Donald Trump Jr. made his first political public appearance since his father’s inauguration, taking an election victory lap and growing nostalgic for the campaign trail. “I thought I was out of politics after election day,” Trump said Saturday, speaking at the Dallas County Republican Party’s Reagan Day Dinner, where he recalled his father’s unpredictable path to the presidency.
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This Day in Trump, Day 50: Jobs report ‘may have been phony in the past’ but ‘very real now’
Halfway to the fabled 100-day mark that can define the early stages of a presidency, the White House touted with gusto the news that employers added 235,000 new workers to the payrolls in February . And never mind that Trump has previously called that data “totally fiction” and more.
Cruz Pushes Obamacare Repeal Gambit That Could Roil the Senate
Ted Cruz is pushing a novel strategy to blow up Obamacare, but it just might blow up the Senate too. The Texas senator is unhappy with what many conservatives consider a half-baked repeal-and-replace effort racing through the House, a plan that GOP House leaders say was narrowed to meet Senate rules.
Ted Cruz sends school choice letter to every Republican in Texas Legislature
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz sent a letter to state lawmakers Thursday urging them to make Texas the next state that gives parents taxpayer dollars to send their children to private or religious schools, or educate them at home.
Noel J. Francisco, Trump’s solicitor general pick, fought Obama on recess appointments
President Trump ‘s pick for solicitor general – the government’s chief lawyer to the Supreme Court – has been there before. Noel J. Francisco won a 9-0 spanking of President Obama over his illegal recess appointments, fought the administration to a draw on the Obamacare contraceptive mandate and won the release of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell after convincing the justices that the corruption charges were bogus.
Trump tests dealmaker image to sell healthcare bill
President Donald Trump has launched a charm offensive of the type not seen before in his brief and chaotic tenure, forcefully rallying behind legislation to repeal the Obamacare healthcare law while trying to placate the bill’s opponents. U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One as he returns to the White House in Washington, U.S., March 5, 2017.
Trump Courts Cruz in WH Dinner to Help Grease AHCA
President Donald Trump appears to be courting former foe Sen. Ted Cruz, hoping the Texas conservative can rally support for the GOP House leadership’s healthcare plan. The president and first lady Melania Trump hosted Cruz, his wife Heidi, and their two daughters for dinner at the White House on Wednesday night a family friendly event that is a stark contrast to the bitter clashes between Trump and Cruz during their primary presidential race.
Top White House Aide Was Highly Critical of Donald Trump Throughout 2016 Campaign
Gorka made the comments despite being paid to advise the Trump campaign in 2015. “On the right the Republican side, we have the New York real estate mogul who’s very full of bluster, full of sturm und drang, makes lots of statements about how we’re going to win and how the US army is going to be undefeatable, but there’s no depth,” he said on the The Georgene Rice Show in April 2016.
Federal judge tosses SEC suit against Texas attorney general
In this July 29, 2015 file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a hearing in Austin, Texas. A federal judge on Thursday, March 2, 2017, dismissed the U.S. government’s securities fraud lawsuit against Paxton, though the Republican still faces criminal charges of duping wealthy investors.
We thought Gen X was a bunch of slackers; now they’re the suits
The Great Ideological Wars of 2017 have pitted grey-hairs against snowflakes, the we-liked-it-the-old-way boomers, more than half of whom cast their ballots for Donald Trump, vs. the idealistic millennials, who would prefer it if Grandpa kept his paws off their rights. Their very name conjures images of underemployed slackers, of flannels and Kurt Cobain and Elizabeth Wurtzel, the medicated and nihilistic symbol of the Prozac Nation.
Ted Cruz: Trumpa s speech a a positive, unifying vision for the countrya
Sen. Ted Cruz said Wednesday that President Trump delivered a “positive, unifying vision for the country” Tuesday and that the president spoke to the working-class people who put Mr. Trump into office. “This president was elected by the Reagan Democrats – by working-class voters, by truck drivers and mechanics and men and women with calluses on their hand and he spoke to them last night,” Mr. Cruz, Texas Republican, said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
GOP Sens. Cruz, Lee, Paul Call For Full Repeal of Obamacare
Three high-profile Republican senators said Monday night they want to see a full repeal and replace of Obamacare, not merely a fix. Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Lee of Utah, and Rand Paul of Kentucky said on their individual Twitter accounts they’d like the 2010 Affordable Care Act wiped from the books so a replacement law can be put in its place.
Amid Backlash, Conservatives Push GOP on Obamacare
President Trump has dismissed the constituent backlash against Republican lawmakers at recent town halls as “planned out by liberal activists.” But with policy items GOP lawmakers have been pushing for years – namely, the repeal of Obamacare – hanging in the balance, conservative groups say they know better.
Beto O’Rourke is a Mexico-loving liberal in Texas. Can he really beat Ted Cruz?
Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, a possible challenger to Sen.Ted Cruz, R, in 2018, argues that a fluid border between El Paso and Juarez, Mexico, has been good for both cities. : Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Washington Post – For The Washington Post Rep. O’Rourke speaks to a constituent in the middle of the bridge between El Paso and Juarez.
Grilli: Democrats now rely on the Republican strategies they once decried
During the presidency of Barack Obama , it was a common liberal trope to decry Republicans’ actions “obstructionist.” One would often hear that no president in the history of presidents ever had to face such obstruction to their agenda in the two houses of Congress, as if compromise were not only virtuous, but an obligatory action of government.
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President Donald Trump widens his search for a new national security adviser this weekend amid concerns in Washington that the forced resignation of Michael Flynn leaves the White House unprepared to face any sudden foreign policy crisis. Trump is expected to interview several candidates to replace Flynn, whose short tenure ended when he was asked to resign after misleading Vice President Mike Pence about his pre-inauguration calls with the Russian ambassador.
Ted Cruz: Democrats are the party of the KKK
Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, arrives during the 58th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Donald Trump will become the 45th president of the United States today, in a celebration of American unity for a country that is anything but unified.
1902 fistfight gave rise to arcane rule that silenced Warren
A fistfight on the Senate floor involving two Southern “gentlemen” gave rise to Rule 19, the arcane Senate directive that Republicans used more than a century later to silence Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren. GOP lawmakers rebuked Warren Tuesday night for speaking against colleague and Attorney General-nominee Jeff Sessions.
With Trump on their side, Abbott and Cruz hopeful for term limits on Congress
As President Donald Trump casts his election victory as a rebuke against career politicians, the idea of imposing term limits on Congress has drawn renewed attention. Two Texas Republican leaders are pushing different approaches on how to get there.
Trump administration should label Muslim Brotherhood ‘terrorist organization’
Trump himself was often critical of President Obama’s outreach to the Muslim Brotherhood, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has proposed a bill to call for declaring the Brotherhood a terror organization. In the past, it has been accused of supporting terrorist groups around the world, and several countries, including Muslim nations, have banned them.
Yes! Mattis Just Put N. Korea On Notice Like a Boss- ‘Attack…
North Korea is always trying some sort of shenanigans, and Mattis isn’t taking it. He gave them a stern warning that was clearly only going to be said once.
Ted Cruz has $4.2 million for 2018 re-election campaign
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz talks with Sen. John Cornyn and Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, during a TPPF Orientation conference on January 13, 2017 at the Sheraton Hotel in Austin. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas, has $4.2 million cash on hand as he prepares for a potentially competitive re-election race in 2018.
Civil rights opponent moves toward US Attorney General confirmation
Ari Berman posted a message on Twitter saying, ” Senate Judiciary Committee just voted to confirm Jeff Sessions, lifelong opponent of civil rights, on 1st day of Black History Month ” in what understatement allows us to call irony. Jefferson Beauregard “Jeff” Sessions III, the junior United States Senator from Alabama and President Donald Trump’s choice to be US attorney general, is .
Why ‘cloture’ and ‘nuclear option’ are keys to Trump’s Supreme Court pick
President Trump’s impending announcement of a Supreme Court nominee is fueling speculation that Senate Republicans may use a procedure known as the “nuclear option” to ensure that they can confirm a new justice even if Democrats oppose Trump’s choice. Why ‘cloture’ and ‘nuclear option’ are keys to Trump’s Supreme Court pick President Trump’s impending announcement of a Supreme Court nominee is fueling speculation that Senate Republicans may use a procedure known as the “nuclear option” to ensure that they can confirm a new justice even if Democrats oppose Trump’s choice.
Congressional leaders at White House for Supreme Court pick
” Congressional leaders, White House staff and President Donald Trump’s family members are gathering in the East Room for his Supreme Court announcement. The event has drawn top congressional leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Trump’s former rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.
Cruz: Trump Supreme Court Pick Will Get Confirmed
Sen. Ted Cruz says Democrats will not be able to block President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, even if Republicans have to find a different way around them, Politico reports. “The Democrats are not going to succeed in filibustering the Supreme Court nominee,” Cruz said Tuesday during an interview with Politico.
Donald Trump, the Religious Right’s Trojan Horse
This time a year ago, leaders of the old guard religious right were determined to stop Donald J. Trump from winning the Iowa caucuses. James Dobson, the founder and former president of Focus on the Family, and Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council, joined Senator Ted Cruz as he campaigned in the state.
Politico: Cruz Swatted Down Supreme Court Nomination
Ted Cruz and Donald Trump appear to have moved past their contentious campaign, but the Texas senator does not want to become the president-elect’s new Supreme Court nominee. After Cruz spoke with Trump a week after Election Day, he and his chief of staff, David Polyansky, met with Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon and rejected the potential nomination, reports Politico, and has been emerging as one of Trump’s key allies in the Senate instead.
Lockheed Martin CEO meets with Trump, announces 1,800 more jobs coming to Fort Worth
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson leaves after a meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida on December 21, 2016. Marillyn Hewson met with President-elect Donald Trump in New York on Friday, and emerged from the meeting promising to reduce the costs of the company’s signature fighter plane and to add 1,800 jobs at its Fort Worth facility.
Trump’s State Dept. nominee aggressive about Russia
Former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson gave a nuanced performance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during today’s confirmation hearings. Tillerson has been nominated to serve as Secretary of State in the Trump administration.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to seek re-election in 2018, repeats…
For the umpteenth time, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Monday said he isn’t interested in igniting a partisan war and challenging Gov. Greg Abbott for the top spot in Texas politics.
Ted Cruz, Texas governor meet with Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in Houston
Washington: US Senator Ted Cruz and Texas Governor Greg Abbott met with the president of Taiwan on Sunday during a stopover in Houston that was sure to pique Chinese leaders already upset by her conversation with President-elect Donald Trump. It is not unusual for US lawmakers to meet with Taiwanese leaders when they pass through the country, but tensions are high this winter after Trump, who like Cruz and Abbott is a Republican, spoke to Tsai Ing-wen last month.
Ted Cruz, Texas governor meet with Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in Houston
Washington: US Senator Ted Cruz and Texas Governor Greg Abbott met with the president of Taiwan on Sunday during a stopover in Houston that was sure to pique Chinese leaders already upset by her conversation with President-elect Donald Trump. It is not unusual for US lawmakers to meet with Taiwanese leaders when they pass through the country, but tensions are high this winter after Trump, who like Cruz and Abbott is a Republican, spoke to Tsai Ing-wen last month.
Ted Cruz, Texas governor meet with Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen in Houston
Washington: US Senator Ted Cruz and Texas Governor Greg Abbott met with the president of Taiwan on Sunday during a stopover in Houston that was sure to pique Chinese leaders already upset by her conversation with President-elect Donald Trump. It is not unusual for US lawmakers to meet with Taiwanese leaders when they pass through the country, but tensions are high this winter after Trump, who like Cruz and Abbott is a Republican, spoke to Tsai Ing-wen last month.
Ted Cruz, Texas governor meet with Taiwan president
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott said they met Sunday with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen while she was passing through Houston on her way to Central America. The Republican senator said in a news release that during his meeting with Tsai, they “discussed our mutual opportunity to upgrade the stature of our bilateral relations” in a talk that addressed arms sales, diplomatic exchanges and economic relations.
Ted Cruz on Trump Cabinet: a A Team Of All-Stars Coming Togethera
Sen. Ted Cruz discusses the death of Fidel Castro and the future of Cuban-American relations on ABC’s ‘This Week.’ He also discusses comments he made about President-elect Trump during the 2016 primary campaign.
Ted Cruz wants term limits for Congress, offers constitutional amendment
Sen. Ted Cruz is stepping up his efforts to impose term limits on Congress, calling for a constitutional amendment on the issue. The amendment, proposed Tuesday with Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis of Florida, would limit senators to two six-year terms and House members to three two-year terms.
Ted Cruz: I dona t see a GOP primary …
Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday that as it stands now, he doesn’t see anyone who is likely to mount a GOP primary challenge against him in his 2018 bid for re-election but that he’s taking nothing for granted. “At this point, I don’t see anyone that is likely to run, but I am going to assume that the threat is serious and prepare accordingly,” Mr. Cruz told radio host Hugh Hewitt.
Cruz proposes term limit measure; Trump backs idea
Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday proposed an amendment to the Constitution that would limit senators to two six-year terms and House members to three two-years terms. The idea of term limits is part of President-elect Donald Trump’s Contract with the American Voter.
Should we require women to register for the draft?
Four F-15 Eagle pilots from the 3rd Wing walk to their respective jets at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, for the fini flight of Maj. Andrea Misener .