Wednesday, 6 March 2019

Politics A.M.: Trump’s aides struggle to defend, explain his foreign policy statements

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'I think you mean that, too': Trump's aides struggle to defend, explain his foreign policy statements
Trump's worldview has been boiled down to a mantra lacking labels and ideology: It is what Trump says it is.
GOP senators face a test of allegiance to Trump as vote on emergency declaration nears
Republicans are weighing whether to support President Trump's national emergency for a wall that is unpopular with the broader public, or buck the president and risk repercussions from the GOP base.
 
N.Y. regulators subpoena Trump's insurance broker as probes multiply
The cascading inquiries into President Trump's campaign, administration and businesses have harmed his ability to work with Democrats, Trump said.
 
Former Trump adviser says he does not plan to cooperate with House Judiciary inquiry
Former campaign aide Michael Caputo says he plans to resist testifying in the panel's probe.
 
GOP lawmakers wore pearls while gun violence victims testified. Activists were outraged.
The implication was clear, critics said: These politicians thought gun-control activists were "clutching their pearls" in overwrought and self-righteous outrage — and, specifically, female outrage.
 
 
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The Fix · Analysis
The extensive effort to bury Donald Trump's grades
Last week, Michael Cohen revealed that he threatened academic institutions not to release Donald Trump's school records. Turns out, he might have undersold it.
 
'Grab that record': How Trump's high school transcript was hidden
After Trump demanded that Obama release his academic records, military academy officials say they were told to hand over Trump's.
 
Payments to corporation owned by Ocasio-Cortez aide come under scrutiny
An attorney for Saikat Chakrabarti, chief of staff to the New York congressman, said he did not benefit from any of the funds.
 
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The Trailer: Democrats aren't worried about 'electability.' Why not?
In this edition: The "electability" ruse, the first 2020 super PAC controversy, and a Democratic brawl over AIPAC.
 
 
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The Fix · Analysis
Melania Trump defends her husband by lecturing the media on their 'trivial stories'
The first lady held a townhall on the opioids crisis.
 
Trump vowed to leave Syria in a tweet. Now, with a Sharpie, he agreed to stay.
In about-face from December, Trump "100%" endorses view that a small U.S. force is needed to protect military gains.
 
Fact Checker · Analysis
Hillary Clinton's claims about voter suppression in Georgia and Wisconsin
Clinton looks back at 2016, and gets a lot wrong about Wisconsin and Georgia.
 
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Power Up: Despite Trump's efforts, Senators won't let Khashoggi killing go
But the punishment may not fit the crime.
 
 
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