BuzzFeed: USDA lifts Trump’s gag order on research division scientists

BuzzFeed: USDA lifts Trump’s gag order on research division scientists

  Dino Grandoni BuzzFeed News The US Department of Agriculture rescinded an order stopping scientists and other employees at its main research division from publishing documents meant to explain science to the public. In an email sent to scientists on Tuesday evening and obtained by BuzzFeed News, Chavonda Jacobs-Young, administrator of the department’s science arm, the […]

AP: Trump says torture “does work,” but defers to SEC DEF Mattis

AP: Trump says torture “does work,” but defers to SEC DEF Mattis

By JULIE PACE and VIVIAN SALAMA, Associated Press Jan. 27, 2017 3:45 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that his defense secretary’s opposition to torture would override his own belief that enhanced interrogation “does work,” quietly giving ground after growing public concern about a return to Bush-era use of waterboarding and other especially harsh […]

The Guardian: Trump to implement ‘extreme vetting’ measures for people entering the US

The Guardian: Trump to implement ‘extreme vetting’ measures for people entering the US

 Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington Friday 27 January 2017 16.54 EST The United States will impose draconian new “extreme vetting” measures for people entering the country, as part of an attempt by president Donald Trump to “keep radical Islamic terrorists out”. “We are establishing new vetting measures, to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the United States of America,” the president […]

WP: Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd

WP: Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd

  By Karen Tumulty and Juliet Eilperin January 26 at 7:42 PM On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him. In a Saturday phone call, Trump personally ordered Reynolds to produce additional photographs of the previous […]

NYT: Trump’s Chief Strategist Says News Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’

NYT: Trump’s Chief Strategist Says News Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM JAN. 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s chief White House strategist, laced into the American press during an interview on Wednesday evening, arguing that news organizations had been “humiliated” by an election outcome few anticipated, and repeatedly describing the media as “the opposition party” of the current administration. “The […]

Rachel Maddow advances Politico story: Trump sends conservative campaign operatives to CEO’s office of Voice of America, signaling WH takeover of propaganda arm

Rachel Maddow advances Politico story: Trump sends conservative campaign operatives to CEO’s office of Voice of America, signaling WH takeover of propaganda arm

investigatingtrump.com editorial note: On Monday Tara Palmeri, White House Correspondent for Politico broke the story that President Donald Trump had sent two conservative political operatives to the CEO’s office at the legendary Voice of America which, until the signing of the latest Defense authorization bill, was run by a bi-partisan panel. Tonight in a powerful follow-up piece, […]