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House Intelligence Committee Meets, Makes Moves

Votes to send transcripts to Robert Mueller

(Newser) - The new Democrat-controlled House Intelligence Committee met for the first time Wednesday and wasted no time in making some moves. The panel voted to move forward on an effort that had been previously quashed and that Committee Chair Adam Schiff had vowed to make a priority: It will send more...

In a Few Seconds of Applause, Pelosi Dished 'Acres of Shade'

The tweets came fast and furious

(Newser) - It was the applause heard round the world, except it was the sight, not the volume, of Nancy Pelosi clapping during President Trump's State of the Union address that has captivated the internet. As the president spoke out against "the politics of revenge," the House speaker rose...

Key Takeaways From Trump&#39;s SOTU Address
Key Takeaways From
Trump's SOTU Address
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 6, 2019 6:44 AM CST

Key Takeaways From Trump's SOTU Address

Ann Coulter was not impressed

(Newser) - President Trump's State of the Union address "showed this president growing in this job," an approving House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said after Trump's address to Congress Tuesday night. Democrats, however, said Trump's second SOTU address followed a now-familiar pattern: Soaring calls for bipartisanship coupled...

A First for Big Speech: a Birthday Serenade
A First for Big Speech:
a Birthday Serenade
state of the union
Feb 5, 2019 9:38 PM CST

A First for Big Speech: a Birthday Serenade

Holocaust survivor Judah Samet gets impromptu tribute

(Newser) - One of the nicer moments from Tuesday night's State of the Union address came after President Trump paid tribute to Judah Samet, who survived the Holocaust as a boy and narrowly avoided being killed at the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh last year. When Trump mentioned that it was Samet'...

Trump: Let&#39;s End Decades of Stalemate
Key Lines in Trump's
State of the Union
state of the union
Feb 5, 2019 9:24 PM CST

Key Lines in Trump's State of the Union

He stresses unity but derides 'ridiculous partisan investigations'

(Newser) - President Trump stressed bipartisan unity in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, but he also made a big push for his border wall and his immigration policies. Here is the transcript, via the Washington Post . Some highlights:
  • Investigations: Trump derided "ridiculous partisan investigations," saying only they
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Trump Gets Surprise Ovation From Women
Trump Gets Surprise 
Ovation From Women
state of the union
Feb 5, 2019 9:17 PM CST

Trump Gets Surprise Ovation From Women

'You weren't supposed to do that,' he jokes

(Newser) - One of the lighter moments in President Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday came when he was lauding the role of women in the economy and in politics—and many of the female lawmakers, including Democrats, stood and cheered. "You weren't supposed to do that,"...

A Trump Foe Has Profited the Most Since Election

Jeff Bezos leads the way in growth of money among billionaires

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos and President Trump don't like each other much. (The president even refers to him as "Jeff Bozo .") But Bloomberg has done an unusual tabulation that suggests the two have common ground on the subject of money. Specifically, nobody on the planet has made more...

In SOTU, Trump Expected to Double Down on Border Wall
Bullied Boy Named Trump
Will Be Among SOTU Guests
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 5, 2019 6:48 AM CST

Bullied Boy Named Trump Will Be Among SOTU Guests

President expected to call for bipartisanship as well as a border wall

(Newser) - President Trump will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night and analysts expect two largely incompatible things: Calls for a unity, and calls for a border wall. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway says Trump will be "calling for cooperation" in the address, though both Democrats and Republicans...

Trump Inaugural Committee Hit With Sweeping Subpoena

Prosecutors looking into potential money laundering, other violations

(Newser) - President Trump has yet another legal headache: Federal prosecutors have stepped up their investigation of his inaugural committee and issued a sweeping subpoena for documents related to its donors and finances. Sources tell the New York Times that the subpoena seeks documents related to the committee's vendors, guests, contractors,...

Trump Has Made Pick to Head Interior Dept., Despite Pushback

Acting department chief David Bernhardt has faced criticism from environmental groups

(Newser) - President Trump said Monday that he's nominating David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist for oil and gas companies and other industries, to head the Interior Department despite objections from environmental groups that Bernhardt already was making regulatory decisions on the country's natural resources to benefit industries. Trump tweeted his...

Iraq to Trump: Leave Us Out of 'Your Own Issues'

Barham Salih says president didn't ask permission to 'watch Iran' from his country

(Newser) - Iraq's president on Monday criticized President Trump for saying he wants to keep US troops in Iraq "to watch Iran," saying the US leader didn't ask Iraq's permission to do so. "We find these comments strange," said Barham Salih, speaking at a forum...

Source Leaks Trump's Private Daily Schedules to Media

Axios reports that 60% of his time is unstructured 'executive time'

(Newser) - President Trump is fond of "executive time" in the White House—unstructured stretches in which he makes phone calls, has informal chats, watches cable news, etc.—and a new report makes clear just how fond he is. Axios reports that over the last three months, 60% of Trump'...

Pentagon Sends More Troops to the Border

Roughly 3,750 service members will be heading south

(Newser) - The Pentagon says it's sending about 3,750 more US troops to the southwest border to help out Customs and Border Protection, CNN reports. The mission is slated to last 90 days and will include mobile surveillance as well as the placement of 150 miles of wire between ports...

Trump: Football 'Dangerous,' Wouldn't Egg Barron to Play

But president says he wouldn't stand in way if soccer-loving son wanted to play

(Newser) - Football is "really tough" and "a dangerous sport," and for President Trump, it's a "very tough question" when it comes to 12-year-old son Barron playing it. Asked in a CBS News interview airing just ahead of the Super Bowl if he'd allow his son...

Trump Was Denied a Loan While Running for Prez

This time, Deutsche Bank was nervous about it

(Newser) - While running for president, Donald Trump reached out for a loan and got an unexpected answer—and that answer was "no," the New York Times reports. Trump made the request of Deutsche Bank in early 2016 while lending his campaign tens of millions and spending money to improve...

Foxconn: Trump Changed Our Mind
Foxconn: Trump
Changed Our Mind
Feb 1, 2019 1:50 PM CST

Foxconn: Trump Changed Our Mind

The Taiwanese company will build a smaller plant in Wisconsin

(Newser) - Foxconn Technology Group said Friday that after its chairman spoke directly with President Donald Trump the Taiwanese company will proceed with plans to construct a plant in Wisconsin that will make liquid crystal display screens that can be used for small electronic devices, the AP reports. The news capped a...

Trump Responds to Senate Rebuke on Troop Withdrawals

He defends plan to get US military out of Syria and Afghanistan

(Newser) - On Thursday, senators sent a clear message to President Trump: They think his plan to pull US troops out of Syria and Afghanistan is dangerously hasty. On Friday, Trump pushed back with a pair of tweets, reports Politico . "I inherited a total mess in Syria and Afghanistan, the '...

Trump: I'm Losing 'Massive Amounts of Money' in This Job

He says wall talks are 'a waste of time'

(Newser) - President Trump sat down with reporters from one of his least favorite papers Wednesday and declared that border wall talks are a "waste of time." New York Times correspondents Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman say they interviewed Trump in the Oval Office after he invited publisher AG Sulzberger...

Report: Democratic Theory on Don Jr. Calls Proved Wrong

He didn't get a call from his father before Trump Tower meeting

(Newser) - A Democratic theory on Donald Trump Jr.'s infamous Trump Tower meeting with a group of Russians has been proved wrong, sources tell CNN . The insiders say records provided to the Senate Intelligence Committee show mysterious calls from Trump Jr. to "blocked" private numbers before and after the...

Intel Chiefs' Disagreements Were Misquotes, Trump Says

He says they're all on same page after a few days of public friction

(Newser) - Two days after his intelligence bosses contradicted him in public testimony, President Trump said they told him they’d been misquoted. CNN asked the president Thursday if he'd discussed with CIA Director Gina Haspel and national intelligence chief Dan Coats their testimony before a Senate panel. In that testimony,...

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