Category Archives: First 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency
“This Is A Historic Event”: GOP Leaders Say Tax Reform Will Pass By Week’s End
After weeks of frenzied closed-door haggling, Republicans appear to be on the cusp of what could be the greatest legislative achievement of the Trump administration: Passing the first comprehensive tax reform plan since 1986. And on Sunday, Republican leaders reiterated that they had cobbled together the votes to push the reconciled version of the GOP […]
Bob Corker Says Tillerson “Doesn’t Plan To Be Ousted”
Update: Bob Corker, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, said Thursday that he spoke with Tillerson after the New York Times reported that he would soon be pushed out of the Trump administration, and the secretary of state has no plans to leave his post. That's contrary to the NYT's claim that he's judiciously […]
Watch Live: Trump To Label Opioid Epidemic A ‘Public Health Emergency’
In a long-awaited public address, President Donald Trump will reportedly direct his Department of Health and Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency under the Public Health Service Act during a speech set for 2 pm ET Thursday. The speech will be streamed on the White House live stream below […]
Feud Erupts Between Trump And Corker Just Hours Before Critical Senate Meeting
At 1pm EST President Trump is heading to Capitol Hill to huddle with Senate Republicans in hopes that he can somehow mend fences with certain members of his own party and save his tax plan from meeting the same fate as his Obamacare repeal efforts. That said, he seems to be off to a bad […]
Trump Doubles Down On Threat To Revoke Network News Licenses
Update (8:20 pm ET): Fresh off a rally in Pennsylvania where the president talked up the administration's tax reform plans, Trump has returned to twitter to round out a day of roasting NBC News by doubling down on his earlier assertion that the FCC should consider revoking the network's license(s). Of course, as one FCC […]
Tillerson Called Trump A “Moron”, Was Close To Resigning
In recent days, foreign policy pundits have been scratching their heads over the apparent lack of directly lines of communication between the White House and the State Department, which led Trump to chide Sec State Rex Tillerson over the weekend, tweeting that there is no need to negotiate with North Korea, as Trump would “handle […]