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Publisher: Washington Post

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12 Sep 2020

Trump officials seek greater control over CDC reports on coronavirus

Political appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services have sought to change, delay and prevent the release of reports about the coronavirus by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because they were viewed as undermining President Trump’s message that the pandemic is under control.
Political appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services have sought to change, delay and prevent the release...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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9 Sep 2020

Trump acknowledges he intentionally downplayed deadly coronavirus, says effort was to reduce panic

President Trump acknowledged Wednesday that he intentionally played down the deadly nature of the rapidly spreading coronavirus last winter as an attempt to avoid a “frenzy,” part of an escalating damage-control effort by his top advisers to contain the fallout from a forthcoming book by The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward.
President Trump acknowledged Wednesday that he intentionally played down the deadly nature of the rapidly spreading...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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1 Jun 2020

Peaceful protesters gassed so Trump can pose for photos

President Trump on Monday threatened to deploy federal troops if state and city leaders don’t act to quell acts of violence and looting amid the protests over the killing of George Floyd. Moments earlier, just outside the White House, federal authorities used rubber bullets, flash bangs and gas to clear peaceful protesters from the area.
President Trump on Monday threatened to deploy federal troops if state and city leaders don’t act to quell acts of...
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Publisher: Newsweek

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27 May 2020

Trump Wants to Declare Antifa a Terrorist Organization, Even Though Right-Wing Extremists Have Been More Violent

By including Antifa under that definition, the government runs the risk of wrongly labeling all counter protesters as white supremacists, the Anti-Defamation League said, which could allow police to violate the rights of peaceful protesters.
By including Antifa under that definition, the government runs the risk of wrongly labeling all counter protesters as...
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Publisher: Reuters

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18 May 2020

Trump fired watchdog who was probing Saudi arms sales, Democrats say

President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia, Democratic lawmakers said on Monday, although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linick’s removal because his work was undermining the department.
President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S....
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Publisher: NYTimes

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16 May 2020

Trump Removes State Dept. Inspector General

President Trump continued his purge of inspectors general late Friday, moving to oust Steve A. Linick, who had served in that post at the State Department since 2013, and replacing him with an ambassador with close ties to Vice President Mike Pence. The decision to remove Mr. Linick, first reported Friday night by Politico, is the latest in a purge of inspectors general whom Mr. Trump has deemed insufficiently loyal to his administration, upending the traditional independence of the internal watchdog agencies whose missions are to conduct oversight of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.
President Trump continued his purge of inspectors general late Friday, moving to oust Steve A. Linick, who had served in...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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28 Apr 2020

President’s intelligence briefing book repeatedly cited virus threat

U.S. intelligence agencies issued warnings about the novel coronavirus in more than a dozen classified briefings prepared for President Trump in January and February, months during which he continued to play down the threat, according to current and former U.S. officials.
U.S. intelligence agencies issued warnings about the novel coronavirus in more than a dozen classified briefings...
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Publisher: The Intercept

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22 Apr 2020

Trump Urges Doctors to Lie, as One Blows the Whistle on Him

Donald Trump tried and failed on Wednesday to coerce two of the government’s top medical experts to endorse his claim that a second wave of Covid-19 infections in the fall is unlikely, hours after a federal whistleblower said he was fired by the administration for limiting the use of an unproven drug treatment touted by the president.
Donald Trump tried and failed on Wednesday to coerce two of the government’s top medical experts to endorse his claim...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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21 Apr 2020

The Quiet Hand of Conservative Groups in the Anti-Lockdown Protests

An informal coalition of influential conservative leaders and groups, some with close connections to the White House, has been quietly working to nurture protests and apply political and legal pressure to overturn state and local orders intended to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
An informal coalition of influential conservative leaders and groups, some with close connections to the White House,...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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19 Apr 2020

Americans at WHO transmitted real-time information about coronavirus to Trump administration

More than a dozen U.S. researchers, physicians and public health experts, many of them from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were working full time at the Geneva headquarters of the World Health Organization as the novel coronavirus emerged late last year and transmitted real-time information about its discovery and spread in China to the Trump administration, according to U.S. and international officials.
More than a dozen U.S. researchers, physicians and public health experts, many of them from the Centers for Disease...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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13 Apr 2020

Covid-19 means people are losing health insurance just when they may get sick.

More than 17 million people have filed for unemployment in the past four weeks as the novel coronavirus continues to drive the U.S. economy into recession. That means that millions are or soon will be without health insurance, and millions more will struggle to pay premiums and co-pays on insurance they do have.
More than 17 million people have filed for unemployment in the past four weeks as the novel coronavirus continues to...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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11 Apr 2020

States and experts begin pursuing a coronavirus national strategy in absence of White House direction

In the absence of White House direction, states and America’s top experts have begun pursuing a national strategy against coronavirus. The question is whether their effort can succeed without the federal government.
In the absence of White House direction, states and America’s top experts have begun pursuing a national strategy...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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4 Apr 2020

Federal government spent millions to ramp up mask readiness, but that isn’t helping now

In September 2018, the Trump administration received detailed plans for a new machine designed to churn out millions of protective respirator masks at high speed during a pandemic. An HHS spokesperson, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Washington Post that although Halyard’s plans were feasible, no funding was available to build the machine.
In September 2018, the Trump administration received detailed plans for a new machine designed to churn out millions of...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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23 Mar 2020

Governors and mayors in growing uproar over Trump’s lagging coronavirus response

President Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic sparked uproar and alarm among governors and mayors on Sunday as Trump and his administration’s top advisers continued to make confusing statements about the federal government’s scramble to confront the crisis, including whether he will force private industry to mass produce needed medical items.
President Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic sparked uproar and alarm among governors and mayors on Sunday...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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19 Mar 2020

CDC is sidelined by White House during coronavirus pandemic

As the United States enters a critical phase in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s leading public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, appears to be on the sidelines, with its messages increasingly disrupted or overtaken by the White House.
As the United States enters a critical phase in fighting the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s leading public health...
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Publisher: Fortune

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19 Mar 2020

Coronavirus in the U.S.: Trump told governors to buy own pandemic supplies, then outbid them

President Donald Trump’s directive for governors to buy their own medical supplies to fight the coronavirus has run into a big problem—the federal government. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker told Trump during a video conference on Thursday that his state three times lost out to the federal government on purchases of critical supplies, creating an awkward moment during the made-for-TV event at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington.
President Donald Trump’s directive for governors to buy their own medical supplies to fight the coronavirus has run...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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17 Mar 2020

Inside the Coronavirus Response: A Case Study in the White House Under Trump

The culture that President Trump has fostered and abided by for more than three years in the White House has shaped his administration’s response to a deadly pandemic that is upending his presidency and the rest of the country, with dramatic changes to how Americans live their daily lives.
The culture that President Trump has fostered and abided by for more than three years in the White House has shaped his...
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Publisher: Common Dreams

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22 Jan 2020

Trump Guts Safeguards for US Streams and Wetlands

"This all-out assault on basic safeguards will send our country back to the days when corporate polluters could dump whatever sludge or slime they wished into the streams and wetlands that often connect to the water we drink."
"This all-out assault on basic safeguards will send our country back to the days when corporate polluters could dump...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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13 Jan 2020

Trump’s Move Against Landmark Environmental Law Caps a Relentless Agenda

President Trump on Thursday capped a three-year drive to roll back clean air and water protections by proposing stark changes to the nation’s oldest and most established environmental law that could exempt major infrastructure projects from environmental review.
President Trump on Thursday capped a three-year drive to roll back clean air and water protections by proposing stark...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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11 Nov 2019

E.P.A. to Limit Science Used to Write Public Health Rules

The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations, overriding protests from scientists and physicians who say the new rule would undermine the scientific underpinnings of government policymaking.
The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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31 Oct 2019

E.P.A. to Roll Back Rules to Control Toxic Ash from Coal Plants

The Trump administration is expected to roll back an Obama-era regulation meant to limit the leaching of heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury into water supplies from the ash of coal-fired power plants, according to two people familiar with the plans.
The Trump administration is expected to roll back an Obama-era regulation meant to limit the leaching of heavy metals...
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Publisher: Truthdig

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15 Jul 2019

History Holds the Antidote to Trump’s Fascist Politics

Education, both in its symbolic and institutional forms, has a central role to play in fighting the resurgence of fascist cultures, mythic historical narratives and the emerging ideologies of white supremacy and white nationalism. Moreover, as fascists across the globe are disseminating toxic racist and ultranationalist images of the past, it is essential to reclaim education as a form of historical consciousness and moral witnessing.
Education, both in its symbolic and institutional forms, has a central role to play in fighting the resurgence of...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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24 Jun 2019

Despite new law, Trump administration has not given Puerto Rico emergency food stamp aid

The Trump administration has not yet given Puerto Rico $600 million in food stamp aid more than two weeks after the president signed the emergency funding into law, according to federal and territory officials
The Trump administration has not yet given Puerto Rico $600 million in food stamp aid more than two weeks after the...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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18 Jun 2019

Trump vows mass immigration arrests, removals of ‘millions of illegal aliens’ starting next week

President Trump said in a tweet Monday night that U.S. immigration agents are planning to make mass arrests starting “next week,” an apparent reference to a plan in preparation for months that aims to round up thousands of migrant parents and children in a blitz operation across major U.S. cities.
President Trump said in a tweet Monday night that U.S. immigration agents are planning to make mass arrests starting...
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Publisher: Vice

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10 Jun 2019

The Trump Administration Has Let 24 People Die in ICE Custody

Two dozen immigrants have died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to a new NBC News analysis of federal data. That figure doesn’t include the deaths of at least four immigrants who died shortly after being released from ICE custody.
Two dozen immigrants have died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since President Donald Trump’s...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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6 Jun 2019

Automakers Tell Trump His Pollution Rules Could Mean ‘Untenable’ Instability and Lower Profits

The world’s largest automakers warned President Trump on Thursday that one of his most sweeping deregulatory efforts — his plan to weaken tailpipe pollution standards — threatens to cut their profits and produce “untenable” instability in a crucial manufacturing sector.
The world’s largest automakers warned President Trump on Thursday that one of his most sweeping deregulatory efforts...
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Publisher: NBC News

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2 May 2019

State Dept. allowed foreign govts to lease luxury condos at Trump World Tower without Congress OK

The U.S. State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York's Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress, according to documents and people familiar with the leases, a potential violation of the U.S. Constitution's emoluments clause.
The U.S. State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York's Trump...
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Publisher: NY Magazine

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29 Mar 2019

Trump’s NAFTA 2.0 Puts Big Pharma First, America Second

Trump declared in the state of the union that, "It is unacceptable that Americans pay vastly more than people in other countries for the exact same drugs, often made in the exact same place". Yet the President's new version of NAFTA forbids US congress for curtailing Big Pharma's patent monopolies on some of the worlds most expensive drugs.
Trump declared in the state of the union that, "It is unacceptable that Americans pay vastly more than people in other...
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Publisher: Common Dreams

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26 Mar 2019

‘Vindictive Behavior’: Trump Complains Puerto Rico Getting ‘Too Much’ Disaster Aid as Over a Million Face Food Crisis

With over a million U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico facing devastating food stamp cuts as Congress fails to provide necessary hurricane relief funding, President Donald Trump reportedly complained to Republican senators on Tuesday that the island is receiving "too much" aid—a position that was decried as both false and cruel.
With over a million U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico facing devastating food stamp cuts as Congress fails to provide...
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Publisher: Patheos

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26 Jan 2019

Trump Administration Quietly Redefines ‘Domestic Violence’ And ‘Sexual Assault’

Bad News: The Trump administration has quietly redefined “domestic violence” and “sexual assault,” resulting in significant and potentially devastating consequences for survivors. Academic observers note the changes have set back the cause of women’s rights by 50 years.
Bad News: The Trump administration has quietly redefined “domestic violence” and “sexual assault,” resulting in...
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Publisher: Business Insider

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29 Dec 2018

Trump signs executive order freezing pay for federal workers in 2019

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday that cancels a planned pay increase for federal workers in 2019. Trump previously called the raise, a 2.1% increase set to take effect in January, "inappropriate" and an unrealistic burden on the federal budget. The order also cancels a yearly paycheck adjustment calculated in order with the region of the country where workers are posted.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday that cancels a planned pay increase for federal workers in 2019....
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Publisher: Washington Post

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9 Dec 2018

Trump administration halts study that would use fetal tissue ‘to discover a cure for HIV’

The Trump administration has shut down at least one government-run study that uses fetal tissue implanted into mice even before federal health officials reach a decision on whether to continue such research, which is opposed by antiabortion groups.
The Trump administration has shut down at least one government-run study that uses fetal tissue implanted into mice even...
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Publisher: ThinkProgress

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9 Oct 2018

Veterans Affairs won’t hand over documents showing suspected shadow influence of Trump associates

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie assured lawmakers at a hearing last month that the “Mar-a-Lago Crowd,” as it’s known within the agency, doesn’t set policy. But emails published by ProPublica tell a different story.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie assured lawmakers at a hearing last month that the “Mar-a-Lago Crowd,” as...
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Publisher: BBC News

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28 Aug 2018

Puerto Rico increases Hurricane Maria death toll to 2,975

The revised death toll is nearly 50 times the previous estimate of 64 Governor Ricardo Rossello "accepted" the findings in a long-awaited independent investigation. Puerto Rico has struggled to repair its infrastructure and power grid since the storm, and is asking US Congress for $139bn (£108bn) in recovery funds.
The revised death toll is nearly 50 times the previous estimate of 64 Governor Ricardo Rossello "accepted" the findings...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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3 Jul 2018

Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action

Now, affirmative action is at a crossroads. The Trump administration is moving against any use of race as a measurement of diversity in education. And the retirement of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy at the end of this month will leave the court without its swing vote on affirmative action and allow President Trump to nominate a justice opposed to a policy that for decades has tried to integrate elite educational institutions.
Now, affirmative action is at a crossroads. The Trump administration is moving against any use of race as a measurement...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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24 Jun 2018

Trump advocates depriving undocumented immigrants of due-process rights

President Trump on Sunday explicitly advocated depriving undocumented immigrants of their due-process rights, arguing that people who cross the border into the United States illegally must immediately be deported without trial — and sowing more confusion among Republicans ahead of a planned immigration vote this week.
President Trump on Sunday explicitly advocated depriving undocumented immigrants of their due-process rights, arguing...
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Publisher: Independent

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15 Jun 2018

Attacking Hodeidah is a deliberate act of cruelty by the Trump administration

The Trump administration is guilty of many acts of deliberate cruelty, such as taking away the children of immigrant parents at the US border. But just as the world was watching the lead up to the Trump-Kim Jong-un meeting in Singapore last Monday, the US may have done something even worse by quietly announcing a decision that threatens to kill millions by starvation or disease.
The Trump administration is guilty of many acts of deliberate cruelty, such as taking away the children of immigrant...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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1 Jun 2018

A Courtside View of Scott Pruitt’s Cozy Ties With a Billionaire Coal Baron

The E.P.A. chief, who has reversed Obama-era rules on coal mining, enjoyed a superfan experience at a University of Kentucky basketball game — courtesy of an industry executive. But there was more to the game last December than a superfan experience for Mr. Pruitt and his son, who joined him. They sat in seats belonging to Joseph W. Craft III, a billionaire coal executive who has engaged in an aggressive campaign to reverse the Obama administration’s environmental crackdown on the coal industry. Mr. Craft and his wife donated more than $2 million to support President Trump’s candidacy and inauguration.
The E.P.A. chief, who has reversed Obama-era rules on coal mining, enjoyed a superfan experience at a University of...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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1 Jun 2018

The Trump administration is paying off his supporters

Trump administration officials are making plans to order grid operators to buy electricity from struggling coal and nuclear plants in an effort to extend their life, a move that could represent an unprecedented intervention into U.S. energy markets.
Trump administration officials are making plans to order grid operators to buy electricity from struggling coal and...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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28 Mar 2018

Trump proposal would penalize immigrants who use tax credits and other benefits

Immigrants who accept almost any form of welfare or public benefit, even popular tax deductions, could be denied legal U.S. residency under a proposal awaiting approval by the Trump administration, which is seeking to reduce the number of foreigners living in the United States.
Immigrants who accept almost any form of welfare or public benefit, even popular tax deductions, could be denied legal...
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Publisher: Politico

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2 Feb 2018

Husband of former Trump household aide scores government job

A home improvement contractor married to one of Donald and Melania Trump’s former household staffers is now working as an official at the Environmental Protection Agency, the latest example of someone with a personal connection to the Trump family finding work in the administration.
A home improvement contractor married to one of Donald and Melania Trump’s former household staffers is now working as...
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Publisher: ThinkProgress

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25 Dec 2017

Sessions revokes dozens of guidance documents that protect marginalized communities

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday that he would rescind 25 Justice Department guidance documents on a variety of topics aimed at protecting marginalized communities. The documents — many of which were released during the Obama administration — include procedures to help eliminate fees against juvenile offenders, standards outlining discrimination protections for disabled individuals and for people seeking U.S. citizenship, and an overview of housing discrimination practices.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday that he would rescind 25 Justice Department guidance documents on a...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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14 Dec 2017

Trump Says His Regulatory Rollback Already Is the ‘Most Far-Reaching’

President Trump on Thursday said his administration was answering “a call to action” by rolling back regulations on environmental protections, health care, financial services and other industries as he made a push to showcase his accomplishments near the end of his first year in office.
President Trump on Thursday said his administration was answering “a call to action” by rolling back regulations on...
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Publisher: Politicaldig

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8 Dec 2017

4 Horrible Policy Changes Trump Issued This Week While You Weren’t Looking

While the Republican Congress continues to be unable to govern, President Donald Trump is unilaterally making horrible policy changes, using every distraction to get away with it. The Trump administration’s ground-level policy changes continued apace, out of the headlines, from withdrawing from a major international agreement on migration to the repeal of Obama-era rules on wages and methane leaks.
While the Republican Congress continues to be unable to govern, President Donald Trump is unilaterally making horrible...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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3 Dec 2017

Trump Slashes Size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Monuments

The decision to reduce Bears Ears is expected to set off a legal battle that could alter the course of American land conservation, putting dozens of other monuments at risk and possibly opening millions of preserved public acres to oil and gas extraction, mining, logging and other commercial activities.
The decision to reduce Bears Ears is expected to set off a legal battle that could alter the course of American land...
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Publisher: Mother Jones

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27 Oct 2017

Trump Just Screwed the Millions of Americans Addicted to Opioids

On Thursday, President Trump declared the nation’s opioid epidemic a public health emergency. “We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic,” he said. “We can do it.” The announcement came more than two months after the president first promised to declare a national emergency, which is distinct from a public health emergency.
On Thursday, President Trump declared the nation’s opioid epidemic a public health emergency. “We can be the...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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12 Oct 2017

Trump threatens to abandon Puerto Rico recovery effort

President Trump served notice Thursday that he may pull back federal relief workers from Puerto Rico, effectively threatening to abandon the U.S. territory amid a staggering humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Declaring the U.S. territory's electrical grid and infrastructure to have been a “disaster before hurricanes,” Trump wrote Thursday that it will be up to Congress how much federal money to appropriate to the island for its recovery efforts and that recovery workers will not stay “forever.”
President Trump served notice Thursday that he may pull back federal relief workers from Puerto Rico, effectively...
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Publisher: Reuters

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1 Oct 2017

Trump lays blame on Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday placed blame squarely on Puerto Ricans for the slow recovery from Hurricane Maria after critics and the mayor of San Juan complained his administration's response to the U.S. territory's plight was insufficient.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday placed blame squarely on Puerto Ricans for the slow recovery from Hurricane...
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Publisher: McClatchy Washington Bureau

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11 Sep 2017

Trump organization hires Chinese company for Dubai project

A construction company owned by the Chinese government was hired to work on the latest Trump golf club development in Dubai despite a pledge from Donald Trump that his family business would not engage in any transactions with foreign government entities while he serves as president.
A construction company owned by the Chinese government was hired to work on the latest Trump golf club development in...
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Publisher: paste magazine

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28 Aug 2017

The “I” of the Storm: Trump’s Egotistical Failure in the Face of Harvey

A budget blueprint to make America great again,” thrashes disaster relief funding. He proposed cutting FEMA state and local funds by $667 million. That of course includes response and relief to weather-related disasters, but it also cuts state and local counterterrorism funds. In New York Fucking City, for instance, where the threat of terrorist attack is fairly high, I’d wager.
A budget blueprint to make America great again,” thrashes disaster relief funding. He proposed cutting FEMA state and...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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26 Jul 2017

Trump announces ban on transgender people in U.S. military

President Trump announced on Twitter Wednesday that he will ban transgender people from serving in the military in any capacity, reversing an Obama administration decision to allow them to serve openly and drawing dismay and anger from advocates.
President Trump announced on Twitter Wednesday that he will ban transgender people from serving in the military in any...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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20 Jul 2017

Trump shows disdain for rule of law with new attacks on Sessions, Rosenstein, Mueller

President Trump laced into the attorney general, deputy attorney general, acting FBI director, former FBI director and the special counsel in an interview yesterday with the New York Times that, even by Trump standards, is remarkable.
President Trump laced into the attorney general, deputy attorney general, acting FBI director, former FBI director and...
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Publisher: Vox

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28 Jun 2017

This is how Trumpism died

Donald Trump’s enthusiastic support for the Senate health care bill is proof that there is no such thing as Trumpism, and there never will be. Health care was the issue on which Trump had gone furthest to differentiate himself from traditional Republicans. “This is an un-Republican thing for me to say because a lot of times they say, ‘No, no, the lower 25 percent that can't afford private,’” he told Scott Pelley on 60 Minutes. “But I am going to take care of everybody.
Donald Trump’s enthusiastic support for the Senate health care bill is proof that there is no such thing as Trumpism,...
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Publisher: The Guardian

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15 Jun 2017

Iraqi Christians targeted for deportation face ‘death sentence’ in Iraq, lawyers say

Iraqis are being swept up in immigration raids across the US and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration, in a crackdown attorneys and advocates described as a “death sentence” for members of Iraq’s Christian minority.
Iraqis are being swept up in immigration raids across the US and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration,...
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Publisher: The Guardian

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1 Jun 2017

The Republicans who urged Trump to pull out of Paris deal are big oil darlings

A withdrawal by Donald Trump from the Paris climate accord would go down as a hallmark of his presidency. It would be unilateral, reckless and splashy – trademark Trump. But while Trump has often stood on a range of issues as a maverick outlier from mainstream Republican politics, on climate change he is at the centre of the party’s orthodoxy. Twenty-two senators wrote a letter to the president when he was said to be on the fence about backing out. They received more than $10m from oil, gas and coal companies the past three election cycles.
A withdrawal by Donald Trump from the Paris climate accord would go down as a hallmark of his presidency. It would be...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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1 Jun 2017

Trump Will Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement

President Trump announced Thursday that he will withdraw the United States from participation in the Paris climate accord, weakening global efforts to combat climate change and siding with conservatives who argued that the landmark 2015 agreement was harming the economy.
President Trump announced Thursday that he will withdraw the United States from participation in the Paris climate...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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19 May 2017

Nearly 700 vacancies at CDC because of Trump administration’s hiring freeze

Nearly 700 positions are vacant at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because of a continuing freeze on hiring that officials and researchers say affects programs supporting local and state public health emergency readiness, infectious disease control and chronic disease prevention.
Nearly 700 positions are vacant at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because of a continuing freeze on...
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Publisher: The Intercept

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3 Mar 2017

Carl Icahn, Deregulatory Czar, Strong-Armed Ethanol Industry

Critics are charging that billionaire investor Carl Icahn has used his position as Donald Trump’s deregulatory czar to strong-arm the ethanol lobby into agreeing to a change that will save one of Icahn’s companies $200 million a year.
Critics are charging that billionaire investor Carl Icahn has used his position as Donald Trump’s deregulatory czar to...
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