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  • [ February 17, 2019 ] McCabe Says his Interview with Trump was ‘Bizarre’ Administration
  • [ February 17, 2019 ] Schiff Says Trump has No Basis for his Emergency Declartion Politics
  • [ February 17, 2019 ] Russia Says Ready for Arctic LNG 2 Project Even If U.S. Sanctions Scare off Investors Foreign Policy
  • [ February 17, 2019 ] U.S. Businessman Calvey to Be Detained in Russia Until April 13 Foreign Policy
  • [ February 16, 2019 ] Trump Declares Emergency on Border, Eyes $8B for Wall as he Signs Spending Package Politics
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Schiff Says Trump has No Basis for his Emergency Declartion

February 17, 2019 Focus Washington

Democratic Representative Adam Schiff in an interview Sunday stated that President Donald Trump has no basis on his emergency declaration for the border wall. According to The Hill, Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence […]

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Trump Declares Emergency on Border, Eyes $8B for Wall as he Signs Spending Package

February 16, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump stated on Friday that he is declaring a national emergency on the southern border, using his executive powers in order to allocate billions towards building a wall, although he has already signed […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Amazon in New York – Trump’s Re-nomination – Candidate Coalitions – Jacksonville Mayor

February 15, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Friday, February 15, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 44% Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 39% (Reuters) to 50% (Rasmussen). Without […]

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Robert Wolf: ‘Former Vice President Biden is 90% Running for President’

February 15, 2019 Focus Washington

Former Vice President Joe Biden is serious about entering the 2020 presidential race, sources familiar with his plans have stated. “It’s pretty clear he’s jumping in,” one source with direct knowledge of Biden’s plans told […]

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Pelosi Says a Democratic President Could Declare Gun Violence a National Emergency

February 15, 2019 Focus Washington

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday stated that if President Donald Trump can declare a national emergency in order to circumvent Congress to fund the border wall, there’s no reason that a Democratic president […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Polling the Green New Deal – Macron in France

February 14, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Thursday, February 14, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45% Down 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on six polls, ranging from 39% (Reuters) to 50% (Rasmussen). Without […]

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Ocasio-Cortez ‘Shocked’ at Lobbyist Tactics to Gain Influence

February 14, 2019 Focus Washington

Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she was “shocked” when she found out that Washington D.C. lobbyists pay great amounts of money in order to buy influence. “Today I left a hearing on homelessness & saw […]

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Senator Says Trump ‘Violated Law’ in Defense of Saudi

February 14, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump has been accused of violating the law and attempting to conceal Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader and his alleged connection in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Members of the Senate […]

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Manafort Lied to Special Counsel After Plea Deal

February 14, 2019 Focus Washington

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort may be facing a more severe prison sentence after a federal judge ruled Wednesday that he had lied to the special counsel after signing a plea deal with him. […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Rating Harris at Home – California – New Jersey – Early Primary Trial Heat

February 13, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, February 13, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 46% Up 1 from yesterday RON’S COMMENT: As we get new polls, it shows President Trump’s approval rating rising in the aftermath […]

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Democratic Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Gives $1,000 to Families as a Test for Universal Basic Income

February 13, 2019 Focus Washington

Andrew Yang, who is the youngest Democratic presidential candidate, is giving $1,000 a month to two families as a way to show that a universal basic income, a government-funded policy for all American adults with […]

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Burr Criticizes Cohen for Postponing Hearing Again

February 13, 2019 Focus Washington

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman, Richard Burr, said Tuesday that “any goodwill” between his committee and the President’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is gone. “I can assure you that any goodwill that […]

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President’s Former Lawyer Says Trump Incapable of Interviewing with Mueller

February 13, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer John Dowd said in a podcast Tuesday that he advised his former client not to sit for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller because he believed Trump was incapable […]

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Trump ‘not Happy’ with Border Deal, Doesn’t Believe Second Shutdown Is Likely

February 13, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump expressed dissatisfaction with the border security deal reached by congressional negotiators but noted that a second government shutdown was unlikely to happen. He also didn’t immediately commit to signing the agreement reached […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Tuesday Trivia – Mueller Investigation – Governing the Country

February 12, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, February 12, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45% Same as yesterday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls, ranging from 38% (Reuters) to 52% (Rasmussen). Without these […]

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Utah Governor Signs Limited Medicaid Expansion

February 12, 2019 Focus Washington

The governor of Utah defied voters on Monday by signing only a limited Medicaid expansion plan, despite their having approved a full expansion several months ago. Republican Governor Gary Herbert’s move immediately provoked protests by […]

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Astronaut Mark Kelly Launches Campaign for Senate

February 12, 2019 Focus Washington

Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, who rocketed to the national spotlight when his Congresswoman wife Gabrielle Giffords was shot in a failed assassination attempt, announced Tuesday he’s running to finish John McCain’s last term in the […]

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Beto O’Rourke Opposes Trump on Border Wall

February 12, 2019 Focus Washington

Former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke challenged President Donald Trump on Monday in a public event which took place at the same time as the President’s 2020 campaign rally, saying that walls are not what […]

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Agreement ‘in Principle’ Reached to Avoid Second Shutdown

February 12, 2019 Focus Washington

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill said Monday night that they had reached an agreement “in principle” to avert a second government shutdown in two months that would happen after federal funding lapses on Saturday. “We’ve had […]

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Trump Attacks ‘Green New Deal,’ O’Rourke in 2020 Rally

February 12, 2019 Focus Washington

Monday marked the beginning of President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaigning season, which he started by attacking the Green New Deal and socialism. Speaking in El Paso, Texas, Trump told the crowd that he had skipped […]

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Trump Says Warren Needs to Focus on her Heritage, Instead of Investigating his Business

February 12, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Monday stated that Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren needs to focus on her heritage instead of investigating his finances. “I got one [letter] from Pocahontas today where it said that ‘Donald Trump, […]

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LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Northam in Virginia – Tax Law Seen as Good for Wealthy – Trump’s Change

February 11, 2019 Lisa Clayton

Your Daily Polling Update for Monday, February 11, 2019 TRUMP JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 45% Up 2 from Friday RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on four polls––and it gives us a fuller picture of President […]

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Kamala Harris Admits to Smoking Marijuana when She Was Younger

February 11, 2019 Focus Washington

Democratic Senator Kamala Harris stated on Monday that she had smoked marijuana in the past. According to The Hill, in a radio interview on WWPR’s The Breakfast Club, Harris, who recently entered the 2020 presidential […]

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Freshman Rep. Max Rose Slams Ilhan Omar’s Tweets, Says They’re ‘Hurtful to Jews’

February 11, 2019 Focus Washington

Representative Ilhan Omar was slammed by freshman rep. Max Rose, who claimed Omar’s tweets were ‘deeply hurtful to Jews’, and suggested that lawmakers were ‘bought off’ by a pro-Israel lobbying group, The Hill reports. “When […]

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Representative Walter Jones Dies at 76

February 11, 2019 Focus Washington

GOP Representative Walter Jones of North Carolina died on Sunday at age 76, a statement on the congressman’s website said. “After faithfully representing the people of Eastern North Carolina in Congress and the state legislature […]

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Trump Accuses Democrats of Sabotaging Border Security Deal

February 11, 2019 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Monday bashed at Democrats after the negotiations about the border wall because lawmakers wanted to cap the number of beds available to hold detained immigrants. “The Democrats do not want us […]

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Mulvaney Indicates Another Shutdown Is Likely

February 11, 2019 Focus Washington

Amid efforts among congressional negotiators to reach a funding deal by Friday, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said a second government shutdown cannot be completely ruled out. He noted that if funding […]

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Elizabeth Warren Announces 2020 Presidential Bid with Economic Appeal

February 11, 2019 Focus Washington

Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Saturday she will run for president, adding a fierce advocate of economic populism to an already crowded field of Democrats vying for the presidency in 2020, Reuters reports. Warren, a […]

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Bezos’s Story Spurs U.S. Prosecutors’ Scrutiny of AMI

February 9, 2019 Focus Washington

Federal prosecutors are reviewing the National Enquirer’s handling of its story about Jeff Bezos’s extramarital affair to determine if the company violated an earlier cooperation deal with prosecutors, according to two people familiar with the […]

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Government Shutdown Delayed 60,000 Immigration Court Hearing

February 8, 2019 Focus Washington

The latest government shutdown apparently delayed around 60,000 immigration court hearings. According to The Associated Press, Kathryn Mattingly, a spokesperson for the Executive Office for Immigration Review, said on Friday that the hearings would take […]

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    February 17, 2019
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