News Releases from Headquarters›Water (OW) 10/13/2020 WASHINGTON (October 13, 2020) — Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order on “Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure.” This historic action ensures Federal coordination on water policy is standard practice now and into the future by formally establishing a Water Subcabinet of […]
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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end census count
In a statement Tuesday night, the Census Bureau said counting would end on Thursday. That means Americans who haven’t completed the census can do so online through 6 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday morning (midnight in Hawaii), by phone by Thursday or mail a paper response as long as it […]
Fighting in swing states, Trump also forced to play defense
Supporters cheer as President Donald Trump departs a campaign rally at John P. Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport in Johnstown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Gene J. Puskar AP WASHINGTON President Donald Trump is being forced to play Electoral College defense with a trip to Iowa, a state he won handily […]
Startling Details from Internal Report on Family Separation Under Trump
John Moore/Getty Trump administration officials have denied that they systematically carried out a policy of separating migrant children — including infants and toddlers — from their parents or adult family members who had arrived at the southern border to enter the country illegally. But a draft of a forthcoming report […]
Trump advises Brett Kavanaugh to sue his accusers, trigger full public review of evidence
Brett Kavanaugh U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh arrives ahead of the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump’s second State of the Union address was postponed one week […]
The Latest: Barrett says Trump didn’t ask about future cases | National politics
Judge Amy Coney Barrett says if she’s confirmed to the Supreme Court she’ll be her own justice. Barrett has said the late Justice Antonin Scalia was a mentor to her and she was a former clerk for him. But when she was asked about her views on how she interpreted […]
Stock market still betting on Trump
With the election campaign heading down the stretch, investors are still betting Trump will win. The Dow Industrials have risen to within striking distance of February’s 29,568 record. Does anyone think this could have occurred if Biden were a shoe-in, as the pollsters would have us believe? More likely is […]
Trump talks up economic progress, after Harris-Pence debate focused on job losses
President Donald Trump quickly put the economic focus back on himself Thursday morning, after Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate, which covered more economic issues than his barb-trading battle with Democratic candidate Joe Biden. “Our numbers are going to be great, our numbers for the third quarter are going to be […]
Biden leads in Arizona as suburban women abandon Trump
PHOENIX Call it their fail-safe option. If Joe Biden were to lose a critical Midwest battleground like Michigan or Wisconsin, Democrats are counting on Arizona to bail him out, acting as a potential replacement state with enough electoral power to prevent President Donald Trump’s re-election. After Trump carried this emerging […]
Trump campaign official blames Biden lead on ‘skewed’ polls
President TrumpDonald John TrumpDes Moines mayor says he’s worried about coronavirus spread at Trump rally Judiciary Committee Democrats pen second letter to DOJ over Barrett disclosures: ‘raises more questions that it answers’ Trump asks campaign to schedule daily events for him until election: report MORE’s campaign is calling into question […]
Twitter slaps warning on President Trump tweet claiming coronavirus immunity
US President Trump has become subject to another fact-check warning on social media after claiming immunity to COVID-19. In a tweet posted on Sunday, the US president claimed that physicians at the White House have given him a clean bill of health, and as a result, he is now “immune” […]
Stock market to fall into abyss if Trump loses election
REVIEW AND PREVIEW” If Biden gets in, this market’s going to crash,” Trump asserted in an interview on Fox Business Network with host Maria Bartiromo. Invoking Biden’s tax plans, Trump also claimed that the former vice president would “tax this country into a depression like in 1929.” – Robert Schroeder, […]
Twitter Tags Trump Post About COVID-19 as Platform Cracks Down on Misinformation
Twitter has again tagged a post by President Donald Trump for “spreading misleading and potentially harmful information” related to the coronavirus. On Sunday morning, Trump tweeted: “A total and complete sign off from White House Doctors yesterday. That means I can’t get it (immune), and can’t give it. Very nice […]
Trump not a risk for transmitting COVID-19, Dr. Conley says
CLOSE US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he was “feeling great” as he made his first public appearance since returning to the White House after being treated for the coronavirus. (Oct. 10) AP Domestic President Donald Trump’s physician said he is “no longer considered a transmission risk to others” […]
Analysis: With pandemic dominating U.S. election, older voters turning away from Trump
By Chris Kahn, James Oliphant NEW YORK (Reuters) – Many older Americans have turned away from President Donald Trump this year as the coronavirus ravages the country, eroding an important Republican support base that helped propel him into the White House in 2016, Reuters/Ipsos polling data shows. Trump and his […]
GOP pushes Trump on economic aid amid high unemployment filings
When it comes to weekly unemployment filings, our whole understanding of “normal” flew out the window six months ago. For example, as regular readers know, it was considered a catastrophe during the Great Recession when jobless claims topped 600,000. But in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic started taking a brutal […]
Jerome Powell, Fed Chair, Says Economy Has ‘a Long Way to Go’ as Trump Calls Off Stimulus Talks
In deciding to forgo any more immediate relief, the president could be setting the economy up for the type of painful outcome that Mr. Powell warned of on Tuesday. The Fed chair, who has increasingly called for more government help, said policymakers should err on the side of injecting too […]
As Trump Pushes for In-Person Debate, Doctor Gives Him Green Light
Here’s what you need to know: Dr. Sean P. Conley, the president’s physician, on Saturday. In a memo on Thursday, he said that President Trump remained “stable” and “devoid” of symptoms.Credit…Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times President Trump’s doctor said on Thursday that he’s completed his treatments to alleviate […]
Analysis: With Trump Ailing, a Steady Pence Tries to Keep the Campaign Afloat | Top News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mike Pence achieved on the debate stage what arguably President Donald Trump did not in a similar showdown last week: He offered a cogent and restrained case for why traditional Republicans and some swing voters should return the Trump-Pence ticket to the White House for four more […]
White House, Congress continue pressing on economic relief package but Pelosi bristles over Trump approach
According to Pelosi’s spokesman, Mnuchin and Pelosi spoke by phone Thursday afternoon to discuss prospects for a comprehensive economic relief bill when White House communications director Alyssa Farah told reporters at the White House that the administration does not support legislation of that kind. “We’ve made very clear we want […]