Month: January 2019

Apple shut down Google’s ability to distribute its internal iOS apps earlier today. A person familiar with the situation told The Verge that early versions of Google Maps, Hangouts, Gmail, and other pre-release beta apps […]

January 31, 2019 Lisa Clayton

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Deficit – Congress – Shutdown – Michigan

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, January 31, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 40% Down 2 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: This average provides the clearest look yet at President Trump’s job rating post-shutdown, and it indicates slippage. Today’s […]

Talks On North Korea’s Denuclearization `Getting Nowhere`

As President Donald Trump hails progress, a source familiar with details of the high-profile visit of North Korea’s top negotiator this month says those discussions, which were at both the State Department level and with […]

Poll Shows Majority Don’t Believe Border Deal Will Be Reached

A recent poll conducted by Hill-Harris X shows there is a general consensus among those surveyed that President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders’ border security negotiations will not result in an agreement. The Hill writes […]

Ocasio-Cortez, Markey to Propose ‘Green New Deal’ Legislation

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Edward Markey are allegedly revealing their legislation for the upcoming Green New Deal. According to The Hill, the office of the senator confirmed that Markey was collaborating with Ocasio-Cortez to […]

Trump Needs Intervention on Intelligence, Schumer Writes in Letter to Coats

After President Donald Trump stated that U.S. intelligence chiefs were “naive” about Iran and perhaps should “go back to school,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made a suggestion that it was the President who needed tutoring, […]

Scientists Protest Plan to Weaken U.S. Gender-discrimination Law

A controversial U.S. government proposal to change the law that prohibits gender discrimination in education has drawn more than 89,000 public comments, including many from scientists. At issue is the future of Title IX, the […]

Special Counsel Says Private Files Were Used in “Disinformation Campaign” to Discredit Russia Probe

Special counsel Robert Mueller said in a Wednesday filing that a Russian company with access to some files from a case against Russian troll farms were disseminated as part of an online “disinformation campaign” aimed […]

U.S.-China Trade Talks Nearing End with Many Questions Unanswered

The American business community has begun expressing concerns over the multitude of unanswered questions remaining in the trade war between China and the United States, as the two countries are nearing the end of their […]

Trump Insists He Hasn’t Spoken to Whitaker about Ending Mueller’s Probe

President Donald Trump on Wednesday stated that did not discuss ending of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation with Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker. “I haven’t spoken to him about that,” Trump told The Daily Caller […]

Speier Presses Mnuchin Over Deal with Ukrainian Billionaire Blavatnik

California lawmaker Jackie Speier, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin last week seeking information about a deal he reportedly struck in 2017 with Ukrainian billionaire Leonid Blavatnik, […]

January 30, 2019 Lisa Clayton

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Super Bowl Interest Dips – New Hampshire – Louisiana – Congress – Anger, Enthusiasm

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, January 30, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on seven polls, ranging from 38% (ABC/WaPo, Quinnipiac) to 45% (Rasmussen). Without these extremes, […]

North Carolina GOP Blasts Dem Governor after News of New York Campaign Kickoff

North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper stirred the public for allegedly scheduling a “re-election kickoff” event in a private New York City home rather than in his home state, Fox News informed. “I hope you’ll […]

Mnuchin Under Scrutiny from Democrats

Congressional Democrats have increased their pressure on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to provide details about his ties to Ukrainian billionaire Len Blavantnik as well as the Trump administration’s decision to remove sanctions on three Russian […]

Roger Stone: More FBI Agents Swarmed my Home than Security Guards at Benghazi

Former Trump adviser Roger Stone condemned the raid at his home in Fort Lauderdale, calling it “over the top” and saying that the FBI sent less men to “protect our compound in Benghazi,” Fox News […]

Moscow Secretly Offered Pyongyang a Nuclear Power Plant in Exchange for Dismantling Weapons

Russian officials made a secret proposal to North Korea last fall aimed at resolving deadlocked negotiations with the Trump administration over the North’s nuclear weapons program, said U.S. officials familiar with the discussions, Washington Post […]

House Committee Moves Ahead with Plans to Have President’s Tax Returns Released

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Richard Neal, is considering the best way to request that President Donald Trump’s tax returns be released as activists on the left are increasing pressure. Democrats […]

U.S. Scientists Vary as Government Shutdown Ends

The U.S. government has reopened, temporarily, after a historic 35-day shutdown that paralyzed the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA and other key science agencies, Nature reports. Many federal scientists went back to work this week, […]

Intelligence Chiefs Reveal Gap With Trump on North Korea, Iran and ISIS

President Donald Trump has previously declared that North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat, touted the defeat of ISIS, doubted the effects of climate change and railed against the Iran nuclear deal as “defective […]

U.S. Formally Requests Extradition of Huawei CEO from Canada

Officials in Canada stated on Tuesday that the extradition of an executive at the Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei from Canada was formally requested by the U.S. government. According to The Wall Street Journal, a spokesperson […]

January 29, 2019 Lisa Clayton

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Tuesday Trivia – Shutdown Dashboard –– Trump and the Economy – State of the Union

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, January 29, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on ten polls, ranging from 38% (ABC/WaPo) to 45% (Rasmussen). Without these two […]

Democrats Reintroduce a Bill to Stop Trump from Using Preemptive Nuclear Strike

Democratic Representative Ted Lieu and Senator Ed Markey stated on Tuesday that they are going to reintroduce a bill that will stop the President from being able to launch a first strike nuclear attack without […]

Russia Says U.S. Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil are Illegitimate

Russia on Tuesday described the latest sanctions against the government of President Nicolas Maduro as illegitimate, even as the Russian Finance Ministry acknowledged that its loans to Caracas were at risk because of the crisis, […]

Hundreds of Migrants Cross Arizona Border

Hundreds of people were dropped off on Highway 2 in Mexico early Thursday, after which they crossed the Arizona border, said acting Tucson Border Patrol Chief Jeffrey Self. “They walked about 100 yards, climbed under […]

Roger Stone: Mueller Will Try to Charge Trump, Pence with ‘Hoped-up Frame of Russian Collusion’

Former Trump adviser Roger Stone stated that the indictment against him which is part of the Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe is an attempt to silence him because he supports President Trump, Fox News […]

Lawmakers Pushing for End of Shutdowns for Good

The White House is looking for legislative options to prevent another scenario of the 35-day shutdown, and their propositions for the solution has drawn the attention and support of top leaders of Congress. Bills were introduced […]

U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against Huawei, Claims It Stole Trade Secrets

The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against China’s tech giant Huawei, striking a blow to efforts by the United States and China to negotiate an end to their trade war. The two cases against […]

Trump Blasts Blumenthal, Questions Why He’s on Senate Judiciary After Vietnam Scandal

President Donald Trump blasted Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., on Twitter referring to him as “Da Nang Dick” and doubting his readiness to serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee in the wake of decade-old allegations of […]

House Speaker Pelosi Invites President to Deliver SOTU Address on February 5

The White House said Monday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited President Donald Trump to hold the State of the Union speech on February 5, adding that he accepted her invitation. In a letter […]

Cohen Gets New Lawyers Before Testifying to House, Senate

Michael Cohen, the President’s former lawyer and long-time “fixer,” hired two new criminal defense lawyers after agreeing to testify before House Intelligence Committee on February 8 and the Senate Intelligence Committee a few days later. […]