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Month: February 2019

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Catholic Church – Trump in Texas – New National Demo Numbers

February 28, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, February 28, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 41% (Reuters) to 49% (Rasmussen). Without […]

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Foreign Policy

Lighthizer Says China Trade Deal Must Be Sustainable

February 28, 2019 Focus Washington

The top U.S. trade negotiator Robert Lighthizer said Wednesday that any deal reached between the United States and China will require much more work and must be enforceable. “I don’t think we should accept anything […]

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Trump ‘Impressed’ Cohen Told House Panel He Saw No Collusion Between Campaign, Russia

February 28, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump stated that he was actually “impressed” with his former lawyer Michael Cohen, after in his testimony before the U.S. House panel he stated that there was no collusion between Trump’s presidential campaign […]

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Environment

Nancy Pelosi Rejects Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal

February 28, 2019 Focus Washington

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal would not score in Congress since it was very unfocused and too broad, adding that now is a time when climate change needed “focused, […]

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Ex-Reagan Official Says Republicans Are Scared of Cohen’s Testimony, Because It’s True

February 28, 2019 Focus Washington

A former official of the Reagan administration, as well as both Bush administrations, Peter Wehner reprimanded House Oversight Committee Republicans for their “frantic effort to discredit” the former attorney and fixer of President Trump, Michael […]

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Trump Inaugural Committee Subpoenaed by DC Attorney General

February 28, 2019 Focus Washington

Documents related to the Trump inaugural committee have been subpoenaed by the District of Columbia attorney general, who is investigating “whether the Committee’s expenditures were wasteful.” His office is particularly interested in how funds were […]

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Foreign Policy

Congress Introduced Bill that Allows Disclosure of Putin’s Finances

February 28, 2019 Focus Washington

A new bill introduced by two U.S. congresswomen is seeking to instruct the American intelligence community to disclose Russian President Vladimir Putin’s finances and report on Kremlin-linked corruption, ABC News reported. The newly submitted Vladimir […]

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Democratic Freshman Lawmaker Tlaib Raises Specter of Racism during Cohen Testimony

February 28, 2019 Focus Washington

Democratic House freshman, Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., accused fellow lawmaker Mark Meadows of being racist during Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony, Fox News informed. Tlaib was addressing the chamber when she turned her comments to a Trump […]

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Foreign Policy

Trump Leaves Vietnam Summit Without a Deal

February 28, 2019 Focus Washington

The Vietnam summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un ended with no deal Thursday after Kim insisted that the U.S. lifts all sanctions on his regime. But for President Trump that […]

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Iran’s Zarif Returns to Post Two Days After Resigning

February 28, 2019 Focus Washington

Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, returned to his post just two days after saying he intended to step down, The New York Times reports. Zarif’s move comes after President Hassan Rouhani rejected his resignation. […]

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Matt Gaetz Investigated by Florida Bar over Cohen Tweet

February 28, 2019 Focus Washington

The Florida lawyer oversight group has begun investigating the state’s representative Matt Gaetz over a potentially threatening tweet aimed at President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen just hours before he testified before Congress […]

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Cohen Testifies, Detailing Allegations Against Trump

February 28, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer delivered his long-awaited testimony before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, painting a picture of the President as a mob-like figure involved in a plethora of crimes. Cohen, who […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Texas Politics – Sanders Moves Up in New National Poll

February 27, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, February 27, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45% Up 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 42% (Morning Consult) to 49% (Rasmussen). […]

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Donald Trump Jr. Lashes Out at Media, ‘Big Tech’ for Silencing Conservative Speech

February 27, 2019 Focus Washington

Donald Trump Jr. Blasted the left, the media and social media platforms for going against conservatives and censoring free speech, Fox News informed. “Why is the press standing by as the First Amendment erodes?” Tucker […]

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Foreign Policy

Congress Passes New Bill, Targets Moscow with Additional Sanctions

February 27, 2019 Focus Washington

The website of the U.S. Congress has published the latest draft of a new bill targeting Russia with additional sanctions, Unian reported. The bipartisan bill was introduced by Senators Lindsey Graham, Bob Menendez, the late […]

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HHS Documents Allege Sexual Abuse Against Minors in Custody

February 27, 2019 Focus Washington

Internal documents from the Department of Health and Human Services show that in the period between 2014-2018 the agency received over 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors. During that same period, another 1,303 […]

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Trump Paints North Korean Potential As ‘Great Economic Power’

February 27, 2019 Focus Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued to press the theme of North Korea’s economic potential, saying that successful denuclearization talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could help turn the country “into a […]

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Kamala Harris Defends Green New Deal Despite Estimated Costs

February 27, 2019 Focus Washington

Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris stood in defence of the Green New Deal despite its cost estimates which are vehemently high, Fox News informed. She fully endorsed the agreement, although Republicans have cited nonpartisan estimates […]

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Administration

Rep. Matt Gaetz Apologizes for Tweet Suggesting Michael Cohen Has ‘Girlfriends’

February 27, 2019 Focus Washington

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz issued an apology late Tuesday over a tweet about Michael Cohen in which he claims that President Trump’s former attorney had been unfaithful to his wife, and stated that his words […]

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Administration

House Rejects Trump Emergency Declaration, Setting up Potential Veto Showdown

February 27, 2019 Focus Washington

Democrats on Tuesday pushed unprecedented legislation in order to block Trump’s national emergency declaration to allocate billions of additional dollars to his southern border wall, raising the prospect that Trump might issue his first-ever veto […]

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Responds to Ivanka Trump’s Comments on Green New Deal

February 27, 2019 Focus Washington

Shortly after the President’s daughter and senior White House adviser Ivanka Trump said Americans don’t want to be guaranteed a minimum wage but rather work for it, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fired back, saying that “a […]

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Foreign Policy

Tens of Thousands of Visas Rejected Under President’s Travel Ban

February 27, 2019 Focus Washington

The State Department denied over 37,000 visa applications last year as a result of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, data released by the agency shows. A spokesperson for the State Department confirmed that visa applications […]

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Cohen to Testify Against President, Call Him a ‘Cheat’

February 27, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen is set to testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee that his former boss was familiar with efforts by his longtime adviser Roger Stone to contact […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Teenagers Look Ahead – Ideological Self-Perceptions of Parties – Top Issues

February 26, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, February 26, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 41% (Reuters) to 49% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

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House Says It Has Proof Trump Trump Requested Ally to Be in Charge of Cohen Probe

February 26, 2019 Focus Washington

The House Judiciary Committee said it had proof that can back the report that President Donald Trump demanded from ex-acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to put U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman in charge of a probe […]

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Gillibrand Defends Green New Deal, Calls Climate Change ‘Greatest Threat to Humanity We Have’

February 26, 2019 Focus Washington

Democratic presidential hopeful Kirsten Gillibrand made a comparation between the Green New Deal and NASA’s race for the Moon in the 1960s, saying that “global climate change… is the greatest threat to humanity we have,” […]

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Business

SEC Attack on Musk Pushes Tesla Shares Lower

February 26, 2019 Focus Washington

Shares in Tesla could fall by a fifth in value if the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest attack on Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk sees the regulator again push for his removal, according to […]

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Environment

U.S. Climate and Oceans Agency in Midst of Leadership Shake-Up

February 26, 2019 Focus Washington

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which has been without a permanent leader since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, is in the midst of a leadership shake-up, Nature writes. Timothy […]

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Ocasio-Cortez Blasts GOP Senator Over Mussolini Quote

February 26, 2019 Focus Washington

Republican Senator John Cornyn was slammed by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after he quoted Italian fascist dictator Benito Musolini, Newsweek reported. The Texas senator then explained that this was an attempt to  “remind or teach” democratic socialists […]

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Foreign Policy

Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Resigns amid U.S. Confrontation

February 26, 2019 Focus Washington

Iran’s foreign minister and architect of the landmark nuclear deal, Javad Zarif, resigned on Monday, hobbling the relatively moderate government of President Hassan Rouhani and its chances of keeping the pact alive, Wall Street Journal […]

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