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UPDATE 1-US lawmakers await details of Mueller's Russia report
Devdiscourse-Mar 24, 2019
There appeared to be initial good news for Trump and his inner circle, as Mueller ... Susan Cornwell and Pete Schroeder in Washington; Writing by Alistair Bell; ...
Melania Shares Never-Before-Seen Sketches of Work by Karl ...
The Epoch Times-Feb 19, 2019
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump await the arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at the South Portico of ...
Here's a List of Hoax 'Hate Crimes' in the Trump Era
The Epoch Times-Feb 19, 2019
Liberal actor Jussie Smollett is accused of staging a racist and anti-gay attack on himself, which Smollett blamed on supporters of President Donald Trump.
Alabama Woman With Brain Tumor 'Honored' When President Trump ...
The Epoch Times-Feb 16, 2019
Alabama Woman With Brain Tumor 'Honored' When President Trump sent ... It was personally signed by President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.
Trump Says He and Chinese Leader Xi Won't Meet Before March 1 ...
The Epoch Times-Feb 7, 2019
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on Feb. 7 that he doesn't plan to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping before a March 1 deadline set by the two ...
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves William Barr, Trump's Attorney ...
The Epoch Times-Feb 7, 2019
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, William Barr, on Feb. 7. His nomination now heads to the full ...
US Banks weigh whether to embrace or avoid progressive firebrand ...
Yahoo News-Feb 6, 2019
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Court, avoid or sideline? Barely a month into the new Congress, financial lobbyists in ...
Donald Trump Jr. Slams Washington Post's Super Bowl Ad
The Epoch Times-Feb 4, 2019
Donald Trump Jr. weighed in on a Washington Post ad that attempted to showcase the importance of the mainstream media's journalism. “You know how MSM ...
'Unforgivable': Trump Calls out Northam Over Racist Photo and Late ...
The Epoch Times-Feb 3, 2019
President Donald Trump called out Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam for his recent apology over a racist photo appearing in his 1984 medical school ...
Former White House Official Robert Wasinger Sheds Light on Trump's ...
The Epoch Times-Jan 31, 2019
Jan Jekielek: Hot off the Twitter press so to speak, Trump tweeted early [Jan. .... that wants to portray Trump as being in the back pocket of Vladimir Putin and ...
Trump, Who Never Drinks, Donates $100000 Presidential Salary to ...
The Epoch Times-Jan 30, 2019
During the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump pledged as a candidate that he wouldn't accept the $400,000 annual presidential salary if he was elected.
Trump Pans Fox News Over Coverage of Border Wall Negotiations
The Epoch Times-Jan 28, 2019
President Donald Trump criticized Fox News on Jan. 27 for its coverage of the negotiations for a wall on the U.S.–Mexico border. The president specifically took ...
On 'Fox & Friends,' Covington Senior Defends Blackface as 'School ...
Haaretz-Jan 23, 2019
Read more: White House Talks Invite for Catholic Boys to Meet Trump as Twitter ... "Fox & Friends" co-host Steve Doocy asked senior Sam Schroder: “Five years ...
Videos of the Day: Trump and Pence Visit Martin Luther King Jr ...
The Epoch Times-Jan 21, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence visited the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on Monday, Jan. 21, to mark Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ...
President Trump Grounds Pelosi by Canceling Flight
The Epoch Times-Jan 17, 2019
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Jan. 17, telling her that her upcoming “seven-day ...
Religious Freedom Under Attack Both in US and Around Globe, Trump ...
The Epoch Times-Jan 16, 2019
WASHINGTON—On National Religious Freedom Day, President Donald Trump said that the fundamental human right to religious freedom was under attack in ...
EXCLUSIVE: In Closed-Door Testimony, Papadopoulos Identified ...
The Epoch Times-Jan 16, 2019
George Papadopoulos, the former foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, revealed during a closed-door interview with congressional ...
Trump: Democrats Don't Want to Include DACA in Talks on Ending ...
The Epoch Times-Jan 13, 2019
... House on ending the partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump said in ... Trump and the Democrats have been debating border security funding, ...
Changes to H-1B Visas to Include 'Potential Path to Citizenship ...
The Epoch Times-Jan 11, 2019
Trump has vowed to fix issues with the H-1B visa system and ordered federal ... In April 2017, President Donald Trump ordered the attorney general and the ...
More Americans Now Say Congress Should Do What Trump Wants ...
The Epoch Times-Jan 10, 2019
More American voters want Congress to follow President Donald Trump's lead this year compared to last year, according to a survey released on Jan.
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Bill Barr's fake Mueller report: Is this WMDs in Iraq all over again?
Raw Story-Mar 26, 2019
Republicans are using the same playbook to protect Trump that they used to hype the ... the debacle of WMDs in Iraq is one of the great stains on our nation's history. .... seized on the Barr letter as a weapon to shame critics of Putin and Trump.
Kremlin spokesman calls US congressional call to determine Putin's ...
<a href="http://StopFake.org" rel="nofollow">StopFake.org</a>-Mar 6, 2019
Stories in the 'Context” section are not fakes. We publish them in order to provide greater insight for our readers about the techniques, methods and practices ...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Are Russian media victims of the West?
<a href="http://StopFake.org" rel="nofollow">StopFake.org</a>-Mar 5, 2019
Stories in the 'Context” section are not fakes. ... The existence of strong democracies is seen as a threat to the Putin regime – regime survival is identified as the ...
Michael Cohen Set To Deliver Potentially Blockbuster Evidence ...
Outside the Beltway-Feb 27, 2019
Mr. Trump responded by stating to the effect of 'wouldn't that be great. .... will be presenting as corroboration: They're fakes fabricated by the Deep State. .... must have been the Russia meeting) or same ole same ole about Trump being a racist ...
Ex-NATO chief: Russia to launch 'major' effort to meddle in European ...
POLITICO.eu-Feb 15, 2019
“There is no doubt that Russia will be a major malign actor,” Rasmussen told ... “If two days before a general election, a 'deep fake' video is broadcasted, then ...
NJ worker's 'fake fall' caught on camera
WFMZ Allentown-Feb 1, 2019
Caught on camera: A New Jersey man accused of insurance fraud appears to intentionally stage a fall in an office break room.
Trump's Own Intelligence Chief Contradicted Him Several Times
TIME-Jan 29, 2019
The nation's intelligence chief contradicted President Trump's statements on North Korea, Syria and ... North Korea has great potential for the future! ... Much of the bad blood with Russia is caused by the Fake & Corrupt Russia Investigation, ...
Director of National Intelligence Coats Updates Senators on Threat ...
C-SPAN-Jan 29, 2019
... ON HUMAN SOURCES AND THE MORE BIG DATA CAN BE IT EXPLOITED BY. ..... TO KNOW WHAT VLADIMIR PUTIN DISCUSSED WITH DONALD TRUMP. ... RESPOND FAST ENOUGH TO A CATASTROPHIC DEEP FAKES ATTACK?
Think You Know How Deep Trump-Russia Goes? Think Again: This ...
Real Context News-Jan 23, 2019
Perhaps the main problem with coverage of Trump's Russia ties is that many of the ... information overload, fake news, short attention spans, and a frequency and scale of ... Below you have the deepest exploration of the big picture of Trump's ...
Trump's Russia & Mafia Dealings Expose Him As Fool or Criminal ...
Real Context News-Jan 22, 2019
EXCLUSIVE analysis of information not yet reported in the necessary context shows that Trump the businessman, at best, was an unwitting tool used for Russian ...
Donald Trump Retreats to Last Russia Redoubt; '85 Reagan Iran ...
Money & Power-Jan 21, 2019
Donald Trump is setting up the same defense that saved Ronald Reagan from ... as more and more details about the Russia investigation become evident, forcing him into .... “Ronald Reagan knew of and approved a great deal of what went on with both the .... 'American Pickers' Is Totally Fake And Here's How You Can Tell.
Donald Trump proposes a plan, Democrats call it 'non-starter'
Hindustan Times-Jan 19, 2019
US president Donald Trump on Saturday sought to break the stalemate that ... out in a speech he had teased the day before as a “major announcement” coming.
Deepfakes Present the Threat of Truly Fake News
Newsmax-Jan 16, 2019
President Trump, 2018. Part 1: The Problem. The term “fake news” in its current, popular incarnation means “News that says bad things about me,” and does not ...
Fake editions of Washington Post falsely claim Trump steps down
POLITICO.eu-Jan 16, 2019
WASHINGTON — Fake editions of the Washington Post that falsely claimed President Donald Trumphad stepped down circulated across Washington on ...
What Barr Did (And Didn't) Commit To On The Russia Probe, DOJ ...
TPM-Jan 15, 2019
Yet Barr notably declined to commit on other key issues—like whether his prior comments on Trump'spossible obstruction of justice rendered him incapable of ...
'Big fat hoax': Trump again rules out any collusion with Russia
Hindustan Times-Jan 14, 2019
President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed once against any suggestion he was working for Russians or was under their influence as his nominee for ...
Maybe Trump Shouldn't Be Quoting a 'Hitler-Lover' When Defending ...
<a href="http://Esquire.com" rel="nofollow">Esquire.com</a>-Jan 14, 2019
I just watched a Fake reporter from the Amazon Washington Post say the ... in the Justice Department—a crisis for the rule of law that would have been a major ... (Finally, on Monday morning, Trump told reporters he "never worked for Russia.
Trump's traitor denial and immigration idiocy (updated)
Capitol Hill Blue-Jan 13, 2019
Trump's Sunday morning Tweets are about immigration, and are on the bottom of this page. ... And I can tell you this, if you ask the folks in Russia, I've been tougher on ... believers are now big believers, because they said that was a step too far. ... I just watched a Fake reporter from the Amazon Washington Post say the ...
Trump says being asked if he is a Russian agent is insulting
Times of India-Jan 13, 2019
It was a great insult, and the New York Times is a disaster as a paper. ... Trump railed, arguing, "Think of it, I had a one-on-one meeting with Putin, like I do with ... "I just watched a Fake reporter from the Amazon Washington Post say the White ...
Trump calls report on FBI probe of him 'most insulting'
Minneapolis Star Tribune-Jan 12, 2019
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday called "most ... an investigation into whether he had been working for Russia against U.S. interests.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized Barr yesterday over his handling of the report, appealing for the full release of the document as Trump and Republicans continue to claim victory. Pelosi argued that the summary Barr provided to lawmakers last weekend was far short of what Congress required; “we don’t need you interpreting [the report] for us … it was condescending, it was arrogant, and it wasn’t the right thing to do,” Pelosi said, Natalie Andrews, Warren P. Strobel and Byron Tau report at the Wall Street Journal.
“Mr. Attorney General … show us the report and we’ll come to our own conclusions,” Pelosi added, asking what Trump and the Republicans were afraid of and mocking them as “scaredy-cats.” Lisa Mascaro, Laurie Kellman and Mary Clare Jalonick report at the AP.
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Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news.
TRUMP-RUSSIA
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to Attorney General William Barr regarding the conclusions of his investigation into Russian electoral interference is over 300 pages long, a Department of Justice (D.O.J.) official announced yesterday. The size of the report – delivered to Barr last Friday – suggests Mueller provided substantial evidence to substantiate his conclusions, raising fresh questions about how much of that evidence will be put before the public, Nicholas Fandos, Adam Goldman and Katie Benner report at the New York Times.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized Barr yesterday over his handling of the report, appealing for the full release of the document as Trump and Republicans continue to claim victory. Pelosi argued that the summary Barr provided to lawmakers last weekend was far short of what Congress required; “we don’t need you interpreting [the report] for us … it was condescending, it was arrogant, and it wasn’t the right thing to do,” Pelosi said, Natalie Andrews, Warren P. Strobel and Byron Tau report at the Wall Street Journal.
“Mr. Attorney General … show us the report and we’ll come to our own conclusions,” Pelosi added, asking what Trump and the Republicans were afraid of and mocking them as “scaredy-cats.” Lisa Mascaro, Laurie Kellman and Mary Clare Jalonick report at the AP.
Trump and his allies have lashed out at House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.,) who maintains that there remains evidence of collusion with Russia, even if Trump will not be charged. Yesterday the committee’s Republican members formally called on Schiff to step down as chairman, submitting a letter declaring they had “no faith” in his ability to lead them, Karoun Demirjian and Devlin Barrett report at the Washington Post.
The president claimed that Schiff had spent the past two years “knowingly and unlawfully lying and leaking” about the Russia investigation, making the claim yesterday morning in a message sent on Twitter. Trump provided no evidence for his claim, also adding that Schiff “should be forced to resign from Congress!” Caitlin Oprysko reports at POLITICO.
Schiff forcefully pushed back at calls for him to step down, defending his past comments and lambasting the president, his family and campaign over its links with Russia. At the opening of an Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia yesterday, Schiff listed contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia that he described as being “not OK,” indicating that he would defend himself from the calls to end his chairmanship, Olivia Beavers and Morgan Chalfant report at the Hill.
Trump was keen to claim victory last night at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., telling his supporters: “after three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead … the collusion delusion is over.” Trump continued: “Democrats will now have to decide whether they will continue defrauding the public with ridiculous bullshit, partisan investigations … or whether they will apologize to the American people,” Danielle Kurtzleben and Tamaras Keith report at NPR.
An account of last night’s Grand Rapids rally is provided by Rick Wilson at The Daily Beast.
“The triumphalism of President Donald Trump and the building power struggle in Washington after Robert Mueller’s investigation show that … the bitter recriminations over Russian election meddling are likely to reverberate for months,” Stephen Collison comments at CNN.
Mueller’s most enduring legacy may be on K Street, where the special counsel’s successful prosecution of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and other lobbyists has sent a “frisson of fear” through Washington’s influence industry. Elias Groll explains at Foreign Policy.
ISRAEL-PALESTINE
Tensions are high in Gaza ahead of a planned protest tomorrow to mark the anniversary of mass rallies along its frontier, after a year in which Israeli soldiers have shot thousands of people. The U.N. has released fresh casualty figures indicating that 194 Palestinians, including 41 children, have been killed at the weekly demonstrations, while close to 29,000 have been wounded; only one Israeli soldier has been killed, Oliver Holmes reports at the Guardian.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Israel is prepared to wage a broad military campaign in Gaza if needed, after a two-day spate of cross-border fighting that has drawn attention to his security policies two weeks before he faces national elections. “All Israelis should know that if a comprehensive campaign is required, we will enter it strong and safe, and after we have exhausted all of the other possibilities,” Netanyahu said after visiting the Gaza frontier and meeting with Israeli commanders, Reuters reports.
The KINGDOM
The secretive hearings for 11 suspects accused in the murder of Washington Post columnist and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi fall short of international standards and should be open to the public and trial observers, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings Agnes Callamard stated yesterday, calling on the kingdom to reveal the defendants’ names and the fate of 10 others initially arrested. The U.N. News Centre reports.
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry told lawmakers yesterday he did not know whether any of the approvals he authorized for U.S. companies to sell nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia were made after Khashoggi’s killing in October last year. The Department of Energy issued a statement later yesterday, clarifying that it had issued seven such approvals for companies wishing to participate in the kingdom’s civilian nuclear power program, but pointed out that they do not permit the transfer of “nuclear material, equipment or components,” Reuters reports.
SYRIA
The U.S.-led coalition says more than 1,250 civilians were killed in 34,038 airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria during a more than four-year period. The coalition in a statement yesterday released the civilian death toll from the period between when the aerial campaign began in Aug. 2014 until Feb. 2019, the AP reports.
U.S.-led airstrikes continue. U.S. and coalition forces carried out 250 airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria between March 10 and March 23 [Central Command]
The KOREAN PENINSULA
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet with President Trump in Washington on April 11, his office announced today, with Moon striving to salvage his role as a mediator between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. “The two heads of state will hold deep consultations with the aim of further strengthening the South Korea-United States alliance and building a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula through complete denuclearization,” Moon’s office said in a statement announcing the upcoming meeting, Choe Sang-Hun reports at the New York Times.
Kim showered Trump with praise in a letter sent to the White House before the leaders’ summit last month in Hanoi, while making clear he wished to negotiate only with the president and not his envoys, according to current and former U.S. officials. The letter appeared aimed at cutting out the U.S. envoy to North Korea Stephen Beguin and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in the discussions on Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile arsenal, while attempting to appeal to the president’s ego, Dan De Luce and Courtney Kube report at NBC.
VENEZUELA
The administration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro yesterday announced a 15-year ban on U.S.-backed self-declared interim leader Juan Guaidló holding public office. Guaidó immediately hit back that the 15-year prohibition – announced on state television by Maduro’s Auditor General Elvis Amoroso – was invalid; “he is not auditor general…. the legitimate congress is the only one with power to designate an auditor general,” Guaidó commented, AFP reports.
Moscow yesterday responded to President Trump’s call for Russia to “get out” of Venezuela,with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claiming that Moscow sent only “specialists” to the crisis-stricken nation who do not pose a threat. “Russia is not changing the balance of power in the region … Russia is not threatening anyone, unlike [officials] in Washington,” Zakharova added, Michael Burke reports at the Hill.
CYBERSECURITY, TECHNOLOGY AND PRIVACY
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation yesterday to create an advisory committee of cyber professionals that will assist the Department of Homeland Security (D.H.S.) tackle cyber issues. The bill, introduced by Reps. John Katko (R-N.Y.), Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.), would create an advisory committee within D.H.S.’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (C.I.S.A.) to provide recommendations on new cybersecurity policies and programs, Jacqueline Thomsen reports at the Hill.
Congress should fulfill the promise of the USA Freedom Act to end bulk collection of Americans’ records, Sharon Bradford Franklin argues at Just Security.
A critique of tech giant Facebook’s attitude toward its customers is provided by Pilita Clark at the Financial Times.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
The House yesterday stymied a move by the Trump administration to restrict transgender individuals from serving in the military. The House approved by 238-185 a a nonbinding resolution opposing transgender troop limits just weeks before the Pentagon’s new policy is set to take effect; “what this policy is primarily based on is ignorance and bias against the transgender community,” House Armed Services Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) stated, Connor O’Brien reports at POLITICO.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution yesterday naming terrorist financing a serious offence and demanding that all countries set up a domestic legal framework to combat the phenomenon. U.N.’s counterterrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov claimed the resolution comes at a critical time, as terrorist attacks around the globe suggest that groups like Islamic State group and al Qaeda have ongoing access to substantial revenues, Farnaz Fassihi reports at the Wall Street Journal.
An analysis of the substantial challenges that lie ahead for U.S. Representative to the U.N. Nations Economic and Social Council Kelley Eckels Currie, is provided by Robbie Gramer and Colum Lynch at Foreign Policy.
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