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When her appointment as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new chief of staff was announced Tuesday, much was made of Maria Comella's years of work for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Comella grew up in Loudonville and graduated from Shaker High School in 1999.
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Despite the fact that President Trump and Congress can't agree on health care , his border wall and the budget , he's managed to sign legislation undoing more than a dozen Obama rules on education, the environment, health care and labor. Trump has undone so many regulations that, besides getting a Supreme Court nominee on the court, unraveling Obama rules on guns, coal dumping, Internet privacy and more is probably the president's biggest 100-day accomplishment.
The White House is trying to square the circle on its promised $1 trillion infrastructure plan. While still emphasizing the need for private capital investment, the Trump administration can hope for bipartisan support only if the infrastructure plan includes net additions to federal spending, especially for projects not feasible for revenue-based financing.
President Donald Trump's zeal to unveil a tax plan before his 100th day in office is raising questions about just how thorough his "tax reform" plans will be, amid signals that his focus for now is on slashing tax rates. Trump has directed aides to move quickly on a plan to cut the corporate income tax rate to 15 percent from 35 percent, a Trump administration official said on Monday.
The White House on Sunday announced that it would host a dinner on Thursday for the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, then, according to TheHill.com , abruptly announced that due to scheduling conflicts, the dinner would have to be postponed indefinitely. "This is highly unusual - President will have dinner with the Justices of the Supreme Court on Thursday, according to the White House," he tweeted.
If you're any student of politics, you saw Steve Bannon on the cover of Time magazine in early February--"The Great Manipulator," it called him--and knew to start the countdown then. Dead strategist walking.
President Donald Trump doesn't care what the experts have to say. "No matter how much I accomplish during the ridiculous standard of the first 100 days, & it has been a lot , media will kill!," he tweeted.
If you're any student of politics, you saw Steve Bannon on the cover of Time magazine in early February - "The Great Manipulator," it called him - and knew to start the countdown then. He'd crossed the line that a politician's advisers mustn't, to a place and prominence where only the most foolish of them tread.
Like what you read below? Sign up for HUFFPOST HILL and get a cheeky dose of political news every evening! , just another day on the calendar in which Americans try to forget about reality. Bill O'Reilly is receiving a -- an amount typically reserved for more noble undertakings like selling out to a lobbying firm, ruining the Yankees' playoff chances or running an investment bank into the ground.
About 23 million Americans and 1 in 10 households use prepaid debit cards, and more than $270 billion in payments was made on them in 2015-yet this Congress may choose to gut protections for them. Under the Congressional Review Act , or CRA, Congress has the power to veto new regulations finalized by government agencies.
President Donald Trump's senior advisers, deep in the weeds of tax reform, are reportedly looking at ways to save the middle class by placing more financial responsibilities on the shoulders of the wealthy - and part of the plan being discussed is to limit the level of deductions charitable organizations can take. If we want a country where the government is subservient to the people - where the free market leads and the federal, state and local public sector classes follow - then charity is key.
Press secretary Sean Spicer publicly apologized several times for this comment about Bashar Assad, the murderous dictator of Syria: "You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons." Spicer got hammered for supposedly minimizing the horror of the Holocaust.
In this April 7, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after their meetings at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump has praised Xi since hosting him at his Palm Beach, Fla., resort, after sharply criticizing China's economic policies as a candidate.
The White House displayed a tough and unyielding approach to North Korea and its nuclear ambitions Monday, with President Donald Trump warning that Kim Jong Un has "gotta behave" and Vice President Mike Pence sternly advising Kim not to test America's resolve and military power. Trump, in Washington, and Pence at the tense Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, signaled a forceful U.S. stance on North Korea's recent actions and threats.
President-elect Bush hugs his new Labor Secretary nominee Elaine Chao during a news conference in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2001. Despite President Trump's criticisms of President George W. Bush on the campaign trail last year, administration officials have been recruiting people who worked under Bush to work under Mr. Trump, according to Politico.
Los Angeles, April 17 Actress Melissa McCarthy returned on the TV show "Saturday Night Live" to reprise her impression of White House press secretary Sean Spicer, while taking a jibe at his gaffe involving Hitler and the Holocaust. In the show, McCarthy came out in a bunny suit, a reference to Spicer having played the Easter Bunny at one of the White House's Easter Egg Roll events during the George Bush administration, reports variety.com.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said Friday that it would not disclose the names of people who have visited the White House, ending a policy of President Barack Obama's that was created to promote transparency. While the Obama administration claimed to release visitor records voluntarily, the Obama-era policy was actually the result of administration officials trying to settle a lawsuit against the George W. Bush administration.