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The current political situation in America has many people wishing to go back to a simpler time, when the US President seemed infallible, all his staff were hardworking patriots and it never felt like things could really get too bad. No, we're not talking about the Barack Obama presidency - we're of course referring to the left-wing wish fulfilment of TV drama The West Wing, which depicted the political trials of President Jed Bartlet and his staff and became one of the biggest shows in the world during its 1999-2006 run.
Back in 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama was at a fundraiser in Philadelphia when he referenced "the Chicago Way" as described by Sean Connery's Jim Malone in "The Untouchables." "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun," said Obama, who rose to power from the Chicago political scene.
The Trump administration is eliminating most of the funding for grass-roots groups that help Americans get Affordable Care Act insurance and will for the first time urge the groups to promote health plans that bypass the law's consumer protections and required benefits. The reduction - the second round of cuts that began last summer - will shrink the federal money devoted to the groups, known as navigators, from $36.8 million to $10 million for the enrollment period that starts in November.
He has been described as approaching a handshake like an arm wrestle, in which he clasps the hand and pulls sharply, leaving the recipient off-balance. He yanked French President Emmanuel Macron's hand at the Bastille Day celebration in July 2017, holding on to it for nearly 30 seconds.
President Donald Trump makes a point of insisting that he has nothing against the Iranian people and is only interested in opposing what he regards as the dangerous activities of their government, but his own record in office belies that claim. It is clear that what he is trying to do is put pressure on the people of Iran to rise up and force a change in government, a process otherwise referred to as regime change.
Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, will have a sweeping impact on American life if he's confirmed for the job. The growing power of technology and internet companies will be one of the issues where he may make his mark.
Vice President Mike Pence and Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, arrived at the U.S. Capitol for meetings with Republican leaders on Tuesday as the advise-and-consent process began. Yale Law Prof.
Parents prepare to reunite with children under 5 years old as court-ordered deadline arrives, weeks or longer after being separated at the border. Harvey Weinstein is due in a New York court for arraignment on charges alleging he committed a sex crime against a third woman.
Boris Johnson's resignation as foreign secretary intensified Downing Street's crisis after Brexit Secretary David Davis quit over Theresa May's plans to depart the European Union. Before taking charge at the Foreign Office, Mr Johnson had been repeatedly criticised for using racially-charged or offensive language.
The 65-year-old actress - whose hit sitcom was cancelled by ABC in May after she posted a controversial tweet about about a former adviser to Barack Obama - had initially planned to appear on TV to discuss the cancellation of her show and the subsequent fallout. But now, she will instead record her own thoughts on the issue for her YouTube channel, describing the prospect of a TV interview as "too stressful".
With fanfare befitting the nation's pre-eminent showman, President Donald Trump on Monday poured accelerant on his campaign to shift Washington's balance of power toward conservatives and remake the federal judiciary for generations to come by nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
President Donald Trump and some of his Republican allies have expressed an extraordinary amount of denial about Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The president seethes at the suggestion of collusion or cooperation between his campaign and Russia, calls the special counsel's inquiry a "witch hunt" and "hoax," and continues to suggest that he accepts the assurance of Vladimir Putin that Russia did not intervene.
PRESIDENT TRUMP and some of his Republican allies have expressed an extraordinary amount of denial about Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The president seethes at the suggestion of collusion or cooperation between his campaign and Russia, calls the special counsel's inquiry a "witch hunt" and "hoax," and continues to suggest that he accepts the assurance of VladiA mir Putin that Russia did not intervene.
YOU KNOW these are interesting times in the U.S. economy when it's a positive sign that the unemployment rate just went up. On Friday, the Labor Department reported that the jobless rate ticked up from 3.8 percent in May to 4.0 percent in June, but that's good news because it reflected an increase of job seekers of approximately 600,000, drawn from the pool of previously discouraged workers.
American leftists cannot restrain themselves from throwing stink-bombs at all things wholesome and good. July 4th, my wife Mary read two articles in which black writers scolded blacks for celebrating Independence Day.
Democrats are rallying around the "Abolish ICE" slogan in response to the Trump Administration's immigration policies, but it could end up backfiring on them. In the wake of the Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" policy in dealing with people attempting to illegally enter the United States at the Mexican border, which at least for a time led to the separation of parents and children in apparent violation of existing law, many on the left have taken up the cause of abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement , the agency charged with enforcing the nation's immigration laws and the policies aimed at doing so from the incumbent President.
Last year's sweeping Republican tax bill killed the federal tax penalty for individuals who refuse to get health insurance as mandated under ObamaCare. But as that penalty disappears for Americans in January, a growing number of liberal states are moving to enact their own individual mandates requiring residents to purchase health insurance - a last-ditch effort to preserve a critical part of former President Barack Obama's 2010 health care law.
The left are losing their collective minds over President Trump's opportunity to nominate a new Supreme Court Justice. Not that one has been announced yet, but nevertheless they are starting early.
Halfway through 2018, it's clear that the year will be remembered by the history books as a time when the Donald Trump administration started its drastic escalation of what amounts to an ethnic cleansing campaign aimed at nonwhite immigrants. So far, the administration has made it a priority to shake the trees to find every legal avenue possible to throw out people Trump considers too dark-skinned.