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Here's Why Trump Was Rushed From the Briefing Room

Secret Service officer shoots threatening man near White House

(Newser) - A uniformed Secret Service officer shot and wounded a man during a confrontation near the White House that led to President Trump being abruptly escorted out of a briefing room during a televised news conference Monday, authorities said. The White House complex was not breached and no one under Secret...

Trump: I'll Accept GOP Nomination at White House or Gettysburg

Final decision is coming soon, he says

(Newser) - President Trump is considering accepting the Republican nomination with a Gettysburg address. The president tweeted Monday that the site of his acceptance speech on Aug. 27 has been narrowed down to two locations: "The Great Battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the White House, Washington, D.C." The White...

Rushed Out of Briefing, Trump Says There Was a Shooting

Man wounded outside the White House is taken to a hospital

(Newser) - President Trump was suddenly escorted out of the White House briefing room by a Secret Service agent as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon. He returned minutes later, the AP reports, saying there was a shooting outside the White House. The situation was "under control," he...

'Play College Football,' Trump Demands

He weighs in after reports Big Ten Conference has called off fall season

(Newser) - President Trump was quick to weigh in following reports Monday that the Big Ten Conference has voted to cancel the fall season . "Play College Football!" the president tweeted . He also retweeted a post from Clemson University quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who said "we all want to play football"...

Agency Finds Jump in US Unemployment May Top Out at $300

Labor Department guidance says states can count existing payments

(Newser) - The way the Labor Department figures it, the federal government's increase in unemployment benefits under President Trump's plan might come to $300—half the size of the checks that had been going out. That's because the agency's guidance advises that states would be allowed to count...

Shares Dive After a Tweet About Kodak Loan

SEC is said to be investigating the announcement of the $765M deal

(Newser) - A tweet Friday hit Kodak hard Monday. "Recent allegations of wrongdoing raise serious concerns," the US International Development Finance Corp. posted . "We will not proceed any further unless these allegations are cleared." It was a reference to planned $765 million government loan that would allow Kodak...

Trump: I Didn't Ask About Rushmore, Love the Idea

President rejects suggestion that an aide asked about the logistics of adding his face

(Newser) - President Trump is denying a report that an aide asked about adding his face to Mount Rushmore—but he added that he loves the idea. In a Sunday night tweet , Trump rejected a report in the New York Times over the weekend that an unnamed aide reached out to the...

'Knock-Down' Fight Erupts in Oval Office

Two key presidential advisors argue in the White House

(Newser) - A "knock-down, dragout" argument broke out in the Oval Office last week when two key presidential advisors fought in front of their boss, an insider tells the Washington Post . Trade adviser Peter Navarro and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reportedly locked horns over the fate of TikTok, the Chinese-owned video...

Nancy Pelosi: This Is &#39;Absurdly Unconstitutional&#39;
Nancy Pelosi: This Is
'Absurdly Unconstitutional'
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Aug 9, 2020 2:45 PM CDT

Nancy Pelosi: This Is 'Absurdly Unconstitutional'

The fight is on over Trump's executive orders

(Newser) - Trump's executive actions are a done deal, right? Well, maybe not. Democrats and White House officials say they're still open to negotiating as questions swirl around the constitutionality of Trump's dramatic move Saturday—signing four actions to provide coronavirus relief amid stalled congressional talks, the Hill reports....

WH Aide: How Do We Add Trump to Mt. Rushmore?

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem knew Trump wanted to be up there

(Newser) - Little question: How exactly does one get a face added to Mount Rushmore? That was a White House aide's query to the office of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem last year, a Republican official tells the New York Times . The question wasn't new—Trump had asked Noem about...

Trump Ditches Congress, Signs 4 Executive Orders
'We've Had It': Trump
Signs 4 Executive Orders
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Aug 8, 2020 3:30 PM CDT

'We've Had It': Trump Signs 4 Executive Orders

The president defers payroll taxes and extends unemployment benefits at a reduction

(Newser) - President Trump on Saturday bypassed the nation's lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and replace an expired unemployment benefit with a lower amount after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed, per the AP . Trump's orders encroached on Congress' control of...

Trump: I'll Act on My Own on 4 Issues

He's preparing executive orders on jobless benefits, student loan relief, others

(Newser) - The workweek came and went without a deal in Congress for pandemic relief, and that's despite a two-hour meeting Friday with Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Treasury's Steven Mnuchin, and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Afterward, the latter two said they would recommend that Trump issue executive...

Trump Signs Executive Order That Goes After TikTok

Bans transactions with owner ByteDance beginning in 45 days

(Newser) - President Trump on Thursday ordered an unspecified ban on "transactions" with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat. The twin executive orders—one for each app—take effect in 45 days on Sept. 20, and the BBC reports they refer to the apps as a "...

Trump Has Advice for NRA After Big Lawsuit

Move to Texas, he suggests

(Newser) - As its future began to look even more litigious Thursday, President Trump had a suggestion for the National Rifle Association. "I think the NRA should move to Texas and lead a very good and beautiful life," he said. "And I've told them that for a long...

After Video Yanked, Trump Sees Bias at Facebook, Twitter

'Any conservative Republican is censored,' he says

(Newser) - A day after Twitter and Facebook removed a Trump campaign video from their platforms, the president renewed his accusations of bias at social media companies. In an interview with Geraldo Rivera on Rivera's radio show, Trump said that "of course" he was being censored, reports Bloomberg . “They’...

Trump Threatens Executive Action on COVID Relief

Move would likely trigger another court battle; negotiations continue

(Newser) - With a coronavirus relief deal still elusive , President Trump is considering executive orders—he detailed three of them on Wednesday—unless a deal is reached by Friday. "My administration is exploring executive actions to provide protections against eviction" as well as "looking at a term-limited suspension of the...

LeBron Fires Back at Trump Over NBA

'We could care less' if the president tunes out, says the superstar player

(Newser) - President Trump says he won't watch NBA games if players take a knee in protest. To which its star player says, good riddance. “I really don’t think the basketball community are sad about losing his viewership,” Lakers phenom LeBron James told reporters Wednesday night, per Cleveland....

Facebook, Twitter Remove Trump Coronavirus Post
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Aug 6, 2020 12:28 AM CDT

Facebook, Twitter Remove Trump Post

President posted a video in which he claimed children are 'virtually immune' to COVID-19

(Newser) - One of President Trump's social media posts has been removed by both Facebook and Twitter after the social media giants declared it misinformation. The Trump campaign posted video from a Fox News interview in which Trump, while urging schools to resume in-person classes in the fall, declared that kids...

Trump Calls Obama's Eulogy for John Lewis 'Terrible'

And 'totally inappropriate'

(Newser) - Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade and President Trump gave their assessments of former President Barack Obama's eulogy for Rep. John Lewis , and it was essentially two thumbs down. Fox News reports the eulogy praised Lewis' efforts on the civil rights front, called for the strengthening of voting rights,...

Biden's Response to Reporter: 'Are You a Junkie?'

CBS' Errol Barnett had asked if the candidate had taken a cognitive test

(Newser) - Joe Biden confirmed he has not taken a cognitive test in a testy exchange with a CBS reporter—and it sounds like he definitely doesn't intend to. "Why the hell would I take a test? Come on, man," the 77-year-old said in response to a question from...

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