Thursday, 9 February 2017

Politics: Trump's First 100 Days: President sees bias from judges -- and Nordstrom

Trump’s travel ban may backfire — and hinder U.S. policy; Trump’s claim that friends ‘can’t borrow money’ because of Dodd-Frank; Trump’s First 100 Days: President sees bias from judges — and Nordstrom; Amid deep partisan rancor, Senate confirms Sessions for attorney general; Warren warns senators who put Sessions’s ‘radical hatred’ into Justice Department; Everything you want to know about the Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings, votes; Standing Rock Sioux chairman: 'I was slighted. I was disrespected.'; Gov. Hogan's office has blocked 450 people from his Facebook page in two years; Perriello comes out against pipeline, and in a shift, says he is skeptical of offshore drilling; Trump’s claim Ivanka is being ‘treated so unfairly’ by Nordstrom; House Democrats look for ways to resist Trump; Governors forward 428 infrastructure projects to Trump administration; Under-the-radar change to congressional ethics watchdog may weaken it; Some Democrats push for an economic message that goes beyond trashing Trump;
 
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Trump’s First 100 Days: President sees bias from judges — and Nordstrom
Gorsuch, Ivanka's line, Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Sessions: Heading into Day 21 of Trump's presidency.
Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch says Trump's attacks on judiciary are 'demoralizing'
Neil Gorsuch, nominated by the president to fill the late Justice Scalia's seat, told a Democratic senator that Trump's comments were "disheartening."
 
Trump’s travel ban may backfire — and hinder U.S. policy
The ban is breeding suspicion of the U.S. government. That may hurt enforcement and policy for years.
 
Trump’s claim that friends ‘can’t borrow money’ because of Dodd-Frank
Trump was mocked for his statement but White House officials say he was talking about community banks.
 
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Amid deep partisan rancor, Senate confirms Sessions for attorney general
The process showed how the discord between the parties has grown at the dawn of Trump's presidency.
 
Warren warns senators who put Sessions’s ‘radical hatred’ into Justice Department
"This is just the beginning," said Warren.
 
Everything you want to know about the Trump Cabinet confirmation hearings, votes
Prepare for a busy couple of weeks.
 
Standing Rock Sioux chairman: 'I was slighted. I was disrespected.'
David Archambault II expected to make a last-minute pitch to head off the Dakota Access Pipeline at the White House, but Trump's decision to move forward came first.
 
 
Gov. Hogan's office has blocked 450 people from his Facebook page in two years
About half were blocked for criticism of Hogan related to Trump's travel ban or the Baltimore riots, which aides considered "coordinated" attacks.
 
Perriello comes out against pipeline, and in a shift, says he is skeptical of offshore drilling
As a congressman, the Democrat backed oil and gas drilling off Virginia's coast.
 
Trump’s claim Ivanka is being ‘treated so unfairly’ by Nordstrom
The evidence is stacked against Trump and Spicer, resulting in Four Pinocchios.
 
House Democrats look for ways to resist Trump
Talk at their annual policy retreat was about tweeting, Obamacare and Dodd-Frank.
 
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Governors forward 428 infrastructure projects to Trump administration
The submission is in anticipation of a large initiative promised by the new president.
 
Under-the-radar change to congressional ethics watchdog may weaken it
House Speaker Paul Ryan initiated the change, blaming "obstruction" by Democrats.
 
Some Democrats push for an economic message that goes beyond trashing Trump
Less clear is whether they can harness the energy of the party's liberal base to broaden its appeal.
 
 
     
 
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