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The real reason the Trump administration is constantly losing in court
The Washington Post - By Fred Barbash, Deanna Paul
Federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration at least 63 times over the past two years, an extraordinary record of legal defeat that has stymied large parts of the president’s agenda on environment,
Roll Calladded this to Politics
Politics
Rep. Nadler: White House can’t claim executive privilege on Mueller report
Roll Call - Griffin Connolly
Judiciary Committee chairman says administration waived that privilege ‘long ago’ The top House Democrat in the impending fight between the executive …
Jezebel
Politics
Melania Is Reportedly Very Good at Undermining Ivanka
Jezebel - Ashley Reese
According to the latest drop in a never-ending series of White House tell-alls, this one called Kushner, Inc.: Greed. Ambition. Corruption., First …
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Politics
Robert Kennedy Jr.: The Trump White House Has Shut Me Out on Vaccines
The Daily Beast - Jackie Kucinich
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that the Trump administration had turned its back on vaccine skeptics, including himself, after initially …
Conservative View
‘He’s Not Going To Be Hauled Out In Handcuffs’: Trump-Fired Prosecutor Preet Bharara Says Mueller Won’t Arrest Trump
dailycaller.com - Virginia Kruta
Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said potential results from the Mueller report might “disappoint the crowd” of audience members on ABC’s “The …
Politics
Trump Budget Calls for Closing the NEA
publishersweekly.com - By Jim Milliot
In what has become an annual rite under the Trump administration, the president’s fiscal year 2020 budget proposal calls for the elimination of the …
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U.S. Politics
Supreme Court hands Trump administration a victory in immigration battle
Fox News - Andrew O'Reilly
The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed the Trump administration a victory in its battle to clamp down on illegal immigration by making it easier to detain immigrants with criminal records. The ruling that
The Washington Post
Politics
The U.S. quietly made a big splash about the South China Sea
The Washington Post - By Zack Cooper
On March 1, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated: “any armed attack on Philippine forces, aircraft or public vessels in the South China Sea will trigger mutual defense obligations under Article IV of
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Jim Mattis
Mattis Returning to Research Role at Stanford Think Tank
Bloomberg - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington (AP) -- Jim Mattis, who resigned as Pentagon chief three months ago, is returning to Stanford University. The Hoover Institution at …
Trump Administration
State Department holds secret briefing for faith-based media, won't reveal who participated
dailykos.com - Laura Clawson
The Trump administration’s war on the free press ratcheted up yet again on Monday, when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held a press briefing call to …
FOX Business
Business
High-level US-China trade talks to resume next week
FOX Business - Associated Press
Top U.S. trade and economic officials will visit China late next week for another round of negotiations, a White House official says. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert
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U.S. Politics
6 ways the Trump administration has tried to roll back environmental protections that keep US drinking water safe
Business Insider - John Haltiwanger
Since entering the White House, President Donald Trump has rolled back a number of environmental regulations put in place by his predecessors that could make drinking water less safe for people across
Liberal View
Trump Administration Tells House Democrats to ‘Shove It’
politicususa.com - Leo Vidal
Donald Trump’s White House has completely ignored House Democrat requests for documents, and the administration expects to get away with it reported …
Liberal View
Ben Carson Is Barely Trying to Do the Job He's Terrible At
splinternews.com - Samantha Grasso
New calendars from the office of Ben Carson, a man who once ran for president of the United States and is now the Secretary of Housing and Urban …
Liberal View
Cohen document dump is 'more proof' Trump needs to be 'genuinely concerned' about Manhattan investigation: Ex-prosecutor
rawstory.com - Brendan Skwire
Former United States Attorney Paul Charlton told MSNBC Tuesday that the materials contained in the Michael Cohen search warrant, publicly released …
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California
The Trump administration has lost in court at least 63 times. Here’s why.
The Mercury News - Washington Post
By Fred Barbash and Deanna Paul | The Washington Post WASHINGTON – Federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration at least 63 times over …
Conservative View
Breaking: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Trump on Illegal Immigrant Detention
westernjournal.com - Randy DeSoto
The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration, ruling that immigrants with criminal records can be detained and held indefinitely while they …
FOX Business
Politics
Trump administration proposes limit on student loan borrowing
FOX Business - Megan Henney
The White House on Monday proposed a cap on federal student loans — part of a broader initiative intended to curb the rising cost of higher education. In a blueprint to reform the Higher Education Act,
U.S. Politics
US slaps sanctions on Venezuela's state-run gold industry
washingtonexaminer.com - Daniel Jativa
The Treasury Department has issued a new wave of sanctions against Venezuela in an increasing effort to put pressure on dictator Nicolas Maduro's …
The White House
Trump’s 9th Circuit court nominee doesn’t live in California. Some say that’s a problem
fresnobee.com - Emily Cadei
9th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Daniel Bress was born and raised in Gilroy, Calif., but has lived all but one year of his adult life on the East …
Forbesadded this to Education
Politics
Trump Proposes Limits On Student Loan Borrowing
Forbes - Zack Friedman
The Trump Administration released its new priorities to reform higher education, including limits on student loans. Here’s what you need to know — and what it means for you. Higher Education: Reforms Trump
FOX Business
Trump Administration
Kevin Hassett addresses allegations of the Trump budget proposal's 'phantom revenues'
FOX Business - Fox Business
White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett on the U.S. economic outlook and the Trump administration's budget proposal.
Conservative View
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Trump on big immigration ruling versus the ACLU!
therightscoop.com - by The Right Scoop
The Supreme Court this morning just gave the Trump administration a victory on immigration law after being challenged by the ACLU. At issue is a law …
Trump Administration
ICYMI: Trump Administration Allows Big Banks to Avoid Responsibility for Climate Risk
sierraclub.org - www.sierraclub.org
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted requests from Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs to refuse to allow votes on shareholder …
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Opinion
Politics is religion, and the right is getting ready for the end times
The Washington Post - By Michael Gerson
As politics has become a religion in so many lives, political discourse has taken on theological overtones. I am not referring to President Trump’s accusation of a “witch hunt,” which places the FBI in
ThinkProgress
Environmentalism
Evangelicals among those battling EPA efforts to weaken toxics regulations at power plants
ThinkProgress - E.A. Crunden
Clean air could become a bipartisan rallying point. Faith groups and a bipartisan alliance of lawmakers are coming out hard against the Trump …
CNBCadded this to Markets
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller: Greater than average chance of recession in next 18 months
CNBC
Nobel Prize winning economist Robert Shiller says that the long expansion in the economy, housing and stock markets, combined with continued low …
INSIDER
Politics
White House says Trump will drive a US economic boom lasting 10 years, a prediction virtually no serious economists agree
INSIDER - Will Martin
President Trump's closest economic advisors are predicting a US economic boom lasting at least a decade, as a direct result of his policies. The …
Voxadded this to Policy & Politics
U.S. Politics
State Department blocks reporters from covering Mike Pompeo event
Vox - Aaron Rupar
In an usual twist, the secretary of state gave a briefing exclusively to “faith-based media.” The State Department not only barred reporters from nonreligious outlets from covering a briefing call about
EcoWatch
Trump Administration
Flooding of Nebraska Air Force Base Illustrates Security Risk Posed by Climate Change
ecowatch.com - Olivia Rosane
Offutt Base also houses Strategic Command, which is in charge of the nation's nuclear weapons, but its headquarters was on a hill and not impacted by …