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Top Senators Reject Trump Wiretap Claim

White House stands by accusation

(Newser) - The White House is standing by its explosive allegation that former President Barack Obama ordered the wiretapping of Trump Tower phones—despite the Senate Intelligence Committee's finding that there's no evidence for the claim. "Based on the information available to us, we see no indications that Trump...

Breitbart Editor Explains His Wiretapping Story

Joel Pollak wrote piece after hearing radio's Mark Levin lay out theory

(Newser) - As the Trump wiretapping hubbub continues to hover, NBC's Chuck Todd has offered some insight on where the president may have come up with his theory. On Wednesday's Meet the Press Daily, Todd chatted with Breitbart News editor Joel Pollak , author of a connect-the-dots piece on the site...

McDonald's Explains Its Anti-Trump Tweet

Corporation says its account was compromised

(Newser) - Is McDonald's anti-Trump? It briefly appeared so Thursday morning when a tweet insulting the POTUS was posted and even pinned to the top of the McDonald's corporate Twiitter feed, but the tweet was quickly deleted and McDonald's said its account had been "compromised." The Hill...

Trump Budget Gives His Base Just What He Promised
Trump Budget Gives His
Base Just What He Promised
THE RUNDOWN
Mar 16, 2017 6:46 AM CDT

Trump Budget Gives His Base Just What He Promised

EPA is hardest-hit agency

(Newser) - President Trump's first budget proposal was officially unveiled Thursday morning—and it delivers exactly what he promised. The proposal—titled "America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again"—contains cuts that the Washington Post says could be the biggest reduction in federal programs since the...

Another Judge Just Ruled Against Trump's Travel Ban

Decision in Maryland follows earlier one in Hawaii

(Newser) - President Trump's revised travel ban just suffered its second legal blow in a matter of hours. Early Thursday, a federal judge in Maryland ruled against the president's restrictions on travelers from six nations, reports CNN . It follows a more sweeping decision out of Hawaii on Wednesday that temporarily...

Trump Slams 'Unprecedented Judicial Overreach'

He praises Andrew Jackson at Nashville rally

(Newser) - President Trump held a campaign-style rally in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday night, and a federal judge's blocking of his new travel ban hours earlier was one of his chief topics. The president slammed the Hawaii judge's decision as "unprecedented judicial overreach" and accused the court of acting for...

Intel Chief: 'Clearly President Was Wrong' on Wiretap

Devin Nunes says HIC has found no evidence for Trump's claims

(Newser) - Within a half-hour span on the morning of March 4, President Trump laid out a stunning series of tweets that made some serious accusations : namely, that then-President Obama had tapped his phones in Trump Tower shortly before the election. On Wednesday, the head of the House Intelligence Committee offered that...

Obama's Tougher Gas Mileage Rules May Be Going Away

EPA will re-examine standards put in place at 11th hour

(Newser) - President Trump on Wednesday is making a move seen as good news for the auto industry and bad news for environmental advocates. In a visit to Detroit, the president will direct the EPA to re-examine fuel efficiency standards put in place by the Obama administration just before Trump took office,...

Donald Trump Reacts to Snoop Dogg Video

Rapper would have been jailed if he pointed gun at Obama, POTUS says

(Newser) - President Trump has now responded to Snoop Dogg's new music video, which features the rapper shooting a confetti gun at a clown that looks a lot like Trump—and it's safe to say he's not a Snoop fan. "Can you imagine what the outcry would be...

Trump Tax Leak Was an &#39;Anticlimax&#39;
Trump Tax Leak 
Was an 'Anticlimax'
THE RUNDOWN
Mar 15, 2017 6:13 AM CDT

Trump Tax Leak Was an 'Anticlimax'

Some think he may have released 2005 pages himself

(Newser) - Rachel Maddow r evealed the contents of a leaked portion of President Trump's 2005 tax return in a much-hyped show Tuesday night—but it was so much of an anticlimax that the MSNBC broadcast is being compared to Geraldo Rivera's opening of Al Capone's vault. Instead of...

Leaked Trump Tax Return Reveals $38M Bill

2005 document was leaked to Rachel Maddow

(Newser) - It was probably only a matter of time: Part of one of the tax returns that President Trump has refused to release has been leaked, revealing that he paid millions of dollars under a tax law he plans to abolish. The two pages from the 2005 return were unveiled by...

Rubio Not Happy With Snoop Dogg's 'Trump' Video

Toy gun could create 'a real problem'

(Newser) - Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Snoop Dogg shouldn't have shot a toy gun at a clown dressed as President Trump in a music video released over the weekend, the AP reports. The video shows Snoop shooting at the Trump character with a gun that releases a flag with the...

Breitbart Releases Old Audio of Ryan Dissing Trump

Move comes amid speaker's struggle to push health care plan in Congress

(Newser) - Breitbart News is going after Paul Ryan as the House speaker tries to push the GOP's alternative to ObamaCare through Congress. The website released audio of Ryan on a call with House Republicans from back in October, just after the leak of the infamous "grab her by...

Feds Seek More Time to Prove Trump Wiretap Claim

'Wiretapping' means lots of things, Spicer says

(Newser) - The Justice Department has asked for more time to grant the House Intelligence Committee's request for proof of President Trump's extraordinary claim that he was wiretapped by his predecessor . A department spokeswoman says they need time "to review the request in compliance with the governing legal authorities...

Trump Will Give Away $400K Salary at End of Year: Spicer

Press secretary says the media can help decide where

(Newser) - President Trump has apparently been accepting the $33,333 salary he vowed not to accept , but he's not planning to keep it. Press secretary Sean Spicer says the president, who's required under federal law to receive payment, plans to donate his annual $400,000 salary, which is paid...

What to Watch in CBO Report on GOP&#39;s Health Care Plan
One CBO Number Could
Doom GOP Health Plan
the rundown
Mar 13, 2017 10:36 AM CDT

One CBO Number Could Doom GOP Health Plan

Cost may be bigger factor than estimate on how many will lose coverage in GOP plan

(Newser) - How much will it cost and how many people will lose insurance? Expect answers to those questions to dominate when the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office releases its official assessment of the GOP plan to replace ObamaCare. It could come as early as Monday. Related coverage:
  • The New York Times offers
...

Merkel, Trump: a Tale of 2 (Vastly Different) Personalities

Unflappable German chancellor expected to cite common interests in first meeting

(Newser) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to DC on Monday ahead of her first meeting with President Trump. The encounter between the trained physicist and veteran politician, renowned for her measured comments and reserved style, and the billionaire real-estate outsider whose off-the-cuff tweets and undiplomatic approach have rocked US politics should...

Conway Brings Up 'Spying' Microwaves, Media Pounce

Says she was talking about surveillance in general after media claw at comments

(Newser) - She may have been speaking from her home in New Jersey, but Kellyanne Conway put the focus back on NYC's Trump Tower on Sunday. In an interview with the Bergen County Record , Conway was asked about President Trump's allegations that Trump Tower was wiretapped by the Obama administration,...

House, McCain Demand Evidence of Trump Wiretap

Senator says president should withdraw claim if there's no proof

(Newser) - The House Intelligence Committee is asking the Trump administration for evidence that the phones at Trump Tower were tapped during the campaign as its namesake has charged . The request was reinforced Sunday by Sen. John McCain who says the president must either come up with the evidence or retract his...

This 34-Year-Old Is a Rising Star in Trump's Orbit

Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn't flinch when grilled over wiretapping claims

(Newser) - Faced with aggressive on-air questioning about the president's wiretapping claims, Sarah Huckabee Sanders didn't flinch , she went folksy. Speaking to George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America, she pulled out a version of an old line from President Lyndon Johnson: "If the president walked across the Potomac, the...

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