Tue Jan 31, 2017 AT 12:09 PM EST
On Tuesday Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee boycotted votes to advance Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, and Steven Mnuchin, his selection to head the Treasury Department. By refusing to attend the committee vote, the Democrats effectively delayed the consideration on two of President Trump’s more controversial nominees, reports The Hill.
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- NBC: Trump Replaces Acting Director of Immigration Enforcement
- The Hill: Bush Attorney General: Yates Should Have Resigned
- Politico: Hill Staffers Secretly Worked on Trump’s Immigration Order
- Daily Caller: At Least 20 Alleged Terrorists Since 2014 Came From Countries Affected By Trump’s Immigration Ban
- WashExaminer: Report: Media Gives 57 Times More Coverage to Trump Immigration Order Than Obama Ending Cuban Refugee Program
Mon Jan 30, 2017 AT 12:31 PM EST
President Donald Trump tweeted that he will reveal his choice to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court in an announcement Tuesday night at 8 p.m. from the White House, reports CNN.
- WashTimes: Trump: ‘5 Percent Chance’ Shumer’s Tears Were Real
- Politico: Early Wins Against Trump Immigration Order May Not Last
- Daily Caller: FLASHBACK: Democrats Tried To Block Thousands of Vietnam War Refugees, Including Orphans
- Reuters: Trump’s Heartland Voters Shrug off Global Uproar Over Immigration Ban
- Daily Caller: De Blasio Blasts Trump’s Order as Affront to Religious Liberty, but Tried to Drive Chick-Fil-A out of Business
Fri Jan 27, 2017 AT 12:53 PM EST
A day after Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto, canceled a trip to Washington because of a furor in his country over President Trump’s order to build a border wall, Trump on Friday hosts British Prime Minister Theresa May at the White House, where they are expected to discuss NATO, Russia and a possible bilateral free-trade agreement, reports Reuters. The meeting is Trump’s first as president with a foreign leader.
- Politico: Trump Tweet: ‘Mexico Has Taken Advantage of the U.S. for Long Enough’
- Townhall: Trump on Extreme Vetting: We’re Not Going to Gamble With American Lives
- WashExaminer: Strongest White House Support Yet for March for Life
- WashTimes: Trump Argument Bolstered: Clinton Received 800,000 Votes From Noncitizens, Study Finds
- The Hill: Conway: Outsider Status Makes It Easy for Trump to Fulfill Campaign Promises
