A growing group of Democratic lawmakers will boycott President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday to protest what they described as his alarming and divisive policies, foreign interference in his election and his criticism of civil rights icon John Lewis, a congressman from Georgia. There are now more than 60 House Democrats — 65, at last count […]
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Putin Claims Trump Dossier Is Fake
While denouncing prostitution as a “horrible social phenomenon,” Mr. Putin also boasted about Russian exceptionalism, adding: “Even though they are undoubtedly the best in the world, too. I doubt that Trump would go for that.” There is a frenzy of attention in Russia focused on the change in administration in Washington, even by the standards […]
Garth Brooks Turns Trump Down
President-elect Donald Trump still has a friend in Garth Brooks despite the country singer turning down the opportunity to sing at his inauguration. Brooks explained he’s all about “People Loving People” and is “praying” for Trump but due to a scheduling conflict, he ultimately had to turn down performing on January 20. The country superstar […]
U2 Blames Trump For Delaying Album Release
Trump is giving U2 a bad case of “Vertigo.” The Irish rock band was left spinning after Trump was elected president and despite their next album being “pretty much complete,” they decided to hold of releasing it to give themselves “breathing space.” “We just went, ‘Hold on a second – we’ve got to give ourselves a […]
General Motors To Invest $1B In American Factories And Job
DETROIT – General Motors will announce a $1 billion investment in its factories that will create or keep around 1,000 jobs, a person briefed on the matter said Monday. The Detroit automaker will make the announcement Tuesday morning. The investment is part of the normal process of equipping factories to build new models, and it’s […]
Trump Pressuring Congress For Quick Repeal Of Obamacare
President-elect Donald Trump said he’s finishing a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act with a proposal that would provide “insurance for everybody,” according to a report by The Washington Post. Trump added that he does not plan to cut benefits for Medicare and that he does not want a single-payer healthcare system. His plan […]
Trump Promises Insurance For Everybody
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald J. Trump said this weekend that he was nearly ready to unveil a plan to replace President Obama’s Affordable Care Act with “insurance for everybody.” Mr. Trump, in an interview Saturday evening with The Washington Post, said that health care offered under his plan would come “in a much simplified form […]
Trump May Boot Press From White House
In the 1890s, journalists covering the president were forced to stand vigil outside the White House fence, querying visitors for scraps of information and appealing for audiences with presidential aides. Today’s reporters are concerned that President-elect Donald J. Trump could send them back into the past. The White House press corps was stunned on Sunday […]
Investors Betting On Post Inauguration Downturn
If options traders are correct, stocks are in for a wild ride in February. Demand for one-month call options tied to the CBOE Volatility Index, a popular gauge of stock-market volatility, has spiked in the past week, a sign that some are bracing for a sharp downturn following the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. In […]
Zoe Saldana Says Hollywood Is Bullying Trump
Sci-fi queen Zoe Saldana has spoken out against the famously liberal acting community of Hollywood for ‘bullying’ Donald Trump. Although the Star Trek actress does not support the president-elect, she believes insults flung at him during the race for the White House turned off much of middle America. The 38-year-old said that Hollywood grew ‘cocky […]
Senate To Investigate Trump’s Communication With Putin
The chairmen of the Senate Intelligence Committee has launched a bipartisan effort to probe communications between the Kremlin and members of President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. “We believe that it is critical to have a full understanding of the scope of Russian intelligence activities impacting the United States,” Burr and Warner, who serve as the […]
Author Of Trump Dossier Goes Into Hiding
LONDON – Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence agent who prepared the dossier on Donald J. Trump ‘s supposed activities in Russia, has gone underground. The strange story of the dossier, which United States intelligence agencies, the F.B.I., Senator John McCain and many journalists have had for weeks, if not months, and which presumably Mr. […]