President Trump is sticking with his argument that millions of illegal immigrants voted in the 2016 presidential election, amid calls for him to provide proof and questions about whether he’ll indeed have an official probe into the issue. “Many people have come out and said I am right,” Trump said in an interview with Fox […]
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Boycotts Are Hurting The Trump’s Retail Businesses
At a time when social movements can begin online, brands face more pressure than ever to respond to consumer demands. Organizing a protest or calling for a boycott has never been easier. Chris Allieri, a marketing consultant with Mulberry & Astor, said, “Before he became president, I think that a lot of consumers were indifferent […]
Trump To Erase Post-2008 Bank Regulations
The president had praise for Jamie Dimon, whose bank, JPMorgan Chase, was often a target of regulatory actions by the Obama administration. The meeting underscored the degree to which the architects of Mr. Trump’s economic strategy are now some of the very people he lambasted in his campaign, which ended with a commercial that described […]
Trump Vows To Put God Back Into Politics
WASHINGTON – President Trump vowed Thursday to overturn a law restricting political speech by tax-exempt churches, a potentially huge victory for the religious right and a gesture to his political base. Mr. Trump said his administration would “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits churches from engaging in political activity at the risk of losing […]
Trump Makes Surprised Visit To Honor Fallen Navy Seal
President Donald Trump made a surprise, unannounced trip on Wednesday to honor the return of slain US Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens. Owens died during a raid on al Qaeda in Yemen, along with about 30 civilians and 14 members of al Qaeda. Three other Navy SEALs were wounded in the raid, and […]
Jeff Sessions Approved As Attorney General Nominee
WASHINGTON – A divided Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general Wednesday, despite a fierce pushback from Democrats over President Trump’s firing this week of the Justice Department’s acting chief, who had objected to the administration’s refugee policy. The action came on a straight party-line vote, with 11 Republicans […]
Obama Praises Protesters
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama praised protesters who amassed across the country in opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration orders, breaking his silence on political issues for the first time since leaving office. “The president fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion,” Obama’s spokesman, Kevin Lewis, […]
Stock Market Hurt By Immigration Ban
The messy and contentious rollout of the executive order blocking entrance for refugees and travelers from seven majority-Muslim nations has dented the stock market surge enjoyed by President Trump since his election. Ever since winning the White House in early November, Trump has ridden a wave of stock market success as investors prepared for the […]
Trump Keeps Obama’s Workplace Protections For LGBTQ’s
WASHINGTON – The White House said on Monday that President Trump would leave in place a 2014 Obama administration order that created new workplace protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. In a statement issued in response to growing questions about whether Mr. Trump would reverse the Obama order, the White House said the […]
Donations Flood Into ACLU In Response To Travel Ban
“Clearly, this executive order has hit a live nerve with the American people,” Mr. Romero said. Thousands of protesters flooded airports across the country and took to the streets as word spread that immigrants and refugees were being blocked from entering the country, detained for hours by customs officials or taken off planes during the […]
WikiLeaks Wants To Publish Trump’s Tax Returns
WikiLeaks on Sunday urged people to submit President Donald TrumpDonald TrumpFeinstein to introduce two bills in response to Trump’s ban Trump warns senators ‘looking to start World War III’ Dems plan rally at Supreme Court to protest Trump’s executive order MORE’s tax returns so the organization could release them. “Trump Counselor Kellyanne Conway stated today […]
Trump Adds Bannon To Security Council Over Joint Chiefs Of Staff
In one of three executive actions Saturday, President Trump reshuffled the National Security Council to include his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, and limited the roles of the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The memorandum makes the chief strategist a regular attendee of the principals committee, the Cabinet-level interagency forum that deals […]