Trump is in a massive political slump
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Republican Tax Bill in Final Sprint Across Finish Line
Still unclear is the overall cost of the revised legislation, which cannot exceed the $1.5 trillion bucket that lawmakers have allowed if they want to pass the bill without Democratic support. Several of the provisions added by the Senate to help pay for the overall bill were either reversed or scaled back in the consensus […]
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Perspective | Roy Moore lost, but his brand of right-wing white populism still dominates the GOP
. He is writing a book on the rise of right-wing populism in the United States. Joseph Lowndes is associate professor of political science at the University of Oregon and author of “From the New Deal to the New Right: Race and the Southern Origins of Modern Conservatism Roy Moore won’t be in Washington next […]
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Omarosa Is Out At The White House
Omarosa Manigault-Newman, the former reality TV star turned political aide to President Trump, has resigned from her administration position, the White House announced Wednesday. Manigault-Newman resigned on Tuesday “to pursue other opportunities,” press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. Her departure will not be effective until Jan. 20, 2018 — exactly one year […]
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Steve Bannon looks like a ‘disheveled drunk’ who needs to leave politics: GOP lawmaker
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., on Wednesday said former White House strategist Steve Bannon looks like a “disheveled drunk” who doesn’t belong anywhere in America’s political scene after his Alabama Senate candidate, Roy Moore, lost in a stunning upset Tuesday night. “This guy does not belong on the national stage. He looks like some disheveled drunk […]
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4 Takeaways From Doug Jones’s Alabama Victory
WASHINGTON — Doug Jones’s defeat of Roy S. Moore in Tuesday’s bitterly fought special Senate election was one of the most unlikely upsets in recent campaign history. But the Democrats’ victory in Alabama carries some more immediate political implications. A Suburban Shellacking for Moore Voters in Alabama’s cities and most affluent suburbs overwhelmingly rejected Mr. […]
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Gillibrand got a fight she wants after Trump’s fiery tweet
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand got a fight she wants after President Donald Trump lashed out at the New York Democrat in a provocative tweet that claimed she’d begged him for campaign contributions and would “do anything” for them. Gillibrand, who’s up for re-election next year and is considered a possible presidential contender in […]
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Analysis: Trump bets on Moore and suffers stinging defeat
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rarely has a sitting president rallied behind such a scandal-plagued candidate the way Donald Trump did with Alabama’s Roy Moore. And rarely has that bet failed so spectacularly. Moore’s defeat Tuesday in Alabama — as stalwart a Republican state as they come — left Trump unapologetic and his political allies shell-shocked. Trump […]
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FBI agent Peter Strzok’s texts with Lisa Page disparage Trump throughout campaign
CBS News has obtained the text messages that former Special Counsel investigator Peter Strzok sent to his colleague Lisa Page, a senior FBI lawyer who was also working on the Mueller team at the time, Paula Reid reports. Here are some of the texts they exchanged over the course of the 2016 presidential campaign, while […]
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How Doug Jones won Alabama
Politics Democrat Doug Jones narrowly beat out Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate election Tuesday, capitalizing on a large turnout from women and African Americans, as well as voter anger over the sexual misconduct allegations against Moore. In a speech late Tuesday, Moore said “it’s not over” and called for a recount, though he lost […]
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In Texts, F.B.I. Officials in Russia Inquiry Said Clinton ‘Just Has to Win’
F.B.I. regulations allow agents to express opinions “as an individual privately and publicly on political subjects and candidates.” On July 27, Ms. Page wrote, “She just has to win now. I’m not going to lie, I got a flash of nervousness yesterday about Trump.” That text message was sent after the Clinton investigation had been […]
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Republicans will pay for backing an alleged child molester
It was one of the most talked about, fiery, controversial — and at times disturbing — Senate races in recent history. And finally, it’s over. In what can only be described as a huge upset, Democrat Doug Jones defeated Republican Judge Roy Moore in a special election that, at times, felt more like a Jerry […]
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Democrat Doug Jones defeats Roy Moore in Alabama Senate race
Politics In a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama’s special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations. It was the first Democratic Senate victory in a quarter-century in Alabama, […]
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Alleged child abuser Roy Moore has lost the Alabama election in a devastating result for Trump
Doug Jones, the man who made his name prosecuting two former Ku Klux Klan members who bombed a black church, has won a stunning victory in the Senate race in Alabama – the first Democrat to win such a seat in the state for 25 years. In doing so, the 63-year prosecutor, who just weeks […]
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Senate Confirms Federal Judge Rated ‘Not Qualified’ To Serve
Republicans voted to put Leonard Steven Grasz onto a circuit court for life, despite his abysmal American Bar Association rating. Way to go!
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Senator Grassley expresses reservations on two Trump judge nominees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate committee that handles judicial nominations on Tuesday raised concerns about two of President Donald Trump’s picks for lower court positions, citing controversial statements each has made. Senator Chuck Grassley, who chairs the influential judiciary committee, in comments first reported by CNN cast doubt on whether […]
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Footage shows Trump with some accusers after he claimed he ‘never met’ women
The White House said Trump’s tweet was referring specifically to three women who held a press conference Monday about their accusations against Trump.
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Trump Isn’t Watching Too Much TV. He’s Watching the Wrong Kind.
Because President Trump has said he is a reader — big-league reader, reads documents, the best documents — I hope that he is reading this, and not, say, watching a “Fox & Friends” recording on the gigantic flat-screen TV that he had installed in the White House dining room, even though he says he rarely […]
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Americans think government corruption got a lot worse since Trump was elected
The run-up to US president Donald Trump taking office saw a lot of talk about his myriad conflicts of interest. As the president-elect refused to meet the most rudimentary measures of transparency (such as releasing his tax returns), ethics experts from both parties tore into him. Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum railed about […]
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As Mueller closed in, pressure mounted on Flynn and family
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the days before he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, and as he braced for the public revelation that he’d morphed from government target to government cooperator, Michael Flynn was reveling in the pleasures of a new grandchild, swapping cheerful observations about babies with a longtime friend and fellow grandfather. […]
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Trump Dismisses Accusers As Women
WASHINGTON—In response to the 15 individuals who have come forward alleging sexual misconduct by the president, Donald Trump reportedly dismissed his accusers Tuesday as women. “Anyone can see that these disgraceful and false allegations are clearly coming from total, utter women,” said Trump, adding that those claiming he groped, fondled, and forcibly kissed them “absolutely […]
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Putin receives briefings on Trump’s tweets, Kremlin says
The Kremlin views the tweets sent by President Trump as official statements, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Tuesday, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally briefed on them. “Moscow considers all statements made on his official Twitter account to be official, so reports are presented to President Putin about them, as well as about official […]
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Is It Sexual Harassment When Donald Trump Does It On Twitter to a Sitting Senator? Yes!!!
I am loath to spend any time thinking about Donald Trump’s tweets—the misspelled ejaculations of a broken brain—but this morning, unfortunately, we must.
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Kremlin: We see Trump’s tweets as official statements
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Tweets by U.S. President Donald Trump are viewed in Moscow as his official position and read by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. A prolific user of Twitter before he was elected late last year, Trump has continued to use the social media platform to voice his views […]
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Kremlin: We see Trump’s tweets as official statements
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Tweets by U.S. President Donald Trump are viewed in Moscow as his official position and read by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. A prolific user of Twitter before he was elected late last year, Trump has continued to use the social media platform to voice his views […]
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slaps terror charges on accused Times Square bomber
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday brought federal charges against the suspect in Monday’s attempted suicide bombing in one of New York City’s busiest commuter hubs, accusing him of supporting a foreign terrorist organization. Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi and self-described supporter of the radical group Islamic State, was also charged in a […]
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Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2017: ‘Feminism’
NEW YORK (AP) — This may or may not come as a surprise: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2017 is “feminism.” Yes, it’s been a big year or two or 100 for the word. In 2017, lookups for feminism increased 70 percent over 2016 on Merriam-Webster.com and spiked several times after key events, lexicographer […]
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Trump lawyers want second special counsel appointed now
Why it matters: For the issue not to hit the bottom line, as Intel maintains it won’t, the chipmaker needs to keep current customers happy, maintain its market share and ensure future products don’t suffer big delays. Despite the revelation of a massive vulnerability affecting more than a decade’s worth of chips, Intel says it […]
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More American Jobs? Broadcom Deal Might Mean the Opposite
Yet it was only theater. Within 24 hours — for those paying attention — Broadcom’s real motivation emerged: The company was planning to mount a $100 billion bid for the rival chip maker Qualcomm in what would amount to the largest hostile takeover of a technology company in history. The reason for Broadcom’s sudden move […]
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Trump Announces That the Moon Is Astronauts’ Next Destination
President Trump announced on Monday that the moon would be the next destination for American astronauts, putting the Oval Office’s imprimatur on what other administration officials have said for months. “It marks a first step in returning American astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972, for long-term exploration and use,” Mr. Trump […]
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House Democratic women seek probe of Trump misconduct accusations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 50 female Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives called on Monday for a congressional investigation into allegations by various women of sexual misconduct against President Donald Trump, who has denied the accusations. “We cannot ignore the multitude of women who have come forward with accusations against Mr. Trump,” […]
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Opinion | As Trump’s accusers step up, Democrats call on him to resign. They have a point.
As sexual harassment #MeToo scandals seemingly land by the day (today celebrity chef Mario Batalli!), it seems like one person in particular is not being held to account. That would be Donald Trump, our president, who was accused by more than a dozen women during last year’s presidential campaign of groping, grabbing and other unwanted […]
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Russian propagandists are pushing for Roy Moore to win
In the run-up to Alabama’s special election, Kremlin-linked news sites and trolls have battled vigorously on behalf of Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for US senator accused of sexual misconduct against multiple women, including teenage girls. Since allegations against Moore were first reported by The Washington Post on Nov. 9, Russian-linked Twitter accounts—including some operated […]
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CNN Counters Trump Attack on Don Lemon: ‘In a World Where Bullies Torment Kids…’
In response to Donald Trump tweeting that CNN anchor Don Lemon is the “dumbest man on television,” the cable news network released a statement slamming the president for “engaging in the very same behavior” as “bullies [who] torment kids.” Trump was triggered to lash-out at the CNN Tonight host due to an article from the New York […]
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Investigators Interview Sally Yates About White House Meetings
WASHINGTON—Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates has been interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators about her meetings with White House officials, and she recounted concerns she had shared with the Trump administration about former national security adviser Mike Flynn, according to people familiar with the matter. The interview in July suggests that Mr. Mueller […]
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Nuclear plan backer denies Inauguration Day text with top Trump aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A company promoting a plan for the United States and Russia to jointly build nuclear reactors in the Middle East denied in a letter made public on Monday that its director received an Inauguration Day text message from incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn saying the project was “good to go.” Citing […]
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military must accept transgender recruits by Jan. 1, judge rules
(Reuters) – Transgender recruits will be able to join the U.S. military as of Jan. 1 after a federal judge on Monday denied a request by President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce his ban on transgender troops while the government appeals an order blocking it. In a ruling, with which the Pentagon said it would […]
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