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President Donald Trump raised a lot of eyebrows on Capitol Hill this week by repeatedly going after Senate Majority Mitch McConnell, demanding that the top Republican do more to push ahead with plans to overhaul the Obama health law, and also to spur action on other top Trump priorities, like bills on tax reform, and new money for roads and bridges. Let's imagine for a moment that President Trump could wave a magic wand and get rid of McConnell would anything really change in the Senate? 1. If McConnell disappears, the music stays the same.
Washington, Aug 11 President Donald Trump has said that he is close to taking a decision on Afghanistan, for which his administration is carrying out a review of policy, with Senator John McCain unveiling his own plan for the war-torn country. "We are getting close.
Former Vice President Al Gore visits Tacloban city in the Philippines, an area that was hit hard in 2013 by Typhoon Haiyan - an arresting physical image and reminder of the effects tied to climate change, in "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power." With articles about climate change going viral on social media, reports of extreme weather events and melting glaciers circling in the news, and the president's decision to leave the Paris climate accord, this couldn't be a better or scarier time for "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" to hit theaters.
"Last summer, the idea of being Donald Trump's running mate was so fraught and distasteful that Trump was forced to choose from a shortlist of Republican Party mediocrities, has-beens, and hangers-on - including ethical basket-cases like Newt Gingrich and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Among up-and-coming Republicans, Trump was still an object of derision and scorn: vulgar, ignorant, embarrassing, and destined to lose to Hillary Clinton.
"Journalists rushed to the defense of two reporters after President Trump accused them of being 'reluctant to cover' the scandalous tarmac meeting between then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton. But a review of the entire cache of email exchanges inside the Justice Department at the time shows that Trump has it right.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said the execution of a search warrant on Paul Manafort's home was a "stunning development" and an indication of "criminal wrongdoing." "This kind of raid - in the early morning hours with no advanced notice - shows an astonishing and alarming distrust for the President's former campaign chairman," Blumenthal said Thursday.
A former Republican senator is calling on lawmakers to use the 25th Amendment to kick President Donald Trump out of office. " He is sick of mind, impetuous, arrogant, belligerent and dangerous ," Gordon Humphrey, who represented New Hampshire from 1979 to 1990, said in a letter to his state's members of Congress obtained by Manchester ABC station WMUR.
President Donald Trump on Thursday brushed off Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to expel hundreds of U.S. diplomatic employees from Russia, instead thanking Putin and insisting it would save the U.S. significant cash. In remarks to reporters at his golf course in central New Jersey, Trump dismissed Putin's move, saying he "greatly' appreciated Putin's help cutting down the payroll at the U.S. State Department.
Should Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell step down from the top position in Congress, Republicans will be looking for someone savvy enough to accomplish a difficult legislative to-do list and trusted by the president. President Donald Trump has not held back in his repeated criticisms of McConnell.
Sen. John McCain on Thursday unveiled a plan to increase U.S. air and ground forces in Afghanistan that would probably bring some American soldiers closer into harm's way - a move that in effect rebukes President Trump, who has not yet decided on his preferred way forward in the war. McCain,R-Ariz., promised to present his plan as an amendment to the annual defense authorization billupon his return to Washington in September.
Sen. Jeff Flake has been all over the airwaves this month promoting his new book , Conscience of a Conservative , in which he laments that "Never has a party so quickly or easily abandoned its core principles as my party did in the course of the 2016 campaign." In the process Flake has predictably drawn heavy fire from Trumpworld , and perhaps less intuitively from certain quarters on the left.
U.S. President Donald Trump attacked his own party's Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, for a second day on Thursday, complaining from the steps of his private New Jersey golf club about Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare. "I just want him to get repeal and replace done.
Donald Trump said Thursday he's unhappy with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over Congress's failure to eliminate Obamacare, escalating a war of words with a fellow Republican who is key to advancing the president's agenda. "I'm very disappointed in Mitch," the president told reporters after assailing McConnell on Twitter for two days.
Indiana U.S. Representative Todd Rokita visited the Tri-State on Thursday to announce he is running for the U.S. Senate. Rokita will face off against fellow U.S. Representative Luke Messer and Indiana State Representative Mike Braun in the primary.
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Anti-Trump Rep. Maxine Waters told TMZ outside an upscale restaurant Wednesday evening that the Trump administration must tone down its rhetoric towards the North Koreans. Waters urged Sec. of State Tillerson to consider 'things they're asking for.'
Speculation is growing that President Trump will buck his own party and back primary challengers to two incumbent GOP senators seeking reelection in 2018, an exceedingly rare event that would deepen divisions within a party that is already struggling to govern despite controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress.
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