Wednesday 15 March 2017

Politics: Trump's First 100 Days: A rare piece of information on Trump's finances

Sponsored by SEIU | Trump paid $38 million in income taxes in 2005, the White House says; Anxiety, fear, uncertainty mark federal employees awaiting Trump’s budget; Lawyers facing off on Trump travel ban before judge in Maryland on Wednesday; The cost of failure on health care? It may be the rest of Trump's agenda.; This is why the Congressional Budget Office will likely survive Republican attacks; Mulvaney’s suggestion that a person making one-fifth his pay couldn’t afford a doctor; Trump’s First 100 Days: A rare piece of information on Trump’s finances; Trump paid $38 million in income tax in 2005 and reported a $105 million write-down, tax return revealed on MSNBC says; White House tries to salvage GOP health-care proposal as criticism mounts; Trump-era Republicans unleash string of inflammatory comments; Senate Judiciary chairman: No deputy AG vote until we get an FBI briefing on Russia; Trump's new entry ban to be challenged in courts hours before it takes effect; Republicans serve appetizer, complain that you haven’t praised the whole meal; Fact-checking the White House’s rhetoric on the CBO report;
 
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Trump’s First 100 Days: A rare piece of information on Trump’s finances
Also: Can the president win on health care, and can Justice find wiretapping evidence?
Trump loyalists sound alarm over 'RyanCare,' endangering health bill
Voices in Trump's movement warn that the GOP health-care plan is "a trap set for Trump."
 
Trump paid $38 million in income taxes in 2005, the White House says
Two pages of the tax document were obtained by David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, and he first reported about it Tuesday evening on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show."
 
Anxiety, fear, uncertainty mark federal employees awaiting Trump’s budget
Trump's expected $54 billion cut proposal from the domestic discretionary budget worries feds about their agencies' missions, their health-care benefits, retirement plans and even their jobs.
 
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The cost of failure on health care? It may be the rest of Trump's agenda.
Tax cuts, infrastructure and other White House priorities hinge on scaling back Obamacare.
 
This is why the Congressional Budget Office will likely survive Republican attacks
Ironically, this report may burnish the CBO's reputation as nonpartisan.
 
Mulvaney’s suggestion that a person making one-fifth his pay couldn’t afford a doctor
The White House budget director apparently does not understand how Obamacare works.
 
Trump’s First 100 Days: A rare piece of information on Trump’s finances
Also: Can the president win on health care, and can Justice find wiretapping evidence?
 
 
Trump paid $38 million in income tax in 2005 and reported a $105 million write-down, tax return revealed on MSNBC says
David Cay Johnston, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, said he obtained the tax document, which was reported Tuesday evening on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show." The revelation provides the most recent glimpse at Donald Trump's income. Last fall, the New York Times reported that Trump reported a $916 million loss in 1995, which enabled him […]
 
White House tries to salvage GOP health-care proposal as criticism mounts
There was widespread dissatisfaction with the GOP plan from House and Senate lawmakers — conservative and moderate — after the CBO estimated that 24 million fewer people would have health insurance a decade from now under the bill.
 
Trump-era Republicans unleash string of inflammatory comments
Minorities, the poor and women are often the targets.
 
Senate Judiciary chairman: No deputy AG vote until we get an FBI briefing on Russia
Grassley has been waiting for weeks for a Russia briefing from the FBI director — and he's willing to hold Rod Rosenstein's confirmation vote hostage to get it
 
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Trump's new entry ban to be challenged in courts hours before it takes effect
The revised order takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday unless judges in Washington state, Maryland or Hawaii act to block it.
 
Republicans serve appetizer, complain that you haven’t praised the whole meal
But there's probably a good reason for their "three-pronged" approach.
 
Fact-checking the White House’s rhetoric on the CBO report
White House press secretary Sean Spicer twisted a number of facts as he tried to rebut the CBO report on the House health-care bill
 
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