What if Trump pushed out McConnell? It might not change anything

President Donald Trump raised a lot of eyebrows on Capitol Hill this week by repeatedly going after Senate Majority Mitch McConnell, demanding that the top Republican do more to push ahead with plans to overhaul the Obama health law, and also to spur action on other top Trump priorities, like bills on tax reform, and new money for roads and bridges. Let's imagine for a moment that President Trump could wave a magic wand and get rid of McConnell would anything really change in the Senate? 1. If McConnell disappears, the music stays the same.

Trump administration defends travel ban in US Supreme Court brief

President Donald Trump's administration reiterated arguments defending its temporary travel ban in a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, repeatedly citing the executive's broad powers to exclude foreigners from the United States. International travelers arrive on the day that U.S. President Donald Trump's limited travel ban, approved by the U.S. Supreme Court, goes into effect, at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., June 29, 2017.

Is Mike Pence the ‘Deep State’ that Trump fears?

"Last summer, the idea of being Donald Trump's running mate was so fraught and distasteful that Trump was forced to choose from a shortlist of Republican Party mediocrities, has-beens, and hangers-on - including ethical basket-cases like Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Among up-and-coming Republicans, Trump was still an object of derision and scorn: vulgar, ignorant, embarrassing, and destined to lose to Hillary Clinton.

Former GOP Sen. Gordon Humphrey: ‘Seriously Sick’ Trump Must Be Replaced ASAP

A former Republican senator is calling on lawmakers to use the 25th Amendment to kick President Donald Trump out of office. " He is sick of mind, impetuous, arrogant, belligerent and dangerous ," Gordon Humphrey, who represented New Hampshire from 1979 to 1990, said in a letter to his state's members of Congress obtained by Manchester ABC station WMUR.

Trump said he’s ‘very thankful’ to Putin for expelling U.S….

President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed off Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to expel hundreds of U.S. diplomatic employees from Russia, instead thanking Putin and insisting it would save the U.S. significant cash. In remarks to reporters at his golf course in central New Jersey, Trump dismissed Putin's move, saying he "greatly' appreciated Putin's help cutting down the payroll at the U.S. State Department.

White House Is Having Trouble Finding A New Communication Director

This combination of pictures created on July 21, 2017 shows Anthony Scaramucci , named Donald Trump's new White House communications director, at the White House in Washington, DC on July 21, 2017 and former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer at the White House on May 3, 2017. Spicer quit July 21, 2017 in opposition to Trump's naming of Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and longtime supporter of the billionaire investor-turned-president, as the new White House communications director, a White House official told AFP.

Here’s Who Could Replace McConnell As Senate Majority Leader

Should Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell step down from the top position in Congress, Republicans will be looking for someone savvy enough to accomplish a difficult legislative to-do list and trusted by the president. President Donald Trump has not held back in his repeated criticisms of McConnell.

Lawrence O’Donnell Slams Jeff Flake for Not Criticizing Birtherism…

Sen. Jeff Flake has been all over the airwaves this month promoting his new book , Conscience of a Conservative , in which he laments that "Never has a party so quickly or easily abandoned its core principles as my party did in the course of the 2016 campaign." In the process Flake has predictably drawn heavy fire from Trumpworld , and perhaps less intuitively from certain quarters on the left.

UPDATE 2-Trump attacks Senate leader for 2nd straight day on health policy failure

U.S. President Donald Trump attacked his own party's Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, for a second day on Thursday, complaining from the steps of his private New Jersey golf club about Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare. "I just want him to get repeal and replace done.

Trump – Very Disappointed’ in McConnell Over Obamacare Inaction

Donald Trump said Thursday he's unhappy with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over Congress's failure to eliminate Obamacare, escalating a war of words with a fellow Republican who is key to advancing the president's agenda. "I'm very disappointed in Mitch," the president told reporters after assailing McConnell on Twitter for two days.

McCain: Trump failing on Afghanistan

REPUBLICAN Senator John McCain has launched his own Afghanistan strategy, saying Donald Trump has done nothing for the troops and that they 'deserve better'. Senator McCain declared that "America is adrift in Afghanistan" as he unveiled a war strategy of his own that includes more US combat forces and greater counter-terrorism efforts.

New poll shows Trump’s voter fraud claims are doing real damage

Shortly after his 2016 election win, then-President elect Donald Trump tweeted that, in addition to sweeping the Electoral College, he had beaten opponent Hillary Clinton in the popular vote - but only if the final tally discounted "millions of people who voted illegally." It was a baseless claim he later repeated in January, following his inauguration.

Penalties against polluters down 60 percent under Trump

When President Donald Trump took office in January, environmentalists feared his industry-friendly approach to environmental policy would usher in an era of lax environmental enforcement. That concern only grew with the appointment of Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency; Pruitt has said that he wants to hand off enforcement to the states and potentially eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance .

Trump and Obama Speeches Are Startlingly Similar – ” Here’s 2 Big Reasons Why

President Donald Trump and President Barack Obama may seem like political polar opposites, but their rhetoric has far more in common than you would think, according to a new analysis of their speeches . Two University of Minnesota professors took Trump's "more substantial speeches," defined for the analysis as 500 words or longer, and compared them with a database of presidential speeches that were gathered based on the same guidelines.

Giant inflatable chicken resembling Trump draws crowd near White House

Exchanges between the senior White House adviser and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times and Jim Acosta of CNN became combative at a news briefing on Wednesday. Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell officially announced that she will run against Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Miami, who represents a swing district on Wednesday August 1, 2017.

Guama s residents concerned but have faith in US military

In this March 7, 2003 file photo, a B-1B Lancer bomber, left, taxies past a B-52 shortly after landing at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The small U.S. territory of Guam has become a focal point after North Korea's army threatened to use ballistic missiles to create an "enveloping fire" around the island.