The Media’s Reliance on Skeevy Leaks and Crazy Conclusions
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Trump advisers weigh privatizing some public assets to build new infrastructure
In his proposed budget released Tuesday, President Trump called for spending $200 billion over 10 years to "incentivize" private, state and local spending on infrastructure. The Trump administration, determined to overhaul and modernize the nation's infrastructure, is drafting plans to privatize some public assets such as airports, bridges, highway rest stops and other facilities, according to top officials and advisers.
D.C. assisted suicide law could be blocked under Trump’s budget
D.C. Mayor, Muriel Bowser, right, with D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton at a Cannon House Office Building press conference defending the city's assisted suicide law from Congressional interference.
Report: Trump asked top intelligence officials for help pushing back on collusion investigation
President Trump called two top intelligence officials in March, NSA Director Michael Rogers and Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats, to ask them for help pushing back against the FBI's collusion investigation. The Washington Post reports : Trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence, Daniel Coats, and to Adm.
The great national divide seen through reporters’ eyes
Margaret Sullivan is former editor of The Buffalo New s and former public editor of The New York Times . She is now media columnist for The Washington Post .
Meet the WaPo: Fake news ground zero
For decades now, the Washington Post and New York Times have been read only by left-wing minions of the Democratic Party. Both are well known propaganda machines of the far left in America.
Rep. Chris Stewart says Trump needs to be careful with classified information
A Republican Utah congressman and former military officer says President Donald Trump needs to be more careful when talking about classified information. "My read from the press reports at least is that him conveying something that was inappropriate probably hasn't taken place yet," Rep. Chris Stewart said Tuesday on KSL NewsRadio's "The Doug Wright Show."
Trump claims a absolute righta to share info with Russia
This handout photo released by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, shows President Donald Trump meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. The Washington Post is reporting that Trump revealed highly classified information about Islamic State militants to Russian officials during a meeting at the White House last week.
The Latest: European country might halt US intel-sharing
The Senate's top Republican says "we can do with a little less drama from the White House" so the GOP can focus on advancing the party's legislative agenda. Appearing Tuesday morning on Bloomberg Business, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was responding to reports that President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about the Islamic State group to Russian officials.
The Latest: Trump and Jordan’s King Abdullah set phone call
The conversation will take place amid a report by The Washington Post that Trump revealed highly classified information to senior Russian officials at a meeting last week, putting a source of intelligence about the Islamic State extremist group at risk. Jordan is a key ally in the U.S.-led international military coalition against Islamic State, which controls territory in neighboring Syria and Iraq.
A brief history of Trump’s tweets on the ‘scandal’ of…
President Donald Trump reportedly shared classified information with the Russian officials during a meeting at the White House last week, prompting condemnation across the political spectrum - including a look at his past public statements on others' disclosure of classified intelligence. Both current and former anonymous US officials claimed that Trump had disclosed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak sensitive intelligence regarding the Islamic State, according to a report from The Washington Post .
The Latest: Dem calls report on Trump, intel ‘disturbing’
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the report that President Donald Trump shared classified information with Russian officials : The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee says a report that President Donald Trump shared intelligence about the Islamic State group with Russian officials is "deeply disturbing." Rep. Adam Schiff of California said in a statement Monday that "this disclosure could jeopardize sources of very sensitive intelligence and relationships we have with key partners."
Report: Trump shared secret info about IS with Russians
President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about Islamic State militants to Russian officials during a meeting at the White House last week, The Washington Post reported Monday. The newspaper cited current and former U.S. officials who said Trump shared details about an Islamic State terror threat with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Congressional Officials: Comey Sought More Resources for Russia Probe Before Firing
U.S. congressional officials say ousted FBI Director James Comey had in the days before his firing asked for more resources for his investigation into Russia's involvement in last year's U.S. election and possible links between Russia and President Donald Trump's campaign. The officials said the request was made to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who along with Attorney General Jeff Sessions outlined in memos Tuesday the administration's reasons for ousting Comey.
Milbank: Rosenstein has one last chance to save himself
For years, the man who just became the No. 2 official in the Justice Department painstakingly built a reputation as a gifted prosecutor and an above-the-fray lawman, serving Democratic and Republican administrations alike.
After Yates, more questions for the Trump White House
Sally Yates didn't bring a smoking gun to the latest episode of the long-running political melodrama entwining the White House and Russia. But in a Senate hearing on Monday, the former acting attorney general produced just enough fresh intrigue to offer Democrats a new opening in the war of attrition they are waging against Donald Trump's presidency.
Exposing the Fraud That Is Richard Spencer
White nationalism is real scary, but white nationalism, it turns out, cannot bear too much scrutiny. So much of its power depends on the rest of us not knowing much about the people advancing it.
Absent glitter and Trump, journalists honor press freedom
Prominent Washington journalists, if not Hollywood stars, celebrated the First Amendment during the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, an event that lacked the glitter of past years because of the absence of the president of the United States.
Reince Priebus says Trump wants power to sue news outlets
Reince Priebus insists Trump still wants the power to sue news outlets -and says changing libel laws 'is something that we've looked at' White House chief of staff says a looser libel lawsuit standard is something that has been discussed inside the administration Trump first raised the idea of taking the NY Times and The Washington Post to court in a February 2016 campaign rally, pledging to 'sue them and win money' The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees a free press, and a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court ruling sets a very high bar for proving news libel At Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner, comic Hasan Minhaj said Trump had boycotted the event because he 'doesn't care about free speech' White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said on Sunday that loosening America's libel laws to allow the president to sue news outlets over unflattering coverage 'is something that ... (more)
At Holocaust event, Trump pays tribute to – those who survived history’s darkest hour’
President Trump spoke out against Holocaust deniers and anti-Semitism at a Holocaust memorial event at the Capitol on April 25. "Those who deny the Holocaust are an accomplice to this horrible evil," he said. President Trump on Tuesday paid tribute to Holocaust victims and survivors with a resolute speech in which he vowed that his administration would confront anti-Semitism and protect Israel from those seeking the Jewish state's destruction.