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Wall Street Journal: Trump Uttered Biggest Doozy of All

'We cannot recall a more absurd misstatement of history by an American President'

(Newser) - President Trump is used to taking flak from the editorial pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post. But a devastating criticism from the conservative editorial page of the Wall Street Journal was generating attention on Friday. The editorial came in response to the president's comments during...

This Shutdown Could Set a Record
This Shutdown
Could Set
a Record
Jan 4, 2019 6:41 AM CST

This Shutdown Could Set a Record

House bills dead in the water ahead of White House meeting, with no end in sight

(Newser) - The government shutdown entered day 14 Friday, moving it closer to record-setting territory. Given that no solution is in sight, the impasse has a shot of breaking the record of 21 days set in 1995, reports Axios , which notes it's currently the 4th-longest shutdown we've experienced. Not that...

Trump Appears at Surprise White House Briefing
Trump Appears
at Surprise
White House
Briefing
UPDATED
Jan 3, 2019 5:03 PM CST

Trump Appears at Surprise White House Briefing

The subject: border wall

(Newser) - White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a surprise briefing Thursday, giving just five minutes notice before it began, Mediaite reports. President Trump himself opened the briefing after Sanders introduced him, CNN reports. Two New York Times writers noted on Twitter that while the POTUS once "stuck his...

Neither Side Backs Down Ahead of Trump&#39;s Wall Meeting
Little Progress Made at
Trump's Wall Meeting
the rundown
Jan 2, 2019 3:56 PM CST

Little Progress Made at Trump's Wall Meeting

At least that's what Democrats seemed to indicate in early reports

(Newser) - The 12th day of the government shutdown brought a meeting between President Trump and congressional leaders in which his Homeland Security officials were tasked with making a "plea" for the border wall. The 3pm Wednesday session, which comes one day before Democrats seize control of the House, was held...

RNC Chair Not Happy With Her Uncle Mitt

Ronna McDaniel rebukes Romney after his op-ed criticizing President Trump

(Newser) - Like the president, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee finds fault with an op-ed critical of Trump penned by Utah senator-elect Mitt Romney—who just so happens to be her uncle. "POTUS is attacked and obstructed by the [mainstream] media and Democrats 24/7. For an incoming Republican freshman...

Kanye West Starts 2019 by Tweeting About Trump

Dragon emojis abound

(Newser) - What political moratorium ? Kanye West's New Year's Day tweets were decidedly politically flavored, beginning with "Trump all day," and continuing , "Just so in 2019 you know where I stand." He tweeted a series of dragon emojis, which USA Today sees as hearkening back...

Trump Slams Incoming Senator by Insulting an Outgoing One

'Is he a Flake?' president tweets after Mitt Romney's biting 'WaPo' op-ed about Trump

(Newser) - It was just a matter of time before President Trump responded to Utah Sen.-elect Mitt Romney's very public rebuke, and Wednesday morning brings our answer, per the Hill . The president tweeted , "Here we go with Mitt Romney, but so fast! Question will be, is he a Flake?,...

Romney: Trump Hasn&#39;t &#39;Risen to the Mantle of Office&#39;
Romney Slams Trump's
Character in Op-Ed
OPINION
Jan 2, 2019 6:51 AM CST

Romney Slams Trump's Character in Op-Ed

Romney will be sworn in as a US senator on Thursday

(Newser) - Mitt Romney will be sworn in as a US senator on Thursday—and he makes it clear in a Washington Post op-ed that he has no intention of becoming an unquestioning ally of President Trump. Romney writes that Trump was not his choice to become the GOP nominee for president...

Day Before Dems Take the House, a White House Briefing

It'll be on border security

(Newser) - President Trump invited congressional leaders from each chamber to a White House briefing on border security Wednesday as the partial government shutdown wore on over funding for a border wall, with Trump tweeting : "Let's make a deal?" The briefing will happen the day before the Democrats take control...

McChrystal Said He Was Immoral. Trump Fires Back

'Known for big, dumb mouth'

(Newser) - President Trump is kicking off 2019 by addressing something from 2018 that apparently bugged him: comments retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal made about him in a Sunday interview with ABC's Martha Raddatz. Raddatz asked if McChrystal thought the president is immoral, and McChrystal responded, "I think he is."...

House Democrats Have a Plan to End Shutdown

But coming legislation does not provide Trump's requested $5B for a border wall

(Newser) - Democrats retake control of the House this week, and they plan two quick moves designed to end the government shutdown. First, they will pass a bill on Thursday to fund the Homeland Security department until Feb. 8—though without providing the $5 billion for a border wall demanded by President...

After Kelly&#39;s Surprise Interview, Trump Has Something to Say
Trump Pushes Back After
John Kelly's Surprise Interview
the rundown
Dec 31, 2018 10:12 AM CST

Trump Pushes Back After John Kelly's Surprise Interview

The idea of an 'all concrete wall' remains very much alive, he says

(Newser) - "To be honest, it's not a wall." So said outgoing Chief of Staff John Kelly in a surprise weekend interview with the Los Angeles Times that President Trump apparently doesn't agree with. For context, Kelly said that while Trump still uses the word "wall,"...

Trump: Obama Has a Wall Around His Home

The US 'needs the same thing, slightly larger version!'

(Newser) - In one of his stranger arguments in favor of a border wall, President Trump observed Sunday that his predecessor has a wall surrounding his residence in Washington, DC. "President and Mrs. Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their D.C. mansion/compound," Trump tweeted . "I agree, totally...

Sen. Graham Had Quite the Lunch With Trump

Seems the US policy on Syria is changing

(Newser) - Seems Sen. Lindsey Graham had a productive lunch with the president. Emerging from a White House meal Sunday, he said President Trump is putting the brakes on US troop withdrawal from Syria: "I think we're slowing things down in a smart way," he said, per CNN . "...

Graham: &#39;That&#39;s a Bunch of...&#39;
Sen. Graham Uses
Language We Won't Print
sunday talk shows
Dec 30, 2018 2:45 PM CST

Sen. Graham Uses Language We Won't Print

And more around the Sunday dial

(Newser) - Dana Bash's eyes widened in shock, and it's little wonder. Interviewing Sen. Lindsey Graham on CNN's State of the Union, the host asked whether President Trump would be at fault if the Syria troop pullout ended up empowering ISIS. "Everything we're dealing with today falls...

Trump Club Crimes? Prosecutors Get the 'Evidence'

Attorney Anibal Romero reaches out to the feds

(Newser) - Robert Mueller, the FBI, and New Jersey prosecutors have all gotten involved in the case of two undocumented workers who apparently worked at one of President Trump's golf clubs, the Daily News reports. Anibal Romero, the workers' lawyer, says he's handed over evidence to the state attorney general'...

John Kelly Turns Heads With Surprise Exit Interview

The outgoing chief of staff has something to say

(Newser) - "To be honest, it's not a wall." That's John Kelly in an LA Times exit interview about immigration policy, Afghanistan, the legality of President Trump's orders—and whether Kelly was allowed to "go get a beer" during his "bone-crushing hard job" as chief...

Kim Jong Un, Putin Pen End-of-Year Letters

And send them to other world leaders

(Newser) - Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin have racked up plenty of headlines in 2018, and they end the year with one more: Both sent New Year letters that are attracting attention, the former to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the latter to President Trump. Moon described Kim's letter...

Trump Ends 2018 by Freezing Federal Workers' 2019 Pay

Congress could take up the issue in January

(Newser) - In August President Trump said he planned to freeze federal employee pay in 2019 due to "serious economic conditions," reports USA Today . That has come to pass. The president on Friday signed an executive order establishing what will be the first pay freeze for civilian federal workers (the...

How a Semi-Retired Guy Cracked Trump's Iraq Visit

It all hinged on Alan Meloy looking out his window

(Newser) - President Trump's Iraq visit was kept highly secret, except from a guy who happened to be looking out his window in a suburb of Sheffield, England, on Wednesday. "It was a lovely sunny morning," Alan Meloy tells the BBC . "I looked up and as soon as...

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