Politics

Trump: My Meeting With Putin Was “Tremendous”

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Saturday called his highly-anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit “tremendous,” marking his first public comments since the gathering. The president, however, declined to offer any clarity on the differing accounts from the U.S. and Russia that have since come out of the two-hour long meeting. On Friday, Tillerson said …

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Ivanka Sits In For Trump At G20 Summit

The Hill reports: Ivanka Trump briefly took her father’s seat at a G20 Summit session on Saturday, sitting next to world leaders including British Prime Minister Theresa May and Russian President Vladimir Putin. A photo posted to Twitter by a Russian G-20 representative shows Ivanka sitting at the table in place of President Trump. Cabinet officials usually replace the president …

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Putin And Trump Laugh At G20 Summit Reporters After Putin Says, “These Are The Ones Who Insulted You?”

Business Insider reports: President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared a laugh at the expense of journalists covering the G-20 summit in Germany on Friday. The two leaders were chatting with each other ahead of their two-hour meeting when the press was asked to leave the room. As the reporters made their exit, Putin gestured to them and …

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Rex Tillerson: Officials Sent In Melania To Break Up Overlong Meeting With Putin, But “Clearly She Failed”

The Washington Examiner reports: First Lady Melania Trump was sent into President Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to get the two leaders to wrap it up after their scheduled 30-minute meeting ran for more than an hour, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday. She was unsuccessful; the meeting lasted more than an hour longer after …

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Rex Tillerson Claims Trump Opened G20 Meeting By Confronting Putin On Election Meddling, Putin Denied

The Associated Press reports: Tillerson says President Trump opened his meeting with Vladimir Putin raising concern about Russian interference in US election, and that Putin denied playing a role. Putin says he had a long conversation with President Donald Trump, and says that “many issues have piled up, including Ukraine, Syria, some bilateral and other issues.” He says he and …

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Putin To Trump At G20 Summit: “I’m Delighted To Meet You” (Totally Doesn’t Look All That Delighted) [VIDEO]

Reuters reports: U.S. President Donald Trump called it an “honor” to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time and said he looked forward to positive things happening in the relationship between the former Cold War rivals. “Putin and I have been discussing various things, and I think it’s going very well,” Trump told reporters, sitting alongside Putin who …

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Chris Christie Auditions For Sports Radio Gig

The New York Daily News reports: Chris Christie better hope his radio ratings are higher than his approval rating. The New Jersey governor, who currently owns a record-low 15 percent approval rating, will be sharing his thoughts on the local sports scene for WFAN next week. Christie is set to co-host the afternoon drive time from 2-6:30 p.m. on New …

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Trump Sidelined By Protocol For Official G20 Portrait

You KNOW he hated this. The Hill explains: In the Group of 20 (G-20) “family photo,” the longest-serving leaders are positioned closer to the center with the host nation’s leader directly in the center — leaving President Trump on the edge next to French President Emmanuel Macron in the images taken in Hamburg, Germany. Protocol for the traditional family photo …

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GERMANY: Trump And Putin Meet For First Time

The Telegraph reports: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met for the first time after months of intense speculation about their relationship – and Mr Trump appeared to give the Russian leader slap on the back. The highly anticipated handshake happened earlier and was caught on camera by journalists at the G20 Summit in Hamburg. A …

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McConnell Admits Obamacare Repeal Is Failing

The Hill reports: Acknowledging that Senate Republicans may not be able to pass their ObamaCare repeal legislation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning that action will then have to be taken to stabilize insurance markets. “If my side is unable to agree on an adequate replacement, then some kind of action with regard to private health insurance markets …

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UNPOSSIBLE: Rick Perry Out-Stupids Rick Perry

Business Insider reports: On Thursday, US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry flubbed one of the most fundamental lessons of modern economics. “Here’s a little economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there, and the demand will follow,” he said at a coal plant, according to Taylor Kuykendall, an energy reporter at S&P Global Market Intelligence. Contemporary mainstream …

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Sleeveless Attire Now Banned From US House

CBS News reports: A young, female reporter recently tried to enter a guarded room known as the Speaker’s lobby outside the House chamber, but her outfit was considered inappropriate because her shoulders weren’t covered. She was wearing a sleeveless dress. Forced to improvise, she ripped out pages from her notebook and stuffed them into her dress’s shoulder openings to create …

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INDIANA: Obergefell Attorney Launches US House Bid

One of the lawyers who represented the Kentucky plaintiffs in the Obergefell case is running for the US House. The Indianapolis Star reports: A prominent local civil rights lawyer announced this week that he will challenge incumbent Rep. Trey Hollingsworth for his seat in Indiana’s 9th Congressional District in 2018. Dan Canon, a Louisville lawyer who is best known for …

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Poland’s First Lady Snubs Trump’s Handshake [VIDEO]

Via Raw Story: President Donald Trump on Thursday reached out to shake the hand of Agata Kornhauser-Duda, the wife of Polish President Andrzej Duda, but he was rejected. Video shows Trump shaking Duda’s hand before reaching out to his wife. But Kornhauser-Duda walks right past the president to shake the hand of Melania Trump. Lol pic.twitter.com/KpAUObihVR — Billy Howell (@CoachBilly1) …

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POLAND: Trump Warns Of “Some Pretty Severe” Action Against North Korea After ICBM Test [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: President Trump warned Thursday that North Korea could face “some pretty severe” consequences after its defiant test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, but Washington also confronted firm opposition from Russia and China over any possible response. Trump did not specify potential U.S.-directed punishment for North Korea, which on Tuesday launched a missile that experts say had …

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Trump Again Blasts “Fake News” And Brags That He “Made Them A Fortune” With The Apprentice [VIDEO]

At a joint press conference this morning with the Polish president, Trump fielded a question from the Daily Mail, who asked about CNN’s handling of the Reddit user who created his wrestling video. Via Mediaite: Putting North Korea on the back burner Trump pounced on CNN with obvious relish. “I think what CNN did was unfortunate for them. As you …

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Rep. Steve Scalise Worsens, Readmitted To ICU

NBC News reports: Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the third-ranking Republican in the House, has been readmitted to intensive care as he recovers from last month’s congressional baseball shooting, a Washington, D.C., hospital said Wednesday night. Scalise, 51, the House majority whip, was listed in serious condition, MedStar Washington Hospital Center said. It said that doctors were concerned about infection …

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National Teachers Union Leader: We Won’t Work With Betsy Devos, “The Queen Of For-Profit Privatization”

The Chicago Tribune reports: The president of the country’s largest labor union, Lily Eskelsen García of the National Education Association, told delegates at her organization’s annual gathering that they would not work with the Trump administration because the president and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos could not be trusted to do what is in the best interests of children. Eskelsen García …

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House Dems Draw Groans With Proposed 2018 Slogan

The Hill reports: The campaign arm for House Democrats on Wednesday tried out a new slogan: “I mean, have you seen the other guys?” The sticker slogan, one of several floated as part of a fundraising effort by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), caused a stir on social media, where many wondered why the party would try out such …

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Trump Elects To Recite Rules For Electoral College In US History Documentary Because Of Course [VIDEO]

For a Fourth Of July documentary that aired last night on HBO, filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi (daughter of Nancy) invited Trump and former presidents to select a portion of the US Constitution to read for the camera. And so of course, Trump chose the section about the Electoral College. Here’s the bit he recited: The executive Power shall be vested in …

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