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- [Cory Booker on the Campaign Trail](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/elections/2021/01/19/cory-booker-on-the-campaign-trail/) - This is a photo enhancement of a picture I took on the campaign trail, in Keene, New Hampshire, in October 2019. It seems so long ago - before COVID-19, before the primaries that dramatically broke for President-elect Joe Biden, before the full bitter and rancor of Election 2020, and before the insurrection on Capitol Hill.
- [In the Biden Versus Trump Contest, It’s Not the Republican Who is Like Lincoln](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/opinion/2020/10/31/in-the-biden-versus-trump-contest-its-not-the-republican-who-is-like-lincoln/) - If one of the two presidential candidates on the debate stage Thursday night was like Abraham Lincoln, it wasn’t the Republican. Lincoln had a deep abhorrence to hurting others, as Doris Kearns Goodwin writes in her masterful biography “Team of Rivals.” This was born of Lincoln’s character and his empathy, which provides a model to
- [G7 Leaders Will Coordinate Response To Coronavirus Pandemic](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/coronavirus-pandemic/2020/03/16/g7-leaders-will-coordinate-response-to-coronavirus-pandemic/) - The heads of government for the world's seven International Monetary Fund-designated advanced economies have pledged to do what it takes to ensure a "strong global response" to the novel coronavirus outbreak currently causing massive disruptions to the global economy. In a statement released after an extraordinary teleconference-based meeting of the Group of 7, the leaders
- [Exposed to Quarantined Congressmen, Trump Shrugs Off Coronavirus Test](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/coronavirus/2020/03/10/exposed-to-quarantined-congressmen-trump-shrugs-off-coronavirus-test/) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has been told that there is no need for him to undergo a test for the novel Coronavirus that has now killed 26 Americans. Two members of Congress Trump has interacted with in recent days, Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., announced that they would
- [Warren Ends White House Run, Declines To Endorse Biden or Sanders](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/exit-stage-left/2020/03/05/warren-ends-white-house-run-declines-to-endorse-biden-or-sanders/) - Senator Elizabeth Warren has told staffers that she will end her campaign to be the Democratic Party's nominee against President Donald Trump this fall, according to a campaign sources. Her decision to exit the race for the Democratic nomination will leave voters in upcoming primaries with a choice between former Vice President Joe Biden, the
- [Bloomberg Ends Primary Campaign, Endorses Biden](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/politics/eyes-on-2020/2020/03/04/bloomberg-ends-primary-campaign-endorses-biden/) - Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday announced that he was ending his bid for the Democratic Party's nomination for president and was instead endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden. "I've always believed that defeating Donald trump starts with uniting behind the candidate with the best shot to do it," Bloomberg said in
- [Despite Efforts To Calm Americans' Fears, Trump's Coronavirus Approval Drops](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2020/03/03/despite-efforts-to-calm-americans-fears-trumps-coronavirus-approval-drops/) - President Donald Trump's response to the novel coronavirus outbreak in the United States is leaving Americans less than impressed. A Morning Consult poll released Tuesday shows less than half of voters surveyed -- 49 percent -- approve of the president's approach to dealing with the threat posed by the virus' spread in the US. The
- [Trump's Attempt To Delay Bolton Book Unlikely To Pass Muster With Courts, Experts Say](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2020/02/25/trumps-attempt-to-delay-bolton-book-unlikely-to-pass-muster-with-courts-experts-say/) - President Trump is personally seeking to block publication of his former national security adviser's book by asserting that any conversation with him is by its very nature classified. The heretofore unprecedented theory would prevent Ambassador John Bolton, who served as Trump's national security adviser until last fall, from publishing his book, "The Room Where It
- [Trump Praises Barr For Protecting Roger Stone From Consequences](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/banana-republic/2020/02/12/trump-praises-barr-for-protecting-roger-stone-from-consequences/) - Donald Trump on Wednesday praised Attorney General William Barr for acting to shield Roger Stone, his longtime associate and political adviser, from the lengthy prison sentence which career Justice Department prosecutors had recommended for him after his conviction on charges of obstructing congress and witness tampering. "Congratulations to Attorney General Bill Barr for taking charge
- [Sanders Surrogates Stoke Conspiracy Theories As Nevada Caucus Looms](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/bern-it-all-down/2020/02/12/sanders-surrogates-stoke-conspiracy-theories-as-nevada-caucus-looms/) - The Granite State's first-in-the-nation primary has long been a place for upsets and comebacks. It's where proto-Trumpian Republican pundit Pat Buchanan upset then-President George H W Bush in 1992, and where the man who would beat him that November, then-Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, dubbed himself "The Comeback Kid" on the strength of his second-place finish
- [Trump Trial Will Continue Through State Of The Union After Senate Rejects Witnesses](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/31/trump-trial-will-continue-through-state-of-the-union-after-senate-rejects-further-witnesses/) - The Senate has taken the first formal step toward putting an end to Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Friday by voting 51-49 against examining any additional documents or taking testimony from witnesses beyond those examined during the House's impeachment inquiry. Only two Republican senators -- Maine's Susan Collins and Utah's Mitt Romney -- voted in
- [The Chief Justice Wouldn't Read The Name Of A CIA Analyst Who Rand Paul Accused Of Being The Ukraine Whistleblower. Paul Read It Himself Instead.](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/30/the-chief-justice-wouldnt-read-the-name-of-a-cia-analyst-who-rand-paul-accused-of-being-whistleblower-paul-did/) - Senator Rand Paul on Thursday stormed out of President Trump's impeachment trial in anger after Chief Justice John Roberts declined to read a question he'd prepared because it would have named the CIA employee who prominent conservatives have accused of being the whistleblower whose complaint to the Intelligence Community Inspector General touched off the impeachment
- [Murkowski Will Vote 'No' On Impeachment Witnesses, Blames Democrats For 'Rushed and Flawed' Process](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/game-over-2/2020/01/31/murkowski-will-vote-no-on-impeachment-witnesses-blames-democrats-for-rushed-and-flawed-process/) - Senator Lisa Murkowski on Friday announced that she would vote against allowing the Senate to consider whether to call any additional witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. In a statement, Murkowski said that because House Democrats had chosen to send "rushed and flawed" articles of impeachment to the Senate, she would not
- [Dems Falling Short On Witnesses After Alexander Says Trump's Conduct 'Inappropriate' But Not Impeachable](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/game-over/2020/01/31/dems-falling-short-on-witnesses-after-alexander-says-trumps-conduct-inappropriate-but-not-impeachable/) - After six days of arguments and two days of questions and answers, Senate Republicans appear to have enough votes to block Democratic efforts to extend President Trump's impeachment trial in order to call additional witnesses and subpoena documents. Of the four Republican senators who Democrats had been counting on to combine with their 47 senators
- [No Evidence Trump Was Concerned About Ukraine Corruption, His Lawyers Say](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/29/white-house-counsel-cant-point-to-something-in-the-record-on-whether-trump-cared-about-corruption-before-biden-ran-against-him/) - President Trump's attorneys were given a chance to prove a claim that has become central to the president's defense. They couldn't. On the first day of the three-day question-and-answer period before the Senate votes on whether to allow witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial, Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine and Lisa Murkowski, R-Ak asked the Trump defense
- [Trump Lashes Out At Bolton As Senators Ponder Witness Question](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/29/trump-lashes-out-at-bolton-as-senators-ponder-witness-question/) - The possibility that former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton might be called as a witness in Donald Trump's impeachment trial has sent the president into scorched-earth attack mode against a man who was recently one of his closest foreign policy aides. The Senate is expected to take up the question of whether to
- [Majority Of Senators Appear To Favor Considering Impeachment Witnesses](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/27/majority-of-senators-appear-to-favor-considering-impeachment-witnesses/) - Enough Republican senators appear to be in favor of considering whether the Senate should call witnesses that a vote to rule whether it will be "in order" to consider issuing subpoenas to individual witnesses is likely to succeed, several GOP sources told BeltwayBreakfast Monday evening. Under the impeachment trial rules approved by senators last week,
- [Bolton Book Reports Could Upend GOP Plans](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/27/bolton-book-reports-could-upend-gop-plans/) - Reports that ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton's new book reveals that President Trump explicitly tied the release of a hold on defense aid to Ukraine to the announcement of investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden have upended the president's impeachment trial. Both the New York Times and Washington Post reported late Sunday that
- [Trump On Trial: Fact Checking Defense Arguments, Day One](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/25/trump-on-trial-fact-checking-defense-arguments-day-one/) - Donald Trump's legal team on Saturday opened their defense of the president with an attack on the motives of the House majority that voted to impeach him in December. "For all their talk about election interference, … they're here to perpetrate the most massive interference in an election in American history," said White House Counsel
- [Democrats Brace For 'Masterclass' In Disinformation From Trump Team](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/25/democrats-brace-for-masterclass-in-disinformation-from-trump-team/) - Democrats are bracing for President Trump's attorneys to open the president's defense with an onslaught of lies and non-sequiturs meant to distract from -- but not refute -- the case presented by House impeachment managers this week. Lead manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif, wrapped up his team's opening arguments late Friday night with an emotional
- [Trump's Lawyers Will Attack Bidens To Bolster Defense](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/24/trumps-lawyers-will-attack-bidens-to-bolster-defense/) - President Trump's legal team will use a portion of the time they are allotted to defend him to attack former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, a source on the president's legal team said Friday. The source, who spoke to reporters shortly before House Democrats concluded the opening portion of their case on
- [Schiff Slams Trump's Judgment To Close Second Day of Senate Trial: 'You Can Trust He Will Do What’s Right for Donald Trump'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/24/schiff-slams-trumps-judgment-to-close-second-day-of-senate-trial/) - On the second day of presentations by Democratic House "managers" in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, lead manager Adam Schiff had a moment. While speaking at roughly 10:30 pm on Thursday, Schiff closed out his team's 16th hour of arguments for Trump's removal with a stark denunciation of the president's inability to prioritize
- [McConnell Was Responsible For Late Night Senate Votes, Schumer Says](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/22/mcconnell-was-responsible-for-late-night-senate-votes-schumer-says/) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused an offer from Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to postpone many of the votes that kept the Senate in session until the wee hours of the morning on the first full day of President Trump's impeachment trial, Schumer said Wednesday. "I publicly offered to delay some of the votes until
- [White House Lawyers Say Trump Trial Rules Mirror Clinton's. That's False.](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/21/white-house-lawyers-say-trump-trial-rules-mirror-clintons-thats-false/) - White House Counsel Pat Cipollone on Tuesday falsely claimed that the rules for President Trump's Senate trial proposed by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are the same rules which governed the 1999 trial of then-President Bill Clinton. While speaking in opposition to an amendment to the rules offered by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to compel
- [Party-Line Votes Stop Schumer's Subpoena Push](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2020/01/21/party-line-votes-stop-schumers-subpoena-push/) - The Senate has rejected a succession of amendments to the rules governing President Trump's impeachment trial which would direct Chief Justice John Roberts to issue subpoenas to the White House and several executive branch agencies which refused to honor subpoenas issued during the House's impeachment inquiry. Senators voted along party lines, 53-47 to table a
- [White House Counsel Lies To Senate About House Impeachment Inquiry](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/21/white-house-counsel-lies-to-senate-about-house-impeachment-depositions/) - White House Counsel Pat Cipollone on Tuesday began his defense of President Trump with a false statement about the procedures under which House Democrats conducted the impeachment inquiry into whether President Trump violated his oath of office by withholding $391 million in aid to Ukraine's government. While arguing against an amendment to the trial rules
- [Trump's Trial Opens As Democrats Say He Is 'Trying To Cheat His Way To Victory' In 2020](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/21/trumps-trial-opens-as-democrats-say-he-is-trying-to-cheat-his-way-to-victory-in-2020/) - President Trump's attorneys' answer to House Democrats' brief in support of removing him from office "confirms that his misconduct is indefensible," House Democrats' impeachment managers wrote on Tuesday in a brief arguing that the president "must be removed from office now because he is trying to cheat his way to victory in the 2020 Presidential
- [Democrats Suggest White House Counsel Could Be Subject To Recusal From Impeachment Trial](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/21/democrats-seek-white-house-counsels-recusal-from-impeachment-trial/) - WASHINGTON, January 21, 2020 -- The five Democratic lawmakers charged with prosecuting the House's case for the Senate to remove President Trump from office have called on his top White House lawyer to disclose information on the extent to which he is a witness in the case, a status which might require that he himself
- [Trump's Impeachment Defense Renews Process Arguments, Attacks Dems on 'Obsession'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment/2020/01/18/trumps-impeachment-defense-renews-process-arguments-attacks-dems-on-obsession/) - President Trump’s first response to the two articles of impeachment will reiterate many of the procedural and legal arguments offered by Republicans during the House’s impeachment inquiry, sources close to the president’s legal team have said. The president was officially served the articles of impeachment against him for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress
- [Jeffrey Epstein Associate Alan Dershowitz, ex-Clinton Prosecutor Ken Starr join Trump Legal Team](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/game-on/2020/01/17/epstein-associate-ex-clinton-prosecutors-join-trump-legal-team/) - President Trump's legal team has expanded to include two of the federal prosecutors who investigated Bill Clinton, a Jeffrey Epstein associate who defended O.J. Simpson during his 1994 murder trial, and two Florida-based attorneys. Former Independent Counsels Kenneth Starr and Robert Ray, Harvard emeritus professor Alan Dershowitz, ex-Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Mueller investigation
- [Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Outlines Proposal to Majority Leader for Senate Trial of Donald Trump](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/12/16/senate-minority-leader-chuck-schumer-outlines-proposal-to-majority-leader-for-senate-trial-of-donald-trump/) - WASHINGTON, December 16, 2019 - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants President Donald Trump's impeachment trial to feature witness testimony that was not elicited by House Democrats during their months-long impeachment investigation. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Schumer, D-NY, proposed that the president's Senate trial begin on Tuesday, January 7th,
- [Trump Administration and Its Enablers Attempt to Smear Civil Servants, Not Political Holdovers](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/11/25/trump-administration-and-its-enablers-attempt-to-smear-civil-servants-not-political-holdovers/) - After two weeks of hearings which revealed President Donald Trump's attempt to force Ukraine's government to announce sham investigations into conspiracy theories meant to exonerate Russia from having interfered in the 2016 election and former Vice President Joe Biden's family, it's now a foregone conclusion that Democrats will eventually vote to approve articles of impeachment
- [Thirty Years After the Berlin Wall Fell, We Are Part of History, But No Longer in History](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/opinion/2019/11/11/thirty-years-after-the-berlin-wall-fell-we-are-part-of-history-but-no-longer-in-history/) - Thirty years ago this past weekend, on November 9, the Berlin Wall came down. Both as a symbol and as a reality, the fall of the wall opened the door to political freedom in that part of the world dominated by communism. It was a time of stunning optimism and hope, or so it seemed.
- [Big Tech Gets a Big Lashing by Democratic Presidential Candidates, on Antitrust, Section 230 and Data Privacy](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/big-tech/2019/10/16/big-tech-gets-a-big-lashing-by-democratic-presidential-candidates-on-antitrust-section-230-and-data-privacy/) - Big technology companies were a big target during Tuesday night's debate in Ohio of the leading Democratic presidential candidates. No new candidate joined Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's pledge to break up Facebook, Amazon and Google, with the possible exception of billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer. But almost all who commented on the topic dumped on Silicon Valley powerhouses
- [Is Boris Taking His Cues From Trump? Authoritarianism Scholars Think So](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/analysis/2019/09/03/is-boris-johnson-taking-his-cues-from-donald-trump-authoritarianism-scholars-think-so/) - WASHINGTON, September 2, 2019 -- Last week, a wild-haired, New York-born head of a conservative government decided to invoke little-used powers in a way that would let him circumvent his country's legislature and make it easier for him to push an unpopular policy into law. If you have paid any attention to the news over
- [Part II: Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz Want to Repeal Section 230 and Break the Internet](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/its-all-connected/2019/08/20/part-ii-senators-josh-hawley-and-ted-cruz-want-to-repeal-section-230-and-break-the-internet/) - WASHINGTON, August 20, 2019 — Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has been termed one of the most important and most misunderstood laws governing the internet. In recent months, prominent critics from both sides of the aisle have called for the statute to either be repealed or altered so significantly that, if enacted, it
- [Trump Still Wants Putin Back In G-7, Lies Repeatedly About Why Russia Was Suspended](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/08/20/trump-says-he-still-wants-putin-to-rejoin-g-7-lies-repeatedly-about-why-russia-was-suspended/) - WASHINGTON, August 20, 2019 -- President Trump on Tuesday said he'd support allowing the G-7 to become the G-8 again by allowing Russia to rejoin the annual summit held by the leaders of the world's seven largest advanced economies. Speaking in the Oval Office alongside Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Trump repeatedly lied about how long
- [A Short History of Online Free Speech, Part I: The Communications Decency Act Is Born](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/tech/2019/08/19/a-short-history-of-online-free-speech-part-i-the-communications-decency-act-is-born/) - WASHINGTON, August 19, 2019 — Despite all the sturm und drang surrounding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act today, the measure was largely ignored when first passed into law 23 years ago. A great deal of today’s discussion ignores the statute’s unique history and purposes as part of the short-lived CDA. In this four-part
- [Israel Denies Visas to Omar and Tlaib After Trump Says Allowing Them Would Be 'Weak'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2019/08/15/1819/) - WASHINGTON, August 15, 2019 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday appeared to acquiesce to pressure from President Donald Trump to bar two Democratic lawmakers from visiting that country. Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., had planned to visit the Israeli-controlled West Bank, which has been under Israeli control since 1967 and
- [House Homeland Security Committee Issues Subpoena to the Owner of 8chan Internet Site](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2019/08/14/house-homeland-security-committee-issues-subpoena-to-the-owner-of-8chan-internet-site/) - WASHINGTON, August 14, 2019 -- The Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee have issued a subpoena to compel testimony from the owner of 8chan, the controversial internet message board site which has played a role in at least three mass shootings this year. On Wednesday, Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. and Ranking
- [Protesting Twitter's 'Normalizing Racism,' Activists Call on Social Network to Ban White Supremacists](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/ban-the-nazis/2019/08/08/protesting-twitters-normalizing-racism-activists-call-on-social-network-to-ban-white-supremacists/) - WASHINGTON, August 7, 2019 — As the second anniversary of the Unite the Right rally approaches, activists are calling for Twitter to ban key advocates of white supremacy from its platform. David Duke, Richard Spencer, and other key organizers of the alt-right rally—which left counter-protester Heather Heyer dead after a white supremacist deliberately rammed his car into a
- [White House to Host Social Media Officials on Friday to Discuss Violent Extremism Online](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/big-tech/2019/08/07/white-house-to-host-social-media-officials-on-friday-to-discuss-violent-extremism-online/) - WASHINGTON, August 7, 2019 -- The White House on Friday will host a meeting to bring together administration officials and technology executives to discuss ways to combat violent extremism on the internet, a senior administration official told Breakfast Media. "We have invited internet and technology companies for a discussion of violent extremism online," the official
- [White House Deputy Press Secretary Rejects Linkage Between Donald Trump and Anti-Hispanic El Paso Killer](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/08/06/white-house-deputy-press-secretary-rejects-linkage-between-donald-trump-and-anti-hispanic-el-paso-killer/) - WASHINGTON, August 6, 2019 -- White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley on Tuesday rejected the idea that President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric played any role in pushing a Texas man to drive to an El Paso Wal-Mart and open fire on the mostly-Latino shoppers inside. "There are plenty of people in this country
- [Dayton Police Chief Says 'It Would Be Irresponsible' To Speculate On Mass Shooter's Motive; Conway Speculates Anyway](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/08/06/dayton-police-chief-says-it-would-be-irresponsible-to-speculate-on-mass-shooters-motive-conway-speculates-anyway/) - WASHINGTON, August 6, 2019 -- Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday ignored warnings from law enforcement against suggesting a motive for the perpetrator of the recent mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio by claiming without evidence that he was motivated by "leftism and sympathy for antifa." Dayton, Ohio Police Chief Richard Diehl said it
- [Seeking to Quell 'Evil Contagion' of 'White Supremacy,' President Trump May Ignite New Battle Over Online Hate Speech](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/08/05/seeking-to-quell-evil-contagion-of-white-supremacy-president-trump-may-ignite-new-battle-over-online-hate-speech/) - WASHINGTON, August 5, 2019 — President Donald Trump on Monday morning attempted to strike a tone of unity by denouncing the white, anti-Hispanic man who “shot and murdered 20 people, and injured 26 others, including precious little children.” In speaking about the two significant mass shootings over the weekend in Texas and Ohio, Trump delivered prepared remarks in
- [While Donald Trump Tweets About A$AP Rocky, Paul Whelan Is Rotting In A Russian Jail](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/07/31/while-donald-trump-tweets-about-aap-rocky-paul-whelan-is-rotting-in-a-russian-jail/) - WASHINGTON, July 31, 2019 -- Since becoming President in 2017, Donald Trump has frequently used his bully pulpit to draw attention to Americans held captive abroad by repressive regimes, and on occasion, to bring them home. But not every case is treated equally. One of the first such successes of his presidency came in April
- [Sen. Josh Hawley Speaks to the Snapchat Generation, Babysitting Them With 30 Minutes a Day on Social Media](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/big-tech/2019/08/01/sen-josh-hawley-speaks-to-the-snapchat-generation-babysitting-them-with-30-minutes-a-day-on-social-media/) - WASHINGTON, August 1, 2019 — Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., took the stage at the National Conservative Student Conference on Wednesday to thunderous applause and dozens of phones held in the air to capture his entry on Snapchat and Instagram. But Hawley, the youngest member of the Senate, is no friend to social media. On Tuesday,
- [Robert Mueller Speaks, and Confirms That President Trump Could Be Indicted Upon Leaving Office](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2019/07/24/robert-mueller-speaks-and-confirms-that-president-trump-could-be-indicted-upon-leaving-office/) - WASHINGTON, July 24, 2019 -- Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday wasted no time in putting an end to President Trump's claims that he'd been found not to have obstructed justice. Asked by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler if his investigation had "found there was no obstruction and that had completely and totally
- [Kudlow Denies Trump Lied About Being Asked To Mediate On Kashmir: 'The President Doesn't Make Things Up'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/seriously/2019/07/23/kudlow-denies-trump-lied-about-being-asked-to-mediate-on-kashmir-the-president-doesnt-make-things-up/) - WASHINGTON, July 23, 2019 -- National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow on Tuesday denied that President Donald Trump had lied about being asked to mediate the long-running dispute between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir border region. "The President doesn't make things up," Kudlow said when asked whether Trump had fabricated the claim. He added
- [India's Government Calls Out President Trump After He Lied About Being Asked To Mediate On Kashmir](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/07/22/after-president-trump-lied-about-being-asked-to-mediate-on-kashmir-indian-government-calls-him-on-it/) - WASHINGTON, July 22, 2019 -- It's not just journalists who are fact-checking President Donald Trump anymore. Now foreign governments are pointing out when he lies about them. During a bilateral meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imram Khan, Trump claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to mediate the long-running dispute between India
- [Facebook Continues to Face Intense Congressional Scrutiny at House Financial Service Committee Hearing](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2019/07/17/facebook-continues-to-face-intense-congressional-scrutiny-at-house-financial-service-committee-hearing/) - WASHINGTON, July 17, 2019 - Facebook’s digital currency platform Calibra continues to be the focus of intense congressional scrutiny. On Wednesday, it was from the House Committee on Financial Services. Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., said the committee wanted to make sure that Libra isn’t just a “ploy” to send Facebook’s Twitter mentions “through the roof.”
- [In U.S.-China Trade Dispute, Continuing to Impose Tariffs Hurts U.S. Innovation](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/trade/2019/07/22/in-u-s-china-trade-dispute-continuing-to-impose-tariffs-hurts-u-s-innovation/) - WASHINGTON, July 22,2019 - As friction continues in the trade war between U.S. and China, policy experts believe that continuing to impose import tariffs will hurt U.S. innovation and provide China more economic leverage in the long run. The U.S. has an estimated billion-dollar welfare loss due to its heavy reliance on tariffs, said Joshua
- [Democratic and Republican Representatives Agree on Need For Federal Privacy Law and Strengthening FTC](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/big-tech/2019/07/17/democratic-and-republican-representatives-agree-on-need-for-federal-privacy-law-and-strengthening-ftc/) - WASHINGTON, July 17, 2019 — The “honeymoon phase” of tech is definitely over. As a result, federal privacy legislation is essential. So said two prominent members of Congress – one Democrat and one Republican – at a Wednesday event hosted by Charter Communications and the Future of Privacy Forum on Wednesday. Indeed, Congress should quickly
- [New Court Documents Suggest Hope Hicks and Kellyanne Conway Knew About Porn Star Hush Money Deal](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/07/18/new-court-documents-suggest-hope-hicks-and-kellyanne-conway-knew-about-porn-star-hush-money-deal/) - WASHINGTON, July 18, 2019 -- Newly-available court documents suggest that two of President Trump's closest 2016 campaign advisors may have known about a "hush agreement" and financial settlement meant to keep adult film actress Stormy Daniels from talking about her affair in the days before the November 2016 election. According to unsealed search warrant documents,
- [Trump Administration Moves to Block Nearly Every Asylum Request at the U.S.-Mexico Border](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/07/15/trump-administration-moves-to-block-nearly-every-asylum-request-at-the-u-s-mexico-border/) - WASHINGTON, July 15, 2019 -- The Trump administration said Monday that it would move to block nearly everyone from requesting asylum if they arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border by making anyone who did not apply in an another country ineligible. The forthcoming rule, which is to be published jointly in the Federal Register by the
- [Senators Cruz and Hawley Demand Federal Trade Commission Investigation of Big Tech's Content Moderation](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/big-tech/2019/07/15/senators-cruz-and-hawley-demand-federal-trade-commission-investigation-of-big-techs-content-moderation/) - WASHINGTON, July 15, 2019 -- Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley want the Federal Trade Commission to use its investigatory authority to demand internal documents and information pertaining to content moderation policies at major technology companies like Google, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, and to release those documents to the public. In a Monday letter to
- [Trump Unleashes Racist Smear Against House Dems' 'Squad'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/07/14/trump-unleashes-racist-smear-against-house-dems-squad/) - WASHINGTON, July 14, 2019 -- President Trump on Sunday cribbed a line from a Jim Crow past most Americans hoped was well behind them, by suggesting that the four progressive House Democrats collectively known as 'the squad' should return to the countries associated with their ethnic backgrounds. "So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who
- [Trump Admits Defeat On Citizenship Census Question, Barr Says DOJ Will 'Study' Whether House Seat Apportionment Can Be Rigged To Help GOP](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/heads-i-win-tails-you-lose/2019/07/12/trump-admits-defeat-on-citizenship-census-question-barr-says-doj-will-study-whether-house-seat-apportionment-can-be-rigged-to-help-gop/) - WASHINGTON, July 11, 2019 -- Two weeks after a unanimous Supreme Court found President Trump's quest to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census to be based on a single lie, it ended in a blizzard of them as he admitted defeat. In an address delivered from the White House's Kennedy Rose Garden on
- [Appeals Court Says Trump Can't Block Twitter Critics](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/trumptweets/2019/07/09/appeals-court-says-trump-cant-block-twitter-critics/) - WASHINGTON, July 9, 2019 -- A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has found that President Donald Trump's use of Twitter's "block" feature against his critics violates the First Amendment because he uses his private Twitter account for official government business. The unanimous decision upholds a prior district court ruling which rejected
- [White House Social Media Summit Invite List Includes GOP Operative Who Questioned Kamala Harris' Ethnicity, Cartoonist Who Depicted George Soros As Puppeteer](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/07/08/white-house-social-media-summit-invite-list-includes-gop-operative-who-questioned-kamala-harris-ethnicity-cartoonist-who-depicted-george-soros-as-puppeteer/) - WASHINGTON, July 8, 2019 -- The guest list for Thursday's White House Social Media Summit includes a cartoonist known for anti-Semitic images and a pro-Trump activist whose claim that Sen. Kamala Harris is not an "American Black" was retweeted by President Trump's son, but no representatives from the world's largest social media platforms. Last week,
- [After Commerce Department Says It Will Print Census Sans Citizenship Question, Trump Calls Reports 'FAKE'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/07/03/after-commerce-department-says-it-will-print-census-sans-citizenship-question-trump-calls-reports-fake/) - WASHINGTON, July 3, 2019 -- President Trump on Wednesday denied reports that the Commerce Department would soon begin printing 2020 census questionnaires without the citizenship question his administration had hoped to include, despite his own Commerce Secretary's assertions to the contrary. "The News Reports about the Department of Commerce dropping its quest to put the
- [House Oversight Committee Widens Probe Into Trump Advisers' Use Of Personal Email, Encrypted Messages](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/but-their-emails/2019/07/01/house-oversight-committee-widens-probe-into-trump-advisers-use-of-personal-email-encrypted-messages/) - WASHINGTON, July 1, 2019 -- The House Oversight and Reform Committee is expanding its investigation into whether Trump administration officials violated the law by using personal email accounts and encrypted messaging applications to conduct government business. In a Monday letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings said the committee --
- [Data Privacy Rules Should Create Consistency, Not Chaos](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/opinion/2019/06/30/rick-boucher-data-privacy-rules-should-create-consistency-not-chaos/) - Following a string of data breaches that touched tens of millions of consumers, and revelations of user data exploitation by popular social media platforms, there’s a broad national consensus: It’s time for internet users to have guarantees about privacy and data protection. Legislation is long overdue. Some states, such as California, have already taken action.
- [Twitter Will Flag and Display Abusive and Controversial Tweets by Public Officials, Including Trump](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/big-tech/2019/06/27/twitter-will-flag-and-display-abusive-and-controversial-tweets-by-public-officials-including-trump/) - WASHINGTON , June 27, 2019 — Twitter’s trust and safety team on Thursday announced on that the company will “flag” tweets by public officeholders and candidates for public office when they violate the site’s terms of service but will allow them to remain visible on the platform because they contribute to “public conversation.” The move appeared
- [Supreme Court Rebuffs Trump on Census Citizenship Question and Sends Case Back to Lower Court](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/courts/2019/06/27/supreme-court-rebuffs-trump-on-census-citizenship-question-and-sends-case-back-to-lower-court/) - WASHINGTON, June 27, 2019 - The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross's reasoning for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census "seems to have been contrived," upholding a lower court ruling that had thrown out the citizenship question. While the court did not find that adding a citizenship question to
- [On Fox Business, Donald Trump Blasts Twitter and Claims Bias in Favor of Democrats](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/tech/2019/06/26/on-fox-business-donald-trump-blasts-twitter-and-claims-bias-in-favor-of-democrats/) - WASHINGTON, June 26, 2019 - President Donald Trump on Wednesday unleashed baseless allegations of censorship against Twitter, claiming that the social media giant somehow makes it harder for people to follow him and for him to communicate with his followers. During a extensive phone interview with Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo, Trump was asked to
- [Bipartisan Group of Senators Stoke Fears About Google's Neutrality and Influence in 2020 Election](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/big-tech/2019/06/26/bipartisan-group-of-senators-stoke-fears-about-googles-neutrality-and-influence-in-2020-election/) - WASHINGTON, June 25, 2019 — Fears about Google’s potential ability to influence the upcoming 2020 election ran rampant at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. That, coupled with allegations that the search engine giant inappropriately benefits from federal protections against liability, created a pressure cooker environment for Google’s witness before the Commerce Communications, Technology, Innovation and the
- [First Lady's Spokesperson To Replace Sanders As White House Press Secretary, Comms Director](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/the-best-people-2/2019/06/25/trump-first-ladys-spokesperson-as-press-secretary-communications-director/) - WASHINGTON, June 25, 2019 -- Stephanie Grisham, a Trump administration veteran who has served as First Lady Melania Trump's spokeswoman since 2017, will take Sarah Huckabee Sanders' place as White House Press Secretary. Mrs. Trump announced Grisham's appointment in a tweet Tuesday. "I am pleased to announce [Stephanie Grisham] will be the next [Press Secretary]"
- [Kellyanne Conway's Hatch Act Defense Doesn't Hold Water, Experts Say](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/06/24/kellyanne-conways-hatch-act-defense-doesnt-hold-water-experts-say/) - WASHINGTON, June 24, 2019 -- Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway says a federal ethics law prohibiting government employees from using their position for partisan activities doesn't apply to her. Ethics experts say she's wrong. The President's close adviser and former campaign manager found herself in hot water early this month after the Office of
- [Culture War Comes to Silicon Valley as Sen. Josh Hawley Introduces Bill to Strip Immunity from Social Media](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/tech/2019/06/20/culture-war-comes-to-silicon-valley-as-sen-josh-hawley-introduces-bill-to-strip-immunity-from-social-media/) - WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 — Legislation authored by Sen. Joshua Hawley could signal the start of a new chapter of the culture war: Conservatives directly targeting Silicon Valley tech companies. On Wednesday, Hawley, R-Mo., announced that he’d introduced the “Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act” (PDF), which would repeal a provision of the 1996 Telecommunications Act that granted
- [Senate Votes To Block Trump's Saudi Arms Deal](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/foreign-policy/2019/06/20/senate-votes-to-block-trumps-saudi-arms-deal/) - WASHINGTON, June 20, 2019 -- The Senate on Thursday voted to block the Trump administration from using emergency powers to sell billions of dollars worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, with a bipartisan majority of senators rejecting President Trump's declaration of a new national emergency to avoid obtaining Congressional approval for international arms sales. Thursday's
- ['No Good Explanation' For McConnell 'Thumb Twiddling' On Election Security Bills, Schumer Says](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/senate/2019/06/18/no-good-explanation-for-mcconnell-thumb-twiddling-on-election-security-bills-schumer-says/) - WASHINGTON, June 19, 2019 -- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday said he doesn't know why Mitch McConnell won't allow the Senate to vote on a host of election security measures, but he hopes it's not because the Senate Majority Leader wants President Donald Trump and his party to benefit from foreign interference. "It's
- [Sarah Sanders Will Resign At Month's End, Trump Says](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/the-best-people-2/2019/06/13/sarah-sanders-will-resign-at-months-end-trump-says/) - Sarah Huckabee Sanders' tenure as White House Press Secretary will come to a close at the end of this month, President Trump said in a tweet Thursday. "After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State
- [White House Adviser Kellyanne Conway Should Be Fired For Repeated Ethics Violations, Watchdog Agency Says](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/06/13/white-house-adviser-kellyanne-conway-should-be-fired-for-repeated-ethics-violations-watchdog-agency-says/) - WASHINGTON, June 13, 2019 -- The independent agency responsible for ensuring compliance with the Hatch Act has recommended that Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway be fired for repeated violations of that law. The Hatch Act prohibits federal employees from engaging in partisan political activity while in federal employment. Conway, the agency said, "violated the
- [As Dems Probe Whether Census Is Being Rigged Against Minorities, Trump Claims Executive Privilege Over Commerce Department Docs](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/06/12/facing-probe-into-whether-commerce-department-is-rigging-the-census-against-minorities-trump-administration-claims-executive-privilege/) - WASHINGTON, June 12, 2019 -- President Trump will invoke executive privilege to keep the House Oversight Committee from viewing documents that could shed light on whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross' decision to include a citizenship question in the 2020 census was motivated by racial or political animus, a Commerce Department official said Wednesday. In a
- [With Google and Facebook Under Fire, Section 230 is at a Tipping Point as More Push for Changes](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2019/06/12/with-google-and-facebook-under-fire-section-230-is-at-a-tipping-point-as-more-push-for-changes/) - WASHINGTON, June 12, 2019 - New critics of Section 230 of the Telecommunications Act seem to emerge every day on both the political right and the left. The law states that "no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information
- [Trump Makes Kim Jong Un A Promise: No More Spying On North Korea](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/06/11/trump-makes-kim-jong-un-a-promise-no-more-spying-on-north-korea/) - WASHINGTON, June 11, 2019 -- The United States will not recruit or "run" agents to gain intelligence on North Korea, President Trump said Tuesday, citing yet another "beautiful letter" he'd received from North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un. Trump was speaking to reporters before boarding Marine One en route to Iowa, when he was asked
- [Three Democratic Senators Came Not to Bury the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules, But to Praise Them](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/senate/2019/06/12/three-democratic-senators-came-not-to-bury-the-fccs-net-neutrality-rules-but-to-praise-them/) - WASHINGTON, June 12, 2019 - A trio of Democratic senators on Tuesday called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a vote on legislation to roll back the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of network neutrality regulations put in place during the Obama administration. Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.,
- [Trump Says He Won't Impose Tariffs He Threatened Mexico With](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/06/07/trump-says-he-wont-impose-tariffs-he-threatened-mexico-with/) - WASHINGTON, June 7, 2019 -- President Trump on Friday announced that Americans will not have to pay the five percent tax he recently threatened to impose on Mexican imports, citing an agreement reached with the Mexican government following negotiations led by Vice President Pence. "I am pleased to inform you that The United States of
- [Fact Checking President Trump's London Adventure](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/06/05/fact-checking-president-trumps-london-adventure/) - WASHINGTON, June 5, 2019 -- President Trump on Wednesday finished up a two-day visit to the United Kingdom, during which he made a number of false or misleading statements. We separate the truth from the lies below. Denying the existence of London protests During a Tuesday press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Trump was asked to respond to
- [New Tax On Mexican Imports Is Necessary Because Congress Won't Restrict Immigration, Sanders Says](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/05/31/new-tax-on-mexican-imports-is-necessary-because-congress-wont-restrict-immigration-sanders-says/) - WASHINGTON, May 31, 2019 -- White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday said President Trump's plan to levy as much as a 25 percent tax on Americans' purchases of Mexican imports is necessary because Congress won't do his bidding on immigration. "Congress should actually fix the laws and we wouldn't have this problem,"
- [Trump Threatens To Raise Americans' Taxes If Mexico Won't Stop Migrants](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/05/30/trump-threatens-to-raise-americans-taxes-if-mexico-wont-stop-migrants/) - WASHINGTON, May 30, 2019 -- Frustrated by his inability to unilaterally end South and Central Americans' right to request asylum in the United States, and by Mexico's refusal to close its southern border or enact Berlin Wall-like measures to keep people from leaving to head northward, President Trump on Thursday announced that he'd punish Mexico
- [Trump Admits Russia Helped Him Get Elected](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/05/30/trump-admits-russia-helped-him-get-elected/) - WASHINGTON, May 30, 2019 -- After two and a half years of denying that Russia's interference in the 2016 election was aimed towards boosting his candidacy, President Trump on Thursday admitted that Russia's efforts had helped him win the presidency. "Russia has disappeared because I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get
- [Nadler Says Congress Will Hold Trump Accountable For Misconduct: 'All Options Are On The Table'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/impeachment-2/2019/05/29/nadler-says-congress-will-hold-trump-accountable-for-misconduct-all-options-are-on-the-table/) - WASHINGTON, May 29, 2019 -- Special Counsel Robert Mueller's first public statement in two years appears to have moved House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler in the direction of beginning impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. In his Wednesday statement announcing the end of his tenure as Special Counsel, Mueller said that he and his
- [Mueller Says Charging Trump 'Not An Option' Under DOJ Rules: 'The Constitution Requires A Process Other Than The Criminal Justice System'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/05/29/mueller-says-charging-trump-not-an-option-under-doj-rules-the-constitution-requires-a-process-other-than-the-criminal-justice-system/) - WASHINGTON, May 29, 2019 -- After more than two years of silence, Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday said that his office could not say "with confidence" that President Trump did not violate laws against obstructing justice, but charging him with violating them was "not an option" because Justice Department policy precludes indicting a sitting
- [Mueller To Break Silence With Statement On Russia Investigation](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/05/29/mueller-to-break-silence-with-statement-on-russia-investigation/) - WASHINGTON, May 29, 2019 -- Special Counsel Robert Mueller will deliver a statement on his investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, the Justice Department said in a statement Thursday. Mueller, who was director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2001 through 2013, has not spoken publicly since then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
- [Donald Trump Says Congress Can’t Legislate While It Investigates. Bill Clinton Would Disagree.](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/05/24/donald-trump-wants-congress-to-stop-investigating-so-did-bill-clinton/) - WASHINGTON, May 23, 2019 – President Trump and his administration have said that they believe Congress is not capable of both investigating the president and investing in America, but a review of the Clinton administration’s relationship with Congress demonstrates otherwise. On Thursday, White House officials attempted to defend President Trump's declaration that he would not
- [White House Hopes Kushner Immigration Plan Will Be 'First Step' Towards Reform Legislation, Officials Say](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/05/15/white-house-hopes-kushner-immigration-plan-will-be-first-step-towards-reform-legislation-officials-say/) - WASHINGTON, May 15, 2019 -- President Trump on Thursday will unveil an immigration reform plan that would translate some of his rhetoric on the subject into concrete proposals, White House officials said. The plan Trump will lay out in remarks delivered from the White House Rose Garden is largely the work of Senior Advisor Jared
- [Donald Trump Declares Another Emergency, Bans Huawei from U.S. Commerce for Trading With Iran](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/tech/2019/05/15/donald-trump-declares-another-emergency-bans-huawei-from-u-s-commerce-for-trading-with-iran/) - WASHINGTON, May 15, 2019 - Exactly three months after invoking the National Emergencies Act to fund his wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump is using emergency powers to enable the Department of Commerce to ban U.S. telecommunications equipment manufacturers from selling chips to the Chinese state-owned equipment manufacturer Huawei. The administration blamed Huawei's
- [Trump Lawyers Now Say Congress Has No Power To Investigate Him Or His Administration](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/constitutional-crisis/2019/05/15/trump-lawyers-now-say-congress-has-no-power-to-investigate-him/) - WASHINGTON, May 15, 2019 -- Lawyers representing President Donald Trump, his family, and his administration say the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee has no right to investigate his conduct as President, his campaign or his finances. In a letter sent Wednesday to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone said the Democratic
- [Trump Says Latest Tax Hike Shows U.S. Is 'Winning' China Trade War](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/tariff-man-strikes-again/2019/05/14/trump-cites-latest-tax-hike-as-proof-of-u-s-winning-china-trade-war/) - WASHINGTON, May 14, 2019 -- The Treasury Department's collection of more than one hundred million dollars in taxes from American companies and consumers is evidence that the United States is "winning" a trade war with China, President Trump said on Tuesday. "I think we're winning it, we're going to be collecting over one hundred million
- [Trump Offers Praise For 'Highly Respected' Orban, Announces Plans For Putin, Xi Meetings](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/axis-of-autocrats/2019/05/13/trump-offers-praise-for-highly-respected-orban-announces-plans-for-putin-xi-meetings/) - WASHINGTON, May 13, 2019 -- President Trump on Monday announced he would soon meet with two autocrats while offering praise for a third strongman who has systematically rolled back democratic freedoms in his own country. "[Hungarian Prime Minister] Viktor Orban has done a tremendous job in so many different ways," Trump said during an Oval
- [Trump To Nominate Shanahan For Pentagon Boss After Five Months In 'Acting' Role](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/the-best-people-2/2019/05/09/trump-to-nominate-shanahan-for-pentagon-boss-after-five-months-in-acting-role/) - WASHINGTON, May 9, 2019 -- Patrick Shanahan, the ex-Boeing VP who has led the Defense Department since late last year, may soon see his "acting" career come to an end. Shanahan, 56, will soon be nominated for Senate confirmation as the 27th Secretary of Defense, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Thursday. "Based
- [In Donald Trump's White House, Oversight By Democrats Lacks Legitimacy](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/05/07/for-donald-trumps-white-house-oversight-by-democrats-lacks-legitimacy/) - WASHINGTON, May 7, 2019 -- Whether it's a lawful request for President Trump's tax returns from the House Ways and Means Committee chair, a Judiciary Committee subpoena for a former White House official, or a routine request to have a cabinet secretary testify at a routine Appropriations Committee hearing, the Trump administration has had a
- [In Phone Call With Putin, Trump Did Not Discuss Russia's Help on His 2016 Campaign](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/05/03/in-phone-call-with-putin-trump-did-not-discuss-russias-help-on-his-2016-campaign/) - WASHINGTON, May 3, 2019 -- President Donald Trump on Friday spent over an hour talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin without warning the Moscow strongman against repeating the campaign of assistance Russia mounted to aid the President's 2016 election effort. The phone call was first disclosed by White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who
- [Nancy Pelosi Says Donald Trump Ready to Spend $2 Trillion on Infrastructure, Including Broadband](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/04/30/nancy-pelosi-says-donald-trump-ready-to-spend-2-trillion-on-infrastructure-including-broadband/) - WASHINGTON, April 30, 2019 - President Trump is ready to spend as much as $2 trillion to upgrade Americans' roads, bridges, waterworks, power grid, and broadband, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said following an Oval Office meeting between Trump and Congressional Democrats. "It was a very constructive meeting," Schumer said
- [Trump Fires Secret Service Director, Names Career Official As Replacement](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/04/08/trump-fires-secret-service-director-names-career-official-as-replacement/) - WASHINGTON, April 8, 2019 -- Less than 24 hours after he announced the firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, President Trump has fired the head of the agency charged with protecting him and his family. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Monday announced that Secret Service Director Randolph Alles would leave the agency
- [Trump Allies Say Democrats Could Get Mueller Report If They Weren't Afraid Of Impeachment](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/04/08/democrats-could-get-mueller-report-if-they-werent-afraid-of-impeachment/) - WASHINGTON, April 8, 2019 – Current and former Trump administration officials say that Congressional Democrats have ample justification to obtain the report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but only if they launched a formal inquiry into whether to impeach President Trump. And because Democrats are afraid to go down that road, say the current and
- [White House Anti-Counterfeit Measure Could Strike at Amazon and eBay](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/tech/2019/04/04/white-house-anti-counterfeit-measure-could-strike-at-amazon-and-ebay/) - WASHINGTON, April 4, 2019 -- The White House's latest move to protect American industries and consumers from counterfeiting could potentially give President Trump an opening to hit back at some of his favorite targets. National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro on Wednesday announced that the President had signed a Presidential Memorandum to combat "a very
- [In A Post-Mueller World, Trump Turns To Revenge As Democrats Try To Press On](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/03/26/in-a-post-mueller-world-trump-turns-to-revenge-as-democrats-try-to-press-on/) - WASHINGTON, March 26, 2019 -- A day after Attorney General William Barr told Congress that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had found President Donald Trump to have neither "colluded" with Russia during the 2016 election nor obstructed the investigation into alleged collusion, President Trump and Republicans are out for revenge. Democrats are vowing to press on
- [Trump Claims Exoneration From Mueller Report That 'Does Not Exonerate Him'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/03/24/trump-claims-exoneration-from-mueller-report-that-does-not-exonerate-him/) - WASHINGTON, March 24, 2019 - President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited report totally exonerates him after his own attorney General told Congress that the report does not do so. "There was no collusion with Russia. There was no obstruction, and -- none whatsoever. And it was a complete and
- [Attorney General William Barr Releases Summary of Mueller Report to Congress](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/03/24/attorney-general-william-barr-releases-summary-of-mueller-report-to-congress/) - WASHINGTON, March 24, 2019 - Attorney General William Barr summarized the principal findings of the report by special counsel Robert Mueller on Sunday afternoon. The document is below.
- [Democrats in Congress Attempt to Reinstate Net Neutrality with Maneuver Against FCC](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/tech/2019/03/06/democrats-in-congress-attempt-to-reinstate-net-neutrality-with-maneuver-against-fcc/) - WASHINGTON, March 6, 2019 - On Wednesday, 46 House and Senate Democrats moved forward with legislation that would codify so-called "network neutrality" legislation into law, bypassing a court dispute over their repeal by the Trump administration Federal Communications Commission. The Save the Internet Act of 2019 would once re-instate network neutrality rules using an approach
- [Trump's State of the Union Expected to Depart From Vague Epithets About 'Radical Leftists'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/02/05/trumps-state-of-the-union-expected-to-depart-from-vague-epithets-about-radical-leftists/) - WASHINGTON, February 5, 2019 — When President Donald Trump arrives in the chamber of the House of Representatives to deliver his second State of the Union address Tuesday, the bipartisan-minded speech he is expected to deliver will be a dramatic departure from the apocalyptic rhetoric he frequently uses to describe his political enemies. In a
- [Trump Declares National Emergency After He Doesn't Get His Way With Border Wall Funding](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/02/15/trump-declares-national-emergency-after-he-doesnt-get-his-way-with-border-wall-funding/) - WASHINGTON, February 15, 2019 -- President Donald Trump on Friday reacted to Congress' refusal to fully fund his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border by invoking emergency powers which purportedly allow him to "reprogram" federal funds without the consent of Congress. "Today I am announcing several critical actions that my administration is taking." "We're going
- [McConnell Says Trump to Sign Funding Bill, Declare National Emergency at Border](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/02/14/mcconnell-says-trump-to-sign-funding-bill-declare-national-emergency-at-border/) - WASHINGTON, February 14, 2019 -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said that President Donald Trump will sign legislation to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year, but will declare a national emergency to attempt to repurpose already-appropriated funds for his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. In a statement,
- [Kudlow Rejects Comparisons to 2007, Says "Growth, Growth, Growth" Will Lead to Deficit Drop](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/business/2019/02/14/kudlow-rejects-comparisons-to-2007-says-growth-growth-growth-will-lead-to-deficit-drop/) - WASHINGTON, February 14, 2019 — National Economic Council Chairman Larry Kudlow on Thursday rejected the idea that the combination of a rising federal budget deficit and an increasing number of Americans unable to make car loan payments bears any resemblance to conditions seen before the 2008 financial crisis and ensuing “great recession.” According to the
- [Sanders Won't Rule Out Another Shutdown, Leaves Open Possibility of Compromise Bill Veto](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/02/13/sanders-wont-rule-out-another-shutdown-leaves-open-possibility-of-compromise-bill-veto/) - WASHINGTON, February 13, 2019 — President Donald Trump has not yet ruled out shutting down the government if he is unhappy with the compromise bill Congress plans to send him, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday. “We want to see what the final piece of legislation looks like,” Sanders said when asked
- [FCC General Counsel Gets Tough Questions at D.C. Circuit Court's Net Neutrality Hearing](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/execbranch/fcc/2019/02/02/fcc-general-counsel-gets-tough-questions-at-d-c-circuit-courts-net-neutrality-hearing/) - WASHINGTON, February 2, 2019 — Network Neutrality once again took center stage Friday as the Federal Communications Commission found itself defending its repeal of Obama-era Open Internet rules before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Friday’s oral argument was the most recent of many partisan clashes
- [As Democrats Battle to Challenge Trump, Do Senators Have a Newfound Advantage?](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/senate/2019/01/31/in-2020-race-against-trump-will-senators-or-governors-have-an-upper-hand/) - WASHINGTON, January 31, 2019 — Nine Senate Democrats have either announced a 2020 presidential campaign, launched an exploratory committee, or are mulling whether to seek a promotion from the Senate to the White House that the American people have granted only three times in one hundred years. Experts are divided over whether, the age of
- [Congressman Who Teaches Constitutional Law Says Trump's Latest Tweets Reveal 'The Mind Of A King'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/04/exclusive-congressman-who-teaches-constitutional-law-says-trumps-latest-tweets-reveal-the-mind-of-a-king/) - WASHINGTON, June 4, 2018 - A Democratic congressman and constitutional law professor says President Trump's latest tweets on the constitutionality of Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's election meddling, his pardon power and trade deficits represent "a brazen expansion of the president's monarchical pretensions." "The president has revealed that he has the mind of a king," said
- [Longest Shutdown in History Will End After Trump Accepts Democrats' Solution](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/01/25/longest-shutdown-in-history-will-end-after-trump-accepts-democrats-solution/) - WASHINGTON, January 25, 2019 — In the end, the longest partial government shutdown in American history was just a tale full of sound and fury, and will probably signify nothing. More than a month of bluster and bravado came to an end Friday as a very subdued President Donald Trump acknowledged – in front of
- [Longtime Trump Associate Roger Stone Arrested, Charged With Lying to Congress, Obstruction and Witness Tampering](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/the-russia-investigation/2019/01/25/longtime-trump-associate-roger-stone-arrested-charged-with-lying-to-congress-obstruction-and-witness-tampering/) - WASHINGTON, January 25, 2019 — A Washington grand jury working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted self-proclaimed “dirty trickster” and former Trump campaign official Roger Stone, Jr., on charges of obstruction of justice, lying to Congress, and witness tampering. Citing Stone's attorney, television morning shows first reported that FBI agents had picked up the longtime
- [Feds Working Without Pay are 'Volunteering' Out of Love For President Trump, Kudlow Says](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/out-of-touch/2019/01/24/feds-working-without-pay-are-volunteering-out-of-love-for-president-trump-kudlow-says/) - WASHINGTON, January 24, 2019 -- The roughly half a million federal employees who've been working without a paycheck since December are doing so out of their presumed "allegiance to President Trump," National Economic Council Chairman Larry Kudlow said Thursday. Speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room, Kudlow was addressing remarks made Friday by
- [Pelosi Again Rejects Trump's Demand to Address Joint Session During Shutdown](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2019/01/23/pelosi-rejects-trumps-demand-to-address-joint-session-during-shutdown/) - WASHINGTON, January 23, 2019 — Despite his insistence to the contrary, President Donald Trump won’t be addressing a joint session of Congress on January 29, at least according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. After suggesting last week that his annual message to Congress be postponed or delivered in writing while the government remains in
- [White House 'Compromise' Bill Contains Previously-Rejected Immigration Reforms, Makes Asylum Claims More Difficult](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/01/23/trump-administration-immigration-proposal-would-reshape-u-s-asylum-system/) - WASHINGTON, January 23, 2019 — Despite promises to the contrary, legislation Republicans are promoting as a “compromise” to reopen the government is actually a vehicle for sweeping changes to the American asylum system. Administration officials have spent the days since President Trump announced the proposal promoting it as a bipartisan compromise, packed with incentives meant
- [Trump Will Meet Kim In February, White House Says](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/01/18/trump-will-meet-kim-in-february-white-house-says/) - WASHINGTON, January 18, 2019 — After a 90-minute meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s former top spy, the White House announced on Friday that Trump will soon hold a second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un at a to-be-determined site. “President Donald J. Trump met with Kim Yong Chol for an
- [Trump Reveals Details of  Pelosi's Afghanistan Troop Visit and Suggests She Violate Security by Flying Commercial](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/01/17/trump-reveals-details-of-pelosis-afghanistan-troop-visit-and-suggests-she-violate-security-by-flying-commercial/) - WASHINGTON, January 17, 2009 — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday got an answer to the question of how President Donald Trump would respond to her decision to postpone inviting him to deliver his annual message to Congress: Tit for tat. In retaliation for her denying him a nationally-televised “State of the Union” address, Trump
- [Trump Entices 'Problem Solvers' to White House in Unsuccessful Attempt to Squeeze Pelosi on Shutdown](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/01/16/trump-entices-problem-solvers-to-white-house-in-unsuccessful-attempt-to-squeeze-pelosi-on-shutdown/) - WASHINGTON, January 16, 2019 — President Donald Trump’s second consecutive attempt to publicly drive a wedge between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership team and rank-and-file Democrats was as ineffective as the first. Although seven Democratic members of the House’s moderately-minded Problem Solver’s Caucus joined their Republican colleagues in a White House Situation Room meeting with
- [Pelosi Cancel's Trump's State of the Union Invitation During Shutdown](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2019/01/16/pelosi-cancels-trumps-state-of-the-union-invitation-during-shutdown/) - WASHINGTON, January 16, 2019 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has advised President Donald Trump that he shouldn't plan to deliver his second State of the Union address until the longest partial government shutdown in American history has come to an end. "Sadly, given the security concerns and unless government re-opens this week, I suggest that
- [DC-Area Senators Ask Trump to Meet with Furloughed Feds, White House End-Run Around Pelosi Falls Flat](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/01/15/dc-area-senators-ask-trump-to-meet-with-furloughed-feds-white-house-end-run-around-pelosi-falls-flat/) - WASHINGTON, January 15, 2019 — Senators from the Washington area are urging President Trump to meet with some of the federal workers who have gone without paychecks during the longest partial government shutdown in United States history. “We have spoken to federal workers who will not be able to afford to keep their home, purchase
- [Trump Beats Clinton-era Record For Longest Government Shutdown](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/01/12/trump-beats-clinton-era-record-for-longest-government-shutdown/) - WASHINGTON, January 12, 2019 — President Donald Trump can now boast of having bested one of President Bill Clinton's accomplishments: Presiding over the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The Trump shutdown, a partial shutdown of those agencies unfunded by appropriations bill and which began at midnight on December 22, 2018, originated when Trump upended
- [A Bill Guaranteeing Back Pay to Furloughed Federal Workers is Headed to President Trump's Desk](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/pay-day/2019/01/11/a-bill-to-guarantee-federal-workers-back-pay-is-headed-to-president-trumps-desk/) - WASHINGTON, January 11, 2019 — Government shutdowns could be a fraction less stressful for government workers now that legislation guaranteeing them post-shutdown back pay is headed to the president’s desk. More than 800,000 federal employees have been out of work or working for free since many federal departments and agencies ran out of money on
- [Trump Walks Out of Latest Negotiations After Pelosi Refuses to Pledge Loyalty to the Wall](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/big-baby/2019/01/09/trump-walks-out-of-negotiations-after-pelosi-refuses-to-pledge-loyalty-to-the-wall/) - WASHINGTON, January 9, 2019 — The latest attempt at bringing an end to the 19-day government shutdown sputtered to a halt Wednesday afternoon in the same way the shutdown itself began: A fit of presidential pique. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., emerged from the West Wing with her leadership team after only a few minutes
- [Wireless 5G Broadband and Everywhere Connectivity is the Buzz at the Consumer Electronics Show](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/tech/2019/01/09/wireless-5g-broadband-and-everywhere-connectivity-is-the-buzz-at-the-consumer-electronics-show/) - LAS VEGAS, January 9, 2018 - Here at the Consumer Electronics Show, it's impossible to avoid being bombarded by the energy - real and imagined - surrounding the 5G wireless standard that is just beginning to be deployed. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg made the communications company's efforts to nurture, promote and deploy 5G the sum
- [Trump's First Oval Office Address Filled with False Claims, Conway Keeps Repeating Them Anyway](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/01/09/trumps-first-oval-office-address-filled-with-false-claims-conway-keeps-repeating-them-anyway/) - WASHINGTON, January 9, 2019 — As the second-longest government shutdown in American history enters its third week, President Trump on Tuesday attempted to galvanize public support for his unpopular proposal to build a wall at the country’s southern border with a televised, prime-time address to the nation. After the broadcast networks broke into their regularly-scheduled
- [As States Legalize Medical Marijuana, It's Crucial to Understand Its Health Benefits and Consequences](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/opinion/2019/01/08/as-states-legalize-medical-marijuana-its-crucial-to-understand-its-health-benefits-and-consequences/) - Most marijuana-related news focuses on how to invest, tax revenue for states, shops and growers. But there’s a lot missing from this conversation. How are states legalizing marijuana in ways that protect public health based on facts, science, and rational analysis? As of today, 10 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana use. More
- [Sen. Mitt Romney's Criticisms of Donald Trump Highlight New Political Culture for Mormons](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/senate/2019/01/07/sen-mitt-romneys-criticisms-of-donald-trump-highlight-new-political-culture-for-mormons/) - WASHINGTON, January 7, 2019 – Without even trying very hard, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney has set off new questions among Republicans about Donald Trump. But with his OpEd in the Washington Post on New Year’s Day, the re-emergence on the national stage of the nation’s Most Prominent Mormon will also inevitably set off new questions
- [Senators Reminisce on What Remains of Republican Power as Nancy Pelosi Sworn in as House Speaker](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/senate/2019/01/03/senators-reminisce-on-what-remains-of-republican-power-as-nancy-pelosi-sworn-in-as-house-speaker/) - WASHINGTON, January 3, 2019 — Most people would not be happy to know they’d be unemployed within the hour, but with minutes left in his Senate tenure, Jeff Flake was all smiles. The outgoing Arizona senator, who’d become a leading voice in the small movement of Republicans with objections to how President Donald Trump has
- [House Republicans Grill Google CEO Sundar Pichai Over Alleged Political Bias](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2018/12/11/house-republicans-grill-google-ceo-sundar-pichai-over-alleged-political-bias/) - WASHINGTON, December 11, 2018 – The CEO of search engine Google came to Washington on Tuesday and politely rebutted all charges that the world’s largest search engine is biased against conservative viewpoints. In the calm and controlled voice of an engineer, CEO Sundar Pichai said, “Our products are built without any bias,” responding to a
- [As Google's CEO Testifies Before Congress, Conservatives Stew About Social Media 'Censorship'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/tech/2018/12/11/as-googles-ceo-testifies-before-congress-conservatives-stew-about-social-media-censorship/) - WASHINGTON, December 11, 2018 — Republicans and conservative activists used Tuesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing with Google CEO Sundar Pichai to revive claims that large technology companies are biased against them. But these same activists appear unwilling to accept any result that doesn’t validate their claim. One prominent Republican who has raised claims of censorship
- [Late Senate Confirmation on Wednesday Brings FCC Back to Five Commissioners, a First Since 2017](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/senate/2019/01/03/late-senate-confirmation-on-wednesday-brings-fcc-back-to-five-commissioners-a-first-since-2017/) - WASHINGTON, January 3, 2019 – The Senate on Wednesday night confirmed Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr to another term at the agency, and confirmed Geoffrey Starks, a Democratic appointee, to begin serving as a commissioner at the agency. The move means that the agency will finally have a full house of five commissioners, a first
- [Vacation-Ready Trump Pins Wall Hopes on House as Federal Workers Prepare for Vacation and Unpaid Furlough](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/house/2018/12/20/vacation-ready-trump-pins-wall-hopes-on-house-as-federal-workers-prepare-for-vacation-and-unpaid-furlough/) - WASHINGTON, December 20, 2018 -- House Republicans are hoping a $5 billion border security package will avert a partial government shutdown by satisfying President Trump's desire for a border wall he can show his supporters. As of Thursday evening, House Republican leadership was in the process of approving rules under which the House will debate
- [Taking Fire From the Right, Trump Backtracks on Funding Compromise with Veto Threat](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/12/20/reeling-from-syria-backlash-trump-to-meet-with-house-republicans-amid-threats-to-upend-funding-compromise-over-wall/) - WASHINGTON, December 20, 2018 — A carefully-negotiated compromise to avoid a partial government shutdown is in danger after President Trump suggested he would reject any funding bill that does not include money for a wall along the US-Mexico border. As recently as Wednesday evening, lawmakers appeared poised to pass a so-called continuing resolution to fund
- [As Trump Tweets to Downplay Associates' Felony Pleas, One Judiciary Committee Dem Says He Has "Ethics of a Mob Boss"](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/08/22/trump-attempts-to-downplay-associates-criminal-conduct-judiciary-committee-dem-says-potus-brings-the-ethics-of-a-mob-boss-to-all-of-the-criminality-around-him/) - WASHINGTON, August 22, 2018 — In a series of tweets coming less than 24 hours after two of his closest associates from the 2016 campaign became convicted felons, President Trump praised one for refusing to cooperate with the Justice Department while simultaneously downplaying the seriousness of the other's crimes and attacking him for accepting a
- [Trump's Immigration Rhetoric Takes On Racial Undertones As He Vows US 'Will Not Be A Migrant Camp,'  Repeats False Claim Blaming Democrats For His Policies](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/18/trumps-defense-of-zero-tolerance-policy-takes-on-racial-overtones-as-he-repeats-false-claim-blaming-democrats-says-us-will-not-be-a-migrant-camp/) - WASHINGTON, June 18, 2018 -- President Trump's rhetoric on immigration began taking on openly racist undertones Monday, as his administration doubled down on false claims that Democrats in Congress are responsible for President Trump's policy of detaining asylum seekers and separating children from parents, and that many of the people accompanying children to the border
- [The Looming Threat of a Government Shutdown May Be Overblown](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/12/17/the-looming-threat-of-a-government-shutdown-may-be-overblown/) - WASHINGTON, December 17, 2018 — The uncertainty of looming government shutdown on December 21 will be on full display on Wednesday morning when Congress reconvenes for a last-ditch attempt to tackle the seven remaining must-pass appropriations bills to fund the government for fiscal year 2019. At the White House, where President Trump said last week that
- [Growing Group of House Progressives Satisfied With Pelosi as Speaker, But Eager for Fresh Blood](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/house/2018/12/13/growing-group-of-house-progressives-satisfied-with-pelosi-as-speaker-but-eager-for-fresh-blood/) - WASHINGTON, December 13, 2018 - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's Wednesday agreement to limit herself to no more than four more years at the helm of congressional Democrats may assuage objections to her assuming the speakership, at least from the left flank of the party. Leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus said Tuesday that Pelosi's
- [Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Said Trump Hadn’t Made a Decision on Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/china-first/2018/12/12/commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-said-trump-hadnt-made-a-decision-on-huaweis-chief-financial-officer/) - WASHINGTON, December 12, 2018 — President Trump has not yet made a decision as to whether he would attempt to intervene to stop the Department of Justice from extraditing and prosecuting Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Wednesday in an interview with BroadbandBreakfast.com. During a Tuesday interview with Reuters, Trump said
- [Trump Appears To Reject Funding Compromise, Vows To Shut Down Government Over Wall Funding](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/12/11/trump-appears-to-reject-funding-compromise-vows-to-shut-down-government-over-wall-funding/) - WASHINGTON, December 11, 2018 — An Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Congressional Democratic leaders on Tuesday turned into a shouting match which ended with Trump vowing to shut down the government if Congress does not vote to fully fund a wall along the US-Mexico border. "If we don't get what we want
- [Will the House Judiciary Committee Fairly Question Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Tuesday Hearing?](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2018/12/10/will-the-house-judiciary-committee-fairly-question-google-ceo-sundar-pichai-at-tuesday-hearing/) - WASHINGTON, December 10, 2018 — When Google CEO Sundar Pichai raises his right hand before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning, it’s possible the ensuing hearing will be a sober and judicious look into his company’s data collection practices. But Pichai is far more likely to become the latest punching bag for House members –
- [Sen. Jon Kyl Refuses to Commit to Continuing to Serve Beyond Next Year](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/senate/2018/12/10/sen-jon-kyl-refuses-to-commit-to-continuing-to-serve-beyond-next-year/) - WASHINGTON, December 10, 2018 - In a brief interview with Beltway Breakfast, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Arizona, refused to commit to serving past January 3, 2019. "January 3 would be an obvious time frame" for a switch in service, Kyl said before an appearance at the Federalist Society here. "But," he hedged, "I have to have
- [When It Comes To Her ‘Be Best’ Campaign, Melania Trump Says She’s Ignoring Critics, Moving Forward](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/11/16/when-it-comes-to-her-be-best-campaign-melania-trump-says-shes-ignoring-critics-moving-forward/) - WASHINGTON, November 15, 2018 — As she stepped up to the podium Thursday to address the Family Online Safety Institute’s annual conference, First Lady Melania Trump’s message for critics who say she should stay away from making the fight against cyberbullying her cause was a familiar one: I don’t care — do you? While those
- [Conway Defends Trump's Continuing Lie On GOP Attempts To Repeal Pre-Existing Conditions Coverage](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/10/24/conway-defends-trumps-continuing-lie-on-gop-attempts-to-repeal-pre-existing-conditions-coverage/) - WASHINGTON, October 24, 2018 — As the mad dash to the midterm election continues, Donald Trump continues to lie about Republican intentions toward the Affordable Care Act provision that requires insurance carriers to cover preexisting conditions. At a Monday rally for Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who is up for reelection this year, Trump claimed that
- [As Migrant Caravan Heads North, Trump Blames Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras -- And Democrats](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/immigration/2018/10/22/trump-blames-mexico-el-salvador-guatemala-honduras-and-democrats-for-migrant-caravan-heading-north/) - WASHINGTON, October 22, 2018 — With the midterm elections two weeks away, President Trump is trying to keep his immigration policy at the front of voters’ minds by blaming Democrats and the nations of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico for the continuing progress of a large caravan of migrants — which Trump said includes
- [Haley Resigns As U.N. Ambassador, Shoots Down 2020 Speculation](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/10/09/haley-resigns-as-u-n-ambassador-shoots-down-2020-speculation/) - WASHINGTON, October 9, 2018 — Ambassador Nikki Haley will “take a break” from public service by resigning from her position as the United States' top U.N. envoy at the end of the year, President Trump said Tuesday morning. Haley will be leaving “at the end of the year,” Trump said while sitting alongside her in
- [Immigration Law Experts Weigh In On Trump's Attack On Immigrants' Due Process: 'We Are Conducting Death Penalty Cases In A Traffic Court Setting'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/24/immigration-death-penalty-traffic/) - WASHINGTON, June 24, 2018 - President Trump's attacks on asylum seekers' due process rights on Sunday drew strong rebukes from top immigration law experts. An emeritus president of the National Association of Immigration Judges and the current president of the National Immigration Lawyers Association both blasted Trump. Trump has railed against the idea that immigrants
- [Trump’s Exclusion and Demonization of Democrats Pushes U.S. to One-Party Authoritarianism, Scholars Say](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/28/is-donald-trump-moving-the-u-s-toward-an-authoritarian-one-party-state/) - WASHINGTON, June 28, 2018 - The combination of President Trump’s increasingly frequent exclusion of Democrats from decision-making, and his tendency to nominate judges who support Republican party priorities, could portend a slide toward a one-party state found in most autocracies, said two of the country’s most two prominent political scholars. Over the past 18 months,
- [Trump Threatens Google, Twitter and Facebook -- Says Tech Companies 'Treading On Very, Very Troubled Territory And They Have To Be Careful'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/08/28/trump-threatens-google-twitter-and-facebook-says-tech-companies-treading-on-very-very-troubled-territory-and-they-have-to-be-careful/) - WASHINGTON, August 28, 2018 — President Donald Trump on Tuesday directly threatened three of the largest technology and social media companies in the United States for allegedly working to censor conservatives despite a lack of verifiable evidence that any such censorship is taking place. “I think Google is really taking advantage of a lot of
- [Citing No Evidence, Trump Claims Google Search Results Are 'Rigged' Against Him, Repeats Debunked Claim First Made In Russian State Media](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/08/28/citing-no-evidence-trump-claims-google-search-results-are-rigged-against-him-repeats-debunked-claim-first-made-in-russian-state-media/) - WASHINGTON, August 28, 2018 — President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Google’s search engine of suppressing conservative news stories and other “fair” news stories about him, repeating a discredited claim first made in a debunked Russian propaganda article. “Google search results for “Trump News” shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. In other words,
- [Trump Administration Convinced Germany To Take Ex-Nazi Guard 'On The Moral Ground'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/08/21/trump-administration-convinced-germany-to-take-ex-nazi-guard-on-the-moral-ground/) - WASHINGTON, August 21, 2018 — The United States’ Ambassador to Germany on Tuesday told reporters that the Trump administration was able to deport former Nazi concentration camp guard Jakiw Palij because new German cabinet members were willing to accept him after years of previous refusals by Berlin. “Germany saw it as a moral obligation…because this
- [Kudlow Holds Administration's Line On Turkey Steel Tariff -- Says Increase Not Connected To Evangelical Pastor's Plight Despite Evidence To Contrary](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/08/16/kudlow-holds-administrations-line-on-turkey-steel-tariff-says-increase-not-connected-to-evangelical-pastors-plight-despite-evidence/) - WASHINGTON, August 16, 2018 — White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said on Thursday that President Trump’s decision to subject steel imports from Turkey to a fifty percent tariff was not in any way connected to the president’s ire over the Turkish government’s treatment of Andrew Brunson, an American evangelical pastor, despite the
- [Conway Denies Trump Used 'N-Word' Despite Recording Of Staffer Admitting 'He Said It'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/08/14/conway-denies-trump-used-n-word-despite-recording-of-staffer-admitting-he-said-it/) - WASHINGTON, August 14, 2018 — Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday said she knows nothing about a tape on which President Donald Trump is alleged to have used a racial slur referring to African-Americans. “I know nothing about it, actually,” Conway said while speaking to reporters outside the West Wing of the White
- [Defense Secretary Mattis Weighing 2020 Bid, Predicts He'd 'Kick Trump's Ass'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/08/07/defense-secretary-mattis-weighing-2020-bid-predicts-hed-kick-trumps-ass/) - WASHINGTON, August 7, 2018 — Secretary of Defense James Mattis believes he would easily defeat President Donald Trump in a 2020 primary matchup and has been actively considering mounting a White House run for some time, according to sources close to the secretary. Mattis, 67, has been weighing a run for the presidency since May
- ['This Is All Bogus, And It’s To Take Control Over The Judiciary' -- A Veteran Administrative Law Judge Slams Trump's Order Making ALJs Political Appointees](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/07/11/this-is-all-bogus-and-its-to-take-control-over-the-judiciary-a-veteran-administrative-law-judge-slams-trumps-order-making-aljs-political-appointees/) - WASHINGTON, July 11, 2018 — A veteran Administrative Law Judge says President Trump’s new executive order governing the hiring of ALJs could mean the end for many Americans’ right to have disputes against the government heard by a neutral arbiter. The July 10 order, entitled “Excepting Administrative Law Judges From The Competitive Service,” puts an
- [US Ambassador To UK Says Trump 'Aware' Of Giant Baby Blimp, Will Discuss Second Novichok Incident With May](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/07/06/us-ambassador-to-uk-says-trump-aware-of-giant-baby-blimp-will-discuss-second-novichok-incident-with-may/) - WASHINGTON, July 6, 2018 — The United States’ Ambassador to the United Kingdom says President Donald Trump is aware of the numerous protests set to greet him when he arrives in London next week, including the large balloon depicting him as a phone-toting baby set to fly over Parliament for the duration of his visit.
- [While Democrats Debate Strategy For Fighting Trump's Supreme Court Pick, The White House Is Gearing Up For A Fight](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/07/02/while-democrats-debate-strategy-for-fighting-trumps-supreme-court-pick-the-white-house-is-gearing-up-for-a-fight/) - WASHINGTON, July 2, 2018 -- Democrats are still testing out arguments against allowing President Donald Trump to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court created by Justice Anthony Kennedy's impending retirement, but the White House is putting a team together to mount a full-court press in defense of whomever the president chooses. Kennedy announced
- [Conway Tells Reporters 'No Evidence' Of Trump Plans To Withdraw US Troops From Germany Despite Reports That Pentagon Is Conducting Cost Analysis Of Withdrawal](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/29/conway-tells-reporters-no-evidence-of-trump-plans-to-withdraw-us-troops-from-germany-despite-reports-that-pentagon-is-conducting-cost-analysis-of-withdrawal/) - WASHINGTON, June 29, 2018 — Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway told reporters Friday that “there’s no evidence” of President Donald Trump wanting to pull American troops out of Germany despite a Washington Post report indicating that the Pentagon is examining the cost of doing just that. “There’s no evidence of that,” Conway said after
- [Trump Says Journalists -- Who He Calls 'The Enemy Of The People' -- 'Should Be Free From The Fear Of Being Violently Attacked While Doing Their Jobs'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/29/trump-says-journalists-who-he-calls-the-enemy-of-the-people-should-be-free-from-the-fear-of-being-violently-attacked-while-doing-their-jobs/) - WASHINGTON, June 29, 2018 — Less than 24 hours after five newspaper employees were murdered at their desks in Annapolis, Maryland, President Donald Trump on Friday took a short break from celebrating the six-month anniversary of his administration’s only major legislative accomplishment to address Thursday’s Capital Gazette shooting — the 154th such mass shooting the
- ['They Will Be Taxed Like Never Before!' Trump Threatens Harley-Davidson Over EU Factory Plans](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/trade/2018/06/26/they-will-be-taxed-like-never-before-trump-threatens-harley-davidson-over-eu-factory-plans/) - WASHINGTON, June 26, 2018 — President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose higher taxes on Harley-Davidson if the motorcycle builder goes ahead with plans to circumvent the European Union’s recently-announced tariffs against them by moving some manufacturing to Europe. Trump’s threat, made in the course of a Tuesday morning tweet storm, turned the move
- [White House Spokesperson Says Trump Administration Won't Rule Out Withdrawing From 1967 Treaty Governing Treatment Of Refugees](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/25/white-house-spokesperson-says-trump-administration-wont-rule-out-withdrawing-from-1967-treaty-governing-treatment-of-refugees/) - WASHINGTON, June 25, 2018 — President Donald Trump has not ruled out attempting to withdraw the United States from the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees or asking Congress to amend the 1980 Refugee Act to make it harder for South or Central Americans fleeing violence and persecution to be granted asylum in
- [Flake, Raskin Push Back On Trump's Attacks Against Immigrants as Un-American](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2018/06/24/members-of-congress-and-immigration/) - WASHINGTON, June 24, 2018 — Members of Congress on Sunday hit back at President Trump’s most recent anti-immigrant rhetoric. Trump’s suggestions that immigrants and asylum seekers should not be entitled to due process as inconsistent with American values and a repudiation of the idea of the United States as a nation under the rule of
- [Supreme Court Extends Fourth Amendment Protections To Include Mobile Phone Carrier Location Data](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/courts/2018/06/22/supreme-court-extends-fourth-amendment-protections-to-include-mobile-phone-carrier-location-data/) - WASHINGTON, June 22, 2018 — People living, working, or traveling in the United States gained a bit more privacy Friday after the Supreme Court found that police must obtain a search warrant before asking wireless carriers to turn over some types records which reveal a mobile phone’s location history. In the case of Carpenter v. Sessions, a
- [Supreme Court Says States Can Now Collect Sales Tax From All Online Retailers](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/21/supreme-court-says-states-can-now-collect-sales-tax-from-all-online-retailers/) - WASHINGTON, June 21, 2018 - The United States Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a blow to the online retail industry by overturning a 26-year-old ruling, Quill v. North Dakota, which had prohibited states from forcing mail-order retailers to collect sales tax from customers in states where they lacked a physical presence. The 5-4 ruling on Thursday, in South Dakota
- [Despite Sudden Reversal To Stem Outrage Over Caged Children, Fight Over 'Zero Tolerance' Likely To Continue](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/21/despite-sudden-reversal-to-stem-outrage-over-caged-children-fight-over-zero-tolerance-likely-to-continue/) - WASHINGTON, June 21, 2018 — President Trump on Wednesday claimed to have solved the family separation crisis his own administration created and tried to blame on Congressional Democrats by signing an executive order which attempts to house whole families in detention camps, but immigration law experts and advocates say essentially nothing has changed and the
- [Trump Says He Will Sign Order To End Family Separations ; Cancels Congressional Picnic](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/immigration/2018/06/20/trump-says-will-sign-order-to-end-family-separations/) - President Trump appears to have decided that the fight to take children from their parents as a deterrent to crossing the border illegally is not one worth having. “I’ll be signing something in a little while that’s going to [end family separations]. I’ll be doing something that’s somewhat preemptive and ultimately will be matched by
- [Judge Allows AT&T-Time Warner Merger to Proceed Over Objections of Trump Justice Department](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/12/judge-allows-att-time-warner-merger-to-proceed-over-objections-of-trump-justice-department/) - WASHINGTON, June 12, 2018 - A federal district judge on Tuesday ruled that AT&T can proceed with its $85 billion merger with entertainment giant Time-Warner, spurning Justice Department arguments that the allowing the deal to proceed would harm consumers by driving up cable television costs. District Judge Richard Leon flatly rejected the Justice Department’s contention that
- [Democrats Mourn Loss of Net Neutrality, But Industry Supporters Call it a New Day](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/senate/2018/06/12/democrats-mourn-loss-of-net-neutrality-but-industry-supporters-call-it-a-new-day/) - WASHINGTON, June 12, 2018 - As the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of Obama-era network neutrality rules took effect Monday, Democrats and net neutrality advocates vowed to continue the effort to use a Congressional Review Act resolution to roll back the new FCC rules. “There will be no eulogy today for net neutrality,” said Sen. Ed
- [White House Consolation Event For Eagles Fans Appears To Have Been Largely Attended By Interns](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/05/white-house-consolation-event-for-eagles-fans-appears-to-have-been-largely-attended-by-interns/) - WASHINGTON, June 5, 2018 — A White House event billed as a consolation for disappointed Philadelphia Eagles fans appears to have been attended mostly by Republican interns from across the nation’s capital. The event was supposed to be a celebration of the Eagles’ Super Bowl victory, but after President Donald Trump found out that only
- [After Meeting With North Korean Official, Trump Says Kim Summit Will Happen But Lowers Expectations](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/01/after-meeting-with-north-korean-official-trump-says-kim-summit-will-happen-but-lowers-expectations/) - WASHINGTON, June 1, 2018 -- President Trump's on-again, off-again June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back on. Trump emerged onto the South Portico of the White House to announce the summit's un-cancelation following what he called a "very good" two-hour meeting with Kim Young Chol -- the 35-year-old North Korean dictator's
- [IT BEGINS: A Top White House Official Is Using Their Own Money To Explore A 2020 Run Against Donald Trump](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/elections/2018/05/18/could-a-trump-administration-official-have-already-formed-a-2020-exploratory-committee-one-insider-says-yes/) - WASHINGTON, May 18, 2018 -- A Republican with the widespread name recognition that comes from serving at the highest levels of President Donald Trump's administration has already formed a presidential exploratory committee to look into challenging him in 2020 to prevent him from dividing the country any further, according to a person with direct knowledge
- [Trump Calls Off North Korea Summit, Citing Kim Statement's 'Tremendous Anger And Open Hostility'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/24/trump-calls-off-north-korea-summit-in-letter-to-kim-citing-tremendous-anger-and-open-hostility-in-recent-statement/) - WASHINGTON, May 24, 2018 -- President Donald Trump has called off his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing "the tremendous anger and open hostility" he displayed in a recent statement "Based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it is inappropriate, at this
- [North Korea Summit Could Be Back On For June, Trump Says, Citing 'Productive Talks' With North](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/25/north-korea-summit-could-be-back-on-for-june-trump-says-citing-productive-talks-with-north/) - WASHINGTON, May 25, 2018 — A day after White House officials said President Donald Trump “kept his word” by announcing he’d pulled out of the planned June 12 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, reports of the summit’s death, to paraphrase Mark Twain, may have been greatly exaggerated. We are having very productive
- [Kudlow Calls Trump Tariffs and Twitter Tirades Toward Canada 'Part Of A 'Family Quarrel'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/01/kudlow-calls-trump-tariffs-and-twitter-tirades-toward-canada-part-of-a-family-quarrel/) - WASHINGTON, June 1, 2018 -- President Donald Trump's decision to no longer exempt Canada, the European Union and Mexico from tariffs on steel and aluminum are part of a "family quarrel" that could be resolved soon, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said Friday. “This is what I regard as a family quarrel, and the
- [White House Economic Advisers Defend Trump's Job Numbers Spoiler](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/06/01/white-house-economic-advisers-defend-trumps-job-numbers-spoiler/) - WASHINGTON, June 1, 2018 -- Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett and National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow on Friday defended President Trump's decision to tweet about the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly unemployment numbers over an hour before they were to be released publicly. The BLS normally releases its monthly jobs report for the
- [Sanders Calls Barr's Racist Tweet 'Inappropriate'; Demands Apologies For ABC Personalities'  Criticism Of Trump](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/30/sanders-condemns-double-standard-that-led-to-roseanne-cancellation-demands-apologies-for-abc-personalities-criticism-of-trump/) - WASHINGTON, May 30, 2018 -- White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday told reporters that comedienne Roseanne Barr's racist attack on a former Obama administration official was "inappropriate," but also echoed President Trump's demand that Disney Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger apologize for ABC and ESPN employees who have criticized the president's reluctance
- [Citing GOP Congressman's Alternative Explanation, Trump Denies Anger At Sessions Was Due To Russia Investigation](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/30/citing-gop-congressmans-alternative-explanation-trump-denies-anger-at-sessions-was-due-to-russia-investigation/) - WASHINGTON, May 30, 2018 -- In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his frustration with Attorney General Jeff Sessions stemmed from a lack of candor over Sessions' decision to recuse himself from having any involvement in the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The extent of the president's anger at
- [White House Announces More Steps To Target Chinese Intellectual Property Theft](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/29/white-house-announces-more-steps-to-target-chinese-intellectual-property-theft/) - WASHINGTON, May 29, 2018 -- The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to impose a 25% tariff on Chinese goods containing "industrially significant technology," and will take further steps to combat China's theft of American intellectual property with new export controls and by bringing a case against China at the World Intellectual Property Organization.
- [Trump Tuesday Tweetstorm Confirms North Korean Official Coming To US; Lies About Mueller Probe Once More](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/29/trump-tuesday-tweetstorm-confirms-north-korean-official-coming-to-us-lies-about-mueller-probe-once-more/) - WASHINGTON, May 29, 2018 -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed that a North Korean official is en route to the United States for summit talks. "We have put a great team together for our talks with North Korea. Meetings are currently taking place concerning Summit, and more. Kim Young Chol, the Vice Chairman of
- [Trump Called Off Kim Summit After "A Trail Of Broken Promises," Says White House Official](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/24/trump-called-off-kim-summit-after-a-trail-of-broken-promises-says-white-house-official/) - WASHINGTON, May 24, 2018 —By canceling his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, President Trump’ kept his promise to walk away if he didn't think a deal was possible, said a senior White House official. “The president was always clear that he was prepared to walk away from this meeting,” the official
- [Kudlow Says US Has ‘Always Had A Security Concern’ On ZTE, Trump Reversal Was At Chinese Leader’s Request](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/17/kudlow-says-us-has-always-had-a-security-concern-on-zte-trump-reversal-was-at-chinese-leaders-request/) - WASHINGTON, May 17, 2018 --President Donald Trump's calls to reverse a Commerce Department order banning the Chinese telecommunications equipment firm ZTE from exporting American products came in response to a request from Chinese president Xi Jinping, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said Thursday. "I think the president is responding to a request from President Xi to take another look at
- [Trump Says Summit 'May Not Work Out For June 12' But South Korea's Moon Has 'Every Confidence' In Trump's Deal-Making Ability](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/22/trump-says-well-soon-know-if-summit-with-kim-will-go-on-as-planned/) - WASHINGTON, May 22, 2018 -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday told reporters a decision will be made soon on whether to proceed with his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "We'll soon know," Trump said while answering questions during a West Wing arrival ceremony for South Korean President Moon Jae-in. During an
- [Justice Department Watchdog To Expand Probe After Trump Meets With Wray, Coates, Rosenstein](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/21/justice-department-watchdog-to-expand-probe-after-trump-meets-with-wray-coates-rosenstein/) - WASHINGTON, May 21, 2018 -- The Department of Justice Office of Inspector General will expand its new investigation into the use of an informant in the FBI's Trump-Russia to include "to include any irregularities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s or the Department of Justice’s tactics concerning the Trump Campaign," White House Press Secretary Sarah
- [At CIA, Trump Calls House Intel Chair Who Sought To Unmask Informant 'Courageous,' Says 'America Is Respected Again'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/21/trump-tells-cia-employees-america-is-respected-again-calls-nunes-courageous/) - WASHINGTON, May 21, 2018 -- The last time President Donald Trump spoke at the Langley, Virginia headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, he attacked the press and bragged about his election victory. This time, he threw shade at his predecessor and praised the House Intelligence Committee Chairman who has sought to obtain the name of
- [Kudlow Says Tariffs 'Will Play A Role' In Future China Talks, ZTE Will Remain A Separate 'Enforcement Issue'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/21/zte-will-not-be-let-off-scot-free-if-export-ban-is-lifted-kudlow-says/) - WASHINGTON, May 21, 2018 — President Donald Trump's trade war with China may be on hold after recent talks, but tariffs are still on the table, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said Monday. "I think we’re just rolling, there’s a lot of momentum from this framework," Kudlow said, referring to the outcome of recent
- [Trump Says He'll Order Investigation Into His Own Claim That FBI 'Infiltrated' 2016 Campaign](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/20/trump-says-hell-order-investigation-into-his-own-claim-that-fbi-infiltrated-2016-campaign/) - WASHINGTON, May 20, 2018 -- President Donald Trump went back to Twitter once more Sunday afternoon to announce that he'd be ordering the Department of Justice to investigate whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation had "infiltrated" his campaign "for political purposes." "I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice
- [With Another Early Morning Twitter Tirade, Trump Wonders When Russia Probe Will 'Stop'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/20/with-another-early-morning-twitter-tirade-trump-wonders-when-russia-probe-will-stop/) - WASHINGTON, May 20, 2018 -- Apparently upset at a New York Times story indicating Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III is still digging into his eldest son's campaign conduct, President Donald Trump let his fingers do the talking Sunday as he lashed out at adversaries past and president. "Things are really getting ridiculous," the President
- [The Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Thanked President Trump For Donating His Salary. A Day Later He's Being Tapped To Lead The VA Permanently](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/18/the-acting-veterans-affairs-secretary-thanked-president-trump-for-donating-his-salary-a-day-later-hes-being-tapped-to-lead-the-va-permanently/) - WASHINGTON, May 18, 2018 -- How do you get President Donald Trump to nominate you to lead the government's second-largest bureaucracy? It helps to tell reporters nice things about him. Less than 24 hours after he appeared in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room to thank the president for donating his second-quarter salary to the
- [Trump Says He's 'Willing To Do A Lot' To Protect Kim Jong Un If Nuclear Deal Can Be Reached,  Summit Plans Appear Unchanged](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/foreign-policy/2018/05/17/trump-willing-to-do-a-lot-to-protect-kim-jong-un-if-nuclear-deal-can-be-reached-says-summit-plans-appear-unchanged/) - WASHINGTON, May 17, 2018 -- President Trump said Thursday that North Korea has not made any move to cancel his planned summit with Kim Jong Un despite a North Korean official's statement slamming National Security Adviser John Bolton's insistence on a plan for denuclearization akin to the one implemented in Libya. We have not been
- [North Korea Summit 'May Happen Later' But Trump Is 'Ready' Under Right Conditions, Says Conway](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/17/summit-may-happen-later-but-trump-is-ready-says-conway/) - WASHINGTON, May 17, 2018 -- Even as the White House continues "watching" North Korea's resumed saber-rattling, Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway told reporters Thursday that President Donald Trump is "ready" for his planned summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un under the right conditions. "We’re watching the situation you saw this morning that
- [Senate Votes 52-47 To Advance Bill Restoring Obama-era Net Neutrality Rules](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/senate/2018/05/16/senate-votes-53-48-to-advance-bill-restoring-obama-era-net-neutrality-rules/) - WASHINGTON, May 16, 2018 -- Senate Democrats on Wednesday joined forces with Republicans Susan Collins, John Kennedy, R-La. and Lisa Murkowski, R-Ak. to approve a bill which rolls back the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of network neutrality rules enacted under former President Obama, 52-47 The bill, S.J. Res. 52, is a so-called resolution of disapproval
- [Trump Says 'We'll See What Happens' With North Korea Summit After Bolton's Demands Prompt Cancellation Threats](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/16/trump-says-well-see-what-happens-with-north-korea-summit-after-boltons-demands-prompt-cancellation-threats/) - WASHINGTON, May 16, 2018 -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday told reporters he hadn't heard anything from North Korea regarding threats to cancel his planned summit unless the United States walks back demands for leader Kim Jong Un to agree to a disarmament plan along the lines of those agreed to by the former leaders
- [McCain’s Absence Means Democrats’ Net Neutrality Bill Expected To Pass 50-49](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2018/05/16/mccains-absence-means-democrats-net-neutrality-bill-expected-to-pass-50-49/) - WASHINGTON, May 16, 2018 -- The absence of Arizona Senator John McCain (R) from the Senate means Democrats appear to have enough votes to pass a bill to roll back the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of network neutrality rules put in place under the Obama administration, 50-49. Without McCain, who remains at home in Arizona while undergoing treatment
- [US Ambassador to Israel Picked Pastor Who Said Jews Will Go To Hell As Embassy Speaker](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/foreign-policy/2018/05/15/us-ambassador-to-israel-chose-controversial-pastor-who-said-judaism-leads-to-an-eternity-of-separation-from-god-in-hell-to-speak-at-embassy-opening/) - WASHINGTON, May 15, 2018 -- David Friedman, the United States' Ambassador to Israel, personally selected controversial pastor Rev. Robert Jeffress to deliver a prayer at a ceremony marking the American embassy's move to Jerusalem, State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said Tuesday. "We would certainly not agree with the pastor’s remarks, some of his controversial remarks
- [North Korea Cancels Talks With South Over Annual Military Exercises With US -- Report](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/foreign-policy/2018/05/15/north-korea-cancels-talks-with-south-over-military-exercises-with-us-report/) - WASHINGTON, May 15, 2018 -- North Korea has canceled planned talks with South Korea over the South's joint military exercises with the United States, the Korean Yonhap news agency reported. The report cites a (North) Korean Central News Agency dispatch indicating that the Kim government was calling off the talks in response to military exercises
- [AT&T CEO Disavows Cohen Hiring As 'Big Mistake' As Top DC Exec Resigns And Questions About DOJ Lawsuit Return](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/12/att-ceo-disavows-cohen-hiring-as-big-mistake-as-top-dc-exec-resigns-and/) - WASHINGTON, May 13, 2018 - AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson on Friday announced that the company was parting ways with the executive responsible for hiring Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen in an apparent effort to grease the skids for the company’s merger with Time-Warner. The revelations of the AT&T payment to Cohen revived questions over whether Trump
- [Two Pastors With Histories Of Anti-Semitic Statements Spoke At The Jerusalem Embassy Opening, A White House Spokesman Had No Idea How They Got There](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/14/white-house-unaware-of-how-anti-semitic-pastors-were-picked-to-speak-at-israel-embassy-opening/) - WASHINGTON, May 14, 2018 -- White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah told reporters Monday that he did not know how evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress was among those selected to speak at the opening of the United States' new embassy in Jerusalem despite his past derogatory statements about Judaism and other major religions. "I honestly
- [Schumer Says Senate To Vote On Overturning FCC Net Neutrality Repeal Wednesday](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/2018/05/14/schumer-says-senate-to-vote-on-overturning-fcc-net-neutrality-repeal-wednesday/) - WASHINGTON, May 14, 2018 -- The strong network neutrality rules put in place during the Obama administration's final months will get an up-or-down vote in the United States Senate on Wednesday when a bill to overturn the FCC's repeal of those rules reaches the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Monday. “The
- ['It's Time To End The Freeloading,' Trump Declares As He Blames Foreign Single-Payer Systems For High Drug Prices](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/11/269/) - WASHINGTON, May 11, 2018 — President Donald Trump on Friday announced a multi-point plan for lowering sky-high prescription drug prices, which he blamed in part on previous presidents and foreign governments. “As we demand fairness for American patients at home, we will also demand fairness overseas,” Trump said during a White House Rose Garden event
- [White House OSTP Tech Division Still Run By PoliSci Major, Will Hold Artificial Intelligence Summit Thursday](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/08/white-house-announces-artificial-intelligence-summit-gathering-academia-business-and-government/) - WASHINGTON, May 8, 2018 -- The White House on Tuesday announced it would hold an Artificial Intelligence summit, which will "bring together over 100 senior government officials, technical experts from top academic institutions, heads of industrial research labs, and American business leaders who are now adopting these emerging technologies to benefit their customers, workers, and
- [Sanders Won’t Say If Trump Will Sign Bill To Restore Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules As FCC Prepares For Repeal](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/10/sanders-wont-say-if-trump-will-sign-bill-to-restore-obama-era-net-neutrality-rules-as-fcc-prepares-for-repeal/) - WASHINGTON, May 10, 2018 -- White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday declined to say whether President Trump would sign a bill that would reverse the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of network neutrality rules promulgated during the Obama administration. "We'll keep you posted when we have a specific policy announcement on that front,"
- [In Announcing Prescription Drug Plan, Trump To Place Blame For High Prices On 'Foreign Freeloading'](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/10/in-announcing-prescription-drug-plan-trump-to-place-blame-for-high-prices-on-other-countries/) - WASHINGTON, May 10, 2018 — Whether the topic is the Iran nuclear deal, the Paris Climate Accords or the North American Free Trade Agreement, President Donald Trump often grouses that other countries are taking advantage of the United States. It appears that he’s found another area in which he sees the U.S. is being taken
- [Trump Announces Withdrawal From Iran Deal To Strong Condemnation From Obama, Kerry](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/08/trump-iran-deal-withdrawal-speech/) - WASHINGTON, May 8, 2018 — Citing Iran’s President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the United States’ withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action -- better known as the Iran nuclear deal -- over protests from his predecessor and a key member of the previous administration. “The fact is this was a horrible, one-sided deal that
- [Pompeo Returning From North Korea With Prisoners, Trump Says](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/09/pompeo-returning-from-north-korea-with-prisoners-trump-says/) - WASHINGTON, May 9, 2018 — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on his way back from North Korea with the three Americans who’d been held captive in that country’s forced labor camps until recently, President Trump announced in a Wednesday morning tweet. I am pleased to inform you that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is
- [Senate Democrats Join With Collins To Force Vote On Restoring Obama Net Neutrality Rules](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/congress/senate/2018/05/09/senate-democrats-join-with-collins-to-force-vote-on-restoring-obama-net-neutrality-rules/) - WASHINGTON, May 9, 2018 — Senate Democrats on Wednesday announced plans to invoke a rarely-used Senate procedure to force a floor vote on a bill to roll back the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of Obama-era regulations preventing internet providers from blocking or throttling internet traffic. “Today we are officially filing the discharge petition to force
- [Infrastructure Package Unlikely To Move This Year, White House Admits](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/09/infrastructure-package-unlikely-to-move-this-year-white-house-admits/) - WASHINGTON, May 9, 2018 -- Prospects for the Trump administration's $1.5 trillion infrastructure package appear to have dimmed to the point that White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders admitted Wednesday that she can't say there would be any movement on that legislation by year's end. "I don't know that there will be one by
- [With An Early Morning Tweet, Trump Attacks Kerry And Appears To Confirm Iran Deal Withdrawal](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/08/with-an-early-morning-tweet-trump-attacks-kerry-and-appears-to-confirm-iran-deal-withdrawal/) - WASHINGTON, May 8, 2018 — With a single tweet attacking former Secretary of State John Kerry, President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to confirm that he will announce the United States’ withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the Iran nuclear deal. John Kerry can’t get over the fact that he
- [Trump Says Announcement On Iran Deal Will Come Tomorrow](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/07/trump-says-announcement-on-iran-deal-will-come-tomorrow/) - WASHINGTON, May 7, 2018 — President Donald Trump took to Twitter Monday afternoon to reveal that at 2:00 pm Tuesday, he will announce whether or not the United States will remain a part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the Iran nuclear deal. I will be announcing my decision on the
- [Ty Cobb Out At White House As Another Trump Legal Team Shake Up Signals Possible Change In Strategy](https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2018/05/02/white-house-russia-point-man-ty-cobb-to-retire-at-end-of-month-white-house-says/) - WASHINGTON, May 2, 2018 -- White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Wednesday announced the retirement of Ty Cobb, the veteran Washington attorney who has managed the Trump administration's relationship with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office, and the hiring of Emmett Flood, who served on President Bill Clinton's legal team during impeachment proceedings in 1998. “Emmet
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