Author: Stephanie Moffat

Senate Intel Committee Will Receive Comey Memos: Report The Senate Intelligence Committee has reached an agreement that will allow them to receive former FBI Director James Comey’s memos about his meetings with Donald Trump. According to Politico, “The Senate Intelligence Committee has reached an agreement to receive memos written by former FBI Director James Comey detailing his interactions with President Donald Trump, Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told POLITICO on Wednesday.” Comey testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee that he kept detailed notes of all his encounters with Donald Trump. Comey said that Donald Trump pressured him to drop the...

New Report Confirms That Republicans In Congress Have Stopped Taking Trump Seriously A new report in the Washington Post confirms that Donald Trump is having a hard time adjusting to the duties of the presidency and congressional Republicans are starting to doubt him. The Washington Post report notes, “History suggests that presidents who have governed successfully have been both revered and feared. But Republican fixtures in Washington are beginning to conclude that Trump may be neither, despite his mix of bravado, threats and efforts to schmooze with GOP lawmakers.” The brutal report comes after Senate Republicans were forced to...

Just 12 Percent Support the Senate Republican Health Bill A new USA Today poll finds support for the Senate Republican bill is barely above double digits. And just like that, support for the Senate Republican health bill fell through the floor. According to a new poll, just 12 percent of Americans support the Senate Republicans bill to replace Obamacare. Even more surprisingly, a whopping 53 percent of Americans say that Congress should either work to improve Obamacare or leave it alone. Among Republicans, just 26% support the Senate bill. The USA Today poll follows an NPR/Marrist poll that found support for the Republican...

EPA Head Met With Chemical Company CEO Before Dropping Pesticide Ban According to a new report by The Associated Press, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt met privately with the CEO of a chemical company before deciding to drop a ban on its pesticide. The pesticide was banned under the Obama administration because it has been shown to harm children’s brains. The AP report notes that Scott Pruitt met with the CEO of Dow Chemical, Andrew Liveris, for 30 minutes at a Houston hotel on March 9. Later that month, Pruitt announced the EPA would no longer...

Trump Administration Is Quietly Moving To Reverse Obama-Era Clean Water Rule   The Trump administration is planning to repeal Obama-era clean water regulations for small waterways. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally proposed the language on Tuesday. Under the Trump administration proposal federal officials would go back to enforcing a guidance document from 2008 when deciding whether a waterway is subject to federal oversight for pollution control purposes rather than use the Obama rules. The move by the EPA is the first formal step towards Donald Trump’s promise to repeal the 2015 “waters of the United States” regulation, which...