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14 Oct 2020

Conservatives: ‘Be not afraid of the accusations that you’re a voter suppressor’

There is footage from closed door conservative meetings revealing their intentions at voter suppression which in their minds is a battle of good vs evil. You also learn that they cloak their attempts as fighting voter suppression when they are the ones suppressing votes.
There is footage from closed door conservative meetings revealing their intentions at voter suppression which in their...
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7 Oct 2020

Trump’s team trusts Russian intelligence over U.S. intelligence

The Trump administration is planning to declassify Russian intelligence assessment that will also reveal the identity of US spies, that alleges Clinton campaign effort to "Stir up scandal" in order to benefit Donald Trump in this election.
The Trump administration is planning to declassify Russian intelligence assessment that will also reveal the identity of...
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22 Sep 2020

The Pentagon funneled coronavirus relief funds to defense contractors

A $1 billion fund Congress gave the Pentagon in March to build up the country’s supplies of medical equipment has instead been mostly funneled to defense contractors and used to make things such as jet engine parts, body armor and dress uniforms.
A $1 billion fund Congress gave the Pentagon in March to build up the country’s supplies of medical equipment has...
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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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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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13 Aug 2020

The coronavirus recession is over for the rich, but the working class is far from recovered

U.S. stocks are hovering near a record high, a stunning comeback since March that underscores the new phase the economy has entered: The wealthy have mostly recovered. The bottom half remain far from it.
U.S. stocks are hovering near a record high, a stunning comeback since March that underscores the new phase the economy...
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10 Jul 2020

Trump commutes Stone sentence

President Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime confidant Roger Stone on Friday, using the extensive powers of the presidency to protect a felon and political ally while also lashing out against a years-long probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
President Trump commuted the sentence of his longtime confidant Roger Stone on Friday, using the extensive powers of the...
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11 Jun 2020

Trump administration won’t say who got $511 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus loans

Federal officials responsible for spending $660 billion in taxpayer-backed small-business assistance said Wednesday that they will not disclose amounts or recipients of subsidized loans, backtracking on an earlier commitment to release individual loan data.
Federal officials responsible for spending $660 billion in taxpayer-backed small-business assistance said Wednesday that...
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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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31 May 2020

As cities burned, Trump stayed silent — other than tweeting fuel on the fire

In cities across America on Sunday, people awoke to see shattered glass, charred vehicles, bruised bodies and graffiti-tagged buildings. Never in the 1,227 days of Trump’s presidency has the nation seemed to cry out for leadership as it did Sunday, yet Trump made no attempt to provide it.
In cities across America on Sunday, people awoke to see shattered glass, charred vehicles, bruised bodies and...
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26 May 2020

Top HHS watchdog being replaced by Trump says inspectors general must work free from political intrusion

The chief watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services, being replaced as part of President Trump’s purge of inspectors general, told lawmakers on Tuesday that freedom from political intrusion is “a key safeguard for the programs we oversee.”
The chief watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services, being replaced as part of President Trump’s purge...
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16 May 2020

Hydroxychloroquine drug promoted by Trump as coronavirus ‘game changer’ increasingly linked to deaths

For two months, President Trump repeatedly pitched hydroxychloroquine as a safe and effective treatment for coronavirus, asking would-be patients “What the hell do you have to lose?” Growing evidence shows that, for many, the answer is their lives.
For two months, President Trump repeatedly pitched hydroxychloroquine as a safe and effective treatment for coronavirus,...
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15 May 2020

Lancet editorial blasts Trump administration’s coronavirus response

One of the world’s oldest and best-known medical journals Friday slammed President Trump’s “inconsistent and incoherent national response” to the novel coronavirus pandemic and accused the administration of relegating the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to a “nominal” role.
One of the world’s oldest and best-known medical journals Friday slammed President Trump’s “inconsistent and...
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10 May 2020

As deaths mount, Trump tries to convince Americans it’s safe to inch back to normal

In a week when the novel coronavirus ravaged new communities across the country and the number of dead soared past 78,000, President Trump and his advisers shifted from hour-by-hour crisis management to what they characterize as a long-term strategy aimed at reviving the decimated economy and preparing for additional outbreaks this fall.
In a week when the novel coronavirus ravaged new communities across the country and the number of dead soared past...
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6 May 2020

HHS official Rick Bright alleges he was demoted for resisting push for hydroxychloroquine

A former top vaccine official removed from his post last month alleged in a whistleblower complaint on Tuesday that he was reassigned to a less prestigious role because he tried to “prioritize science and safety over political expediency” and raised health concerns over a drug repeatedly pushed by President Trump as a possible cure for coronavirus.
A former top vaccine official removed from his post last month alleged in a whistleblower complaint on Tuesday that he...
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5 May 2020

Big companies are paying shareholders dividends and laying off thousands of workers

Since the coronavirus pandemic was declared, Caterpillar has suspended operations at two plants and a foundry, Levi Strauss has closed stores, and toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker is planning layoffs and furlough. While thousands of their workers are filing for unemployment benefits, these companies rewarded their shareholders with more than $700 million in cash dividends
Since the coronavirus pandemic was declared, Caterpillar has suspended operations at two plants and a foundry, Levi...
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5 May 2020

Kushner coronavirus effort said to be hampered by inexperienced volunteers

The coronavirus response being spearheaded by President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has relied in part on volunteers from consulting and private equity firms with little expertise in the tasks to which they were assigned, exacerbating chronic problems in obtaining supplies for hospitals and other needs, according to numerous government officials and a volunteer involved in the effort.
The coronavirus response being spearheaded by President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has relied in part on...
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4 May 2020

Strategic National Stockpile chief Robert Kadlec focused on biodefense — and a former client, Emergent BioSolutions, benefited

After Robert Kadlec was confirmed as President Trump’s top official for public health preparedness in 2017, he began pressing to increase government stocks of a smallpox vaccine. His office ultimately made a deal to buy up to $2.8 billion of the vaccine from a company that once paid Kadlec as a consultant, a connection he did not disclose on a Senate questionnaire when he was nominated.
After Robert Kadlec was confirmed as President Trump’s top official for public health preparedness in 2017, he began...
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1 May 2020

Small Business Administration funds to public companies top $1 billion

Publicly traded companies have received more than $1 billion in funds meant for small businesses from the federal government’s economic stimulus package, according to data from securities filings compiled by The Washington Post.
Publicly traded companies have received more than $1 billion in funds meant for small businesses from the federal...
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30 Apr 2020

Trump administration launches major effort to force China to pay over coronavirus

Senior U.S. officials are beginning to explore proposals for punishing or demanding financial compensation from China for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to four senior administration officials with knowledge of internal planning.
Senior U.S. officials are beginning to explore proposals for punishing or demanding financial compensation from China...
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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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24 Apr 2020

Trump rebuked by doctors after asking if disinfectants can be injected to kill coronavirus in people

After a presentation Thursday that touched on the disinfectants that can kill the novel coronavirus on surfaces and in the air, President Trump pondered whether those chemicals could be used to fight the virus inside the human body.
After a presentation Thursday that touched on the disinfectants that can kill the novel coronavirus on surfaces and in...
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23 Apr 2020

McConnell takes flak after suggesting bankruptcy for states rather than bailouts

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) drew flak Thursday from governors in both parties after suggesting that states hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak should be allowed to seek bankruptcy protections rather than be given a federal bailout.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) drew flak Thursday from governors in both parties after suggesting that...
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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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18 Apr 2020

Record government and corporate debt risks ‘tipping point’ after pandemic passes

The United States is embarking on a rapid-fire experiment in borrowing without precedent, as the government and corporations take on trillions of dollars of debt to offset the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic.
The United States is embarking on a rapid-fire experiment in borrowing without precedent, as the government and...
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14 Apr 2020

Trump announces cutoff of new funding for the World Health Organization over pandemic response

President Trump announced Tuesday that he will suspend payments to the World Health Organization in response to the United Nations agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as the organization is in the midst of combating a global outbreak that has killed thousands and crippled world economies. Trump’s announcement was expected, as he seeks to deflect blame for his early dismissal of the virus as a threat to Americans and the U.S. economy.
President Trump announced Tuesday that he will suspend payments to the World Health Organization in response to the...
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14 Apr 2020

Vast majority of tax provision in coronavirus law goes to millionaires, JCT finds

More than 80 percent of the benefits of a tax change tucked into the coronavirus relief package Congress passed last month will go to those who earn more than $1 million annually, according to a report by a nonpartisan congressional body expected to be released Tuesday.
More than 80 percent of the benefits of a tax change tucked into the coronavirus relief package Congress passed last...
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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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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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7 Apr 2020

Trump removes Inspector General Glenn Fine, who was tasked to oversee coronavirus stimulus spending

President Trump has removed the chairman of the federal panel Congress created to oversee his administration's management of the $2 trillion stimulus package passed last month. Glenn Fine, who had been the acting Pentagon inspector general, was informed Monday that he was being replaced by Sean W. O’Donnell, currently the inspector general at the Environmental Protection Agency.
President Trump has removed the chairman of the federal panel Congress created to oversee his administration's...
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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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29 Mar 2020

Trump takes immediate step to try and limit coronavirus inspector general’s power

Immediately after signing the historic $2 trillion coronavirus aid package, President Trump sought to curb oversight provisions in the bill by asserting presidential authority over a new inspector general’s office. The move could presage a major battle between the White House and Capitol Hill as the Trump administration moves to implement the new law.
Immediately after signing the historic $2 trillion coronavirus aid package, President Trump sought to curb oversight...
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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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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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19 Mar 2020

Kushner coronavirus team sparks confusion inside White House response efforts

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a senior adviser, has created his own team of government allies and private industry representatives to work alongside the administration’s official coronavirus task force, adding another layer of confusion and conflicting signals within the White House’s disjointed response to the crisis.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a senior adviser, has created his own team of government allies and...
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17 Mar 2020

DHS Inspector General’s office nearly dormant under Trump as reports and audits plummet

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog division has been so weakened under the Trump administration that it is failing to provide basic oversight of the government’s third-largest federal agency, according to whistleblowers and lawmakers from both parties.
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog division has been so weakened under the Trump administration...
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15 Mar 2020

Trump’s embrace of Mohammed bin Salman is now costing him dearly

Donald Trump made one of the biggest mistakes of his presidency in the spring of 2017, when he offered an unconditional embrace to the then-emerging 31-year-old ruler of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, and adopted his agenda of aggressively confronting Iran. Three years later, as Trump grapples with the greatest crisis he has faced, that choice is costing him dearly.
Donald Trump made one of the biggest mistakes of his presidency in the spring of 2017, when he offered an unconditional...
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13 Mar 2020

President Trump closed the White House pandemic office. I ran it.

When President Trump took office in 2017, the White House’s National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense survived the transition intact. Its mission was the same as when I was asked to lead the office, established after the Ebola epidemic of 2014. One year later, I was mystified when the White House dissolved the office, leaving the country less prepared for pandemics like covid-19.
When President Trump took office in 2017, the White House’s National Security Council Directorate for Global Health...
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5 Mar 2020

How much the Secret Service has spent at Trump’s properties

President Trump’s company charges the Secret Service for the rooms it uses while protecting Trump at his properties. The charges have been as high as $650 per night for a Mar-a-Lago Club hotel room, or $17,000 a month for a cottage at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster.
President Trump’s company charges the Secret Service for the rooms it uses while protecting Trump at his properties....
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13 Feb 2020

Trump takes on Judge Amy Berman Jackson ahead of Roger Stone’s sentencing

First he went after the prosecutors who recommended a multiyear sentence for his friend Roger Stone. Then President Trump turned his Twitter ire to the “witch hunt disgrace” of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation, which led to Stone’s indictment. But perhaps most surprising was Trump’s decision to target U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson — who will determine Stone’s fate when he appears in her courtroom next Thursday.
First he went after the prosecutors who recommended a multiyear sentence for his friend Roger Stone. Then President...
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3 Feb 2020

Jared Kushner’s incompetence is surpassed only by his arrogance

The best comic relief on television this weekend was Jared Kushner’s performance on Fareed Zakaria’s CNN show.The 39-year-old senior adviser to President Trump was contemptuous of John Kelly, John Bolton, Rex Tillerson and other former officials with decades of experience in fields such as business, the military and government who have been scathing in their recollections of the Trump administration.
The best comic relief on television this weekend was Jared Kushner’s performance on Fareed Zakaria’s CNN show.The...
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21 Nov 2019

Secret Service spent quarter of a million dollars at Trump’s properties in first five months of his term, records show

The U.S. Secret Service paid more than $250,000 to President Trump’s private businesses in just the first five months of his presidency - paying Trump’s company an average of nearly $2,000 per day, according to Secret Service records.
The U.S. Secret Service paid more than $250,000 to President Trump’s private businesses in just the first five months...
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25 Oct 2019

The U.S. deficit hit $984 billion in 2019, soaring during Trump era

The U.S. government’s budget deficit ballooned to nearly $1 trillion in 2019, the Treasury Department announced Friday, as the United States’ fiscal imbalance widened for a fourth consecutive year despite a sustained run of economic growth. The deficit grew $205 billion, or 26 percent, in the past year.
The U.S. government’s budget deficit ballooned to nearly $1 trillion in 2019, the Treasury Department announced...
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17 Oct 2019

U.S. retail sales fall unexpectedly, signaling a new crack in a weakening economy

U.S. consumers unexpectedly pulled back on retail spending for the first time in seven months, reviving fears that a weakening economy could finally be taking its toll on American shoppers just before the pivotal holiday season.
U.S. consumers unexpectedly pulled back on retail spending for the first time in seven months, reviving fears that a...
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8 Oct 2019

U.S. manufacturing falls into deep recession as Trump’s trade war drags on

U.S. manufacturing fell deeper into a contraction last month, erasing hope of a quick turnaround for the industry and handing a blow to President Trump’s promises that he would revive blue-collar jobs and companies.
U.S. manufacturing fell deeper into a contraction last month, erasing hope of a quick turnaround for the industry and...
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1 Oct 2019

Trump under pressure to address ethanol and trade pain in Iowa and other farm states

The trade war has cost farmers potential Chinese orders for the corn-based fuel as well as for a byproduct that is used as animal feed. Now, the refinery exemptions are compounding the financial pain — and threatening political consequences for the president, who won this state and its six electoral votes in 2016.
The trade war has cost farmers potential Chinese orders for the corn-based fuel as well as for a byproduct that is used...
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14 Aug 2019

Recession watch: What is an ‘inverted yield curve’ and why does it matter?

Stock markets tanked Wednesday after the bond market sounded a loud warning that the U.S. economy might be headed toward a recession. Investors are spooked by a scenario known as the “inverted yield curve,” which occurs when the interest rates on short-term bonds are higher than the interest rates paid by long-term bonds. What it means is that people are so worried about the near-term future that they are piling into safer long-term investments.
Stock markets tanked Wednesday after the bond market sounded a loud warning that the U.S. economy might be headed toward...
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15 Jul 2019

Trump rejects criticism that his weekend tweet about four minority lawmakers was racist, says they ‘hate our country’

President Trump said Monday that he is not concerned by criticism that his tweets suggesting four minority congresswomen return to their home countries were racist, asserting that they hate the United States and are free to leave. His comments at a White House event came as Democratic leaders in the House prepared a resolution condemning tweets over the weekend in which Trump said the liberal lawmakers critical of him should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”
President Trump said Monday that he is not concerned by criticism that his tweets suggesting four minority congresswomen...
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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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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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16 Jun 2019

How Donald Trump silenced the people who could expose his business failures

How did Donald Trump, a self-serving promoter who lost billions of dollars for his investors, convince the world that he is a financial genius? It wasn’t just by fabricating tales of his success. It was also by bullying and silencing people who could have stopped those deceits — particularly reporters and Wall Street analysts — forcing all but a very few into a conspiracy of silence.
How did Donald Trump, a self-serving promoter who lost billions of dollars for his investors, convince the world that he...
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6 Jun 2019

Trump family members promote themselves, and businesses, on European trip

As parties go, it’s hard to top a state dinner with the queen of England, but President Trump’s sons — Donald Jr. and Eric — tried to keep the revelry going during an impromptu pub crawl in Doonbeg, Ireland, where they bought rounds of Guinness for the locals and reveled in the adoration of a village where the Trump family owns property.
As parties go, it’s hard to top a state dinner with the queen of England, but President Trump’s sons — Donald Jr....
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4 Jun 2019

The average millennial has a net worth of $8,000. That’s far less than previous generations.

Millennials are doing far worse financially than generations before them, with student loans, rising rents and higher health-care costs pushing the average net worth below $8,000, a new study shows. The net worth of Americans aged 18 to 35 has dropped 34 percent since 1996, according to research released Thursday by Deloitte, the accounting and professional services giant.
Millennials are doing far worse financially than generations before them, with student loans, rising rents and higher...
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1 Apr 2019

White House whistleblower says 25 security clearance denials were reversed during Trump administration

A White House whistleblower told lawmakers that more than two dozen denials for security clearances have been overturned during the Trump administration, calling Congress her “last hope” for addressing what she considers improper conduct that has left the nation’s secrets exposed.
A White House whistleblower told lawmakers that more than two dozen denials for security clearances have been overturned...
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23 Dec 2018

Exasperated over the market plunge, Trump asks advisers whether he can fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

President Trump has asked internal and external advisers about whether he can fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell, two people familiar with the exchanges said, in a sign of his mounting frustration with the central bank chief.
President Trump has asked internal and external advisers about whether he can fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H....
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20 Dec 2018

Trump administration aims to toughen work requirements for food stamp recipients

The Trump administration unveiled a plan Thursday to force hundreds of thousands more Americans to hold jobs if they want to keep receiving food stamps, pursuing through executive powers what it could not achieve in Congress.
The Trump administration unveiled a plan Thursday to force hundreds of thousands more Americans to hold jobs if they...
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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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25 Nov 2018

Trump demands action to reduce deficit, pushes new deficit spending

President Trump is demanding top advisers craft a plan to reduce the country’s ballooning budget deficits, but the president has flummoxed his own aides by repeatedly seeking new spending while ruling out measures needed to address the country’s unbalanced budget.
President Trump is demanding top advisers craft a plan to reduce the country’s ballooning budget deficits, but the...
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30 Oct 2018

Trump eyes ending birthright citizenship with executive order

President Trump is vowing to sign an executive order that would seek to end the right to U.S. citizenship for children born in the United States to noncitizens, a move most legal experts say runs afoul of the Constitution. The action, which Trump previewed in a television clip broadcast Tuesday, would be the most aggressive by a president elected to office pledging to take a hard line on immigration, an issue he has revived in advance of next week’s midterm elections.
President Trump is vowing to sign an executive order that would seek to end the right to U.S. citizenship for children...
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4 Oct 2018

Steel is surging under Trump. Will workers benefit?

When President Trump imposed tariffs on steel imports in June, Richard Lattanzi thought of dozens of his fellow steelworkers who have for years put off badly needed repairs of their cars and homes. But as President Trump has pressed his steel tariffs, Trump has declared that the industry is “being rebuilt overnight.” But the question facing the rank and file is whether the controversial policy — which has raised the price of inputs for many American companies and alienated allies — will translate into higher wages and better benefits.
When President Trump imposed tariffs on steel imports in June, Richard Lattanzi thought of dozens of his fellow...
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20 Aug 2018

Trump calls Mueller lawyers ‘thugs’ and ‘a National Disgrace!’

President Trump on Monday referred to lawyers working for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III as “thugs” and accused them of trying to affect this year’s elections, further ramping up his rhetoric against prosecutors probing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
President Trump on Monday referred to lawyers working for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III as “thugs” and...
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10 Aug 2018

In America, wage growth is getting wiped out entirely by inflation

Rising prices have erased U.S. workers’ meager wage gains, the latest sign strong economic growth has not translated into greater prosperity for the middle class and working class. Cost of living was up 2.9 percent from July 2017 to July 2018, the Labor Department reported Friday, an inflation rate that outstripped a 2.7 percent increase in wages over the same period.
Rising prices have erased U.S. workers’ meager wage gains, the latest sign strong economic growth has not translated...
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16 Jul 2018

Trump-Putin Summit: Putin denies Russian interference in 2016 election

President Trump refused to support the conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, saying at the end of his summit here Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the autocrat privately gave him an “extremely strong and powerful” denial.
President Trump refused to support the conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the 2016...
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10 Jul 2018

Giuliani works for foreign clients while serving as Trump’s attorney

Rudolph W. Giuliani continues to work on behalf of foreign clients both personally and through his namesake security firm while serving as President Trump’s personal attorney — an arrangement experts say raises conflict-of-interest concerns and could run afoul of federal ethics laws.
Rudolph W. Giuliani continues to work on behalf of foreign clients both personally and through his namesake security...
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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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4 Jun 2018

Trump says he has ‘absolute right’ to pardon himself of federal crimes but denies any wrongdoing

President Trump on Monday asserted an “absolute right” to pardon himself of any federal crimes but said he has no reason to do so because he has not engaged in any wrongdoing. In a subsequent tweet Monday, Trump also claimed that the appointment of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election had been “totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL!”
President Trump on Monday asserted an “absolute right” to pardon himself of any federal crimes but said he has no...
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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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25 May 2018

Trump takes aim at federal bureaucracy with new executive orders altering civil service protections

President Trump issued three executive orders Friday aimed at overhauling the federal bureaucracy by making it easier to fire poor performers, sharply curtailing the amount of time federal employees can be paid for union work and directing agencies to negotiate tougher union contracts.
President Trump issued three executive orders Friday aimed at overhauling the federal bureaucracy by making it easier to...
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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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8 Mar 2018

Mueller gathers evidence that 2017 Seychelles meeting was effort to establish back channel to Kremlin

Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has gathered evidence that a secret meeting in Seychelles just before the inauguration of Donald Trump was an effort to establish a back channel between the incoming administration and the Kremlin — apparently contradicting statements made to lawmakers by one of its participants, according to people familiar with the matter.
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has gathered evidence that a secret meeting in Seychelles just before the...
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5 Mar 2018

Senior EPA press official has a side job as an outside media consultant

Two senior Environmental Protection Agency political appointees — including one who personally supervises every grant the agency awards to or solicits from outside groups — got approval from the agency’s ethics office to continue to collect outside income while working for the Trump administration.
Two senior Environmental Protection Agency political appointees — including one who personally supervises every grant...
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28 Jan 2018

There’s a big red flag in today’s report on the economy

For the duration of this economic expansion, consumer spending has been the dynamo driving growth in gross domestic product, or GDP. But now there are indications Americans are getting a little too dynamic. Their actions are out of whack. For the past two years, spending has risen faster than disposable personal income, as pointed out by Jason Furman, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
For the duration of this economic expansion, consumer spending has been the dynamo driving growth in gross domestic...
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14 Dec 2017

How Trump’s skepticism of U.S. intelligence on Russia left an election threat unchecked

In the final days before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his inner circle pleaded with him to acknowledge publicly what U.S. intelligence agencies had already concluded — that Russia’s interference in the 2016 election was real.
In the final days before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his inner circle pleaded with him to...
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16 Oct 2017

Inside the ‘adult day-care center’: How aides try to control and coerce Trump

During the campaign, when President Trump’s advisers wanted him to stop talking about a certain issue — such as when he attacked a Gold Star military family — they sometimes presented him with polls demonstrating how the controversy was harming his candidacy. During the transition, when aides needed Trump to decide on a looming issue or appointment, they often limited him to a shortlist of two or three options and urged him to choose one.
During the campaign, when President Trump’s advisers wanted him to stop talking about a certain issue — such as when...
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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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31 Aug 2017

Legal challenge to Arpaio pardon begins

After President Trump’s pardon of ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of criminal contempt for violating a court order designed to stop the violation of the constitutional rights of suspected illegal immigrants, conventional wisdom — and certainly the Trump administration — would have us believe that Trump’s pardon powers are unlimited. However, never before has someone stretched the pardon power so beyond its original intent. Trump has now drawn scrutiny not simply from critics of his racist rhetoric but from the court itself.
After President Trump’s pardon of ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of criminal contempt for violating a...
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16 Aug 2017

False moral equivalency is not a bug of Trumpism. It’s a feature.

Showing that the remarks he delivered from a White House teleprompter Monday were hollow and insincere, Trump yesterday revived his initial claim that “both sides” are to blame for the horrific violence at a white supremacist rally over the weekend in Charlottesville.
Showing that the remarks he delivered from a White House teleprompter Monday were hollow and insincere, Trump yesterday...
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31 Jul 2017

Trump dictated son’s misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer

Flying home from Germany on July 8 aboard Air Force One, Trump personally dictated a statement in which Trump Jr. said that he and the Russian lawyer had “primarily discussed a program about the adoption of Russian children” when they met in June 2016, according to multiple people with knowledge of the deliberations.
Flying home from Germany on July 8 aboard Air Force One, Trump personally dictated a statement in which Trump Jr. said...
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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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25 Jul 2017

Trump leaves Sessions twisting in the wind while berating him publicly

President Trump and his advisers are privately discussing the possibility of replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and some confidants are floating prospects who could take his place were he to resign or be fired, according to people familiar with the talks.
President Trump and his advisers are privately discussing the possibility of replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions,...
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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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20 Jun 2017

Trump seeks sharp cuts to housing aid, except for program that brings him millions

President Trump’s budget calls for sharply reducing funding for programs that shelter the poor and combat homelessness — with a notable exception: It leaves intact a type of federal housing subsidy that is paid directly to private landlords.One of those landlords is Trump himself, who earns millions of dollars each year as a part-owner of Starrett City, the nation’s largest subsidized housing complex. Trump’s 4 percent stake in the Brooklyn complex earned him at least $5 million between January of last year and April 15, according to his recent financial disclosure.
President Trump’s budget calls for sharply reducing funding for programs that shelter the poor and combat homelessness...
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15 Jun 2017

Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say

The move by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Trump’s conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation, which until recently focused on Russian meddling during the presidential campaign and on whether there was any coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Investigators have also been looking for any evidence of possible financial crimes among Trump associates.
The move by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Trump’s conduct marks a major turning point in the...
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12 Jun 2017

D.C. and Maryland to sue President Trump, alleging breach of constitutional oath

Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Trump on Monday, alleging that he has violated anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions in payments and benefits from foreign governments since moving into the White House.
Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Trump on Monday,...
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1 Jun 2017

Trump administration moves to return Russian compounds in Maryland and New York

The Trump administration is moving toward handing back to Russia two diplomatic compounds, near New York City and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, that its officials were ejected from in late December as punishment for Moscow’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The Trump administration is moving toward handing back to Russia two diplomatic compounds, near New York City and on...
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22 May 2017

Trump asked intelligence chiefs to push back against FBI collusion probe after Comey revealed its existence

President Trump asked two of the nation’s top intelligence officials in March to help him push back against an FBI investigation into possible coordination between his campaign and the Russian government, according to current and former officials.
President Trump asked two of the nation’s top intelligence officials in March to help him push back against an FBI...
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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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