President Donald Trump | The Third 100 Days

Note:

Because it's such a large topic, information regarding the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is posted here.

Nov 17, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360973-murkowski-obamacare-fix-not-precondition-for-tax-vote
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360911-republicans-still-backing-trump-judicial-nominee-with-no-trial-experience
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360855-gop-chairman-explodes-in-anger-after-dem-says-tax-bill-benefits-rich
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/360917-gop-chairman-breaks-with-trump-on-elephant-trophy-imports
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/360920-megyn-kelly-on-trump-criticizing-franken-how-tone-deaf-mr-president
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/11/17/roy-moore-will-not-step-down-his-wife-kayla-moore-says

Nov 16, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/360704-house-passes-sweeping-tax-bill-in-victory-for-gop
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/11/15/sen-collins-criticizes-parts-of-republican-tax-reform-bill/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-local/u-s-towns-cities-fear-taxpayer-revolt-if-republicans-kill-deduction-idUSKBN1DH01D
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/360656-woman-accuses-al-franken-of-kissing-groping-her-without-consent
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/360813-alabama-gop-rebuffs-calls-to-abandon-roy-moore
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/360764-moore-accuses-mcconnell-of-trying-to-steal-special-election-from-him
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/360686-us-tells-un-climate-conference-we-continue-to-be-a-leader-on-clean
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/360656-woman-accuses-al-franken-of-kissing-groping-her-without-consent
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/opinion/moore-trump-religious-right.html

Nov 15, 2017:

http://thehill.com/latino/360500-judge-rules-doj-cant-withhold-money-from-philadelphia-over-sanctuary-city-policies
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/360564-trump-talks-asia-trip-not-moore-in-first-remarks-since-return
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/11/15/remarks-president-trump-his-trip-asia
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/360488-consumer-bureau-chief-announces-resignation
http://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/360506-trump-is-flooding-the-swamp-with-his-hhs-pick-alex-azar
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/360508-book-steele-says-70-90-percent-of-his-trump-russia-dossier-is
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/360418-gop-chairman-releases-modifications-to-tax-bill-including-mandate-repeal
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/360539-sen-johnson-first-republican-opposed-to-tax-bill-report
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-obamacares-individual-mandate-ended-up-in-the-gop-tax-plan
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/360465-nearly-15-million-sign-up-for-obamacare-in-first-11-days
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/360614-trump-to-allow-imports-of-african-elephant-trophies
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360610-republicans-see-rising-dem-odds-in-alabama
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/360599-roy-moore-pens-open-letter-to-sean-hannity

Nov 14, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360327-thune-senate-tax-bill-will-include-repeal-of-obamacare-mandate
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/360344-health-groups-urge-congress-not-to-repeal-obamacare-mandate
http://www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-susan-collins-admits-corporate-tax-rate-cant-hit-20-2017-11
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/360292-sessions-wed-need-factual-basis-for-second-special-counsel-for
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/us/politics/trump-pressure-clinton-investigation.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/13/politics/jeff-sessions-special-counsel/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/11/14/the-justice-department-shouldnt-even-be-considering-prosecuting-hillary-clinton/?utm_term=.89a0167bed94

Nov 13, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/360149-new-accuser-moore-sexually-assaulted-me-when-i-was-15
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/360102-mcconnell-roy-moore-should-step-aside
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/360151-senate-gop-campaign-chairman-calls-on-moore-to-be-expelled-if-he-wins
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360205-cruz-pulls-support-from-roy-moore-allegations-merit-criminal-prosecution-if
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/360140-moore-campaign-reposts-pastors-letter-support
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/13/politics/roy-moore-washington-post-lawsuit/index.html
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/360188-cbo-says-it-cant-do-full-score-of-tax-bill-before-house-vote
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/12/bannon-appeals-to-us-jewish-community-to-join-war-on-gop-establishment.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/11/12/he-has-never-tried-a-case-but-trump-wants-to-make-him-judge-for-life

Nov 11, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/359892-trump-wont-argue-with-putin-over-election-interference
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/359953-mccain-nothing-america-first-about-taking-the-word-of-putin
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/359906-mccain-rips-trumps-vietnam-visit-no-mention-of-human-rights-sad
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/359894-trump-slams-former-us-intel-leaders-as-political-hacks
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/359907-top-intel-dem-trump-accepting-putins-denial-of-election-meddling-shows-he-cant

Nov 10, 2017:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/politics/roy-moore-joseph-and-mary/index.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/sexual-misconduct-accusations-transform-alabama-senate-race-51057413
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/359824-judge-dismisses-lawsuits-pushing-state-dept-to-continue-search-for-clinton
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/359817-alabama-poll-moore-and-jones-tied-following-scandal
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/359838-dem-senators-demand-answers-over-reports-justice-dept-wanted-cnn-sold
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/359706-obamacare-becomes-political-weapon-for-democrats
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/359685-mounting-gop-retirements-threaten-majority
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/359829-maine-governors-refusal-to-expand-medicaid-sets-off-new-battle
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/359885-asian-leaders-reach-agreement-on-trade-deal-without-united-states-report

Nov 9, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/359636-roy-moore-accused-of-sexual-encounter-with-14-year-old-girl-when-he-was-32
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/359713-moore-after-sexual-allegations-i-refuse-to-stand-down
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/359715-gop-scrambles-to-respond-to-moore-allegations
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/359590-dem-senator-blasts-trump-environmental-nominee-for-rejecting-basic
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/359594-about-600000-sign-up-for-obamacare-in-first-four-days
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/359606-graham-financial-contributions-will-stop-if-gop-doesnt-pass-tax-reform
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/359514-monopoly-critics-decry-amazon-amendment
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/359625-senate-gop-reveals-different-approach-on-tax-reform
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/359700-sec-nominees-must-not-grant-companies-safe-harbor-with-buyback-rule

Nov 8, 2017:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/359394-pentagon-chief-signs-request-for-review-of-how-texas-shooters
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/359411-trump-congratulates-deplorables-on-anniversary-of-2016-election
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/359387-lepage-refuses-medicaid-expansion-despite-ok-from-maine-voters
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/359540-bannon-mcconnell-should-resign-from-leadership-post-after-tax-push
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/359519-pence-air-force-moving-aggressively-to-review-failures-that-led-to
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/359354-trumps-cuba-policy-allows-airbnb-stays-for-americans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/11/08/trump-cracks-down-u-s-business-and-travel-cuba/843419001/
http://time.com/5015271/republican-tax-plan-deficits-trillion/

Nov 7, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/359310-dems-win-from-coast-to-coast
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/359313-five-takeaways-from-the-virginia-governors-race
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/7-takeaways-from-tuesdays-elections
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/359307-trump-warns-north-korea-do-not-try-us
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-delivers-speech-to-south-korea-assembly-live-stream/
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/07/politics/president-donald-trump-south-korean-address/index.html

Nov 6, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/358894-trump-to-japan-build-cars-in-the-us-instead-of-shipping-them-over
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-asia-japan-emperor/trump-greets-japanese-emperor-with-a-handshake-and-nod-but-no-bow-idUSKBN1D60CG
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/359056-gop-unlikely-to-repeal-obamacare-mandate-in-tax-measure
http://thehill.com/latino/358955-trump-administration-cancels-immigration-benefits-for-5k-people
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/358350-gop-rep-trump-justice-system-laughing-stock-comment-not-well-placed
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/06/woman-trump-middle-finger-fired-juli-briskman

Nov 3, 2017:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/puerto-rico-whitefish-cobra-fema-contracts/544892/
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/358631-judge-rules-no-jail-time-for-bergdahl
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-berghdal-sentence_us_59fca437e4b0baea263188ba
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/358655-federal-report-blames-humans-for-global-warming-and-its-effects
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/358707-corker-knocks-trump-over-totally-inappropriate-justice-department
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/03/trump-slams-sessions-doj-for-not-going-after-clinton-dnc.html

Nov 2, 2017:

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/358399-first-details-emerge-of-gops-sweeping-tax-bill
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/358464-republicans-launch-into-sales-push-for-tax-plan
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/358542-winners-and-losers-in-the-gop-tax-bill
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/heres-what-the-gop-tax-reform-plan-would-mean-for-families-businesses
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tax-reforms-big-changes-sets-up-gop-for-big-political-fights
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tax-reform-takes-fresh-approach-to-help-workers-and-spur-growth-says-rep-kevin-brady
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/sen-elizabeth-warren-gop-tax-plan-is-giveaway-to-giant-corporations-not-middle-class
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/358386-rick-perry-fossil-fuels-will-help-prevent-sexual-assault

Nov 1, 2017:

According to polling data on the Real Clear Politics website, in the month of October, 2017, Trump's disapproval rating averaged 17.4 percent higher than his approval rating (3.2 percent higher than in the month of of September). This average includes 20 separate polls conducted by the following sources:

  • FOX News
  • CNN/ORC
  • CBS News
  • Gallup
  • Rasmussen Reports
  • Reuters/Ipsos
  • Economist/YouGov
  • ABC News/Wash Post
  • PPP (D)
  • Quinnipiac
  • Pew Research
  • Marist
  • CNBC
  • IBD/TIPP

None of the 20 polls showed Trump with an approval rating equal to or higher than his disapproval rating.

Source:

(October, 2017). "Latest Polls". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved 2017-11-03.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/358221-trump-calls-for-end-to-diversity-visa-program-after-nyc-attack
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/358324-senators-back-trumps-call-to-end-visa-program-after-terror-attack
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/358330-five-things-to-know-about-the-diversity-visa-lottery
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/358201-trump-suggests-repealing-obamacare-mandate-in-tax-bill
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/358297-trump-repeals-consumer-bureau-arbitration-rule-joined-by-heads-of-banking

Oct 31, 2017:

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/358043-epa-blocks-scientists-who-get-grants-from-advisory-boards
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-epa-to-ban-some-scientists-from-independent-advisory-boards-2017-10
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/358034-trump-admin-inks-300m-air-pollution-settlement-with-exxon
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/31/561069584/john-kelly-claims-civil-war-caused-by-lack-of-compromise-history-shows-otherwise
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/358063-flake-roy-moores-views-on-muslims-should-concern-us-all
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/358023-moore-who-said-muslim-shouldnt-serve-now-opposes-religious-test

Oct 30, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357778-manafort-faces-12-counts-including-acting-as-an-unregistered-agent-of
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/357850-manafort-gates-plead-not-guilty-to-charges-in-mueller-probe
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357909-white-house-downplays-manafort-takes-aim-at-clintons
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/357836-dem-lobbyist-podesta-steps-down-amid-mueller-scrutiny
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/357827-court-partially-blocks-trumps-directive-on-transgender-military-ban
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/357818-fbi-investigating-whitefish-energy-deal
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357866-bar-association-gives-not-qualified-label-to-second-trump-judicial
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/357865-gop-senator-suggests-repealing-obamacares-individual-mandate-through-tax

Oct 29, 2017:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/357732-puerto-rican-electric-utility-cancels-deal-with-whitefish

Oct 28, 2017:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/jeff-flake-knew-his-criticism-of-trump-would-cost-him--he-couldnt-stop-himself/2017/10/27/b766655a-bb32-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357604-first-charges-filed-in-special-counsel-muellers-russia-probe-report
http://www.businessinsider.com/mueller-trump-russia-hannity-roger-stone-gorka-meltdown-twitter-2017-10
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/357581-clinton-trump-and-the-russia-dossier-what-you-need-to-know

Oct 27, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357604-first-charges-filed-in-special-counsel-muellers-russia-probe-report
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357607-sessions-disturbed-about-immigrant-who-got-abortion
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/357562-zinke-i-had-absolutely-nothing-to-do-with-whitefish-contract
http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/357492-senate-puts-corporations-ahead-of-consumers-by-killing-arbitration-rule

Oct 26, 2017:

By a vote of 216-212, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a 2018 budget resolution which give Republicans an opportunity to pass tax reform legislation with a simple majority vote. All Democrats and 20 Republicans voted no on the resolution.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/10/26/House-narrowly-passes-2018-budget-bill-moves-to-speed-up-tax-reform/1161509028522/
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/357403-budget-vote-raises-red-flag-for-gop-on-tax-reform

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/speaker-people-dont-care-about-senators-trump-criticism/2017/10/26/1554a9de-ba79-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/26/trump-plans-to-declare-the-opioid-crisis-a-public-health-emergency
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/26/justice-department-settles-irs-lawsuits-400-conservative-groups-claiming-discrimination/801891001/
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/probe-launched-trump-voter-fraud-panel-n814666

Oct 25, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357250-kelly-said-he-wants-to-admit-between-zero-and-one-refugees-into-the
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357131-trump-rails-over-fake-dossier-after-clinton-revelation
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357145-justice-department-backs-lawsuit-alleging-college-violated-free
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/10/24/the-unfair-criticism-that-flakes-anti-trumpism-speech-was-too-little-too-late/
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/357183-judge-wont-force-trump-to-keep-making-obamacare-payments

Oct 24, 2017:

From the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Jeff Flake (Republican-Arizona) announced he will not seek reelection in 2018. In his announcement, Flake, in no uncertain terms, also expressed his opinions about the Republican party, the current political environment, and the Trump administration:

Mr. President, I rise today to address a matter that has been much on my mind, at a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by our discord and our dysfunction than it is by our values and our principles.

Sustained incumbency is certainly not the point of seeking office. And there are times when we must risk our careers in favor of our principles.

In this century, a new phrase has entered the language to describe the accommodation of a new and undesirable order — that phrase being "the new normal."...We must never regard as "normal" the regular and casual undermining of our democratic norms and ideals. We must never meekly accept the daily sundering of our country — the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms, and institutions; the flagrant disregard for truth or decency, the reckless provocations, most often for the pettiest and most personal reasons, reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with the fortunes of the people that we have all been elected to serve...We must never allow ourselves to lapse into thinking that this is just the way things are now....Without fear of the consequences, and without consideration of the rules of what is politically safe or palatable, we must stop pretending that the degradation of our politics and the conduct of some in our executive branch are normal. They are not normal.

Reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as "telling it like it is,"" when it is actually just reckless, outrageous, and undignified. And when such behavior emanates from the top of our government, it is something else: It is dangerous to a democracy. Such behavior does not project strength — because our strength comes from our values. It instead projects a corruption of the spirit, and weakness.

Mr. President, I rise today to say: Enough. We must dedicate ourselves to making sure that the anomalous never becomes normal. With respect and humility, I must say that we have fooled ourselves for long enough that a pivot to governing is right around the corner, a return to civility and stability right behind it. We know better than that. By now, we all know better than that.

When we remain silent and fail to act when we know that that silence and inaction is the wrong thing to do — because of political considerations, because we might make enemies, because we might alienate the base, because we might provoke a primary challenge, because ad infinitum, ad nauseum — when we succumb to those considerations in spite of what should be greater considerations and imperatives in defense of the institutions of our liberty, then we dishonor our principles and forsake our obligations.

If I have been critical, it not because I relish criticizing the behavior of the president of the United States. If I have been critical, it is because I believe that it is my obligation to do so, as a matter of duty and conscience. The notion that one should stay silent as the norms and values that keep America strong are undermined and as the alliances and agreements that ensure the stability of the entire world are routinely threatened by the level of thought that goes into 140 characters — the notion that one should say and do nothing in the face of such mercurial behavior is ahistoric and, I believe, profoundly misguided.

When a leader correctly identifies real hurt and insecurity in our country and instead of addressing it goes looking for somebody to blame, there is perhaps nothing more devastating to a pluralistic society. Leadership knows that most often a good place to start in assigning blame is to first look somewhat closer to home. Leadership knows where the buck stops. Humility helps. Character counts. Leadership does not knowingly encourage or feed ugly and debased appetites in us

Now, the efficacy of American leadership around the globe has come into question...Now, it seems that we, the architects of this visionary rules-based world order that has brought so much freedom and prosperity, are the ones most eager to abandon it. The implications of this abandonment are profound. And the beneficiaries of this rather radical departure in the American approach to the world are the ideological enemies of our values. Despotism loves a vacuum. And our allies are now looking elsewhere for leadership. Why are they doing this? None of this is normal. And what do we as United States Senators have to say about it? The principles that underlie our politics, the values of our founding, are too vital to our identity and to our survival to allow them to be compromised by the requirements of politics. Because politics can make us silent when we should speak, and silence can equal complicity.

It is clear at this moment that a traditional conservative who believes in limited government and free markets, who is devoted to free trade, and who is pro-immigration, has a narrower and narrower path to nomination in the Republican party — the party that for so long has defined itself by belief in those things. It is also clear to me for the moment we have given in or given up on those core principles in favor of the more viscerally satisfying anger and resentment. To be clear, the anger and resentment that the people feel at the royal mess we have created are justified. But anger and resentment are not a governing philosophy.

There is an undeniable potency to a populist appeal — but mischaracterizing or misunderstanding our problems and giving in to the impulse to scapegoat and belittle threatens to turn us into a fearful, backward-looking people.

We were not made great as a country by indulging or even exalting our worst impulses, turning against ourselves, glorying in the things which divide us, and calling fake things true and true things fake.

Source:

(October 24, 2017). "Read Flake's bombshell Senate speech: 'Mr. President, I rise today to say: Enough'". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2017-10-24.

Speaking with CNN's Manu Raju, Senator Bob Corker (Republican-Tennessee), who announced last month that he won't be running for reelection in 2018, said the following about Trump:

I think the things that are happening right now that are harmful to our nation, whether it's the breaking down of -- we are going to be doing hearings on some of the things that he purposely is breaking down -- relationships we have around the world that have been useful to our nation. But I think at the end of the day, when his term is over, I think the debasing of our nation, the constant non-truth telling, just the name-calling ... I think the debasement of our nation will be what he'll be remembered most for, and that's regretful.

Source:

Vazquez, Maegan. (October 24, 2017). "Trump-Corker feud explodes ahead of critical Hill visit". CNN. Retrieved 2017-10-24.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-refugees/under-trump-plan-refugees-from-11-countries-face-additional-u-s-barriers-idUSKBN1CT2IV
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/10/24/presidential-executive-order-resuming-united-states-refugee-admissions
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/357030-pence-breaks-tie-to-nix-obama-era-consumer-arbitration-rule

Oct 23, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356671-trump-disputes-gold-star-widows-account-of-phone-call
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/356624-juan-williams-trumps-cynical-sabotage-of-obamacare
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/356750-second-republican-state-withdraws-obamacare-waiver-aimed-at-helping
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/23/let-us-do-our-job-anger-erupts-over-epas-muzzling-of-scientists

Oct 21, 2017:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/politics/kfile-kathleen-hartnett-white-paganism/index.html
https://www.desmogblog.com/kathleen-hartnett-white
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/356514-bannon-attacks-george-w-bush
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356516-trump-wacky-rep-wilson-is-killing-the-democrat-party

Oct 20, 2017:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/356395-video-appears-to-show-kelly-misrepresented-speech-of-dem
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-reg-wilson-kelly-tape-of-speech-20171020-story.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/10/20/chief-staff-kelly-falsely-accuses-rep-wilson-taking-credit-funding-fbi-building/784456001/
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/356509-washington-post-editorial-board-kelly-owes-dem-rep-an-apology
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/356441-gen-kelly-has-been-hacked-by-the-president
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356401-trump-launches-national-anthem-petition-in-latest-swipe-at-nfl
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/20/senate-passes-budget-plan-what-that-means-for-tax-cuts/780610001/

Oct 19, 2017:

By a vote of 51-49, the U.S. Senate passed a 2018 budget resolution which, if passed by the House, will give Republicans an opportunity to pass tax reform legislation with a simple majority vote. All 48 Democrats and one Republican, Senator Rand Paul (Republican-Kentucky), voted no on the resolution.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-20/senate-adopts-budget-giving-momentum-to-trump-s-tax-cut-plans

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mccain-says-trump-administration-not-being-upfront-about-niger-attack/
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/356234-pentagon-launches-formal-investigation-into-deadly-niger-ambush
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356266-john-kelly-stunned-at-description-of-trumps-call-to-soldiers-widow
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/frederica-wilson-trump-call-to-widow-is-getting-threats-office-says/
www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/middleeast/iran-khamenei-trump-foul-mouth/index.html
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/356227-trump-on-puerto-rico-id-give-myself-a-10
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/356331-senate-votes-down-effort-to-block-drilling-in-alaska-refuge
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/19/full-text-george-w-bush-speech-trump-243947
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/19/george-w-bush-trumpism-243945
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/17/558247566/in-speech-sen-mccain-decries-half-baked-spurious-nationalism
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/356298-obama-on-politics-today-its-the-21st-century-not-the-19th-century
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/19/senate-tax-budget-president-trump/782873001/

Oct 18, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355962-trump-rips-nfl-decision-on-national-anthem-total-disrespect-for-us
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/356035-roy-moore-nfl-players-protesting-anthem-are-breaking-the-law
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/health-insurance/356081-states-file-emergency-restraining-order-to-force
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355979-second-judge-halts-trumps-travel-ban
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355985-trump-reverses-course-indicates-opposition-to-obamacare-deal
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355997-mother-of-fallen-soldier-trump-did-disrespect-my-family
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-usa-khamenei/khamenei-says-iran-will-shred-nuclear-deal-if-u-s-quits-it-idUSKBN1CN167

Oct 17, 2017:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/it-wont-be-pretty-trump-promises-to-fight-back-against-mccain/2017/10/17/201b9202-b34d-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/key-senators-reach-bipartisan-health-care-subsidy-deal-and-trump-expresses-support/2017/10/17/72be5b04-b355-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/355850-gop-senator-announces-deal-on-health-insurer-payments
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/355917-new-health-deal-falls-flat-with-gop
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355912-trump-blames-dems-for-obamacare-premium-increases
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/355860-federal-judge-temporarily-halts-third-trump-travel-ban
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355885-18-dem-ags-sue-devos-for-blocking-obama-for-profit-college-rule

Oct 16, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355679-trump-says-unlike-obama-most-presidents-he-calls-families-of-fallen
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/355728-trump-faces-blowback-after-claim-about-calls-to-families-of-the-fallen
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/355658-trump-there-is-no-such-thing-as-obamacare-anymore
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-obamacare-dead_us_59e4de47e4b0a52aca19aefb
http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/10/16/trump-no-such-thing-as-obamacare-anymore-sot-ip.cnn
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355675-trump-repeats-false-claim-that-us-is-the-highest-taxed-country-in-the

Oct 14, 2017:

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/355464-insurers-calls-on-congress-to-act-on-trump-halted-obamacare-payments
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/355393-five-things-to-know-about-trumps-controversial-obamacare-decision
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/452674/trumps-obamacare-order-faithfully-executes-law

Oct 13, 2017:

At the White House, Trump announced he is not going to re-certify the Iran Nuclear Deal.

After talking about all of the bad things Iran has done and continues to do, Trump said the following:

Realizing the gravity of the situation, the United States and the United Nations Security Council sought, over many years, to stop Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons with a wide array of strong economic sanctions. But the previous administration lifted these sanctions, just before what would have been the total collapse of the Iranian regime, through the deeply controversial 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.

What is the purpose of a deal that, at best, only delays Iran's nuclear capability for a short period of time? This, as President of the United States, is unacceptable. In other countries, they think in terms of 100-year intervals, not just a few years at a time.

Iranian regime has committed multiple violations of the agreement. For example, on two separate occasions, they have exceeded the limit of 130 metric tons of heavy water. Until recently, the Iranian regime has also failed to meet our expectations in its operation of advanced centrifuges. The Iranian regime has also intimidated international inspectors into not using the full inspection authorities that the agreement calls for. Iranian officials and military leaders have repeatedly claimed they will not allow inspectors onto military sites, even though the international community suspects some of those sites were part of Iran's clandestine nuclear weapons program.

Trump then announced his new strategy:

First, we will work with our allies to counter the regime's destabilizing activity and support for terrorist proxies in the region. Second, we will place additional sanctions on the regime to block their financing of terror. Third, we will address the regime's proliferation of missiles and weapons that threaten its neighbors, global trade, and freedom of navigation.And finally, we will deny the regime all paths to a nuclear weapon.

Trump then announced specifics of his new strategy:

I am authorizing the Treasury Department to further sanction the entire Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for its support for terrorism and to apply sanctions to its officials, agents, and affiliates.

...I am directing my administration to work closely with Congress and our allies to address the deal's many serious flaws so that the Iranian regime can never threaten the world with nuclear weapons. These include the deal's sunset clauses that, in just a few years, will eliminate key restrictions on Iran's nuclear program. However, in the event we are not able to reach a solution working with Congress and our allies, then the agreement will be terminated.

Source:

Trump, Donald. (October 13, 2017). "Remarks by President Trump on Iran Strategy". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2017-10-13.

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/355367-democrats-propose-ban-on-high-capacity-gun-magazines
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/355242-gop-senator-collins-wont-run-for-governor
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/13/trump-value-voters-summit-2017-243751
https://www.salon.com/2017/10/13/trumps-latest-attack-on-obamacare-violates-oath-to-uphold-constitution_partner/

Oct 12, 2017:

Trump issued an executive order entitled "Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States". Here are point-by-point excerpts of the order:

Section 1. Policy. (a) It shall be the policy of the executive branch, to the extent consistent with law, to facilitate the purchase of insurance across State lines and the development and operation of a healthcare system that provides high-quality care at affordable prices for the American people.

Sec. 2. Expanded Access to Association Health Plans. Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Labor shall consider proposing regulations or revising guidance, consistent with law, to expand access to health coverage by allowing more employers to form AHPs.

Sec. 3. Expanded Availability of Short-Term, Limited‑Duration Insurance. Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services shall consider proposing regulations or revising guidance, consistent with law, to expand the availability of STLDI.

Sec. 4. Expanded Availability and Permitted Use of Health Reimbursement Arrangements. Within 120 days of the date of this order, the Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services shall consider proposing regulations or revising guidance, to the extent permitted by law and supported by sound policy, to increase the usability of HRAs, to expand employers' ability to offer HRAs to their employees, and to allow HRAs to be used in conjunction with nongroup coverage.

Sec. 6. Reports. Within 180 days of the date of this order, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretaries of the Treasury and Labor and the Federal Trade Commission, shall provide a report to the President...

Sec. 7. General Provisions.

Trump also announced he is ending Obamacare's cost-sharing reduction payments. Those payments are paid to insurance companies so they can offer lower out-of-pocket costs such as deductibles and co-pays to millions of lower-income people who have health insurance under Obamacare.

The New York Times published a list of eleven things Trump has done to weaken and undermine Obamacare:

  • Opened the door for sales of less expensive plans with fewer benefits and fewer protections for consumers. Signed executive order on Oct. 12.
  • Decided not to send health department officials to local open enrollment events in states. First reported on Sept. 27.
  • Decided to shut down the Affordable Care Act website for 12 hours nearly every Sunday during open enrollment. First reported in September.
  • Said it would cut by 40 percent funding to groups that help people enroll. Announced on Aug. 31.
  • Said it would slash spending on advertising and promotion for enrollment to $10 million from $100 million. Announced on Aug. 31.
  • Made videos criticizing the health law and posted them on YouTube. In June and July.
  • Posted infographics criticizing the health law on Twitter. Mostly in late June and mid-July.
  • Made tax credits for premiums less generous. Finalized in April.
  • Used news releases to spread negative information about the law. As early as February.
  • Weakened enforcement of the individual mandate. Reported in February.
  • Removed useful guidance for consumers about the law from its website. As early as Jan. 20.

Source:

Park, Haeyoun. (October 12, 2017). "We're Tracking the Ways Trump Is Scaling Back Obamacare. Here Are 11.". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-10-12.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-sanctuary/four-u-s-sanctuary-cities-may-be-violating-law-u-s-attorney-general-idUSKBN1CH20R
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355064-trump-fema-cant-stay-in-puerto-rico-forever
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/355112-puerto-rico-gov-we-are-requesting-the-support-that-any-of-our
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/355116-trump-praises-hannitys-ratings-im-very-proud-of-you
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/12/politics/unesco-us-withdraw/index.html

Oct 11, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354888-trump-fake-nbc-news-nuke-story-pure-fiction
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/354971-trump-tweet-on-nbc-license-draws-bipartisan-backlash
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/354997-nbc-news-defends-trump-nuke-story-after-white-house-denial
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/us/politics/trump-nbc-fcc-broadcast-license.html
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/354892-nfl-trumps-tweet-on-goodell-demanding-players-stand-during
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/354902-conservative-groups-call-on-mcconnell-leadership-team-to-step-down
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/354940-senate-democrats-urge-nih-to-renew-gun-research-grants
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/10/11/remarks-president-trump-tax-reform

Oct 10, 2017:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/climate/clean-power-plan.html
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-takes-another-step-advance-president-trumps-america-first-strategy-proposes-repeal
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354837-supreme-court-dismisses-1-of-2-challenges-to-trump-travel-ban
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/354762-bipartisan-lawmakers-unveil-bill-to-ban-gun-bump-stocks
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/354745-goodell-everyone-should-stand-for-the-national-anthem
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354747-white-house-backs-nfl-rule-change-requiring-players-to-stand-for
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354664-trump-nyt-set-up-corker-by-recording-his-conversation
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/354669-nyt-reporter-fires-back-at-trump-corker-recorded-interview-too
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354744-wh-trump-iq-comment-a-joke
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354648-trump-threatens-to-compare-iq-tests-with-tillerson-after-moron-report
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354748-white-house-hammers-gop-senator-escalating-feud

Oct 9, 2017:

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/353965-court-blocks-trumps-unlawful-delay-of-obama-methane-leak-rule
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/354531-epa-to-begin-repealing-obamas-landmark-climate-rule-tuesday
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354486-corker-trump-is-setting-up-the-country-for-world-war-iii
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-obamacare-health-care-repeal-replace-2017-10

Oct 8, 2017:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/white-house-to-order-expansion-of-health-care-options/2017/10/08/a0973362-ac6f-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/354489-nfl-players-association-backs-players-constitutional-rights
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354481-trump-sends-congress-hardline-immigration-plan
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/354482-schumer-pelosi-blast-trumps-immigration-principles
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354483-trump-nobody-could-have-done-what-ive-done-for-puerto-rico-with-so
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/354330-5-things-to-know-about-trump-and-the-iran-deal
http://thehill.com/media/354471-indianapolis-sports-columnist-accuses-pence-of-using-colts-to-stage-political-stunt
http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/354434-nra-executive-director-we-dont-believe-bans-ever-worked-on
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/08/nra-trump-administration-not-congress-should-ban-bump-stocks/744138001

Oct 7, 2017:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/trump-reaches-democrats-bid-great-health-law/
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/354363-schumer-i-told-trump-obamacare-repeal-was-off-the-table
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-on-track-to-win-reelection/2017/10/06/91cd2af0-aa15-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354418-trump-defends-throwing-paper-towels-to-puerto-ricans
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354419-trump-on-health-care-block-grants-i-would-rather-focus-on-iran-north

Oct 6, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354277-trump-youll-find-out-what-calm-before-the-storm-means
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/354263-sessions-issues-religious-liberty-guidance-to-federal-agencies
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/354162-warning-signs-emerge-in-gops-tax-reform-push
http://thehill.com/latino/354307-ice-director-well-be-forced-to-conduct-workplace-raids-in-california
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/354232-trump-administration-eliminates-obamacare-birth-control-mandate
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/us/puerto-rico-death-toll-maria.html

Oct 5, 2017:

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/federal-civil-rights-law-doesn-t-protect-transgender-workers-justice-n808126
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/10/05/trump-suggests-senate-intelligence-committee-investigate-media-companies/?utm_term=.704be356d4f6
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/354028-house-passes-budget-paving-way-for-tax-reform
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/354111-nra-gives-ground-on-bump-stocks
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/354139-johnson-threatens-to-subpoena-opm-over-obamacare-congressional-exemption
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/354080-trump-should-show-no-mercy-in-terminating-john-koskinen
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/354130-watchdog-trump-tied-lobbyists-linked-to-42m-in
https://www.citizen.org/system/files/case_documents/trump-lobbyists-report.pdf
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-brown-california-sanctuary-state-bill-20171005-story.html

Oct 4, 2017:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/the-trump-administration-has-already-been-rolling-back-gun-regulations/2017/10/04/5eaad7d6-a86b-11e7-8ed2-c7114e6ac460_story.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/04/business/dealbook/trump-puerto-rico-debt.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/10/04/whistleblower-resigns-keeping-my-voice-more-important-than-keeping-my-job
http://thehill.com/353839-fate-of-daca-recipients-unclear-as-renewal-deadline-approaches
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/tillerson-s-fury-trump-required-intervention-pence-n806451
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-intelligence-committee-leaders-russia-did-interfere-in-2016-elections/2017/10/04/1459291c-a91f-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html

Oct 3, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353707-trump-spends-frenzied-day-in-puerto-rico
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353737-the-memo-five-takeaways-from-trump-in-puerto-rico
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/353634-trump-puerto-rico-has-thrown-our-budget-a-little-out-of-whack
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353775-trump-were-going-to-wipe-out-puerto-ricos-74-billion-debt
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/353714-scalise-shooting-fortified-view-on-gun-rights
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/353672-mcconnell-premature-to-discuss-gun-control-legislation

Oct 1, 2017:

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/protests-muted-week-nfl-responds-trump-criticism-50216860
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353314-trump-it-is-a-waste-of-time-to-negotiate-with-north-korea

According to polling data on the Real Clear Politics website, in the month of September, 2017, Trump's disapproval rating averaged 14.2 percent higher than his approval rating (4.1 percent lower than in the month of of August). This average includes 24 separate polls conducted by the following sources:

  • FOX News
  • CNN/ORC
  • CBS News
  • Gallup
  • Rasmussen Reports
  • Reuters/Ipsos
  • Economist/YouGov
  • ABC News/Wash Post
  • PPP (D)
  • Quinnipiac
  • Pew Research
  • Marist
  • CNBC
  • IBD/TIPP

None of the 19 polls showed Trump with an approval rating equal to or higher than his disapproval rating.

Source:

(April, 2017). "Latest Polls". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved 2017-09-05.

Sep 30, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353216-trump-criticizes-san-juan-mayors-poor-leadership-during-puerto-rico
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353251-trump-praises-puerto-rico-governor-after-slamming-san-juan-mayor
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/353284-san-juan-mayor-trump-looking-for-an-excuse-for-things-that-are
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/353213-right-fumes-after-youtube-ad-crackdown

Sep 29, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/353162-health-secretary-tom-price-resigns
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/353137-not-enough-troops-equipment-in-puerto-rico-says-general-in-charge-of-relief
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-09-28/trump-waives-cargo-restrictions-to-speed-help-to-puerto-rico
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/29/acting-homeland-security-director-calls-reach-hurricane-maria-a-good-news-story-mayor-san-juan-outra/716464001/
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/353189-feds-strip-aig-of-systemically-important-label-loosening-oversight
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/353107-trump-pitches-giant-beautiful-massive-tax-cut-to-manufacturers
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/09/29/trump-to-promote-tax-plan-in-address-to-manufacturers-group.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-29/tax-reform-could-open-up-a-huge-loophole-for-wealthy-americans
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/28/us/politics/trump-tax-benefit.html

Sep 28, 2017:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/353014-ice-arrests-hundreds-of-immigrants-in-sanctuary-cities
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/21/tom-price-private-charter-plane-flights-242989
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352959-price-to-reimburse-taxpayers-for-cost-of-charter-jets
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/352874-scalise-returns-to-house-with-standing-ovation
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352822-sanders-jones-act-has-been-lifted
http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/352914-puerto-rico-aid-supplies-trapped-at-san-juan-port-report
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/28/politics/pentagon-general-to-lead-puerto-rico-efforts/index.html
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/352843-general-who-handled-katrina-response-blasts-trumps-puerto-rico-strategy
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/352887-mnuchin-tax-plan-will-cut-deficits-by-1-trillion
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2017-09-28/working-families-lose-and-donald-trump-wins-in-gop-tax-reform

Sep 27, 2017:

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/352644-trump-tax-plan-seeks-big-corporate-cuts-slashes-most-breaks
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/27/tax-cut-fever-republican-supply-side-theory-hogwash-bruce-bartlett-column/704464001/
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/27/trump-poll-fit-to-be-president-243219
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/26/politics/alabama-senate-results-roy-moore-luther-strange/index.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/next-republican-uprising-underway-n805356

Sep 26, 2017:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-sports-nfl-ban/trump-ramps-up-nfl-fight-calls-for-ban-on-kneeling-during-anthem-idUSKCN1C11RV
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/24/opinions/trump-nfl-american-values-opinion-obeidallah/index.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/26/nfl-protests-donald-trump-needs-briefing-free-speech-ellis-cose-column/700521001/
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352494-trump-amends-puerto-rico-disaster-declaration-offers-100-federal
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/humanitarian-crisis-puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-trump/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/opinion/abbie-hoffman-donald-trump.html

Sep 25, 2017:

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/352299-five-things-to-know-about-trumps-new-travel-ban
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/352280-supreme-court-cancels-travel-ban-arguments
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/352303-veterans-groups-slam-nfl-players-who-kneel-during-anthem
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352290-white-house-defends-trump-on-nfl-this-isnt-about-being-against-anyone
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/351202-california-governor-compares-trump-supporters-to-cave-dwellers

Sep 24, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352179-trump-imposes-new-travel-restrictions-on-8-countries
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-sports-nfl/nfl-players-owners-defy-trump-on-anthem-protests-as-feud-ramps-up-idUSKCN1BZ0HQ
http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/352118-mnuchin-nfl-players-can-do-free-speech-on-their-own-time
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352146-nfl-goes-on-offense-against-trump
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/352188-protests-sweep-nfl-as-trump-doubles-down-on-criticism

Sep 23, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352061-trump-doubles-down-on-feud-with-nfl-nba
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352051-trump-sparks-backlash-feuding-with-nfl-nba-players
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/352070-golden-state-warriors-wont-visit-trump-white-house

Sep 22, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352010-trump-after-lock-her-up-chants-youve-got-to-speak-to-jeff-sessions
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/351889-education-department-rescinds-obama-era-school-sexual-assault
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/352013-trump-people-should-pick-up-and-leave-games-if-people-kneel-during
http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/351813-trumps-travel-ban-set-to-expire-forcing-decision-on-vetting

Sep 21, 2017:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/09/21/trump-says-the-u-s-will-impose-new-sanctions-on-north-korea

Sep 20, 2017:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/20/politics/donald-trump-iran-deal-decision/index.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-20/iranian-president-blasts-u-s-effort-to-change-2015-nuclear-deal
http://thehill.com/policy/international/351586-nikki-haley-acknowledges-sometimes-she-has-to-clarify-trump-tweets

Sep 19, 2017:

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/351375-un-head-warns-fiery-talk-can-lead-to-fatal-misunderstandings
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/351378-the-memo-five-takeaways-from-trumps-un-speech
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/19/remarks-president-trump-72nd-session-united-nations-general-assembly
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-assembly-trump/trump-vows-if-threatened-to-totally-destroy-north-korea-idUSKCN1BU0B3

Sep 15, 2017:

http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/350937-federal-judge-blocks-trump-from-defunding-sanctuary-cities
http://thehill.com/regulation/350954-doj-rolls-back-program-intended-to-identify-problems-in-police-departments
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/350802-trump-calls-for-larger-tougher-travel-ban-in-response-to-london

Sep 14, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/right-explodes-in-anger-over-trump-deal-daca-dreamers-democrats-pelosi-schumer-hannity-coulter-ingraham
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/us/politics/trump-daca-dreamers.html
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/350755-trump-stuns-washington-with-immigration-moves
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/350790-trump-signs-resolution-condemning-white-supremacists-in

Sep 11, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/350097-supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-appeals-court-ruling-that-limits
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/350128-doj-supports-dismissal-of-arpaios-contempt-conviction-after-trump
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/350107-house-dems-accuse-trump-administration-of-obamacare-sabotage

Sep 8, 2017:

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/349786-house-passes-trump-deal-on-majority-democratic-vote
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/349775-trump-blasts-own-party-calls-filibuster-gop-death-wish
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/349791-gop-bristles-at-mnuchins-debt-plea-do-it-for-me

Sep 7, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/349658-senate-approves-trumps-debt-deal-with-democrats
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/349638-senate-gop-whip-no-vote-on-standalone-bill-for-dreamers
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/349645-ryan-rejects-trump-idea-to-scrap-debt-limit
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/349657-conservatives-direct-ire-at-gop-leaders-not-trump
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-daca-recipients-you-have-nothing-to-worry-about/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-bannon-60-minutes-charlie-rose-trump-administration/

Sep 6, 2017:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/politics/donald-trump-revisit-daca/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-ny/states-file-lawsuit-challenging-trump-decision-on-dreamers-idUSKCN1BH1HS
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/349447-dems-say-trump-agrees-to-short-term-funding-debt-package
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/349495-trump-voter-fraud-head-calls-to-deport-the-whole-family-of-dreamers

Sep 5, 2017:

http://thehill.com/latino/348848-sessions-says-DACA-to-end-in-six-months
http://www.npr.org/2017/09/05/546423550/trump-signals-end-to-daca-calls-on-congress-to-act
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/349222-trump-defends-decision-to-end-daca-urges-congress-to-act
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/349285-graham-durbin-call-for-action-on-dream-act-by-end-of-september
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/349234-protests-erupt-outside-white-house-trump-tower-after-daca-reversal
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/09/05/trump-daca-gop-lawmaker-plans-force-vote-bill-protect-dreamers/633416001/

Sep 1, 2017:

According to polling data on the Real Clear Politics website, in the month of August, 2017, Trump's disapproval rating averaged 18.3 percent higher than his approval rating (2.2 percent higher than in the month of of June). This average includes 24 separate polls conducted by the following sources:

  • FOX News
  • CNN/ORC
  • CBS News
  • Gallup
  • Rasmussen Reports
  • Reuters/Ipsos
  • Economist/YouGov
  • ABC News/Wash Post
  • PPP (D)
  • Quinnipiac
  • Pew Research
  • Marist
  • CNBC
  • IBD/TIPP

None of the 16 polls showed Trump with an approval rating equal to or higher than his disapproval rating.

Source:

(April, 2017). "Latest Polls". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved 2017-09-05.

Aug 31, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348735-trump-to-end-daca-report
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/348728-states-say-epas-climate-rule-guidance-is-legally-incorrect

Aug 30, 2017:

http://thehill.com/latino/348637-mexico-plans-to-leave-negotiations-if-trump-cancels-nafta-report
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-30/as-trump-threatens-nafta-exit-farm-secretary-touts-its-success
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-responds-to-trumps-tweets-on-border-wall-nafta/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/27/donald-trump-camp-david-nafta-mexico-wall-canada
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKCN1B92WY

Aug 29, 2017:

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/348440-epa-taps-wisconsin-official-to-lead-midwest-office
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/450934/trump-arpaio-pardon-unmerited-unnecessary-impulsive

Aug 26, 2017:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-faces-bipartisan-backlash-for-pardoning-sheriff-during-hurricane-harvey/
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/348129-ryan-breaks-with-trump-on-arpaio-pardon-report

Aug 25, 2017:

President Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio.

In response to the pardon, Arizona Senator John McCain released the following statement:

No one is above the law and the individuals entrusted with the privilege of being sworn law officers should always seek to be beyond reproach in their commitment to fairly enforcing the laws they swore to uphold. Mr. Arpaio was found guilty of criminal contempt for continuing to illegally profile Latinos living in Arizona based on their perceived immigration status in violation of a judge's orders. The President has the authority to make this pardon, but doing so at this time undermines his claim for the respect of rule of law as Mr. Arpaio has shown no remorse for his actions.

Source:

McCain, John. (August 25, 2017). "STATEMENT BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PARDON OF JOE ARPAIO". mccain.senate.gov. Retrieved 2017-08-26.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/348061-trump-pardons-arpaio
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/348070-dems-slams-trump-for-pardoning-arpaio-during-hurricane-harvey
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/348078-sanders-on-arpaio-pardon-trump-using-power-to-defend-racism
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/why-does-donald-trump-like-sheriff-joe
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/25/526383048/counterterrorism-adviser-gorka-out-of-white-house-job
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/347954-yellen-defends-dodd-frank-as-key-to-stronger-economy-while-calling-for
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/347983-new-york-states-final-chance-to-stop-fracking-is
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/347986-bannon-i-had-influence-at-the-white-house-but-power-at-breitbart
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/348045-trump-signs-order-barring-transgender-people-from-enlisting-in-military
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/25/breitbart-steve-bannon-ad-boycott-revenues
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-confronts-unprecedented-public-rebuke-by-gary-cohn-after-charlottsville/2017/08/25/d5ec8488-89b3-11e7-961d-2f373b3977ee_story.html

Aug 24, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347837-18th-charity-cancels-event-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347764-trump-defends-different-types-of-back-to-back-speeches
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347775-trump-blasts-mcconnell-over-obamacare
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347761-trump-blames-gop-leaders-over-debt-ceiling
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/347817-court-orders-company-to-produce-data-on-anti-trump-site
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/347794-zinke-wants-to-shrink-some-national-monuments

Aug 23, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347594-the-memo-seven-takeaways-from-trumps-arizona-speech
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347629-phoenix-mayor-trump-did-nothing-to-unite-country
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/08/23/the-strange-story-of-that-blacks-for-trump-guy-standing-behind-potus-at-his-phoenix-rally/
http://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/trumps-phoenix-fiction/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-goes-after-the-senate-jeff-flake-and-media-on-twitter/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/23/trump-signs-historic-veterans-bill-at-american-legion-convention.html
https://www.whitehouse.gov/legislation/hr2288-veterans-appeals-improvement-and-modernization-act-2017

Aug 22, 2017:

http://time.com/4911863/donald-trump-phoenix-rally-protest/
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347592-trump-unloads-in-defense-of-his-charlottesville-response-at-phoenix
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/us/politics/trump-rally-arizona.html
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/347575-phoenix-mayor-trump-should-use-rally-to-apologize-for
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/347394-the-7-most-vulnerable-senators-in-2018
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347536-breitbart-goes-after-trump
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347509-la-files-to-join-californias-sanctuary-city-lawsuit-against-trump-doj
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/22/politics/appalachian-coal-mining-health-study/index.html
http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/22/investing/coal-rescue-trump-murray-energy/index.html

Aug 21, 2017:

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/21/545038935/watch-live-trump-s-address-on-afghanistan-next-steps-for-u-s-engagement

Aug 20, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347269-trump-disbands-federal-advisory-panel-on-climate-change-report
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/347286-breitbart-goes-after-mcmaster
http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2017/08/20/h-r-mcmaster-endorsed-book-advocates-quran-kissing-apology-ceremonies/
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347424-trump-vows-dramatic-shift-in-afghanistan-strategy
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/347433-5-takeaways-from-trumps-afghan-speech
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/the-administration/347383-pardoning-arpaio-would-deliver-a-sharp-blow-to-the
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347308-secret-service-nearing-maximum-spending-limit-for-protecting-trump
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/14-charities-abruptly-cancel-fundraisers-mar-lago-n794446

Aug 19, 2017:

Aug 18, 2017:

Steve Bannon resigned his position as chief strategist for Trump and was rehired as executive chairman for Breitbart.

In an interview with Bloomberg News Bannon said:

If there's any confusion out there, let me clear it up: I'm leaving the White House and going to war for Trump against his opponents -- on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in corporate America.

Source:

Green, Joshua; Sink, Justin; Talev, Margaret. (August 18, 2017). "Bannon Says He's 'Going to War for Trump' After White House Exit". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2017-08-18.

In an interview with The Weekly Standard Bannon said:

The Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over...We still have a huge movement, and we will make something of this Trump presidency. But that presidency is over. It'll be something else. And there'll be all kinds of fights, and there'll be good days and bad days, but that presidency is over.

Now, it's gonna be Trump...The path forward on things like economic nationalism and immigration, and his ability to kind of move freely . . . I just think his ability to get anything done—particularly the bigger things, like the wall, the bigger, broader things that we fought for, it's just gonna be that much harder.

Referring to his comment the "presidency that we fought for, and won, is over", and what the turning point was, Bannon said:

It's the Republican establishment. The Republican establishment has no interest in Trump's success on this. They're not populists, they're not nationalists, they had no interest in his program. Zero. It was a half-hearted attempt at Obamacare reform, it was no interest really on the infrastructure, they'll do a very standard Republican version of taxes.

What Trump ran on—border wall, where is the funding for the border wall, one of his central tenets, where have they been? Have they rallied around the Perdue-Cotton immigration bill? On what element of Trump's program, besides tax cuts—which is going to be the standard marginal tax cut—where have they rallied to Trump's cause? They haven't.

Regarding his departure from the Trump administration Bannon said:

I feel jacked up...Now I'm free. I've got my hands back on my weapons. Someone said, 'it's Bannon the Barbarian.' I am definitely going to crush the opposition. There's no doubt. I built a f***ing machine at Breitbart. And now I'm about to go back, knowing what I know, and we're about to rev that machine up. And rev it up we will do.

Source:

Boyer, Peter J. (August 18, 2017). "Bannon: 'The Trump Presidency That We Fought For, and Won, Is Over.'". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved 2017-08-18.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347160-icahn-steps-down-as-regulatory-adviser-to-trump
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/politics/art-of-the-deal-author-trump-resignation-prediction/index.html

Aug 17, 2017:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347017-trump-scraps-plan-for-white-house-infrastructure-council
http://thehill.com/media/347052-fox-ceo-rips-trump-donates-1m-to-anti-defamation-league
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346995-trump-resurrects-pigs-blood-myth-after-barcelona-attack
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346929-trump-revives-defense-of-confederate-monuments
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/08/17/a-nazi-salute-a-kkk-hood-and-trump-magazine-covers-after-charlottesville-are-jarring/

Aug 16, 2017:

On January 27, 28 business leaders were named to Trump's Manufacturing Council (view a list of all members here). Today, in a tweet, Trump announced the end of both his Manufacturing Council and his Strategy & Policy Forum. His announcement comes after ten defections from the Manufacturing Council, eight of those in the past three days.

The list of defections includes:

  • Aug 16: Inge Thulin, 3M chairman of the board, president, and CEO
  • Aug 16: Denise Morrison, Campbell Soup Company CEO
  • Aug 15: Scott Paul, Alliance for American Manufacturing president
  • Aug 15: Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO president
  • Aug 15: Thea Lee, AFL-CIO deputy chief of staff
  • Aug 14: Kenneth Frazier, Merck CEO
  • Aug 14: Kevin Plank, Under Armour CEO
  • Aug 14: Brian Krzanich, Intel CEO
  • Jun 2: Elon Musk, Tesla CEO
  • Jun 2: Bob Iger, Disney CEO

Steve Bannon, Trump's chief strategist, had a phone conversation with Robert Kuttner, co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect (a liberal magazine). Read Kuttner's article on his conversation with Bannon here.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/he-went-rogue-president-trump-s-staff-stunned-after-latest-n793091
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-infrastructure-idUSKCN1AV1ZI
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/08/15/presidential-executive-order-establishing-discipline-and-accountability
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346835-pence-responds-to-trump-remarks-i-stand-with-the-president
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/08/16/president-trumps-false-claim-that-counter-demonstrators-lacked-a-permit/
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/16/543901998/hope-hicks-named-interim-white-house-communications-director

Aug 15, 2017:

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/president-trump-backtracks-blame-sides-charlottesville-violence/
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346668-trump-there-were-two-violent-sides-in-charlottesville
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/08/15/trump-again-blames-both-sides-in-charlottesville-says-some-counterprotesters-were-very-very-violent/
http://time.com/4902502/donald-trump-charlottesville-press-conference/
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346614-fifth-leader-resigns-from-trumps-manufacturing-jobs-council
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/346609-trump-blasts-ceo-grandstanders-for-exiting-advisory-panel
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/346607-trump-campaign-accuses-cnn-of-censorship
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-attorney-requests-information-on-visitors-to-anti-trump-website/

Commentary:

Someone, please explain to me why it takes anyone, especially the president of the United States, three statements over three days to respond to the recent events in Charlottesville.

Apparently, today's rant from Trump was impromptu, at a gathering that was supposed to be only about infrastructure. But, it appears as if Trump just couldn't help himself (big surprise), and instead of deflecting questions from the press on Charlottesville, he chose to "go rouge" and spill his guts.

Trump's responses over the past few days have only served to further divide our already sharply divided country, have validated and enabled white supremacists and groups like Neo-Nazis and the KKK, and have once again shown why Trump is woefully unqualified to be president of the United States.

Aug 14, 2017:

Speaking with Fox News in Bedminster, N.J., Trump said he is considering pardoning Joe Arpaio:

I am seriously considering a pardon for Sheriff Arpaio...He has done a lot in the fight against illegal immigration. He's a great American patriot and I hate to see what has happened to him.

Source:

Jarrett, Gregg. (August 14, 2017). "Trump 'seriously considering' a pardon for ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio". Fox News. Retrieved 2017-08-16.

Commentary:

How many times during the Trump campaign did we hear Trump talk about restoring the "rule of law"? Now, Trump is considering pardoning Joe Arpaio, a man recently convicted of criminal contempt of court, a man who has cost Maricopa County (Arizona) taxpayers over $60 million ("U.S. Department of Justice to File Criminal Contempt Charge Against Joe Arpaio"). Arapaio broke the law, and now Trump might pardon him because he agrees with Arpaio's views on immigration? Absolutely pathetic!

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346483-trump-declares-racism-is-evil-after-firestorm
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/346512-trump-says-white-nationalists-have-been-condemned-when-confronted-over-delay
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346554-trump-attacks-fake-news-media-following-remarks-on-charlottesville
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/anti-trump-rally-draws-thousands-president-return-nyc-article-1.3411491
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346437-merck-ceo-resigns-from-american-manufacturing-council-after-trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-14/merck-ceo-quits-trump-council-as-matter-of-personal-conscience
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/346544-dreamhost-claims-doj-requesting-info-on-visitors-to-anti-trump-website
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/346499-state-department-quietly-establishes-new-cyber-office
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/346535-greens-sue-epa-over-toxic-chemical-rules

Aug 13, 2017:

Aug 12, 2017:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-condemns-charlottesville-violence-but-doesnt-single-out-white-nationalists/2017/08/12/933a86d6-7fa3-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/08/13/white-house-doubles-down-on-trumps-charlottesville-comments-ignores-calls-to-directly-confront-white-supremacy/

Aug 11, 2017:

http://thehill.com/regulation/346202-trump-administration-to-supreme-court-travel-ban-not-religious-ban
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/346122-abrupt-trump-cuts-to-teen-pregnancy-program-surprise-groups
http://www.npr.org/2017/08/10/542669730/trump-says-he-intends-to-declare-opioid-crisis-national-emergency
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/trump-warns-u-s-locked-and-loaded-as-north-korea-readies-missiles/

Aug 10, 2017:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-texas-idUSKBN1AQ1YE
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NORTH_KOREA_NUCLEAR
http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/345971-trump-rule-change-ignites-safety-debate
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/346091-trump-threatens-mcconnell

Aug 9, 2017:

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/345940-trump-religious-adviser-god-has-given-trump-authority-to-take
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/345926-trump-fires-back-at-mcconnell
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/345908-mattis-warns-north-korea-of-destruction-of-its-people
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/345878-lgbtq-rights-groups-sue-trump-over-transgender-military-ban
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/08/minnesota-mosque-attack-trump-241408
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/04/why-trumps-new-immigration-bill-makes-sense-215457

Aug 8, 2017:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/north-korea-now-making-missile-ready-nuclear-weapons-us-analysts-say/2017/08/08/e14b882a-7b6b-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/345761-mcconnell-goes-after-trumps-excessive-expectations
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/345768-trump-touts-achievements-after-200-days-in-office
http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/345648-trump-spurs-wave-of-new-immigration-laws
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/345746-court-strikes-down-obama-epas-restrictions-on-earth-warming-gas

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