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Month: November 2019

Foreign Policy

U.S. Suspends Lebanon Aid Indefinitely

November 3, 2019 Focus Washington

The United States has put military aid to support Lebanese Armed Forces to an indefinite hold, a source with knowledge told CNN. The White House placed an “indefinite implementation hold” on security assistance, including a […]

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Foreign Policy

Trump ‘Would Love’ to Host Zelensky at Capitol Hill

November 3, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump appeared to be unequivocal to host a meeting for his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House and said that he would ‘love to’ have the world leader come to Capitol […]

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Trump: I love New York, but De Blasio and Cuomo Ruined It

November 3, 2019 Focus Washington

President Trump on Friday said he loves everything about New York — except the people running the city and state, New York Post reports. In a series of tweets, the commander in chief ripped into […]

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Anti-Cop Protesters in Brooklyn Blast Fare Evasion Crackdown

November 3, 2019 Focus Washington

Close to a thousand anti-police protesters descended on Downtown Brooklyn Friday night, blocking traffic, vandalizing a city bus and shouting obscene insults at NYPD cops, New York Post informs. The demonstration formed soon after 7 […]

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‘Conan the Dog Got More Publicity Than Me’, Trump Says as He Praises US Raid to Destroy Baghdadi

November 3, 2019 Focus Washington

Speaking at a rally in Mississippi on Friday night, President Donald Trump specifically focused on a dog that took part in last week’s US special operations raid near the Syria-Turkey border to take out top […]

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White House Official who Heard Trump’s Call with Ukraine Leader Testified that He was Told to Keep Quiet

November 2, 2019 Focus Washington

Several days after President Trump’s phone call with the leader of Ukraine, a top White House lawyer instructed a senior national security official not to discuss his grave concerns about the leaders’ conversation with anyone […]

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Trump Calls Impeachment an ‘Attack on Democracy’

November 2, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump said that he was a victim of an impeachment effort years in the making, The Hill reports. The President portrayed the investigation in harsh terms during a rally in Tupelo, Miss., equating […]

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GOP Lawmaker Dubs House Impeachment Proceedings ‘Baseless’

November 2, 2019 Focus Washington

House Representative Jodey Arrington said the House impeachment proceedings were ‘baseless’ and added that Democrats did not follow the same script as previous inquiries, but rather a whole new one. “There’s an old Texas saying: […]

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Trump Campaign Says Impeachment Vote was a Fundraising Boon

November 2, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s campaign says House Democrats’ vote to formally launch an impeachment inquiry has only emboldened the President’s supporters and bolstered their campaign contributions, CNN reports. “Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment resolution day turned into a […]

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W.T.O. Allows China to Impose Trade Sanctions on U.S. Goods

November 2, 2019 Focus Washington

The World Trade Organization gave China the go-ahead on Friday to impose sanctions on up to $3.6 billion of American goods in a fight over unfairly cheap Chinese goods, a decision that is likely to […]

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Zuckerberg Responds To Aaron Sorkin Letter with Quote from ‘The Social Network’

November 1, 2019 Focus Washington

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin took a swipe at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly not “defending free speech,” instead “assaulting truth.” Sorkin, who was the screenwriter of the “The Social Network” movie about Zuckerberg and Facebook, […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: ISIS – Iowa – Pennsylvania – Trump vs. Generic Democrat

November 1, 2019 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, November 1, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 43%Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 39% (WaPo/ABC) to 45% (The Economist, Rasmussen). […]

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Washington Considers Sanctions on Spain in Latest Push for Regime Change in Venezuela

November 1, 2019 Focus Washington

Trump’s administration is pressuring towards financial sanctions against Spain for what they say is its financial support of Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela. The U.S. Treasury Department is thinking about sanctions against Spain’s central bank […]

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Trump Changes Permanent Residence to Florida due to Bad Treatment by New Yorkers

November 1, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump announced that the location of his permanent residence will be Palm Beach, Florida., and blamed it on the local New York leaders who he says had treated him “very badly.” “New York, […]

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Trump Says he Wants to Read Ukraine Call Transcript in Televised ‘Fireside Chat’

November 1, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump said Thursday he might read the transcript of his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky aloud to Americans in the style of the famous fireside chats delivered by President Franklin Roosevelt during the 1930s and 1940s, […]

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Vindman’s Identical Twin Might Be Called to Testify

November 1, 2019 Focus Washington

The identical twin brother of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a National Security Council official who raised his concerns before House committees this week about President Trump’s July phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart, might also be called to […]

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House Signals Green Light to Impeachment Procedure

November 1, 2019 Focus Washington

The House of Representatives has taken major steps to make Donald Trump the third president in history to be impeached, after it approved procedures for the inquiry that is highly likely to explode in the […]

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Trump Refuses to Cooperate on Impeachment Inquiry

November 1, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump continually ignores requests for cooperation in the impeachment inquiry, in spite of the House vote on a resolution to formalize the process after Capitol Hill and the Republican Party’s criticism, Newsweek reported. […]

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Omar Facing Backlash over Armernian Genocide Vote

November 1, 2019 Focus Washington

Representative Ilhan Omar is facing backlash after she appeared to ‘echo language’ used by Turkey to deny the Armenian genocide, The Hill reports. Omar is one of two Democrats who voted “present” on a House […]

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