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California sues Trump administration over withholding high-speed rail funds
California and its high-speed rail authority filed suit on Tuesday to prevent the Trump administration from canceling a nearly $1 billion federal grant.
Daily Archives: Tue, May 21st, 2019
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Congress presses Trump administration for Mueller’s counterintelligence files
In a footnote to one section of his report about a Russian operation that trolled American internet users during the 2016 campaign, Mueller said his team was “aware of reports that other Russian entities engaged in similar active measures operations targeting the United States.”
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Rachel Maddow Busts Trump For Installing Top IRS Lawyer To Keep His Tax Returns Secret
Rachel Maddow explained why it’s no surprise that Trump installed one of his buddies earlier this year to be the chief lawyer at the IRS.
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Sherrod Brown Explains Why No Working-Class American Should Vote For Trump
During an interview with Chris Matthews, Sen. Brown said the big elitist and con man in American politics is Donald Trump.
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Trump’s Job Approval Craters Into The 30s As Joe Biden’s Favorability Rating Soars
Trump’s favorability rating is worse than Biden’s by double digits with just 38 percent saying they hold a favorable opinion of the incumbent president.
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IRS Memo Defies Trump And Says His Tax Returns Must Be Turned Over
A confidential IRS memo says that Trump’s tax returns must be turned over unless he claims executive privilege over them.
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90% Of House Judiciary Democrats Support Beginning Impeachment
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) said that 80%-90% of Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee support launching impeachment proceedings against Trump.
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Eric Swalwell Has One Question For Hope Hicks That Could Bring Down Donald And Ivanka Trump
Rep. Eric Swalwell, who is also a Democratic presidential candidate, has one question for Hope Hicks and that is did Donald or Ivanka Trump ever ask you to lie?
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Rex Tillerson Held A Secret Meeting With Democratic Investigators About Trump
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been holding secret meetings with the House Foreign Relations Committee about Trump.
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China rebuffs Trump claim U.S. tariffs are making firms leave
BEIJING (Reuters) – Foreign investors remained enthusiastic about China, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that his tariffs are causing companies to move production away from the world’s second largest economy. Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that his tariffs on Chinese goods are causing companies to…
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Robert Mueller Fears the Truth is Political So He Won’t Testify Publicly
Robert Mueller seems to have succumbed to his party’s attacks on truth, which is truly unfortunate for this nation and a black mark on the Republican’s resume.
Mueller’s team has expressed reticence to him testifying publicly because they do not want him to appear “political.”
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Ben Carson Humiliates Himself At Hearing As Member Of Congress Has To Explain How HUD Works
Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) had to explain to HUD Secretary Ben Carson how his own agency works during a House hearing.
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Hundreds gather at U.S. Supreme Court to protest state abortion bans as step backward
Hundreds of abortion-rights campaigners, including Democrats seeking their party’s 2020 presidential nomination, rallied in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest new restrictions on abortion passed by Republican-dominated legislatures in eight states.
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Karma Pays Back Trump As Merrick Garland To Hear Appeal To Keep Financial Records Secret
After losing his case to keep his financial records secret, Trump appealed the decision to the circuit court headed by Merrick Garland.
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Betsy DeVos Busted For Illegally Using Your Money To Put More Guns In Schools
The Education Department’s acting inspector general found that Betsy DeVos broke federal law when she did nothing to block federal funds from being used to arm teachers.
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Trump falsely tells Pennsylvania voters that trade war has helped economy
Trump, facing a potentially difficult path to winning a second term in November 2020, on Monday told supporters in Pennsylvania that his trade war had strengthened the battleground state’s steel industry and jobs.
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House To Hold Don McGahn In Contempt For Following Trump’s Orders
The House Judiciary Committee is going to hold Don McGahn in contempt for following Trump’s orders and not showing up to testify.
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Jerry Nadler Sends His Strongest Signal Yet That Impeachment Is Coming
In his remarks at the House Judiciary Committee hearing that Don McGahn blew off, Chairman Jerry Nadler sent strong signals that impeachment is on the horizon.
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Iran’s reach puts U.S. forces, allies in striking range
Threats of conflict between the United States and Iran have highlighted the places and ways their forces, proxies or allies could clash.
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Iran’s Rouhani rejects talks with Washington
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected talks with the United States on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump said Iran would call and ask for negotiations “if and when they are ever ready”.
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Abortion-rights activists rally at Supreme Court to protest new state bans
U.S. abortion-rights campaigners, including several Democrats running for president in 2020, are set to rally in front of the Supreme Court on Tuesday to protest new restrictions on abortion passed by legislatures in eight states.
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Opinion: Normalizing War Crimes Endangers Our Troops
Roy Arpaio openly bragged about his concentration camps for immigrants. When Donald Trump pardoned him, it made a mockery not only of the pardon power, but also legal norms within and beyond the United States. By Trump’s logic, torture is okay even when the offending state is North Korea and the victim is an American…
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Ex-White House lawyer skips House hearing as Trump spurns Democrats
The U.S. House of Representatives committee that would handle any impeachment of President Donald Trump convened a hearing on Tuesday with another empty chair at the witness table, as former White House counsel Don McGahn refused to testify.
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Calls For Impeachment Are Growing Among House Democrats
Calls are growing among Democrats for the House to open an impeachment investigation into Donald Trump.
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Trump Makes A Fool Of Himself By Claiming Biden Deserted Pennsylvania
Trump first tried to falsely claim that Biden wasn’t from Pennsylvania, then he claimed added that Biden deserted the state.
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Emails show NRA link to U.S. sheriffs who promoted gun ‘sanctuaries’
The NRA was more deeply involved than previously disclosed in the formation of a movement that encouraged county sheriffs not to enforce gun-control laws.
