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Category Archives: Donald Trump
Transgender man cautiously hopeful as the date he can join US military nears
"This is a highly emotional time for me. It's definitely sitting, and hoping and waiting," he said in an interview Thursday with CNN.
Trump’s year-end record actually speaks for itself
WASHINGTON There is no shortage of hyperbole in the yearend assessments of Donald Trump's presidency. Yet, hyperbole positive or negative is superfluous.
White House gears up for infrastructure push, dubbed a easiest of alla by Trump
Fresh off his tax bill victory, President Donald Trump plans to kick off 2018 with a renewed push for a massive infrastructure spending program, a key campaign promise which he recently described as "the easiest of all" to achieve but one that could face some significant roadblocks in the months ahead. The White House is planning a "mid-to-late January" roll out of the president's infrastructure plan leading up to his first State of the Union address on January 30, where rebuilding the nation's roads, bridges, airports and railways is expected to be a major theme, an administration official tells ABC News.
Jay-Z, Beyonce imagine daughter as US leader in new video
Music power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce have imagined their daughter as a transformative US leader in a new video. Blue Ivy, who turns six on January 7, is depicted as leading an all-female constitutional convention in 2050 in a video released Friday for her father's song "Family Feud."
The top five undercovered news stories of 2017, from the left and right
President Donald Trump surrounded by members of congress and supporters as he speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, to acknowledge the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by Congress. Trump's unpredictable, pugnacious approach to the presidency often worked against him as Republicans navigated a tumultuous but ultimately productive year in Congress.
US military to accept transgender recruits
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2017 was a year of chaos, division and disruption in national politics
President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20. So did chaos, division and disruption, and a sense that the guardrails that usually had kept the capital and American politics on a normal path had collapsed under the weight of it all.
2017: The year in review
WHAT A SIGHT! Piper Truza watches a phase of a partial solar eclipse visible in Detroit on Aug. 21. Millions of Americans gazed in wonder through telescopes, cameras and disposable protective glasses as the moon blotted out the sun in the first full-blown solar eclipse to sweep the U.S. from coast to coast in nearly a century. President Barack Obama wipes away tears as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago on Jan. 10, 2017, giving his presidential farewell address.
Democrats are deluded about tax cuts’ effect on 2018 elections
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 20. If Democrats do well in the 2018 midterm elections, it won't be because of the Trump tax cuts. Democrats' hyperbole notwithstanding, voters are not going to vote against Republicans for putting more money in their pockets.
Has Trump’s approval rating caught up to Obama’s?
President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his approval ratings at this point in his presidency rival those of Barack Obama, citing a report from "Fox & Friends." "While the Fake News loves to talk about my so-called low approval rating, @foxandfriends just showed that my rating on Dec. 28, 2017, was approximately the same as President Obama on Dec. 28, 2009, which was 47 percent...and this despite massive negative Trump coverage & Russia hoax!" he tweeted.
17 in ’17: The most controversial staff departures from Trump’s White House
Almost from the first day, President Donald Trump's top aides began to depart - many of them not by choice. Trump announced on Twitter that he had ousted Reince Priebus while the two men were sitting aboard Air Force One on the tarmac, leaving the chief of staff to step off the plane alone.
Trump says Russia inquiry makes U.S. a look very bada
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he believes Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, will treat him fairly, contradicting some members of his party who have waged a weekslong campaign to try to discredit Mueller and the continuing inquiry. During an impromptu 30-minute interview with The New York Times at his golf club in West Palm Beach, the president did not demand an end to the Russia investigations swirling around his administration, but insisted 16 times that there has been “no collusion” discovered by the inquiry.
Letter threatens Coyne, Trump: Brook Park blotter
Threats, Engle Road: An anonymous letter containing vague, "possible" threats to Brook Park Mayor Tom Coyne and President Donald Trump was received at Brook Park City Hall Nov. 9 - two days after Trump was elected president. The rambling, seven-page letter quoted Bible verses and included newspaper clippings.
Trump says cold weather disproves global warming. His own White House disagrees.
President Donald Trump pauses during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, July 31, 2017. On Thursday, President Trump posted a tweet suggesting that the current cold snap across the United States disproves evidence of climate change.
.com | Russia probe makes US ‘look very bad’ – Trump
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he believes the probe into Russian meddling in the US election "makes the country look very bad," according to The New York Times. Speaking to the newspaper, Trump said he believes special counsel Robert Mueller will treat him fairly - a view in contrast with recent attacks on Mueller's credibility from Republicans, who have pressed for a new independent prosecutor to investigate anti-Trump bias.
While in Washington, Trump stays close to home
After living in Washington for about a year, President Donald Trump has yet to enjoy a single nonworking meal at a restaurant that doesn't pay him rent. He hasn't taken in a performance at the Kennedy Center; hasn't been to a sporting event; hasn't toured most of the sights.
What happens if Trump fires special counsel Mueller: it starts with 500 protests
If President Donald Trump fired special counsel Robert Mueller the first visible response would appear within hours, in the streets. More than 500 demonstrations are already planned - outside the White House and the Capitol, in blue states and red states, in big cities, and in smaller places with names like Ketchum, Kankakee, and the pertinently monikered Truth or Consequences.
1 percenters get more dough
With great fanfare, pomp and ceremony, congressional Republicans and our tax-evader-in-chief Donald Trump rolled out a tax package they believe to be the greatest thing since sliced bread. But that, of course, depends on who gets how many slices.
Trump’s 2017, in 17 tweets
Through a little less than a year in office, President Donald Trump has tweeted more than 2,300 times, using Twitter to attack political opponents, announce policy shifts, rant about the media, spread propaganda and, in frequent pitched outbursts, seek to undermine public confidence in the Russia investigation. When it's been suggested he set his phone aside and more meticulously manage his message, Trump reacts angrily.