Mon Feb 27, 2017 AT 11:53 AM EST
Trump administration officials believe that a Department of Homeland Security report that undercut the president’s position on his travel ban was drafted by Obama administration loyalists inside the department’s office of intelligence and analysis, then leaked to the press. So says a source close to the department, reports The Washington Times.
- The Hill: March Is the Biggest Month for GOP in a Decade
- FreeBeacon: Former Ambassador John Bolton: Trump Needs to Renegotiate ‘One China’ Policy
- Reuters: Trump’s Trade Czar Expected to Get Easy U.S. Senate Confirmation
- Politico: Bush Breaks With Trump, Calls Media ‘Indispensable to Democracy’
- WashExaminer: Obamascare: 60% of Online Obamacare Defenders ‘Paid to Post’ Hits on Critics
Fri Feb 24, 2017 AT 1:00 PM EST
President Donald Trump will be the first president since Ronald Reagan to address the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) during his first year in office, reports WesternJournalism.com. Reagan addressed the first meeting of CPAC in 1974 and several times thereafter; Trump has also spoken at CPAC multiple times but pulled out of the event days before he was to appear last year to campaign in Florida and Kansas.
- Daily Caller: Ted Cruz Says Another SCOTUS Vacancy Is Just Months Away
- Independent: CPAC 2017: Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Says President Is ‘Maniacally Focused’ on Keeping His Campaign Promises
- Reuters: EU Relieved but Wary After Trump Endorses It as ‘Wonderful’
- WashTimes: Hundreds of Scientists Urge Trump to Withdraw From U.N. Climate-Change Agency
- Townhall: Video: Left-Wing Attendees Disrupt Opening Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance at Louisiana Town Hall
Thu Feb 23, 2017 AT 12:55 PM EST
Lawyers who helped the Obama White House craft and hold to rules of conduct believe President Donald Trump and his staff are breaking ethics norms meant to guard against government politicization, and have formed a new group to fight them, reports Politico.
- WashExaminer: Trump to Use CPAC to Put Down Talk of Rifts
- Daily Caller: Democrats Behind Mexico City Demonstration Against Tillerson
- AP: Arizona Senate OKs Racketeering Charges for Riots
- Politico: Manafort Faced Blackmail Attempt, Hacks Suggest
- Politico: Newsmax CEO Ruddy: Trump and White House are ‘Doing Too Much’
