Category: Barack Obama

House panels to launch fight in Congress over Obamacare replacement

A potentially lengthy U.S. legislative fight over replacement of the Obamacare health law gets underway on Wednesday as two House of Representatives committees begin negotiating over changes to a Republican plan backed by President Donald Trump. Both Democrats and Republicans are expected to try to reshape legislation that dismantles key provisions of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, Democratic former President Barack Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement.

Wikileaks CIA Dump Has Some Peculiar Timing

Wikileaks has published a huge intelligence trove showing the entire hacking capacity of the Central Intelligence Agency Tuesday. It’s a bad loss of face for the top U.S. intelligence-gathering organization and a sign of something wrong over there – bad security, technology surpassed, spy penetration, or over-dissemination of secrets, to guess a few.

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Republican governors complain that a GOP proposal to replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law would force millions of lower-income earners off insurance rolls or stick states with the cost of keeping them covered. Governors, especially those from political battleground states, were generally cool to the bill put forth in the Republican-controlled U.S. House.

Ex-US Rep. Betty Sutton is making 2018 bid for Ohio governor

Former U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton jumped into the 2018 governor’s race Tuesday, bringing a solid track record of election wins and fundraising that could position her as the initial Democratic front-runner. The 53-year-old lawyer from Barberton served three terms in Congress and eight years in the state Legislature, where she was the youngest woman ever elected at age 29. She also served on her local city and county councils.

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House Republicans on March 6, released their long-awaited plan for unraveling former President Barack Obama’s health care law, a… The nation’s passionate debate about the role of government in providing health care for citizens and paying the costs is unlikely to be settled by the legislation House Republicans have unveiled. The nation’s passionate debate about the role of government in providing health care for citizens and paying the costs is unlikely to be settled by the legislation House Republicans have unveiled.

The Latest: Trump speaks with Kenyan president on terrorism

The White House says Trump expressed appreciation for Kenya’s contributions to the African Union Mission in Somalia during a telephone call Tuesday with Kenyatta. Trump also recognized the sacrifices made by Kenyan troops in the fight against al-Shabaab, the Islamic extremist group that’s taken hold in neighboring Somalia.

Headlines for March 7, 2017: What to Know

The toughest task before congressional GOP leadership will be to convince enough Republicans that their replacement of the Affordable Care Act, already dubbed “Obamacare Lite,” will satisfy constituents-especially those who finally secured health insurance under President Barack Obama’s signature piece of legislation. The GOP alternative fundamentally changes how health care would be financed for people who don’t have insurance through work, using tax breaks instead of a government subsidy.

Ruddy to MSNBC: Trump Campaign Had ‘Consensus’ on Surveillance

President Donald Trump was “pretty upset” over the weekend about his belief that former President Barack Obama had targeted him, Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said Monday, adding that he had not seen Trump with “this level of anger about something in a long time.” “I saw him twice on Saturday, once at the lunch hour and then again at dinner, and I would describe him as not being a happy camper,” Ruddy told Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.”

Wesley Pruden

Some of our grown-ups are missing, just when we need them most, and our Democratic friends need more powerful meds. The ink on the streets of Washington is knee-deep and toxic.

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House GOP releases bill replacing Obama health care overhaul

House Republicans on Monday released their long-awaited plan for unraveling former President Barack Obama’s health care law, a package that would scale back the government’s role in helping people afford coverage and likely leave more Americans uninsured. House committees planned to begin voting on the 123-page legislation Wednesday, launching what could be the year’s defining battle in Congress and capping seven years of Republican vows to repeal the 2010 law.

FBI director to visit new offices amid Trump wiretap claims

In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, FBI Director James Comey waits for the start of a meeting with Attorney General Jeff Session and the heads of federal law enforcement components at the Department of Justice in Washington. Comey is set to visit Massachusetts to mark the opening of the Boston FBI division’s new offices and to speak at a cybersecurity conference amid wiretapping accusations lodged by Republican President Donald Trump.

RIP, DNC

Here in the long-ago Democratic stronghold of Alabama, the party is all but dead, say some of its disheartened members. Consider: Not a single statewide office is held by a Democrat; the state legislature is dominated by Republicans with just 33 Democrats out of 105 House seats and eight of 35 Senate seats.

As president, Trump seeks answers on his own wiretap mystery

If Donald Trump wants to know whether he was the subject of surveillance by the U.S. government, he may be uniquely positioned to get an answer. In a series of weekend tweets, the president accused his predecessor, Barack Obama, of ordering wiretaps on his phones but offered no proof to back the claim.

Rapper gives $1 million to Chicago schools, blasts governor

Chance the Rapper’s unusual intervention into Chicago Public Schools’ funding crisis took an even more curious turn Monday when the Grammy-winner presented a $1 million check to city schools and urged Gov. Bruce Rauner to use his executive powers to help the nation’s third-largest district. The Republican governor, a former venture capitalist, responded by noting his own philanthropy and floating Chicago school funding ideas that would face tough odds in the Democratic-controlled Legislature.

The House Plan To Repeal And Replace Has Been Unveiled

House Republicans on Monday released their long-awaited plan for unraveling former President Barack Obama’s health care law, a package that would scale back the government’s role in helping people afford coverage and likely leave more Americans uninsured. House committees planned to begin voting on the 123-page legislation Wednesday, launching what could be the year’s defining battle in Congress and capping seven years of Republican vows to repeal the 2010 law.

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Conservative radio host Mark Levin shot back at CNN’s Brian Stelter over the Reliable Sources anchor’s “ad hominem attacks about ‘right wing’ radioa and conspiracy theory stuff.” Levin posted his open letter to the CNN journalist on his Facebook page Monday afternoon, after Stelter took the talker to task over his “incendiary idea” about a “silent coup” against President Trump by former president Barack Obama.

White House aides defend Trumpa s wiretapping claim

White House officials on Monday defended President Donald Trump’s explosive claim that Barack Obama tapped Trump’s telephones during last year’s election, although they won’t say exactly where that information came from and left open the possibility that it isn’t true. The comments came even as FBI Director James Comey privately asked the Justice Department to dispute the claim because he believed the allegations were false.

Senate Marine veteran pushes new war authorization

A Marine veteran newly elected to the Senate is hoping to reignite calls for Congress to pass its first new war authorization of U.S. military operations in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere since 2002. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., a former Marine intelligence officer who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a bill last week that could reopen the debate over war powers as President Donald Trump reviews a new Pentagon strategy against the Islamic State group and wages new bombing in Yemen.

Family Pushes Trump to Bring Back Ex-FBI Agent From Iran

The family of a man who went missing in Iran 10 years ago is calling on President Donald Trump to provide answers, The New York Times reports. Robert A. Levinson, private investigator, part-time CIA consultant and former FBI agent, went to Iran in March 2007 on a secret, unauthorized attempt to meet a possible informant on an island of the Iranian coast.

Kremlin to Media: Keep Us Out of Trump Wiretap Claim

The Kremlin on Monday attempted to distance itself from the growing uproar over President Donald Trump’s claim that Trump Tower phones were wiretapped under the direction of President Barack Obama. “The Kremlin does not want Moscow to be associated with Washington’s internal affairs.

US President Donald Trump signs revised immigration order

President Donald Trump signed a revised travel ban today that will temporarily halt entry to the US for people from six Muslim-majority nations who are seeking new visas, though allowing those with current visas to travel freely. Trump directive aims to address legal issues with the original order, which caused confusion at airports, sparked protests around the country and was ultimately blocked by federal courts.

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Here in the long-ago Democratic stronghold of Alabama, the party is all but dead, say some of its disheartened members. Consider: Not a single statewide office is held by a Democrat; the state Legislature is dominated by Republicans with just 33 Democrats out of 105 House seats and eight of 35 Senate seats.

Trump presses Congress on wiretap claims

President Donald Trump turned to Congress on Sunday for help finding evidence to support his unsubstantiated claim that former President Barack Obama had Trump’s telephones tapped during the election. Obama’s intelligence chief said no such action was ever carried out, and a U.S. official said the FBI has asked the Justice Department to dispute the allegation.

Park service inauguration photos show Obama’s was bigger

Park service inauguration photos show Obama’s was bigger The photos support earlier photographic evidence that Trump’s inaugural crowd was much smaller than Obama’s. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2n8sLKH This pair of photos shows a view of the crowd on the National Mall at the inaugurations of then-President Obama, above, on Jan. 20, 2009, and President Donald Trump, below, on Jan. 20, 2017.

FBI asks Justice Department to refute Trump’s wiretap allegations

New York [U.S.A.], Mar. 6 : The Federal Bureau of Investigation has urged the Justice Department to refute and reject President Donald Trump’s allegation that his predecessor Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower prior to elections, CNN quoted two sources, as saying. It said the FBI made such request since the President cannot order a wiretap of U.S. citizens’ phones.

10 things you need to know in markets today

Britain’s factories are growing at their fastest pace in more than three years, helped by the fall in the value of the pound after the Brexit vote and a recovery in core markets in Europe, a survey showed on Monday. The survey, by manufacturing lobby group EEF and consultancy BDO, added to signs that British factories are enjoying a growth spurt.

FBI asks Justice Department to reject Trump claims

FBI Director James Comey has asked the US Justice Department to publicly refute US President Donald Trump’s accusation that Barack Obama tapped his phones, according to US media reports. The New York Times, citing senior US officials, first reported that Mr Comey believes Mr Trump’s unsubstantiated claim about his predecessor to be false.

Thanks, Obama! Trump’s weekend of crisis begins with bizarre…

President Donald Trump came under heavy fire from virtually the entire media and political establishment over the weekend in the wake of his wild allegations against former President Barack Obama, and appears to have made the atmosphere of crisis around the White House worse rather than better. As the New York Times reported on Sunday, even FBI director James Comey, widely seen in Washington as a Trump ally, has apparently been angered by the president’s unsupported charges that Obama had ordered the wiretapping of his Trump Tower headquarters prior to the November election.