Category: News

Federal Judge Puts Nationwide Halt To Trump’s Muslim-Ban Immigration Order U.S. District Judge James Robart ruled in favor of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who sued to invalidate key provisions of Trump’s executive order. Trump’s order indefinitely blocks entry to the United States for Syrian refugees and temporarily suspends entry to citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries. The judge issued a temporary restraining order on a nationwide basis. And in his ruling, the judge said that said Washington had the standing to bring the case forward and provided evidence that Trump’s order has immediate harm. He went on to say that...

Poll: Donald Trump Has The Highest Disapproval Rating Of Any New President, Ever According to a new CNN/ORC poll,  53 percent of Americans disapprove of how Donald Trump is handling his job as President. The new poll confirms that Donald Trump has the highest disapproval rating of any new president ever polled. CNN also reported that Trump is the only president to hold a net negative rating this early in a presidency. Although, 78 percent or respondents say Trump is handling the presidency as they would have expected. CNN also compared Trump’s ratings to past presidents by noting that Ronald...

Senator Elizabeth Warren Slams Trump’s Attempt To Weaken Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday slammed Donald Trump for two executive orders that he signed Friday in an attempt to weaken the Dodd-Frank financial regulations. Trump is specifically going after one Obama-era rule that is meant to protect Americans’ retirement money, the so-called fiduciary rule. Essentially, the fiduciary rule requires that financial advisors act in your best interest when they are offering you products and services rather than just selling you the funds that will get them the highest commission. Seems basic enough right? Well Trump and the Republicans want...

Trump Is Trying To Take Credit For Jobs Created While Obama Was In Office The Trump White House is trying to take credit for the strong January jobs report by suggesting that companies ramped up their hiring amid optimism that a President Trump would be more friendly to businesses than President Obama. Here’s the problem, the survey was done from January 9 -12 and of course Donald Trump became president on January 20. There is also the obvious question – what if anything Trump has done to create jobs so far? His press secretary suggested that meeting with Harley Davidson...

Trump Reveals Real Reason He’s Gutting Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations Donald Trump got pretty candid Friday morning about the real reason he wants to gut Dodd-Frank financial regulations. It turns out Donald Trump‘s rich friends are having trouble getting loans so he wants to gut the financial protections for middle-class and poor Americans. Trump said, “We have some of the bankers here. There’s nobody better to tell me about Dodd-Frank than Jamie, so you’re going to tell me about it,” Trump said, referring to Jamie Dimon, the JPMorgan Chase CEO. Trump continued, “We expect to be cutting a lot out...