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We didn't fully realize just how hard it is to be president until we had one with no idea of what it takes to do the job. We didn't appreciate having a government that was relatively honest and free of venality until we had one riddled with corruption.
Trump is arguably the most thin-skinned president in modern times, and the slightest provocation will set him off on a tirade of insults, counterattacks, distractions and self-pity. He has called former FBI Director James Comey a leaker and falsely claimed the FBI was in tatters under his management.
Booker, D-N.J., said he has talked to a number of federal lawmakers of both parties, who come from states that have legalized the drug and are opposed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions' announcement in January that the Justice Department once again would prosecute marijuana cases in states that have legalized the drug. Under President Barack Obama, Justice officials said they would let states enforce their own laws while the federal agency focused on drug cartels, on transporting marijuana into states that have not legalized it, and on making sure legal marijuana businesses are not used as a cover for illegal activities, including selling other drugs.
Two Rio Grande Valley congressmen are pushing back against President Donald Trump's Easter Sunday declaration that any deal to replace the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA, is off the table. In a flurry of Easter tweets, Trump reversed his February claim that Republicans haven't forgotten young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents and were working hard to pass legislation regarding their temporary status.
After last year's successful drive to cut taxes, what does the majority party in Congress do for an encore? The answer for Republicans seems to be, "Not so much." For sure, Republicans in Washington feel good about the effect their overhaul of the nation's tax code is having on the economy, and recent polling suggests it's getting more popular as the midterm elections draw closer.
Tom van Overbeek made a point that even if Donald Trump is a narcissist, perhaps nearly all our presidents have been narcissists. While perhaps not as knowledgeable about our presidents as van Overbeek, who thinks Gerald Ford and Harry Truman were probably the only exceptions, perhaps James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Grover Cleveland, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama and others were also exceptions.
A program that temporarily shields hundreds of thousands of young people from deportation was scheduled to end Monday but court orders have forced the Trump administration to keep issuing renewals, easing the sense of urgency.
Former White House chief of staff Denis McDonough on Sunday defended the Obama administration's response to suspected Russian interference in the 2016 election, rebuffing the continued criticism former President Barack Obama has sustained on the issue. "We took a series of painstaking steps, including the President directly confronting President Putin," McDonough said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the South Lawn upon arrival on Marine One at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Saturday following a trip to Florida. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the South Lawn upon arrival on Marine One at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Saturday following a trip to Florida.
Long the subject of barbed tweets from President Donald Trump, members of the Washington press corps sharpened their wits for musical and rhetorical takedowns of the president, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and others Saturday night at the annual dinner of the Gridiron Club and Foundation. Trump accepted an invitation to the 133rd anniversary dinner, his first given that he declined to attend last year.
Barack Obama will be heavily protected in New Zealand, with a "wannabe jihadi" the most viable threat against him, a security expert says. The former US president will speak to about 1000 invited guests at an event run by the NZ-US Council in Auckland on March 22. He'll spend about three days in the country, before going on to Sydney.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder said he "did not have to protect" former President Barack Obama from scandals, in contrast to the numerous issues that have dogged President Donald Trump during his presidency, The Washington Post reported Saturday. The comment took place during an appearance Holder made on "Real Time With Bill Maher" Friday.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tio Hardiman participates in a debate Friday, March 2, 2018, in Chicago. The nominee will face either Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner or his conservative challenger, State Rep. Jeanne Ives, in November.
AT&T has opposed the FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules. And as the rules are set to expire, some supporters of the regulation are nervous AT&T and other ISPs could abuse their power on the net.
President Donald Trump will venture into hostile territory Saturday night at the annual Gridiron dinner, mingling with members of the mainstream media he loves to lash out against. The white-tie gala is one of the city's longest-running traditions, and the kind of establishment event that Trump has so far shunned.
On March 3, 1931, "The Star-Spangled Banner" became the national anthem of the United States as President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution. In 1791, Congress passed a measure taxing distilled spirits; it was the first internal revenue act in U.S. history.
There's no law against being conservative, but two extreme organizations would love to believe there is. After more than a year of watching President Trump populate his agencies with pro-life, pro-freedom leaders, many liberals are doing everything they can to force the staffers -- and their policies -- out.
A TRIP around Miran Shah with an escort of heavily armed soldiers is a surreal experience. The town is the administrative centre of the northern half of Waziristan, a lawless region once controlled by jihadists that Barack Obama called "the most dangerous place in the world".