Sean Spicer Instantly Regrets His Sarcasm On Trump’s Press Availability

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday made the mistake of asking reporters if they wanted President Donald Trump to end his days-long refusal to speak on the record about a number of topics, including the baseless claim that he was illegally wiretapped by President Barack Obama. "Is it possible that we could see the president for a more general multi-question news conference," Real Clear Politics reporter Alexis Simendinger asked Spicer at Wednesday's briefing.

Republicans’ gift on International Women’s Day: A health care bill that punishes women

Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But... At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the... Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... There couldn't be a Republican health care bill that doesn't continue the War on Women-because there can't be a Republican anything that isn't a direct assault on women's rights, or women's health, or women's bank accounts.

Ben Carson Compares Slaves to Immigrants

Ben Carson compared slaves to immigrants seeking a better life in his first official address Monday as Housing and Urban Development secretary, setting off an uproar on social media. In what appears to be an embarrassing pattern of missteps on race for the Trump administration, Carson told a room packed with hundreds of federal workers that the Africans captured, sold and transported to America against their will had the same hopes and dreams as early immigrants.

Isis Leader Al-Baghdadi Hiding in Desert

U.S. and Iraqi officials believe the leader of Isis, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has left operational commanders behind with diehard followers to fight the battle of Mosul, and is now hiding out in the desert, focusing mainly on his own survival. It is impossible to confirm the whereabouts of the Islamic State "Caliph", who declared himself the "ruler of all Muslims" from Mosul's Great Mosque after his forces swept through northern Iraq in 2014.

The Daily 202: Trump will use bully pulpit to counter conservative revolt over Obamacare replacement

After appearing to project some ambivalence earlier in the day, President Trump came out strongly last night for the faltering House Republican plan to replace Obamacare. He told the group of about 20 lawmakers who will be charged with whipping up support for the legislation that he wants the Paul Ryan bill to be approved largely intact.

Honduran Farmers Sue World Bank Group for Human Rights Violations

EarthRights International filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of Honduran farmers charging two World Bank Group members with aiding and abetting gross violations of human rights. The suit arises out of the substantial financial support two World Bank entities, the International Finance Corporation and the IFC Asset Management Corporation , invested in Honduran palm-oil companies owned by the late Miguel FacussA .

What Syrian Refugees think of Trump’s Refugee Ban

Reuters Arabic reports that a wave of anger swept the Syrian refugee camps of southern Lebanon Monday and Tuesday when they learned that Trump intends to ban Syrians and five other nationalities from coming to the US for at least 3 months and all refugee entries for 6 months. Reuters says that Sultan Jalloud and Abdallah al-Omar expressed their sorrow on waking up to hear the news.

3/07/2017

When asked about the cost of Trump's Big Beautiful Wall, the director of the Office of Management and Budget pretty much said, "it depends." But this was unintentionally ... revealing: "Some places, a solid concrete barrier might be desired," Mulvaney said.