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Month: August 2017

Administration

Schiff: Trump’s Arpaio Pardon Undermines Russia Investigation

August 28, 2017 Focus Washington

Representative Adam Schiff said Saturday that President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio could reverberate in the Russia investigation, Politico reports. The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee wrote on Twitter […]

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NGO

Former Trump Adviser Offers Help to Iraqis that Trump Wants to Deport – For a Price

August 28, 2017 Focus Washington

A former campaign adviser to Donald Trump is offering to testify in court on behalf of Iraqi Christians in the United States who suddenly face deportation under the Republican president – for a hefty fee, […]

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Foreign Policy

Trump Wants Tariffs against China

August 28, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump demanded tariffs against China at a White House meeting earlier this month, and accused some of his top advisers of being “globalists,” Axios reported Sunday. “For the last six months, this same […]

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Politics

Trump Expected to Decide Soon on Fate of Young Immigrants

August 28, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump is expected to decide soon on the fate of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children as he faces a looming court deadline, The Associated Press reports. Advocates […]

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Foreign Policy

State Department’s Top UN Envoy Steps Down

August 28, 2017 Focus Washington

A pair of top State Department officials, including the lead envoy to the UN, have announced they will leave their posts, Foreign Policy reported on Sunday. Tracey Ann Jacobson, a career foreign service officer responsible […]

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Foreign Policy

Kushner Discussed Relocating U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem with Netanyahu

August 28, 2017 Focus Washington

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and other top Trump administration officials spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported Sunday. Kushner met with […]

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Foreign Policy

Mexico Says That `Will Not Negotiate NAFTA through Social Media`

August 28, 2017 Focus Washington

Mexico on Sunday pushed back against a string of critical tweets taking aim at the country by President Trump, saying it refused to discuss aspects of the bilateral relationship “through social media or any other […]

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Business

Trump’s Business Allegedly Tried to Open Trump Tower in Moscow during Campaign

August 28, 2017 Focus Washington

Members of the Trump Organization and investors nearly reached a deal to open a Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 election, according to a new report. Trump’s company and investors signed a letter of […]

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Uncategorized

U.S. Navy Recover Remains of All 10 Sailors from USS McCain Crash

August 28, 2017 Focus Washington

The U.S. Navy announced on Sunday it had recovered the remains of all ten sailors missing after a deadly collision in the Pacific Ocean, The Hill reports. The USS John S. McCain, a guided missile […]

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Uncategorized

Trump Says `Spirit of People is Incredible` as Harvey Hits Texas

August 28, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump continued his tweets about Tropical Storm Harvey Sunday night, noting the unprecedented floods and continuing rainfall for the battered Texas region, The Hill reports. “Historic rainfall in Houston, and all over Texas. […]

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Foreign Policy

North Korea Fires Multiple Ballistic Missiles

August 26, 2017 Focus Washington

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast early Saturday local time, U.S. officials said, The Hill reports. U.S. Pacific Command said three short-range missiles were launched from Kittaeryong, Kangwon province, with two […]

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Politics

Trump Pardons Controversial Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio

August 26, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump has pardoned Joe Arpaio, the controversial former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, the White House announced Friday night, The Hill reports. “Throughout his time as Sheriff, Arpaio continued his life’s work of […]

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Administration

Trump Officially Bans Transgender Military Recruits

August 26, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump signed a presidential memo Friday instructing the Defense Department to stop accepting transgender people who want to enlist in the military, The Hill reports. The memo details Trump’s previous Twitter announcement last […]

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Foreign Policy

Washington Raises Pressure on Venezuela with New Round of Sanctions

August 26, 2017 Focus Washington

The Trump administration imposed new economic sanctions on Venezuela on Friday, modestly ratcheting up the pressure on the embattled government of President Nicolas Maduro for increasingly repressive policies, The New York Times reports. The sanctions […]

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Foreign Policy

U.S. Service Member Missing after Black Hawk Crashes near Yemen

August 26, 2017 Focus Washington

An American service member remains missing after a Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Yemen on Friday in what U.S. military officials are calling a training accident, The Washington Post reports. U.S. forces […]

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Administration

RNC Focused on Trump 2020 despite Reports of Challengers

August 25, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign is topic No. 1 at the Republican National Committee’s summer meetings in Nashville, BuzzFeed News reports. According to BuzzFeed, Trump adviser Brad Parscale attended a Wednesday budget meeting, and both […]

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Foreign Policy

North Korea Signals a More Powerful ICBM in the Works

August 25, 2017 Focus Washington

With photographs obliquely showing a new rocket design, North Korea has sent a message that it is working on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) more powerful than any it has previously tested, weapons experts said […]

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Administration

Chief of Staff Kelly Reportedly Screening Everything before Going to Trump

August 25, 2017 Focus Washington

New White House chief of staff John Kelly quietly circulated two memos outlining a new process of screening every piece of information before allowing it to get on the desk of President Donald Trump, Politico […]

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Administration

Court Orders Company to Produce Data on anti-Trump Site

August 25, 2017 Focus Washington

A court in the District of Columbia on Thursday ordered web hosting company DreamHost to produce data and information requested by the Department of Justice (DOJ) related to an anti-President Donald Trump website, The Hill […]

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Health

Every County in U.S. Set to Have an ObamaCare Option

August 25, 2017 Focus Washington

Every county in the U.S. will have at least one ObamaCare insurer on the exchanges next year after CareSource announced Thursday it would fill the last remaining “bare” county in Ohio, The Hill reports. It’s […]

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Uncategorized

National Cathedral Considering Removal of Stain Glass over Confederate Figures

August 25, 2017 Focus Washington

The Washington National Cathedral is debating whether to remove two stained glass windows that depict Confederate generals amid debate around the country about the removal of Confederate monuments, The Hill reports. NBC 4 reported that […]

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Foreign Policy

Trump Tells al-Sisi He Wants to Improve Relations with Egypt

August 25, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump said on a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart on Thursday that he wants to improve the United States relationship with the country, just days after the U.S. announced it would withhold […]

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Administration

Trump Heats up Debt-Ceiling Debate

August 25, 2017 Focus Washington

Congressional Republicans, already staring into an ugly September, awoke Thursday to new tweets from President Donald Trump accusing party leaders of bungling the debt-limit talks and, by extension, increasing the odds of a government default, […]

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McConnel Keeps Quiet over 'Sour Relationship' with Trump
Administration

Trump Reportedly Planning a Meeting with House and Senate Leaders

August 25, 2017 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump is reportedly trying to plan a meeting with House and Senate leadership as Congress returns from the August recess and attempts to avert a possible government shutdown, The Hill reports. Politico reported […]

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Foreign Policy

Kushner’s Mideast Peace Talks Met with Palestinian Skepticism

August 25, 2017 Focus Washington

Presidential adviser Jared Kushner met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Thursday to try to jumpstart moribund peace talks, but after months without progress the Mideast envoy faces growing skepticism on the Palestinian side, AP […]

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Administration

Journalists Lash Out at Trump after Phoenix Rally Attacks

August 24, 2017 Focus Washington

Members of the media blasted back at President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he railed against the press at a rally and called journalists “dishonest people” who “don’t like our country”, The Hill reports. Acrimony […]

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Politics

At Least 26 Confederate Monuments Removed Since Charlottesville

August 24, 2017 Focus Washington

At least 26 Confederate-era monuments have been taken down around the U.S following the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, which started when white nationalists opposing the removal of a statue of General Robert […]

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Foreign Policy

Possible Brain Injuries for U.S., Canadian Diplomats in Cuba

August 24, 2017 Focus Washington

American and Canadian diplomats working in Havana have been diagnosed with serious health conditions including mild traumatic brain injuries and damage to the central nervous system, CBS News reports. CBS reviewed a doctor’s evaluations of […]

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Energy

Energy Department Report Aims to Boost Coal, Nuclear Power

August 24, 2017 Focus Washington

A new federal study into the changing electricity sector mostly affirms the market-driven decline of coal and nuclear power while providing a series of policy recommendations to boost the two fuels, The Hill reports. The […]

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Foreign Policy

Pence: U.S. to Use ‘Economic and Diplomatic Power’ to Restore Democracy in Venezuela

August 24, 2017 Focus Washington

Vice President Mike Pence made a quick trip Wednesday afternoon to this Miami suburb, home to the nation’s largest Venezuelan community, to reinforce and reiterate the Trump administration’s commitment and support for those fighting against […]

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