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Democrats are alleging new attempts at voter suppression in Texas, where the GOP-controlled Legislature's electoral maps and a strict voter ID law already have been previously struck down in federal court and the nation's first primary of the year is less than two weeks away. At issue this time: unusual accusations by top Republicans that schools districts and educational groups are trying to unfairly sway elections.
President Donald Trump used Twitter Thursday morning to call "fake news" on the gun safety town hall CNN held in the wake of the Parkland, Florida school shooting. One of the most surprising parts of Wednesday's event came when Sen. Marco Rubio shot down the idea that the way to stop school shootings is to arm teachers, an idea proffered by the White House both at a listening session with shooting survivors that occurred earlier on Wednesday and at Tuesday's White House press briefing.
Twitter was set ablaze late Tuesday evening after the social media platform restricted and locked thousands of conservative, pro-Trump accounts. A woman named Gretchen Smith tweeted a picture of herself Wednesday morning and said she is indeed a real person who founded 'Code of Vets' yet she was locked out and lost 3300 followers.
President Donald Trump is again attacking his predecessor on Twitter, asking why he didn't do more to prevent Russian election meddling. Trump's tweet on Monday says: "Obama was President up to, and beyond, the 2016 Election.
While this tweet is certainly more professional than Trump's many holiday posts dedicated to his "haters and losers," the ominous, seemingly trollish message isn't entirely clear. Trump's tweet just prior to his President's Day wishes was a direct attack against Oprah , who many believe is plotting a 2020 presidential run on the Democrat ticket.
A reporter raises her hands to ask a question of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, after he announced that the office of special counsel Robert Mueller says a grand jury has charged 13 Russian nationals and several Russian entities, Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, in Washington. The defendants are accused of violating U.S. criminal laws to interfere with American elections and the political process.
Over the past 24 hours, Donald Trump has unleashed a raging tweetstorm in response to the Russia indictments, furiously trying to vindicate himself, proclaim his innocence, and re-litigate his election. The tweets started Friday, shortly after the news that Robert Mueller had indicted 13 Russian nationals for interfering in the U.S. political system.
Late Saturday night, Trump continued his recent criticism of the FBI, this time in connection with the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter.
Amid global anxiety about US President Donald Trump's approach to global affairs, US officials had a message to a gathering of Europe's foreign policy elite this weekend: pay no attention to the man tweeting behind the curtain. US lawmakers - both Democrats and Republicans - and top national security officials in the Trump administration offered the same advice publicly and privately, often clashing with Trump's Twitter stream: the United States remains staunchly committed to its European allies, is furious with the Kremlin about election interference and isn't contemplating a pre-emptive strike on North Korea to halt its nuclear programme.
On Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller indicted thirteen Russian nationals for attempting to sabotage the 2016 US elections. The 37-page indictment alleges that Russians working for the Internet Research Agency, a Kremlin-linked troll farm, engaged in a multiyear campaign to spread misinformation and actively supported Donald Trump's bid for the White House.
In the latest installment of Social Media Theater of the Absurd, Mr. Walker recently went full-on hyperbolic about Mount Pleasant's attempt to ban plastic bags. The town took another step this week on that decidedly local issue when it sent the proposed ban on single-use plastic and foam containers to two council committees for more work.
IT TOOK the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals 70 days to issue its ruling in International Refugee Assistance Project v Trump, a challenge to Donald Trump's third attempt to ban travel from countries he deems threatening to America. We now know what took the 13 judges so long: the decision, released on February 15th, includes eight opinions spanning 285 pages.
U.S. President Donald Trump continued to rail against ongoing probes into ties between his campaign team and Russia on Twitter Sunday morning as he said that they are "laughing their asses off in Moscow." He began his tweet with: "If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the U.S. then, with all of the Committee Hearings, Investigations and Party hatred."
President Donald Trump shares a laugh with Ms.Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Secretary Tom Price, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Vice President Mike Pence on... President Donald Trump introduces Enda Kenny, the Taoiseach of Ireland, to Wilbur Ross, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, in the West Wing Lobby on Thursday, March 16, 2017, upon the Prime Minister's arrival to the White House.
Paul Nehlen, a fringe challenger of House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and whose anti-Semitic tweets caused a stir in recent months, drew criticism again this week after tweeting an image of actress Meghan Markle photoshopped with the face of Cheddar Man, the dark-skinned man believed to be the first modern Briton. Twitter suspended Nehlen's account after he shared an image of Prince Harry standing next to Markle, a biracial American he is set to marry in May. Along with the image was this tweet: "Honey does this tie make my face look pale?" Start your day with the news you need from the Bay Area and beyond.
The front of today's New York Times Sunday Styles section features a profile of MSNBC host Joy Reid, " A Hero of the Resistance, " by Laura Holson. The online headline's subhead: "The daughter of immigrants, she spars fiercely with supporters of President Trump, both on the air and in the Twitter ether."
President Donald Trump defended his decision to not release the Democratic rebuttal of a Republican memo that alleged bias and misconduct by the FBI and Justice Department early in their investigation of Russian election interference, saying on Twitter that the document was "very political." "The Democrats sent a very political and long response memo which they knew, because of sources and methods , would have to be heavily redacted, whereupon they would blame the White House for lack of transparency," Trump said in a tweet.
"If he wants due process for the over dozen sexual assault allegations against him, let's have Congressional hearings tomorrow," Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand tweets Political Twitter has a bone to pick with President Donald Trump over his tweet Saturday morning arguing that "lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation." "Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation," his tweet said in defense of staff secretary Rob Porter, who left the White House amidst domestic abuse allegations from his two ex-wives.