The Secret Service agents told the Carrier workers to stay put, so Chuck Jones sat in the factory conference room for nearly three hours, waiting for president-elect Donald Trump. He’d grown used to this suspense. Seven months earlier, at a campaign rally in Indianapolis, Trump had pledged to save the plant’s jobs, most of which were […]
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Trump Campaign Staffer Convicted On 10 Counts Of Election Fraud In Michigan
A jury took less than an hour Wednesday to convict a Donald Trump campaign staffer in Michigan of felony election fraud — from a previous campaign. Brandon Michael Hall, a recent and failed local GOP candidate, was found guilty of 10 counts of election fraud stemming from his work on an unsuccessful judicial campaign he […]
Single Parent Families Will Have Higher Taxes Under Trump Plan
President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals would modestly cut income taxes for most middle-class Americans. But for nearly 8 million families — including a majority of single-parent households — the opposite would occur: They’d pay more. Most married couples with three or more children would also pay higher taxes, an analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center […]
Trump’s National Security Adviser Primed For WWIII
Late in the presidential race, Donald Trump warned that his opponent would start a new world war. “You’re going to end up in World War III over Syria if we listen to Hillary Clinton,” he told Reuters. As it turns out, there was no need to worry about Clinton’s hawkishness. The next world war is […]
Russian Propaganda Strategy Aided Trump’s Campaign
The flood of “fake news” this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created and spread misleading articles online with the goal of punishing Democrat Hillary Clinton, helping Republican Donald Trump and undermining faith in American democracy, say independent researchers who tracked the operation. Russia’s increasingly sophisticated propaganda machinery — including […]
Trump Violated Campaign Finance Laws Over 1,100 Times
The Federal Election Commission reportedly found the Donald Trump campaign accepted over 1,000 donations that violated some campaign finance laws. The FEC issued a letter to the campaign indicating that they had accepted about 1,100 problematic donations, totaling about $1.3 million. Some of the donations came from groups that had not properly registered, according to […]
Trump Foundation Admits To Financial Improprieties
President-elect Donald Trump’s charitable foundation engaged in self-dealing in 2015 and prior years, the foundation said in an Internal Revenue Service filing. That self-dealing, which typically triggers additional taxes for anyone who got improper benefits, resulted from payments to “disqualified persons,” or foundation insiders, according to the document. The document, which was the foundation’s tax […]
Trump Possibly Using Presidency To Strong Arm Better Personal Business Deals
The Trump Organization spent months trying to drive off the culinary union from its Las Vegas hotel, losing one legal battle after another before a federal labor board. Soon Donald Trump’s company, which has refused to bargain with the union after housekeepers and other employees voted to join last December, could gain some leverage. As president, Trump will […]
Obama Will Speak Out Against Trump If He Threatens American Ideals
US President Barack Obama has said he may speak out after leaving office if he feels his successor Donald Trump is threatening core American values. By convention, former presidents tend to leave the political fray and avoid commenting on their successors. Mr Obama said he would give Mr Trump time to outline his vision but […]
Green Day Leads American Music Award Audience In Anti-Trump Chant
Just two days after the cast of Hamilton delivered some pointed words to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence, another group of artists used their time on stage to publicly share their feelings about the Trump administration. During Sunday night’s American Music Awards, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong chanted “No Trump, no K.K.K., no fascist U.S.A.!” during […]
Donald Trump Whines About SNL Again
The president-elect took time out from the important job of preparing for office to again blast the comedy sketch show over its portrayal of him. Here’s what Trump tweeted on Sunday morning: I watched parts of @nbcsnl Saturday Night Live last night. It is a totally one-sided, biased show – nothing funny at all. Equal […]
Obama Tells World His Vision Is Correct, Warns Of Trump’s Dangers
Facing rejection of his worldview on both sides of the Atlantic, President Obama doubled down Tuesday on the dangers of populism and declared that Donald Trump’s supporters don’t realize how good they’ve had it for the past eight years. Declaring, “My vision’s right,” the president said Mr. Trump won the presidential election by exploiting conservatives’ […]