Will accomplishments in Congress be enough for voters?
By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON - With passage of an enormous budget bill, the GOP-controlled Congress all but wrapped up its legislating for the year.
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Can Isolationist Trump and Neocon NSC Pick Bolton really Get Along?
While U.S. President Donald Trump has previously denounced "regime change" and "nation-building," John Bolton, his choice for national-security adviser, has been a vocal proponent of American intervention abroad. In selecting former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton as his new national-security adviser, U.S. President Donald Trump has tapped a man whose foreign policy record stands at odds with central elements of Trump's stated vision of America's role in the world.
GOP in control, but Demsa budget priorities are winning
Under President Barack Obama and a GOP-controlled Congress, Capitol Hill Democrats had to scratch and claw for months to get tiny increases for domestic programs - or just hold them level. The $1.3 trillion government-wide funding bill signed by President Donald Trump on Friday gave them almost everything they wanted.
Federal heating aid program saved, expanded
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press A federal heating aid program for low-income residents has survived another attempt by President Donald Trump to kill it.
Trump may expel Russian diplomats in response to poisoning in Britain NEW
U.S. and European officials said Saturday that President Donald Trump is close to expelling 20 or more Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain. The move, which could prompt a new wave of retaliatory expulsions of U.S. diplomats in Russia, may come as early as Monday.
Will GOP accomplishments in Congress be enough for voters?
With passage of an enormous budget bill, the GOP-controlled Congress all but wrapped up its legislating for the year. But will it be enough to convince voters to give Republicans another term at the helm? In two big ways, Republicans have done what they promised.
The (likely) last major act of an anti-spending Congress: a $1.3 trillion budget-busting bill
A copy of the $1.3 trillion spending bill is stacked on a table last week in the Diplomatic Room of the White House. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/The Associated Press A copy of the $1.3 trillion spending bill is stacked on a table last week in the Diplomatic Room of the White House.
AP Explains: Trump’s policy on transgender troops
President Donald Trump has issued an order supporting his push to ban most transgender troops from serving in the U.S. military except under "limited circumstances." But the decision is expected to be the subject of an ongoing legal fight in the months ahead.
Trump signs $1.3 trillion budget
President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending measure Friday, averting a midnight government shutdown just hours after declaring he was considering a veto. in the package, in part because it did not fully fund his plans for a border wall with Mexico and did not address some 700,000 The bill signing came a few hours after Trump created last-minute drama by saying in a tweet that he was With Congress already on recess, and a government shutdown looming, he said that young immigrants now protected in the U.S. under Barack Obama's Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals "have been totally abandoned by the Democrats and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded."
Federal heating aid program saved, expanded in Trump budget
A federal heating aid program for low-income residents has survived another attempt by President Donald Trump to kill it. The $1.3 trillion spending bill signed by Trump on Friday includes $3.64 billion for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
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Hillary Clinton speaks to her communications director Jennifer Palmieri aboard the campaign plane in Philadelphia on Nov. 6, 2016. : Washington Post photo by Melina Mara Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was "foolish" not to mount a louder and longer defense of her government email troubles in its last weeks, when the FBI had suddenly reopened the issue and Donald Trump was using it to thrash Clinton daily, a top Clinton aide concludes in a new memoir.
With Omnibus Signing, Trump Formally Surrenders To The Swamp
Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way - Andrew McCabe served in the FBI from 1996 until March 16. He was the bureau's deputy director from 2016 to January, including time as acting director from May to August 2017. - On March 16, I spent Bolton Expected to 'Clean House' - The incoming national security advisor aims to ax dozens of White House officials as he dismantles McMaster's NSC.
Cambridge Analytica offices searched over data storage
Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way - Andrew McCabe served in the FBI from 1996 until March 16. He was the bureau's deputy director from 2016 to January, including time as acting director from May to August 2017. - On March 16, I spent Bolton Expected to 'Clean House' - The incoming national security advisor aims to ax dozens of White House officials as he dismantles McMaster's NSC.
Republicans Still Don’t Get Trump
If so, the GOP has an odd way of showing affection. Green cites a lack of Republican criticism of Trump, the president's continued popularity within the party, and Trump's rescue of incumbent Nevada senator Dean Heller from a primary challenge.
Trump undercuts $30 billion Gateway rail project in NY
The deal was struck last week in an ornate room just off the House floor, where two New Yorkers discussed a big infrastructure project in their home town as dignitaries milled around a St. Patrick's Day luncheon. President Donald Trump's message to Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., was simple, King recounted Thursday: Federal money would flow to the $30 billion Gateway project, but Trump had to be in control.
Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving
President Donald Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under "limited circumstances," following up on his calls last year to ban transgender individuals from serving. The White House said retaining troops with a history or diagnosis of "gender dysphoria" - those who may require substantial medical treatment - "presents considerable risk to military effectiveness and lethality."
Donald Trump signs $1.3 trillion budget but is ‘very unhappy’ with it The Telegraph
Donald Trump was criticised by conservatives on Friday as he has signed a "monster" $1.3 trillion spending bill into law, having earlier threatened to veto it. The 2,232-page bill, which had been passed by Congress, funds the US government through September 30 and averted a government shutdown late on Friday night.
How will Bolton, Pompeo change U.S.- Asia Policy?
By Reena Bhardwaj, Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Mar. 24 : United States President Donald Trump's cabinet reshuffles have fueled concerns, not least after the latest appointment of hawkish John Bolton as National Security Adviser , just days after installing a former CIA chief as the new secretary of state. On Thursday afternoon, Trump decided to sack Gen.
Trump’s impulses put White House credibility on the line
Days of conflicting and misleading statements from President Donald Trump and his top aides have fueled new questions about the White House's credibility, sowing mistrust and instability within the West Wing and leaving some congressional Republicans wondering if they have a good faith negotiating partner in the president. One former congressional GOP leadership aide said it was becoming impossible for Republicans to negotiate anything with White House officials, given the president's willingness to undermine his own team's public and private assurances.
Benefits of lobbying evident for small drugmaker
Tucked in the massive congr... . President Donald Trump with, Vice President Mike Pence, responds to reporters' questions in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018, after he spoke about the $1.3 trillion spending bi... .