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16 Jan 2018 00:04

Trump blasts Senator Durbin over ‘shithole countries’ claims
https://nypost.com/2018/01/15/trump-blasts-senator-durbin-over-shithole-countries-claims/

​P​resident Trump on Twitter Monday blasted Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin, who said the president used the term “s–thole countries,” ​referring to him as “Dicky” and blaming him for scuttling a deal to help young immigrants. “Senator Dicky Durbin totally misrepresented what was said at the DACA meeting. Deals can’t get made when there is no...
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15 Jan 2018 22:17

Five things to know about Medicaid work requirements
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/368823-five-things-to-know-about-medicaid-work-requirements

The Trump administration released landmark guidance this week aimed at allowing states to impose work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries, a major shift in the design of the health insurance program for the poor and...
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15 Jan 2018 22:14

House Dem: Trump censure resolution meant to put Congress on record opposing racism
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369022-house-dem-trump-censure-resolution-meant-to-put-congress-on-record

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Monday that a resolution censoring President Trump for disparaging marks he reportedly made about Haiti, El Salvador and African countries is meant to put Congress on the record opposing racism.“The goal...
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15 Jan 2018 18:07

Trump administration celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. https://t.co/vPMqRxLkFk
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15 Jan 2018 18:04

Trump admin releases undocumented teenager to obtain abortion
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369004-trump-admin-releases-undocumented-teenager-to-obtain-abortion

The Trump administration has released a pregnant undocumented minor to a sponsor so she can obtain an abortion, Vice News reported Sunday.The teenager, known as “Jane Moe,” was set to be released by Friday, Jan. 26, but was instead released ...
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15 Jan 2018 02:47

Trump: 'I am not a racist'
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/53SIwJ8BFFM/index.html

President Donald Trump defended himself Sunday night after several days of controversy over his remarks about African countries, telling reporters, "I am not a racist."

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14 Jan 2018 21:58

Trump: WSJ ‘falsely’ quoted North Korea comments
https://nypost.com/2018/01/14/trump-wsj-falsely-quoted-north-korea-comments/

President Trump blasted the Wall Street Journal in a tweet on Sunday, claiming the newspaper “falsely” quoted his comments about the North Korean leader because “they just wanted a story.” “The Wall Street Journal stated falsely that I said to them ‘ I have a good relationship with Kim Jong Un ‘ (of N. Korea)...
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14 Jan 2018 16:43

Bannon and Lewandowski will testify behind closed doors in the Russia investigation https://t.co/II8NHJMUB3 https://t.co/tP1pV1zmuV

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14 Jan 2018 01:49

Trey Gowdy steps down from House Ethics Committee, citing 'workload'
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/SX3U8S12dsU/index.html

Rep. Trey Gowdy stepped down from the House Ethics Committee this week after five years of serving on the panel.
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14 Jan 2018 00:35

Madame Tussauds moves wax Trump to London embassy after he cancels visit
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/368839-madame-tussauds-moves-wax-trump-to-london-embassy-after-he-cancels

London’s Madame Tussauds moved its wax figure of President Trump to the new U.S. embassy in the city after the president canceled his visit to open the building next month.Claire Treacy, a spokeswoman for the museum, told The Washington Post...
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14 Jan 2018 00:32

Chelsea Manning is running for US Senate
https://nypost.com/2018/01/13/chelsea-manning-is-running-for-us-senate/

Chelsea Manning, the former Army private convicted of giving classified government documents to WikiLeaks, is running for the U.S. Senate in Maryland. Manning, a 30-year-old transgender woman born as Bradley, filed the paperwork on Thursday, the Washington Post reported. She was convicted in 2013 of 20 counts for releasing more than 700,000 classified government documents....
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12 Jan 2018 18:43

Shithole of Fake News: Media Hides Fact Trump Wants to Increase Immigration from ‘Asian Countries’
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/breitbart/~3/fOw75KWKwEo/
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12 Jan 2018 14:20

Trump remark draws sharp reactions from UN, Haiti, Africa
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/12/trump-remark-draws-sharp-reactions-from-un-haiti-africa.html

President Donald Trump's "s---hole countries" remark Thursday drew sharp reactions from the U.N. human rights office -- as well as the nations to which the president referred in his comment.

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12 Jan 2018 03:24

It's been 20 years since the Monica Lewinsky scandal — here's what she is up to now
http://uk.businessinsider.com/what-is-monica-lewinsky-doing-after-bill-clinton-scandal-2018-1
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12 Jan 2018 01:17

Decision on Iran sanctions expected Thursday
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/368567-decision-on-iran-sanctions-expected-thursday

The Trump administration is expected to make a decision Thursday on whether to continue sanctions relief for Iran as part of a 2015 deal to curb the country's nuclear program.That decision, a senior State Department official said, could be announced...
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15 Jan 2018 22:17

The Economy Is About to Break its 13 Year Streak of Poor Growth
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/breitbart/~3/Frbrick99qY/
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15 Jan 2018 22:14

Sanders calls out Amazon after 2-year-old orders Batman toy using Echo
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/369026-sanders-calls-out-amazon-after-2-year-old-orders-batman-toy-using-echo

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is calling out Amazon after her two-year-old child was able to use the Echo to purchase an $80 Batman toy. Sanders used her official White House Twitter account on Sunday to complain that the company’s...
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15 Jan 2018 22:13

Congressional agenda this week: Avoiding a shutdown, searching for DACA fix
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/uWQW8P_Q4Ag/index.html

Back after a long holiday weekend, lawmakers must reach an agreement on a budget plan before the Friday deadline when government funding runs out, but demands from each side of the aisle are impeding progress on negotiations.
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15 Jan 2018 18:04

German magazine Der Spiegel shows Trump as devolved man in March of Progress spoof
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/368996-german-magazine-der-spiegel-shows-trump-as-devolved-man-in

The German magazine Der Spiegel mocked President Trump on its latest cover this week, depicting the president as an devolved man.The magazine shared the latest cover in a tweet on Saturday. Beneath the illustration is the...
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15 Jan 2018 06:18

US set to cut UN money for Palestinian refugees
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/14/apnewsbreak-us-set-to-cut-un-money-for-palestinian-refugees.html

The Trump administration is preparing to withhold tens of millions of dollars from the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, cutting the year's first contribution by more than half or perhaps entirely, and making additional donations contingent on major changes to the organization, according to U.S. officials.

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14 Jan 2018 21:59

Trump says DACA ‘is probably dead’ because of Democrats
https://nypost.com/2018/01/14/trump-says-daca-is-probably-dead-because-of-democrats/

President Trump in a tweet on Sunday said the Obama-era policy that protects young immigrants known as “Dreamers” is “probably dead” and blamed its demise on Democrats. “DACA is probably dead because the Democrats don’t really want it, they just want to talk and take desperately needed money away from our Military. ,” Trump wrote...
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14 Jan 2018 21:55

Republican senator asserts Trump did not say 's---hole'
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-senator-asserts-trump-hole/story?id=52327778

Sen. David Perdue of Georgia was at meeting where Trump allegedly made remark.
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14 Jan 2018 16:01

Pre-Trump DACA rules being reinstated, US agency says
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/14/pre-trump-daca-rules-being-reinstated-us-agency-says.html

Participants in the DACA program may continue to request renewals under terms that were in place before President Donald Trump rescinded the program in September, U.S. immigration officials announced Saturday.

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14 Jan 2018 01:34

Iran says it won't accept Trump’s demands to change nuclear deal
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/368890-iran-says-it-wont-accept-trumps-demands-to-change-nuclear-deal

Iran said Saturday that it won't accept President Trump's demands to change the Iran nuclear deal following the president's threat to pull out of the agreement unless allies fix the Obama-era pact's "terrible flaws."Iran's Foreign Ministry...
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14 Jan 2018 00:35

Trump: Media promoting mentally deranged Wolffs book
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/368924-trump-media-promoting-mentally-deranged-wolffs-book

President Trump on Saturday tore into author Michael Wolff, calling him "mentally deranged," and claiming he reported false information in his new book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House." "So much Fake News is being reported....
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12 Jan 2018 20:05

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/12/world/middleeast/trump-stops-short-of-reimposing-iran-sanctions-but-sets-deadline-to-overhaul-deal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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12 Jan 2018 18:41

President Trump Signs Proclamation to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/01/12/president_trump_signs_proclamation_to_honor_dr_martin_luther_king_jr_day.html

President Trump signs a proclamation at the White House to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday.

President Trump honors Isaac Newton Farris Jr., a nephew of Dr. King, and "the memory of that great American hero."

"Through his bravery and sacrifice, Dr. King opened the eyes and lifted the conscience of our nation," the president said. "No matter what the color of our skin, or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by God."

The president's remarks were followed by statements from HHS Secretary Ben Carson and Farris.
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12 Jan 2018 14:20

Trump cancels trip to London, says he won't cut ribbon at new US Embassy
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-cancels-trip-london-turned-offer-cut-ribbon/story?id=52300536

The president blamed the cancellation on the Obama administration.

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12 Jan 2018 01:17

Trump reportedly thinks ‘SNL’ Sessions impression is ‘insulting’
https://nypost.com/2018/01/11/trump-reportedly-thinks-snls-sessions-impression-is-insulting/

President Trump thinks “Saturday Night Live” comic Kate McKinnon’s impression of Attorney General Jeff Sessions is “insulting,” according to a new report. A White House official says the president is turned off by the send-up — which sees McKinnon affect an over-the-top Alabama accent and sometimes sport a possum tail — although he doesn’t hold...
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11 Jan 2018 19:14

Leaked Memo: DACA Amnesty Is ‘Critical Component of Democratic Party’s Future Electoral Success’
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/breitbart/~3/AQUhqtmlrug/
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