Trump's Communications Director Resigns
President Donald Trump's communications director, Mike Dubke, is set to leave after three months in his White House post, he confirmed to Fox News Tuesday morning. “The reasons for my departure are personal, but it has been my great honor to serve President Trump and this administration," Dubke wrote in a memo that was obtained by The New York Times. Dubke, a communications firm owner who was brought into the Trump administration in March, resigned May 18 though he has not set a last day on the job and is leaving on ... Read More
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Homeland Secretary Kelly Considers Laptop Ban on All Flights into US
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Sundayhe’s considering a ban on passengers carrying laptop computers on all international flights in and out of the United States. “I might,” Kelly said on “Fox News Sunday.” “There's a real threat -- numerous threats against aviation. That's really the thing that they are obsessed with, the terrorists, the idea of knocking down an airplane in flight, particularly if it's a U.S. carrier, particularly if it's full of mostly U.S. folks.” Since taking over the agency in January, Kelly has already limited laptops in airplane cabins. He instituted a ban in March on flights from 10 cities, ... Read More
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Durbin to Senate Republicans: 'Let's sit down together' on ObamaCare Overhaul
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the chamber’s No. 2 Democrat, on Sunday kept open the possibility of a bipartisan deal to rework ObamaCare, with the task now totally in the hands of the Senate. “Let’s sit down together,” he told “Fox News Sunday.” “I don't agree with many aspects of [the Republicans’] starter plan. But it's a good faith effort to do two things: Reduce the cost of health insurance and expand the reach of health insurance. That should be our national goal.” Durbin spoke after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday released a final audit on ... Read More
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Big Business Pushes Trump to Stick With Paris Climate Deal
European countries and major corporations are pressuring President Donald Trump to remain in the Paris climate agreement despite his promises on the campaign trail to withdraw the United States from the Obama-era deal that never gained congressional approval. The Trump administration so far is sticking with being undecided—at least until Trump returns to the United States from his first foreign trip, where on Friday, he’s meeting with Group of Seven ally countries, which support the agreement. Back home, the pressure is growing from multinational corporations, even the energy sector, which have opposed stricter limitations on ... Read More
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Obama Loyalist Brennan Drove FBI to Begin Investigating Trump Associates Last Summer
What caused the Barack Obama administration to begin investigating the Donald Trump campaign last summer has come into clearer focus following a string of congressional hearings on Russian interference in the presidential election. It was then-CIA Director John O. Brennan, a close confidant of Mr. Obama’s, who provided the information — what he termed the “basis” — for the FBI to start the counterintelligence investigation last summer. Mr. Brennan served on the former president’s 2008 presidential campaign and in his White House. Mr. Brennan told the House Intelligence Committee on May 23 that the intelligence community was picking up tidbits on Trump associates making ... Read More
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