President Trump has now fired 3 officials who were investigating his campaign or
administration
By Peter W. Stevenson
May 10th, 2017 President Trump has now fired three U.S. law enforcement officials who, at the time of their firings, were investigating his presidential campaign or administration...read more Source: Washington post |
Ex-House intel chair: Russian meddling into 2016 election was 'wildly successful'
By Louis Nelson
May 3rd, 2017 Russia’s efforts to interfere with last year’s U.S. presidential election were “wildly successful,” former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said Tuesday, and are still bearing fruit today in the form of continued infighting at the highest levels in Washington...read more Source: Politico |
As Trump pursues ‘America first,’ China’s Xi sees opening for primacy in Asia
April 4th, 2017
By David Nakamura President Trump’s retrenchment of U.S. global leadership on issues such as free trade, climate change and multilateral alliances has opened the door for an unlikely rival to assert itself — China...read more |
Manafort pushes back on report he worked to help Putin's government
By Jeremy Diamond
March 22nd, 2017
President Donald Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort pushed back Wednesday on a report that he allegedly earned millions of dollars by helping Russian President Vladimir Putin's government push its interests around the world...Read more
Source: cnn
March 22nd, 2017
President Donald Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort pushed back Wednesday on a report that he allegedly earned millions of dollars by helping Russian President Vladimir Putin's government push its interests around the world...Read more
Source: cnn
Comey confirms FBI probe into Trump-Russia
By AUSTIN WRIGHT and MARTIN MATISHAK
March 20th, 2017 FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday the FBI is investigating Russia’s meddling in the presidential election, including possible links between the Trump campaign and Moscow...Read more Source: Politico |
No evidence of wiretapping says F.B.I
By Ellen Nakashima, Karoun Demirjian and Devlin Barrett
March 20th, 2017 FBI Director James B. Comey on Monday said there is “no information” that supports President Trump’s claims that his predecessor ordered surveillance of Trump Tower during the election campaign...read more Source: Washington Post |
Trump in Graham's crosshairs as Russia
By AUSTIN WRIGHT and SEUNG MIN KIM
March 15th, 2017 Lindsey Graham lacks the resources and access that the House and Senate Intelligence Committees have to investigate Russia’s meddling in the presidential election...Read More Source: CNN |
House intel chairman: No evidence of
By Manu Raju, Tom LoBianco and Ted Barrett
March 15th, 2017 House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Wednesday that neither he nor the ranking Democrat on the committee have seen any evidence that then-President Barack Obama wiretapped Donald Trump last year, and want the Justice Department to respond to their requests for information by March 20....Read more Source: cnn |
Trump's speech to Congress highlights influence of Ivanka, Bannon
By James Hohmann
march 1st, 2017 THE BIG IDEA: There’s Twitter Trump, and then there’s Teleprompter Trump. The president has proven adept at reading from a script when the moment calls for some self-discipline. It is a very low bar but one that he’s learned to clear. In his maiden speech to a joint session of Congress, Teleprompter Trump delivered. Republicans who have been backing him up on the Hill breathed a sigh of relief...read more Source: Washington post |
Trump says he's open to a compromise
By TED HESSON, SEUNG MIN KIM and HADAS GOLD
February 28th, 2017 This isn’t the first time Trump has shown an openness to restarting dormant immigration reform efforts in Congress. President Donald Trump argued Tuesday for “switching away from this current system of lower-skilled immigration” and moving instead to a merit-based system. Source: Politico |
House GOP defeats resolution requesting
By KYLE CHENEY
February 28th, 2017 Congressional Republicans killed a Democratic measure Tuesday to pressure the Trump administration to turn over documents detailing President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, as well as conflicts of interest stemming from his business empire...Read More Source: Politico |
Huge stakes for Trump immigration do-over
by Stephen Collinson, Tal Kopan and Dana Bash
February 22nd, 2017
President Donald Trump is preparing to seize on a second chance to make a first impression with the release this week of a new executive order temporarily halting travel from citizens of seven nations he says pose a high risk of terrorism...read more
Source: cnn
February 22nd, 2017
President Donald Trump is preparing to seize on a second chance to make a first impression with the release this week of a new executive order temporarily halting travel from citizens of seven nations he says pose a high risk of terrorism...read more
Source: cnn
Tapper calls out Trump on conspiracy theories
By Eli Watkins
February 15th, 2017
CNN's Jake Tapper took President Donald Trump to task Wednesday for decrying "conspiracy theories" in the media, given the President's history of promoting them.
On Twitter, Trump said, "The fake news media is going crazy with their conspiracy theories and blind hatred. @MSNBC and @CNN are unwatchable. @foxandfriends is great!"...Read More
Source: CNN
February 15th, 2017
CNN's Jake Tapper took President Donald Trump to task Wednesday for decrying "conspiracy theories" in the media, given the President's history of promoting them.
On Twitter, Trump said, "The fake news media is going crazy with their conspiracy theories and blind hatred. @MSNBC and @CNN are unwatchable. @foxandfriends is great!"...Read More
Source: CNN
GOP senator on Trump labor nominee hiring undocumented worker: 'He should have known better'
By Andrew Kaczynsk
February 15th, 2017
Republican Sen. Rob Portman said Wednesday that Donald Trump's nominee to head the Labor Department, Andrew Puzder, should have known better than hiring an undocumented worker.
Puzder, the head of CKE Restaurants, admitted in a statement last week he had employed an undocumented immigrant for years as a housekeeper...Read More
Source: Cnn
February 15th, 2017
Republican Sen. Rob Portman said Wednesday that Donald Trump's nominee to head the Labor Department, Andrew Puzder, should have known better than hiring an undocumented worker.
Puzder, the head of CKE Restaurants, admitted in a statement last week he had employed an undocumented immigrant for years as a housekeeper...Read More
Source: Cnn
McConnell: Flynn investigation 'highly likely' in Senate committee
By Manu Raju, Tom LoBianco and Eugene Scott
February 14th, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday it's "highly likely" the Senate intelligence committee will investigate former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's discussions with the Russian ambassador...Read More
Source: CNN
February 14th, 2017
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday it's "highly likely" the Senate intelligence committee will investigate former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's discussions with the Russian ambassador...Read More
Source: CNN
Trump's Watered-Down Ethics Rules Let a Lobbyist Help Run an Agency He Lobbied
By Justin elliot
february 10th, 2017
Geoff Burr spent much of the last decade as the chief lobbyist for a powerful construction industry trade group. Burr sought to influence a host of regulations of the Department of Labor, opposing wage standards for federal construction contracts and working against an effort to limit workers’ exposure to dangerous silica dust...Read More
source: propubica
february 10th, 2017
Geoff Burr spent much of the last decade as the chief lobbyist for a powerful construction industry trade group. Burr sought to influence a host of regulations of the Department of Labor, opposing wage standards for federal construction contracts and working against an effort to limit workers’ exposure to dangerous silica dust...Read More
source: propubica
'A day without a woman' -- Women's
Eli Watkins February 7, 2017 The organizers of last month's Women's March announced Monday their intention to hold a general strike at a date to be determined. Posts across the official social media accounts for the Women's March read: "General Strike: A Day Without A Woman," with a subhead saying, "Date To Be Announced."...read more Source: CNN |