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Evan Halper
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Trump's EPA embraces an odd argument against fuel economy: It will kill people
XThe Trump administration is embracing a curious — and some would say dated — argument as it builds its case to weaken federal rules championed by California that require cars and SUVs to average 55 miles per gallon by 2025. It is warning that the fuel-efficiency targets, seen by most as key to...
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Joseph Tanfani
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The military wants to send a U.S. citizen who was captured in Syria to Saudi Arabia. His lawyers say that's not legal
XTrying to find its way out of a legal thicket, the Trump administration wants to transfer a U.S. citizen who was captured in Syria and is suspected of supporting Islamic State to Saudi Arabia. Lawyers for the man, who has not been publicly identified, claim that’s a violation of his constitutional...
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Chris Megerian
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John McCain was tortured as a POW in Vietnam. Will he help sink CIA nominee implicated in torture program?
XActivists seeking to derail President Trump’s nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the CIA are looking to Sen. John McCain to cast the deciding vote — assuming he is well enough to return to Washington. The 81-year-old Republican was diagnosed with brain cancer in July and last cast a vote in the...
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Noah Bierman , Cathleen Decker
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Trump says CIA director had a 'great meeting' with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
XPresident Trump confirmed Wednesday that CIA Director Mike Pompeo held a secret summit-planning meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, an assignment the White House hoped would boost Pompeo’s standing ahead of what is expected to be a close Senate vote to confirm him as secretary of State. Pompeo...
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Jim Puzzanghera
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Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes calls government antitrust allegations 'ridiculous'
XTime Warner Inc.’s chief executive testified Wednesday that the government’s assertions that AT&T Inc. wanted to buy the company to use its programming as leverage over distributors “makes no sense” because it would limit viewership. “I think it’s ridiculous. It’s not how this works,” Jeff Bewkes...
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The sister of Trump's top adviser just pitched her White House connections to Chinese investors.
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President Donald Trump is urging Senate Republicans to “not let the American people down” as the contentious debate over overhauling the health care system shifts to the Senate.
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A day after wooing wealthy Chinese in Beijing, Jared Kushnerâs family firm offered attendees in Shanghai a path toward living in the U.S. in exchange for investments.
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President Trump’s son, Eric, once told a golf writer that funding for Trump golf courses come from Russia, that writer recounted in a new interview.
James Dodson during an interview Friday with Boston’s WBUR described meeting Donald Trump in 2014 and being invited to play golf at the Trump National Golf Club Charlotte.-
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New York legislation would reveal Trump's state tax returns.
The legislation -- dubbed the Tax Returns Uniformly Made Public Act (or TRUMP Act) -- would require the state to post online the state tax returns of anyone elected to federal or state office in a statewide election, including the president and vice president.
Trump is a resident of New York, and bill sponsor Brad Hoylman hopes the legislation will give the public a glimpse at Trump's taxes.
"Democrats and a small handful of Republicans, citing Trump's ongoing business interests, have pushed him to release his returns or to pressure Congressional leaders to exercise their authority to obtain them legally."-
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The president's inner circle may yearn for totalitarian rule — but for Trump, it's all narcissistic play-acting.
No doubt that he's playing games, but lives are involved.-
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After the ‘Winter White House’ in Fla., Trump shifts to ‘Camp David North’ in N.... (washingtonpost.com)The Trump-branded golf club is the latest weekend destination in the president’s taxpayer-funded travels.
It's still his property and he's making money. Why is congress turning away from their responsibilities?-
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Jared Kushner didn't disclose ties to Soros, Thiel, Goldman Sachs - Busines... (businessinsider.com)The top White House adviser and Trump's son-in-law didn't identify his part ownership of Cadre, a real-estate startup he founded, per The Wall Street Journal.
Business Insider first reported on Kushner's involvement with Cadre last June. Here's more about what Cadre is.
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The first daughter has the president's trust and a widening portfolio. So what will she do with it?
The two trade thoughts from morning until late at night, according to aides. Even though she has no government or policy experience, she plans to review some executive orders before they are signed, according to White House officials. She calls cabinet officials on issues she is interested in, recently asking the United Nations ambassador, Nikki R. Haley, about getting humanitarian aid into Syria. She set up a weekly meeting with Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary.
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Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, didn’t identify on his government financial disclosure form that he is currently a part-owner of a real-estate finance startup and has a number of loans from banks on properties he co-owns, according to securities filings.
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Trump is such a snowflake. As soon as he was trapped then he ended the interview.
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His rapturous show kept fans enthralled on Saturday night as the populist hero came to speak to his people.
Towards the end of a nearly hour-long speech on Saturday night, the President of the United States read a 266-word sonnet by Al Wilson called “The Snake.”
It was a callback for the truest believers to a simpler time—the day-in, day-out grind of the 2016 presidential campaign where Donald Trump beat the pundits and the lying, rotten fake news media and appeared in front of hordes of fans desperate to chant the token mantras: “build that wall!” and “lock her up!”
Why admit you voted for a pathological liar when you can make him into a hero?-
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The contrast couldn't have been more stark. In Washington, journalists celebrated the First Amendment (and themselves) at a glitzy and ritzy dinner. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the President of the United States delivered up slabs of red-meat to some of his most loyal supporters who had gathered to celebrate his first 100 days in office.
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The candidate that FactCheck.org dubbed the 'King of Whoppers' in 2015 has held true to form as president.
Lying about Flynn, the emoluments clause, and his "fake news" claims should bother everyone. They don't.-
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President Donald Trump has suggested that the judiciary doesn't have the authority to question him. He was a very early proponent of nuking the filibuster for Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch. And he recently raised eyebrows by congratulating Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the expansion of his presidential powers - echoing his previous admiration for strongman leaders.
Now Trump is talking about consolidating his own power.-
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