Veterans Trump eases student loan forgiveness for disabled veteransPOLITICO - By MICHAEL STRATFORDPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday directed the Education Department to more easily forgive the federal student loans owed by veterans with disabilities, making a move Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
Wayne Allyn Root Trump tweets claim Israelis ‘love him like he is the second coming of God’timesofisrael.com - By Stuart Winer and TOI staff US President Donald Trump on Wednesday promoted a claim that he has achieved godlike status in Israel and that the Jewish population of the country …
Play buttontrump news update 'I am the Chosen One': with boasts and insults, Trump sets new benchmark for incoherenceGuardian US - Tom McCarthyStrolling to the end of a White House driveway on Wednesday ahead of his departure for a veterans event in Kentucky, the president began speaking while still walking toward a crowd of waiting reporters.
Jewish Culture Trump week of insults and denials suggests a White House in chaosBusiness Insider - Sonam ShethIt's been a roller coaster of a week for President Donald Trump, even by his own standards. And the avalanche of public reversals, denials, and bungled messaging adds yet another layer to a portrait of
Guns California arms traffickers used Snapchat to market illegal weaponsGuardian US - Darwin BondGraham in OaklandOne post showed the man walking through a home brandishing a gun with a high-capacity magazine and tapping an unidentified woman on her buttocks with the barrel. In another, he waved a pistol loaded with
Red Flag Law In Vermont, A Case Of One Man Whose Gun Was Seized Under Red Flag LawNPR - Melissa BlockThis summer's mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, accelerated calls for more red flag or extreme-risk laws in those states, as well as helped jump-start bills in Congress. The laws allow
Nursing High turnover, understaffing, low pay: US nurses fight to unionizeGuardian US - Michael SainatoThe American healthcare system is plagued by the most expensive costs in the world, as millions of citizens suffer from medical debt and 13.7% of adults have no insurance. In the midst of these issues,
Chris Coons A new tone from some Republicans on climate change — mostly behind closed doorsPOLITICO - By ANTHONY ADRAGNA and LUIZA CH. SAVAGEPOLITICO’s latest Global Translations podcast episode explores whether modest climate legislation could pass as soon as this year. Republicans are beginning to feel the heat on climate change. Though significant
Nancy Pelosi Activists interrupt Pelosi award ceremony in San Francisco, demand she take action to impeach Trumpsfchronicle.com - Lauren Hernández Activists interrupted a ceremony in a San Francisco hotel where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was being honored Wednesday evening and demanded that she …
Planned Parenthood Trump abortion ‘gag rule’ leaves poor patients ‘with nowhere to go’ in USThe Guardian - Miranda BryantLast year alone, 37,000 low-income patients in Utah received subsidized family planning under Title X, the federal program which distributes grants to clinics. But as of Monday, when Planned Parenthood
trump news update Far-right violence is on the rise. Where is the outrage?The Guardian - Owen JonesMohammed Saleem was murdered by a terrorist, and yet you’ve probably never even heard of him. It was April 2013, and the 82-year-old was walking home from evening prayers at a mosque in Small Heath, Birmingham.
Politics Trump's contradictions hit a fever pitchCNN - Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNNWashington (CNN) — Something is eating at President Donald Trump. Another exhausting day of the indefatigable commander in chief's compulsive seizing of the spotlight showed how what once would have been
trump news update Donald Trump Isn’t Playing Madman Theory. He’s a Madman President.The Daily Beast - Rick Wilson At this moment, on another Earth, a man is locked in a padded cell, nodding to the gibbering chorus of voices in his head and smearing out his …
Trump Administration Trump’s ‘chopper talk’ puts media on the defensivePOLITICO - By MICHAEL CALDERONE and DANIEL LIPPMANUsing Marine One as a backdrop, the White House has replaced formal briefings with impromptu chats where the president sets all the rules. The latest iteration of President Donald Trump’s signature news
Abortion A man threatened to “slaughter” abortion doctors. It’s part of a disturbing trend.Vox - Anna NorthOne man was charged with threatening to “slaughter and murder” doctors and patients at an abortion clinic in Chicago. Another was arrested in connection with threats against Planned Parenthood and federal
Islamic State (ISIS) Defense secretary says ISIS not in a resurgent state in Syria despite Pentagon report saying ISIS is re-surgingCNN - By Ryan Browne, CNN(CNN) — Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Wednesday that ISIS was not "in a resurgent state in Syria" despite a Pentagon inspector general report saying the terror group is re-surging in that country.
Rudy Giuliani Giuliani says he met with Ukrainian official to discuss BidenCNN - By Pamela Brown, Caroline Kelly(CNN) — Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that he had spoken with a Ukrainian official about Joe Biden's possible role in that government's dismissal of a prosecutor who investigated Biden's son. The move the
Facial Recognition Bernie Sanders’s call to ban facial recognition tech for policing, explainedVox - Sigal SamuelSen. Bernie Sanders is the first presidential candidate to call for a total ban on the use of facial recognition software for policing. He’s also calling for a moratorium on the use of algorithmic risk
United Arab Emirates On Trump and Iran, the UAE Shifts Strategy — and Israel Should Take Heedhaaretz.com - Alexander Griffing Israel has long hinted about its quiet ties with Arab Gulf states like the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, as their common struggle to contain …
U.S. Politics 70 mayors: Trump plan to cut 3M people from food stamps will hurt economies and the vulnerableAxios - Rebecca Falconer The U.S. Conference of Mayors released a bipartisan letter Wednesday signed by 70 mayors stating their "strong opposition" to Trump administration …
U.S. Politics Trump moves to end limits on detention of migrant childrenAssociated Press - By COLLEEN LONG and AMY TAXIN, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to end an agreement limiting how long migrant children can be kept in detention, the president's latest effort to curb immigration at the Mexican border.
March for Our Lives March For Our Lives, No Longer Protesting In Streets, Unveils Gun Control PlanNPR - Brakkton BookerWith their hopes fading that lawmakers in Washington will pass new gun safety measures, young activists from March for Our Lives have their own plans on how to stem gun violence. The proposal, called Peace
DACA The Supreme Court has an immigration disaster on its handsCNN - Opinion by Elie Honig(CNN) — President Donald Trump has placed the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program squarely in his anti-immigration crosshairs. Ever since Trump took the oath of
Greenland Maggie Haberman: Trump Was ‘Hugely Disrespectful’ to Denmark, But Didn’t Cancel Trip Over Greenlandmediaite.com - colby-hall New York Times reporter and CNN Contributor Maggie Haberman appeared on New Day Wednesday morning and revealed that her reporting suggests that …
Wayne Allyn Root Wayne Allyn Root: Trump Retweets Conspiracy Theorist Calling Him Second Coming of GodThe Daily Beast - Barbie Latza Nadeau Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday morning to thank conspiracy theorist extraordinaire Wayne Allyn Root for likening his rise to power to the …
Wayne LaPierre Donald Caves To Embattled NRA CEO, Takes Background Checks Off The Tablecrooksandliars.com - Karoli Kuns That didn't take long. Just one day after Ivanka Trump whispered sweet nothings in Daddy's ear and got him to agree that maybe background checks …
Recession Trump administration proposes daring cure for recession: More tax cuts for the richSalon - Igor DeryshThe Trump administration has floated a new round of tax cuts for the rich and slashing the payroll tax used to fund Social Security and Medicare to ease worries of a recession, which the White House insists
Liberal View ‘Not only wrong but crazy’: MSNBC panelists recoil in horror from Trump’s ‘abnormal’ views on foreign policyrawstory.com - Travis Gettys President Donald Trump made a number of puzzling and bizarre statements Tuesday about U.S. foreign policy, and panelists on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” …
Liberal View Trump horrifies the internet by tweeting out quotes from anti-Semitic superfan comparing him to ‘second coming of God’rawstory.com - Travis Gettys President Donald Trump tweeted out some quotes from a superfan who compared him to Jesus Christ, in a tweetstorm doubling down on his widely …
Recession Trump Flip-Flops On Possible Payroll Tax Cut, But Says U.S. ‘Far’ From RecessionForbes - Lisette Voytkoconfirmed Tuesday that he is considering a payroll tax cut, contradicting a statement issued by the White House Monday, but he insisted the economy is “far” from a recession, and that any tax proposals
