Tag: Trump 2020

The White House on Friday announced an order to stop taxpayer-funded “critical race theory” training sessions to government workers in various U.S. executive branch agencies. “The days of taxpayer funded indoctrination trainings that sow division and racism are over,” Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought announced on Twitter. “Under the direction of @POTUS we are directing agencies ...

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that voters in the state of North Carolina could check their mail-in vote by going to a polling place in person to check whether it had been tabulated. His comment was characterized by several media outlets as a form of encouragement for people to vote twice. The president was asked by WECT-TV in Wilmington, North ...

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum late Wednesday ordering a review of federal funds to certain state and local governments that “are permitting anarchy, violence, and destruction in American cities.” The president’s memo orders all federal executive departments and agencies to submit a report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) detailing all federal funds that have been ...

The Trump administration has unequivocally rejected a Washington committee’s series of recommendations regarding how to “rename, remove, or contextualize” dozens of monuments, schools, parks, and buildings in the area, among which are the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement late Sept. 1 that as long as President Donald Trump is in the White House, the recommendations ...

The heads of organizations believed to be behind the recent riots in the United States are being probed by the Department of Justice (DOJ), a top law enforcement official said late Monday. “This is something that I have talked to the attorney general personally about. And I know that they are working on it,” acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) ...

U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo said in an interview on Monday that President Donald Trump is evaluating measures to prevent intellectual property theft by Chinese nationals and students that could be rolled out over the coming weeks and months. The Trump administration is aware that “the Chinese Communist Party has stolen hundreds of billions of dollars of intellectual property and ...

Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden said in a Monday speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that if Trump wins reelection, the violence that has rocked the nation’s streets will not stop. In a counter-message to President Donald Trump’s “law and order” in the wake of protest-related unrest, Biden accused Trump, whom he called “an incumbent president who sows chaos,” of seeking to “instill ...

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said it’s necessary to scale back election security briefings in person to Congress because of leaks. Over the weekend, reports said Ratcliffe and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) told the House and Senate intelligence committees that it will still provide written briefings on election security matters. Ratcliffe, in letters to ...

A new study shows that nearly 12 percent of Republican voters fall into the “shy voter” category, meaning they would be reluctant to disclose to pollsters their true preferences for who they would vote for in the presidential election and supporting the view that polls may not capture the full extent of support for President Donald Trump. CloudResearch, an online ...

President Donald Trump conveyed a message of unity and hope in his renomination acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention as he revisited the actions his administration has taken throughout his first presidential term and shared a bold vision of the future for America, calling on the nation to “make America greater than ever before.” Addressing around 1,500 guests gathered at ...

President Donald Trump says that Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has accepted federal assistance to help quell disturbances in Kenosha that have led to two deaths and a large amount of property damage. “My team just got off the phone with Governor Evers who agreed to accept federal assistance,” Trump wrote in an Aug. 26 tweet. “TODAY, I will be sending ...

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said in remarks at Tuesday’s Republican National Convention that the Trump administration is looking to introduce more tax cuts to spur investment and create jobs as America continues its rebound from a deep recession. Kudlow said during the second night of the convention that Trump’s economic plan, which he called a “roaring success,” helped fuel ...

First Lady Melania Trump,  the keynote speaker on the second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention, shone a spotlight on the nation’s opioid crisis in an impassioned speech from the White House Tuesday, as she wrapped up the second night of the convention. In an address from the newly renovated White House Rose Garden, the first lady acknowledged the ...

President Donald Trump on the second night of the Republican National Convention pardoned the conviction of Jon Ponder, a former prisoner who founded a prisoner re-entry program. “Jon’s life is a beautiful testament to the power of redemption,” Trump announced in a video as he granted Ponder a full pardon, which covers the removal of a federal bank robbery charge ...

A lobster fisherman, a milk farmer, and a metal fabricator delivered speeches during the Republican National Convention on Aug. 25, lauding President Donald Trump’s economic policies, including tax cuts and deregulation. Jason Joyce, and an eighth-generation lobster fisherman from Maine, said he didn’t support Trump during the 2016 election, but has since changed his mind after the president followed through ...

New York State’s attorney general revealed on Monday that she is investigating whether President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization had “improperly” manipulated the value of his assets on annual financial statements in order to secure loans and obtain tax benefits. Letitia James, the state’s attorney general, said she had been probing the allegations since 2019 after Trump’s former lawyer Michael ...

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, in Monday’s testimony on Capitol Hill, urged voters wishing to cast their votes by mail to request and submit ballots early ahead of the Nov. 3 election as a “commonsense best practice” that will ensure they reach officials on time and are counted. DeJoy, who testified before the House Oversight Committee on U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ...