Donald Trump nominates Dan Brouillette to replace Rick Perry as energy secretaryPresident Donald Trump nominated Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette to head the department Friday, one day after Rick Perry resigned the post. ….. Read More.UPI – United States | United States NewsFri, October 18, 20197 hours ago
‘All roads lead to Putin,’ Pelosi said she told Trump as photo of meeting was …House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a photo of her appearing to upbraid President Donald Trump was taken as she told Trump his recent actions help Russia. … ….. Read More.WORLDNEWS – International News | World News & EventsThu, October 17, 20191 day ago
Trump blasts ‘crazy’ Nancy Pelosi and Democrats, defends Syria pulloutU.S. President Donald Trump defended his Syria pullout at a campaign rally on Thursday and lashed out at “crazy Nancy” Pelosi and other Democrats who are trying to remove him from office through impeachment. ….. Read More.REUTERS – Politics | Politics & GovernmentThu, October 17, 20191 day ago
Trump Beats His GOP Competitors at Fundraising 194 to 1Here is one way of thinking about President Donald Trump’s massive fundraising advantage over his GOP primary opponents Bill Weld, Joe Walsh, and Mark Sanford: If you stacked in $1 bills the combined $647,000 third quarter fundraising haul of the “Three Stooges” ($457,400 for Weld, $129,200 for Walsh, $60,400 for Sanford), it would go up to about 230 feet, or 20 stories—the height of the Drop Line in Dollywood. What if you did the same for the combined Trump/Republican National Committee (RNC) third quarter total of $125.7 million? That would be 45,000 feet, more than eight miles high, the absolute upper altitude limit for commercial aircraft. A Mt. Everest and a half, with some extra snow on top. It is a lot more money, is what I am saying. The Trump re-election campaign by itself raised $41 million in the quarter,…
Trump announces he will nominate deputy energy secretary to replace Rick Perry in top postPresident Donald Trump announced Friday that he plans to nominate Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette to replace Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. ….. Read More.CNN – Politics | Politics & GovernmentFri, October 18, 20197 hours ago
Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major InconsistenciesStay up to date with email updates about WNYC and ProPublica’s investigations into the president’s business practices. Documents obtained by ProPublica show stark differences in how Donald Trump’s businesses reported some expenses, profits and occupancy figures for two Manhattan buildings, giving a lender different figures than they provided to New York City tax authorities. The discrepancies made the buildings appear more profitable to the lender — and less profitable to the officials who set the buildings’ property tax. For instance, Trump told the lender that he took in twice as much rent from one building as he reported to tax authorities during the same year, 2017. He also gave conflicting occupancy figures for one of his signature skyscrapers, located at 40 Wall Street. Lenders like to see a rising occupancy level as a sign of what they call “leasing momentum.” Sure enough, the company told a…