Trump has vanished and held zero public events since he caused the government to shut down. In contrast to Trump’s vanishing act, Obama delivered multiple statements on the 2013 government shutdown: Bill Clinton spoke the country about the 1995-1996 government shutdowns: Donald Trump has gone into hiding. Trump has held zero public events, taken zero…
Thousands of protesters gathered for the Women’s March “Power to the Polls” rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, kicking off a national drive to register a million new voters as well as put more female candidates in office and stymie President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Trust in U.S. institutions, particularly the government, has plunged in President Donald Trump’s first year in office, according to a leading survey released on the eve of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The Senate adjourned on Sunday night with no deal to end the government, but the deal that McConnell has offered Democrats is on a promise of a DACA vote by February 8, McConnell made the same promise in December and broke it. Here is what McConnell offered: NEW: McConnell says if the government is funded…
Progress on resolving the government shutdown came when Republican Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) convinced Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to abandon Donald Trump. Video: NBC’s Kasie Hunt reported, “Senators Jeff Flake and Lindsey Graham have been leading the high stakes game of shuttle diplomacy inside the U.S. Capital. With Mcconnell…
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer are cutting Trump out of the conversation and working on their own DACA deal that would end the government shutdown. Sen. Dick Durbin says the leaders are talking about a DACA deal: DURBIN tells me the leaders are talking about a…
House Democrats have asked ten times, and Senate Democrats have asked six times to reopen the government. The Republican answer has been to say no to every request. Here is the list of motions that Democrats have made to reopen the government from House Democratic Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer’s office: 1). Mr. Hoyer asked last…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) was asked by reporters if Trump should have a role in the Senate negotiations on ending the shutdown. Her answer suggested that Trump should stay out of it. Video: Here was the exchange: Q: What about president trump? Do you need president trump to be involved in this process, senator? Collins:…
According to data being collected by researchers the total number of participants in the 2018 women’s march range from 1.5 million to 2.3 million Americans across the US. According to data being collected by Jeremy Pressman (U of Connecticut) and Erica Chenoweth (U of Denver), the crowds were massive for the 2018 women’s march. An…
When asked if Trump used a vulgarity by NBC’s Chuck Todd, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) responded by stating that he wasn’t going to defend every word that was or wasn’t said. Video: Transcript via Meet The Press: CHUCK TODD: All right, you question the credibility of the Democrats when they go into a meeting and…
Sen, Dick Durbin (D-IL) was asked on Meet The Press if he was sorry for amplifying Trump’s “shithole countries” comment, Durbin said no, but he was sorry that Trump said it. Video: Transcript: CHUCK TODD: Let me ask you about that White House meeting. You’ve said you’ve not leaked the contents of that meeting. SEN….
“Will Donald Trump take the reins of his presidency back?” asks Kasie Hunt. The MSNBC host of Kasie DC continued, “It’s clear: President Trump and ‘the White House’ are *not the same* when it comes to these negotiations. That is a stunning reality.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell immediately shot down Trump’s call for Republicans to use the nuclear option to kill the 60 vote rule and end the government shutdown. Trump tweeted: Great to see how hard Republicans are fighting for our Military and Safety at the Border. The Dems just want illegal immigrants to pour into…
Eric Trump opened his mouth during an interview on Fox News and what came out was an admission that the White House isn’t sad about the government shutdown. They think it is a good thing that millions of people will be harmed starting on Monday. Video: Eric Trump said, “My father has incredible momentum. He…
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan removed Representative Patrick Meehan from the House Ethics Committee on Saturday following sexual misconduct allegations, Ryan’s office said.
