post reporter Robert Costa
tweeted Saturday morning that Trump left the White House "in a fury"
on Friday, "fuming about [Jeff] Sessions's recusal and telling aides that
Sessions shouldn't have recused himself," also calling the reports of his
meeting "bull."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-flashes-anger-sessions-recusal-russia-stories-tense/story
March 5, 2017 Sunday
- White House asks Congress to probe Trump's
accusation of Obama wiretap.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKBN16C0MG
- Former DNI James Clapper tells “Meet the Press”
“There was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president-elect at
the time, or as a candidate or against his campaign.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKBN16C0MG
- James B. Comey, the director of the F.B.I., asked
the Justice Department to publicly reject President Trump’s claim that former
President Barack Obama ordered his phones to be tapped. It has not.
- In a Mere 6 Weeks, Trump Alters More Than
90 Regulations. The Trump administration has pushed a flurry of
deregulations, giving more freedoms to gun sellers, bankers and miners, and
corporate lobbyists are clamoring for more.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/05/us/politics/trump-deregulation-guns-wall-st-climate.html
- Priebus and Bannon didn’t fly with Trump to
Florida. Various interpretations allege Trump punished them.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4284566/Video-emerges-Trump-s-Oval-Office-row-Bannon.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/04/politics/donald-trump-jeff-sessions-reince-priebus/
March 6, 2017 Monday
- Trump signed a revised executive order for
a U.S. travel ban, leaving Iraq off the list of targeted countries.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-exclusive-idUSKBN16D154
- Senators push Trump to release White House,
Mar-a-Lago visitor logs.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-visitors-idUSKBN16D2AG
- House Republicans reveal bill to repeal and
replace Obama's healthcare law. American Health Care Act would shrink
government role in healthcare and could leave more people without insurance
despite Trump administration promises. Replaces subsidies with tax credits.
- Senate votes to repeal labor protection
laws that safeguarded poultry workers.
- Ben Carson compared slaves to immigrants
seeking a better life in his first official address Monday as HUD secretary.
- Gold Star father of American soldier killed
in Iraq who criticized Trump says travel rights reviewed. Khizr Khan had
planned to speak at a luncheon in Toronto on Tuesday in a discussion about
President Trump's administration.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-khan-idUSKBN16D2MI
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/khizr-khan-toronto-talk-cancelled-1.4012696
- The US has temporarily suspended the
fast-track processing of H1B visas, leaving many foreign workers in limbo.
H1B visas allow skilled workers to come to the US temporarily. They are in high
demand, particularly in Silicon Valley
and the medical sector, and are allocated by lottery.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/06/us-h1b-visa-program-suspended-trump-silicon-valley
- The Homeland
Security Department is considering separating children from parents caught
crossing the Mexican border illegally, Secretary John Kelly said.
-
The Supreme Court is leaving the issue
of transgender rights in schools to lower courts for now after backing out
of a high-profile case.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8cb7fb31f1214e63851028bd731bc332
-
Top member ff House Intel Committee, Rep. Adam
Schiff, questions Trump’s mental state on MSNBC.
March 7, 2017 Tuesday
-
House intelligence chief has seen no
evidence to back Trump's wiretap charge.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-hearing-idUSKBN16E2RS
-
House schedules first hearing in
Trump-Russia investigation.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/house-trump-russia-investigation-hearing-235789
-
Conservatives rebel against Trump-backed
Republican healthcare plan. Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky
decried it as "Obamacare Lite." Conservative groups including
Heritage Action for America, the Club for Growth, Americans for Prosperity and
Freedom Partners, backed by the billionaire Republican donor Koch brothers,
urged its defeat for different reasons.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-idUSKBN16D2RC
-
Bomb threats against Jewish centers
continue: The threats Tuesday targeted facilities in at least eight states,
Washington, D.C., and Toronto, officials said. “Four ADL offices in Atlanta,
Boston, New York and Washington D.C. received bomb threats. Before Tuesday, the
ADL had reported 121 bomb threats made across the United States and Canada.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-jewish-idUSKBN16E1X5
-
A vast portion of the CIA’s computer
hacking arsenal appeared to have been exposed by the anti-secrecy organization
WikiLeaks, which posted thousands of files revealing secret cyber-tools
used by the agency to convert cellphones, televisions and other ordinary
devices into implements of espionage.
-
Trump’s nominee for deputy attorney
general, Rod
Rosenstein, declined Tuesday to endorse the
appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate ties between the Trump
campaign and Russian officials, bucking pressure from Democrats.
March 8, 2017 Wednesday
-
Trump's administration is weighing a
deployment of up to 1,000 American soldiers to Kuwait to serve as a reserve
force in the fight against Islamic State as U.S.-backed fighters accelerate the
offensive in Syria and Iraq, U.S. officials told Reuters.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-islamicstate-exclusive-idUSKBN16F2SK
-
Mexico has canceled existing sugar
export permits to the United States. The letter sent by Mexico's sugar
chamber to mills on Monday partly blamed the situation on unfilled positions at
the U.S. Department of Commerce, which it said has led to a
"legalistic" interpretation of rules with no U.S. counterparts in
place in Washington for Mexican officials to negotiate with.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/07/mexico-cancels-sugar-export-permits-to-the-us-in-absurd-dispute.html
-
China has granted preliminary approval
for at least 35 trademarks linked to Donald Trump, documents on China's
state trademark office show, giving the U.S. President and his family
protection were they to develop the "Trump" brand in the market.
http://www.newsweek.com/china-donald-trump-trump-hotel-trump-business-565511
-
Pivotal industry and consumer groups
mounted intensifying opposition to the Republican health care bill. The
American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association and AARP, the
nation's largest advocacy group for older people, were arrayed against the GOP
measure.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/GOP-Heath-Care-Bill-Committee-Votes-415675993.html
-
Many American women stayed home from
work, joined rallies or wore red to demonstrate how vital they are to the
U.S. economy, as International Women's Day was observed with a multitude of
events around the world.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/08/world/gallery/international-womens-day-marches-2017/index.html
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The Trump administration has considered
more than $6 billion in cuts at the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
according to preliminary budget documents obtained by The Washington Post. The
plan would squeeze public housing support and end most federally funded
community development grants. HUD’s budget would shrink by about 14 percent to
$40.5 billion in fiscal 2018, which begins in October. While suggesting
significant cuts, the preliminary budget maintains the same level of funding to
rental assistance programs and avoids reductions that could directly put
families on the streets. Budgets for public housing authorities — city and
state agencies that provide subsidized housing and vouchers to local residents
— would be among the hardest hit. Under the preliminary budget, those
operational funds would be reduced by $600 million, or 13 percent. Under the
proposal, direct rental assistance payments — including Section 8 Housing and
housing vouchers for homeless veterans — would be cut by at least $300 million,
to $19.3 billion. Additionally, housing for the elderly — known as the Section
202 program — would be cut by $42 million, nearly 10 percent.
-
Hawaii Mounts Legal Challenge To Trump's
Revised Travel Ban.
-
Turkish client paid $530,000 to Michael
Flynn's consulting firm. Flynn, fired last month from his White House post,
formally registered as a foreign agent this week with the Justice Department
and disclosed the details of his work for Inovo BV, a Dutch consulting firm
owned by a Turkish businessman with ties to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan.
March 9, 2017 Thursday
-
Two House of Representatives committees
approved the legislation that would undo much of the 2010 Affordable Care Act,
popularly known as Obamacare, moving it closer to a vote before the full House.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-idUSKBN16G0DP
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Three states suing to block Trump's new
travel ban: Hawaii, NY and Oregon.
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/323226-three-states-sue-to-stop-trumps-new-travel-ban
-
EPA head Scott Pruitt denies that carbon
dioxide causes global warming.
-
Bill Clinton, “Resurgent nationalism ‘taking us to the edge of our
destruction’”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/bill-clinton-nationalism-235894
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U.S. Is Sending About 400 Marines To Syria.
March 10, 2017 Friday
-
Trump’s administration is asking for
resignation letters from all 46 remaining U.S. attorneys appointed by
President Barack Obama.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/politics/us-attorney-justice-department-trump.html
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More States Join Legal Challenge to
Trump Travel Ban: Massachusetts, Minnesota New York and Oregon.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/more-states-join-legal-challenge-to-travel-ban
-
Maryland joins states suing over Trump's
travel ban.
-
State Dept asked NYC Medical Examiner
not to disclose cause of death of Russian UN ambassador who died last
month.
-
Seattle synagogue targeted by
anti-Semitic vandalism. "Holocaust is fake history" was
spray-painted across a wall of Temple de Hirsch Sinai, with each instance of
the letter "S" replaced with dollar signs.
-
Trump's revised travel ban dealt first
court setback. A federal judge in Wisconsin dealt the first legal blow to
President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on Friday, barring enforcement of the policy to deny U.S. entry to the wife
and child of a Syrian refugee already granted asylum in the United States.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court-idUSKBN16I02F
March 11, 2017 Saturday
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Defiant U.S. prosecutor fired by Trump. New
York U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, a prominent Obama appointed U.S.
prosecutor said the Trump administration fired him on Saturday after he refused
to step down, adding a discordant note to what is normally a routine changing
of top attorneys when a new president takes office.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-justice-idUSKBN16I0PZ
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Man faces 10-year sentence after scaling
White House fence.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-intruder-idUSKBN16I0KU
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A federal court has dealt Texas another
loss over voting rights, finding that Republicans
racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the electoral
influence of the state's booming minority population. A federal three-judge
panel in San Antonio invalidated three Texas congressional districts for
violating the Voting Rights Act or the Constitution in a decision late Friday
night.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/texas-redistricting-racial-lines-235956
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/invalidated-texas-congressional-districts
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134 foreign policy experts condemn Trump
travel ban
-
Sanders: US facing 'very scary times'.
“We have a president who is a pathological liar. Trump lies all of the time. He
lies in order to undermine the foundations of American democracy.”
-
ACLU To Hold ‘Resistance Training’ So
Americans Can Fight Trump’s Dangerous Policies.
-
Preet Bharara was investigating Fox News
when Sean Hannity urged Donald Trump to fire him.
March 12, 2017 Sunday
-
Aides to Trump attacked the credibility
of The
Congressional Budget Office
that will analyze the costs of a replacement for Obamacare, as the White House
sought to quell opposition from many conservative Republicans.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-idUSKBN16J0XH
-
Mayors of Santa Fe and Philadelphia
said in a SXSW panel that the president’s orders and immigration policies
represent a threat to the safety and prosperity of US cities. ‘We cannot submit to a bully’.
-
A Jewish community center in
Rochester, New York, closed temporarily on Sunday after receiving its second bomb threat in less than a week.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/12/us/jcc-rochester-ny-bomb-threat/index.html
-
Kellyanne Conway suggests Obama could
have spied on Trump through a microwave.
-
Trump budget expected to seek historic contraction of federal workforce.
March 13, 2017 Monday
-
CBO: 14 million would lose coverage
in 2018 under GOP Obamacare repeal.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/cbo-gop-obamacare-repeal-plan-236007
-
Trump gives CIA authority to conduct
drone strikes. The move would be a change from the policy of former
President Barack Obama's administration of limiting the CIA's paramilitary
role.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-cia-drones-idUSKBN16K2SE
-
White House Seeks to Cut Billions in
Funding for United Nations. U.S. retreat from U.N. could mark a “breakdown
of the international humanitarian system as we know it.”
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/13/white-house-seeks-to-cut-billions-in-funding-for-united-nations/
-
The chief federal prosecutors in
Connecticut and northern New York have won short-term reprieves from Trump's abrupt action Friday demanding immediate resignations from several dozen U.S. attorneys
appointed by President Barack Obama.
-
Trump signs Executive Order on a
Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch. The order directs
OMB Director Mick Mulvaney to "propose a plan to reorganize governmental
functions and eliminate unnecessary agencies ... components of agencies and
agency programs." The Executive Branch Is About to Be 'Reorganized' into
Oblivion. Steve Bannon’s time has come.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a53848/trump-executive-order-reorganization/
March 14, 2017 Tuesday
- ‘Never
Trump’ Republicans join call for select committee to investigate Russia and
Trump. “Never Trump” Republicans are planning to pressure GOP leaders to
establish a bipartisan select committee to take over the inquiries and settle
the matter once and for all.
-
Secretary of State Tillerson told the
U.N. advocates and human rights groups that the U.S. “continues to evaluate
the effectiveness” of the Human Rights Council but is skeptical about being in a group with nations such as China, Egypt and
Saudi Arabia, which have poor human rights records. UN Human Rights Council must reform or US will leave.
-
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
warned Republicans on Tuesday that they'd
risk a government shutdown if they try to attach money for Trump's
U.S.-Mexico border wall to a must-pass bill to keep the government open. The
same applies to any attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, Schumer said.
-
Trump set to completely scrap US
consumer protection agency.
-
Trump gives CIA power to carry out its
own drone strikes. New authority sparks fears about accountability as until
now all lethal remote strikes had to be launched by military.
-
Trump's administration is preparing
to release a wide-ranging executive
order to reduce the role that climate change plays in policy decisions. The
move could alter how U.S. agencies weigh regulations on a broad array of
industries, from drilling, coal mining and auto manufacturing to refining.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-carbon-idUSKBN16L2R4
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Kushners, Trump In-Laws, Weigh $400
Million Deal in sale of NY skyscraper with Chinese Firm. The Kushner
family, owners of the tower, would reap a financial windfall courtesy of a
Chinese company, even as Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to Mr. Trump as well
as his son-in-law, helps oversee American foreign policy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/nyregion/kushner-companies-anbang-insurance-group.html
March 15, 2017 Wednesday
-
Hawaii judge halts Trump's new travel
ban before it can go into effect. A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii dealt
another legal blow to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, issuing an emergency
halt to his revised travel ban just hours before it was set to go into effect
early on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson put out an emergency stop
on Trump's executive order, which aimed to temporarily bar entry to the United
States of most refugees as well as travelers from six Muslim-majority countries.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court-idUSKBN16M17N
-
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to confirm
former Republican senator Dan Coats to be Trump's director of national
intelligence and to approve Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster's
transfer to become his national security adviser.
-
The Republican chairman of the House
Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, who has been one of the few defenders
of Trump's claims, made clear Wednesday that there is zero evidence to suggest Trump Tower was wiretapped.
-
US
Federal Reserve raises interest rates to 1% in bid to hold off inflation.
Fed chair Janet Yellen says US economy in strong health as she announces third
rate rise since 2008 and the first of several expected this year
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/15/fed-raises-rates-at-march-meeting.html
-
US charges two Russian spies and two
hackers in Yahoo data breach.
-
Trump has begun the process of rolling back carbon pollution standards for
vehicles following a meeting with automakers in Detroit, Michigan. Trump
has directed the EPA to review fuel efficiency standards that were a key plank
of Barack Obama’s effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The move is a
victory for carmakers who have claimed the standards are too onerous and out of
step with Americans’ car buying habits.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/us/politics/trump-obama-fuel-economy-standards.html
-
FBI Director James Comey briefed a group
of top senators Wednesday amid growing demands that he clarify if the
bureau is investigating any contacts
between Moscow and the Trump campaign.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/324194-fbi-director-briefs-top-senators-on-russia
March 16, 2017 Thursday
-
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Thursday they saw no evidence to support Trump's claim that the Obama administration
tapped his phones during the 2016 presidential campaign.
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-wiretap-trump-tower-barack-obama-senate-569273
-
Trump vows to appeal against travel ban
ruling to Supreme Court.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court-idUSKBN16N0YS
-
Trump unveiled a $1.15 trillion budget,
proposing a far-reaching overhaul of federal spending that would slash many domestic programs to finance
a big increase for the military and
make a down payment on a U.S.-Mexico
border wall. Massive cuts to the arts, science and the poor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/us/politics/trump-budget.html
March 17, 2017 Friday
-
The White House has apologized to the British government
after alleging that a UK intelligence agency spied on President Donald Trump at
the behest of former President Barack Obama.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/gchq-trump-wiretap-denial/index.html
-
U.S. prepared to take military action
against N. Korea, if necessary, Sec. of State Tillerson says.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/tillerson-south-korea-dmz/index.html
-
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Meets
Trump, the Defender Versus the Disrupter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/world/europe/angela-merkel-donald-trump.html
-
Trump defiantly backs-away from
apologies to Britain at his news conference with Angela Merkel, making
clear that the White House had nothing to retract or apologize for because his
spokesman had simply repeated an assertion made by a Fox News commentator. Fox
itself later disavowed the report.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/world/europe/trump-britain-obama-wiretap-gchq.html
-
Immigration judges headed to 12 U.S.
cities to speed deportations.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-judges-exclusive-idUSKBN16O2S6
-
The U.S. government took the legal
battle over Trump's travel ban to a higher court, saying it would appeal a federal
judge's decision that struck down parts of the ban on the day it was set to go
into effect.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-appeal-idUSKBN16O2MT
March 18, 2017 Saturday
-
On the heels of a visibly awkward visit from the German chancellor, Angela
Merkel, Donald Trump said that Germany
owed “vast sums of money” to Nato and the US, even though the alliance does
not stipulate payments to America. His remarks prompted a former US permanent
representative to Nato to reply “that’s not how Nato works.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/18/trump-merkel-nato-germany-owe-money-tweet
-
China has rebuffed Donald Trump’s latest
Twitter attack after the US president accused Beijing of doing little to
help force North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, to abandon his nuclear ambitions.
Speaking in Beijing alongside the US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, the
Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, claimed a responsible China had “devoted a
lot of energy and effort over the years” to resolving the North Korean issue.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/18/china-rejects-trump-criticisms-over-north-korea
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G20 Leaders Roll Back Free Trade Pledge
After Pushback From Trump Administration. At a meeting of finance ministers
and central bankers from the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging nations
and the European Union, Steven Mnuchin signaled that American policy would
follow the campaign promises made by President Trump to put “America first” and
review existing trade agreements to seek better deals for the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/business/group-of-20-summit-us-trade.html
-
Roger J. Stone Jr., an informal
adviser to President Trump, has been asked
by the Senate Intelligence Committee to preserve any records he may have in connection to a broader inquiry into
Russian attempts to interfere with United States elections.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/us/politics/roger-stone-senate-trump-russia-documents.html
-
One person was in custody after a car
drove up to a White House checkpoint and the driver claimed to have a bomb in
the vehicle, CNN reported. There wasn't any immediate confirmation that a
device was in the car, but the vehicle was being checked, CNN reported citing
law enforcement sources. The report followed another incident earlier Saturday
when a man was detained after jumping a pedestrian barrier near the White
House.
March 19, 2017 Sunday
-
Germany rejects Trump's claim it owes
NATO and U.S. 'vast sums' for defense.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-germany-defence-idUSKBN16Q0D8
-
Sir Peter Westmacott, writing in the
Guardian, has accused the White House of ‘peddling falsehoods’ by
suggesting British intelligence spied on Trump Tower.
-
Intruder Arrested at White House After
Saying He Has ‘Bomb in the Trunk’.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/19/us/politics/white-house-intruder-bomb.html
-
White House installs political aides at
Cabinet agencies to be Trump’s eyes and ears.
-
Chair of the House Intelligence
Committee Devin Nunes told Fox News host Chris Wallace on-air that a current person in the White House is
under investigation and surveillance.
-
The top Democrat on the House
Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff, said there was "circumstantial
evidence" of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials —
and "direct evidence" of deception.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/schiff-trump-russia-democrats-investigation-236231
March 20, 2017 Monday
-
Day 1 of Neil Gorsuch Senate Hearings.
-
FBI: Trump campaign, Russia ties
investigated, no wiretap evidence found. In a hearing before the House
Intelligence Committee, FBI Director
James Comey said for the first time that the bureau is investigating whether
there was any coordination between the Trump campaign and Moscow while Russia
was interfering in the presidential election. Comey also delivered an
implicit rebuke to President Donald Trump, saying that he had "no information" to support claims by the President
that he was wiretapped on the orders of predecessor Barack Obama. What
made the moment even more extraordinary was Trump’s tweeted commentary on – and
misrepresenting of – the hearing as it was happening. Trump's spokesman Sean Spicer said Trump would not
apologize to Obama for the accusations against him, adding that there were
questions still remaining about surveillance that may or may not have taken
place during the campaign.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/20/politics/comey-hearing-russia-wiretapping/index.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-39328507
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Donald Trump tweets lies during Russia
hearings, but MSNBC corrects him in real time.
http://www.palmerreport.com/politics/lie-james-comey-donald-trump-russia-tweet/1994/
March 21, 2017 Tuesday
-
Day 2 of Neil Gorsuch Senate Hearings.
-
Trump tells GOP critics of health-care bill: ‘I’m gonna come after you’
-
Chair of House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes received a phone call that
caused him to bail on his Uber ride and disappear from the staffer he was with.
March 22, 2017 Wednesday
-
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes - without
any notice to the committee’s Democrats - held a press conference and then
briefed the White House on what he called new evidence, provided to him by an
unnamed source, that members of the Trump transition might have been improperly
monitored by U.S. intelligence agencies following the November election.
March 23, 2017 Thursday
-
Trump hosted conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh for dinner at the White
House. Limbaugh and his wife had dinner with the president, Vice President
Pence and Pence's wife Karen at the White House.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/327525-trump-invited-limbaugh-to-dine-at-the-white-house-report
March 24, 2017 Friday
-
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is
calling what police said was a racially-motivated murder of a black Manhattan
resident by a white man who traveled to the city from Baltimore an
"act of domestic, racist terrorism." And he believes that "a
dynamic of hatred" is growing in America that "is clearly related to
the rhetoric of Donald Trump and even other candidates during the presidential
election.”
-
Republican Chairman Devin Nunes of the
House Intelligence Committee cancels next week’s open hearing where Sally
Yates, John Brennan and James Clapper were to give public testimony.
Democratic Co-Chair Schiff strongly objected, calls it a “serious mistake”.
-
Devin Nunes, the head of the House
Intelligence Committee, secretly went to the White House grounds to meet with a
source, before he surprised his colleagues by briefing the president — and
the press — on information they hadn't seen.
-
Democrats are plotting their next move
after questioning House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes’ fitness to lead the panel’s
investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/devin-nunes-russia-trump-investigation-democrats-236471
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House repeal and replacement of ACA
fails, is pulled lacking enough votes. Ryan said he told President Trump
the best thing to do was pull this bill and Trump agreed with that decision.
Trump blamed Democrats.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/ryan-concedes-on-health-care-says-house-will-move-on
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FBI Director James Comey was at the
White House, days after he confirmed his bureau is investigating ties between
associates of President Trump and Russia. The White House said Comey
visited to attend a “routine interagency meeting,” but did not say with whom he
met. No meeting with Comey was listed on the president's public schedule. Comey
was spotted leaving the White House less than an hour later after television
cameras showed him entering the West Wing.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/325670-fbi-director-comey-visits-white-house
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NBC News Chief Andrea Mitchell has
learned that staffers in the Trump Administration are racing to “purge their
cellphones” of relevant information as the threat of a subpoena by one of
the three investigations into the Trump team’s potentially treasonous collusion
with the Russian Federation grows with each passing day.
March 25, 2017 Saturday
-
New York Mayor De Blasio blames Trump
for 'dynamic of hatred' in US.
http://thehill.com/homenews/325782-nyc-mayor-links-race-related-murder-to-trump
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Fights erupt at pro-Donald Trump rally
on California beach.
-
Trump aide Boris Epshteyn leaving White
House, officials say.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/25/politics/epshteyn-leaving-white-house/
-
Politico and London Times reveals Trump
handed Angela Merkel a bill thought to be for more than £300
billion supposedly owed by Germany to NATO.
http://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-handed-angela-merkel-outrageous-nato-bill-report/
March 27, 2017 Monday
-
Devin Nunes said that he did not
coordinate his allegations that Trump’s transition team was monitored by U.S.
intelligence officials with the White House. CNN reported on Monday morning
that Nunes had gone to the White House grounds to view those documents, which
further raised the question of whether the Trump administration had given them
to him and coordinated the story.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/devin-nunes-trump-intelligence-wiretapping-236567
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The storm around intensified after it
was revealed that Nunes secretly visited the White House grounds the day before
announcing incidental surveillance of Trump’s transition team. The visit
raised questions about whether the White House itself was the source of the
mysterious intelligence that Nunes, but no one else on Capitol Hill, has seen.
Nunes has vowed to protect his source while offering contradictory descriptions
of what the documents reveal.
-
Pelosi, Schiff call on Devin Nunes to
recuse himself from Russia probe. The calls are a stunning breakdown for a
committee that has traditionally operated in a bipartisan manner.
-
Trump is reportedly creating a new White
House innovation office that will be led by his son-in-law and senior adviser,
Jared Kushner. The new office, which is described in the Post report as a
“SWAT team” to fix the federal bureaucracy, is working with tech giants. It is
expected to pull ideas from the business world and may consider privatizing
some government functions. The team will include former business executives,
according to the report.
-
Trump criticized former Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton's policies on Russia in a series of tweets, adding, the
"Trump Russia story is a hoax."
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-clinton-russia-236571
March 28, 2017 Tuesday
-
Trump administration sought to block
Yates from testifying to Congress on Russia.
-
Trump signs executive order to sweep
away Obama-era climate change regulations. The decree's main target is
Obama's Clean Power Plan that required states to slash carbon emissions from power
plants - a critical element in helping the United States meet its commitments
to a global climate change accord reached by nearly 200 countries in Paris in
2015. The so-called "Energy Independence" order also reverses a ban
on coal leasing on federal lands, undoes rules to curb methane emissions from
oil and gas production, and reduces the weight of climate change and carbon
emissions in policy and infrastructure permitting decisions.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-energy-idUSKBN16Z1L6
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article141773404.html
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Europe poised to take baton from US as
leader in global efforts to fight climate change, with America’s commitment
to Paris accords at risk.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/28/climate-change-eu-leader-trump-executive-order
-
White House backs repeal of broadband
privacy rules.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet-idUSKBN16Z2JI
-
Congress voted to kill rules meant to
prevent internet service providers from selling users’ web browsing histories
and app storage histories to advertisers.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/28/privacy-protection-sell-web-browsing-history-data
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House of Representatives Republican
leaders said they still intended to repeal and replace Obamacare after
their White House-backed bill failed to get enough support and collapsed last
week.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-republicans-idUSKBN16Z23K
- House
Republicans blocked more attempts by Democrats to obtain Trump's tax returns
from the IRS.
http://www.wcax.com/story/35017580/house-gop-blocks-effort-by-democrats-to-obtain-trumps-taxes
-
Trump asks police union officials (FOP)
to find out which cops didn’t vote for him.
-
Veteran newsman Dan Rather warns
Americans of Trump’s ‘power to decimate and destroy’.
https://www.facebook.com/theDanRather/posts/10158421087140716
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Trump Administration Omits LGBTQ People
from 2020 Census.
March 29, 2017 Wednesday
-
(incidentally) Britain’s PM Theresa May
triggers Brexit. Britain now has two years to negotiate the terms of the
divorce before it comes into effect in late March 2019.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-39431428
-
Trump's business network reached alleged
Russian mobsters.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/29/trumps-business-network-reached-alleged-russian-mobsters.html
-
A judge in Hawaii has extended a broad
block on Trump's revised travel ban, turning aside pleas from the federal
government to narrow or drop an earlier order forbidding the president from
implementing key parts of his plan.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-travel-ban-order-hawaii-236675
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A supervisor at the Energy Department's
international climate office told staff this week not to use the phrases
"climate change," "emissions reduction" or "Paris
Agreement" in written memos, briefings or other written communication,
sources have told POLITICO.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/energy-department-climate-change-phrases-banned-236655
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Seattle filed a lawsuit against the
Trump administration Wednesday, charging that President Donald Trump’s
executive order threatening funding for
“sanctuary cities” is “unconstitutional and ambiguous,” and violates the
10th Amendment of the Constitution.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/seattle-trump-sanctuary-cities-236672
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Ivanka Trump will become a federal
employee as part of unpaid White House role.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/ivanka-trump-federal-employee-unpaid-236657
March 30, 2017 Thursday
-
First day of Senate Intelligence
Committee hearings on Trump-Russia probe. Clinton Watts informed the
committee that Russia had been targeting Rubio, along with other of Donald
Trump’s Republican opponents, with propaganda or fake news stories during the
primary.
-
V.P. Pence broke a tie in a Senate vote
to roll back federal funding for family planning and reproductive health
(derail grants flowing to clinics that provide contraception and other health
services to low-income women in states that want to block the funding, e.g.,
Planned Parentood). In recent years states such as Texas have blocked some
healthcare providers from receiving the grants.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-abortion-idUSKBN1712NY
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Nineteen U.S. states have introduced
bills that would curb freedom of expression and the right to protest since
Donald Trump's election as president, an "alarming and undemocratic"
trend, U.N. human rights investigators said on Thursday. Maina Kiai and David
Kaye, independent U.N. experts on freedom of peaceful assembly and expression
respectively, said in a statement that the state bills were incompatible with
international human rights law.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-rights-un-idUSKBN1712SG
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Mike Flynn, President Trump’s former
national security adviser, has told the
FBI and congressional committees investigating the Trump campaign’s
potential ties to Russia that he is willing
to be interviewed in exchange for a grant of immunity from prosecution.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mike-flynn-offers-to-testify-in-exchange-for-immunity-1490912959
March 31, 2017 Friday
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Trump urged Mike Flynn, his former national security adviser, to strike an immunity deal because he's
facing “a witch hunt.”
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/michael-flynn-talks-congress-wary-prosecution-46484973
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Trump officials defend immigration
arrests at California courthouses. Sessions and Department of Homeland
Security Secretary John Kelly gave no indication that agents would stop the
arrests.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-courthouses-idUSKBN1722T1
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Come Monday, the Trump administration
may quietly revoke the ability of hundreds of thousands of immigrants — almost all women — from legally working in the United States,
forcing them to choose between heading back to their kitchens or leaving the
country altogether.
-
Trump’s EPA has issued a new, more
detailed plan for laying off 25 percent of its employees and scrapping 56
programs including pesticide safety, water runoff control, and
environmental cooperation with Mexico and Canada under the North American Free
Trade Agreement.
-
Trump signs executive order aimed at
identifying and targeting foreign trade abuses and orders stricter and more
effective enforcement of US anti-dumping laws to prevent foreign manufacturers
from undercutting US companies by selling goods at an unfair price.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/donald-trump-executive-order-signing-walk-out/index.html
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The Trump administration released the financial disclosure forms
from members of the White House
staff.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/31/us/politics/white-house-releases-staff-financial-disclosures.html
April 1, 2017 Saturday
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A federal judge has rejected President
Donald Trump’s free speech defense against a lawsuit accusing him of
inciting violence against protesters at a campaign rally. Trump’s lawyers
sought to dismiss the lawsuit by three protesters who say they were roughed up
by his supporters at a March 1, 2016 rally in Louisville, Kentucky.
-
Wealthy White House staffers' finances
detailed in new disclosures.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-disclosures-idUSKBN173331
-
Fox, Bill O'Reilly settle claims with
five women
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-twenty-firstfox-oreilly-idUSKBN1733W8
April 2, 2017 Sunday
-
EPA chief, Scott Pruitt, said the Paris
climate change agreement is a "bad deal" for the country. He did
not confirm whether the United States would remain in the global climate change
pact, under which nearly all countries agreed in 2015 to halt or curb their
greenhouse gas emissions, even as the world's biggest emitter China reaffirmed
its commitment to the agreement.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-paris-idUSKBN1740NP
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Adam Schiff accused
Trump of trying to divert Congress from its investigations of Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election and any links between Moscow and
the Trump campaign. He said
the Republican president and his aides have instead attempted to throw the
focus on the possibility of illegal leaks of classified information and whether
Trump or his associates were caught up in incidental collection by surveillance
that was targeting foreigners.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKBN1740OL
April 3, 2017 Monday
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Democrats secure enough votes to block
Gorsuch, setting stage for ‘nuclear option’. Senate Democrats secured
enough votes to filibuster the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S.
Supreme Court on Monday, increasing the likelihood that Republicans will change
the rules of the U.S. Senate to ensure his confirmation later this week.
-
Trump signed a resolution approved
by the U.S. House and Senate to revoke a
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule banning most predator control on Alaska
refuges.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article142522494.html
-
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered
Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with troubled police
forces nationwide, saying it was necessary to ensure these pacts do not
work against the Trump administration's goals of promoting officer safety and
morale while fighting violent crime.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article142521054.html
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Blackwater founder, Erik Prince,
held secret Seychelles meeting to establish
Trump-Putin back channel.
-
California lawmakers gave initial approval to a measure that prevents
law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration officials, a
measure that proponents said rebukes President Donald Trump for his immigration
crackdown. It makes California a statewide sanctuary for many people who are in
the country illegally.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article142506584.html
-
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved
Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the first hurdle in a week
heading towards a political showdown and a permanent change to Senate rules.
http://time.com/4723448/neil-gorsuch-confirmation-vote-senate
-
Top White House officials met moderate and conservative Republicans
in the U.S. House of Representatives in
an effort to revive a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-pence-idUSKBN1752Q2
-
Ever since he seized power in a military takeover nearly four years ago,
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt has been barred from the White House.
But Trump made clear on Monday that the
period of ostracism was over as he hosted Mr. Sisi and pledged unstinting
support for the autocratic ruler.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/world/middleeast/-egypt-sisi-trump-white-house.html
-
Ex-Trump adviser, Carter Page, gave
energy industry documents to Russian spy, court files show.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/03/trump-russia-carter-page-energy-industry-files-spy
-
Trump signed into law a resolution that repealed
protections requiring Internet service providers to get your permission before
collecting and sharing data. Democrats and privacy advocates have argued
this approach effectively hands over the customer's personal information to the
highest bidder.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/03/technology/internet-privacy-law-trump/index.html
-
Trump and his son hype misleading
reports blaming Susan Rice for alleged wiretap. Right-wing conspiracy
theorist Mike Cernovich claims Obama’s national security adviser, Susan Rice,
ordered the “unmasking” of Trump campaign associates ensnared in U.S. surveillance
of foreign agents. It was picked up by Bloomberg’s Eli Lake and then amplified
in other conservative media outlets — as vindication of the president’s claims,
which have been debunked by various lawmakers, intelligence officials and
federal investigators.
-
Fox News hit with new Ailes harassment
suit in wake of O'Reilly bombshell.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/03/media/julie-roginsky-lawsuit-fox-news-roger-ailes/index.html
-
Eleven killed in suspected suicide bombing on Russian metro train.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-blast-metro-idUSKBN17519G
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/03/europe/st-petersburg-russia-explosion/index.html
April 4, 2017 Tuesday
-
A chemical attack occurred in Syria
and Trump blamed the Syrian regime’s “heinous actions” on the Obama
administration’s "weakness and irresolution."
-
Advertisers flee ‘The O’Reilly Factor’
amid sexual-harassment claims against host.
-
U.S. would slash EPA vehicle testing
budget under Trump plan.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-autos-environment-idUSKBN1762R4
-
Trump’s senior adviser Kushner meets
Iraqi PM.
-
Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro predicted Tuesday that the investigations into Trump's campaign's ties to Russia would lead to
imprisonment for some of the key players. "I wouldn't be surprised
after all of this is said and done that some people end up in jail."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/04/politics/joaquin-castro-cnntv-jail/
-
Republicans are set to use the “nuclear
option” to get Neil Gorsuch confirmed to the Supreme Court.
http://mindy-fischer-writer.com/2017/04/republicans-using-nuclear-option-win-democratic-party-base/
-
North Korea test-fires missile into
sea ahead of Trump-Xi summit.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKBN1762XX
-
Trump officials are evaluating whether
to require foreign nationals who visit the U.S. to divulge cellphone contacts
and passwords for social media; new rules could potentially force visitors
to supply their phones to authorities to check their contacts. Another method
would require visitors to supply authorities with the passwords for online
accounts so they may view both public and private interactions. Foreigners
entering U.S. could be forced to hand over phones, answer questions on
ideology; changes could apply to allies like France and Germany.
-
Infowars host Alex Jones threatens Adam
Schiff: “I’ll beat your goddamn ass”.
-
Politico.com reports Gorsuch plagiarized.
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch copied the structure and language used by
several authors and failed to cite source material in his book and an academic
article, according to documents provided to POLITICO.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/gorsuch-writings-supreme-court-236891
April 5, 2017 Wednesday
-
Trump removed his chief strategist Steve
Bannon from the National Security Council on Wednesday, reversing his
controversial decision early this year to give a political adviser an
unprecedented role in security discussions. The New York Times reported
Wednesday evening that Bannon “resisted the move” and threatened to resign if
the change was made. It took the intervention of billionaire Rebekah Mercer to
persuade him to stay after he was ousted from the NSC saying that achieving
their shared nationalistic goals was a “long-term play” and that he needed to
remain. The shifting roles also restored the Joint Chiefs chairman and
intelligence director roles as “regular attendees” of the Principals Committee
on the NSC.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-security-idUSKBN17724S
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/bannon-threatens-to-quit-white-house
-
House GOP mulls emergency meeting to
push Obamacare repeal.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/obamacare-repeal-republican-emergency-236941
-
White nationalists' latest tactic to
recruit college students: paper flyers and tape.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/05/white-nationalists-posters-college-student-recruitment
April 6, 2017 Thursday
-
Senate Republicans on Thursday crushed a
Democratic blockade of Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee in a fierce
partisan brawl, approving a rule change
dubbed the "nuclear option" to allow for conservative judge Neil
Gorsuch's confirmation by Friday. Trump had encouraged Republican Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to "go nuclear." "In 20 or 30 or
40 years, we will sadly point to today as a turning point in the history of the
Senate and the Supreme Court, a day when we irrevocably moved further away from
the principles our founders intended for these institutions: principles of
bipartisanship, moderation and consensus," Senate Democratic leader Chuck
Schumer said on the Senate floor.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-gorsuch-idUSKBN17814Y
-
Trump arrived in Florida to hold his
first meeting with Chinese President Xi
Jinping, facing pressure to make good on promises for trade concessions and
prevent a spiraling crisis with North Korea.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-idUSKBN17815O
-
Twitter Inc said in a lawsuit on
Thursday that it had received a demand
from U.S. officials for records that could reveal the user behind an account opposed to Trump and that it was
challenging the demand in court.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-lawsuit-idUSKBN1782PH
https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/twitter-sues-feds-over-attempt-to-reveal-identity-behind
-
Devin Nunes steps aside from House
intelligence committee's Russia inquiry. Nunes said he would ‘temporarily’
leave the inquiry into Trump’s connections to Russia, saying that ‘leftwing
activists’ had filed ethics complaints against him.
-
Trump weighing military options
following chemical weapons attack in Syria. When asked if Trump would be
organizing an international coalition to remove Assad, Tillerson said, “Those
steps are underway.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tillerson-steps-way-remove-assad-power-syria-200018022.html
-
The House Ethics Committee announced
today that it is investigating Nunes'
actions after "allegations of unauthorized disclosures of classified
information," noting that the investigation "does not itself indicate
that any violation has occurred."
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article143054719.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-devin-nunes-steps-russia-probe/story?id=46620555
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/devin-nunes-russia-probe
-
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told Republicans as they
departed Washington on Thursday that their recesses could be cut short if a deal is reached on legislation to
repeal and replace ObamaCare.
-
TRUMP LAUNCHES MILITARY STRIKE AGAINST
SYRIA. US warships launched between 50-60 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian
government airbase where the warplanes that carried out the chemical
attacks were based, US officials said.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/politics/donald-trump-syria-military/index.html
- Canada Welcomes Tech Companies That
Are Spooked by Trump.
http://time.com/4728289/canada-welcomes-tech-companies-spooked-trump/
April 7, 2017 Friday
-
The Republican-led Senate confirmed Neil
Gorsuch to the Supreme Court tilting it to the right for decades.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/apr/07/senate-confirms-neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-trump
-
Russia warns of “extremely serious
consequences” from U.S. strike in Syria. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry
Medvedev charged that the U.S. strikes were one step away from clashing with
Russia's military.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKBN1782S0
-
Russia is suspending a communications
channel with the United States set up to avoid midair incidents between
Russian and U.S. pilots in the skies over the Syria.
-
Truck
drives into crowd in Stockholm, killing four people. Suspect arrested over
incident which police are treating as act
of terrorism.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/07/truck-crashes-in-central-stockholm-sweden
-
Syrian military officials appeared to
anticipate Thursday night's raid on Syria's Shayrat air base, evacuating
personnel and moving equipment ahead of the strike, according to an eyewitness.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/eyewitness-syrian-military-anticipated-us-raid/story
-
Syrian strikes didn't target runway as to not
effect Russians, says US military official, &
Tomahawk type used was precision, not cratering. This might offer some
reassurance to Assad that the air strikes were more a slap on the wrist than
the beginning of a knockout blow.
https://twitter.com/CarlaBabbVOA/status/850358298918494209
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/04/269543.htm
-
The US had provided Russia with advance
information of its deadly missile
strikes on Syria, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
https://sputniknews.com/world/201704071052397457-russia-kremlin-syria-strike/
April 9, 2017 Sunday
-
A joint command center made up of the forces of Russian, Iran and allied militia alliance supporting Syrian
President Bashar al Assad said the U.S. strike on a Syrian air base crossed
"red lines" and it would now
respond to any new aggression.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-allies-idUSKBN17B0K7
Asked at a press conference whether the U.S. would lead an international coalition to oust the Syrian leader, Tillerson replied that "those steps are underway."
http://www.wfaa.com/news/world/tillerson-steps-are-underway-to-oust-syrias-assad/429294858
-
Palm Sunday bombings of Egyptian Coptic
churches kill 44.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-violence-idUSKBN17B06U
-
As the US navy deployed a strike group
towards the western Pacific Ocean, to provide a presence near the Korean
peninsula, the secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, said China agreed with the Trump administration that “action has to be taken” regarding North Korea.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/08/politics/navy-korean-peninsula/index.html
-
Third Trump ally KT McFarland removed
from National Security Council. Her departure follows that of Michael Flynn
and Stephen Bannon.
April 10, 2017 Monday
-
North
Korea 'ready for war' after US navy strike team redeploys. Pyongyang cites ‘reckless moves’ by US and says it will
defend the country from invasion ‘by powerful force of arms’.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/11/north-korea-ready-for-war-us-navy-redeploys
-
White House warns of potential US
'red line' over Syria barrel bomb
attacks
-
Neil Gorsuch is Sworn in as Supreme
Court Justice, placing a devoted conservative in the seat once occupied by
Justice Antonin Scalia and handing President Trump a victory in his push to
shape the court for decades to come.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/us/politics/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court.html
-
Russia and Iran request an 'unbiased
investigation' into Syrian chemical attack
-
Russia and Iran warn US they will
'respond with force' if red lines crossed in Syria again.
-
Don Benton, the controversial former
state senator from Vancouver who was an early Donald Trump supporter, will be nominated to head the U.S. Selective
Service System.
[Other]
It's not just Syria. Trump is ratcheting
up wars across the world.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/10/not-just-syria-trump-ratcheting-up-wars-world
April 11, 2017 Tuesday
-
White House spokesman Sean Spicer
triggered an uproar on Tuesday by saying
Adolf Hitler did not use chemical
weapons.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-hitler-idUSKBN17D2N9
-
North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at
any sign of American aggression, if provoked.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-nuclear-idUSKBN17D0A4
-
The FBI obtained a secret court order
last summer to monitor the
communications of Carter Page saying there was probable cause to believe
Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power (Russia).
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKBN17E00G
-
Trump's message to bankers: Wall Street
reform rules (Dodd-Frank) may be eliminated. Trump said major banking rules
put in place after the 2008 financial crisis were planned to get a "major
haircut".
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-business-idUSKBN17D1ZD
April 12, 2017 Wednesday
-
Russian President Vladimir Putin said
trust had eroded between the United States and Russia as Moscow delivered
an unusually hostile reception to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a
face-off over Syria.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-idUSKBN17E1AF
-
Trump administration moving quickly to build up nationwide deportation force.
-
Trump on NATO: ‘I said it was
obsolete. It’s no longer obsolete.’
April 13, 2017 Thursday
-
U.S. drops 'mother of all bombs' in
Afghanistan. The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb (cost $16M), also
known as the "mother of all bombs," in eastern Afghanistan on
Thursday against a series of caves used by Islamic State militants, the
military said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-bomb-idUSKBN17F27U
http://www.deagel.com/Defensive-Weapons/GBU-43B_a000978001.aspx
-
China warns against force against North
Korea. With a U.S. aircraft carrier group steaming to the area and tension
rising, China said military force cannot resolve tension over North Korea.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-event-idUSKBN17E2CT
-
NATO deploys troops to Poland. Poland
on Thursday welcomed the first U.S. troops in a multi-national force which is
being posted across the Baltic region to counter potential threats from Russia.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-russia-poland-idUSKBN17F290
-
Improperly stored raw meat among violations
found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago. Undercooled meat, potentially dangerous raw
fish and broken coolers were among 13 violations found by restaurant inspectors
at Mar-a-Lago.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-maralago-idUSKBN17F23A
-
Trump signed a resolution that will
allow U.S. states to restrict how federal funds for
contraception and reproductive health are spent, a move cheered by
anti-abortion campaigners.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-abortion-idUSKBN17F2IH
-
CIA director labels WikiLeaks a ‘hostile
intelligence service’.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/mike-pompeo-wikileaks-hostile-intelligence-service-237206
-
British intelligence passed Trump associates' communications with
Russians on to US counterparts.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/13/politics/trump-russia-british-intelligence/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/british-spies-first-to-spot-trump-team-links-russia
-
Trump signs bill that guts Title X
emboldening states that try to block
access to health care, particularly at Planned Parenthood health centers,
which provides basic health care, including family planning, to millions of
Americans every year.
http://shareblue.com/donald-trump-just-killed-family-planning-for-millions-of-americans/
-
The former head of the British Secret Intelligence Service went on the record
saying Donald Trump owes money to Russia,
putting Trump in a compromised position that “lingers” over him as president.
http://shareblue.com/breaking-former-uk-spy-chief-says-trump-likely-owes-money-to-russia/
-
Trump administration issued a final rule that will shorten the Obamacare enrollment period and give insurers more
of what they say they need, likely making it harder for some consumers to
purchase insurance. It could also raise
out-of-pocket medical expenses, the experts said, because it gives insurers
more flexibility in determining the value of their coverage.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-rule-idUSKBN17F2RX
-
Trump administration halts Obama-era rule aimed at curbing
toxic wastewater from coal plants.
-
Trump’s administration has been quietly loosening firearms restrictions
in the United States after successfully seeking the support of gun owners on
the campaign trail.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article144436204.html
April 14, 2017 Friday
-
China fears North Korea-US conflict 'at any moment'. China said tension over North Korea had to be stopped from reaching an
"irreversible and unmanageable stage."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39600426
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-event-idUSKBN17E2CT
-
Trump will keep list of White House
visitors secret.
-
EPA chief Scott Pruitt calls for an ‘exit’ from the Paris climate agreement.
-
Trump’s lawyers in a federal court filing argued that he cannot be sued for inciting his supporters to hurt protesters
because, as the president, he is immune
from civil lawsuits.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/trump-inciting-violence-protest-rally-lawsuit-237249
April 15, 2017 Saturday
-
Thousands at U.S. rallies demand Trump
release tax returns.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-taxes-idUSKBN17H0FW
-
Right, left-wing protesters clash in
Berkeley, California park.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-berkeley-protests-idUSKBN17H0LU
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article144817389.html
-
U.S. judge puts hold on Arkansas plan
for successive executions. Arkansas planned to begin the lethal injections
of at least six convicted murderers on Monday and complete the executions
before the end of April (totaling 8). Arkansas had scheduled the fast-paced
series of executions in order to beat
the expiration date on its batch of one of the three drugs used in its
lethal injection cocktail.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arkansas-execution-stay-idUSKBN17G1L4
-
Former Afghan president calls decision
to drop massive U.S. bomb 'treason'.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-bomb-idUSKBN17F27U
-
North Korea displays apparently new missiles as U.S. carrier group
approaches. New missiles centre of huge parade as Kim Jong-un aide
threatens 'annihilating' nuclear strike
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-anniversary-idUSKBN17G0WU
-
Maxine Waters rallies Tax March
crowd for Trump's impeachment.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/328979-waters-rallies-tax-march-crowd-for-trumps-impeachment
-
Man
accused of assaulting woman at election rally says Trump inspired him. Lawyers
for veteran being sued over an altercation at a Trump campaign rally in
Kentucky says he acted at the candidate’s urging.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/15/trump-campaign-rally-lawsuit-assault-kentucky
-
G.O.P. Bill Would Make Medical Malpractice Suits Harder to Win.
April 16, 2017 Sunday
-
EPA emerges as major target after
Trump solicits policy advice from industry, dramatic steps that Trump officials
are likely to take in overhauling
federal policies, especially those designed to advance environmental protection and safeguard worker rights.
-
ICE immigration arrests of noncriminals
double under Trump.
-
Trump reverses campaign pledge to label China 'currency
manipulator' in light of North Korea
-
Trump claimed that the tens of
thousands of protesters that want
his tax returns made public were paid;
demanding an investigation into who paid them.
-
Mike
Pence warns North Korea: 'Era of strategic patience is over'; reiterates
commitment to protect South Korea during visit the heavily armed border with
the North.
April 17, 2017 Monday
-
Trump called Turkey's Erdogan to
congratulate him on referendum win.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-election-usa-idUSKBN17J1M3
-
Burying 'Trumpomania,' Kremlin TV says Trump
scarier than North Korean leader.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-trump-media-idUSKBN17J16D
-
Trump's travel policies hurting
'U.S. brand' and discouraging tourists,
experts say.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/17/news/economy/trump-travel-tourism/index.html
-
Trump says he has 'exposed the total failure' of Obama's
foreign policy.
April 18, 2017 Tuesday
-
Trump ordered federal agencies to
look at tightening a visa program
used to bring high-skilled foreign
workers to the United States, as he tries to carry out his campaign pledge
to put "America First."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-visa-idUSKBN17K02U
-
Asylum applications in Mexico surge
after Trump election win.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-exclusive-idUSKBN17K2CE
-
Congressional critics of the
Department of Homeland Security should
“shut up’’ and assume the agency is acting appropriately and following the
law, the agency’s chief said in a combative public speech.
-
Trump just targeted a new opponent —
Canada's dairy trade industry.
http://time.com/4745273/donald-trump-canada-dairy-trade-industry/
-
World Leaders On Edge as Trump Weighs Pulling U.S. Out of Paris
Climate Deal.
http://time.com/4723481/donald-trump-paris-agreement-withdraw/
-
Pruitt allies explore hiring private
lawyers to rewrite EPA rule to bypass
the EPA employees who spent five years writing the Waters of the U.S. regulation — the kinds of career federal
bureaucrats whom supporters of President Donald Trump often deride as the
"deep state."
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/pruitt-water-rules-private-lawyers-237339
-
U.S. carrier not near North Korea after
all despite what the president said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/world/asia/aircraft-carrier-north-korea-carl-vinson.html
April 19, 2017 Wednesday
-
U.S. House banking chairman unveils
Dodd-Frank replacement.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-banks-doddfrank-idUSKBN17L2VE
-
Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 U.S. election to Trump and undermine voters’ faith in the American electoral system.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-election-exclusive-idUSKBN17L2N3
-
The EPA said it would begin the
process of shrinking its 15,000-employee
workforce through buyouts, in the wake of President Trump’s executive order
last month aimed at streamlining agencies throughout the federal government.
-
Berkeley cancels conservative
firebrand Ann Coulter’s speech over
fears of more violent protests.
-
[Other] How Bill O'Reilly created Donald
Trump.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/19/politics/bill-oreilly-fox-news-ailes/index.html
-
[Other] Neurologist Diagnoses Trump With
‘Cognitive Failure’ – Mental Ability Limited.
-
The White House is gearing up for a
government shutdown fight to secure money for a border wall, more
immigration enforcement officers and a bigger military.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/19/donald-trump-border-security-shutdown-fight-237376
-
[Other] Dan Rather: While we were distracted by O’Reilly, Trump brought us closer to World War III.
http://resistancereport.com/politics/dan-rather-oreilly/
April 20, 2017 Thursday
-
White House Officials, Craving
Progress, Push Revised Health Bill.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/us/politics/affordable-care-act-house-republicans-trump.html
-
Trump launches trade probe targeting
Chinese steel.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-steel-idUSKBN17M237
-
U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz,
the Republican chairman of the House oversight committee, said on Thursday he
has not ruled out leaving before his
term finishes.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-chaffetz-idUSKBN17M29S
-
Rex Tillerson Warns Iran Over
'Alarming' Behavior in The Middle East.
http://time.com/4747912/rex-tillerson-iran-middle-east-nuclear-deal/
-
Exxon seeking U.S. permission to resume oil project in Russia. With
its old C.E.O. Rex Tillerson running the State Department, this should be a
piece of cake.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/exxon-russia-sanctions-rex-tillerson
-
U.S. defense secretary James Mattis met with Saudi royals, American officials suggested that Washington might provide additional
military and intelligence assistance to the kingdom’s fight in Yemen.
http://www.newsweek.com/yemen-civil-war-us-saudi-arabia-airstrikes-houthi-rebels-587018
-
US could end visa-free travel for
Europeans, Trump's Secretary of Homeland Security says.
-
Trump hosts man who called for death of
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton at White House.
-
Pentagon chief: US won't reveal 'mother
of all bombs' toll.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article145732534.html
-
A divided Supreme Court has rejected
appeals that would have put off the
execution of Arkansas inmate Ledell Lee. New justice Neil Gorsuch voted with the majority of five to deny the stay of
execution sought by Lee and the other inmates.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article145719289.html
-
US prepares charges to seek arrest
of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/20/politics/julian-assange-wikileaks-us-charges/index.html
-
UC Berkeley reverses course, re-books canceled Ann Coulter speech.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-coulter-idUSKBN17M1W1
- White House turns up heat on Congress
to revise the Affordable Care Act.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/20/obamacare-repeal-republicans-new-deal-237397
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Trump’s lawyers argued in a Thursday court filing that protesters “have no right” to “express dissenting views” at Trump’s
campaign rallies because such protests infringed on his First Amendment
rights.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/20/donald-trump-protest-rallies-speech-237431
-
Palin invited Ted Nugent and Kid Rock to
the White House because 'Jesus was booked'.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/20/trump-ted-nugent-kid-rock-sarah-palin-237402
-
Jeff Sessions doesn’t think a judge
in Hawaii — a.k.a. ‘an island in the
Pacific’ — should overrule Trump.
-
FCC votes to allow some broadcasters to
buy more TV stations.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fcc-votes-allow-broadcasters-buy-165159526.html
April 21, 2017 Friday
-
Sanctuary Cities Face Aid Cuts as
Justice Dept. Tightens Screws. Trump administration sent letters Friday to nine
jurisdictions telling them they were obligated to prove compliance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/us/politics/sanctuary-city-justice-department.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-sanctuary-idUSKBN17N2JA
-
California cities ready to fight Trump’s call to punish so-called ‘sanctuary cities’.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article146093959.html
-
[Other] Tech firms look to Canada in
light of Trump H1-B visa reform.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/tech-firms-look-canada-light-trump-h1-b-visa-reform-122513990.html
-
Arkansas execution flurry marks
early test for new Justice Gorsuch who
casts death-penalty vote in one of his first Supreme Court cases. Gorsuch
helped clear the way for Arkansas to hold its first execution in 12 years, a
sign of the challenges facing other inmates seeking to block their executions
next week.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arkansas-execution-idUSKBN17N1IO
-
Treasury Department will not grant
exemptions to companies looking to drill in Russia, including Exxon Mobil,
in a move aimed at showing the United States would maintain a tough stance on
sanctions against Moscow.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-exxon-mobil-sanctions-russia-usa-idUSKBN17N2B5
-
Trump: Marine Le Pen is 'strongest candidate' in French election. Trump claims he
did not ‘explicitly endorse’ when appearing to support the far-right leader known for her Islamophobic and xenophobic platform.
-
Trump ordered his Treasury Department to review measures put in place by
the Obama administration, setting the stage for a rollback of regulations that were intended to curtail corporate tax
evasion and prevent another financial crisis.
-
U.S. states realign in legal battle over
Trump's travel ban which faces its second challenge at a U.S. appeals court
next month, and this time more Republican states are backing the measure.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-legal-idUSKBN17O00W
-
Trump on US charging Julian Assange: 'It's OK with me'.
-
Trump has 'dangerous mental illness',
say psychiatry experts at Yale conference. Mental health experts say
President is 'paranoid and delusional'.
-
Indian techies, IT firms fret as Trump
orders U.S. visa review.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-india-immigration-idUSKBN17N1VA
-
Transcript of AP interview with Trump.
https://apnews.com/c810d7de280a47e88848b0ac74690c83
April 22, 2017 Saturday
-
March for Science draws big crowds
across U.S. The marches were effectively protests
against steep cuts that Trump has proposed for federal science and research
budgets and his administration's skepticism
about climate change and the need to slow global warming. ‘There is no Planet B’. More than 600
marches held around the world, with organizers saying science ‘under
attack’ from a White House that dismisses the threat of climate change.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/apr/22/march-for-science-earth-day-climate-change-trump
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-earth-day-usa-march-idUSKBN17O09F
-
Trump's promised "big announcement"
next week on overhauling the U.S. tax
code will consist of "broad
principles and priorities," an administration official said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-trump-idUSKBN17O0KY
-
Trump officials delay grant for Caltrain
upgrade. California officials, who had hoped the long-awaited project would
mesh nicely with Trump’s call for fresh spending on the nation’s aging
infrastructure but an otherwise popular
initiative has become a GOP target, seen as a pet project of the former
president.
-
Surgeon general is removed by Trump
administration, replaced by deputy for now.
-
Trump and his top aides have been calling on Congress to take dramatic action
in the coming week: vote on health care,
take up tax reform and demand that Democrats agree to a stopgap spending measure that includes funding for a wall
along the U.S.-Mexico border.
April 23, 2017 Sunday
-
(Other) North Korea says it is ready to
strike U.S. aircraft carrier.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-japan-idUSKBN17P01Y
-
Trump, Pence allies rake in millions as
new Washington lobbyists.
-
Senior US officials hint that Donald Trump’s
Mexican border wall could lead to government shutdown.
-
Trump has worst poll approval rating
at 100 days than any President since 1945.
April 24, 2017 Monday
-
Trump pressed congressional
Republicans to use the threat of a
government shutdown to win funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
-
Trump’s boastful AP interview - Some
of the claims are truly remarkable,
including that he may have given the greatest speech in the history of the
House chamber and that a Democrat told him he'd be among the greatest
presidents ever.
-
U.S. college campuses have been the “hotbed of anti-Semitism,” according to
researchers at Tel Aviv University. The Anti-Defamation League found that anti-Semitic incidents overall, which it
says were driven by the presidential election, skyrocketed last year and in
first months of 2017.
-
Trump calls for new U.N. sanctions on
North Korea.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-idUSKBN17Q06N
-
China urges 'restraint' amid North Korea
threat to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier. Xi Jinping Urges Trump to 'Avoid Aggravating' North Korea.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39695503
http://time.com/4753577/xi-jinping-donald-trump-north-korea-restraint/
-
Entire U.S. Senate to go to White House
for North Korea briefing. All 100 senators have been asked to the White
House for the briefing by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Secretary of
Defense Jim Mattis, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and General
Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-nuclear-usa-senate-idUSKBN17Q1LR
-
U.S. Senate confirmed former Georgia
Governor Sonny Perdue as secretary of
agriculture.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-perdue-idUSKBN17Q2BS
-
U.S. State Department website published
an article this month about Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, stoking
criticism from prominent ethics experts.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-resort-ethics-idUSKBN17Q2BC
-
Students who invited conservative
commentator Ann Coulter to speak at
the University of California at Berkeley sued
school officials saying their postponement of her talk was discriminatory
and violated free speech rights.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-coulter-idUSKBN17Q22Y
-
Trump to impose tariffs on Canadian
softwood lumber.
-
AP uses the word “Unintelligible”
sixteen times in its interview transcript with Donald Trump.
-
US Supreme Court clears way for rare
double execution in Arkansas. Ruling came just minutes before another
inmate was pronounced dead. Lethal injections will be first double execution in more than 16 years.
-
Trump fumes about supposedly ‘fake’ polls giving him a dismal approval
rating.
-
Trump seeks 15 percent corporate tax
rate, even if it swells the national debt. Trump has instructed advisers to
propose cutting the corporate tax rate from
35 percent to 15 percent, according to White House officials.
-
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
wrote Monday that the court is
developing a “disturbing trend” of siding with police officers accused of
excessive force at the expense of their alleged victims, a notion disputed by
two of her colleagues.
-
Republicans in Congress push for
religious liberty executive order asking Trump to scale back Obama-era
protections for gays and lesbians in order to make good on a campaign promise
to protect religious liberty.
April 25, 2017 Tuesday
-
German crowd boos Ivanka Trump for
calling her father a ‘champion’ for families.
-
Public pans Republicans’ latest approach to replacing Affordable Care Act. American public disagrees with the course
that Trump and congressional Republicans are pursuing to replace the Affordable
Care Act with conservative policies, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
-
Trump
signals delay on border wall funding to avoid government shutdown; tells
conservative media his $1.4bn demand could be pushed to September, avoiding a
spending freeze on his 100th day in office.
-
Michael Flynn's Russia payment likely
broke disclosure laws, the leading Republican and Democrat on the House
oversight committee said.
-
White House refuses to hand over
documents to House Oversight Committee on Michael Flynn to Trump-Russia
investigation.
-
Trudeau vows to defend Canada interests
as U.S. targets lumber and trade tensions between the two countries
escalated, sending the Canadian dollar to a 14-month low..
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-canada-trade-idUSKBN17R1VZ
-
Trump to strip all funding from State
Department team promoting women's rights around the world.
-
Trump behaviour ‘showing a lot of signs’
of dangerous mental illness, says psychiatrist.
-
Hannity: Liberal 'fascism' trying to
silence every conservative voice.
-
Sen. Richard Burr, Republican
chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said in a recent interview that the U.S. and Russia are locked in a new Cold War.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/330439-burr-us-in-new-cold-war-with-russia
-
A U.S. judge blocked Trump's executive
order that sought to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities,
dealing another legal blow to the administration's efforts to toughen
immigration enforcement.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-ruling-idUSKBN17R2QO
-
[Other] New Alt-Right “Fight Club” Ready for Street Violence.
April 26, 2017 Wednesday
-
Trump unveiled a one-page plan proposing deep U.S. tax cuts, many for
businesses, that would make the federal deficit balloon if enacted, and
would be the largest overhaul since Reagan era.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/us/politics/trump-tax-cut-plan.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-idUSKBN17S1CE
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/26/trump-tax-cuts-proposal-deductions-brackets
-
Mnuchin: Trump has 'no intention' of
releasing his tax returns.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/26/trump-no-tax-returns-steven-mnuchin-237642
-
U.S. Commerce Department launched an
investigation to determine whether a flood of aluminum imports from China
and elsewhere was compromising U.S.
national security, a step that could
lead to broad import restrictions on the metal.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-aluminum-idUSKBN17T044
-
(Pew Research) Among white evangelicals,
regular churchgoers are the most supportive of Trump.
-
Republican lawmakers launched the next
round in their fight against federal regulation as the U.S. Senate began
work on legislation to change nearly
every step agencies take in creating and applying new rules.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-regulation-idUSKBN17S33P
-
The conservative House Freedom Caucus
came out in support of a reworked U.S. healthcare overhaul bill. The bill
would replace Obamacare's income-based tax credit with a flat age-based credit,
roll back an expansion of the Medicaid government health insurance program for
the poor and repeal most Obamacare taxes. The
nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated 24 million fewer people would
have insurance under the bill.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-idUSKBN17S2F1
-
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai proposed
overturning the landmark 2015 Obama-era net neutrality rules that prohibit
broadband providers from giving or selling access to certain internet services
over others.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fcc-neutrality-idUSKBN17S2I3
-
Trump looks to renegotiate, not cancel
NAFTA With Canada.
http://time.com/4757113/trump-nafta-renegotiate-cancel/
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/27/525918213/trump-looks-to-renegotiate-nafta-with-canada
-
Trump is considering splitting up the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after its recent rulings that
have blocked two of his executive orders.
http://time.com/4756872/donald-trump-ninth-circuit-court/
-
Pentagon and Trump officials sound alarm
on North Korea nuclear threat, summoning all 100 senators to the White
House to hear top defense officials declare
that defending the U.S. from a possible nuclear attack has become a top
priority.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article147000349.html
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/330791-senators-get-n-korea-briefing-in-rare-meeting
-
Iran fires new cruise missiles amid gulf
tensions with U.S.
http://www.newsweek.com/iran-military-fire-cruise-missiles-gulf-tensions-us-590462
-
US conducts missile test amid growing
tensions over North Korea.
-
Nuclear attack drills staged near
Manhattan as US-North Korea tensions escalate.
-
Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein on
Trump-Russia investigation: 'Oh my
god, there's a cover-up going on'.
April 27, 2017 Thursday
-
U.S. Senate confirms R. Alexander Acosta
to head Labor Department, first Hispanic member of the Trump cabinet.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-labor-idUSKBN17T3D1
-
FCC chief unveils plan to scrap
Obama-era internet rules to reverse the landmark 2015 "net
neutrality" order and disclosed the agency may withdraw "bright
line" rules barring internet companies from blocking, throttling or giving
"fast lanes" to some websites.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet-fcc-idUSKBN17T34W
-
Mike Flynn under formal investigation by
Pentagon over payments from Russia.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/27/mike-flynn-pentagon-formal-investigation-russia
-
White House press secretary Spicer
blames Obama for Flynn’s security clearance.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/330925-spicer-blames-obama-for-flynns-security-clearance
-
Senate Minority Leader Schumer objected to a deal on passing a
one-week stopgap government funding bill, citing concerns about ongoing
negotiations over a larger spending agreement. Schumer said there were still
unresolved "poison pill riders" being worked out on a longer spending
deal that would fund the government through Sept. 30.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/331009-schumer-blocks-one-week-stopgap-funding-bill
-
Senate Democrats are exploring a lawsuit
against Trump on the grounds that his vast business empire has created conflicts of interest that violate the
Constitution.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/330996-democrats-exploring-lawsuit-against-trump
-
Rep. Adam Schiff said Trump is likely to
blame his predecessor Barack Obama for any shortcomings or difficulties during
his time in office. "I'm confident of this, Chuck: On the last day of
the Trump administration, Trump will be blaming Obama for something,"
Schiff told MSNBC.
-
Trump will abolish women's right to
abortion, warns expert US doctor. Dr Willie Parker said he expected the Trump presidency to succeed in
overturning Roe v Wade.
-
House Republican leaders delayed a vote
on their Obamacare repeal bill until next week at the earliest, denying Trump a major legislative victory
during his first 100 days in office.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/27/house-republicans-obamacare-repeal-votes-237685
April 28, 2017 Friday
-
The House passed legislation to avoid a
government shutdown just hours ahead of a midnight deadline. The weeklong
stopgap measure easily passed. After the Senate clears the bill late Friday,
lawmakers will have one week to hash out a longer-term spending package that
lasts through September.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/331058-house-passes-bill-to-avoid-shutdown
-
Attorney General Sessions recuses
himself from any Michael Flynn investigation. The attorney general recused
himself from the Justice Department’s investigation into Russian interference
in last year’s election amid reports that he had met on multiple occasions with
Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. during the campaign even though he had
testified during his Senate confirmation hearing that he had not interacted
with Russian officials.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/28/jeff-sessions-recusal-michael-flynn-investigation-237736
-
Trump picks former anti-abortion leader,
Charmaine Yoest, for health and human services post
-
Trump warns of 'major, major conflict'
with North Korea, though he would prefer to solve the standoff over the
country’s nuclear and missile programmes through diplomacy.
-
Trump pledges fealty to NRA gun lobby.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-guns-idUSKBN17U2SX
- House and Senate approve stopgap spending
measure while negotiators work to reach an agreement over a longer-term
funding package.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/28/government-shutdown-congress-hours-before-deadline
-
Trump tells NRA: 'I am going to come
through for you'.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/28/donald-trump-nra
-
DeMint to be ousted from Heritage
Foundation.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/28/demint-set-to-be-ousted-from-heritage-foundation-237754
-
EPA scrubs website of references to
Obama climate plans.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/28/epa-website-scrubbed-obama-climate-plans-237779
-
North Korea test-fires ballistic missile
in defiance of world pressure.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKBN17U2XB
-
U.S. could speed up North Korea
sanctions in response to missile test.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-usa-idUSKBN17U34D
-
U.S. says time to act on North Korea,
China says not up to Beijing alone.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-un-tillerson-idUSKBN17U27O
April 29, 2017 Saturday
-
North Korea test-fires ballistic missile
in defiance of world pressure, fails for second time this month.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKBN17U2XB
-
Pope warns of broad destruction if
Korean tensions escalate.
http://www.wbrc.com/story/35284964/pope-warns-of-broad-destruction-if-korean-tensions-escalate
-
Neo-Nazi leader: ‘Trump is controlled by
the Jewish lobby’ (video).
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2017/apr/29/neo-nazi-art-jones-donald-trump-kentucky
-
Armed neo-Nazis prepare for potential
clash in small Kentucky town.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/29/neo-nazi-rally-pikeville-kentucky-anti-fascist
-
Trump appeals for loyalty as 100th day
fanfare threatens to fall flat.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/29/donald-trump-loyalty-day-100th-pennsylvania-rally
-
Trump on Saturday marked his 100th day
in office by saying he had brought "profound change" to Washington
and reaffirming that "my only allegiance" is to those he governs.
-
Opposition protests to counter President
Trump’s 100-day rally.
-
Protesters marched in Washington on a
second consecutive Saturday to challenge Trump's stance on the environment
and call on him to stand by policies to stop climate change championed by his
predecessor.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protest-idUSKBN17V0B7
-
Environmental protesters swarm outside
White House as Trump hits milestone.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-protest-idUSKBN17V0B7
-
Trump says he thought being president
would be easier than his old life.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-100days-idUSKBN17U0CA
-
FULL TRANSCRIPT: President Donald
Trump's interview with "Face the Nation" (recorded Apr. 29)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-interview-full-transcript-face-the-nation/
-
Trump blames constitution for chaos of
his first 100 days, slams 'archaic'
US constitution that is 'really bad' for the country; claims the checks and
balances on power woven into the US system is to blame for his problems.
-
Trump rallies his base on his 100th day.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/29/politics/donald-trump-100-days-rally/index.html
-
Trump mocks members of the media
attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington DC during a
rally in Pennsylvania.
-
Trump's 100-day rally: president
launches attack on 'failing' media. The speech in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
returns to familiar campaign themes and includes
a dig at the ‘very boring’ White House correspondents’ dinner and repeats
pledge on wall.
-
‘Bikers for Trump’ mistake non-white
rally-goer for protester and physically force him out of Harrisburg 100-day
rally arena.
Trump’s first 100 Days: What
media has said:
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_100_days_of_Donald_Trump%27s_presidency
The
White House:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/27/president-trumps-100-days-accountability
Washington
Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/28/the-32-word-history-of-trumps-first-100-days/
Wall
Street Journal:
http://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/donald-trumps-first-100-days
New
York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/opinion/donald-trumps-first-100-days-the-worst-on-record.html
Fox
News:
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/04/27/president-trump-best-and-worst-moments-his-first-100-days
NPR:
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/27/525584236/in-trumps-first-100-days-a-dramatic-reduction-in-immigration
Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/first-100-days-of-trump
Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/apr/27/the-simpsons-trump-first-100-days
Politico:
Time:
http://time.com/4748940/historians-president-trump-100-days/
Newsweek:
http://www.newsweek.com/simpsons-trump-first-100-days-us-president-590692
NBC
News:
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/president-trumps-first-100-days
CBS
News:
http://www.cbsnews.com/trump-first-100-days/
ABC
News:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/photos/trumps-100-days-45102963/image-47090714
CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/28/politics/donald-trump-100-days-tweets/
BBC
(UK):
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39724045
The
Telegraph (UK):
CBC
(Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/donald-trump-100-days-analysis-boag-1.4083673
Deutsche
Welle (Germany)
http://www.dw.com/en/100-days-of-us-president-donald-trump-what-you-need-to-know/a-38605502
France
24 (France):
http://www.france24.com/en/20170425-trump-mark-first-100-days-white-house-usa-president
RT
(Russia):
https://www.rt.com/shows/boom-bust/386412-donald-trump-100-days/
Global
Times (China)
Hindustan
Times (India)
South
China Morning Post (Hong Kong):
http://www.scmp.com/topics/donald-trumps-first-100-days
New
York Times: Our White House Reporters
Recall Their Most Vivid Moments of Trump’s First 100 Days.
Washington
Post: Winners and losers from
President Trump’s first 100 days.
Reuters:
In first 100 days, a reversal of fortune
for Trump favorites on Wall Street.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-stocks-idUSKBN17U2JN
USA
Today: Diary of Trump’s first 100 days:
Highlights of an unconventional presidency.
Associated
Press: Trump's first 100 days: A
president's very public education.
http://globalnews.ca/news/3414161/donald-trump-100-days-u-s-presidents-very-public-education/
Fortune:
Larry King on 35 Years of Knowing Donald
Trump: “His Ego is Beyond Egoism”. (video)
http://fortune.com/2017/04/28/donald-trump-larry-king-anniversary-interview/
CNBC:
Here’s how Trump’s stock market in the
first 100 days stacks up against the rest.
CNN:
You know who's had a rougher 100 days
than Trump? (video)
http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2017/04/29/jake-tapper-puts-trumps-100-days-in-perspective.cnn
CNN:
100 days of Russia drama for the Trump
White House, with no end in sight.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/28/politics/russia-investigation-congress-donald-trump/index.html
Fox
News: 100 Days of Disruption: How Trump
rewrote the presidential script.
Guardian:
100 days of Trump: orders, tweets, leaks
and military attacks. (video)
Newsweek:
First 100 Days: Trump Runs Slap Bang
Into the Constitution. (video)
http://www.newsweek.com/first-100-days-trump-runs-slap-bang-constitution-590787
Politifact:
Tracking Donald Trump’s flip-flops in
his first 100 days.
CBS
News: Fact-checking Trump's claims about
his progress in first 100 days.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-first-100-days-tracker-fact-checks/
Washington
Post: FACT CHECKS: 100 days of Trump
claims.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims/
Politico: Trump’s
First 100 Days, Ranked. The best, the worst and everything in between.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/29/trumps-first-100-days-ranked-215083
Politico: The
100 most Donald Trump quotes about his first 100 days. ‘I really just see
the bigness of it all.’
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/28/trump-100-days-quotes-237770
Politico:
Which campaign promises has Trump kept?
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/29/donald-trump-first-100-days-campaign-promises-237746
The
Hill: Report: Trump tweeted 470 times in
first 99 days.
AOL
News: TIMELINE Trump's First 100 Days.
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-first-100-days/
MSNBC:
100 days of Trump = 100 days of the best
late night jokes. (video)
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/100-days-of-trump-100-days-of-late-night-jokes-932553283888
CNET:
'The Simpsons' trolls President Trump
with '100 Days' video. (video)
https://www.cnet.com/news/the-simpsons-donald-trump-first-100-days-video/
CNN:
Trump's presidency: Cartoon views from
around the world and at home.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/29/opinions/gallery/trump-100-days-cartoon-gallery/index.html
Moyers:
The 100 Days That Turned America Upside
Down.
http://billmoyers.com/story/100-days-turned-america-upside/
What Trump said:
"My fellow Americans, I
truly believe that the first 100 days of my administration has been just about
the most successful in our country's history."
“In my first 100 days, I kept my
promise to Americans.”
April 30, 2017 Sunday
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Trump dominates the 101st day with
tweets, tough talk about health care.
-
Trump on whether he could start war with
North Korea: 'I don't know. I mean, we'll see'.
-
South Korea said the United States had
reaffirmed it would shoulder the cost of deploying the THAAD anti-missile
system, days after Trump said Seoul should pay for the $1-billion battery
designed to defend against North Korea.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-idUSKBN17W04T
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Trump says China could have hacked
Democratic emails.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-china-idUSKBN17W0N4
-
McCain on pre-emptive strike on North
Korea: 'We have to consider that option'.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/30/mccain-north-korea-missiles-237803
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U.S.-led fight on ISIS has killed 352
civilians: Pentagon.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-usa-civilians-idUSKBN17W0ML
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Reince Priebus says White House is
looking into change to libel laws.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/apr/30/reince-priebus-libel-law-change-media-white-house
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Attorney General Eric Holder: Trump's
first 100 days full of 'chaos, carnage'.
-
Neo-Nazis and anti-fascist protesters
leave Kentucky after standoff.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/30/neo-nazis-anti-fascist-protesters-kentucky-pikeville
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Trump invited President Rodrigo Duterte,
an authoritarian leader accused of ordering extrajudicial killings of drug
suspects in the Philippines, to visit
him at the White House.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/us/politics/trump-duterte.html
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Spread of Hate Crimes Has Lawmakers
Seeking Harsher Penalties.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/us/hate-crimes-legislation.html
-
Immigrant workers at Churchill Downs
fear deportation.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/immigrant-workers-fear-deportation-churchill-downs-134258304.html
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Trump guarantees protection for those
with preexisting medical conditions — but it’s unclear how.
-
After a lost court battle, New Orleans
protesters launch last-ditch effort to protect Confederate monuments.
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Sebastian Gorka to leave White House.
Gorka is a former Breitbart national security editor who has been outspoken
on the need to confront Islamic terrorism.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/30/politics/gorka-leaving-white-house/index.html
(Opinion)
Rick Perlstein: The Alt-Right Is Gunning
for Anti-Trump Protesters.
http://www.newsweek.com/rick-perlstein-alt-right-gunning-anti-trump-protesters-590732
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FULL TRANSCRIPT: President Donald
Trump's interview with "Face the Nation" (recorded Apr. 29)
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-interview-full-transcript-face-the-nation/
-
Pelosi accidentally refers to Trump as
Bush: 'I am so sorry'.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/331283-pelosi-accidentally-refers-to-trump-as-president-bush
May 1, 2017 Monday
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Congress strikes budget deal that
shortchanges Trump. The bill doesn’t include money for the border wall or
block funds for ‘sanctuary cities.’
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/30/budget-deal-congress-shutdown-237822
- After spending-bill win, Democrats confident
they can block Trump agenda. By exploiting Republican divisions over
spending priorities, Democrats secured nearly $5 billion in new money for
domestic programs in the five-month budget deal. The lopsided victory means it will be very difficult — if not
impossible — for the GOP to exert its will in future budget talks.
-
Trump administration scraps Michelle
Obama's health and education programs.
-
GOP suffers surprise defection on
Obamacare repeal. The scramble for votes is still very much on.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/01/does-gop-have-obamacare-repeal-votes-237843
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(Other) In Donald Trump, European elites
see a threat that rivals Vladimir Putin. Three months into his presidency,
the rest of Europe too [besides Sweden] is
still deeply unsettled over this new president unlike any other, confused
about whether he’s a dangerous ideologue or merely dangerously ignorant.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/01/trump-europe-carl-bildt-global-politico-215087
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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.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/01/trump-starts-dismantling-his-shadow-cabinet-237819
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Trump voices confusion over US history:
'Why was there a civil war? Walks out on interview.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/01/donald-trump-civil-war-cause-andrew-jackson
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-jackson-idUSKBN17X20W
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/trump-interviews-civil-war-wiretapping
-
U.S. issues travel alert for Europe,
citing threat of terrorist attacks.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-europe-alert-attacks-idUSKBN17X2CV
-
May Day Marked With Defiant Rallies for
Worker Rights Around the Globe.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-may-day-usa-protests-idUSKBN17X1H1
http://time.com/4761103/may-day-labor-day-rallies/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p050y2s6
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Arrests made as thousands rally in US
against Trump’s immigration and labor policies on May Day.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/immigrants-unions-march-us-rights-trump-47123801
-
Trump says he would be ‘honored’ to meet
with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
-
Trump keeps praising international
strongmen, alarming human rights advocates. Trump appears to be buttering
up totalitarian leaders with long records of human rights abuses.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/01/trump-duterte-dictators-white-house-237848
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Historians see a dark underside to
Trump's Civil War riff.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/01/trump-civil-war-237854
-
Trump’s treasury secretary, Steven T.
Mnuchin, told a Beverly Hills audience at the annual conference of the
Milken Institute, an economic research group: ‘Thank me for your bank stocks doing better’.
-
Senate Republicans introduce anti-net
neutrality legislation.
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/331483-republicans-introduce-anti-net-neutrality-legislation
-
Historian Timothy Snyder: “It’s pretty
much inevitable” that Trump will try to stage a coup and overthrow democracy.
May 2, 2017 Tuesday
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Trump Says U.S. Needs Government
‘Shutdown’ in September or an immediate end to filibusters in the Senate so
that he might gain more leverage in the next round of budget talks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/us/politics/good-shutdown-congress-trump.html
-
(Other: morning TV): Scarborough: 'I'm
Not Saying He [Trump] Has Dementia' But...
http://crooksandliars.com/2017/05/scarborough-im-not-saying-he-has-dementia
-
Democrats save arts funding for NPR and
PBS from Donald Trump.
-
Trump rally altercations could add to
legal woes. The rough treatment of protesters by Bikers for Trump at the president's rally Saturday could provide
fodder for lawsuits by people who had similar experiences during the campaign.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/02/trump-rally-fights-protesters-237861
-
Clinton says Comey's letter, Russian
hackers cost her the election.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-clinton-idUSKBN17Y2FF
-
Former Acting Attorney General Sally
Yates plans to tell a Senate panel next week that she strongly warned the White
House about then-national security adviser Michael Flynn weeks before he was
fired.
-
U.S. Senate votes to confirm Jay Clayton
as SEC chairman.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-senate-sec-clayton-idUSKBN17Y2KS
-
Senate intel panel to CIA headquarters
for briefing on Russia probe.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/05/02/politics/senate-intelligence-committee/index.html
-
U.S. high school cancels Canada trip
over fears students might not be let back in.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/02/washington-high-school-field-trip-canada
-
FDA delays enforcement of stricter
standards for e-cigarette, cigar industry.
-
USDA shifts Obama-era school lunch
guidelines. The Trump administration is scaling back school meal nutritional requirements set by the Obama
White House in 2012, relaxing standards in three key areas: whole grains, salt
and milk.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/02/health/school-lunch-changes/index.html
-
Trump and Putin discuss cease-fire in Syria
in first conversation since U.S. airstrikes.
-
Frustrated by failures, Trump now
demands more power.
-
Nouriel Roubini, the man who called
the 2008 financial crisis, fears Wall
Street is badly underestimating the negatives lurking beneath Trump's agenda.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/02/investing/roubini-dr-doom-trump-biggest-risk/index.html
-
As tensions mount over Syria and North
Korea, World War III again a U.S. fear.
-
White House leaning toward exiting Paris
climate pact.
-
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross calls
Trump’s Syria airstrikes ‘after-dinner entertainment’.
May 3, 2017 Wednesday
-
The House approved a bipartisan spending
deal to keep the federal government funded through September and avoid a
shutdown at the end of this week.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/331773-house-passes-spending-deal-to-avoid-shutdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/politics/budget-spending-government-shutdown.html
-
Trump wins over two Republican holdouts
in new healthcare bill push breathing new life into the embattled effort to
make good on the party’s top legislative priority of the last seven years.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/03/obamacare-repeal-healthcare-reform-trump-republicans
-
FBI Director James Comey appeared before
the Senate Judiciary Committee. The tense, four-hour appearance exposed
still-raw emotions over President Trump’s surprise victory in November. ‘Mildly Nauseous’ Over Idea He Swayed the
Election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/politics/james-comey-fbi-senate-hearing.html
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/331809-fbi-director-to-congress-no-regrets
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/politics/comey-senate-hearing-highlights/index.html
-
Comey's Calculations Favored the GOP.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-03/comey-s-calculations-favored-the-gop
-
Susan Rice declines Senate request to
testify on Russian hacking.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/politics/susan-rice-refuses-graham-russia-hearing/index.html
-
Rex Tillerson: 'America first' means
divorcing our policy from our values, spoke of a separation between American
values and policies that support its interests, a distinction that alarmed
former diplomats.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/03/rex-tillerson-america-first-speech-trump-policy
-
Scott Pruitt, EPA chief, argued that
using coal for electricity is necessary for the reliability of the electric grid.
Pruitt and President Trump have worked on numerous fronts in recent months to
push policies that help coal, mainly through working to repeal regulations that
harmed the industry.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/331819-epa-chief-us-needs-coal-to-protect-electric-grid
-
Trump Is Expected to Relax Tax Rules on
Churches Taking Part in Politics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/us/politics/trump-religion-executive-order-gay-rights.html
-
141 House Republicans support repealing
defense budget caps.
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/331827-141-house-republicans-support-repealing-defense-budget-caps
-
Code Pink activists convicted for
disrupting Sessions's confirmation hearing.
-
Fed holds interest rates steady,
downplays economic weakness.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-idUSKBN17Z28S
-
Trump was elected 176 days ago. He's
spent 68 of them talking about the election.
http://theweek.com/speedreads/696382/trump-elected-176-days-ago-hes-spent-68-talking-about-election
-
House to vote Thursday on Obamacare
repeal. GOP leaders are confident they have the support but acknowledge it
will be very close.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/03/house-to-vote-thursday-on-obamacare-repeal-bill-237949
-
GOP rushing to vote on healthcare
without analysis of changes. House Republicans are once again fast-tracking
consideration of their ObamaCare replacement bill without knowing the full impact of the legislation they’ll vote on.
-
Groups brace for Trump's religious
liberty order that they fear will give individuals and organizations a
sweeping license to discriminate against women and LGBT Americans. The ACLU and the Human Rights Campaign are
already on the attack.
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/331792-groups-brace-for-trumps-religious-liberty-order
May 4, 2017 Thursday
-
U.S. Senate passes bill to fund
government through September.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-idUSKBN1802FI
-
House banking panel passes bill to undo
U.S. financial crisis rules. With
support only from the panel's Republicans, the bill approved by the House
Financial Services Committee would
eliminate significant parts of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law and place
new restrictions on regulators monitoring Wall Street.
-
Jay Clayton sworn in as chairman of the
U.S. SEC.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sec-clayton-idUSKBN1802O6
-
Trump signs order to ease ban on
political activity by churches, an executive order on religious liberties
designed to ease a ban on political activity by churches and other tax-exempt
institutions. The order also mandates
regulatory relief to religious employers that object to contraception. It
does not include provisions to allow government agencies and businesses to deny
services to gay people in the name of religious freedom, as was feared by some
civil liberties and gay rights groups.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-religion-idUSKBN18025T
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/politics/trump-religious-liberty-executive-order/index.html
-
GOP HOUSE DISMANTLES ACA 217-213. The
U.S. House of Representatives narrowly approved a bill to repeal Obamacare,
handing Republican President Donald Trump a victory that could prove
short-lived as the healthcare legislation heads into a likely tough battle in
the Senate.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-idUSKBN18014F
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/us/politics/health-care-bill-vote.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/politics/health-care-vote/index.html
-
Trump congratulated Republican members
of the House after the passage of a bill to repeal and replace major parts of
the Affordable Care Act.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000005080570/trump-obamacare-repeal.html
-
Trump savors health care win: ‘Hey, I’m
president’.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/04/trump-health-care-win-238005
-
State Dept. seeks tougher visa scrutiny,
including social media checks.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-visa-idUSKBN18020A
-
Senate GOP to Snub House Obamacare
Repeal Bill and Write Its Own. The decision will likely delay even further
the prospect of any repeal bill reaching Trump’s desk.
-
[Bloomberg Editorial Board] The Shame of
the House. Nothing can redeem the Republicans' health-insurance legislation.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-04/the-shame-of-the-house-health-care-vote
-
American Medical Association condemns
House healthcare bill passage.
-
Senators face lobbying onslaught from
liberals, health care groups.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article148726669.html
-
FBI Director Comey and NSA chief brief
House panel amid Russia probe.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/332002-comey-rogers-brief-house-intelligence-committee
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article148719984.html
-
The U. S. will shoot itself in the foot
if it quits the Paris climate accord because China, India and Europe will snap
up the best power sector jobs in future, U.N. Environment chief Erik Solheim
said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-un-idUSKBN1802H3
-
Secretary of State Tillerson urges ASEAN
to cut North Korea funding, minimize ties.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-asean-northkorea-idUSKBN1802EI
-
Protesters turn out for Trump's New York
return. President forced to make a quick getaway after his first visit home
since winning the White House.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332027-protesters-turn-out-for-trumps-new-york-return
-
Trump's malignant narcissism is toxic:
Psychologist.
May 5, 2017 Friday
-
Republican healthcare bill heads to
Senate, where it may undergo drastic changes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/05/republicans-house-healthcare-bill-senate
-
Trump-Russia investigation reignites as
Senate asks aides to hand over notes – Carter Page, Roger Stone and others.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/05/trump-russia-investigation-senate-carter-page
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/us/politics/senate-russia-trump-associates.html
-
Planned Parenthood head: 'Being a woman
is now a pre-existing condition'.
-
Trump rejoices: 'We will have truly
great healthcare!' Trump touted House Republicans’ “very exciting” win,
while predicting a bright future for American health care.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/05/obamacare-repeal-bill-passes-trump-tweet-response-238029
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Trump to stay in N.J. to avoid causing
'big disruption' in NYC. “Rather than causing a big disruption in N.Y.C., I
will be working out of my home in Bedminster, N.J. this weekend. Also saves country
money!,” Trump tweeted.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/05/trump-stay-in-new-jersey-tweet-238030
-
North Korea accuses CIA of biochemical
plot to kill Kim Jong-un.
-
Saudi Arabia, U.S. in talks for billions
in arms sales.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-exclusive-idUSKBN18124K
-
FCC chairman wants to cut regulations,
speed new innovation approvals.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fcc-idUSKBN181273
-
Poll: Most federal employees disapprove
of Trump.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332125-poll-most-federal-employees-disapprove-of-trump
-
Canada studying ban on U.S. coal exports
from Pacific ports. Trudeau revealed the news in a letter to British
Columbia premier Christy Clark, who asked him last month for the ban in response to fresh U.S. tariffs on
Canadian exports of lumber.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-canada-coal-idUSKBN18125U
-
S&P 500 hits record on rebound in
U.S. job growth, energy shares.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-idUSKBN18118G
-
Make Pregnancy Expensive Again: A
Woman's Guide to the New Health Bill.
-
U.S. Bluntly Rebuffs Queries on Climate.
The Trump administration, responding to skepticism about its commitment to the
Paris climate accord from China and other countries, bluntly told them that it
is putting American jobs first.
-
White House fires its chief usher — the
first woman in that job.
-
FDA denies memo saying it only allows
Fox News on TVs.
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/332133-fda-denies-memo-saying-it-only-allows-fox-news-on-tvs
-
Mark Green withdraws his nomination for
Army secretary. The decision by Green, Trump's second pick for the post,
came after his nomination ran into trouble following
a backlash after past controversial statements on LGBT issues, Islam and
evolution were revealed.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/05/politics/mark-green-army-secretary-withdrawal/index.html
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Amid opioid epidemic, White House may
cut drug control office budget.
-
States That Voted for Trump May Have the
Most to Lose Under House Health Care Bill.
http://time.com/4769170/congress-ahca-trump-voters/
-
Senate Intelligence Committee Russia
investigators issue veiled subpoena threat to Carter Page.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/05/senate-subpoena-threat-carter-page-238038
-
Pentagon to lease privately owned Trump
Tower apartment for nuclear 'football'.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-trumptower-idUSKBN1812B5
May 6, 2017 Saturday
-
Trump suggests financing for
historically black colleges may be unconstitutional.
-
Chicago mayor Emanuel posts EPA’s
deleted climate change page.
-
Commerce secretary warns Canada against
'retaliatory action' on lumber tariff.
-
U.S. far-right activists, WikiLeaks and
bots help amplify Macron leaks: researchers.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-cyber-idUSKBN1820QO
-
U.S. Far-Right Activists Promote Hacking
Attack Against Macron.
-
Kushner family in Beijing: 'Invest
$500,000 and immigrate' to US. The Kushner family hopes to lure investments
from wealthy business owners in China with the promise of American visas.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/06/news/jared-kushner-nicole-family-event/index.html
-
GOP Congressman Raul Labrador: 'Nobody
Dies Because They Don’t Have Access to Health Care'.
http://time.com/4769830/raul-labrador-gop-congressman-nobody-dies-health-care/
-
Warren Buffett, at Berkshire Meeting,
Condemns Republican Health Care Bill.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/business/dealbook/warren-buffett-berkshire-health-care.html
-
Trump former aide Carter Page refuses to
provide Russia contacts to Senate.
-
Michelle Obama responds with class to
reports Trump may abolish her flagship education policy for girls.
May 7, 2017 Sunday
-
Reporters barred from Kushner Companies'
visa-for-investment event in China.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-kushner-idUSKBN1830E7
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Jared Kushner's Sister Woos Chinese
Investors With Much-Criticized U.S. Visa Program.
http://time.com/4769960/jared-kushner-sister-visa-chinese-investors/
-
Trump and Kushner exploitation of
presidency 'unlike anything we have ever seen before', Obama's ethics lawyer
says.
-
Price defends cutting nearly $1 trillion
from Medicaid.
-
Tempers Flare Over Removal of
Confederate Statues in New Orleans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/us/new-orleans-monuments.html
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Eric Trump said family golf courses
attracted Russian funding, author claims.
-
Trump tries to pressure Senate
Republicans on health care.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/HHS-sec-y-1T-proposed-Medicaid-cuts-gives-11127611.php
-
As some Republicans rush to defend House
health bill, Senate GOP warily pauses.
-
The government wants Julian Assange in
jail.
-
If Shutdown Needed to Fix Washington,
‘So Be It,’ Mulvaney Says.
-
White House health care victory
short-lived as Russia probe looms.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/07/trump-health-care-russia-238086
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GOP onslaught on Obama’s ‘midnight
rules’ comes to an end. Republicans are about to end a special period for
killing Obama-era rules with an
impressive array of trophy heads for their wall.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/07/obama-regulations-gop-midnight-rules-238051
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Texas Republican governor signs into law
bill to punish 'sanctuary cities'.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-texas-idUSKBN18402L
-
Obama voices 'fervent hope' Congress
will tread carefully on healthcare.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-idUSKBN1830KX
-
EPA dismisses half of its scientific
advisers on key board, citing ‘clean break’ with Obama administration.
May 8, 2017 Monday
-
Left launching blitz against Republicans
who backed Obamacare repeal.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/08/liberals-obamacare-repeal-238089
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Anti-protest bills would 'attack right
to speak out' under Donald Trump. The ACLU says more than 30 bills have
been introduced amid a huge swell of activism, prompting UN intervention over criminalization of peaceful protest.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/08/donald-trump-anti-protest-bills
-
EPA removes half of scientific board,
seeking industry-aligned replacements.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/08/epa-board-scientific-scott-pruitt-climate-change
-
Obama warned Trump against Flynn as
national security adviser: ex-official.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn-idUSKBN1841UO
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/08/politics/obama-trump-michael-flynn/index.html
-
Trump administration seeks to convince
judges to revive travel ban.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court-idUSKBN1840ZU
-
A Global Trump Movement? France Election
Signals No.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/world/europe/trump-macron-france.html
-
Domestic violence hotline:
Immigration-linked calls increase. The nation's most prominent domestic
violence hotline reports a sharp
increase in calls from abuse victims struggling with issues related to their
immigration status.
http://www.live5news.com/story/35370439/domestic-violence-hotline-immigration-linked-calls-increase
-
Hedge fund mogul Robert Mercer sued by
hedge fund worker fired after blasting Trump.
-
McCain hammers Tillerson in NYT op-ed.
Sen. John McCain slammed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a New York Times
op-ed published Monday morning, accusing
the nation’s chief diplomat of adopting a foreign policy that abandons both
U.S. values and victims of oppression around the world.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/08/john-mccain-rex-tillerson-new-york-times-op-ed-238107
-
International climate negotiators stare
into a looming American void.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/08/climate-negotiators-paris-agreement-trump-238117
-
Senate judiciary committee questions
former DNI director James Clapper and former Acting AG Sally Yates. Yates
says she told White House that Michael Flynn was 'compromised'. Clapper said Russia
Is 'Emboldened' to Interfere in Elections After 2016.
http://time.com/4771349/sally-yates-michael-flynn-white-house/
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/08/politics/sally-yates-senate-testimony/index.html
-
Trump slams Yates hearing: 'Nothing but
old news'.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/08/trump-sally-yates-hearing-238133
-
Trump: Russia collusion story 'a total
hoax'.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332458-trump-russia-collusion-story-a-total-hoax
-
Condoleezza Rice chides Trump for
criticism of judges, media.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-rice-idUSKBN18427E
-
FCC website hit by attacks after 'net
neutrality' proposal.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fcc-idUSKBN18428T
-
Divided Senate Republicans Turn to
Health Care With a Rough Road Ahead; Form
All-Male Panel on Health Bill.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/us/politics/women-health-care-senate.html
May 9, 2017 Tuesday
-
Trump's remarks about Muslims could be
what ends the travel ban, testimony suggests. Federal appeals judges cites
comments Trump made on the campaign trail.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/08/trump-travel-ban-appeals-court-hearing
-
House Republicans face fiery town halls
following healthcare vote.
-
U.S. Republican Senator Graham to
examine Trump's business deals.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-graham-idUSKBN1851TV
-
How the White House Explains Waiting 18
Days to Fire Michael Flynn.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/michael-flynn-russia.html
-
Comey misstated key Clinton email
evidence at hearing, say people close to investigation.
-
How Trump Won: White Working Class
Voters Motivated by Fear of Immigrants Not Economic Woes.
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-voters-immigration-working-class-605930
-
(Opinion) The GOP's health-care fantasy
is a libertarian delusion.
http://theweek.com/articles/697336/gops-healthcare-fantasy-libertarian-delusion
-
More than 20 US states have cracked down
on protests since Donald Trump's election.
-
Who has Trump’s ear? Often rich, white,
Republican men.
http://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/trump-white-house-visitor-logs-and-records/index.html
-
Senate GOP invites female senator to
healthcare group after criticism.
-
Texas AG sues 'sanctuary cities' after
state law signed.
-
U.S. Census director resigns amid
turmoil over funding of 2020 count.
-
Burr threatens subpoenas if Trump aides
ignore his deadlines.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/09/richard-burr-subpoenas-trump-238173
-
Reporter arrested after repeatedly
questioning Health secretary Tom Price.
-
All of Trump’s campaign statements just
vanished from his website. So let’s remember them.
GRAND JURY SUBPOENAS ISSUED in
FBI's Russia investigation.
Flynn associates subpoenaed in Russia
probe.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/grand-jury-fbi-russia/index.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn-idUSKBN18607N
-
FBI DIRECTOR COMEY FIRED BY TRUMP HOURS
AFTER SUBPOENAS WERE ISSUED
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39866170
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-comey-idUSKBN1852MV
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/james-comey-fbi-trump-white-out/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/09/james-comey-fbi-fired-donald-trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/james-comey-fired-fbi.html
-
(Opinion) In Trump’s Firing of James
Comey, Echoes of Watergate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/trump-fbi-investigation-nixon.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/opinion/donald-trumps-firing-of-james-comey.html
-
(Opinion) James Comey's firing won't end
election controversy over Russia.
-
(Opinion) Trump firing Comey demands
fuller explanation. The timing feeds suspicions that Comey’s firing is
really an effort to disrupt or derail the FBI’s investigation into the Russian
connection.
-
(Opinion) Comey Firing Poses Toughest
Test Yet for Senate's Russia Probe.
-
(Opinion) Donald Trump’s Firing of James
Comey Is an Attack on American Democracy.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/donald-trump-james-comey-attack-american-democracy
-
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders
said that it was "time to move on" from the investigations into ties
between Trump campaign officials and Russia, hours after the president fired
FBI Director James Comey.
-
Comey learned he was fired from TV,
thought it was prank.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332662-comey-learned-he-was-fired-from-tv-reports
-
Schumer calls for special prosecutor,
suggests cover-up.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/09/comey-firing-congress-reaction-238180
-
Scarborough to GOP: 'Stand the hell up'
to Trump.
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/332664-scarborough-to-gop-stand-the-hell-up-to-trump
-
Dems ask Justice Dept, FBI to 'preserve
any and all files' on Comey firing.
-
FBI in turmoil over Comey firing,
scramble on for new chief.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-comey-succession-idUSKBN18606G
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/09/omey-firing-fbi-tears-238190
-
Timeline: How the Comey saga played out
at the FBI.
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/332665-timeline-how-the-comey-saga-played-out-at-the-fbi
-
Commentators mostly agree: Firing Comey
was positively Nixonian.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/commentators-mostly-agree-firing-comey-positively-nixonian-014845404.html
May 10, 2017 Wednesday
-
Trump Defends Comey Firing In
Early-Morning Tweetstorm.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-tweets-comey-firing
-
In Trump's Twitter feed, Comey news is
good news
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/trump-twitter-comey-trnd/index.html
-
Capitol Hill was roiled by the
aftershocks of President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James B. Comey.
-
Pence: Comey's firing wasn't due to
Russia probe.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/mike-pence-james-comey/index.html
-
McConnell: 'Too much is at stake' for
new investigation after Comey firing.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/congress-james-comey/index.html
-
Comey’s ouster raises questions about
Russia probe.
-
The Comey firing is already backfiring
on Trump. It’s only going to get worse.
-
(Opinion) No, Firing Comey Won’t Prove
Trump’s Undoing. The president has wormed his way out of far worse jams.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/10/no-firing-comey-wont-prove-trumps-undoing-215122
-
(Opinion) Michael R. Bloomberg: After
Comey, Justice Must Be Served.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-10/after-comey-justice-must-be-served
-
What Wall Street Is Saying About FBI
Director Comey's Ouster.
-
Graduates at Florida university turn
backs in protest of DeVos speech.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-education-devos-idUSKBN18625L
-
U.S. government posts $182 billion
surplus in April confounding market expectations for a deficit.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-budget-idUSKBN1862KV
-
Bid to revoke Obama methane rule fails
in surprise U.S. Senate vote.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-idUSKBN18620F
-
Trump meets Russia foreign minister amid
Comey controversy.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-idUSKBN1861V4
-
Trump Bars U.S. Press, but Not Russia’s,
at Meeting With Russian Officials.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/us/politics/trump-russia-meeting-american-reporters-blocked.html
-
Senate Intelligence Committee subpoenas
documents from Michael Flynn in Russia probe – the first subpoena the
committee has announced in its Russia investigation. The subpoena comes after
Flynn's lawyer, Robert Kelner, alerted the panel that he would not provide
documents in response to their April 28 request.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn-idUSKBN186309
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/flynn-subpoena/index.html
-
Paul Ryan rejects calls for special
prosecutor in Russia investigation.
-
The Department of Homeland Security will
reportedly ban laptops on all inbound flights from Europe.
-
Comey called Trump ‘crazy’ after Obama
wiretapping claims.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/fbi/332882-comey-called-trump-crazy-report
-
Wyden Announces Hold On Treasury Nominee
Until Administration Produces Documents on Russian Dealings With Trump
Associates.
-
Here’s the presidential order of
succession — just in case.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/presidential-order-succession-case-article-1.2973129
May 11, 2017 Thursday
-
Trump admits asking Comey if he was
under investigation for ties to Russia, contradicting previous statements
on his decision to fire him.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/11/donald-trump-james-comey-firing-russia-investigation
-
Trump says he was going to fire
‘showboat’ Comey regardless of recommendation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/trump-comey-showboat-fbi.html
-
Acting F.B.I. Chief Contradicts White
House on Russia and Comey.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/andrew-mccabe-fbi-chief-russia-trump.html
-
(Opinion) President Trump just decimated
the White House’s entire Comey narrative. In one fell swoop, Trump totally
contradicted his three top spokespeople and offered a polar-opposite version of
events than they had provided.
-
Republican Strategy Firm in Maryland
Raided by FBI.
-
FBI agents change their Facebook profile
photos to James Comey – a gesture normally reserved for slain colleagues.
-
Attorneys general from 19 states and the
District of Columbia are calling for a special prosecutor to be appointed to
investigate Russian influence on the 2016 presidential election.
-
The Feds have 'Trump tapes' akin to
Nixon's 'Watergate tapes'.
-
Senate Democrats demand answers from Rod
Rosenstein about involvement in Comey firing.
-
Trump signed an executive order
launching a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression,
building upon his unsubstantiated claims that millions of people voted
illegally in the 2016 election.
http://time.com/4776675/donald-trump-voter-fraud-commission-executive-order/
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/trump-creates-panel-investigate-voter-fraud/
-
Texas seeks unprecedented federal money
to defund Planned Parenthood.
-
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
signed an agreement recognizing the landmark Paris climate accord at a
meeting of Arctic nations in Alaska on Thursday, but said President Donald Trump was not rushing to decide whether
to leave or weaken U.S. commitments to the pact.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arctic-summit-idUSKBN1870FT
-
More Price Hikes Likely for Government
Insurance Markets.
-
ICE announces major anti-gang operation,
mostly US citizens arrested.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/ice-gang-arrests-operation/index.html
-
New Orleans removes Confederate monument
under cover of darkness after receiving death threats.
-
Hawaiians warned not to travel to Texas
because of controversial immigration law. Some say the new law is akin to
racial profiling
-
Muslim family racially abused by Trump
supporter on Texas beach.
-
The Trump Administration was ordered by
a federal judge to disclose a memo drafted under the guidance of former New
York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani that allegedly served as an outline to make the
president’s travel ban look like it wasn’t aimed at Muslims.
May 12, 2017 Friday
- Trump
warns ousted FBI chief not to leak to media, threatens 'tapes', suggesting
there might be tapes of conversations between the two men that could contradict
his account.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fbi-idUSKBN1881YJ
-
In private meeting just after Trump took
office, Trump demanded Comey’s loyalty. Comey demurred.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/trump-comey-firing.html
-
(Opinion) American Fascism, in 1944 and
Today. “And in my view, he [vice president Henry A. Wallace] predicted
President Trump.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/opinion/american-fascism-trump.html
-
Dems escalate talk of Trump impeachment.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/12/trump-impeachment-democrats-rhetoric-238307
-
In blow to Trump, GE backs NAFTA and
plans growth in Mexico.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-mexico-ge-idUSKBN18829I
-
HUGE CYBER-ATTACKS reported WORLDWIDE.
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39901382
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-hospitals-idUSKBN18820S
https://www.cnet.com/news/england-hospitals-hit-by-ransomware-attack-in-widespread-hack/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-hospitals-ransomware-idUSKBN1882O2
-
Kremlin says may retaliate against U.S.
over expulsion of Russian diplomats.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-idUSKBN1881SV
-
'What is wrong with you?' Michelle Obama
savages Trump's gutting of her legacy.
-
Attorney general calls for prosecutors
to ‘charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense’, in a major
reversal of Obama-era policies.
-
(Opinion) The Dakota pipeline is already
leaking. Why wait for a big spill to act?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/12/dakota-access-pipeline-leaking-big-spill
-
Two scientists resign from EPA roles in
protest at Donald Trump's climate change stance.
-
One Republican’s ‘shameful’ plan to save
money: Turn 82,000 non-English-speaking kids over to ICE.
-
Trump Doubles Down on Idea of Ending
White House Press Briefings.
http://time.com/4777982/donald-trump-end-press-briefings/
-
James Comey Declines to Testify Before
Senate Intelligence Committee.
http://time.com/4778010/james-comey-testify-senate-intelligence-committee/
-
Schiff demands Trump turn over Comey
'tapes'.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/12/adam-schiff-donald-trump-comey-tapes-238321
-
WikiLeaks Offers $100K Reward for
Trump-Comey ‘Tapes’.
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-comey-tapes-wikileaks-reward-608568
-
The Trump Tapes: What We Know.
http://www.newsweek.com/comey-donald-trump-tapes-tweets-russia-surveillance-fbi-obama-608361
-
White House won’t say if Trump secretly
recorded Comey.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-wont-say-trump-secretly-recorded-comey-182652479.html
-
Amid FBI fallout, Trump escalates war
against media and Comey.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/12/donald-trump-war-against-james-comey-media-twitter-238313
-
‘Looking Like a Liar or a Fool’: What It
Means to Work for Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/us/politics/trump-sean-spicer-sarah-huckabee-sanders.html
-
Senate panel investigating Russia
outraged by Comey firing.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/12/senate-trump-russia-probe-comey-firing-238340
-
Trump lawyers: Tax returns show no
income, debt tied to Russia ‘with a few exceptions’.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/12/donald-trump-tax-returns-russia-lawyers-238322
-
Sinclair Requires TV Stations to Air
Segments That Tilt to the Right.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/business/media/sinclair-broadcast-komo-conservative-media.html
May 13, 2017 Saturday
-
Trump pledges to move quickly to name
new FBI director.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fbi-idUSKBN1881YJ
-
Comey, chaos … crisis? Trump enters new
territory after most explosive week yet.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/13/donald-trump-james-comey-fbi-explosive-week
-
Trump at Liberty University
commencement: ‘In America, we don’t worship government; we worship God’.
-
Senate’s Russia investigation is moving
faster than its Watergate counterpart 44 years ago.
-
(Opinion) Trump must be impeached.
Here’s why.
-
Judge orders government to turn over
documents from Rudy Giuliani on travel ban.
-
Ex-Justice Department officials call for
independent counsel in Russia probe.
-
Trump Impeachment Inevitable, Historian
Says.
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-impeached-comey-fired-fbi-608708
-
North Korea fires missile: South Korea
military.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKBN1890UO
-
U.S. fails to reassure Europe, Japan
over 'Trumponomics'.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-g7-usa-mnuchin-idUSKBN1890FP
-
NHS 'robust' after cyber-attack.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39909441
-
Ransomware attack reveals breakdown in
US intelligence protocols, expert says.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/13/ransomware-cyber-attack-us-intelligence
-
Cyberattack Shows Growing Danger of
Ransomware.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/technology/hack-ransomware-scam-cyberattacks.html
-
Trump Still Seethes Over Lack of Credit
for Election Win.
-
What an Immigrant Murder in Kansas Says
About America.
-
Protesters spell out 'RESIST' at Trump
golf course.
-
Gingrich urges Trump: ‘Close down the
press room’.
May 14, 2017 Sunday
-
James Clapper: democratic institutions
are 'under assault' by Trump. Former national intelligence director hammers
the president’s actions, calling James Comey’s firing ‘another victory for
Russia’.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/14/james-clapper-donald-trump-russia-james-comey-firing
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/14/politics/james-clapper-russia-collusion/index.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dni-clapper-comey-uneasy-dinner-president/story
-
NBC/WSJ Poll: Just 29 Percent Approve of
Trump’s Firing of James Comey.
-
Schumer: block any nominee to lead the
FBI until an independent prosecutor is named to oversee an investigation into
Russia’s interference into last year’s presidential election.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/schumer-fbi-chief-prosecutor-238368
-
Alt-right’s Richard Spencer leads
torch-bearing protesters defending Confederate statue.
-
GOP wins in reversing Obama-era rules on
guns, environment.
-
High court could soon signal view on
Trump immigration plans.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/high-court-signal-view-trump-immigration-plans-47400741
-
Businesses brace for Monday as
ransomware threat lingers.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-hospitals-idUSKBN18820S
-
U.S. lawmakers ask Trump to turn over
any Comey tapes.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fbi-idUSKCN18A0TU
-
G.O.P. Senators Pull Away From Trump,
Alarmed at His Volatility.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/14/us/politics/trump-republican-senators.html
-
Republicans plan massive cuts to
programs for the poor.
-
Under Trump, inconvenient data is being
sidelined.
-
Songwriter: ‘If you’re a Trump
supporter, don’t come to my show’.
-
Muslim hate crimes: Reports of
Islamophobic incidents in the US soared again in 2016.
May 15, 2017 Monday
-
Morning Joe says FBI close to exposing
the president: ‘It’s a criminal issue — and Trump knows that’.
-
TRUMP REVEALED HIGHLY CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION TO RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER and ambassador.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/us/politics/trump-russia-classified-information-isis.html
-
In travel ban case, U.S. judges focus on
discrimination, Trump's powers.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court-idUSKCN18B0RB
-
U.S. Supreme Court lets North Carolina
voter law die, rebuffing a Republican bid to revive a strict voter-identification
law that a lower court found deliberately discriminated against black voters.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-election-idUSKCN18B1QB
-
Trump expands policy that bans US aid
for overseas abortion providers.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/15/trump-abortion-rule-mexico-city-policy
-
(Story) They hate the US government, and
they're multiplying: the terrifying rise of 'sovereign citizens'.
-
Woodward and Bernstein say Comey firing
is different than Watergate.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/woodward-bernstein-say-comey-firing-different-watergate-132623513.html
-
New Yorkers Protest the President Inside
Trump Tower’s Private Public Spaces.
-
White House refuses to say if Comey
tapes exist.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333461-white-house-refuses-to-say-if-comey-tapes-exist
-
McMaster dodges reporters, saying 'This
is the last place in the world I wanted to be'.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333510-mcmaster-bumps-into-press-makes-quick-exit
-
Cyberattack Spreads in Asia; Thousands
of Groups Affected.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/world/asia/china-cyberattack-hack-ransomware.html
-
White House pushes back against report
Trump shared classified info with Russians.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/15/trump-classified-russia-pushback-238415
-
Trump's handling of classified info
brings new chaos to White House.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/15/trump-russia-classified-information-238417
-
Commentary: Focusing on Trump’s Coming
Deep Cuts in Basic Assistance for Struggling Families – and Deep Tax Cuts for
the Top.
-
Indian Americans Reckon With Reality Of
Hate Crimes.
-
Ford Motor to slash workforce by about
10 percent: WSJ.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ford-motor-layoffs-idUSKCN18C03P
-
Analysis: Trump intel sharing likely to
leave allies anxious.
-
Ex-intelligence leaders: ‘Nightmare’ if
Trump leaked to Russia.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/15/trump-secrets-russia-isis-238421
-
Emoluments Clause projected onto Trump's
DC hotel.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/333546-emoluments-clause-projected-onto-trumps-dc-hotel
-
(Opinion) When the World Is Led by a
Child. At base, Trump is an infantalist. There are three tasks that most
mature adults have sort of figured out by the time they hit 25. Trump has
mastered none of them.
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/opinion/trump-classified-data.html
May 16, 2017 Tuesday
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Trump defends sharing information with
Russians. In a series of early-morning posts on Twitter, he said he had the “absolute right” to give
“facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety” to Russia’s
foreign minister and ambassador.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/trump-intelligence-russia-classified.html
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TRUMP PRESSURED COMEY TO END INVESTIGATION
OF MICHAEL FLYNN. ‘I hope you can let this go,’ Trump said, according to
notes taken by Comey and described by associates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-tweets-idUSKCN18C19Y
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/16/politics/trump-james-comey-memo/index.html
-
Israel was source of classified
information Trump shared with Russia, say officials. Israel will think
twice before sharing sensitive info.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/trumps-disclosure-endangered-spy-inside-isis-israel-officials/story
-
Chaffetz: I'm ready to subpoena for
Comey memo.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/16/politics/congress-reactions-trump-michael-flynn-memo/index.html
-
Trump might have obstructed justice if
Comey’s allegation is true, legal analysts say.
-
Waters: Comey memo helps ‘cement’ Trump’s
impeachment.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/333738-waters-comey-memo-helps-cement-trumps-impeachment
-
McConnell: No concerns about Trump's
handling of classified info.
-
(Opinion) Trump can do whatever he
wants. God help us.
-
(Opinion) Under Trump, Everything Is
Wrong in Washington.
http://www.newsweek.com/under-trump-everything-wrong-washington-609994
-
(Opinion) Trump Should Worry: Comey Memo
Describes a High Crime.
-
Tempers Flare and Confusion Swirls at
Rattled White House.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/white-house-staff.html
-
Trump's aides heard 'yelling' in White
House office as presidency descends into chaos.
-
Following advice, potential FBI chiefs
steer clear of job under Trump.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fbi-idUSKCN18C2PI
-
White House scrambles to limit damage
after latest bombshell.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333691-white-house-scrambles-to-limit-damage
-
Top House Intel Dem: Comey memo paints
'alarming portrait' of potential Trump interference.
-
Press freedom group rips Trump for
suggesting Comey jail reporters.
-
White House rocked by allegation Trump
tried to shut down FBI's Flynn probe.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/16/trump-comey-flynn-shutdown-238467
-
Trump’s Russia problem grows, leaving
Washington breathless, stunned.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article150905047.html
-
King: Trump approaching 'obstruction of
justice,' impeachment.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/16/angus-king-trump-obstruction-238475
-
McCain: Trump scandals reaching
'Watergate size and scale'.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/333755-mccain-trump-scandals-reaching-watergate-size-and-scale
-
Trump tries to brush off Russia leak
scandal as nations begin to question US trust.
-
(Other) A GOP senator’s guide to a Trump
scandal: 1) Say you’re ‘troubled.’ 2) Keep walking.
-
Trump and Erdogan Meet at White House
Amid Tensions Over Arming Kurds in Syria. Turkish Leader Calls Trump His
'Dear Friend,' Despite Decision To Arm Syrian Kurds.
-
Feds Subpoena Records for $3.5M Mystery
Mortgage on Manafort’s Home.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/feds-subpoena-records-3-5m-mortgage-manaforts-home-n759866
-
Price's Remarks On Opioid Treatment Were
Unscientific And Damaging, Experts Say.
-
Trump challenges London Mayor Sadiq Khan
to IQ test.
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-36299929/donald-trump-challenges-sadiq-khan-to-iq-test
-
CNN analyst: 'We're in impeachment
territory'.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/333765-cnn-analyst-were-in-impeachment-territory
May 17, 2017 Wednesday
-
More Republicans back independent probe
of possible collusion between Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia, spurred by
a memo from former FBI Director Comey.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKCN18D1XT
-
Putin offers transcript to prove Trump
did not pass Russia secrets.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-putin-idUSKCN18D1EA
-
Trump claims ‘no politician in history’
has been ‘treated worse or more unfairly’.
-
Two moderate Senate Republicans [Collins
and Murkowski] suggest the need to consider a special prosecutor.
-
Trump Gave Russians Secrets News Orgs
Are Being Asked To Withhold.
-
'Erdoğan's bodyguards' in violent
clash with protesters in Washington DC.
-
The Right Builds an Alternative
Narrative About the Crises Around Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/trump-scandal-conservatives-media.html
-
(Opinion) The 25th Amendment Solution
for Removing Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/opinion/25th-amendment-trump.html
-
(Opinion) No, the 25th Amendment Isn't
the Way to Boot Trump. Sorry, Congress: If you believe Trump needs to go,
you're going to have to do it yourselves.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-17/no-the-25th-amendment-isn-t-the-way-to-boot-trump
-
(Opinion) Republicans must impeach Trump
— for their own good.
http://theweek.com/articles/699462/republicans-must-impeach-trump--good
-
Household Debt Makes a Comeback in the
U.S. In the first quarter of 2017, consumer
debt rose to $12.73 trillion, exceeding its peak in the third quarter of
2008.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/business/dealbook/household-debt-united-states.html
-
The Comey memo was also about Trump’s
request to arrest reporters. Journalists call it ‘crazy and scary.’
-
Restive Dems amplify calls for
impeachment.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333872-restive-dems-amplify-calls-for-impeachment
-
Senate Intel panel asks Comey to testify
publicly.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/333838-senate-intel-panel-asks-comey-to-testify-publicly
-
Obstruction? Impeachment? A look at the
legal challenges Trump could face.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article151061997.html
-
Congressman calls for Trump's
impeachment on House floor.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/al-green-impeachment-call/index.html
-
Paul Ryan: 'I do' have confidence in
Trump.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/paul-ryan-news-conference/index.html
-
GOP blocks House vote on independent
Russia-Trump investigation.
http://us.pressfrom.com/news/politics/-49860-gop-blocks-house-vote-on-independent-russia-probe/
-
Defense secretary backs plan to spin off
air traffic control.
-
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly
jokes Trump should use saber on the press.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/333876-homeland-secretary-to-trump-use-that-saber-on-the-press
-
Sheriff David Clarke says he's accepted
DHS job as a deputy secretary of Homeland Security.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333899-sheriff-david-clarke-says-hes-accepted-dhs-job
-
Previous Homeland Security officials
condemn Sheriff David Clarke taking role.
-
US: Immigrant arrests soar under Trump
because of a surge in the detention of immigrants who have no criminal
convictions.
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/us-more-immigrants-arrested-fewer-deported-under-trump/
-
Dow Falls 370 Points, the biggest loss
since September; Bonds Rally on Trump Turmoil; volatility spiked higher as
the turmoil surrounding the Trump administration roiled financial markets
around the globe.
-
Fox News unable to find Republicans
'willing to go on camera' to defend Trump following explosive Comey memo.
-
Officials put Trump's name in 'as many
memo paragraphs as we can because he keeps reading if he's mentioned'.
-
Trump denounces media as White House
goes quiet on Comey.
-
6 Million With Pre-Existing Conditions
Could Be Hit Hard Under GOP Plan.
-
The deputy attorney general has
appointed former FBI director Robert Mueller AS SPECIAL COUNCIL to oversee
probe of Russian interference in election.
-
The worst job in Washington right now:
Working for Trump.
-
Conservatives begin to whisper:
President Pence.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/17/mike-pence-president-trump-238525
May 18, 2017 Thursday
-
Trump blasted the appointment of Robert
Mueller to be the special prosecutor overseeing the investigation into
Russia’s meddling into the 2016 election, calling the probe “the single greatest witch hunt of a
politician in American history.”
-
Kochs boost Trump tax plan.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/koch-brothers-trump-tax-plan-238530
-
Michael Flynn 'refuses to hand over
documents to Russia investigation' despite subpoena.
-
Former top counsel for the NSA and the CIA: Special prosecutor Robert Mueller 'will take Donald Trump from frying
pan to fire' over Russia investigation.
-
Roger Ailes, architect of conservative
TV juggernaut Fox News, is dead at 77.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/may/18/roger-ailes-dead-fox-news-ceo-chairman
-
Roger Ailes Isn't Dead, He Lives on in
Trump, Sexual Harassment Suits and Alternative Facts.
-
House Majority Leader McCarthy told
colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump.
-
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
will brief the full Senate in a closed session.
-
Trump loyalists pay little heed to
revelations rocking DC.
-
U.S. academic groups oppose Trump's
visa-vetting plans.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-visa-idUSKCN18E35H
-
Trump campaign had at least 18
undisclosed contacts with Russians.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-contacts-idUSKCN18E106
-
Trump, striking a defiant tone, denied
colluding with Russia during his 2016 campaign or asking former FBI Director
James Comey to drop a probe into his former national security adviser.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKCN18E1P7
-
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told
the full Senate he knew before he wrote his controversial memo that Comey would
be fired.
-
FCC votes to dismantle net neutrality as
critics cry 'war on open internet'.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/18/net-neutrality-vote-fcc-open-internet
-
Trump supporters blame leaks, conspiracy
for his woes.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-supporters-blame-leaks-conspiracy-woes-210602825--politics.html
-
Chaffetz will resign, raising doubts
about Trump probe.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/utahs-chaffetz-expected-leave-office-end-june-165533680--politics.html
-
Vice President Pence has a growing
credibility problem.
-
European leaders fear Trump’s political
chaos is undermining U.S. power.
-
Mueller to ask Congress to step back
Russia investigations.
-
Appointment of Mueller could complicate
other probes into alleged Russian meddling.
-
Trump meets with lawyers at the White
House.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/18/trump-lawyers-white-house-238579
-
$110 Billion Weapons Sale to Saudis Has Jared Kushner’s Personal Touch.
-
What Donald Trump Needs to Know About
Bob Mueller and Jim Comey. The two men who could bring down the president
have been preparing their entire lives for this moment.
May 19, 2017 Friday
-
FCC security guards manhandle reporter,
eject him from meeting for asking questions.
-
Trump diehards dismiss Russia scandal:
'Show me the proof – or get off his case'.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/19/trump-russia-the-promise-scandal-proof
-
Rosenstein: I stand by Comey memo; he
stands by his memo that was initially used as the reason for former FBI
Director James Comey's firing.
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/334240-rosenstein-i-stand-by-comey-memo
-
Dem frustration grows with Rosenstein,
saying Rosenstein refused to answer “simple yes-and-no questions,” fueling concerns
that the Trump appointee overseeing the
Justice Department probes may be influenced by the White House.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/334234-dem-frustration-grows-with-rosenstein
-
Trump Told Russians That Firing ‘Nut
Job’ Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/trump-russia-comey.html
-
Kushner Family Woos Investors With
Visas, Trump Name.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/business/kushner-trump-china-green-cards.html
-
White House adviser close to Trump is a
person of interest in Russia probe. Investigation into Russian meddling reaches
highest level of government.
-
Trump-Russia probe now includes possible
cover-up, Congress is told.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article151565947.html
-
Russia probe reaches current White House
official, people familiar with the case say.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article151563807.html
-
Washington Post Fact Checker’s ongoing
database of the false and misleading claims by Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/
-
Trump said to favor move that could
destabilize Obamacare. Trump has told advisers he wants to end payments of
key Obamacare subsidies, a move that could send the health law's insurance
markets into a tailspin.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/19/donald-trump-end-payments-obamacare-subsidies-238616
-
Sheriff David Clarke Is Determined to
Suspend Habeas Corpus and Shred the Bill of Rights.
-
Trump Is a Cornered Megalomaniac—and
That’s a Grave Danger to the Country.
-
Maduro to Trump: 'Get your dirty hands
off Venezuela!'.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-usa-idUSKCN18F2HB
-
Russian officials bragged they could use
Flynn to influence Trump.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/michael-flynn-donald-trump-russia-influence/index.html
-
James Comey to testify in public Senate
intelligence committee hearing.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/19/james-comey-testify-us-senate-russia-election-trump
-
Israeli Intelligence Furious Over
Trump’s Loose Lips. Israeli intelligence officials were shouting at their
American counterparts in meetings, furious over news that Trump may have
compromised a vital source of information on the Islamic State and possibly
Iran.
-
White House looking at ethics rule to
weaken special investigation.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mueller-idUSKCN18F2KK
May 20, 2017 Saturday
-
Trump awarded with Saudi Arabia's
highest civilian honour within hours of landing in the country.
-
Under fire at home, Trump reaps Saudi
arms deal.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-gulf-arrival-idUSKCN18G06K
-
U.S., Saudi firms sign tens of billions
of dollars of deals as Trump visits.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-usa-trump-deals-idUSKCN18G05P
-
Saudi leaders hail Trump visit as ‘reset
of regional order’.
-
Twitter leader laments social media role
in Trump's election.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/twitter-leader-laments-social-media-234906014.html
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/technology/evan-williams-medium-twitter-internet.html
-
A cancer patient wonders: ‘Will the
government still have my back?’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cancer-patient-wonders-will-government-still-back-090024209.html
-
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) said that he has
been threatened with lynching following his call for President Trump's
impeachment.
-
Corporate A-Listers Descend on Riyadh
for Trump's CEO Summit.
-
Conservative Media’s Alternative Take on
Trump and Russia.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservative-media-s-alternative-take-trump-russia-n761941
May 21, 2017 Sunday
-
McMaster does not deny details of
Trump’s discussion with Russian officials.
-
Trump summons Muslim nations to confront
‘Islamic terror of all kinds’.
-
Trump's Islam Speech in Saudi Arabia
Follows a Long History of Verbal Attacks and Policies Targeting Muslims in
America and Abroad.
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-saudi-arabia-trump-islam-612995
-
'Trump has declared war': journalists
denounce any attack on press freedom. Trump’s apparent suggestion that the
FBI should ‘consider putting reporters
in prison’ prompts call to action from journalists increasingly under
attack.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/21/trump-threat-reporters-press-freedom
-
‘Spiteful and petty’: Maine governor
bans signs to Obama-designated monument.
-
Chicago launches campaign in response to
Trump's immigration policies.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/21/politics/one-chicago-campaign/index.html
-
At Notre Dame, Pence attacks campus
'political correctness'. Students
walk out of Pence’s commencement speech.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/21/students-walk-out-mike-pence-notre-dame-commencement
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/21/pence-pc-freedom-of-speech-238655
-
Tillerson held a news conference with
the Saudi foreign minister in Riyadh but he left the American media behind.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2017/05/21/tillerson-no-reporters-press-238658
-
Netanyahu says all government ministers
must attend Trump's arrival.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/21/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-ministers-must-meet-trump/index.html
-
(International) Trump's White House: A
Vortex of Scandal, Chaos and Absurdity.
-
(International) A Danger to the World:
It's Time to Get Rid of Donald Trump.
-
(International) Trump and Saudi Arabia:
Have we reached peak hypocrisy yet?
-
(International) After Riyadh Speech,
Trump Comes to Israel as a Messianic Opportunist.
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.790790
-
Trump to propose big cuts to safety-net
in new budget, slashing Medicaid and opening door to other limits.
May 22, 2017 Monday
-
Trump tells Israel Iran will never have
nuclear weapons.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39973197
-
Ex-national security adviser Michael
Flynn 'defies Senate Russia inquiry'.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40004300
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKBN18I1U9
-
Supreme Court rules North Carolina
congressional districts unconstitutional.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/22/supreme-court-north-carolina-congressional-dsitricts-238673
-
Republicans used race to redraw North
Carolina voter maps.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40002569
-
Scandal-plagued Fox News hit with more
lawsuits in U.S. court.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-fox-lawsuits-idUSKBN18I2F6
-
Mississippi lawmaker calls for lynchings
after removal of Confederate symbols.
-
White House proposes slashing funds to
clean up toxic sites despite EPA's pleas.
-
Trump’s plans to cut food stamps could
hit his supporters hardest.
-
White House pitches budget as welfare
reform. The Trump administration wants to take an ax to the safety net in order
to balance the budget.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/22/trump-budget-what-is-in-it-238679
-
Groups sue FDA over food additive rule.
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/334575-groups-sue-fda-over-food-additive-rule
-
Sinkhole opens in front of Trump's
Mar-a-Lago resort.
-
Israelis fear Trump might 'blurt out'
something that’s not easy to 'fix'.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article151902907.html
-
Americans Say U.S. Moral Values at a
Seven-Year Low.
-
Trump brings up Russian meeting during
Israel event.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-says-i-never-mentioned-the-word-or-name-israel-to-russians/
-
Manafort, Stone Turn Over Russia
Documents to Senate Intel Committee.
-
Trump Effect Inspires Radical Christians
in Military.
http://www.newsweek.com/christian-fundamentalists-us-armed-forces-national-security-threat-613428
-
Lockheed Martin secures $28 billion in
Saudi contracts.
-
Robert Reich: Our European Allies Are
Appalled by Trump.
http://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-our-european-allies-are-appalled-trump-613342
-
Texas will allow adoption agencies to
reject parents on religious grounds.
-
Trump asked intelligence chiefs to push
back against FBI collusion probe after Comey revealed its existence.
-
(Analysis) The three most damaging
paragraphs from the revelation about Trump pushing back against the FBI.
-
Trump close to choosing outside counsel
for Russia investigation. Trump is moving rapidly toward assembling outside
counsel to help him navigate the investigations into his campaign and Russian
interference in last year’s election.
-
Trump's budget: major slashes to social
programs – but $1.6bn for the wall.
-
Trump Seeks $3.6 Trillion in Cuts to
Reshape Government,
-
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND EXPLOSION AND BLAST
AT POP CONCERT.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-40007886
May 23, 2017 Tuesday
-
Trump FY2018 budget officially unveiled.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-idUSKBN18I26X
-
Trump seeks to slash $3.6 trillion of
spending in austere budget.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-idUSKBN18I26X
-
Trump budget keeps pledges: Cuts for
poor, more for military.
-
Former CIA Director John Brennan told
House Russia investigators Tuesday that Russia "brazenly interfered"
in US elections, including actively contacting members of the President
Donald Trump's campaign -- but he stopped shy of dubbing it
"collusion."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/23/politics/john-brennan-house-intelligence-committee/index.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKBN18J2DE
-
DNI Dan Coats, speaking before the
Senate Armed Services Committee, would not comment on reports that Trump had
asked Coats and NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers to push back on the FBI's
probe into whether there was any collusion between the Trump campaign and
Russia.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dan-coats-wont-say-whether-trump-asked-him-to-deny-russian-collusion/
-
Trump retains Marc Kasowitz as private
attorney for Russia probe.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-counsel-idUSKBN18J30W
-
(Other) Soldiers on UK streets as threat
raised to critical after Manchester bombing.
-
Trump advisers call for privatizing some
public assets to build new infrastructure.
-
Trump told his Philippine counterpart
Rodrigo Duterte that Washington has sent two nuclear submarines to waters off
the Korean peninsula, the New York Times said, comments likely to raise questions about his handling of sensitive
information.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-submarines-idUSKBN18K15Y
May 24, 2017 Wednesday
-
The Congressional Budget Office reports
the bill passed by U.S. House Republicans would cause 23 million people to lose
healthcare coverage by 2026 while de-stabilizing health insurance markets
in some states and making it hard for sick people to buy insurance.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-cbo-idUSKBN18K2X2
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/us/politics/cbo-congressional-budget-office-health-care.html
-
CBO sees premiums rising 850 percent for
poor elderly under House health bill.
-
Trump said he would save jobs at
Carrier. The layoffs start July 20.
-
Ben Carson calls poverty ‘a state of
mind’ during interview.
-
Theresa May to tackle Donald Trump over
Manchester bombing evidence. Prime minister will raise concerns at Nato
summit that intelligence leaks from the
US have damaged investigation. It was the latest of a series of leaks to US
journalists that appeared to come from inside the US intelligence community.
-
Marchers in Chicago claim McDonald’s,
the world’s largest fast food chain, supports
low wages for workers and allows sexual harassment, ‘just like Donald Trump’.
-
Montana GOP candidate accused of
assaulting reporter on eve of special election.
http://thehill.com/media/335052-reporter-alleges-that-montana-gop-candidate-bodyslammed-him
-
Dem rep: Abuse, violence against the
press 'hallmarks in Trump era'.
-
Thousands protested Trump visit in
Belgium.
http://thehill.com/policy/international/335050-thousands-protested-trump-visit-in-belgium
-
AG Sessions did not disclose Russia
meetings in security clearance form, which requires him to list "any
contact" he or his family had with a "foreign government" or its
"representatives" over the past seven years.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/24/politics/jeff-sessions-russian-officials-meetings/index.html
-
White House, DOJ miss Senate deadline to
provide James Comey memos, records.
-
How a dubious Russian document
influenced the FBI’s handling of the Clinton probe.
May 25, 2017 Thursday
-
Trump chastises fellow NATO members,
demands they meet payment obligations.
-
Montana GOP candidate charged after
allegedly body-slamming reporter.
-
U.S. warship challenges South China Sea
claims, the first such challenge to Beijing in the strategic waterway since
Trump took office.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-southchinasea-navy-idUSKBN18K353
-
Senators make new push to rein in
Trump's military powers.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/25/trump-military-powers-senate-response-238817
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(Other) Fears for economy as number of
EU migrants leaving Brexit Britain surges.
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Trump asks Justice Department to look
into recent foreign intelligence leaks by US officials.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/25/politics/nato-trump-intel-sharing/index.html
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How Alleged Russian Hacker Teamed Up
With Florida GOP Operative. Political consultant Aaron Nevins received
documents from hacker ‘Guccifer 2.0’ and posted some on his blog.
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Georgia Law Will Allow Carry of Handguns
at Public University Tailgate Events.
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(Opinion) The Trump Administration’s
Troubling State of Mind.
http://carsonwatch.org/2017/05/25/trump-administrations-troubling-state-mind/
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FEDERAL APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS BLOCK ON TRUMP’S
TRAVEL BAN, administration will appeal to Supreme Court.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/25/politics/4th-circuit-travel-ban/index.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court-idUSKBN18L2IO
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U.S. lawmakers to fight massive Trump
Saudi arms deal.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-congress-idUSKBN18L2XN
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Wall Street hits record highs, helped by
consumer stocks.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-idUSKBN18L1HC
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Gazette opinion: We're pulling our
endorsement of Greg Gianforte.
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Trump calls Germans 'very bad' and promises
to stop car imports.
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Jared Kushner now a focus in Russia
investigation.
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Republican Charged With Assault Claims
Win in Montana Special Election.
May 26, 2017 Friday
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Trump travel ban fight heads toward
Supreme Court showdown.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court-idUSKBN18M2C7
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In shakeup, Trump to set up 'war room' to
repel attacks over Russia probe.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-warroom-idUSKBN18M2FU
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Trump son-in-law had undisclosed
contacts with Russian envoy.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fbi-kushner-exclusive-idUSKBN18N018
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Russian ambassador told Moscow that
Kushner wanted secret channel with Kremlin.
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Senate Intelligence Committee requests
Trump campaign documents.
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Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event
at State Department.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-religion-ramadan-usa-tillerson-exclsu-idUSKBN18M2IE
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Texas governor draws criticism for joke
about shooting journalists.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-governor-guns-idUSKBN18N009
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Chinese jets intercept U.S surveillance plane.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-military-idUSKBN18M25L
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‘The Germans are bad, very bad’: Trump’s
alleged slight generates confusion, backlash.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski is dead at 89.
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Secret court rebukes NSA for 5-year
illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article152947909.html
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G7 summit: Leaders pressure Trump on
climate change pact - but President makes no promises.
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Trump Administration Conflicts Of
Interest: How Gary Cohn Could Sell U.S. Infrastructure To Goldman Sachs.
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Six of the worst cuts in Trump’s budget.
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Hillary Clinton hints Donald Trump will
be 'impeached for obstruction of justice' in unprecedented attack on president.
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(Opinion) The U.S. has a homegrown
terrorist problem — and it’s coming from the right.
May 27, 2017 Saturday
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G7 talks: Trump isolated over Paris
climate change deal.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40069636
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Leaders issue G7 declaration with U.S. a
holdout on climate change.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/27/trump-paris-climate-deal-238883
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Man, known as a white supremicist,
shouting 'anti-Muslim slurs' fatally stabs two men in Portland.
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump tells tall tales
even without Twitter.
http://m.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/AP-FACT-CHECK-Trump-tells-tall-tales-even-11177929.php
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Trump complained of trouble setting up
golf courses in EU during Brussels visit.
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Thousands of Americans will die
unnecessary deaths if AHCA becomes a reality.
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Ex-CIA Director: CIA would consider
Kushner actions 'espionage'.
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Noose left outside of Hirshhorn museum
in Washington.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/335422-noose-left-outside-of-hirshorn-museum-in-washington
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Trump Returns to Crisis Over Kushner as
White House Tries to Contain It.
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Trump tells 'confidants' U.S. will leave
Paris climate deal.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-climate-idUSKBN18O00J
May 28, 2017 Sunday
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After summits with Trump, Merkel says
Europe must take fate into own hands.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-politics-merkel-idUSKBN18O0JK
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/28/world/europe/angela-merkel-trump-alliances-g7-leaders.html
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(Analysis) Why Merkel’s comments matter.
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European allies see the two sides of
Trump.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-g7-summit-trump-allies-analysis-idUSKBN18O0BP
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The Trump handshake: how world leaders
are fighting back. Emmanuel Macron and others have noted that US president’s handshake is a claim to
superiority, and are fighting him in kind.
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(Opinion: DW Germany) A dangerous
travelling salesman.
http://www.dw.com/en/opinion-a-dangerous-travelling-salesman/a-39017379
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Trump attacks 'fake news' following
Kushner reports.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-kushner-idUSKBN18O0G0
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Back at the White House, Trump unleashes
a Twitter rant about fake news, leaks and ‘the enemy’.
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U.S. might ban laptops on all flights
into and out of the country.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airlines-electronics-idUSKBN18O0KL
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By backing Saudi Arabia’s vision of the
Middle East, Trump may be sowing the seeds of conflict.
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‘Brave and selfless’ Oregon stabbing
victims hailed as heroes for standing up to racist rants.
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These 8th-graders from New Jersey
refused to be photographed with Paul Ryan.
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Florida could pave new changes in 'stand
your ground' laws.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-could-pave-changes-stand-ground-laws-130111550.html
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(Opinion) Trump seems happy to destroy
the planet. Only China and India can save us now.
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Homeland Security chief says
back-channel talks with Russia would be 'normal...and acceptable'.
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Mattis: Fight against ISIS has shifted
to “annihilation tactics”.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fight-against-isis-has-shifted-to-annihilation-tactics-mattis-says/
May 29, 2017 Monday
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'Atlanticist' Merkel rams home
frustration with Trump after summits.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-merkel-trump-idUSKBN18P0VV
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Angela Merkel Stopped Relying on
President Trump Only After Failing to Reason With Him.
http://time.com/4797241/angela-merkel-us-german-tensions-g7-summit/
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Even Angela Merkel’s political rivals
are on her side against Trump.
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U.S. may put emergency tariffs on solar
imports.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-solar-wto-idUSKBN18P1JL
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North Korea fires Scud-class ballistic
missile.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKBN18O0R3
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Trump condemns fatal Oregon stabbings;
says victims stood against hate
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-muslims-portland-idUSKBN18P1XR
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Portland Republican says party should
use militia groups after racial attack. Asked if this meant Republicans
making their own security arrangements rather than relying on city or state
police, Buchal said: “Yeah. And there are these people arising, like the Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters.”
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Portland knife attack: tension high as
'free speech rally' set for weekend.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/28/portland-knife-attack-free-speech-rally--sunday
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Texas Republican 'threatens to shoot
Democrat' over immigration protest.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/29/hundreds-pro-sanctuary-cities-protesters-texas-house
http://time.com/4797381/texas-anti-sanctuary-city-bill-protests/
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Bullet damage suspected in Ky. newspaper
vandalism.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/335557-bullet-damage-suspected-in-ky-newspaper-vandalism
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White House plan would minimize civil
rights efforts.
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This is what Betsy DeVos thinks about
people who oppose her school-choice vision.
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Portland mayor wants 'Trump free speech'
rally cancelled after attack.
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Trump to reverse Obama’s Cuba policy.