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Dems Steamed over Trumps’ Goya Support; Demand Bean-Gate Ethics Probe
Two Democratic senators are calling for an ethics review into whether Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter and a senior White House adviser, violated federal ethics rules by tweeting her support for the Goya Foods brand.
If it’s Goya, it has to be good.
Si es Goya, tiene que ser bueno. pic.twitter.com/9tjVrfmo9z
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Wildlife Agency Tosses Activist Bid to Block Montana Waterways over Fish Species
U.S. wildlife officials on Wednesday rejected special protections for a rare, freshwater fish species that's been at the center of a long-running legal dispute, citing conservation efforts that helped increase Arctic grayling numbers in a Montana river.
The Trump administration has pressed, under the direction of EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler,...
US Orders China to Shutter Houston Consulate over Property Theft Concerns
(Headline USA) The United States said Wednesday that it has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston “to protect American intellectual property" and the private information of Americans.
China strongly condemned the move, the latest in a series of steps by the Trump administration as it ratchets up pressure on...
Trump Re-Ups Pledge to Veto Bill Renaming Military Bases
The White House is threatening to veto a massive defense policy bill over a provision that would rename military bases such as Fort Bragg that are named after Confederate officers.
The veto threat Tuesday came hours before the House approved the $741 billion annual defense authorization, a sprawling, bipartisan bill...
Trump to Exclude Those in US Illegally from Reapportionment After Census
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in congressional reapportionment, a move that drew immediate criticism and promises of court challenges.
Trump said that “respect for the law and protection of the integrity of the democratic process...
Biden Begs Muslims for Help Beating Trump
(Headline USA) Democrat Joe Biden urged Muslim Americans on Monday to join him in the fight to defeat President Donald Trump as he addressed an online summit hosted by the advocacy organization Emgage Action to mobilize Muslim voters ahead of the presidential election.
“I want to earn your vote not...
Trump, GOP Leaders Meet to Plan New Stimulus after COVID ‘Flare Up’
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump acknowledged Monday a “big flare up” of COVID-19 cases, even as House Democrats posed fresh challenges for a new federal aid package with the U.S. crisis worsening and emergency relief about to expire.
Trump convened GOP leaders at the White House as Senate Majority Leader...
Cuomo Travels to Lecture Ga. on NY’s COVID Response After Nursing Home Fiasco
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his Fake News allies declared this week that enough time had passed since the state-directed nursing home massacre in which he forced seniors infected with coronavirus to share facilities with those who did not have it.
The decision drastically increased the state's already astronomical...
Nebraska Dems Endorse Replacement for Their ‘Dumpster Fire’ Senate Nominee
(Headline USA) Nebraska Democrats endorsed a new U.S. Senate candidate in hopes of pressuring their current nominee to drop out of the race after he sent sexually offensive text messages to a campaign staffer.
The party's state central committee voted Sunday to back Alisha Shelton, an Omaha mental health therapist, if...
Kanye West Criticizes Harriet Tubman at His Political Rally
(Associated Press) Rapper Kanye West, in his first event since declaring himself a presidential candidate, ranted against historical figure Harriet Tubman on Sunday, saying the Underground Railroad conductor “never actually freed the slaves, she just had them work for other white people,” comments that drew shouts of opposition from some...
MURDOCK: NSA Chief O’Brien has Bon Voyage as Trump’s Bastille Day Stand-In
(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) PARIS — President Donald J. Trump cannot be everywhere at once.
This week, the president was represented in the French capital by the man they call APNSA: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Robert C. O’Brien.
Trump and the American people should be proud: The...
MORE ILL. DEM CORRUPTION: Gov. Says Speaker Must Resign if Charges are True
(Associated Press) Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Friday that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “must resign” if allegations of corruption are true against the fellow Democrat long considered the state’s most powerful lawmaker.
Madigan, who also serves as chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois, denied wrongdoing through a party spokeswoman, who...
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