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Trump Doubles Down: &#39;Trade Wars Are Good&#39;
Tariff Move Could Make
Autos, Beer More Expensive
the rundown
Mar 2, 2018 8:35 AM CST

Tariff Move Could Make Autos, Beer More Expensive

Trump remains defiant amid criticism and fears of a trade war

(Newser) - President Trump's announcement that he plans to impose a 25% tariff on steel imports and 10% on aluminum is reverberating not just in the US but around the world in the form of jittery stock markets and worries about a trade war. A look at what's going on:...

Trump Nominations for Nobel Peace Prize Were Forgeries

Fakes submitted both this year and last year, head of Norwegian Nobel Institute says

(Newser) - President Trump is (or was) apparently up for the Nobel Peace Prize that will be announced this fall, a surprise revelation since who's in the running is usually kept under wraps by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. But the New York Times explains Trump's candidacy was divulged because of...

Report: Trump's Attacks on Sessions Draw Mueller's Notice

Trump calls him 'Mr. Magoo,' reports 'WaPo'

(Newser) - Robert Mueller's team is interested in President Trump's attacks last summer on Jeff Sessions—whom Trump reportedly likens to an elderly, bumbling cartoon character—and his team has been questioning people to that end, sources tell the Washington Post . Mueller is probing whether Trump tried to obstruct justice...

Trump's Push for Gun Control Leaves GOP 'Flummoxed'

Meanwhile, 'giddy' Democrats aren't sure he'll follow through

(Newser) - In a televised meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers Wednesday, President Trump appeared to embrace gun control, with little concern for how the NRA might feel about it. Trump urged lawmakers, whom he accused of being too afraid of the gun lobby group, to revive a bipartisan bill crafted...

What Hope Hicks&#39; Departure Means
What Hope Hicks'
Departure Means
the rundown
Mar 1, 2018 1:03 AM CST

What Hope Hicks' Departure Means

Reactions to the resignation of the latest White House communications director

(Newser) - Hope Hicks is out: She's the fourth White House communications director to resign during President Trump's tenure, and she was also one of the president's closest and most long-standing aides. At the Washington Post , Jennifer Rubin calls the timing of Hicks' departure "curious," given that...

Trump Loses Another Comms Director as Hope Hicks Quits

Hicks was one of Trump's longest-tenured advisers

(Newser) - The White House is losing yet another communications director. The New York Times reports Hope Hicks announced her pending resignation from the Trump administration Wednesday. The 29-year-old Hicks is one of President Trump's longest-tenured advisers and one of the few aides to follow him from his company to his...

Trump's Fresh Attack on Sessions: 'Disgraceful'

Tweet follows Sessions statement that inspector general will look into FISA allegations

(Newser) - Last Wednesday, President Trump called out Jeff Sessions on Twitter , and this Wednesday, President Trump ... called out Jeff Sessions on Twitter. The morning tweet : "Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse. Will take forever, has no prosecutorial power and already...

Report: Hope Hicks Admits Lying for Trump

But 'white lies' didn't involve Russia, she says

(Newser) - White House Communications Director Hope Hicks didn't answer all of investigators' questions during a House intelligence committee interview Tuesday, insiders say—but she was honest about occasionally being dishonest. Sources tell the New York Times that Hicks admitted that working for President Trump had required her to tell "...

Trump Already Knows Who Will Run His 2020 Campaign

He's picked digital operations chief Brad Parscale

(Newser) - The Drudge Report is out with a political scoop: President Trump has chosen his campaign manager for 2020. Trump is expected to formally announce the selection of his digital operations chief, Brad Parscale, on Tuesday. The AP confirms, adding that Parscale, who is close to Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, ran...

Late-Night Hosts 'Don't Believe Trump Can Run'

Stephen Colbert wonders if he would 'stab them with bone spurs'

(Newser) - President Trump's claim that if he'd been present at the Parkland school shooting, he'd have "run in there even if I didn't have a weapon" met with deep skepticism from the nation's late-night hosts Monday, as did his suggestion of arming the teachers with...

Warriors Skipping White House on Washington Visit

'We're not going to politicize anything, we're just going to hang out with some kids,' champs say

(Newser) - The Golden State Warriors are heading to Washington, just not to the White House. The traditional champions' invitation was never granted from President Trump—and it appears the Warriors might have declined it, anyway. So they plan to spend their day in the city with local children Tuesday, the AP...

Trump: I Would Have Run Into Florida School Without Gun

He says it's 'disgusting' a school resource officer remained outside

(Newser) - Had President Trump been present when a shooter opened fire at a Parkland, Fla., high school, the commander-in-chief says he wouldn't have hesitated. "I really believe I'd run in there even if I didn't have a weapon, and I think most of the people in this...

Ivanka Trump Calls Question About Her Father 'Inappropriate'

She scolds reporter for asking about the women who've accused him of harassment

(Newser) - A reporter asked Ivanka Trump about the allegations of sexual harassment against her father, and her response is making headlines for two reasons: First, she says she believes her father's denials. And second, she thinks the question itself was out of bounds. It came from NBC's Peter Alexander,...

Supreme Court Rejects Trump Request on Dreamers

Justices won't intervene quickly, suggesting program may continue after deadline

(Newser) - Some good news for "Dreamers," though it could prove temporary: The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's highly unusual bid to get the justices to intervene in the controversy over protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. The justices on Monday refused to take up...

Report: Trump Wants Personal Pilot to Run FAA

It's not such a bad choice, insiders say

(Newser) - President Trump has described his longtime personal pilot as a "real smart guy"—so smart that insiders say the president wants to put him in charge of civil aviation. Sources tell Axios that Trump has been telling administration officials that he would like John Dunkin, who piloted his...

After Trump Call, Mexican Prez Scraps US Visit

Border wall appears to be major sticking point as Peña Nieto has yet to visit DC under Trump

(Newser) - After what the Washington Post is calling a "testy" 50-minute phone call between President Trump and his Mexican counterpart, the latter will not be visiting the former as planned. The major sticking point seems to be Trump's border wall, and Enrique Peña Nieto's refusal to pay...

Kushner's Security Clearance Just Got More Complicated

Justice Department warns White House it needs more time to investigate

(Newser) - Jared Kushner may be a top adviser to President Trump, but his authority to view classified information is looking dicier by the day. In fact, it may already have been revoked. As part of chief of staff John Kelly's newly tightened restrictions in the wake of the Rob Porter...

Report: Surprise Date Set for Embassy Move to Jerusalem

Supposedly May 14, the 70th anniversary of Israel's independence

(Newser) - May 14th is the 70th anniversary of Israel's independence, and it appears it will serve as another big day: the moving of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Per the Jerusalem Post , Minister of Transportation and Intelligence Israel Katz made the surprise announcement on Twitter Friday, tweeting...

Trump Announces Tough New Sanctions on N. Korea

'Largest ever,' he says in excerpts released in advance of CPAC speech

(Newser) - The Trump administration is hitting more than 50 vessels, shipping companies, and trade businesses with sanctions in the latest bid to turn up the pressure on North Korea over its nuclear program, a senior administration official said Friday. President Trump was set to announce the action at the Conservative Political...

Trump: Teachers With Guns Should Get Bonuses
Trump Has Another Idea
to 'Harden' Schools
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 23, 2018 6:42 AM CST

Trump Has Another Idea to 'Harden' Schools

He thinks armed teachers should get bonuses

(Newser) - President Trump has proposed a pay rise for teachers—armed ones, that is. The president said Thursday that arming teachers would make schools "hardened targets," and teachers who undergo weapons training and carry guns should get a bonus, CNN reports. "These people are cowards. They're not...

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