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over 3 years ago
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American Government
Huckabee Sanders Removed from Restaurant in Virginia
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Friday was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant by its owner. The incident was first noted online by a social media user claiming to have been her server and later confirmed by Sanders herself. The...
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over 3 years ago
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American Government
Sanders and Shah Thinking of Leaving Administration
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her top deputy, Raj Shah, " are planning their departures ," CBS News reports, citing sources inside the White House and close to the administration. Sanders has told friends she plans to...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
New York Times Claims to Have Mueller's List of Questions for Trump
The New York Times reported yesterday that it had obtained a list of at least four dozen questions that Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask President Trump for his investigation into ties between Trump's campaign and Russia, and possible obstruction...
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over 4 years ago
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American Government
Is Trump a Target or Not?
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reportedly told President Donald Trump last week that he is not a “target of any part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation ,” sources told Bloomberg. Rosenstein said this at a White...
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over 4 years ago
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American Government
Comey's Book Set for Release
In his new memoir, "A Higher Loyalty," James Comey calls President Trump " unethical, and untethered to truth ," and says Trump gave him "flashbacks to my earlier career as a prosecutor against the mob." The big question...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
Trump Unhappy with Cohen Raid
At a meeting of military leadership last night, President Donald Trump addressed the FBI raid of Michael Cohen’s home and office , telling reporters it was a “disgraceful situation.” He also called special counsel Robert Mueller’s...
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over 4 years ago
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American Government
Battle Over Domestic Terrorism in Austin
Austin’s police chief said late last week that a “ domestic terrorist ” set off a series of explosions that killed two people and severely wounded four others in Texas’ capital, offering a stronger characterization of the suspected...
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over 4 years ago
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American Government
Rolling Back Emissions Standards
The Trump administration is reportedly gearing up to roll back Obama-era rules on greenhouse-gas emissions and fuel-economy standards for cars, in a major blow to environmental advocates. Sources cited by The New York Times yesterday said Environmental...
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over 4 years ago
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American Government
Trade Talks after Tariffs
China’s economic czar, Liu He, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are reportedly leading talks to “improve U.S. access to Chinese markets,” according to The Wall Street Journal . In a letter...
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over 4 years ago
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American Government
Trump Loses Chief Economic Advisor
Gary Cohn is set to resign as President Trump’s chief economic adviser, White House officials told The New York Times today. As a free-trade advocate, Cohn had notably been at odds with Trump in recent weeks over the president’s planned tariff...
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over 4 years ago
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American Government
Mueller Looking at Trump Inner-Circle E-mails
A grand jury subpoena reviewed by Axios that special counsel Robert Mueller sent to a witness indicates that many in President Trump’s known inner circle, and the president himself, are within the scope of the Russia investigation. The list subpoenas...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
Trump, School Shooting, and Russia
President Trump today said the FBI was so busy looking into collusion claims it “missed” warning signs before the rampage . Trump called it “very sad” through a tweet that the FBI “missed all of the many signals sent out...
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over 4 years ago
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American Government
John Kelly Steps into Mess over Porter
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly claimed in a staff meeting this morning that he took immediate action against Rob Porter , the Washington Post reported, but some staffers found Kelly’s version of events to be untrue . Kelly said he started...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
White House Struggling over Porter
White House officials knew “for months” of the domestic abuse allegations against a top aide who resigned today , according to a CNN report. Rob Porter, the White House staff secretary, resigned earlier Wednesday and has denied the allegations...
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over 4 years ago
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American Government
A Christmas Gift from America?
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin received the gift of horse manure for the holidays. A neighbor found a Christmas-wrapped package addressed to Mnuchin in his Bel Air driveway Saturday, the Los Angeles Police Department told the New York Daily News . The...
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over 4 years ago
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American Government
AMTRAK Derails in Washington
At least three people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Washington state, DuPont Fire Chief Larry Creekmore said Monday night. The Amtrak Cascades 501 was making its first trip on a new service route when...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
White House Reacts to Flynn
The White House today tried to distance itself from former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn by referring to him as “a former Obama administration official” who only worked for the Trump administration for 25 days. However, President...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
Trump Unhappy about High Travel Costs
President Trump said Wednesday that he is “not happy” with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price for his controversial use of private charter planes for official business. “I am not happy about it. I’m going to look at...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
Hurricane Maria Barrels toward Puerto Rico
Officials begged Puerto Ricans in the path of Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm heading toward the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, to get out as fast as possible . “You have to evacuate. Otherwise, you’re going to die ,”...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
Irma is Coming
President Trump has declared a state of emergency in Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as Hurricane Irma barrels through the Atlantic with 185-mph winds . The Category 5 storm—the most powerful hurricane to form in the open Atlantic—is...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
Secret Service Running Low on Funds
The Secret Service cannot pay more than 1,000 of its agents anymore because the agency has already hit its federally mandated yearly salary and overtime cap , USA Today has reported. President Trump’s large family and frequent traveling has created...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
Scaramucci Suggests Leakers Should Be Punished
Anthony Scaramucci, the White House communications director, said on CNN’s New Day today that leakers in the administration “would have been hung 150 years ago. ” Scaramucci has threatened to purge the entire White House press office...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
Trump Going after Sessions
President Trump began this morning with a series of tweets expressing open hostility toward his own attorney general. “Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a VERY weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes (where are E-mails & DNC server) &...
william.miller
over 4 years ago
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American Government
Trump, Comey, and Flynn
President Donald Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to abandon an investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, the New York Times reports. On February 14, the day after Flynn resigned from his post amid allegations of lying...
william.miller
over 5 years ago
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American Government
Trump Shares Intel with Russians
President Trump admitted this morning that he did share highly classified information with two of Russia’s top diplomats during an Oval Office meeting last week. The extraordinary disclosure, which was first reported by The Washington Post , was...
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