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Month: June 2019

Foreign Policy

Palestinian Authority Targets Bahrain Conference Attendees

June 30, 2019 Focus Washington

The Palestinian Authority has targeted local businessmen who participated in a U.S.-led economic conference in Bahrain last week centered on improving the Palestinian economy, arresting one attendee and trying to detain another, The Wall Street […]

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Administration

El Salvador Migrant Dies in Border Patrol Custody

June 30, 2019 Focus Washington

A man from El Salvador has died while being held in federal immigration custody, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shared Saturday night, Washington Examiner reported. The death marks the eighth such incident where a person […]

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Administration

White House Press Secretary Grisham Bruised in Brawl with the North Koreans

June 30, 2019 Focus Washington

The new White House press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, got into a scuffle with North Korean officials on Sunday during a chaotic scene outside a meeting room where President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim […]

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Administration

Rapinoe Accepts Ocasio-Cortez’s Invitation to Visit Congress After She Turns Down Trump

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

Megan Rapinoe, the U.S. women’s soccer superstar, denied an invitation to the White House. After that, she was invited by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez to visit Congress as she quickly accepted. Ocasio Cortez used Twitter to […]

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Foreign Policy

Trump Defends Saudi Crown Prince on G20 Summit

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

According to CNN, President Donald Trump insisted on Saturday that he raised the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “I did mention it to him very […]

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Administration

Putin: Russia Will Do All It Can to Improve Ties with U.S.

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

The G20 summit is happening currently in Osaka, Japan as the top world leaders made several meetings between themselves and gave press conferences. One of them was Russian President Vladimir Putin, who on Sunday, said […]

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Administration

Sanders Used Campaign Email to Warn Immigrants of ICE Raids Locations

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

Democratic presidential candidates started their moves to earn the trust of the American voters, as one of the biggest favorites from the Democratic party, Bernie Sanders, used his campaign email list to warn voters in […]

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Foreign Policy

Erdoğan: Trump Won’t Impose Sanctions over Russian Missile Deal

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that President Donald Trump told him that the U.S. would not impose any sanctions on Turkey after they decided to buy a Russian missile defense system. According […]

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Politics

Anderson Cooper Criticizes Trump over Putin

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

On Friday, Anderson Cooper criticized President Donald Trump after Trump joked with Vladimir Putin about the Russian election in the American presidential election and gave praise to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he […]

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Politics

Trump: Kamala Harris ‘Given too Much Credit’ for Attack on Biden

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

On Saturday, President Donald Trump said that he thought that Senator Kamala Harris was given too much credit after the heated atmosphere on the first Democratic presidential debate on Thursday, as Trump had a news […]

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Administration

Senate Blocks Effort to Restrict Trump’s Iran War Powers

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

Republicans in Senate had a huge victory as they blocked an effort to restrict President Trump’s ability to go to war with Iran with more than 40 Senators voting against the proposal of the Democrats. […]

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Politics

Trump Bashes Democrats, Saying They Might Change Name to ‘Socialist Party’

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

The first Democratic presidential debate happened a couple of days ago and President Trump already made his moves as he said on Friday that there is a rumor that the party will change its name […]

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Foreign Policy

Trump’s Keenness on Putin Is Something He Can’t Help

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s fondness of Russia’s Vladimir Putin is no secret. Ever since he took office, Trump has publicly shown his tendency to believe Putin when he denies interfering in the 2016 presidential election. A […]

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Politics

Jimmy Carter Calls Trump Illegitimate President

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

Former President Jimmy Carter said Friday that Donald Trump was not a legitimate president, who only won the 2016 presidency as a result of Russian interference. “There’s no doubt that the Russians did interfere in […]

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Administration

Supreme Court to Decide on DACA

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

The Supreme Court has agreed to look into whether the Trump administration can go on with its plan to put an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which provides protections to young […]

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Foreign Policy

Trump Says Meeting with Chinese President ‘Went Better than Expected’

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Osaka where they discussed trade relations between their countries, a meeting Trump himself said “went better than expected.” He deemed […]

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Administration

Trump is Only Leader that Wants a New Nuclear Deal with Iran

June 29, 2019 Focus Washington

The G20 summit is happening at the moment in Osaka, Japan, as President Trump is expected to meet with the world’s biggest leaders in order to seek support for a new deal with Iran, but […]

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Politics

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Debate Analysis – Americans and Social Security – Trump vs. Generic Democrat

June 28, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, June 28, 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 50% (Rasmussen). Without these two […]

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Business

India to Use Euros to Buy Russian Weapons and Avoid U.S. Sanctions

June 28, 2019 Focus Washington

The Indian government could purchase Russian arms using the euro so as to avoid the threat of U.S. sanctions for buying military hardware, the Economic Times reported citing sources. The report says that the payments will […]

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Environment

Clean Energy Production Overcomes Coal for First Time in U.S.

June 28, 2019 Focus Washington

Renewable energy production in the U.S. has surpassed coal for the first time in the country’s history, the latest figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show. Twenty-three percent of the American electricity in April […]

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Foreign Policy

Trump Jokingly Tells Putin not to Meddle in Election

June 28, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as part of the G20 summit in Osaka, where he asked the Russian president not to interfere in the 2020 presidential election in the U.S., […]

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Administration

McConnell on Democrats Attacking him: ‘I love it’

June 28, 2019 Focus Washington

Several Democratic presidential candidates entered in a feud with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as they portrayed him as the conservative boogeyman. McConnell was talking with the reporters on Thursday and he said: “Being criticized […]

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Administration

Supreme Court Blocks Citizenship Question Added to 2020 Census

June 28, 2019 Focus Washington

According to CNN, the Supreme Court has blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census for the time being in a major setback for the Trump administration. Writing for a 5-4 majority, […]

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Administration

House Votes Bill that Gives Federal Contractors Backpay During Shutdown

June 28, 2019 Focus Washington

A measure that provides back pay to low-wage federal contractors that were barred working during the December government shutdown was passed by the House on Tuesday. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) said: “I’m thrilled the House […]

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Administration

Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo Join Forces to Fight Against Trump’s Tariffs

June 28, 2019 Focus Washington

The U.S.-China trade war could have some serious consequences for all businesses. One of those in the game industry, like Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, issued a joint complaint to the U.S. Trade Representative in which […]

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Politics

President’s Approval Rating at 45 Percent, Disapproval Still Higher

June 28, 2019 Focus Washington

A new Hill-HarrisX poll has shown that President Donald Trump’s approval rating still stands at about 45 percent, while about 55 percent disapprove of the job he is doing. Among men and women voters there […]

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Politics

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Debate Analysis – Alabama Senate – Favorability Ratings – Assault Accusation

June 27, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, June 27, 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 50% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

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Foreign Policy

Pyongyang Denies Existence of Behind-the-Scenes Talks with U.S.

June 27, 2019 Focus Washington

Shortly after South Korean President Moon-Jae-in said the U.S. and North Korea had been holding behind-the-scenes denuclearization talks, reviving hopes of a third summit between the countries’ leaders, a top official from the North’s Foreign […]

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Administration

Group Asks that Census Citizen Question Be Blocked

June 27, 2019 Focus Washington

A number of advocacy groups filed a motion on Wednesday, requesting from a judge that he temporarily issue a preliminary injunction about the citizenship question on the 2020 census. The coalition of groups is asking […]

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Trump Complains About Defense Pact with Japan Prior to G20 Summit

June 27, 2019 Focus Washington

Before leaving for the G20 summit in Japan, President Donald Trump complained about the defense pact between the two countries, taking also the opportunity to lash out at some member countries for what he said […]

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