The president suggested bringing back a form of congressional earmarks today during a meeting with congressional leaders today. “Maybe all of you should think about going back to a system of earmarks. This system lends itself to not getting along,” …
Continue ReadingThe White House has announced that President Trump will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland later this month. The forum is an elite meeting of the world’s most powerful political and economic leaders.
US presidents typically don’t …
Continue ReadingThe former Sheriff of Maricopa Country, Arizona, Joe Arpaio declared his candidacy for US Senate today. The Sheriff is best known for his hardline stance on immigration and controversial practices employed in correctional facilities in his jurisdiction.
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Continue ReadingPresident Trump said that challengers to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s allies have “scattered” after the defeat of grassroots candidate Roy Moore in Alabama. The comment came in response to a question about whether the president would be …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump told the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual convention that he has signed two executive orders expanding the reach of broadband internet access and to support broadband tower facilities in rural America on Monday. “Those towers are going to …
Continue ReadingPreparations have begun for the president to be interviewed by the special counsel looking into the Russia-hacking affair. According to sources, the president’s legal team has been discussing a range of options with FBI investigators in anticipation of Robert Mueller, …
Continue ReadingWikiLeaks has posted the full text of Michael Wolff’s new book, Fire and Fury, which is highly critical of the president. The website’s official account tweeted a link to the book with the words: “Full PDF.”
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Continue ReadingBeleaguered former Trump strategist Steve Bannon offered a conciliatory note for recent comments disparaging President Trump’s son made in a newly released book.
“Donald Trump, Jr. is both a patriot and a good man. He has been relentless in his …
Continue ReadingFire and Fury author, Michael Wolff, describes why he believes he was granted unfettered access to President Trump’s White House while researching his book: “I literally think you go in there and say, ‘I’m writing a book,’ and they go, …
Continue ReadingThe author of Fire and Fury, the controversial new anti-Trump book says President Trump will likely not sign a post-Brexit trade deal with the UK if he doesn’t get invited to the royal wedding of Prince Harry and actress Meghan …
Continue ReadingBillionaire Democratic activist, Tom Steyer, has purchased a copy of Fire and Fury, the controversial new anti-Trump book, for every member of Congress. Steyer told California’s KQED radio station that he plans on hand-delivering 535 copies of the …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump met with Republican leaders of Congress as well as several Cabinet officials today at Camp David to set the Republican Agenda for 2018. In comments to the press, the president said, “it will be tough to beat the …
Continue ReadingLawmakers on Capitol Hill invited a Yale University psychiatry professor to brief them about President Donald Trump’s mental health over two days last month. The meetings were attended by more than a dozen Democrats, and one Republican senator according to …
Continue ReadingA Breitbart editor has fired back at Donald Trump, in defense of Steve Bannon. The editor, Raheem Kassam, tweeted at the president, that his tweet was “outrageous even by POTUS standards.”
https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/949502385310879744
The tweet was in response to a message …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump is sticking to earlier demands for tighter border security in the ongoing negotiations over a permanent solution for those seeking protection under the DACA program. A spending bill must be passed by January 19 to avoid a government …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump instructed White House lawyers to persuade Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, according to The New York Times. The lawyers attempted to persuade Sessions to remain involved in the investigation by citing two …
Continue ReadingConservative mega donor Rebekah Mercer cut ties with Steve Bannon yesterday after Bannon and President Trump got into a very public row. Bannon called a meeting Trump family members took with Russian individuals “treasonous” and “unpatriotic” in newly-released …
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