CHECK OUT DAILY 2018
POLITICAL NEWS
(Page 9) BEGINNING July 15, 2018
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9/10/18
House Republicans move to lock in
cuts with Tax Reform 2.0
Ryan, McConnell called to praise
CEOs after they left Trump councils because of Charlottesville remarks: Woodward book
GOP Rep. Ron DeSantis, running for
Florida governor, resigns from House
Cruz gets help from Senate GOP in
face of serious challenge from O’Rourke
Democrat Ben McAdams gains ground on
Republican Rep. Mia Love in new poll
Collins calls indictment the 'shock
of all shocks'
GOP argument against 'Medicare for
All' doesn't make sense
The War Over War Powers Heats Up in
Congress
Koch network announces new super PAC
ahead of midterms
Trump's approval rating is poor despite glowing views on the economy, a new poll says, and it could hurt the GOP in November
CNN Poll: Trump approval down 6 points in a
month, hits low among independent
One survey shows jobs added, another
fewer Americans employed. How can that be?
After Trump Tweets that the Ford
Focus Can 'BE BUILT IN THE U.S.A.,' Ford Explains Why That Would Make
No Sense
Trump Achieves The Impossible:
Democratic Voters Want Jeff Sessions To Stick Around
Sessions defends 'zero tolerance'
border policy, new asylum restrictions
Bolton threatens sanctions against
International Criminal Court
U.S. to close Palestinian office in Washington,
citing lack of progress on peace process with Israel
US, Canada will meet Tuesday,
earlier than expected on NAFTA
Even this ultra-conservative judge
rejects Trump’s argument on DACA
Bob Woodward's Inside Look at Trump's #MeToo
Strategy Illustrates the Crisis Facing American Democracy
(His ability to deflect allegations
against him show he's beyond accountability.)
Amy Walter and Shawna Thomas on
2018’s final primaries, Obama on the campaign trail
N.H. congressional primary tests the
prowess of the Democratic establishment as 2020 approaches
Nancy Pelosi: 'I'm here' as long as
Trump is here
Maxine Waters vows to 'get' Pence
once Trump impeached
The White House is coordinating a
second Trump meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Trump makes light of terrorists who
killed US soldiers in Omarosa tape
Trump's claim that GDP tops the
jobless rate for the first time in 'over 100 years' is not even close to
correct
Trump’s top economist says he can’t explain
Trump’s false tweet on the economy
After Trump Tweets that the Ford Focus Can 'BE BUILT IN THE U.S.A.,' Ford Explains Why That Would Make No Sense
Trump Achieves The Impossible: Democratic Voters Want Jeff Sessions To Stick Around
Trump's approval rating is poor
despite glowing views on the economy, a new poll says, and it could hurt the
GOP in November
Trump faces buzzsaw in ‘year of the
woman’
“Deny, Deny, Deny:” Trump’s Playbook
for #MeToo Accusations, According to Woodward
Trump: Woodward book is an 'assault
against me,' I'll 'write the real book'
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9/9/18
GOP turns its fire on Google
RNC chairwoman: ‘Democrats have
energy right now’
Sen. Ben Sasse said he thinks about
leaving the GOP ‘every morning’
GOP Sen. Ben Sasse:
'Too much drama' coming out of 'reality show' presidency
GOP candidate for Fla. governor spoke at racially charged
events
Texas lieutenant governor urged for Trump
visit to bolster Cruz: report
Former Cruz spokesman: 'It's
possible' O'Rourke could win
Liberal crowdfunding campaign to
pressure Susan Collins for Kavanaugh 'no' vote tops $800,000
Palestinians: US cuts to Arab
hospitals will have dire effect on healthcare
Charges against North Korea mark new phase in cyber crackdown
Nike’s online sales jumped 31% after
company unveiled Kaepernick campaign, data show
Kavanaugh hearings didn’t alter
nominee’s Supreme Court trajectory
Papadopoulos: My testimony could
help demonstrate collusion between Trump campaign and Russia
Mattis-Trump relationship put to the
test by Woodward book
U.S. President Trump facing a
'coup': Bannon
Bob Woodward: ‘People better wake up
to what’s going on’ in Oval Office
Why should readers trust anonymous info?
Pence suggests there is legal basis
for investigating identity of anonymous op-ed writer
Pence: I would take lie detector
test 'in a heartbeat' to prove I didn't write op-ed
Pence: I don’t have to ask my staffers if they
wrote op-ed
Pence denies discussing invoking
25th Amendment against Trump
Mike Pence Says He's 'More Than
Willing' To Sit Down With Robert Mueller
Dem boss: 'Our democracy is on the
ballot' in November
Dem senator: 'Absolutely no national
security issues' with anonymous op-ed
Dem senator 'not aware' of legal basis for
investigating op-ed author's identity
John Kerry: Trump 'clearly doesn't
understand America'
Schumer: Kavanaugh will give Trump
power to overreach
Trump’s Trade War Is Just Fine With
Xi Jinping
Trump expected to soon declassify
Carter Page, Bruce Ohr documents: report
Ohr notes show Simpson continued to
push debunked story of Trump-Russia bank connections
Trump Calls the United States a ‘Developing Nation’ at North Dakota Rally
Under Trump, the jobs boom has
finally reached blue-collar workers. Will it last?
Trump’s long, complicated
relationship with libel laws
(He talks about toughening them;
here’s why he isn’t likely to succeed)
Trump colors the fall campaign landscape: ‘He’s
been the only thing that matters’
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9/8/18
Stocks
fall on worries about trade war and interest rates
Ryan, McConnell try to coax Trump
away from shutdown — using props and flattery
Congressional
G.O.P. Agenda Quietly Falls Into Place Even as Trump Steals the Spotlight
Susan
Collins Receives 3,000 Coat Hangers Ahead Of Kavanaugh Vote
Trump:
Races that GOP was not thinking about winning 'are now very close'
Forget
the House. It’s the battle for the Senate that could provide the most drama on
election night.
Senate
testimony insights
(Kavanaugh’s
Supreme Court hearing shows growing partisanship, but reveals little about his
views on the law.)
Kavanaugh's abortion
views under new scrutiny
In fresh
blow to Palestinians, US to slash aid for East Jerusalem hospitals
Palestinians
reject Trump bid to force talks through aid cut
EPA lost
more than 1,500 workers in first 18 months of Trump administration
Apple
faces Trump’s ire after company says its products would be hurt by tariffs
Iowa farmers could snag $550 million from Trump's farm bailout
Leahy
says Kavanaugh was ‘not truthful’ about Democratic documents
Win or
lose, Kavanaugh confirmation fight defines Democrats
Obama
comes off sidelines, thrilling Dems
Trump:
Apple can avoid tariffs by shifting production to U.S.
Trump: Races that GOP was not thinking about winning 'are now very close'
Trump tax
law takes center stage in Nevada Senate
race
Trump’s
Obsession with the “Witch Hunt” Overshadows a Good Jobs Report
Under
pressure from base, Trump falsely inflates administration’s progress on his
border wall
Watergate
memories spring to life with Trump's troubles
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9/7/18
Economy adds more jobs than expected
in August, and wage growth hits post-recession high
How the economy has fared since
Trump’s tax cuts were passed
For Susan Collins, A Vote For
Kavanaugh Would Be Political Suicide
Republicans Temporarily Abandon
Their Most Republican Policies Ahead Of Midterms
House passes bill that could make
deportations of immigrant criminals easier
Freedom Caucus can't agree on a
shutdown
Opioid deal in Senate is rare
bipartisan win
Mother used in ad attacking Kansas Dem candidate is state GOP official
White House aides narrow search for
anonymous op-ed writer to a few people, source says
How to Slow-Walk a President
(U.S. leaders have almost unchecked
powers in a crisis. But the bureaucracy has ways to gum up the system.)
FDA official says Trump’s new limits
on hiring foreign scientists makes it harder to attract top talent
Manafort considering plea deal to
avoid second trial: report
George Papadopoulos sentenced to 14
days in jail
Analysis: What we learned from more than 39
hours of Kavanaugh confirmation hearings
Kavanaugh won’t even go as far as
Gorsuch in defending judges from Trump’s personal attacks
Read the confidential Brett
Kavanaugh 'racial profiling' emails Cory Booker released
In Kavanaugh’s non-answer on
same-sex marriage, many heard a troubling response
6 takeaways from Day Three of the
Kavanaugh hearings
Kavanaugh hearing: John Dean warns
of a Supreme Court overly deferential to presidential power
Woods calls Nike Kaepernick ad a
'beautiful spot'
Shields and Brooks on Trump tell-all
fallout, Kavanaugh confirmation hearing
Dems vow to grab Trump tax returns
upon taking majority
Dems divided over appeal to
economically progressive voters with socially conservative views, analyst says
Democrat: Trump's 'deranged'
behavior is boosting bill to create panel that could remove him from office
Obama calls midterm votes urgent in
rebuke of Trump: 'Our democracy depends on it'
‘It sure isn’t normal; it’s
radical’: Former president Barack Obama says Trump and Republicans are
knowingly dividing America
Booker releases another batch of
'confidential' Kavanaugh docs
Trump threatens tariffs on $267
billion in Chinese goods, expanding the trade war to all Chinese imports
entering the U.S.
Trump administration weighs
sanctions over Chinese hackers: report
Trump agrees to an indefinite
military effort and new diplomatic push in Syria, U.S. officials say
Trump seeks to change Flores rule
(1997 settlement limits detention of
migrant children. Proposal could allow them to be held indefinitely.)
Trump calls on Sessions to
investigate who wrote ‘resistance’ op-ed
Trump frets over 'perjury trap' if he sits down with
Mueller
Trump gets good news on wages
Trump in good shape to secure second Supreme
Court confirmation victory
'I fell asleep': Trump unimpressed
by Obama's speech taking aim at him
‘There’s a new sheriff in town’: Trump uses
official events to wage campaign against press
Trump crosses a new threshold for
anti-media rhetoric, jokingly praising a congressman for assaulting a reporter
Implications of Trump alienation
(Foreign adversaries can exploit the
appearance of White House chaos.)
President Trump has made 4,713 false
or misleading claims in 592 days
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9/6/18
Conservative GOP members ask Trump
to declassify documents related to Russia probe
House Republicans huddle on 'tax
cuts 2.0'
House GOP's second phase of tax
reform aims to make individual cuts permanent, boost retirement savings
Speaker Ryan doesn't foresee a
government shutdown if Trump doesn't get funding for border wall
House panels set up to probe
indicted GOP Reps. Collins, Hunter
Republicans mull new punishments for
dissident lawmakers
Senate confirms two Obama-nominated
judges
Cruz fights for political life as
O'Rourke attracts voters well beyond liberal base
Poll: Blackburn, Bredesen locked in tight Senate
race in Tennessee
GOP candidate for Kansas House seat charged with election
fraud
Duncan Hunter spent campaign cash on
5 affairs, prosecutors allege
GOP Candidate for Florida Governor
to Name Cuban-American Woman as Running Mate
US sanctions allies of Syria's Assad amid fears over Idlib attack
US fighter jets intercept Russian
nuclear bombers near Alaska: report
US, India sign new deal on military
collaboration, sharing intel
John Kelly’s vigilante White House
Mueller hardens stance on Trump
interview in Russia probe, Giuliani says
Giuliani to AP: Trump will not
answer obstruction questions
Prosecutors use grand jury as
investigation of Andrew McCabe intensifies
Trump allies want Congress to find
anonymous op-ed author
Pence and a growing cast of other
Trump officials deny writing the Times op-ed
Trump Cabinet officials rush to
distance themselves from anonymous op-ed
Bernstein: Congress should hold
hearings on Trump's fitness for office
The democratic crisis described by
Bob Woodward and the anonymous New York Times op-ed
Twitter has permanently banned Alex Jones and Infowars
Kavanaugh hearing: Nominee declines
to condemn Trump’s attacks on judiciary
Kavanaugh refuses to say if he would
recuse himself from Trump, Mueller cases
Immigration rulings raise questions
about Kavanaugh's commitment to precedent
Kavanaugh's leaked emails seem to
contradict testimony on abortion precedent
12 questions Brett Kavanaugh would
not answer during his confirmation hearing
Over 200 protesters arrested during
Kavanaugh hearings
Cory Booker and Senate Democrats just went into
open revolt in the Kavanaugh hearings
Democrats up the ante in Kavanaugh
hearings
Cory Booker releases confidential
documents, GOP warns of consequences
Booker releases new batches of
'confidential' Kavanaugh documents
Cory Booker claims reporter violated
Constitution with question on 'Spartacus' 'stunt'
Elizabeth Warren calls for Trump's
removal from office under 25th Amendment: 'It's time'
John Kerry: 'We don't have a
president'
Trump to US Jews: I won’t give
Palestinians aid until they make deal with Israel
Trump administration to circumvent
court limits on detention of child migrants
Trump knocks anonymous NYT op-ed at
rally: 'Is it treason?'
In Montana rally, Trump attacks Democrats for
'sick' attacks against Supreme Court nominee
The Latest: Trump calls Dems at
Kavanaugh hearing 'sick'
Video surfaces refuting Trump’s claim that he’s
never called someone ‘retarded’
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9/5/18
Shelby, Trump prepare for a
trillion-dollar tug-of-war over the future of the GOP
Conservatives blame McCarthy for
Twitter getting before favorable committee
Conservatives rattled by floated
names for WH counsel position
For our democracy’s sake, senators
should seize the John McCain moment
McCain’s death didn’t teach
Republicans anything. The Kavanaugh hearing proves it.
‘Congress has decided to
self-neuter.’ One senator’s compelling theory for why the Kavanaugh hearings
are so ugly.
McConnell: Trump border wall fight
will happen after midterms
GOP leaders to Trump: Don't shut
down government over wall funding right before midterm elections
Republicans Are Already Waving The
White Flag On Border Wall Funding
Southern Republican senators reject
Trump’s criticism of Sessions
Congressman shuts down far-right
protester during Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's testimony by speaking like an
auctioneer
Brothel owner who won Nevada GOP primary being investigated over
sexual assault allegations
NAFTA negotiations resume as Canada takes harder line
North Korea to cooperate with US in nuclear
talks: report
Justice Department to consider
allegations of censorship on Facebook, Twitter
Justice to convene meeting on
whether social media companies are 'intentionally stifling' free speech
The 2 most overlooked, inexplicable stories
from Bob Woodward’s Trump book
Giuliani calls for Woodward to
release tapes: 'Let's see what he has'
Latino activist group to launch
multi-million dollar voter registration drive: report
The Kavanaugh hearing Day 2
Live coverage: Trump court pick on
the hot seat in day two of hearing
5 takeaways from the Brett Kavanaugh
hearings so far
Supreme Court nominee Brett
Kavanaugh says landmark abortion ruling Roe v. Wade is 'an important precedent'
Kavanaugh hearing: Trump’s Supreme
Court nominee defends opinion in immigrant teen abortion case
Kavanaugh hearing: Supreme Court
nominee won’t commit to removing himself from cases directly affecting Trump
It’s hard to find a federal judge
more conservative than Brett Kavanaugh
What Brett Kavanaugh Means for
States
Cory Booker uses confidential
documents to quiz Kavanaugh on racial profiling
Democrats eager to press Kavanaugh
on Affordable Care Act's fate
Feinstein, Kavanaugh trade shots
over Second Amendment, semi-automatic rifles
Dems say provision in opioid bill
meant to benefit group tied to PhRMA
Insurgency shakes up Democratic
establishment
Signs grow for Dem wave in House
race
Obama coming to Southern California to campaign for Democrats in key
House races
Trump’s Mideast plan hits a wall U.S. cuts aid after plan is rejected
(Arab states reject terms of the
‘ultimate deal’ as radical. U.S. tries new tack: Punish the
Palestinians.)
Trump administration disputes that U.S. workers’ wages have flatlined
In quick reversal, Trump threatens
shutdown over border wall
Trump on 2020: 'Nobody is going to
come close to beating me'
Trump Could ‘Flip’ the Supreme
Court. His Impact on the Lower Courts Is Less Clear.
Account of friction between Trump
and Mattis threatens to undermine their relationship
‘The sleeper cells have awoken’:
Trump and aides shaken by ‘resistance’ op-ed
Anonymous attack on Trump roils
White House
Trump blasts NYT after newspaper
prints anonymous op-ed on internal 'resistance'
Trump demands NY Times reveal
identity of anonymous official
White House says anonymous 'coward'
behind NYT op-ed should resign
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9/4/18
Arizona governor appoints ex-senator Jon
Kyl to fill McCain’s seat
Stivers: NRCC will continue to
support Duncan Hunter
House passes bill to allow DHS to
ban foreign contractors over supply chain concerns
House passes bill to codify key DHS
cybersecurity program
House moves to begin negotiations on defense
spending bill
Corker: Trump should stop 'whining' about
Sessions
Senators voice concern over Trump's
DOJ tweets
Sen. Ben Sasse unloads on Congress
at Kavanaugh hearing
Graham mocks Democrats over
abortion: 'What a bastard Donald Trump is'
Trump to meet with GOP leaders
Wednesday on must-pass spending bills
Trump’s Rollback of Pollution Rules Will Hit Coal Country Hard
US businesses oppose Trump’s tariffs,
warn of price hikes
The gaping hole in Trump’s economic
boom
The President’s Shameful Attacks on
His Attorney General
Trump reportedly called his attorney
general Jeff Sessions a 'dumb southerner' and a 'traitor'
Poll shows erosion of trust
(Trump’s attacks take a toll on his own credibility, as well as the media’s)
Mueller to accept some written
answers from Trump: NYT
WATCH: Day 1 of Brett Kavanaugh
Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Kavanaugh hearing starts with a bang
as protesters, Dems interrupt opening statements
Chaos breaks out at start of Kavanaugh’s
confirmation hearings
Why should you watch Brett
Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings? Here’s where he stands on key issues
Brett Kavanaugh: Top takeaways from
first day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings
Stelter: Bob Woodward's book 'Fear'
revives concerns about Trump's fitness
Bob Woodward’s new book reveals a ‘nervous
breakdown’ of Trump’s presidency
Bob Woodward: Trump's aides stole
his papers 'to protect the country'
Bob Woodward's new book describes Mattis, Kelly
criticizing Trump as incompetent: 'He's an idiot'
Woodward book offers damning
assessment of Trump White House
Bob Woodward's peek behind the Trump
curtain is 100% as terrifying as we feared
Democrats regain clear advantage in
midterms shaping up as referendum on President Trump
Dems interrupt Kavanaugh hearing
asking that it be adjourned
Kavanaugh hearing: Democrats cry
foul over lack of access to documents, seek to delay proceedings
Democrats’ surprise, coordinated
attack to tank Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination
Durbin: Democrats discussed tactics
for Kavanaugh hearing
Another Dem upset: Pressley beats
10-term Rep. Capuano in Boston primary
Trump’s anti-Palestinian agenda will ultimately
hurt Israel
Trump Reportedly Sought to
Assassinate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Despite Trump’s warning, Russian
airstrikes batter Syria’s Idlib — monitor
America
Shouldn’t Miss Its Chance With India
(Trump's neglected a vital
relationship—but it's not too late to make things right.)
Trump's attack on Trumka could hurt
him in NAFTA talks
Trump’s Rollback of Pollution Rules Will Hit
Coal Country Hard
Trump rolls back worker safety rules
Trump to meet with GOP leaders Wednesday on must-pass spending bills
The President’s Shameful Attacks on His Attorney General
Trump reportedly called his attorney general Jeff Sessions a 'dumb southerner' and a 'traitor'
Trump shows fresh disdain for the
rule of law as the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing begins
Trump slams Democrats over 'mean,
angry, and despicable' Kavanaugh hearing
Trump: Protesting during Kavanaugh
hearing is 'embarrassing for the country'
Trump suggests protesting should be illegal
Trump: Bob Woodward has ‘had a lot of
credibility problems’
Trump irritated he wasn't interviewed by
Woodward for upcoming book
Trump: Nike sent 'terrible message'
with Kaepernick deal
Trouble for Trump? Poll shows
midterm election edge for Democrats and female candidates
Poll shows erosion of trust
(Trump’s attacks take a toll on his own credibility, as well as the media’s)
Trump Still Wants You to Think the
Access Hollywood Tape Is Fake
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9/3/18
Lindsey Graham says the way Trump
handled McCain’s death was ‘disturbing’
Republican senator slams
Trump's DOJ attack: US 'not some banana republic'
GOP challengers hit vulnerable Dems
over Trump tax law votes
Ted Cruz
Chastises Beto O'Rourke For F-Bombs, But Only Makes Him Seem Cooler
Brett
Kavanaugh’s views on privacy and the Fourth Amendment should make Republicans
think twice
Hours
before Kavanaugh nomination hearings, Bush lawyer releases 42,000 pages of
documents to Judiciary Committee
Congress faces September scramble on
spending
Rudy
Giuliani On White House Blocking Release Of Full Mueller Report: ‘I’m Sure We
Will’
Companies
Say Trump Is Hurting Business by Limiting Legal Immigration
Trump Has
Hurt American Workers, Charges AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
AP FACT
CHECK: Trump's imaginary wages, trade falsehoods
How Much
Authoritarianism Will Americans Tolerate?
It’s Time
for the Press to Stop Complaining—And to Start Fighting Back
The ‘Trump effect’
8
questions for the midterm elections: A blue wave or not?
Trump
blasted ‘Lyin' Ted’ Cruz again and again. Activists want to remind Texans with
a billboard.
Amy
Walter and Tamara Keith on Kavanaugh’s hearings, McCain’s funeral
Bernie
Sanders knocks Trump on Labor Day: He works around the clock for 'his fellow
billionaires'
Democrats
Aim to Derail Kavanaugh With Eye on Abortion, Mueller
Democrats’
view of Kavanaugh shaped by bitter 2004 hearing
Feinstein
under the microscope for Kavanaugh hearing
Why 2018
is looking like a wave election for House Democrats
Warren mounts
PR blitz insisting Cherokee claims never helped her career
Trump’s
Labor Day tweet backfires
'Good Job
Jeff': Trump accuses Sessions of dampening Republican hopes in midterm
elections
Trump
blasts Sessions over indictments of two of his earliest congressional
supporters
Trump criticizes
union leader on Labor Day: ‘It is easy to see why unions are doing so poorly’
The
‘Trump effect’
Trump is
dangerous again as his Kim Jong-un ‘breakthrough’ turns sour
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9/2/18
McCain laid to rest in Annapolis
John McCain’s Funeral Was the
Biggest Resistance Meeting Yet
McCain’s friends praise daughter
Meghan’s powerful eulogy
Graham: Ivanka Trump's 'very nice'
comments about McCain 'not unnoticed by the family'
Graham, Lieberman praise Meghan
McCain eulogy that included swipes at Trump
Joe Lieberman lauds McCain’s sensitivity
to Jewish observance, love of Jerusalem
McCarthy leads GOP charge against Silicon Valley
GOP Senator: Firing Jeff Sessions
Wouldn't Be 'Politically Wise'
Kasich says Republican Party is
'shrinking'
Kasich says he'll run as a
Republican if he seeks presidency in 2020
Graham: Kavanaugh will be confirmed
with 55 or more votes
GOP senator: I talked with Kavanaugh
about precedent, not Roe v. Wade
GOP senator: Republican candidates
should highlight 'reality of all the good things' Trump admin has done
GOP official resigns after calling
kneeling NFL players ‘baboons’
Midterms: Civil rights groups on
high alert for cyberthreats as they register minorities
Mollie Tibbetts’s dad: Don’t use her
death to push ‘views she believed were profoundly racist’
AFL-CIO chief: Trump has done more
to hurt workers than help them
The key players in the Kavanaugh
hearings — and what’s at stake for each of them
Will Mueller subpoena Trump? Move
carries risks for both sides
Obama readies fall campaign
push, but some Dems say no thanks
Andrew Gillum Slams Neo-Nazi
Robocalls In Florida As Attempt To 'Weaponize Race'
Klobuchar: It's a problem when GOP
won't work with Dems because they're 'afraid of pissing off' Trump
Dem senator: Confidential documents
would 'strongly bolster' argument against Kavanaugh's nomination
Durbin: White House is saying
'American people have no right to know' Kavanaugh’s background by withholding
documents
Kerry won't rule out 2020 White
House run
The struggle to decode Trump
(His impetuous rhetorical style has
everyone — even aides — guessing at whether he means what he says)
Art Laffer: Trump told me personally
tariffs are his only leverage on China
It’s Not Just Robert Mueller.
President Donald Trump Faces Six Separate Investigations And Lawsuits.
Trump tweets in apparent response to
Meghan McCain’s ‘America was always great’ remark
Trump visits golf course while
Washington mourns McCain
Trump: Tiger Woods ‘showed great
class’ in answering question about me
Trump Wants White House Videos to Be
Like ‘The Apprentice’—Including Great Lighting
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9/1/18
McCain memorial: ‘What better way to
honor John McCain than follow his example’
John McCain is remembered as a hero,
patriot, and inspiration
John McCain’s Funeral Mourned Americanism’s High
Priest and Rebuked Its Chief Heretic
The most poignant (and political) excerpts from
Meghan McCain’s fiery eulogy for her father
Meghan McCain rips Trump at father’s
memorial service
Meghan McCain says 'America has no need to be made great again'
to applause at father's funeral
Cindy McCain tweets after husband's
funeral: 'Together we go on'
Bush on McCain: ‘I got to enjoy one
of life’s great gifts: the friendship of John McCain.’
George W. Bush recalls John McCain’s distaste
for 'bigots' and 'despots' in eulogy
Obama on McCain: ‘John called on us
to be bigger than that. He called on us to be better than that.’
Watch live: Lawmakers gather for
McCain funeral in DC
John McCain and Tom Kean: How the
9/11 Commission forged an unlikely political partnership
Kasich: There will never be another
John McCain
Graham invited Ivanka Trump to McCain's funeral
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
attend McCain funeral service after the president wasn't invited
John McCain donated millions to
charity through books, campaign
From Mollie Tibbetts' father: Don't distort her death to advance racist views
High court pick Kavanaugh and his
carefully constructed life
Corporations, interest groups spend
fortunes on ballot measures
What retirees must know about President
Trump's latest tax proposal
Dems vow rules overhaul to empower
members if House flips
As Washington mourns McCain, Trump tends to grievances on Twitter
Trump threatens to leave Canada
behind on NAFTA, warns Congress not to ‘interfere’
Trump blasts trade talks with Canada: We shouldn't have to buy our
friends
Trump to embark on four-country tour
after midterms
Donald Trump Sparks Anger In Ireland After Upcoming Visit Is Confirmed
Trump moves toward public report on Postal Service overhaul by year's end
Trump’s Attacks on the News Media
Are Getting Even More Dangerous
Trump gets brutally mocked over
'biggest stadium' pledge for Ted Cruz
A goat herd is helping Trump pay
tens of thousands of dollars less in property taxes on his New Jersey properties
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8/31/18
McCain funeral: McCain lies in state
at U.S. Capitol as Pence, congressional
leaders honor late senator
McCain memorial service takes place
on Capitol Hill
McCain honored as his body lies in
state at the US Capitol
Family says goodbye to McCain in
Capitol
Why are Republicans hesitating on
naming a Senate building after John McCain?
Mitt Romney says that he’s a
believer in climate change and that it will create more and nastier
wildfires in Utah unless feds spend ‘a lot of money’ to help prevent them
GOP Senate candidate Corey Stewart
hammers Trump's freeze on federal worker pay
Republicans warn Dems not to discuss
confidential material at Kavanaugh hearing
Brutal summer for Republicans
This is the new GOP: Angry and afraid
U.S. and Canada fail to meet White House-imposed
deadline to settle NAFTA disputes
Canada's Freeland says 'we're not there
yet' on NAFTA deal following explosive Trump comments on trade talks
Russia
had Trump 'over a barrel,' DOJ official tells lawmakers: Report
Lobbyist linked to Paul Manafort
aide cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller after guilty plea
American political consultant admits
foreign money was funneled to Trump inaugural
Kavanaugh could offer the decisive
vote to uphold Trump’s crusade against affirmative action
Thousands of Vietnamese, including
offspring of U.S. troops, could be deported under
tough Trump policy
Judge refuses to shut down DACA
program
Still separated: Nearly 500 migrant
children taken from their parents remain in U.S. custody
Trouble for Trump: Disapproval at a
high, 63% back Mueller, half favor impeachment
Poll: 60 percent disapprove of
Trump, while clear majorities back Mueller and Sessions
Millions of protesters turned out in June — more
than in any month since Trump’s inauguration
Shields and Brooks on John McCain’s
patriotism, Florida election upsets
Democrats accuse Republicans of
leaking sensitive communications that could put confidential source at risk
President Trump confirms leaked
remarks about trade deal after suggesting Canada will have 'no choice' but to accept
U.S. offer
Trump to advance trade deal with Mexico after NAFTA talks with Canada falter
Trump Wins a Round on NAFTA, and America Loses the Trade War
Trump notifies Congress of trade
deal with Mexico
Trump just issued his most direct
threat to wreck shop in the Justice Department
Trump administration withholds
100,000 pages on Kavanaugh's records: report
Trump’s future hinges on midterms
Al Sharpton Absolutely Shreds Donald
Trump At Aretha Franklin's Funeral
Trouble for Trump: Disapproval at a high, 63% back Mueller, half favor impeachment
Poll: 60 percent disapprove of Trump, while clear majorities back Mueller and Sessions
Millions of protesters turned out in June — more than in any month since Trump’s inauguration
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8/30/18
Stocks snap 4-day winning streak
after report Trump backs tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods
Joe Biden at John McCain memorial:
'John's code was ageless'
Obama and Bush were reportedly
surprised when asked to eulogize McCain
Lindsey Graham: Trump talking about
John McCain 'pisses me off to no end'
McCain’s choices for days of
tributes deliver a symbolic final rebuke to Trump
A look ahead at remembrance
ceremonies for John McCain
Chuck Grassley leaves no doubt on
Kavanaugh's Sept. 4 Supreme Court hearing, 'It’s going to go ahead'
Justin Trudeau Can’t Take Any More
Humiliation
(Unless Canada’s prime minister strikes a trade
deal on his own terms, Donald Trump’s bullying won't stop.)
Nafta Do-Over Distracts From the Big Trade
Problem
U.S. is denying passports to
Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question
Trump's latest trade deal will hurt
car buyers
Trump officials identify 497 migrant
children still in custody
Giuliani preparing ‘counter-report’
to discredit Mueller
Judges side with Mueller, nix
Russian joint appeal bid
Chuck Todd Says Mueller May Drop
Something Big: 'I Wouldn't Miss Work Tomorrow'
Kavanaugh’s Obamacare views unclear Democrats
to press Kavanaugh
U.S. man charged in 'enemy of the
people' threats to Boston Globe
Planning for the Post-Trump Wreckage
Can Donald Trump Be Subpoenaed?
Joe Biden at John McCain memorial: 'John's code was ageless'
2020 Dems jockey for position before
midterm elections
The Story Behind Andrew Gillum's
Shocking Election Victory in Florida
A ‘bootstraps’ story like no other:
Kyrsten Sinema lived in a shuttered country store and gas station. Now she’s
running for Senate.
Al Gore calls on Trump to resign:
'Everyone knows to discount what this administration is doing'
Trump's reported plans to slap China with tariffs on $200 billion, Apple
and other blue chips brace for the fallout
Trump is blaming China for North Korea impasse, but real fault may lie
closer to home
Trump administration to end U.S. funding to U.N. program for
Palestinian refugees
Friday isn’t the real deadline for
‘NAFTA 2.0’
Trump: I won’t fire Jeff Sessions
before midterm elections
Trump Says He’ll Keep Sessions Until
November Despite ‘Illegal’ Probe
Trump again threatens to ‘get involved’ in the
Justice Department
Trump seeks to freeze pay in 2019
for federal workers
Trump Says Google, Facebook, Amazon
May Be ‘Antitrust Situation’
Trump claims, without evidence, that
NBC was ‘caught fudging’ TV interview with him
‘Totally dishonest’: Trump asserts
only he can be trusted over opponents and ‘fake news’
Trump rails against media at rally
for Indiana Republican
Trump: ‘When you get good ratings, you can say
anything’
Trump rally worker blocks lens as
photojournalist tries to snap photo
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8/29/18
Nasdaq and S&P 500 reach
all-time highs as Amazon, Alphabet and Apple rally
Sen. John McCain's family cries over
flag-draped casket
'Real hero': Crowds brave Arizona heat to honor John McCain
McCain’s 106-year-old mother
expected to attend memorial, burial services in Washington
GOP eyes another shot at ObamaCare
repeal after McCain’s death
Graham: ‘A lot of people have been
burned by being in Trump’s orbit’
Rubio's paid-leave bill would help
new parents but cut their retirement benefits
Cruz misses Senate votes to campaign
in Texas
Florida's GOP gubernatorial nominee says a
vote for his black opponent would 'monkey this up'
Ron DeSantis’ Brand of Trumpism
Becomes Toxic After ‘Monkey This Up’ Remark
Trump tried to convince GOP senators to turn on
Sessions
Feds probing whether laundered money
was used to pay Chris Christie, report says
Billionaire Peter Thiel gives first six-figure donation of the midterm campaign cycle to the RNC
Trudeau says NAFTA deal is possible
by Friday - but only if it’s good for Canada
What Is Trump Getting for Sucking Up to Saudi Arabia?
In Tacit Rebuke, U.S. Embassy in South Africa Rejects Trump Tweet
The Trump administration’s new ‘Iran
Action Group’ won’t work — for these 3 reasons
U.S. is denying passports to
Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question
The US International Trade
Commission voted Wednesday to terminate tariffs imposed on newsprint imported
from Canada
FBI official disputes Trump's claim
that Hillary Clinton server hacked by China
Mueller wants more time to decide
whether to retry ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort on deadlocked criminal
counts
Paul Manafort Is About to Learn If a
Third Trial Is in His Future
Papadopoulos sticking with plea deal
with Mueller, wife says
After weeks of uncertainty,
Papadopoulos decides to accept plea deal with Mueller
Zuckerberg's dissent from within:
Facebook group rips left-wing 'monoculture'
Trump’s Ludicrous Attack on Big Tech
4 ways Trump could go after Google
Democrats target GOP seats in N.J.
amid outrage over tax plan
Democrats just confirmed lots of
Trump's judges so they could skip town
Democrats defend Ohr following House
testimony
Gillum to face tougher road in Florida after primary stunner
Trump says he is optimistic Canada will join trade deal as Friday
deadline looms
Trump says U.S. shouldn’t be spending money on ‘war
games’ with South Korea
Trump says Korea military drills could be restarted
Trump claims feds did 'a fantastic
job' in Puerto Rico one day after death toll estimate soars to nearly 3,000
Trump’s constant diplomatic exaggerations and
falsehoods
Trump warned evangelical leaders of
‘violence’ from the left if Republicans lose the midterms
Trump firing Jeff Sessions looks
more likely than ever. Here’s the storm that awaits.
Trump tried to convince GOP senators to turn on Sessions
Trump heightens attacks against CNN,
Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein over TrumpTower story
Trump says White House counsel
Donald McGahn will leave his job in the fall
Trump discussed preparing for
impeachment proceedings with his legal team
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8/28/18
Campaign 2018 Alert - Midterm
primary live results - Arizona, Florida & Oklahoma
Showdown set in Fla.
governor race: Trump-aligned Republican and African American Democrat who ran
to the left win primaries
Lindsey
Graham reveals McCain's last words to him in tearful interview
Republican senators wary of renaming
Russell Building for McCain
GOP urges go-slow approach on McCain
tributes, pumps brakes on renaming building
Hatch, Lee favor renaming Senate
office building after the late Sen. John McCain
McCain’s death marks decline of
Trump’s GOP Senate critics
Trump turns McCain’s death into
another political firestorm about Trump
McConnell: Sessions should stay as
attorney general
Once-loyal Alabama delegation gives Sessions the cold
shoulder
Senate cuts work week short after
nominations deal
Rand Paul shuns Republican nominee,
endorses Gary Johnson in New Mexico Senate race
McSally
fends off challenges to win GOP Senate nomination in Arizona
Outsider wins GOP nomination for Oklahoma governor
House Republicans say Ohr interview
escalates surveillance concerns
North Carolina Republicans’ long track record of
unconstitutional laws
Mnuchin says he's 'perfectly content' with what
many see as a red flag on the economy
Pentagon has no plans to suspend
more exercises with South Korea amid nuke talks with North, Mattis says
Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re
taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated
U.S. to
End All Funding to U.N. Agency That Aids Palestinian Refugees
Sanctions are becoming a crutch for
the US
Mexico's foreign affairs secretary pushes
back on Trump: 'We will never pay for a wall'
Former U.S. ambassador to Canada: Trump 'is the arsonist that becomes the firefighter'
Ruling Threatens States' Right to
Regulate Toxic Coal Ash
American
farmer: 'We would be much better off' without Trump's trade war
Tariffs
are slamming newspapers with higher costs. Publishers want a reprieve
Giuliani’s telling admission: All
that matters is that Mueller is undermined
Paul Manafort trial in D.C. delayed
a week, to Sept. 24, after defense request
Dems press DeVos against arming
teachers
Sanders-backed Andrew Gillum wins
major upset in Florida Dem gov primary
Trump
Reaches Revised Trade Deal With Mexico,
Threatening to Leave Out Canada
Trump’s
path to a new NAFTA deal runs through Canada,
lawmakers say
Former U.S.
ambassador to Canada: Trump
'is the arsonist that becomes the firefighter'
Trump
reportedly caught the Japanese prime minister off guard during a meeting at the
White House by saying 'I remember Pearl
Harbor'
Trump
viewed media coverage of McCain’s passing 'as over-the-top and more befitting a
president'
Trump
privately revived the idea of firing Sessions this month, according to people
familiar with the discussions
Trump
takes aim at tech giants
Trump:
Facebook, Twitter, Google are 'treading on very, very troubled territory and
they have to be careful'
Trump
slams Google search as 'rigged' — but it's not
Trump’s
attacks on companies like Google don’t work
Trump
aide says president weighing regulations on Google search engine that he
considers 'rigged'
President
non grata: Trump often unwelcome and unwilling to perform basic rituals of the
office
Poll: 41
percent of Americans say Trump is the worst president ever
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8/27/18
Can the ‘strong’ U.S. economy survive until 2020?
S&P 500, Nasdaq jump to record
highs as US and Mexico strike trade deal
John McCain, in final
message before death, says 'do not despair of our present difficulties'
John McCain issues subtle rebuke of
Trump in farewell letter before his death
John McCain wanted this statement
read after his death
John McCain understood that the
Republican Party was selling its soul. He refused.
Five of John McCain’s most courageous political
moments
An officer, a gentleman and a true
friend: 5 things to know for August 27
GOP senator: McCain is 'partially to
blame' for controversy over White House flags
Republicans’ anger at McCain speaks
volumes about America’s tribal politics
GOP senator warns Trump: Anyone who
trash-talks McCain 'deserves a whipping'
Love for Trump risky in Arizona Late
primary could hurt the GOP
(Primary candidates attach
themselves to president. Will it cost GOP a Senate seat?)
Senate drapes McCain's desk in black
cloth
McCain's successor expected to be
picked after week of memorials
What McCain’s death means for the Arizona senate race
Republicans struggle to run with
Trump but against his trade wars
Florida GOP governor’s race a toss-up
(In run-up to primary, Republicans
are neck and neck after Trump endorses underdog.)
House GOP efforts to increase female
lawmakers falling flat
Flags at White House return to
half-staff in tribute to McCain
Veterans Group Calls Out Trump's
'Outrageous' Response To John McCain's Death
The Incredible Shrinking Defense
Secretary
Three-judge panel rules
unconstitutional gerrymandering in North Carolina
Federal judge blocks publication of
3-D printed gun blueprints
Green group compares Kavanaugh to
Cohen, Manafort
Most disapprove of Trump's handling
of trade negotiations, are worried about impact on US
The Truth About Trump’s ‘Tremendous’
New Trade Deal with Mexico
Trump’s Mexico Deal Reveals Another Deficit
(The president doesn’t understand how much Nafta has enriched the U.S., Mexico and Canada.)
U.S. government to pay $4.7 billion in
tariff-related aid to farmers
Michael Cohen’s lawyer has done real
damage to the case against Trump
Lanny Davis admits he was source for CNN's TrumpTower story, lied about it on air
Trump orders flags re-lowered for
McCain: 'Despite our differences,' I respect his service
Flags at White House return to half-staff in tribute to McCain
Veterans Group Calls Out Trump's 'Outrageous' Response To John McCain's Death
Trump issues statement of praise
after ignoring McCain questions
Behind Trump's decision to finally
praise John McCain
Trump’s not-so-subtle denigration of
a dead man
Trump announces agreement with Mexico on NAFTA overhaul
US and Mexico reach a trade deal,
paving the way to replace NAFTA
Trump’s NAFTA Strategy: Bluff,
Rebrand, Declare Victory
The Truth About Trump’s ‘Tremendous’ New Trade Deal with Mexico
Trump’s Mexico Deal Reveals Another
Deficit
(The president doesn’t understand
how much Nafta has enriched the U.S., Mexico and Canada.)
Trump battles a sense of
inertia in Afghanistan
A battered Trump may escalate the
US-China trade war ahead of midterms
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8/26/18
The passing of John McCain also marks the
passing of an era
John McCain’s American Legacy
‘He was real. There was an
authenticity’ Congress’ maverick dies at 81
(Tributes pour in for the onetime
GOP standard-bearer, U.S. war hero and straight-talking
political maverick)
McCain:
war hero, but no hero to many conservatives
Defending
the liberal world order
John McCain understood why I refused
to leave prison
Captivity, candor and hard votes: 9
moments that made McCain
THE LAST DETAIL - McCain
McCain’s death marks a new era for
congressional checks on Trump
‘A great defender of liberty’: World
leaders mourn Sen. John McCain
Jewish leaders mourn McCain for his
bipartisanship, fierce commitment to Israel
Flake says forgiveness is biggest
lesson learned from McCain
Flake: McCain's voice was 'never
more important' than in Trump era
Flake: I'll be the first Republican
co-sponsor of resolution to rename Senate building after McCain
Collins: McCain struggled with vote
on ObamaCare repeal
Ayotte: I hope McCain's death is a
'calling for more decency, integrity and honor in our politics'
Kasich: McCain marched to his own
drummer
Russ
Feingold: John McCain Was a Committed Leader. He Was Also Really Fun.
For
McCain, a cross-country farewell from public, presidents
John
McCain’s former rivals pay tribute: ‘We are all in his debt’
Fox News
Analyst Calls Out Donald Trump Over Bland John McCain Condolences Tweet
Senate candidate Kelli Ward suggests
McCain timed pre-death announcement to hurt her campaign
Arizona governor faces pressure over McCain replacement
GOP divided over midterm threat
posed by Trump's legal travails
GOP circulating spreadsheet ahead of
midterms listing potential Dem probes
GOP challenger knocks Menendez amid
tightening race
Flake says Senate does not want
Trump to fire Sessions
Manafort verdict strengthens
Mueller’s hand for round two
Dershowitz says federal probe in New
York, not Mueller, is ‘greatest threat’ to Trump
Trump’s War on the Justice System Threatens to Erode Trust in the Law
UBS:
These are the companies most at risk from President Trump's trade war
Durbin praises McCain for 'uncommon
decency' as a senator
Hillary Clinton: McCain knew what it
meant to be an American 'in the marrow of his bones'
Trump rejected plans for a White
House statement praising McCain
Trump suggests action against
Sessions Trump ramps up attacks on Sessions
(President escalates his attacks on
attorney general, whom allies now brand as disloyal.)
Trump’s
War on the Justice System Threatens to Erode Trust in the Law
Trump misstates approval rating in
latest poll
NBC/WSJ
poll: Trump approval 'remarkably stable' after a stormy week of bad news
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8/25/18
John McCain, war hero, political
maverick and GOP standard-bearer, dies at 81
John McCain, war hero and giant of the
Senate, dies at 81
Memories of John McCain, America's happy warrior
McCain leaves a legacy of standing
up for his beliefs
McCain to lie in state at Capitol in
Washington, Arizona
Graham mourns McCain: ‘I’ve lost one
of my dearest friends and mentor’
George W. Bush honors McCain as a
'man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order'
Palin on McCain's death: 'Today we
lost an American original'
GOP candidate bashes McCain hours
after he ends cancer treatment
Politicians mourn John McCain's death
All living presidents honor McCain
after his death
Once a winning issue, healthcare
bedevils GOP Healthcare vexes Republicans
(Candidates tread lightly as
Obamacare’s popularity grows.)
GOP Senate Candidate: Blame The Sun
For Climate Change, Not Humans
Cohen draws fresh scrutiny from key
Senate panel
Powell defends rate hikes amid
criticism and confusion
US set to announce it rejects
Palestinian ‘right of return’ — TV report
Ex-Watergate Prosecutor: Weisselberg
Could Be Trump Organization 'Downfall'
Trump Org. CFO’s immunity deal is
new problem for Trump
In victory for unions, judge
overturns key parts of Trump executive orders
Judge deals blow to Trump effort to
overhaul bureaucracy
President Trump's Must-Read Quote on Social
Security
Five recent events stoking climate
change fears
Biden on McCain's death: 'He never
lost sight of what he believed most: Country First'
Obamas on McCain's death: 'We are
all in his debt'
Clintons pay tribute to McCain
Schumer introducing resolution to
name Senate office building after McCain
Kavanaugh’s missing papers
(Why the Supreme Court battle has
Democrats focusing on documents)
Trump pays tribute to McCain
Trump lowers White House flags to
half-staff after McCain's death
Trump reportedly has no regrets
about saying McCain was 'not a war hero'
Trump says trade deal with Mexico 'could be happening soon'
President Trump's Must-Read Quote on Social Security
Trump’s Midwest is a gubernatorial battleground in
2018
Trump says it’s ‘probably tougher’
for GOP to retain control of House
Trump Threatens FBI Over Hillary
Clinton Emails: 'I May Have To Get Involved'
Trump ends chaotic week by taking
more shots at Cuomo
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8/24/18
S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at
record highs as Netflix jumps
Top
C.E.O.s Denounce Trump Immigration Policy as Threat to U.S. Economy
Sen. John McCain, battling brain
cancer, is discontinuing medical treatment, family says
Army
honors McCain in opening new modernization HQ in Texas
The GOP will likely hold on to
McCain’s seat until 2020
Republican declared winner in
closely contested Ohio congressional race
What will Congress realistically do
now that Trump has been implicated in a crime?
Some of Trump’s most loyal allies
seem to have finally had it with him
A new poll shows 5 big challenges
facing the Republicans in November
GOP
senator: Trump backs tenets of compromise on criminal-justice reform
Iowa murder
suspect lived on land owned by GOP fundraiser
Bolton
says US rejected halting Iran sanctions for rollback in Syria
US
slashes aid to Palestinians by more than $200 million
Worried
about tariffs? Trade blocs are the real danger to the U.S. and China.
Powell sees 'further,
gradual' rate hikes as the economy hums
Mueller's
'speaking indictments' offer clues to strategy
Fox
fallout shows why Trump’s lawyers don’t want Mueller to get an interview
Trump Org CFO granted
immunity in Cohen investigation: report
This may
be the biggest flip yet in the Trump-Cohen saga
Trump
Organization executive Allen Weisselberg, who allegedly helped arrange
hush-money reimbursement to Cohen, receives immunity
Trump
firm is losing veil of secrecy Investigators look at Trump business
(Former
allies are helping prosecutors pull back the curtain on the president’s
business empire.)
‘Dangerous
and poisoned’: Critics blast Trump for endorsing white-nationalist conspiracy
theory on South Africa
Gun control, teacher
groups threaten legal action against DeVos gun funding proposal
New IRS
rule on deductions hits some high-tax states hard
Brooks
and Klein on Trump's 'moral affront' and the rule of law
DNC to
confront fate of superdelegates after bitter 2016 fight
Dem
senator: We need better technology to fight opioid crisis
Lawmakers
Want Classified Documents on Trump’s Meeting with Putin
Trump
calls off Pompeo’s North
Korea visit, citing a lack of
progress on denuclearization
President
Trump’s false claim about murders on South African farms
Trump
meets with promoter of 'QAnon' conspiracy theory in Oval Office
The week
Trump's own words caught up with him
Trump
props up false claim that big tech is out to silence conservatives
Trump Is
Now Cyberbullying His Attorney General Because He's Afraid of In-Person
Confrontation
(The
president's feud with Jeff Sessions is a shameless affront to the Be Best
program.)
Tension
between Trump, Justice reaches pivotal point
The Trump
administration might be deregulating more than you know (or could know)
Trump
Touts Economy: 'You Haven't Seen Anything Yet'
Trump
rips CBS, ESPN over decision not to broadcast national anthem
Trump
admin is creating obstacles to block refugees, ex-officials say
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8/23/18
Republican lawmakers predict Trump
will soon fire Jeff Sessions after public feud
Corker: Sessions ‘owns’ Trump until
he’s fired
Senate approves sweeping bill on
defense, domestic spending
Senate leaders in talks to wrap up August
session
Duncan Hunter and wife plead not
guilty to campaign finance violation charges
Duncan Hunter agrees to step down
from House committees
Duncan Hunter embraces the
smash-mouth tactics Trump learned from Roy Cohn
GOP embraces Trump’s hard-line
immigration platform as ‘a winner for Republicans’ in November
Paul
Ryan's Congress Boast About 'Doers' Misses The Mark With Angry Twitter Users
Impeachment debate moves to center
of midterm fight
White
House blocks bill that would protect elections
Trump's
tariffs are unpopular in key midterm states Texas, Pennsylvania and Illinois: NBC
News/Marist polls
Jeff Sessions finally punches back
at Donald Trump -- hard
Critics
fear Trump’s attacks are doing lasting damage to the justice system
How court developments may threaten
the president
National Enquirer boss and longtime
Trump friend David Pecker gets federal immunity in Michael Cohen case
‘How do you spin a fact?’ White
House grapples with response to Cohen, Manafort convictions.
Now More Than Ever, Manafort Looks
Like a Kremlin Agent
Pardon carries risks for both Trump
and Manafort
Winners and losers in the Robert
Mueller probe
Giuliani predicts ‘revolt’ if Trump
gets impeached
Carl Bernstein: We’ve now seen ‘the
instinctive lawlessness of this president'
IRS moves to block California and other states from helping
residents avoid new tax-deduction limit
Education
Secretary Considers Using Federal Funds to Arm Schools
Ending
the Clean Power Plan won't stop the sun or the wind — or save the coal industry
Defiant
Pelosi says she's staying: 'I can take the heat'
Lawmaker
who pushed to impeach Nixon: Trump ‘systematically’ abusing power
Trump
escalates China trade
fight, and it's primed to get even nastier
South
Africa blasts Trump over
racially divisive tweet
Trump
asks Pompeo to look into killing of white farmers in South Africa
One Year On, Little
to Show for Trump’s Afghanistan Strategy
Trump
besieged on 2 legal fronts President’s legal threats could intersect
(The
Cohen case and the Mueller inquiry threaten separately, and perhaps combined)
A
Reminder That Trump Still Hasn't Released His Tax Returns
Trump
recently sought his lawyers’ advice on possibility of pardoning Manafort,
Giuliani says
Trump
says 'the coal industry is back.' The government's jobs numbers say otherwise
Trump and
Sessions feud over the direction of the Justice Department
Trump-Justice
feud deepens
Trump
warns impeachment will crash the market and make everyone 'very poor'—here's
what experts say
The
President's TV Addiction Just Hit Rock Bottom on Fox & Friends
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8/22/18
Today will mark the longest stock
rally in U.S. history. Yes, despite the Trump
turmoil.
Fed officials worry that the trade
war poses the biggest threat to 'strong' economy
10 of the ickiest allegations in the
Duncan Hunter indictment
Duncan Hunter refuses to relinquish
committee posts, may be forcibly removed
Why Republicans can be accused of
politicizing the Mollie Tibbetts tragedy
Republicans warn Trump against
Manafort pardon
Here's what GOP lawmakers are saying
-- or not saying -- about Cohen
GOP offers muted response after jury
convicts Manafort and Cohen pleads guilty
Republicans urge embattled
incumbents to speak out on Trump
In fallout from Trump controversies,
Republicans warn Democrats will seek his impeachment. Democratic candidates are
avoiding the word.
Hatch after Cohen plea deal: 'I think Trump is a
much better person today than he was then'
Republican who’s broken with Trump
on immigration says president may be too generous on DACA
Has Medicaid expansion helped or
hurt the program? Depends which of these Republicans you ask
The GOP turns to toilets to suppress
more black voters
Trump to crisscross America to help GOP candidates, but Utah isn’t on his campaign map
U.S. enacts more sanctions on Russia
(Penalties come as Moscow is separately charged with new
cyberattacks.)
Mueller investigation gains new momentum
WH: Trump Did Nothing Wrong
Giuliani: Trump isn't considering a pardon for Paul Manafort 'at this time'
6 big questions after the Cohen and
Manafort convictions
Cohen, Manafort hurricane hits Trump
Analysis: Fallout over Michael
Cohen, Paul Manafort could have real consequences for Trump
How Cohen and Manafort will redefine this fall's
'corruption' campaign. (Plus: A reality check on Trump's 'red wave'
Opinion: Trump is an illegitimate
president whose election is tainted by fraud
'Felons welcome here' projected on
Trump Hotel in DC
A terrible day for Trump could
foretell more bad days to come
Michael Cohen's guilty plea reveals
how hard he worked to kill bad news about Trump
Michael Cohen, from loyal fixer to a
threat to the president
New York state has subpoenaed Michael Cohen
in Trump Foundation probe
Cohen lawyer Lanny Davis says his
client doesn’t want to be ‘dirtied’ by a presidential pardon
Anti-Trump billboard put up in New Jersey: 'Our leader the idiot'
Democrats call for halt of Kavanaugh
nomination in light of Cohen, Manafort news
Senate Democrats seek delay in
Kavanaugh hearings, citing Cohen’s guilty plea
In fallout from Trump controversies, Republicans warn Democrats will seek his impeachment. Democratic candidates are avoiding the word.
Democrats prep an emergency plan in
case of Mueller firing
Warren:
'We need immigration laws that focus on people who pose a real threat'
Sports figures praise Senate
candidate Beto O'Rourke for thoughtful protest response
Democratic National Committee says
hackers unsuccessfully targeted voter database
Trump: Israel will pay ‘higher price’ in peace
talks after embassy move
About 80 percent of the media are
‘the enemy of the people,’ Trump says
Trump called this White House
defender ‘wonderful.’ He was fired from his previous job for alleged sexual
harassment.
Team Trump fights back
Not just misleading. Not merely
false. A lie.
Trump’s company approved $420,000 in
payments to Cohen, relying on ‘sham’ invoices, prosecutors say
Trump accuses Cohen of lying to get
deal
Trump: Cohen’s hush-money payouts
didn’t break campaign finance laws
Trump rips Michael Cohen after former lawyer
implicated the president in crimes
Trump’s comparison of the Cohen
allegations to Obama is entirely wrong
Trump says he's considering pardon
for Manafort: Fox News reporter
Giuliani: Trump isn't considering a
pardon for Paul Manafort 'at this time'
President Donald Trump launches
petition against ESPN's 'spineless' national anthem policy
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8/21/18
S&P 500 touches all-time high,
ties record for longest bull market
As deficit grows, GOP leaders eye
cuts to Medicare, Social Security
This Republican congressman released
an ad touting his vote against Obamacare repeal. Yes, against.
Republicans blast party's strategy for keeping
House majority
San Diego County Rep. Duncan Hunter and his
wife are indicted on campaign finance violations
Read the indictment against GOP Rep.
Duncan Hunter
Senate emerges as obstacle to
Trump’s 'Space Force'
Cruz introduces amendment to 'harden' schools
against shooters
Sen. Susan Collins says Kavanaugh
sees Roe v. Wade as ‘settled law’
Interview with Dana Perino:
Security, combating corruption and the #BetterBobBus
If the Republican Party Is Going to
Regain Sanity, It Needs to Lose People Like Tom Cotton
Wyoming treasurer wins GOP
gubernatorial nod, beating Trump-backed rival
Barrasso secures GOP nomination in Wyoming Senate primary
They owe their gavels to Trump
(Federal judges appointed by the president are
starting to leave their mark, pleasing Republicans.)
Russian hackers reportedly target
anti-Trump Republicans
Facebook identifies new influence
campaigns ahead of midterms
Facebook removes over 600 pages for midterm
election meddling
Illegal immigrant charged with
Mollie Tibbetts’ murder
Sexual trauma claims by veterans
wrongly denied by VA, investigation finds
Two courtrooms, two convictions, one
beleaguered president
NYT's Bret Stephens: Trump should
resign or be impeached after Cohen guilty plea
Which Is Worse for Trump: Paul
Manafort’s Conviction or Michael Cohen’s Guilty Plea?
With the Manafort Convictions and
Cohen Plea, President Trump Has Been Implicated in a Criminal Conspiracy
As Michael Cohen pleads guilty,
here’s the risk for Trump
After two convictions, pressure
mounts on Trump
Manafort conviction and Cohen plea
boost Mueller probe
Nope, not a witch hunt
All the President’s Crooks
Michael Cohen pleads guilty to eight
counts
Michael Cohen said he paid hush
money at 'direction' of Trump
Cohen: Trump told me to pay off
women to influence the election
Michael Cohen says he worked to silence two
women ‘in coordination’ with Trump to influence 2016 election
Lanny Davis:
Cohen has info that 'should be of interest' to Mueller, is 'more than happy' to
share
Giuliani says no allegations of
wrongdoing by Trump, knocks Cohen for 'lies'
Paul Manafort found guilty of tax fraud
Paul Manafort guilty on 8 counts;
mistrial on 10
Judge tosses lawsuit against
Christopher Steele, Trump dossier author
EPA unveils new Trump plan gutting
Obama power plant rules
Trump adviser Larry Kudlow hosted
publisher of white nationalists at his home
The Real Reasons Trump Was Wrong to Revoke
Brennan’s Clearance
Dems: Manafort, Cohen prove that
Mueller’s probe is not a witch hunt
Pelosi calls for Hunter to resign
Warren pitches new anti-corruption
plan, calls Trump administration 'stinkiest example' of old problem
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's new reform
bill would ban members of Congress from owning individual stocks
Democrats gear up for legal fights over voter
suppression
Schumer: Trump better not talk about
pardons, Cohen, Manafort at West Virginia rally
Trump to announce NAFTA 'handshake'
deal on Thursday: report
This is an absolutely critical
moment for Donald Trump's presidency
After two convictions, pressure mounts on Trump
Trump calls Manafort conviction a
‘disgrace’
Trump says Manafort verdict 'doesn't
involve me,' slams Russia probe
Trump lashes out after Cohen,
Manafort blows
Trump says he 'feels very badly'
about Manafort convictions, attacks Mueller
Trump threatens clearance of former
official after seeing him in heated TV debate
Trump draws border battle lines Trump
calls Democrats ‘extremists’
(With admiration for officers and
anger for Democrats, he aims to regain political upper hand on immigration.)
They owe their gavels to Trump
(Federal judges appointed by the president are starting to leave their mark, pleasing Republicans.)
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8/20/18
Microsoft says it has found a Russian operation targeting U.S. political institutions
A leading Republican urges reform for
Medicare and Social Security as deficits balloon after the GOP's tax cut
Paul seeks to cut off Planned Parenthood funds via massive spending bill
15 senators miss votes despite McConnell's criticism of absentees
Sen.
Collins, potential swing vote, to meet with Kavanaugh
GOP Rep. Steve Stivers is leading the fight
against a Democratic 'blue wave' this fall, but Trump isn't making his job any
easier
GOP Rep. Steve Stivers makes the
case for legal immigration, even as President Trump tries to reduce it
Trump predicts
immigration issue will power GOP in midterms
McCarthy quietly wages the other
midterm campaign — for House speaker
Foreign Relations senators push back
on WH aid cut
Republican
House candidate who says she was abducted by aliens and communicates with
extraterrestrials wins big endorsement
Businesses beg for tariff relief as
trade war with China rolls on
EPA head approves proposal reversing Obama-era Clean Power Plan
The U.S. has brought home remains of its
Korean War dead. It’ll be years before we know whose remains those are.
Manafort jury finishes third day
with no verdict
Brett Kavanaugh memo detailed
explicit questions for President Clinton
Amy Walter and Eliana Johnson on
Trump’s midterm influence, Kavanaugh’s confirmation campaign
Democratic push for redistricting
commissions gains steam as midterms approach
Trump Won
Pennsylvania.
Democrats Want the State (and His Voters) Back.
Schumer:
Share 'confidential' Kavanaugh documents with entire Senate
Fearful
of losing Roe, left pushes Schumer for action
Exclusive:
Trump vows 'no concessions' with Turkey over
detained U.S. pastor
Trump
takes another shot at Fed Chairman Jerome Powell for raising rates
Trump
threatens ex-intel official's clearance, citing comments on CNN
Trump
revoked John Brennan’s security clearance. The long-term consequences may be
dire.
Trump
says he would welcome a lawsuit from Brennan contesting his loss of a security
clearance
Trump
calls Mueller lawyers ‘thugs’ and ‘a National Disgrace!’
Trump:
Mueller’s team trying to meddle in midterm elections
Trump
says DOJ official should be fired over role in Russia probe
Trump
unsettled by McGahn's 30 hours with the special counsel
Trump
faces mounting legal pressure on three fronts
Trump predicts immigration issue will power GOP in midterms
Trump
using U.S. troop
levels as leverage, analysts say
Trump
warns of 'terror, bloodshed and suffering' in Abolish ICE movement
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8/19/18
GOP senator on revoking security
clearances: 'I don't want to see this become routine'
The Strange Rise of Greg Walden,
Oregon’s Only Republican Congressman
Chicago-area manufacturer is laying off 153
workers and moving to Mexico
partly because of Trump's tariffs
Bolton open to privatizing military operations
in Afghanistan
Bolton wants to see 'seriousness' from North Korea on denuclearization
Bolton says four foreign adversaries may
try to interfere in U.S. midterms
Mulvaney 'fascinated' by focus on
government shutdown
Mick Mulvaney suggests military
parade canceled for reasons besides money
Giuliani: TrumpTower meeting was 'originally for the
purpose of getting information about Clinton'
‘Truth isn’t truth’: Giuliani weighs
risks of possible Trump interview in Russia probe
Brennan says he’s willing to take
Trump to court over security clearances
Brennan says he's willing to go to
court to prevent Trump from revoking additional clearances
Brennan defends criticism of Trump:
'I don’t believe I’m being political at all'
Intel officials concerned Brennan's criticism of Trump went too far
Panetta: Trump may not have
authority to revoke Brennan's security clearance
Hayden: Relationship between Trump, national
security community 'dangerously close to being permanently broken'
James Comey: 'Truth Exists and Truth
Matters'
Michael Cohen under investigation
for over $20M in bank fraud: report
What will happen to DACA? Federal
court cases could lead to an answer.
Lobby effort ignited ‘space force’ Industry
ties behind ‘space force’
New York Times 'stands behind' its
article after attacks by Trump
Democrats’ Chances of Regaining
House Are Improving. But It’s No Sure Bet.
2020 hopefuls skeptical of criminal
justice deal with Trump
Dems to challenge Kavanaugh for
White House records
Gov. Cuomo ups attacks on Trump,
calls the president 'un-American'
Kamala Harris prepares for moment in
the spotlight
Trump said to tell Jordan king: Israel will have a PM named Mohammed if no
deal
Trump: ‘Nothing bad can happen' from
meeting with foreign leaders
Trump compares Mueller probe to
McCarthyism
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8/18/18
Rand Paul to ask Trump to lift
sanctions on Russian leaders
Cruz calls out O'Rourke for
supporting NFL players' anthem protests
Trump warnings grow from forgotten Republicans
Trump tax breaks for the wealthy are
paying dividends for Republicans
Trump stays out of Arizona's ugly and costly GOP fight
As Trump delivers racially charged
insults, most Republicans stay silent
Boogeywomen — GOP vilifies big-name
female Dems
John McCain and the End of Romantic Conservatism
All the times the Senate has
actually stood up to Trump
U.S. trade war is testing farmers Farmers’
patience being tested
(Soybean growers stand by Trump and
tariffs for now. But their patience has limits, they warn.)
How China steals U.S. secrets
White House counsel reported to be cooperating extensively with Mueller probe
In unprecedented move, ex-CIA heads
slam Trump for trying to stifle free speech
Former intelligence officials bite
back after Trump goes after Brennan’s clearance
John Dean to White House staffers:
'Get out!'
Dem campaign chairman expresses
confidence over path to Senate majority
With confirmation hearings looming,
Democrats fight to stick to the script against Kavanaugh
Beto O’Rourke, on a ‘suicide
mission’ against Ted Cruz, is having the time of his life — and might even come
out of it alive
Sanders tests his brand in Florida
Trump seeks to overhaul signature
Obama climate policy: report
New Trump power plant plan would
release hundreds of millions of tons of CO2 into the air
Trump stays out of Arizona's ugly and costly GOP fight
Trump warnings grow from forgotten Republicans
Trump: Let 'good and bad' voices
speak on social media
On Twitter, Trump accuses ‘social
media’ of limiting free speech of conservatives
White House counsel reported to be
cooperating extensively with Mueller probe
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8/17/18
Consumer Sentiment Hits 11-Month Low
Amid Inflation Fears
Senate gets to work in August — but
many don’t show up
GOP fundraiser Broidy under
investigation for alleged effort to sell government influence, people familiar
with probe say
Pentagon, GOP breathe sign of relief after Trump
cancels parade
Worst-case scenario for House GOP is
70-seat wipeout
Rep. Steve Scalise on 2018 midterms:
Don't let Democrats reverse our success
AP Interview: Top Republican Opens up About Russia
Probe
Poll: Dem opponent leads Scott
Walker by 5 points
Zinke said he would never sell
public land. But the Interior is considering it.
Pompeo forms Iran Action Group to
run policy after nuke deal withdrawal
Manafort jury ends second day of
deliberations after Trump defends his ex-campaign chair
Jury signals it needs more time for
Manafort verdict
Judge in Paul Manafort trial says he
has been threatened and is now under US Marshal protection
US special counsel
recommends six months in prison for Papadopoulos
How Trump’s security-clearance
gambit could actually get him in deeper trouble with Mueller
Ex-CIA Director John
Brennan: Trump is 'drunk on power'
Tough ID laws could disenfranchise
78,000 transgender voters in midterms: study
California high court rules for immigrant kids
in visa fight
No, one-third of African Americans
don’t support Trump. Not even close.
AP source: It's not just audio,
Manigault Newman has video
Former Army officer: ‘Thank God’
Trump’s military parade was postponed
Finding a collage of passion, struggle, and
patriotism in editorials about the free press
NYT
editor on how Trump is harming the press
Shields and Brooks on ‘reality show’
rules and midterm prospects
Sen. Warner to introduce amendment limiting
Trump’s ability to revoke security clearances
Poll: Dem opponent leads Scott Walker by 5 points
Bernie Sanders socialism moves to
Democratic mainstream
Democrats weigh their options as
Pelosi -- and others -- eye speakership
White House says Trump, Putin agree
in principle on getting Iran out of Syria
Trump administration is considering pulling back
$3 billion in foreign aid
This week in Trumponomics: Economic warfare gets
personal
As Trump’s court revamp turns west,
battle awaits Fight brewing over judicial nominees
(He has 7 vacancies to fill on the
9th Circuit. But California’s two Democratic senators won’t
make it easy.)
Sentencing reform deal heats up,
pitting Trump against reliable allies
Trump says he plans to revoke
security clearance for Justice Dept. official Bruce Ohr ‘very quickly’
White House drafts more clearance cancellations
demanded by Trump
Trump pushes for an
end to quarterly earnings reports as a way to help business do 'even better'
Trump blames ‘local
politicians’ for derailing military parade
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8/16/18
Dow posts biggest jump since April
after US and China say trade talks to resume
CBO Cuts US Growth Forecast Amid
Warnings on Trade Spats
GOP leader criticizes
Republican senators for not showing up to work
Senators to grill HHS official on
agency's alleged failures to keep tabs on unaccompanied migrant kids
Senate to consider massive spending
bill, faces Trump objections
Senate GOP urges non-legislative
fixes for tax law
US Senate unanimously passes
resolution affirming the press ‘is not the enemy of the people’
The U.S. economy is thriving. Can
Republicans ride that to a midterm upset?
Real wages are down over the year —
but Republican satisfaction is spiking
GOP groups have spent $1.7 million at Trump
properties so far this year
White House economic advisor Kudlow
confirms trade talks to resume with China later this month
We Regret to Inform You That Russia Is (Probably) At It Again
This is China’s most dangerous trade-war weapon
Supreme Court nomination reignites
abortion fights in states
Manafort jury ends first day with questions,
including definition of 'reasonable doubt'
NYT: Omarosa believed to have as
many as 200 tapes
Admiral who oversaw bin Laden raid
calls on Trump to revoke his security clearance, too
12 former top intel officials blast
Trump's move to revoke Brennan's security clearance
Nearly 350 US newsrooms run editorials denouncing
Trump’s attacks on ‘fake news’
Democrats have about a 70% chance of
winning the House, Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight forecasts
Democrats shatter primary turnout
records, bank on anti-Trump enthusiasm to deliver Congress
Elizabeth Warren takes on corporate
giants as she lays 2020 marker
Pelosi sees defections from an
unusual quarter — the left
Trump puts Iraq in a bind over Iran
Pressure mounts on Trump to deliver
for Iowa ahead of elections
Trump, Seeking to Relax Rules on U.S. Cyberattacks, Reverses Obama
Directive
Trump escalates feud with
intelligence officials
Trump has now fired or threatened
most senior officials related to the Russia investigation
Donald Trump’s compelling argument
for revoking the security clearance of . . . Donald Trump
Trump responds after hundreds of
newspaper editorials criticize his attacks on the press
Trump rips into Boston
Globe after it leads effort to run free speech editorials around the country
Trump's military parade is now
estimated to cost $92 million – $80 million more than earlier estimate
Trump’s military parade postponed to
next year, Pentagon says
Trump messes up Aretha tribute by
saying the Queen of Soul once worked for him
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8/15/18
Dow falls more than 100 points as tech stocks
and Macy’s slide
Rand Paul takes victory lap after
Brennan's security clearance revoked
With little fanfare, Trump and
McConnell reshape the nation’s circuit courts
GOP’s midterm strategy takes shape
Senate study: Trump hasn’t provided
adequate support to detained migrant children
Not even Republicans buy the Trump
team’s ‘collusion isn’t a crime’ defense
Rubio’s pro-family, conservative
family leave policy promotes stability
Republicans become entangled by family feuds
over politics
The GOP's tax cut hasn't delivered a
pay bump yet. Defenders say: Just wait for it
House: Three More GOP Seats Join the
Toss Up Column
Republicans Plan To Run Close To
Trump. A New Poll Shows Why That’s A Bad Idea
GOP's McCarthy slams California Democrats, faces
heckling
Clapper: Revoking Ex-CIA Chief
Brennan's Security Clearance 'Unprecedented'
John Brennan responds after Trump
revokes his security clearance
Top Trump security aide Bolton to visit Israel next week
Treasury Targets Shipping Industry and Other Facilitators of North Korea United Nations Security Council Violations
Paul Manafort’s tax- and bank-fraud
case is heading to the jury
Jury to begin deliberations Thursday on Manafort
Rudy Giuliani Just Laid Out
Trumpism's Entire Attitude Towards the Truth in Two Lines
Giuliani: Trump legal team ready to
argue Mueller subpoena 'before the Supreme Court'
If Omarosa Did Sign An NDA, Trump Might've Broken The Law
You Know Who the Tax Cuts Helped?
Rich People
Advice on fuel rules ignored Warnings on fuel
standards ignored
(EPA scientists say the facts don’t
support Trump’s plan to scrap efficiency standards.)
Coast to coast, and in between,
local news is standing up to Trump's press attacks
Reporters Fight to Restore Trust in
Media With On-Air Messages to Trump
NY Post joins outlets publishing
anti-Trump editorials
Editorial: Anger, hatred and the
making of American political dysfunction
Democratic advantage grows in race
for Congress
Senate Democrats stay focused on
health care even during short August recess
Gillibrand urges opposition to
Kavanaugh: Fight for abortion rights 'is now or never'
Kavanaugh has 'productive' meeting with key
swing votes
Clearinghouse for Kavanaugh
documents is a Bush White House lawyer, angering Senate Democrats
Top Senate Intel Dem: Trump
compiling a 'Nixonian enemies list'
Trump revokes security clearance of former CIA
director Brennan, a critic of the president
Trump claims tariffs on foreign
nations will rescue US steel industry: report
Trump support dips among farmers as
trade war wallops agriculture
Trump is preparing to expand 'Buy America' rules to include government
infrastructure projects
Trump administration targets Chinese
and Russian companies over illegal shipments to North Korea
Trump-Amazon feud shadows critical
Postal Service report
Just how big of a deal has Trump
been in Republican primaries anyway?
If Omarosa Did Sign An NDA, Trump
Might've Broken The Law
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8/14/18
Investors haven't been this bullish
on US stocks since January 2015
Kobach secures GOP nomination in hotly contested
Kansas
governor's race
Establishment-backed Vukmir wins Wisconsin GOP Senate primary
Why The Pre-Existing Conditions
Argument Is Killing Republican Candidates
House GOP prepares to grill DOJ
official linked to Steele dossier
GOP's budget-busting policies are
downright shameful
Praising free trade, some
conservative Utah leaders warn that Trump’s stance on
tariffs could put farmers, other exporters out of business
Erdogan’s call for boycott of
U.S.-made electronics intensifies dispute with Trump administration
Turkey's Erdogan Vows US Boycott, but Diplomats Resume Talks
Pompeo Ignores Plea From Diplomats
With Children With Special Needs
White House press secretary can’t guarantee
public won’t hear Trump use n-word on audio recording
How a Supreme Court Shaped by Trump
Could
Restrict Access to Abortion
Opinion: New warnings about
cuts to Social Security and Medicare are a reason to worry
As States Battle Trump's Health Plan Changes, Signs
of Obamacare Stability Show
Health-care competition in Charlottesville a dramatic example of Obamacare's
resilience
Manafort defense rests without
calling witnesses
Omarosa: Trump used 'derogatory'
term for Puerto Ricans; Kelly fought hurricane aid
Wisconsin Dems pick education chief
to face Walker
With Congress up for grabs,
Democratic women are banding together and building momentum for the midterms
Pelosi seizes on anti-corruption
message against GOP
Dems say they’ll sue to keep Collins
on ballot
Sanders wins Democratic Senate
nomination in Vermont
Transgender candidate makes history
after winning Vermont gubernatorial nomination
Progressives fume as Dems meet with
Brett Kavanaugh
Dems make history, and other
takeaways from Tuesday's primaries
Trump goes after Sessions: No
Mueller probe 'if we had a real attorney general'
Trump unloads on special counsel
Robert Mueller, the FBI, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Justice
Department in a furious morning tweet storm
Donald Trump's Omarosa obsession is
telling
Trump campaign files for arbitration
against Omarosa over confidentiality breach
Trump campaign files arbitration
action against Omarosa Manigault Newman
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8/13/18
Walker breaks with Trump: 'Of course I
don’t want a boycott of Harley-Davidson'
Once a Rising Star, Gov. Scott
Walker Searches for Place in Trump's GOP
Trump
attacks Kasich over Ohio race —
and Kasich welcomes the attention
Trump
tweet denounces Kasich, who counters with Putin
Vulnerable Republicans include
several up-and-coming GOP leaders
Top GOP
Congressman's Son Gives Money To Democrat Running For Father's Seat
In Nevada race, teacher vs. pimp
(A GOP brothel owner wants to become
a state lawmaker. Meet the woman running against him)
The GOP just nominated ANOTHER
goddamned Nazi
China
angered at new U.S. defense act, to assess content
U.S. economy
seen strong in 2018, to slow in 2019 -CBO
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross may
have violated criminal conflict of interest law in stock holdings, CampaignLegalCenter complaint says
FBI agent Peter Strzok fired over
anti-Trump texts
Paul Manafort trial Day 10: Special
counsel’s office calls its final witness in fraud case
Mueller team rests in fraud trial of
ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort
Signs grow that Mueller is zeroing in on Roger
Stone
Omarosa says Mueller's office has
reached out to her
Omarosa fury shows no signs of cooling
Why you can't just ignore Omarosa
Amy
Walter and Tamara Keith on Omarosa’s allegations
The Large
Hidden Costs of Medicare’s Prescription Drug Program
Steyer Says No to 2020 Run, Calls
Trump 'Reckless, Lawless'
Wisconsin
Democrats crowd in for chance to challenge governor
Al Gore:
Trump has had 'less of an impact on environment so far than I feared'
Trump
signs bill named for Senator McCain, doesn't mention him
Trump
acts surprised by Omarosa firing on new secret tape
Almost
everything Trump just tweeted about Omarosa is the opposite of what he’s said
before
Trump
claims tapes of him saying the 'n-word' don't exist
Trump
wanted to require staffers to get permission before writing books: report
Trump’s
‘Junk’ Short-Term Health Plans Banned in Connecticut
Trump
praises Harley-Davidson boycott, escalating feud with company in the crosshairs
of his trade war
Trump's
Harley boycott call roils Wisconsin primary
Trump’s
trade war may be fated to fail
Donald
Trump 'calls world leaders at awkward hours’ and ignores time zones
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8/12/18
GOP lawmaker: FBI told me Russia contributed to last year's violence
at Charlottesville rally
Kasich: Ohio race results a message to
Republicans to ‘stop the chaos’
Graham: DOJ official was 'unethical'
in investigating Trump campaign because his wife worked for Fusion GPS
Sen. Roy Blunt: Short-term health
insurance will benefit millions of Americans
Holocaust-denying GOP nominee
confronts write-in opponent, challenges him to debate
GOP candidate accused of faking
college diploma after questions about her degree
Election officials' concerns turn to
information warfare as hackers gather in Vegas
More than 100 newspapers will
publish editorials decrying Trump's anti-press rhetoric
Mattis defends reversing his stance
on Trump's 'Space Force'
Narrow path to asylum grows smaller
(Sessions is making a broad effort
to deter survivors of domestic and gang violence.)
Giuliani: 'There was no
conversation' between Trump and Comey on Flynn
Giuliani: It would take extreme
action for Trump to obstruct justice
Giuliani: Mueller told us he'd wrap
up Trump obstruction probe by Sept. 1
White-supremacist rally near White
House dwarfed by thousands of anti-hate protesters
‘Unite the Right 2’ exposes white
nationalist movement in disarray
Omarosa: 'I was complicit' in
helping White House deceive the country
States fight Trump on non-ObamaCare
health plans
Stelter examines Trump's hall of
mirrors
Kaine: Trump has made 'concerted
effort' to divide people based on race
Cummings: Trump has 'got to be
better' about condemning racism
Latest election day results show
Dems fall short of 'blue wave' prediction for midterms
Trump never told Comey to 'go easy'
on Michael Flynn, Giuliani says: 'There was no conversation'
Trump threatens to 'get involved' in
watchdog group's efforts to obtain McCabe text messages
White House counts on Kavanaugh in
battle against ‘administrative state’
White House seeks to prevent Omarosa
from releasing more tapes: report
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8/11/18
New York congressman facing insider trading
charges suspends reelection bid
Collins opponent calls for
resignation amid insider trading charges
The Latest: Kansas mail-in ballots put Kobach lead at
110
Fearing Trump’s wrath, US officials
pushed for speedy NATO agreement
(National Security Adviser John
Bolton reportedly demanded that allies hastily sign critical deals before
president's arrival at last month's summit in Brussels)
What the collapse of Turkey's currency means for the US and the rest of the world
Winners and losers from new rules on
key part of Trump tax law
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's economic
mirage; Sanders on Medicare
Poll: Trump disliked as strongly as
Nixon before his resignation
Melania Trump’s immigration lawyer
calls president’s attacks on ‘chain migration’ ‘unconscionable’
Wisconsin Democrats crowd in for
chance to challenge Walker
Kaine: We are still in a 'battle between love
and hate'
Democrats seek stronger social media
presence to guard against potential Russian interference in midterms
Democrats all but acknowledge
Kavanaugh is headed toward confirmation to Supreme Court
The Trump administration is ensnared in another border dispute — this time with Canada
Trump: Jeff Sessions is 'scared
stiff and missing in action'
President Trump rages against FBI's
handling of Andrew McCabe's 'text massages' in typo tweet
White House rips Omarosa in blistering statement
In wake of critical book, Trump
calls Omarosa 'a lowlife'
The Trump White House’s new hush-money problem
Trump says he condemns 'all types of
racism' ahead of Charlottesville anniversary
Charlottesville anniversary puts Trump and race
under microscope
Analysis: One year on, Trump still fuels racial divide
Rain pouring, Trump rages on Twitter and hangs
with bikers
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8/10/18
Dow drops about 200
points as financial crisis in Turkey spooks global markets
Highest Core Inflation
in Decade Flattens Real US Wage Growth
In U.S.,
wage growth is being wiped out entirely by inflation
The Koch network attacked Trump.
Here’s why he’s using the RNC to fight back.
Republicans Are Caught in a Trump
Bind as the Midterms Approach
GOP schedules Supreme Court hearings, outraging
Democrats
Russian prime minister issues
warning against US sanction plans
'Keep out!' China sends 6 warnings
to a US Navy plane, but the US didn't back down
Trump's trade war could evolve into
a 'damaging' currency war
This week in Trumponomics: Enjoy it
while it lasts
Brexit and Trump's trade war are not
enough to bring about the end of globalisation
Paul Manafort trial Day 9: Manafort
got $16 million in loans from bank whose CEO wanted Trump administration post
Paul Manafort judge seals sidebar
discussion that followed question on special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of
Trump campaign
Judge holds Roger Stone associate in contempt
for refusing to testify in Russia
investigation
Kavanaugh hearing for Supreme Court
seat to be held in September
Kavanaugh once said president would
likely have to testify before grand jury if subpoenaed: report
Fearing ‘blue wave,’ drug, insurance
companies build single-payer defense
Boston Globe Calls For Nationwide Media
Response To Trump's Attacks On The Press
Omarosa Manigault Newman says she
refused hush money, pens White House memoir calling Trump racist
Energy Security Is the Real Way to Put America First
Brooks and Marcus on the
Charlottesville rally anniversary, EPA and climate change
Dems seek GOP wipeout in California
Obama midterm endorsements seen as
too little, too late by Dem critics
Fact Checker Analysis
Do Democrats have a ‘plan’ to cut
Medicare spending by $800 billion?
Trump takes aim at Turkey, announcing doubling of steel and
aluminum tariffs in effort to punish country
Space Force Is Trump’s Answer to New
Russian and Chinese Weapons
Trump loses more battles in his war
on immigration
Trump’s Education Department moves
to rescind rule aimed at for-profit schools
Trump renews attacks on NFL players, calling for
suspensions
President Trump’s new favorite trade
talking point falls apart under scrutiny
Some Trump voters have soured on him
(Even so, a new survey shows that
his core support remains solid.)
Trump’s approval hits 50 percent —
in a doctored poll graphic shared by his son
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8/9/18
Federal deficit jumps 20 percent after tax cuts, spending bill
GOP chairman set to issue Steele
dossier subpoenas
GOP chairman calls on Trump
administration to explain tariff exclusions
Kobach lead over Colyer whittled
down after voting errors discovered in Kansas GOP primary
Kris Kobach, Trump ally and Kan.
secretary of state, recuses himself from vote counting in his own GOP primary
vs. Gov. Jeff Colyer
GOP Rep. Chris Collins used campaign
funds to pay legal bills for insider trading investigations
The Chris Collins indictment ensures
ethics will be a major issue in the midterms
Brutal numbers show how tough it
will be for Republicans to keep control of the House this November
North Korea slams US for lacking ‘basic
decorum’ in nuke talks
Russia vows to retaliate against new US sanctions
ICE: Hundreds of children still in
custody after parents' deportation
Trump administration takes aim at Obama-era
Medicare program for 10.5 million seniors
Even if they’re a negotiating tool,
Trump’s tariffs are harming America
Judge orders plane carrying deported
mother and child turned around, blocks more removals
Judge halts mother-daughter
deportation, threatens to hold Sessions in contempt
Court seals portion of Mueller
team’s discussion relevant to ‘ongoing investigation’
Paul Manafort trial Day 8: Second
bank says it wouldn’t have loaned Manafort money if not for phony income figures
Prosecutors look to wrap case as
Rick Gates leaves stand in Paul Manafort trial
Trump lawyers reject interview terms
sought by special counsel in Russia probe
Hope Hicks getting sucked back into
Trump’s orbit
WashingtonState Responds to Cuomo's Call to Ban NRA
Insurance Program
Dems flip economy script on GOP amid
stagnant wages
Dems eyeing smaller magic number for
House majority
Dems see wider path to House after
tight Ohio race
Collins indictment raises Dem hopes
in deep-red district
Dems seize on Kavanaugh emails to
question role in terrorism response
Schiff blasts GOP for Russia probe conduct: 'That's how you
obstruct an investigation, not how you conduct one'
Poll: Three-quarters of Americans
say Nancy Pelosi should be replaced, including half of Democrats
Trump's 'Arab NATO' faces
skepticism, commitment issues
New Puerto Rico death toll amplifies Trump
disconnect on relief efforts
Trump administration and EU build
momentum toward hashing out a trade deal
Trump is going to slap tariffs on
another $16 billion worth of Chinese goods — here's the full list of goods that
will get hit
Ahead of midterms, Trump hits a wall
in efforts to curb illegal immigration
‘Nothing bodes well’: Lackluster
election results spark debate over Trump’s midterm role
Trump’s Abysmal Hispanic Media
Outreach Gets Worse After Top Officials Exit
Did Trump just hint at firing Mueller?
Donald Trump’s Nightmare Isn’t
Robert Mueller
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8/8/18
Prosecutors portray GOP member as a
brazen lawbreaker
Chris Collins, Donald Trump and
Republicans’ corruption perception problem
This Truly Is an Ominous Result for
Republicans
GOP senator: 'Real likelihood' Dems
win the House 'by 10 or 12 more seats than they need'
Rand Paul
says he gave Putin a letter from Trump seeking cooperation
Nunes suggested at private
fundraiser that GOP majority is needed to protect Trump
Recording reveals Nunes saying
Rosenstein impeachment would complicate Kavanaugh confirmation
Key takeaways from Ohio special election and primaries in
four other states
Utah Rep. Mia Love sent a mailer
with a quote attributed to The SaltLake Tribune. It was from an opinion
piece she wrote herself.
China retaliates with tariffs on $16
billion worth of U.S. imports after Trump’s latest trade
hit
China slaps 25% tariffs on $16 billion
worth of US goods
Vice president to unveil detailed
plan Thursday to establish Trump’s Space Force
Ohio county finds hundreds of uncounted
votes in already too-close-to-call special election
Immigration
Judges Union Slams Trump Administration For Undermining Courts
EPA Proposes Allowing New Uses of
Asbestos, Causing Backlash
Midterms pose dilemma for Mueller
Paul Manafort trial Day 7: Manafort
took in $60 million over five years, including $31 million from Ukraine in 2012
Manafort’s defense team takes parting shot at
Rick Gates as star witness ends testimony
Rick Gates Delivers a Public Lesson
on Money Laundering and Political Corruption
Senator: Russia has
'penetrated' Florida counties
ahead of midterms
Democrats' midterm prospects appear
to brighten after elections in 5 states
The case for a Democratic wave is growing
Graphic: Democrats again made big
gains in a Trump-era special election
Trump administration to impose new
sanctions on Russia for nerve agent attack in England
Trump's Plan to
Punish Immigrants for Using Welfare Could Boost G.O.P. Candidates
Trump
Considers Limiting U.S.
Citizenship Access
Trump:
'As long as I campaign' there’ll be a 'giant red wave'
Trump’s endorsements cement power but come with risks
'It’s
fantastic': Trump looks like he is starting to warm up to Rosenstein and now
says they have a 'great relationship'
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8/7/18
Why Republicans don’t push back on
Trump’s China tariffs — in one map
Republican narrowly
leads in House special election in what used to be a GOP stronghold
Missouri voters defeat GOP-backed ‘right to
work’ law, in victory for unions, Associated Press projects
GOP fears steep losses in state
legislatures
This is a terrible year for GOP
lieutenant governors running for higher office
Here's what's behind the ads
accusing Bob Hugin of 'killing off cancer patients'
The humiliating demise of Paul Ryan
This Is the Way Paul Ryan’s
Speakership Ends
"The Republican leader is
walking away. Don’t ask him about Trump anymore."
Poll: 43 percent of Republicans say
Trump should be able to shut down media outlets
North Korea has not taken steps to denuclearize, John Bolton says
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen now
reportedly being investigated for tax fraud
Rick Gates forced to admit
extramarital affair as Manafort’s defense team attacks his credibility
Giuliani preparing letter to Mueller
expressing ‘real reluctance’ over obstruction questions
Giuliani: Negotiations for
Trump-Mueller interview ‘near the end’
Medicaid advocates now have two more
studies to back them up
Stephen Miller pushing policy to
make it harder for immigrants who received benefits to earn citizenship
When a Trump supporter’s wife is
deported
By ending ‘temporary protected
status’ for half a million people, Trump has probably increased illegal
migration
Kris Kobach used flawed research to
defend Trump’s voter fraud panel, experts say
We all live in Trump’s illusion
(His business empire was built on the maxim ‘fake it till you make it.’)
Trump's team is nearing some trade
cease-fires. Trump is undercutting them.
White House can't -- or won't --
explain Trump's wildfire tweets
Cal Fire official on Trump's
wildfire theories: 'I don’t know what he's getting at'
California defies Trump, plans tighter rules
on vehicle emissions
Feinstein urges National Archives to
reconsider refusal to hand over Kavanaugh docs
Vulnerable Dems side with Warren in battle over consumer bureau
Ohio race shows Democrats remain on
the march — even if they don’t win Tuesday
Win or lose, Beto O’Rourke’s
campaign against Ted Cruz could shape Texas politics for years
Seeking ‘WORLD PEACE,’ Trump says US
won’t trade with those who trade with Iran
Trump’s Post-ISIS Retreat Leaves
Syria Vulnerable to Russia and Iran
Trump to hit China with $16B in tariffs on Aug. 23
For Trump, sanctions substitute for foreign
policy
Trump administration’s use of
sanctions draws concern
Trump’s New Immigration Plan:
Protecting Taxpayers or Stoking Resentments?
Trump tax reform saddles churches,
nonprofits with 21% penalty on employee benefits
Trump administration gives insurers
power to lower Medicare drug prices
Trump hasn’t prepared us for the
inevitable economic slowdown
We all live in Trump’s illusion
(His business empire was built on
the maxim ‘fake it till you make it.’)
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8/6/18
Rubio’s
proposal: Get paid family leave in exchange for reducing Social Security
benefits
The share of Republicans who think
there’s a lot of discrimination is plummeting
In the Senate, the August recess will be missed
This is
why the Senate should care about Brett Kavanaugh’s time as Bush’s staff
secretary
Republican
gerrymandering wall is starting to crumble
Paul Manafort trial Day 5: Rick
Gates testifies he committed bank, tax fraud at Manafort’s direction
Rick Gates testifies he and Manafort
committed crimes together
Gates testifies he and Manafort
committed crimes
Rick Gates says he lied for years at
Manafort’s request and stole from him in the process
Sessions
rips judge’s decision to restore DACA program
U.S. judge
rules against Trump policy restricting transgender troops
Judge appoints 'firewall' counsel to
review Mueller documents for sensitive information
New York race could spark new Trump investigation
Steel
Giants With Ties to Trump Officials Block Tariff Relief for Hundreds of Firms
How
Trump’s Trade Policies Could Impact Governors’ Races
U.S. moves to
restore some Iran
sanctions lifted under nuclear deal
China’s
stock market plunge will not force the country to give up in its trade war with
US
Trump
should ‘tone down the rhetoric’ on media attacks, Karl Rove says
Tamara
Keith and Eliana Johnson on Trump’s meeting tweet, Paul Manafort on trial
Women
poised to take charge in Dem majority
Trump's
first round of nuclear sanctions on Iran sends a
message: This is not a test
Trump
reimposes sanctions on Iran. Now
what?
AP FACT
CHECK: Trump falsely claims economy, jobs best ever
Trump's
New Obamacare Sabotage Could Really Stick It To Consumers
Trump’s
favorite response to black critics: Question their intelligence
Race
continues to be a blind spot for Trump one year after Charlottesville
Trump
team expected to respond to Mueller in coming days regarding interview
Trump
promised to fix veterans’ problems. Now they call his hotline desperate for
help.
Trump
cites sketchy data — and makes it worse by mangling the details
On Drug
Prices, Trump Administration Sends Mixed Messages
Trump
Doubles Down on CA Wildfire, Claims 'Diverted' Water Could Help
Trump's
border wall could run overtime and over budget and perform below expectations:
Watchdog report
Trump may
have just made his riskiest endorsement yet with Kris Kobach in Kansas
Trump:
'Hillary Clinton and her team 100% colluded with the Russians’
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8/5/18
Rubio: 'Best thing' for Trump and
country is to allow Mueller investigation to finish
Top GOP rep: Trump should be
'straightforward with the American people' about Russian interference
Tougher Russia sanctions face skepticism from
Senate Republicans
Sen. Blunt: Attacks on the press are
'not my point of view'
Kasich: Ohio candidate didn’t invite Trump to
rally
Kasich: Ohio special election 'doesn't bode
well' for GOP
A slow dance with North Korea
(Two months after Kim and Trump’s
summit, denuclearization remains elusive.)
Bolton: No disconnect between Trump,
administration officials on Russian interference
Fox News's Wallace presses Bolton on Trump tweet: 'What wars have we
started?'
Trump lawyer Sekulow downplays
potential TrumpTower meeting violations
Sekulow: Obstruction of justice by
tweet is absurd
Saudi Arabia Is Making Trump Hotels Profitable
Again
Top court nominee has long knocked
back environmental rules
Stelter: President Trump is winning
the story-telling game, with help from his friends in the media
Senate Dem: Trump's rhetoric on Russia undermines national security
Schiff: There's 'plenty of evidence'
of collusion 'in plain sight'
Dem House candidate claims Russians
tried to hack campaign website
Cory Booker Slams Trump's Attacks On
Media As 'Moral Vandalism'
Jobs Boom Favors Democratic
Counties, Not Trump Strongholds
Trump poised to reimpose sanctions
on Iran
Trump says it ‘doesn’t matter’ if Iran meets with him
Trump makes bizarre claim that
tariffs will help pay down the massive U.S. debt
Trump acknowledges, defends 2016
meeting between son, Kremlin-aligned lawyer
Trump just made 2 problematic
admissions about the TrumpTower meeting
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8/4/18
Job growth stays solid Employment
grows but wages stagnate
(U.S. adds 157,000 positions in July. But
inflation-adjusted wages are stagnant.)
Four signs Republicans are panicking
about losing a pivotal Ohio special election
Trump gives boost to GOP House
candidate in Ohio
GOP grumbles as Donald Trump
reshapes midterm campaigns
Tennessee Primary: Trump-supporting Diane
Black, endorsed by Mike Pence, loses to Bill Lee in governor's race
Top Koch official fires back at
critics: We are not an 'appendage' of the GOP
U.S., North Korean diplomats trade
handshakes and jabs at ASEAN conference
Tit-For-Tat Becomes the Norm as U.S., China Dig In for Trade War
Turkey to Freeze Assets of 2 U.S. Officials as Retaliation for
Sanctions
Salmon farmers in California fear Trump will destroy their
industry
Five things to know about Manafort’s
first week in court
Judge strikes down FEC regulation on
anonymous gifts to 'dark money' groups
Five things to know about 3D printed
guns
Debate rages over Trump tweets and obstruction
Melania Trump Sides With LeBron
James After Husband Donald Slams Him
NBA players respond to President
Donald Trump's attacks aimed at LeBron James
NBA players respond to President
Donald Trump's attacks at LeBron James; Michael Jordan says James is 'doing an
amazing job for his community'
Dan Rather unloads on Donald Trump
over 'Racist' attack on LeBron James
Senate Democrats plan to meet with
Kavanaugh amid documents fight
Trump’s worst political nightmare?
Democrats with subpoena power
Trump roars into rally season
Trump gives boost to GOP House candidate in Ohio
Trump: I ‘destroy careers’ of
Republicans who say bad things about me
Trump at a precarious moment in his
presidency: Privately brooding and publicly roaring
Trump taunts LeBron James on
Twitter: ‘I Like Mike’
Trump fears his son may have
inadvertently gotten into legal trouble: report
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8/3/18
The economy added 157,000 jobs in
July. Here’s what that means
Under Trump’s watch, the U.S. is
on track for the highest trade deficit in 10 years
Rubio slams Google over plans to
unveil censored Chinese search engine
McConnell threat to nix entire
August recess fizzles
Another Republican House incumbent
loses a primary for higher office
California wildfires prompt deficit
debate in Congress
Poll: Majority disapproves of Trump,
GOP's handling of deficit
The Only Thing Between Trump And
Impeachment Is Brazen Republican Hypocrisy
UN report: North Korea has not stopped nuclear, missile
programs
China warns it could fire back with
tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods
There is 'zero' engagement between
US and China as trade tensions escalate,
official says
Toyota warns cost of some best-selling
models could rise because of Trump tariffs
Seattle housing market is under pressure as
Chinese buying 'dries up'
Dan Coats’s subtle-yet-stunning admission about Trump’s meeting with Putin
An important clue from Mueller in
the Russia collusion probe?
Obstruction of justice bombshell will explode
before midterms
Trump associate socialized with
alleged Russian agent Maria Butina in final weeks of 2016 campaign
Accountants testify Manafort inflated loans, failed to disclose foreign accounts
A Trump Pardon Is Starting To Look
Like Paul Manafort's Best Hope
Federal judge says Trump must fully
restore DACA
Judge: Trump team '100 percent
responsible' for reuniting migrant families
California defends mileage rules Automakers
seek compromise
(State rejects bid by Trump
officials to freeze standards for fuel economy in 2020)
Black pastors not likely to change
black Americans’ low approval of Trump
Exclusive: Bannon blasts 'con
artist' Kochs, 'lame duck' Ryan, 'diminished' Kelly
New York Times' David Leonhardt:
"Trump essentially wants a monopoly on information"
Brooks and Klein on 2018 election
security threats, Koch-Trump brawl
Democrats Excited Over Growing Feud
Between Trump, Koch Network
Trump voter fraud commission member
says its claims were 'false'
Democrats spent 2 years working on a
new slogan. Here’s what they came up with
Trump administration sanctions
Russian bank, North Koreans for 'illegal financial activity'
Trump administration releases
millions in frozen aid to PA security forces
Trump team ramps up China trade fight on currency claims
Poll: Majority disapproves of Trump, GOP's handling of deficit
Trump Proposes Gutting Fuel Economy
Rules In ‘Giant Giveaway’ To Big Oil, Automakers
Trump gives thumbs up to prison
sentencing reform bill at pivotal meeting
It’s True: Trump Is Lying More, and He’s Doing
It on Purpose
Trump Will Have Blood on His Hands
(His demonization of the news media
won’t fall on deaf ears.)
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8/2/18
Republicans, Democrats partner on
Russia sanctions bill, new cyber measures
GOP senator: Trump willing to
'listen' to concerns about race
Republican leader wants Twitter CEO
to testify on ‘shadow banning’
GOP gears up to battle popular
ex-governor in Senate race in Tenn.; Bill Lee projected to win
Republican primary for governor
Freedom Caucus ponders weakened future
in minority
Outsider businessman wins Tennessee GOP governor's primary
China says it must retaliate against
tariffs 'to defend the nation's dignity'
Director of National Intelligence:
Russian interference in US political system ongoing
White House makes show of force on
election meddling
Trump slams 'Russian hoax' hours
after administration says Russia is meddling in midterms
Cooper: This VIDEO ONLY is a tale of
2 White Houses
Feds say it's up to immigration
activists to reunify children with deported parents
US wants ACLU to take lead on reuniting separated families
Worker charged with sexually abusing
eight migrant children at detention facility
Trump tariffs could drive U.S.
factories overseas
Utah farmers are reeling under Trump’s
tariffs and the scorching drought
Judge Kavanaugh holds mainstream
position on voting rights
The Trump administration is headed
for a gigantic debt headache
Unemployment can go into low
three-percent range but it's...
Internal Documents Show How Trump
Administration Misled Public on Poverty
An important clue from Mueller in
the Russia collusion probe?
Manafort’s bookkeeper testifies
against him, alleging efforts to inflate income
How QAnon, the conspiracy theory
spawned by a Trump quip, got so big and scary
Daily White House protests against
Trump enter third week
Protester interrupts Trump at Pennsylvania rally
Democrat makes gun control a central
theme in key House race
Trump and Erdogan square up for a
fight
Are Trump’s tweets obstruction?
(The president calls on Sessions to
end Russia investigation, but that may not be
illegal.)
Four US
cities sue over Trump 'sabotage' of Obamacare
Trump moves to roll back Obama emission
standards
Trump administration to freeze
fuel-efficiency requirements in move likely to spur legal battle with states
Trump administration to lower
tariffs on Canadian newsprint
Juice the base or play it safe?
Trump weighs fight over border wall
Trump administration stresses its
focus on election security amid criticism
Trump on criticizing Mexican
immigrants: 'Peanuts' compared to the truth
Trump blasts media amid chants of
'CNN sucks'
Trump is scripting his own defeat in
November
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8/1/18
Fed leaves rates unchanged but
upgrades view of the US economy to 'strong'
Senate overwhelmingly backs defense
measure, sending it to Trump
Lawmakers say North Korea shows Trump shouldn’t trust it
Mike Huckabee dons hard hat, lays
bricks for new West Bank settlement homes
Senate OKs sharing Intel panel
documents on alleged Russian agent with DOJ, her lawyers
Lawmakers defuse Trump's shutdown
threat by passing partial spending bills ahead of deadline
Senate GOP battles for leverage with
House on spending
GOP rejects adding more money to
beef up election security
Republicans crow about wage growth
Kavanaugh's confirmation may take
longer than we'd hoped for, Grassley says
Poll: Senate race between Cruz,
O'Rourke a dead heat
Poll: Cruz up 6 points over O'Rourke
in Texas
Defense lawmakers green light plans
for Trump's military parade in D.C.
Trump’s Sabotage of Obamacare Is
Backfiring for Conservatives
Trump feud with Koch network exposes rift
between populist forces and establishment GOP
Local GOP Chair Defends White
Supremacist as Victim of 'Label Lynching'
Mueller is looking at Trump’s tweets
for obstruction of justice. And Trump just handed him more potential evidence.
Special counsel Mueller wants to ask
Trump about obstruction of justice: Sources
Mueller offers to limit
investigators’ questions for Trump in special counsel’s latest effort to secure
presidential interview
Manafort jury hears of lavish spending on luxury
clothes
Paul Manafort trial: Executive at
‘most expensive store’ testifies that Manafort paid for suits via wire transfers
Pentagon to face increased
operational restrictions under defense authorization bill
Treasury Department imposes
sanctions on two Turkish officials over detention of American pastor
Russian meddling continues and Trump
couldn’t care less
Court rules Trump anti-sanctuary policy
unconstitutional
Trump officials ignored HHS advice
on two big issues
ACLU sues Trump, ICE over conditions
for migrants at California prison
Lawsuit seeks to shut down Trump
wildlife protection board
Shadowy Facebook account led to
real-life Trump protests
Trump Supporters Have Now Turned to
Dangerous Delusion to Justify Staying the Course
As the bizarre QAnon group emerges,
Trump rallies go from nasty to dangerous
‘We are Q’: A deranged conspiracy
cult leaps from the Internet to the crowd at Trump’s ‘MAGA’ tour
Former President Barack Obama
endorses 81 candidates in U.S. midterms, says he's 'eager' to get
involved
Top Senate Democratic super PAC
investing $17 million in August TV ads
Poll: Democrats could be primed for
another big special election win in Ohio
New poll has Biden leading Trump in
potential 2020 presidential match-up
Democrats Ramp Up Fight for
Kavanaugh Documents
Democrats are probably fighting a
losing battle over Kavanaugh’s White House documents
No liberal case for Kavanaugh
(Left-leaning attorneys shouldn’t
lend their authority to Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.)
Trump is telling farmers to trust
him on trade. It may be working.
Trump is trying to decimate
Obamacare. But that has proved hard to do.
Trump administration widens
availability of skimpy, short-term health plans
Trump suggests he may postpone
government shutdown until after midterms
Trump escalates attacks on Mueller probe
Trump urges Jeff Sessions to end Russia probe ‘right now’
Trump calls Manafort prosecution ‘a
hoax,’ says Sessions should stop Mueller investigation ‘right now’
President Trump has made 4,229 false
or misleading claims in 558 days
Trump uses Twitter to promote video
of supporters chanting ‘CNN sucks’
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7/31/18
Morgan Stanley: The biggest sell-off
since February is coming and it's going to hit the average investor hard
Senate approves short-term extension
to flood insurance program hours before expiration deadline
Trump is a risk to GOP in midterms
Trump sides with conservatives on
shutdown messaging
Campaign on Taxes or Culture War?
GOP, Trump Divided on Midterm Message
Off to Africa: Jeff Flake’s August vacation could
ruin Mitch McConnell’s plans for Brett Kava...
Senate GOP, Dems reach deal to move
major domestic spending bill
Inside the Koch strategy to spurn
squishy Republicans in key Senate races
10 signs the Republican Party is now
a full-blown cult
Some Republicans approve of Russia's help in elections
Chinese now say Trump’s no hero after all From
hero to object of ridicule
(Sentiment has turned as Asian
nation sours on president’s policies.)
China has other weapons with which to
punish Trump on trade
Layoffs from Trump tariffs are
piling up. So are calls for more bailouts.
Kelly to stay on as Trump's White
House chief of staff until 2020
Prosecutors say Manafort’s wealth was fueled by lies to IRS and banks
Here are six things you need to know about Paul Manafort’s trial
Facebook reveals evidence to Congress of new
disinformation campaign ahead of midterm elections
Facebook uncovers attempts to
influence upcoming US elections
Facebook takes down suspected
Russian network of pages
Trump administration was warned of
‘traumatic psychological injury’ from family separations, official says
Federal judge blocks posting of
blueprints for 3-D-printed guns hours before they were to be published
New study ignites debate over cost
of 'Medicare for all'
Poll: Majority of Americans say FBI
showed bias in Trump, Clinton probes
Kavanaugh Sided With Trump Casino in
2012 to Thwart Union Drive
CNN's Acosta: I'm worried Trump's
rhetoric toward media 'will result in somebody getting hurt'
Dems make big play for House in
California
Dem poll finds slim GOP lead in SD
governor race
The Trump administration’s latest
proposed tax cut would be a huge windfall for the richest 1 percent
Trump officials consider more than
doubling tariffs on Chinese goods, ramping up trade war with Beijing
Trump to propose 25-percent tariff
on $200 billion of Chinese imports: source
Trump defends trade and tariff
policies at Tampa rally
Trump renews government shutdown
threat, says it’s ‘very small price to pay’ for border security
Trump sides with conservatives on shutdown messaging
Trump says borders make a country. But there’s a lot more to it.
Trump says Voter ID needed to stop
Democrats' push for non-citizens to vote
Trump questions 3D gun sales as states sue
‘A total joke’: Trump lashes out at Koch
brothers after political network slams White House
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7/30/18
Tech stocks are dropping hard —
again — as investors start to lose faith
House GOP intends to seek Comey
interview after August recess
House Republicans cannot be allowed to obstruct justice
McConnell 'optimistic' shutdown can
be avoided
GOP leaders hope to circumvent Trump
on shutdown
GOP senator: Nobody wins a
government shutdown
Why is Paul Ryan defending Jim
Jordan and Jason Lewis?
Rand Paul announces support for
Kavanaugh
Lawmakers demand answers on ‘Quiet
Skies’ surveillance program after Globe report
Pompeo Has to Learn Pyongyang’s Rules
U.S. spy agencies: North Korea is working on new missiles
U.S. detects new activity at N. Korea factory that built ICBMs -source
The Arctic is melting. Here’s why cooperation
and diplomacy get so complicated.
AP FACT CHECK: President Trump and
his fictions about NATO
Supreme Court denies Trump admin request to halt
youth climate lawsuit
US Chamber analysis shows helping
all sectors hit by tariffs would cost $39 billion
Caterpillar to Raise Prices as
Tariffs Inflict $200 Million Earnings Hit
Soybean farmers are surviving
Trump’s trade war — even without his $12 billion aid package
Trump’s Tech Tariffs Are Awesome, for Southeast Asia
‘Eye-popping’ payouts for CEOs
follow Trump’s tax cuts
Trump is reportedly considering going around Congress for a massive tax cut that would mostly benefit wealthier Americans
The hole in the Trump economy
WH Economic Adviser: 'We Are Going
to Be Tougher and Tougher on Spending'
Manafort trial poses first courtroom
test for Mueller
10 times the Trump team has watered
down its Russia collusion denials
Amy Walter and Susan Page on Trump’s
shutdown threat, GOP midterm concerns
CNN Key Races: Path to House
majority comes into focus as a dozen races move toward Democrats
Hillary Clinton donates to
Democratic House candidates facing vulnerable Republicans
Democrats seeking to recapture
emotion of ACA vote in Kavanaugh fight
Manchin meeting key test for
Democrats on Supreme Court
Dem lawmaker predicts Trump Jr.,
Kushner will be indicted by Mueller
US Democrats' support for abortion
grows, low election priority: poll
Trump says he’s willing to meet
Iranian President Rouhani ‘any time’ and without preconditions
Trump offers to meet leaders of Iran with ‘no preconditions’
AP FACT CHECK: President Trump and his fictions about NATO
Trump doubles down on shutdown
threat
Trump's trade rhetoric does not
match reality for farmers
Trump’s Tech Tariffs Are Awesome,
for Southeast Asia
Trump is reportedly considering
going around Congress for a massive tax cut that would mostly benefit wealthier
Americans
The hole in the Trump economy
After a tough few weeks, Trump is
picking fights that please his base
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7/29/18
GOP senator: Mueller's investigation has 'gotten
confused'
GOP lawmaker: 'Nobody’s going to be
surprised' if Trump approved Russia meeting
Jordan: If Rosenstein doesn’t deliver,
Meadows and I will force impeachment vote
GOP senator on Trump shutdown
threat: 'I don't think it'd be helpful'
GOP rep: ‘Things are moving our way’
ahead of midterms
McCarthy's path to Speaker gets more complicated
‘A different level of intensity’:
Collins and Murkowski find pressure over Supreme Court lacks emotional pleas on
health care
Nazis, racists, bigots: Extremism on
US ballot in 2018
Mike Pence defends White House
banning CNN reporter from press event
Mnuchin: 3 percent economic growth
possible for '4 or 5 years'
The Federal deficit: Mulvaney says
the congressional budget office was right after all
Treasury data shows Russian holdings
of US debt plunged 84% since March, but here's what it really means
New Veterans Affairs chief plans to
reassign, sideline Trump loyalists now in power
Giuliani: Trump didn’t commit a
crime of any kind
Giuliani: Trump 'discussed at any
length' on a dozen Cohen recordings
Giuliani: Cohen claim that Trump
knew of TrumpTower meeting 'flat out untrue'
Fox News confronts Rudy Giuliani
over Michael Cohen 'liar' flip-flop
Dershowitz on MSNBC panel: 'Don't
you dare accuse me' of defending Trump
Scaramucci: Trump's attitude toward
reporters 'galvanizes the press' against him
NY Times publisher: Trump’s attacks on media
could lead to violence
Times publisher warned Trump about
labeling journalists as enemies
Farmers like me put Trump in office. Now his
trade war is smothering us.
Massive court filing says illegal
immigrant families suffered from U.S. food, chill, disease
Ginsburg says she has at least 5
more years on Supreme Court
US firm to put 3D-printed gun
designs back online, sparking fears
Trump v. Cohen is TV's newest drama
Rep. Lieu: The more we know, 'the
stupider' House Intel GOP looks
Supreme Court fight becomes battle
for Kavanaugh’s papers
Trump threatens again to shut down
federal government over border-wall funding
Trump Met NYT Publisher to Discuss
'Fake News'
Trump says the media puts the ‘lives
of many’ at risk in Twitter rant
'Very unpatriotic!' Trump says media
'driven insane' by 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'
Trump accuses Mueller of having a
conflict of interest due to a 'nasty' business relationship
Trump calls Mueller's probe 'an
illegal scam,' claims he 'Turned him down to head the FBI'
Trump grabs midterm spotlight
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7/28/18
A Booming Economy Hasn’t Given House
GOP Candidates an Election Edge
Top Koch Network officials vent
frustration with White House, GOP-led Congress
Koch Network leaders blast Trump
White House as ‘divisive’
On trade policy, Trump is turning GOP orthodoxy on its head
Midterms likely to be most expensive
ever as TV ads pass billion-dollar mark
The baseless, shameful campaign to
discredit Rod Rosenstein
Giuliani targets Cohen lawyer: He
and Cohen are 'deceivers'
Pressure mounting, former Trump
'fixer' turns aggressive
Deleted’ families: What went wrong
with Trump’s family-separation effort
Judge Blocks US Withholding of Funds From
Sanctuary Cities
Churches, nonprofits balk at
elimination of tax break; some lawmakers seek repeal
US said weighing military action
amid Iranian threats to Middle East waterways
Democrats Seize on Harley Plant Closing in Trump
Attack
Rep. Heck: We’ve moved from
collusion to possible conspiracy
U.S. growth rate surges to 4.1% Spring
in his step, Trump touts GDP
(Happy days are here again, Trump insists. But
most economists say second-quarter figure is unsustainable.)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely claims historic
turnaround
Trump tries a victory lap, but
probes encroach
Trump and Cohen wage a credibility war
Koch Network leaders blast Trump White House as ‘divisive’
As trade wars rage on, Trump administration
considers to lift sanctions on Russian aluminum company
On trade policy, Trump is turning
GOP orthodoxy on its head
Trump’s farm bailout is burning
bridges in blue states
Trump prepares to meet with Italy’s
new prime minister in a moment of spiritual alignment
Trump officials urge patience on
North Korea
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7/27/18
Second-quarter GDP jumps 4.1% for
best pace in nearly four years
Economic growth hits 4.1 percent for
second quarter, highest for Trump
Trump cheers ‘amazing’ economic
growth as economists caution it could be a blip
The Trump economy may seem strong.
But not that strong.
House GOP starts summer break on a
note of friction
Grassley request some but not all of
Kavanaugh papers at Bush White House
GOP sets deadline for Kavanaugh
documents; Dems say they're being cut out
Group led by GOP operatives steps up
its media blitz against Trump's tariffs
McConnell praises decision to postpone
Trump-Putin meeting
Republicans weigh punting Trump
border wall fight until after midterms
Pompeo takes Trump’s word on the
Putin meeting. Not many people would.
Putin: 'Ready' to go to Washington, invites Trump to Moscow
Iranian general answers Trump’s all-caps
tweet: ‘We are ready’
Trump readying to strike Iran, Australian government sources
reported to say
Don’t Believe the Hype About Trump’s
Trade Deal with the European Union
California farmers and Mexican
cheese sales, U.S. trade war takes a toll
This may be the biggest shoe to drop
from the Trump-Michael Cohen tape
3 theories on what, exactly, Michael
Cohen is trying to do
Lawyer says 3 women were paid hush money over
alleged Trump affairs
Witness list for trial of Trump's former
campaign chief released
The TrumpTower meeting increasingly looks as bad
for Trump as it initially seemed
The Government Has Decided That
Hundreds of Immigrant Parents Are Ineligible to Be Reunited with Their Kids.
Who Are They?
Judge demands independent audit of
conditions at detention centers for migrant children
6-year-old girl sexually abused while being held
in Arizona
detention facility: report
Trump administration 'undeterred' by
court ruling against Medicaid work requirements
Led by Fox News, pro-Trump media fuels false
narrative to accuse Facebook of censorship
Shields and Brooks on Trump’s role
in the economy, Michael Cohen and the Russia probe
100 days: Dems have midterm edge,
but it's not historic
Cook shifts two House GOP seats
closer to Dem column
Why Washington insiders think
Democrats will take back the House
Top Senate Democrat presses former
president George W. Bush for Kavanaugh documents
GOP sets deadline for Kavanaugh documents; Dems say they're being cut out
Dem lawmaker on Cohen's Trump
revelations: 'Walls are closing in on Trump'
Trump takes victory lap after strong
GDP report, predicts 'we're going to go a lot higher'
Economic growth hits 4.1 percent for second quarter, highest for Trump
Trump cheers ‘amazing’ economic growth as economists caution it could be a blip
The Trump economy may seem strong. But not that strong.
Trump maintains not knowing in
advance about meeting with Russians, disputing Cohen claim
Trump fires back at Cohen, raging on
Twitter that he did 'NOT' know about Don Jr.'s 2016 meeting with Russians
offering dirt on Clinton
Trump denies approving 2016 meeting
with Russians
Trump huddles with top officials on
election security
Trump's war against the news media
is rooted in some of his deepest fears
Venting about press, Trump has
repeatedly sought to ban reporters over questions
Trump will campaign ‘6 or 7’ days a
week for GOP candidates
Trump uses taxpayer-funded trip to
campaign for GOP candidates
President Donald Trump's talks
trade, politics and job training in Iowa
Trump is crawling further inside his
bubble
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7/26/18
Facebook's $100 billion-plus rout is
the biggest loss in stock market history
Why AMD's soaring stock is a more
important tell on the tech industry's health than Facebook's plunge
Ryan says he opposes conservatives’
effort to impeach Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein
Meadows backs off impeaching
Rosenstein after leadership talks
GOP worries trade wars will last as
Trump engages in temporary tiffs
Senate pair introduces bipartisan
resolution reaffirming Congress's support for intel community
Senate passes tariff-relief bill
Some experts think McConnell is
playing politics with the opioid crisis
Conservative pro-Trump activist
calls for feds to investigate Bill Shine
House Intel chair calls for ban on
electronic voting systems
Nunes suffers another
embarrassment at the hands of his Senate counterpart
Rep. Jim Jordan announces long-shot
bid for House speaker
Scott Walker trailing Dem challenger
by 13 points
Trump Spurs 40-Year Republican
Official to Become a Democrat
Top Trump
official tells Republicans to expect blockbuster GDP number Friday
Mueller
Examining Trump’s Tweets in Wide-Ranging Obstruction Inquiry
Cohen
claims Trump knew in advance of 2016 TrumpTower meeting
Giuliani
attacks Cohen over TrumpTower report:
He's a 'pathological liar'
Watergate's
John Dean: Potential of Cohen flipping not 'boding well' for Trump
Hundreds
of migrant children remain in custody, though most separated families are
reunited at court deadline
U.S.
military takes possession of remains that North Korea says belong to Americans
who died in the Korean War, White House says
China, Russia, Iran pose grave cyber espionage threat: government
report
Iranian
general warns Trump: ‘War will destroy everything you own’
Europeans
are skeptical of trade truce with Trump
Black
voter group pushes a grassroots surge to help Democrats flip the House and
Senate this fall
A year
after GOP measure’s demise, Democrats see health care as a winning issue
Trump
declares premature victory with European Union deal
Trump
makes tariff truce with EU Trump, EU agree to tariff truce
(The
president agrees to back off on cars, while Europe will buy
soybeans and gas.)
Which Europe does
Trump want?
Trump
says U.S. will
impose ‘large sanctions’ on Turkey for
detaining American pastor for nearly two years
Trump
administration sets sights on Libya's oil
reserves in behind-the-scenes power play
The Trump
Administration Struggles to Defend Its Unruly Foreign Policy
Trump
moves to punt three political problems until after the midterms
Trump
inaccurately claims he won the female vote in 2016 election
Once again, ‘fake
news’ decried by Trump turns out to be true
Trump
administration to freeze Obama-era fuel standards for cars, light trucks
Why Trump
supporters never waver
Steelworkers
celebrate Trump visit after trade win, others in the Midwest not so
jubilant
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7/25/18
Dow
surges more than 150 points in sudden move after Trump reportedly gets
concessions from EU to avoid a trade war
House votes to delay ObamaCare
health insurance tax
Feud between House GOP, DOJ shows no
sign of waning
10 dark horse candidates for Speaker
of the House
GOP senators surprised to attend
Trump’s tariffs announcement
Trump's farmer bailout is backfiring
among Republican lawmakers
Senators unveil bipartisan bill meant to delay Trump auto tariffs
GOP lawmakers introduce articles of
impeachment against Rosenstein
Meadows threatens to force a vote on Rosenstein
impeachment
GOP lawmaker: 'I do not support'
impeaching Rosenstein
Ryan delivers soaring speech on
civility and dangers of Twitter to interns
GOP lawmaker resigns after making
racist comments on ‘Who Is America?’
Cruz counters O'Rourke's call for
six debates with proposal for five
Pompeo spars with senators at testy
hearing
Mike Pompeo Gets Testy In Response
To Questions About Trump's Meeting With Putin
U.S. pressured parents to sign away
reunification rights, speeding deportations, lawyers charge
Former Trump official: No one
'minding the store' at White House on cyberthreats
Majority think Russia will interfere in November midterm
elections
The controversy over missing portion
of Trump-Putin news conference transcript
Cohen says he won't be a 'punching
bag' for Trump anymore
Federal judge allows emoluments case against Trump to proceed
Trump hotel ruling could open door
to his financial records
ACA’s medical device tax once again
on the chopping block
Top American brands say the trade
war is now eating into their profits
Coca-Cola says it's raising soda
prices after Trump tariffs
Dan Vallone: The importance of
corralling Trump
Dems struggle on Kavanaugh
Trump, E.U. announce deal to avert
escalation of trade tensions
Trump and EU agree to work toward
'zero tariffs'
White House pushes follow-up
Trump-Putin meeting to next year
After Twitter outburst, Trump says
he’s ‘ready to make a deal’ with Iran
Iran Isn’t Taking Trump’s Twitter
Bait—For Now
Trump urges Mexican president-elect
to wrap up NAFTA deal 'quickly'
‘What kind of lawyer would tape a client?’:
Trump lashes out at Michael Cohen after release of recording
Trump responds to Cohen’s secret
recording, calls it ‘sad’
Trump creates an alternative
reality, and he wants you to join him there
Polls: Trump approval sags in trio
of Midwest states
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7/24/18
‘He’s just trolling people’: Ryan
plays down Trump’s threat to revoke security clearances
No
welcome mat for Putin from U.S. Congress
Republican Congressman steps up, says he was 'sickened by the exchange' between Trump and Putin
GOP
senator confirms Devin Nunes’ FISA conspiracy theory isn’t based in reality
Rand Paul rails against 'bad apples'
Comey, Clapper, Brennan
Rand Paul's mention of McCain draws
boos at conservative event
Lawmakers press for answers on
border deployments
Scalise, GOP chairman
clash ahead of flood insurance vote
Republicans
are looking to overhaul retirement plans in tax cut bill
Republicans
denounce Trump plan for 'welfare' for farmers hit by tariffs
Key GOP
senators rip Trump's farm bailout: 'America’s
farmers don’t want to be paid to lose'
GOP to step up pressure on Trump as
trade war intensifies
Paul Ryan would be ‘perfect fit’ to
lead AEI, Republicans say
There’s No Such Thing as ‘Traditional’ Republican Foreign Policy
How long will Republicans debase
themselves to Trump’s petty whims?
DHS chief: 'It's certainly our
intention' to meet family reunification deadline
Wilbur Ross actively pushed to add citizenship
question to 2020 Census, documents show
Exclusive: CNN obtains secret
Trump-Cohen tape
Transcript
of Cohen tape suggests Trump knew about model’s deal to sell story of alleged
affair
Giuliani
on Trump-Cohen audio: 'I've dealt with much worse tapes than this'
How the
FBI’s Carter Page Warrant Raises More Questions for Corey Lewandowski
Documents still don’t support
Trump’s claims
(Newly released information sheds
light on FBI surveillance controversy)
Americans have constitutional right
to openly carry firearms, appeals court rules
A Trump
trade war victory over China could be disastrous for the US
China keeps buying Iranian oil, and
the trade war adds a reason to defy US sanctions
The oil route that could be behind
the escalating Trump-Iran threats, explained
North
Korea Starts Dismantling Key
Missile Facilities, Report Says
Sen.
Elizabeth Warren wants a new trade policy, but rejects the 'chaos' of Trump's
approach
Booker:
Those who don't oppose Kavanaugh are 'complicit in the evil'
Heitkamp:
'Farmers don’t want a check, they want a market'
Dems
grapple with Trump’s resilience
Every
sign is pointing to a Democratic wave in November
Some good
news for Democrats: Their odds to win the House are above 50% for the first
time, top forecaster says
Trump Is
Poised to Do Irreparable Harm to World Trade
Trump plans to give
billions in aid to farmers hurt by tariffs
The White
House admits its trade war is hurting farmers — with a $12 billion bailout
White
House readies plan for $12 billion in emergency aid to farmers caught in
Trump’s escalating trade war
Trump
turns up the heat on trade: 'Tariffs are the greatest!'
Trump
Expected to End California's Car
Emissions Power
White
House reinforces plans to review security clearances of former officials
AP FACT
CHECK: Trump overstates progress on veterans care
Trump
admin restarts key ObamaCare payments
Without
evidence, Trump claims Russia ‘will be
pushing very hard for the Democrats’ in 2018 midterms
Trump:
I'm 'concerned' Russia may
interfere in midterms to help Democrats
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7/23/18
Cornyn: Trump should put second
Putin meeting on 'back burner'
Congress pushes back against
revoking clearances
US Republican introduces bill calling
for carbon tax
Senate confirms Robert Wilkie as the
new VA secretary
Senate Candidate Lauds Trump For
'Standing Up To Russians,' Crowd Laughs
GOP Congressman Calls Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez 'This Girl ... Or Whatever She Is
Trump creates a summer of discontent
for Republican candidates
The game just fundamentally changed
for Trump and the GOP.
Support for the Endangered Species
Act remains high as Trump administration and Congress try to gut it
Even Trump’s allies warn of pitfalls
of a Putin visit Trump’s allies oppose Putin visit
(Democratic and GOP lawmakers alike
pan the Helsinki summit. The president gets
combative on Twitter.)
Burnett: This should upset all
Americans
Pompeo accuses Iranian Supreme
Leader of profiting from $95 billion hedge fund
Security Brief: ‘Consequences’ for Iran; The world after Helsinki; Q&A with the Air Force’s top
weapons buyer
Haley: Russia
'never will be' friend of US
DHS: Russian hackers got into control rooms of
US utilities
More than 450 migrant parents may
have been deported without their children
U.S. judge allows lawsuit over end of
immigrant protections to proceed
Poll: Support for Roe v Wade hits
all-time high
Giuliani: Trump would agree to
interview with Mueller if no questions on obstruction
Where special counsel Robert
Mueller's investigation stands right now
Manafort judge deals blow to Mueller
probe
Feds have 12 Michael Cohen audio
recordings
Trump administration officials
dismissed benefits of national monuments
The legal battle over Trump’s D.C.
hotel could be entering uncharted territory
Amy Walter and Susan Page on
Helsinski summit poll numbers, Trump factor in midterm races
House Dems press resolution
denouncing Trump in wake of Helsinki
Hoyer says Trump’s Iran tweet was ‘unbecoming of an
American president’
Dems get set for 2020 starting gun
Democrats outpace Republicans, rake
in cash in heartland in bid to retake House
Protecting Abortion Rights Now a
Common Campaign Theme Among Democrats
Trump’s dangerous obsession with Iran
Trump to Iran: ‘Never, ever threaten the United States again’
Donald Trump’s Reckless Iran Tweet
Trump’s Iran
threat raises eyebrows — and questions
Trump rips into 'The Amazon Washington Post' after report that he's
unhappy with North Korea talks
Trump says 'very happy' with
progress in North Korea talks
Trump has now walked back his
walk-back on U.S. intelligence and Russia
Trump's approval rating went up
during summit with Putin
White House says Trump wants to
revoke security clearances for former officials critical of him over Russia
Trump mulls move against intel
critics
Trump calls for end of Mueller
probe, saying it’s ‘discredited’ by Carter Page surveillan
Trump is creating his own economic
reality
Not Made in America: A look at Pres. Trump products
ahead of 'Made in America' showcase
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7/22/18
Rubio pushes back on Trump: DOJ
didn't do anything wrong with Carter Page surveillance
Rubio: Trump comments with Putin
'not a good moment' for the administration
Gowdy: Trump 'missed a good
opportunity' to stand up to Putin
Trey Gowdy: Trump's Aides Need To
'Re-Evaluate' Staying After His Summit Remarks
Gowdy blasts Justice Department for failing to disclose dossier funding sources
Graham: Warrant for Carter Page
surveillance was 'a bunch of garbage'
Senators push sanctions to send
Putin message on election interference
The G.O.P. Stands By as Trump Upends American Security
Pompeo calls Iran religious leaders 'hypocritical
holy men'
What happened in Helsinki? We still don’t know.
Americans give Trump negative marks
for Helsinki performance, poll finds
Little public support for Trump in doubting Russian interference (POLL)
NBC/WSJ poll: Public gives Trump
thumbs down on Russia, thumbs up on economy
Carter Page denies being a Russian
agent as lawmakers urge Trump to act tougher toward Kremlin
Russian billionaire with U.S.
investments backed alleged agent Maria Butina, according to a person familiar
with her Senate testimony
Putin summit puts spotlight back on
Trump's tax returns
Top Senate Dem: Inviting Putin to Washington ‘beyond comprehension’
Schiff: Trump is acting like someone
who is compromised
Susan Rice: Trump’s motivations a
‘legitimate question’
Kerry: Trump attacks on Biden are
'unbecoming of a president'
Lock 'em up, Nadler says of Trump
officials who keep immigrant kids from parents
Dem leaders fend off calls to
impeach Trump
Dem rep: I'm not going to challenge
Pelosi, but we need 'new generation of leadership'
Dem candidate 'struck by the
parallels' between Trump's rise and Hitler's
Trump tweets late-night warning to Iran’s Rouhani
Trump’s attacks worry EuropeEurope questions mutual defense
(Transatlantic security relationship
could be at risk, but nations have few alternatives.)
EU resists Trump's zero-tariff trade
offer, prepares new list of sanctions to add pressure
Mexico president-elect writes Trump,
urging swift conclusion to NAFTA talks
Putin summit puts spotlight back on Trump's tax returns
Americans give Trump negative marks for Helsinki performance, poll finds
Little public support for Trump in
doubting Russian interference (POLL)
NBC/WSJ poll: Public gives Trump thumbs down on Russia, thumbs up on economy
After a week of walkbacks, Trump
returns to Russia doubting
Trump defends Putin summit, blames 'Fake News'
for derision
Trump: Obama didn't warn about Russia before election because 'it is all
a big hoax'
Trump's 'hoax' tweet means the press
has even more questions to ask
Conservative plan, years in the
making, is occurring as Trump fills federal bench
Trump ramps up scrutiny of legal
immigrants
Up to 7,000 service members could
march in President Trump’s military parade
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7/21/18
Dollar falls after Trump comments on
China’s yuan
GOP to White House: End summit mystery
Meadows calls ex-Trump aide
surveillance docs 'potentially groundbreaking development'
Dan Coats and Rod Rosenstein Defy
Trump
Justice Dept releases surveillance applications for former Trump aide
FBI releases FISA records on Carter
Page surveillance
Pentagon put in bind after
Trump-Putin summit
Pence, Bolton, Kelly confronted Trump in Oval Office about Russia comments
Trump’s Russia ambassador says he won’t resign
Trump’s Putin fallout: Inside the White House’s
tumultuous week of walk-backs
Summit fallout hits White House
US launches campaign to erode support for Iran's leaders
China to wage 'cold war' with USA, CIA expert says
Treasury Secretary: Trump not threatening Fed's independence
Kavanaugh: Watergate tapes decision
may have been wrong
Lawyers: Asylum Seekers Endure
Horrible Conditions in Prison
'We're in the midst of an all-out
assault on human dignity': Joe Biden
Democrats Demand More of Kavanaugh's
Lengthy Paper Trail
Clinton: US is 'losing friends and allies'
under Trump
Trump privately frustrated over lack
of progress with North Korea
Trump’s Putin fallout: Inside the White House’s tumultuous week of walk-backs
Pence, Bolton, Kelly confronted Trump in Oval
Office about Russia comments
Trump reportedly fawned over Putin
after their meeting and told aides the Russian leader was strong, smart, and
cunning
Trump again assails Fed Trump steps up Fed
criticism
(His back-to-back statements
criticizing recent rate increases are unprecedented.)
‘Your favorite President did nothing
wrong’: Trump lashes out at secret Cohen recording
NY Giants co-owner on anthem
protests: Trump 'has no understanding of why they take a knee'
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7/20/18
GOP governor: I would reject an NRA
endorsement
GOP lawmaker pushed claims of
'racial war', said blacks had 'entitlement mentality': CNN
Sen. Tim Scott is emerging as the
GOP’s conscience on race issues. But will other Republicans follow him?
Senate Republicans drop bid to block
Trump from helping Chinese telecom giant ZTE
Fact Checker: Rep. Claudia Tenney’s
claim that Trump’s tax cuts already paid for themselves
Veterans' health funding is first sticking point in potential government shutdown fight
McConnell’s
Supreme Court ultimatum may not be as scary as he thinks
House Republicans Block Bid to
Strengthen Election Security
Inside the House GOP super PAC’s
strategy to localize every key race
How much will Republicans follow
Trump on Russia and Putin?
Summit
disaster or no, most Republicans dare not trash Trump
Congress has three tools to counter Trump on Russia
Trump’s new line: No patsy. No
patsy. Obama’s the patsy.
Trump-Putin Firestorm Brings Interpreters Out From the Shadows
(U.S. politicians debate whether to force Trump’s interpreter to divulge contents of the private meeting)
RNC outraises DNC again in June
Pompeo: Russia 'will try to undermine Western
democracy' in 2018, 2020
4
powerful weapons China has in
its arsenal to win the US-China trade war
Putin
furor sparks new questions on Kelly’s future
Mueller reportedly subpoenas
Spitzer’s madam
Michael Cohen secretly taped Trump
discussing Playmate hush money
In secret recording seized by FBI, Trump and Cohen discuss making payments for story of model who alleged affair with Trump
2 troubling questions for Trump in light of the new Michael Cohen tape revelation
Tariffs
Imperil a Hometown Business in South
Carolina:
White
House morale tanks amid Helsinki fallout
Anti-Trump
protests outside White House continue into fifth night
Trump admin needs to
reunite more than 1,150 migrant children with their families
CNN's Chris Cuomo: Trump's attacks on media are proof he hates America
Fervent
Trump supporters are starting to back down
Markets
drop after Trump said he's 'ready to go' on tariffs for $500 billion of Chinese
goods
Shields
and Salam on Trump-Putin summit aftershocks
Bernie Sanders: Trump 'so tough' on child separations but not on Putin
Top
Ethics Dem calls for Nielsen to resign
Booker
asks Kavanaugh to promise to recuse himself from cases involving
