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Apr 19 2019
News
Mueller report lays out obstruction evidence against the president
The report from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III lays out in alarming detail abundant evidence against President Trump, finding 10 “episodes” of potential obstruction of justice but ultimately concluding it was not Mueller’s role to determine whether the commander in chief broke the law.
Submitted to Congress on Thursday, the 448-page document alternates between jarring scenes of
Washington Post
Jan 29 2021
News
Unlike Trump, Biden cannot lean on conservative Supreme Court to keep agenda alive
The first major lawsuit hit President Joe Biden’s administration two days after he took office, providing an early test not only of how much conservative legal opposition his policies will draw but also of his strategy in fending off such challenges.
Unlike his Republican predecessor Donald Trump, whose administration sought to rush cases to a U.S. Supreme Court it considered friendly
Reuters
May 28 2020
News
Jobs Are Starting to Come Back, But Bankruptcies Are Soaring
Roughly 2.1 million Americans lost their jobs last week, according to Labor Department data. In this economy, that qualifies as good news.
Yes, 2.1 million initial unemployment claims is an awful lot of initial unemployment claims. But it is also a smaller number of claims than were filed the previous week. In fact, the number of Americans applying for first-time jobless benefits has
New York Magazine
Oct 25 2019
News
Federal Court Holds DeVos in Contempt for Not Trying Very Hard to Stop Loan Collections From Defrauded Students
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was held in contempt by a federal judge Thursday for violating a court order to stop collecting loan repayments from thousands of students that were defrauded by a for-profit chain of colleges. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco issued a preliminary injunction in May 2018 for the Department of Education to cease collections
Slate
Apr 24 2020
Fact Check
No, Trump Did Not Tell People To ‘Inject Themselves With Disinfectant’ Or ‘Drink Bleach’
Left-wing activists made multiple false and misleading claims on Thursday following President Donald Trump’s White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in which the president commented on new scientific findings from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The activists falsely claimed that Trump “urged Americans to inject themselves with disinfectant” and “told people to
The Daily Wire
Oct 26 2019
News
Budget Deficit Nears $1 Trillion, Highest Level Since 2012
The federal budget deficit for the 2019 fiscal year stands $984 billion, up 26 percent from the $779 billion deficit recorded at the end of 2018, the Treasury Department announced on Friday.
The deficit has exploded over the past year despite substantial economic growth. GOP tax cuts in 2017, combined with increased discretionary spending and a failure to rein in entitlement programs,
National Review (News)
Jan 04 2021
News
Trump, in Taped Call, Pressured Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Votes to Overturn Election
President Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” him enough votes to overturn the presidential election and vaguely threatened him with “a criminal offense” during an hourlong telephone call on Saturday, according to an audio recording of the conversation.
Mr. Trump, who has spent almost nine weeks making false conspiracy claims about his loss to President-
New York Times (News)
Jun 26 2020
News
Trump can't divert military funds for border wall, federal appeals court says
(CNN) - The Trump administration doesn't have the authority to divert Pentagon funds to construct additional barriers on the US-Mexico border, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, days after President Donald Trump's visit to a section of the wall in Arizona.
In a 2-1 ruling, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that the transfer of $2.5 billion circumvented Congress, which holds
CNN Digital
Jun 12 2018
News
First Lady Points to New HHS Opioid Resources in ‘Be Best’ Spirit
First lady Melania Trump emphasized protecting the “most vulnerable” on Monday, issuing a statement in support of new Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) information on accessing state help for treating babies born to opioid-addicted mothers.
Breitbart News
Jul 20 2019
News
Trump tries to shift outcry from supporters to 'The Squad'
President Trump on Friday tried to shift political pressure back onto four liberal lawmakers as he deals with backlash against his supporters’ chants at a North Carolina rally, insisting the Democrats’ comments on U.S. policy and Israel are the real offense. “They say things about Israel that’s so bad I’m not even going to repeat them,” Mr. Trump said as he departed the White House for his New
Washington Times