Media Buzz October 31, 2018 Trump's birthright citizenship interview sparks the media reaction he wanted It’s no accident that one week before the midterms, President Trump says he wants to revoke birthright citizenship.
Social Policy October 29, 2018 Trump: Caravan migrants are 'wasting their time' President Trump told ӣƵ that Central American migrants who are approaching the U.S.-Mexico border in caravans are "wasting their time" and vowed, "they are not coming in."
Migrant Caravan October 23, 2018 Trump cites 2005 Obama remarks to support immigration policy President Trump turned to an unlikely source Tuesday evening to offer support for his hardline immigration policies: his predecessor, Barack Obama.
Economic Policy June 28, 2018 Harsh anti-Trump UN human rights report on US 'extreme poverty' cherry-picks data, assumptions, examination shows A United Nations report on extreme poverty in the U.S., which has sparked strong denunciations from the Trump administration as being “inaccurate, inflammatory, and irresponsible,” is marred by carefully cherry-picked and suppressed data, unsourced negative assumptions about administration policies, and unsupported generalizations about allegedly regressive U.S. social and political policies, according to an examination of its source documents by ӣƵ.
White House May 9, 2018 Pullout from Iran nuclear deal is latest Trump move to dismantle key Obama policies President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that the United States would withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement is the newest element of Trump’s ongoing effort to dismantle predecessor Barack Obama's legacy.
Social Policy April 25, 2018 HUD chief Ben Carson proposes hiking rents for some low-income Americans getting housing subsidies Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson unveiled a plan Wednesday to increase rents in an effort to bring more money into the federal housing system and encourage residents to be more self-sufficient.
Social Policy April 11, 2018 White House mulls letting states require drug tests for some food stamp recipients The Trump administration is considering adopting a plan that would allow states to require mandatory drug testing for some food stamp recipients, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
Budgets March 19, 2018 White House, Dems restart negotiations over DACA, funding border wall The White House and congressional Democrats traded proposals over the weekend about how to fix an Obama-era program protecting hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation, ӣƵ has learned.
Social Policy March 18, 2018 Trump to seek death penalty for some drug traffickers in plan to fight opioid crisis The White House announced Sunday that it intends to seek the death penalty for certain drug traffickers "where appropriate under the law" in a bid to slow down the country's opioid epidemic.
Federal Courts March 12, 2018 Judge throws out Massachusetts lawsuit over Trump birth control rules A federal judge in Boston Monday threw out a lawsuit by Massachusetts' attorney general that attempted to block the Trump administration's rules expanding exemptions from ObamaCare's birth control mandate.
Social Policy March 12, 2018 White House backs off call to raise minimum age to buy long guns The White House announced a series of recommendations Sunday night meant to stop school shootings, including a full audit and review of the FBI tip line after warnings about a student who killed 17 people at a Florida high school last month were not acted upon.