Trump signs bill easing post-2008 crisis restraints on banks
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a measure that loosens key restraints for banks imposed after the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession.
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Trump signs bill easing post-2008 crisis restraints on banks Source: AP
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a measure that loosens key restraints for banks imposed after the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession. Savoring the legislative triumph, he called it "the next step in America's unprecedented economic comeback."
Charles Lane:
There was a tense moment during the 2016 Republican primary debates when former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush challenged Donald Trump for saying he would be "honored" to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un for disarmament talks. "I can't tell you how big a mistake I think that is, to have bilateral talks with North Korea.
Owner of 3rd Generation Taco sets sights on Apple Valley Town Council
The 26-year Apple Valley resident, father of two and husband to his Granite Hills High School “sweetheart,” grew up during George W. Bush's presidency, a time he associates with war in Iraq and the deafening bubble burst of a housing market bloated on subprime loans. President Obama's 2008 election win, then, ushered in an era of aspiration and ambition for Ariza, 30, who started 3rd Generation Taco as a “pop-up catering” outfit with his brother, Ausencio, in October 2014.
Trump the Outsider
Republicans and real Americans should start getting tough on this Scam. And so on.
Ap Fact Check: Trump on Russia probe, border; Pruitt claims Source: Ap
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Black women look to flex power in Georgia governor’s race
This week's primary election in Georgia presents black women voters with a rare opportunity: To give a Democrat who looks like them a chance at occupying the governor's mansion in a Republican-controlled state. A Democratic primary win Tuesday for Stacey Abrams or Stacey Evans - both lawyers and former state lawmakers - means Georgia could elect its first woman governor later this year.
Politics | The Policy of Speak Softly May be Dead – Sunday Political Brunch – May 20, 2018
Political discourse is loud these days, as witnessed by all the negative, campaign attack ads for the past few months in the 2018 primary election states. President Teddy Roosevelt's philosophy was, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick."
EXCLUSIVE: Gina Haspel Refuses to Answer Senator Rand Paul’s…
Prior to her confirmation as CIA Director, Gina Haspel was facing tough questions from Senator Rand Paul, and The Gateway Pundit has exclusively reviewed her responses which completely dodged specific questions about the CIA's involvement with the Christopher Steele dossier. On Tuesday, Senator Paul sent a formal letter to Haspel inquiring about her involvement in surveillance of the Trump campaign.
Who Lost Russia?’ Isn’t Just an Academic Debate
These days, Russia is merely a big football for Americans. There's little demand for nuance, as some old Russia hands complained to Keith Gessen for his excellent article published in the New York Times Magazine over the weekend.
Big cash in run for No. 2 California post
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom once joked his job doesn't involve much governing, but that's not stopping candidates from shelling out millions of dollars to replace him.
A porn star, an oligarch and corporate CEOs: Who’s who in the Stormy Daniels-Michael Cohen saga
What began as an investigation into the Trump campaign's possible collusion with Russian agents seeking to influence the 2016 presidential campaign has now spun off into a soap opera-like detour into a tabloid sex scandal - but with high stakes for President Trump and his inner circle. The cast of characters of this new drama includes a pornographic actress, Trump's New York "fixer," celebrity lawyers, corporate CEOs and a Russian oligarch.
GOP immigration moderates seek to force House votes on issue
Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., calls on a reporter during a news conference with House Republicans who are collecting signatures on a petition to force House votes on immigration legislation, Wednesday, May 9, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Next change for Facebook: New board director, executives reshuffled
Facebook will undergo major organizational changes inside its Menlo Park-based headquarters and with its board of directors, including having a new director fill the board seat left open by WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum. Jeff Zients, the CEO of the multinational holding company Cranemere, will join Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, venture capitalists Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen and four others on Facebook's board effective May 31, the day of Facebook's shareholder meeting, the company announced Tuesday.
McCain Regrets Picking Palin Over Lieberman As His 2008 Running Mate
Sen. John McCain is using his new book and a documentary to publicly express his regret at not choosing former Senate colleague Joseph Lieberman as his running mate in the 2008 presidential election, The New York Times reported . McCain wrote in the book, which the newspaper said it obtained independently of the Arizona Republican, that his advisers warned him against picking Lieberman, a Connecticut Democrat who turned Independent, because of his support for abortion rights.
McCain’s critiques of Trump have president’s supporters angry and firing back
As Sen. John McCain remains in his home state recovering from surgery for an intestinal infection and undergoing treatment for brain cancer, he has mostly been receiving a stream of well wishes and tributes for his long career in public service. One faction that has been a notable exception are some of President Trump's staunch defenders.
Like wrestling
So what's it going to be, America: a democratic republic, or Trumpistan? A nation governed by the rule of law, or an oversized kleptocracy, whose maximum leader uses the decayed shell of government to punish his political enemies and reward friends and family? In another way of putting it, the United States government increasingly resembles a professional wrestling spectacle - all scripted feuds and melodramatic revenge plots enacted by a cast of alternately sinister and clownish figures skirting the edge of self-parody. According to The Washington Post, President Trump has personally intervened with the postmaster general in a fruitless effort to double the rates Amazon.com pays the U.S. Postal Service to ship packages.
Trump: Democratic senator should resign over ‘false’ allegations against VA pick
A furious President Donald Trump on Saturday called for the resignation of the Democratic senator who assembled and released what he called "false" allegations that scuttled the nomination of the White House doctor who'd been in line to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs . Trump stepped up his criticism of Montana's Jon Tester, top Democrat on the Senate Veterans' Committee, in two tweets days after asserting that Tester "has to have a big price to pay" politically in the GOP friendly state for his leading role in Ronny Jackson's failed VA bid.
This day in history, April 28, 2018
In 1789, there was a mutiny on the HMS Bounty as rebelling crew members of the British ship, led by Fletcher Christian, set the captain, William Bligh, and 18 others adrift in a launch in the South Pacific. In 1918, Gavrilo Princip, 23, the assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the archduke's wife, Sophie, died in prison of tuberculosis.
HISTORY, April 28: Muhammad Ali refuses Army induction
In 1789, there was a mutiny on the HMS Bounty as rebelling crew members of the British ship, led by Fletcher Christian, set the captain, William Bligh, and 18 others adrift in a launch in the South Pacific.