The NRA’s transition from Second Amendment protections to culture-war zealotry happened gradually, and it now appears to be effectively complete.
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Trump’s attention span creates challenges for Afghanistan policy
Even one page of bullet points on Afghanistan “seemed to tax the president’s attention span on the subject.”
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Illinois governor signs law to honor Barack Obama’s birthday
The home state of former President Barack Obama will commemorate his birthday under a new law.
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Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea
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THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2017 Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea President Donald J. Trump spoke today with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea to discuss North Korea’s July 28 launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The two leaders affirmed that North Korea poses a grave and growing direct threat to the United States, South Korea, and Japan, as well as to most countries around the world. President Trump and President Moon welcomed the new United Nations Security Council resolution that unanimously passed 15-0. The leaders committed to fully implement all relevant resolutions and to urge the international community to do so as well. ### |
The part of the job numbers Team Trump doesn’t want to talk about
To see the latest job numbers as “proof that the president has already begun to Make America Great Again” is plainly silly.
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Trump slams Dem senator for ‘phony’ Vietnam bravery story
President Trump lashed out at Sen. Richard Blumenthal in a tweetstorm early Monday, slamming him as a “phony Vietnam con artist,” after comments the Democratic Connecticut made against the Trump administration on a morning news program.
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Trump weakness raises specter of ‘shadow campaign’ ahead of 2020
A growing number of Republicans aren’t sure if Donald Trump will be the GOP nominee in 2020. Sen. John McCain said, “They see weakness in this president.”
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Trump credits ‘fake news,’ administration wins for strong base
President Trump took to Twitter early Monday suggesting that the “Fake News Russian collusion story” has driven his base “even closer together,”—this, while slamming the media and their “fake news polling.”
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White House routinely blindsided, upended by Trump’s tweets
Donald Trump regularly tweets big news without telling his staff in advance — blindsiding them and derailing their work in the process.
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Conway suggests lie-detector tests may be used in White House
To combat leaks, Kellyanne Conway suggested lie-detector tests may be used in White House. Perhaps she hasn’t thought this one through.
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