Thursday, 5 April 2018

Politics A.M.: Trump’s easy campaign promises run into the difficulties of reality

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Trump's easy campaign promises run into the difficulties of reality
The president's aggressive moves on trade and other issues have created a backlash among some allies.
The Fix • Analysis
In the Trump administration, 'goodbye' increasingly comes with a side of gripes
A fast-rising number of top advisers are departing by settling scores or sending warning signals.
 
Fact Checker • Analysis
President Trump says his 'beautiful wall' is being built. Nope.
The president keeps saying and tweeting that his long-promised wall is being built. But that's only if you think a fence is really a wall.
 
 
PowerPost • Analysis
The end of New York's 'independent Democrats,' explained
The Independent Democratic Caucus, a group of eight state senators who effectively gave Republicans control of half of New York's legislature, disbanded in a ceremony presided over by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
 
Analysis
The administration's rationale for urgent border action doesn't hold up
The White House tries to argue that this isn't about Fox News.
 
U.S. judge appears dismissive of Manafort lawsuit challenging Mueller appointment
'I don't understand what's left to your case,' judge says after Manafort moved to dismiss criminal indictments
 
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The White House won't admit that Trump gets ideas from Fox News
Sarah Huckabee Sanders again dodged a question about whether the president acts on what he sees on TV.
 
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House Ethics Committee will continue investigating GOP Rep. Duncan's spending
Ethics monitor said Tenn. lawmaker may have broken rules if he used $100k in campaign funds on travel, gifts, other personal expenses.
 
The Fix • Analysis
Race relations are poor because of racially segregated lives, GOP senator says
Most Americans don't have friends outside of their race, according to a 2014 study.
 
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Trump is sending National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border
The soldiers will be in a support role, doing tasks such as road development and intelligence gathering, according to a person familiar with the plan.
 
The Fix • Analysis
The loophole that enables Sinclair to own so many TV stations
A bill in Congress aims to close it, but Sinclair could expand, anyway.
 
Analysis
An alleged dinner with Assange is unlikely. The real Roger Stone questions are elsewhere.
Stone does seem to have known something, regardless of the existence of that dinner.
 
 
Analysis
China's retaliatory tariffs will hit Trump country hard
How agricultural production overlaps with the 2016 vote.
 
The Fix • Analysis
The Trump administration's bad defense of a trade war: At least people won't actually die!
That's an extremely low bar — and runs contrary to the GOP's defense of its tax cuts.
 
The Fix • Analysis
King died 50 years ago fighting against economic injustice. Data show the issue still persists.
Much of what the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. fought to dismantle remains in place.
 
 
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