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Record Democratic field of White House contenders in 2020 signals an unpredictable race ahead6h ago ( January 16, 2019 at 2:07 PM )  Tags: Usa, News, White House, Usa Today 73 people like this. Like To Bloomberg: White House & Constitution Aren’t For SaleJanuary 15, 2019 at 8:52 AM  Tags: New York, Guns, White House, America, Bloomberg, United States, The White House, Michael Bloomberg, Gottlieb, Alan Gottlieb, Gun Rights News, Citizens Committee, CCRKBA, Mayor Bloomberg 72 people like this. Like Shutdown Will Be Worse For Economy Than First Thought, White House Says6h ago ( January 16, 2019 at 1:47 PM )  Tags: News, White House, JIM WATSON 71 people like this. Like Kirsten Gillibrand Announces She's Running For PresidentJanuary 15, 2019 at 7:20 PM  Tags: Fashion, Music, New York, Congress, Stephen Colbert, California, Senate, Barack Obama, United States, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Kirsten Gillibrand, Ucla, Dartmouth College, State, Don 70 people like this. Like Some in GOP split with White House on Russia sanctionsJanuary 15, 2019 at 7:44 PM  Tags: News, Washington, Senate, White House, Russia, Ap, Gop 69 people like this. Like ‘Nonessential’: The federal shutdown’s most unique victim is one of the Northwest’s best-kept secrets11h ago ( January 16, 2019 at 9:00 AM )  Tags: News, Local Politics, Local News, Northwest, Nation & World Politics 69 people like this. Like HamberdersJanuary 15, 2019 at 8:27 AM  Tags: Post, News, White House, Donald Trump, Delicious, Trump 68 people like this. Like ‘Hamberder’ Replaces ‘Covfefe’ As The Dumbest Word In The Trump Lexicon21h ago ( January 15, 2019 at 11:09 PM )  Tags: White House, Disney, America, United States, Humor, Tigers, Gracie Hughes, Trump, Clemson University, Getty Images Trump 63 people like this. Like Trump lauds football players who ate 'over 1000 hamberders' at White House banquet, in early morning misspelled twitter outburstJanuary 15, 2019 at 8:07 AM  Tags: News, White House, US, Donald Trump, Trump, Clemson Tigers 63 people like this. Like Trump's attorney general pick: Robert Mueller is not overseeing a 'witch hunt'January 15, 2019 at 12:27 PM  Tags: News, Congress, Washington, White House, Russia, US, Fbi, Hillary Clinton, Washington Dc, US Senate, Capitol Hill, Bob, Kremlin, North America, Donald Trump, Justice Department 61 people like this. Like T-Mobile executives stayed at Trump hotel often while seeking approval on megadeal13h ago ( January 16, 2019 at 7:30 AM )  Tags: Business, News, Trump, Local Business, T Mobile, Nation & World, Nation & World Politics 59 people like this. Like Andrew Wheeler: Trump coal-lobbyist EPA nominee says climate change ‘not the greatest crisis’3h ago ( January 16, 2019 at 5:25 PM )  Tags: Science, Senate, Barack Obama, Wheeler, Epa, Donald Trump, Trump, Environmental Protection Agency EPA, Andrew Wheeler 57 people like this. Like Fast food? These celebrities are offering to treat Clemson to a real champions' dinner10h ago ( January 16, 2019 at 10:03 AM )  Tags: News, White House, Clemson, Donald Trump, For the Win 50 people like this. Like Can you get May's Brexit deal through parliament?January 15, 2019 at 2:14 AM Use our simulator to see what happens when each of the various tribes chooses to back the prime minister, to reject her bill or to abstain. Can you assemble a parliamentary majority?Photo credits: Reuters, AP, AFP/Getty images, PA Continue reading...Tags: Europe, Politics, European Union, Conservatives, UK News, World news, Theresa May, Foreign Policy, House Of Commons, Brexit, Reuters 49 people like this. Like Gillibrand Launches Exploratory Committee, Joins 2020 FieldJanuary 15, 2019 at 7:30 PM NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has taken a major step toward announcing a presidential bid, saying she is launching an exploratory committee for a White House run.
The 52-year-old New York Democrat said Tuesday on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: “It’s an important first step and it’s one I am taking because I am going to run.”
Gillibrand joins what is expected to be a crowded primary field for the Democratic nomination that could include more than a dozen candidates. Already, G...Tags: New York, News, Stephen Colbert, White House, Ap, Iowa, Sen Kirsten Gillibrand, Gillibrand, Matt Shuham, Gillibrand Launches Exploratory Committee 49 people like this. Like These 7 House Democrats met with Trump about the shutdown7h ago ( January 16, 2019 at 1:31 PM ) A day after congressional Democrats declined to meet with President Donald Trump over ending the government shutdown, at least seven House Democrats attended a White House meeting Wednesday aimed at reopening the government that has been partially closed for more than three weeks.Tags: White House, Cnn, House, Donald Trump, Trump 49 people like this. Like Details Emerge Of The Lavish Spending From Trump’s $104M InaugurationJanuary 15, 2019 at 8:30 AM President Donald Trump’s inauguration rang in at $104 million, more than double President Barack Obama’s in 2008.
Details are starting to emerge of just what all of that money was spent on.
The New York Times reports $10,000 for makeup for 20 aides at an evening event, $30,000 in per diem payments for staffers on top of their fully compensated hotel rooms, room service and transportation. The bill from the Trump International Hotel alone totaled $1.5 million.
ABC News adds $130,000 spent on p...Tags: News, Barack Obama, New York Times, The New York Times, Donald Trump, Abc News, Trump, New York New York, Trump International Hotel, Kate Riga 49 people like this. Like Iowa’s Steve King off House committees after race remarksJanuary 15, 2019 at 8:32 AM WASHINGTON (AP) — Veteran Republican Rep. Steve King will be blocked from committee assignments for the next two years after lamenting that white supremacy and white nationalism have become offensive terms. King, in his ninth term representing Iowa, will not be given committee assignments in the Congress that began this month, House Minority Leader Kevin […]Tags: News, Congress, Washington, Ap, Nation, House, Iowa, Kevin, Steve King, Nation & World Politics 49 people like this. Like White House looks to pick off Democrats to shake up shutdown stalemate, even as party remains unitedJanuary 15, 2019 at 8:51 AM Gridlocked about how to end the longest shutdown in US history, the White House is reaching out to rank-and-file moderate Democrats to try and peel off support from Speaker Nancy Pelosi.Tags: White House, US, Cnn 48 people like this. Like White House Considering Indra Nooyi to Head World BankJanuary 15, 2019 at 11:50 AM The former PepsiCo chief executive has been courted by Ivanka Trump, who is helping lead the search for a new World Bank president.Tags: News, White House, World Bank, Pepsico, Trump, Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo Inc, Ivanka, Ivanka Trump, Nooyi, Banking and Financial Institutions, Appointments and Executive Changes, United States Politics and Government, Indra K, Head World Bank 48 people like this. Like Donald Trump's epic fast food picture is perfectly TrumpianJanuary 15, 2019 at 11:37 AM On Monday night, President Donald Trump hosted the Clemson University football team at the White House to celebrate the team's victory in the national college playoffs. Because of the government shutdown, Trump decided to pay, out of pocket, for a boatload worth of fast food to feed the players. And just before the team arrived, this photo was taken.Tags: White House, Cnn, Donald Trump, Trump, Clemson University 48 people like this. Like Brexit vote: Corbyn tables no-confidence motion after May defeat – Politics liveJanuary 15, 2019 at 4:24 PM Prime minister’s Brexit deal is lost by 432 votes to 202Theresa May loses Brexit deal vote by majority of 230How did your MP vote?After May’s landmark defeat, what happens now? 9.21pm GMT Business leaders are unanimous in their dismay at the vote and the prospect of leaving the EU without a deal.The Federation of Small Businesses said many of its members would struggle to survive should deadlock in parliament lead to the country crashing out of the EU.Small business confidence has plummeted ...Tags: Europe, Politics, Eu, European Union, Conservatives, UK News, Bbc, Theresa May, Foreign Policy, Labour, House Of Commons, Michael Gove, Jean-claude Juncker, Boris Johnson, Brussels, Brexit 47 people like this. Like A US president actually had to deny he is a foreign agentJanuary 14, 2019 at 11:12 PM In any other time, with any other president, the spectacle of the commander in chief honking hoarsely on the White House lawn about how "I never worked for Russia," would be the political equivalent of a five-alarm fire. Never in history has an American president been required to answer such serious, credible questions about his loyalties.Tags: News, White House, Russia, US, Stories 47 people like this. Like "The shutdown has in some ways underscored [some conservatives'] view that government can function with fewer employees."January 15, 2019 at 3:02 PM "'There’s a moment when people say, "Did you notice what percentage of this agency was viewed as nonessential?"' said anti-tax activist Grover Norquist. Former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon called shutdowns 'blunt-force measures that certainly show what’s essential and what’s not.'... The shutdown follows two years of contraction of the federal workforce under Trump. During his first 18 months in office, the government shrank by 17,000 employees...."From "The shutdown is giving...Tags: Law, White House, Trump, Stephen K Bannon, Ann Althouse, Trump During, Right-wing Ideology, Steve Bannon, Trump's shutdown, Grover Norquist Former 47 people like this. Like Outlook Mobile heads to the White House, passes infosec clearance for federal sector13h ago ( January 16, 2019 at 6:42 AM ) Need to email an order for a s*$tload of hamburgers from your smartphone? Microsoft has an app for that
The US government may be enduring its longest shutdown in history, but federal workers can at least console themselves with Microsoft’s Outlook mobile app that has been given security clearance for use.…Tags: Microsoft, White House, US, Software 46 people like this. Like GOP Senators Split With White House On Russia Sanctions12h ago ( January 16, 2019 at 8:30 AM ) WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost a dozen Senate Republicans broke with the White House Tuesday on Russia, voting to move forward on a resolution that would maintain sanctions on companies linked to oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
The Democratic resolution would stop the Treasury Department from lifting penalties against the Russian aluminum manufacturing giant Rusal and two other companies connected to Deripaska. Senators took two procedural votes to proceed to the resolution, with 11 Republicans voting wit...Tags: Florida, News, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Congress, Montana, Washington, Saudi Arabia, Senate, White House, Russia, Defense, Ap, Democrats, Gop, Maine 46 people like this. Like White House Calls King’s White Supremacist Comments ‘Abhorrent’9h ago ( January 16, 2019 at 11:30 AM ) White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders joined several key Republicans in calling out Rep. Steve King (R-IA) for his comments about white supremacy, according to The Hill and NBC.
“Steve King’s comments were abhorrent,” she reportedly told the press outside the West Wing on Wednesday. “The Republican leadership, unlike Democrats, have actually taken action when their members have said outrageous and inappropriate things.”
After King was quoted in The New York Times pondering why th...Tags: News, White House, House, New York Times, Republican, King, Hill, West Wing, Steve King R IA, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Nicole Lafond, NBC Steve King 46 people like this. Like Red Sox set to visit White House on Feb. 15January 15, 2019 at 6:46 PM The World Series champion Boston Red Sox will visit the White House on Feb. 15 and will also visit the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center during the trip.Tags: White House, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Red Sox, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center 45 people like this. Like Democrats decline White House meeting on shutdownJanuary 15, 2019 at 5:12 PM The White House sent invitations to a bipartisan group of lawmakers for a meeting aimed at finding a solution to ending the government shutdown -- now in its 25th day as the longest in US history -- but no Democrats are expected to attend. CNN's Kaitlan Collins reports.Tags: News, White House, US, Cnn, Stories, Kaitlan Collins 45 people like this. Like Prime Minister's Brexit plan defeated by 230 votesJanuary 15, 2019 at 2:43 PM Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan was not expected to pass, but it was brutally murdered in a far larger margin of defeat than was expected: 432 to 202. This is the largest parliamentary defeat for a sitting government in history.
The options for the Brits now include a no-deal Brexit on March 29; desperate negotiations for a new plan; or asking for an extension from the EU while a fresh hell is organized, such as a new referendum or a general election.
Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn im...Tags: Post, Politics, News, Time, Eu, Britain, Theresa May, Brexit, Jean Claude Junker, Jeremy Corbyn 44 people like this. Like |
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