Gideon Resnick 04.07.17 President Trump ordered a military strike on Syria Thursday night in response to a recent chemical attack. By Friday afternoon, a supportive PAC was fundraising off of the strike. “Last night, President Trump ordered military action against Syria in response to their chemical weapons attack,” an email from the Great America PAC, […]
By JO BECKER and MATTHEW ROSENBERG APRIL 6, 2017 When Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, sought the top-secret security clearance that would give him access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded secrets, he was required to disclose all encounters with foreign government officials over the last seven years. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link […]
By ERIC LICHTBLAU APRIL 6, 2017 WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. told senior lawmakers in classified briefings last summer that it had information indicating that Russia was working to help elect Donald J. Trump president, a finding that did not emerge publicly until after Mr. Trump’s victory months later, former government officials say. CLICK ON IMAGE for direct link to NYT story. […]
By Dan Lamothe April 6 at 9:38 PM The U.S. Navy launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles early Friday in Syria at a military airfield in response to a chemical-weapons attack this week on civilians, U.S. military officials said, relying on a mainstay weapon when the Pentagon wants to attack from a safe distance. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for […]
Everett Rosenfeld April 6th, 2017 A U.S. official said the Russians had been warned before the U.S. launched at least 59 tomahawk missiles aimed at Syria, NBC News reported. NBC is working to confirm that account. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to CNBC story with updates The strikes, which hit an airfield near Homs, struck aircraft and infrastructure […]
By MICHAEL R. GORDON, HELENE COOPER and MICHAEL D. SHEAR APRIL 6, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump said Thursday night that the United States had carried out a missile strike in Syria on Thursday night in response to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack this week that killed more than 80 civilians. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to NYT story. “Tonight, I […]
By BENJAMIN WEISER and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM APRIL 6, 2017 Nearly a month after he was fired by the Trump administration, Preet Bharara, the former United States attorney in Manhattan, remains mystified by the circumstances of his ouster, saying he had never been told why President Trump changed his mind about wanting him to stay on. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for […]
By Ashley Killough and Ted Barrett, CNN April 6, 2017 Washington (CNN)BREAKING: The Senate Thursday triggered the so-called “nuclear option” that allowed Republicans to break a Democratic filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch. The Senate is now expected to vote to confirm Gorsuch Friday. The controversial changes to Senate rules, made along partisan lines, allows filibusters […]
By EMMARIE HUETTEMAN and MARK MAZZETTI APRIL 6, 2017 WASHINGTON — Representative Devin Nunes, the embattled California Republican who is chairman of the Intelligence Committee, announced on Thursday he would step aside from leading his committee’s investigation into Russia’s efforts to disrupt last year’s presidential election. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to NYT story. CLICK IMAGES BELOW for links to […]
April 5th, 2017. Tracking President Donald Trump’s campaign promises. Promises we’ve rated recently CLICK IMAGE AT TOP for link to story.
