President Donald Trump’s pledge to dismantle the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul is colliding with the same reality as his pledge to gut Obamacare: The Republican majority in Congress can’t decide how to make it happen and Democrats are vowing to fight. Trump, who last month said Obamacare would be replaced “the same day or the same week,” or perhaps “the same hour,” acknowledged Sunday that the health-care law isn’t going away anytime soon.
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Rudy Giuliani says Donald Trump wanted a Muslin ban
‘I want to do a Muslim ban’: Rudy Giuliani reveals Donald Trump DID ask him to find the ‘right way’ to build his controversial immigration order around the religion The president had earlier denied the ban, which bars refugees and citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US, was religiously motivated. However, Giuliani contradicted that claim during an interview with Fox News on Saturday night – just moments after the ban had been temporarily defeated thanks to a federal court’s emergency ruling.
LGBT activists brace for efforts to undermine their gains
In this April 25, 2016 file photo, protesters head to the legislative building in Raleigh, N.C., for a sit-in against House Bill 2, a contentious law that limited protections for LGBT people. After a string of major gains in recent years, LGBT activists are bracing for a different task in 2017 – trying to prevent Republicans in Congress and state legislatures from undermining those gains.