Focus Washington February 2018

Trump’s Lawyer Claims He Paid Stormy Daniels out of His Own Pocket

February 14, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, stated Tuesday that he paid the $130,000 to the adult film star out of his own pocket. The transaction was made to an adult film star, Stormy Daniels, […]

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Maxine Waters: ‘John Kelly Is a Liar That Has No Credibility’

February 14, 2018 Focus Washington

Democratic Representative for California Maxine Waters criticized chief of staff John Kelly for the way he handled the domestic abuse accusations made against White House staff secretary Rob Porter. Waters said that she is not […]

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Trump Still Doesn’t Believe Russia Interfered in 2016 Election

February 14, 2018 Focus Washington

Intelligence chiefs unanimously agreed on Tuesday that Moscow meddled in the 2016 election, but President Donald Trump is still unconvinced that it really did. The president’s top national security officials told the Senate Intelligence Committee […]

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Democrats Assail Funding Shuffle in Trump’s Infrastructure Plan

February 13, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s plan to boost U.S. public works is prompting sharp opposition from Democrats who are key to getting it legislated, putting the administration on the defensive as it seeks to remodel the way […]

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Trump Criticizes U.S. Spending on Conflicts and Reconstruction in Middle East

February 13, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump criticized U.S. spending of more than seven trillion dollars on conflicts and reconstruction efforts in the Middle East and Afghanistan only a few days after some officials announced that the United States […]

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Sudden Departure of DOJ Official Adds Turmoil to Agency

February 13, 2018 Focus Washington

The recent and unexpected departure of the Justice Department’s No. 3 official has added to the strain at the agency which already struggles with lack of permanent, politically appointed leaders for a number of its […]

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Trump’s Budget Projects Mueller Investigation Will Stretch into Fiscal Year 2019

February 13, 2018 Focus Washington

Even though White House officials have said multiple times that the investigation into the alleged connection between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia and the alleged Russian meddling into the U.S. presidential election will probably […]

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WH Budget Proposal Includes Major Deficits

February 13, 2018 Focus Washington

A $4.4 trillion budget plan was offered on Monday by the Trump administration, showing how the new spending deal and massive tax cuts would increase government debt. President Donald Trump’s 2019 budget plan entails steep […]

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White House Says Trump Supports Abuse Victims

February 13, 2018 Focus Washington

The White House issued a statement Monday that Donald Trump offers his support to domestic violence victims, after he was criticized for sympathetic public statements about a former aide who submitted his resignation last week […]

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Trump Tells Putin More Needs to Be Done to Scrap North Korea’s Nuclear Program

February 13, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and told him that more needs to be done to scrap North Korea’s nuclear program. “President Trump reiterated the importance of taking […]

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Immigration Debate in Senate Expected to Be Tough

February 13, 2018 Focus Washington

The Senate began its immigration debate began on Monday, but bipartisan leaders admit they are aware it is going to be a difficult one. The debate is expected to end by the end of the […]

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Justice Department Wants to Eliminate ‘Peacemaker’ Office

February 13, 2018 Focus Washington

The Justice Department Office created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to help communities is foreseen to be eliminated with President Donald Trump’s proposed budget. The Community Relations Service would be entirely defunded and […]

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Trump Administration Urges Anti-ISIS Coalition to ‘Keep Eyes on Prize’

February 13, 2018 Focus Washington

The Trump administration, worried that the anti-IS coalition is not keeping sight of its main objective, urged its partners on Tuesday to refocus their efforts, overcome rivalries and concentrate on their goal – to eradicate […]

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Mulvaney: Rising Federal Deficits Might Force Interest Rates to Spike

February 12, 2018 Focus Washington

Mick Mulvaney, the White House budget director on Sunday stated that rising federal deficits might force interest rates to spike after President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan budget deal with $300 billion in new spending. […]

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Scarborough Says Trump Made Man Accused of Beating Up Two Women to Appear as Victim

February 12, 2018 Focus Washington

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough on Monday said that he is shocked by President Donald Trump’s statements when he addressed the ongoing domestic violence scandals in the White House. Scarborough said that Trump comments regarding former White […]

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Ted Cruz Warns Texas GOP That Leftists Will Crawl Over Broken Glass in Order to Vote

February 12, 2018 Focus Washington

Republican Senator for Texas Ted Cruz warned his Republican colleagues that the “left is going to show up” in the 2018 midterm elections. This happened while he was giving a speech Friday, where he was […]

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Republican Representative Asks White House Why it Took So Long to Act on Porter’s Abuse Scandal

February 12, 2018 Focus Washington

Republican Representative for Florida, Carlos Curbelo on Monday said that Congress is still waiting for the White House to further explain its prolonged handling of the domestic violence scandal that rose against former White House […]

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Conway: Trump Has Full Confidence in Kelly

February 12, 2018 Focus Washington

The speculation that President Donald Trump wants to replace Chief of Staff John Kelly because of his handling of the domestic abuse allegations against his aide have been dismissed by the White House advisers on […]

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Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Could Generate Up to 1.5 Trillion Dollars

February 12, 2018 Focus Washington

The long-awaited infrastructure plan will be published by the White House on Monday, and is aimed at overhauling U.S. public works that will cost $1.5 trillion. The four main goals of Trump’s plan is to generate […]

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Pence Open For Talks With North Korea

February 12, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday stated that the United States are willing to start talks with North Korea without any preconditions, as the Trump administration continues to pressure Pyongyang to end its nuclear […]

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Trump Asks for More Than $23bn to Build Border Wall

February 12, 2018 Focus Washington

The White House said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s budget proposal that will be released Monday asks for more than $23 billion for border security and immigration enforcement, including funds for a wall along the […]

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Mattis: No Wedge Between U.S. and South Korea

February 12, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Sunday dismissed any concerns regarding the softening of relations between North and South Korea. “I know that people are watching for a wedge between South Korea, Republic of Korea, in other […]

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Trump Budget Includes Billions to Deal With Opioid Epidemic

February 12, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s new budget proposal is going to include billions of dollars to oppose the opioid epidemic, which several months ago was declared by the White House as a national public health emergency that […]

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NSA Conned by Russian Regarding Stolen Cyber Weapons

February 10, 2018 Focus Washington

Stolen National Security Agency cyber weapons and compromising information on President Donald Trump were offered by a Russian spy who conned U.S. spies out of $100,000 last year. The New York Times published the story […]

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Trump Claims Democrats Knew Counter-Memo Needs Heavy Redaction

February 10, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump responded to the accusations made by the Democrat leaders of applying double standard regarding his decision not to declassify the Democratic counter-memo meant to rebut a GOP document alleging surveillance abuses from […]

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White House Security Clearances Under Scrutiny

February 10, 2018 Focus Washington

More and more questions are rising regarding White House aide Rob Porter’s security clearance and whether he should have been allowed to handle classified material that goes through President Donald Trump’s desk. Porter was accused […]

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Pelosi, Schumer Accuse Trump of Applying Double Standard

February 10, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s decision not to declassify the memo drafted by Democrats was met with rage and fury from the Democratic leadership. The memo was meant to rebut the document authored by Republican lawmakers that […]

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Trump Refused to Declassify Democratic Counter-Memo

February 10, 2018 Focus Washington

The White House announced that President Donald Trump is not ready to approve the release of the Democratic counter-memo drafter for the sole purpose of disproving the document Trump declassified last week which was composed by Republicans […]

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Two More Senior Officials Cited in FBI Texts Resign

February 9, 2018 Focus Washington

Two more senior government officials who were prominently discussed in text messages exchanged by FBI employees formerly assigned to the investigation into the alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. 2016 presidential election and the alleged […]

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Washington in War with Moscow Over Global Energy Dominance

February 9, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump last July promised the Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw that the U.S. will help Poland to be independent of Russian energy imports. Trump as an alternative offered them U.S. fuel saying […]

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