WASHINGTON — President Trump signed five more executive actions Tuesday in a blitz of executive power meant to speed approvals of high-profile energy and infrastructure projects, including two controversial pipeline projects in the upper Midwest. Trump signed two presidential memoranda intended to expedite the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, but also signed three more longer-term […]
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Trump Freezes Federal Hiring
President Donald Trump announced a series of executive actions Monday focused on trade and the federal workforce, making good on a pair of his core campaign promises. The actions, signed Monday at the White House, implement a federal employee hiring freeze, formally withdraw the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and reinstate a GOP-backed […]
Trump Signs Anti-Abortion Order
WASHINGTON ― On Monday, surrounded by other white men, President Donald Trump signed an anti-abortion executive order that has far-reaching consequences for women’s reproductive health access worldwide. Trump reinstated the Mexico City policy, also known as the global gag rule, which was first put in place by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. It prohibits giving U.S. funding […]
Mattis Successfully Bombs Isis 31 Times
James Mattis, the newly appointed Secretary of Defense marked his first full day at the Pentagon by supervising 31 strikes against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. On Saturday, Mattis arrived at the Pentagon with a smile for his initial full day of work, and for good reason, in view of the substantial bombardment ISIS […]
Chelsea Clinton Defends Barron Trump
Chelsea Clinton is standing up for the newest inductee into the first children’s club. The former first daughter and vice chair of the Clinton Foundation took to social media Sunday, tacitly condemning the online jabs directed at President Donald Trump’s 10-year-old son, Barron, and urging the public to remember that the child is just that: […]
Trump Will Not Release Tax Returns
A top aide to President Donald Trump says he won’t release his tax returns, insisting that voters aren’t concerned about the issue. “The White House response is he’s not going to release his tax returns,” said Trump’s senior adviser, Kellyanne Conway, on ABC’s “This Week.” “We litigated this all through the election. People didn’t care,” […]
Trump Plans Monday Changes To Nafta
WASHINGTON — President Trump, having declared post-inaugural Monday the true opening day of his new administration, spent Sunday pondering a string of executive orders on topics ranging from immigration to Israel to the economy, including what he called a re-working of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Supervising the swearing-in of 30 new White House […]
Trump Team Defends Lies By Calling Them “Alternative Facts”
"Alternative facts are not facts. They are falsehoods," Chuck Todd tells Pres. Trump's counselor Kellyanne Conway this morning. WATCH: pic.twitter.com/Ao005dQ13r — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) January 22, 2017 “Why put him out there for the very first time, in front of that podium, to utter a provable falsehood?” Chuck Todd asked Kellyanne Conway, counselor to […]
Trump Mocks Women’s March In Tweet
President Donald Trump, in between tweets about his “long standing ovations” at CIA headquarters and his inauguration’s television ratings, implied in a tweet early Sunday morning that the Women’s March protesters did not vote. Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election! Why didn’t these people vote? Celebs hurt […]
Russia Leads Syrian Peace Talks
Astana, Kazakhstan – Key players in the war in Syria are due to meet on Monday in Astana to begin talks aimed at consolidating a nationwide ceasefire and potentially paving the way towards a political settlement. The talks, organised by Russia, Turkey and Iran, come weeks into a countrywide ceasefire brokered by Moscow and Ankara […]
ISIS Lost 25% Of It’s Territory
IRBIL, Iraq — Researchers say the Islamic State group lost nearly a quarter of its territory last year, as an array of forces pressured it on multiple fronts in Syria and Iraq. In a report published Thursday, IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Center called the territorial losses “unprecedented” and predicted ISIS militants would be driven […]
Obama Starts Vacation In Palm Springs
Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama started their desert vacation quietly on Saturday morning. The Obamas flew from Andrews Air Force Base to Palm Springs after the inauguration of Donald Trump on Friday. They reached the Palm Springs area around 3:30 p.m., but arrived during a rare rainstorm, which forced their plane […]