Campaigns · 119th Congress
At the Races: Artificial interference
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Congress · 119th Congress
Senate panel releases NIL bill, plans hearing
Cruz, in a news release, said the Senate bill “is a bipartisan plan to restore order.”
White House · 119th Congress
Trump says Iran deal announcement coming ‘shortly’
And if you read the fake news, you’d think they’re doing just fine. They’re not doing just fine,” Trump said. “They want to settle so badly. We have the greatest military.”
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Trump shrugs off high gas prices, creating political headwinds for GOP
Half of U.S. adults surveyed April 24-28 by The Washington Post and ABC News said they expect gas prices will get worse, compared with 21 percent who thought they would improve.
White House · 119th Congress
Trump claims Jesus-like meme was him as a doctor amid MAGA pushback
And only the fake news could come up with that one.”
White House · 119th Congress
‘Impulsive and emotional’: Trump tosses traditional wartime presidency blueprint
“The only one that likes to keep it going is the ‘fake news.’
White House · 119th Congress
Takeaways from Cabinet meeting: Trump issues new threats to Iran, Democrats
At another point, the president said he wanted to “set the record straight, because I’ve been watching The Wall Street Journal, fake news, and all these stories that get printed like, ‘Oh, I want
Congress · 119th Congress
Justifications for war multiply at White House
briefing room if Trump believes most Americans support the decision to go to war, Leavitt replied: "I think he does, and I think the president knows the country is smart enough to [ignore] many of the fake
Congress · 119th Congress
Trump defends policies, attacks Democrats during State of the Union address
↵↵More than half of registered voters, 57 percent, graded the state of the union as not very strong or not strong, according to an NPR/PBS News/Marist University survey conducted late last month.
Campaigns · 119th Congress
‘I’ve won affordability’: Trump defends economy during Georgia stop
↵↵"And then I have to listen to the 'fake news' talking about affordability. Affordability. Do you notice? What word have you not heard over the last two weeks?
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Maine Sen. Susan Collins makes reelection bid official
↵↵"I consistently approach issues with an eye toward pragmatic results rather than through the distorting lens of ideology," Collins wrote Tuesday in an op-ed in the Bangor Daily News.
White House · 119th Congress
Count the qualifiers: Trump’s week became another presidential talk-a-thon
↵↵A prime example came when NBC News' Llamas asked Trump if he would actually send Americans rebate checks from monies collected by his global tariffs.
Congress · 119th Congress
Senate advances Venezuela war powers measure
↵↵"If you look at the people who actually voted, every single one of them have supported the administration's plan," said Vance, who also argued the 1973 War Powers Resolution is "fake and unconstitutional
Campaigns · 119th Congress
Problems mount for Trump as first year back in White House comes to a close
↵↵"I think they're getting fake news from guys like you.
White House · 119th Congress
Trump praises ‘rational’ Mamdani during warm Oval Office meeting, shifting tone
↵↵But, in a social media post, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the article "100% Fake News" and said "the White House repeatedly told this to CNN in the strongest possible terms."
Congress · 119th Congress
‘Things happen’: Trump defends MBS on Khashoggi murder, slams ABC reporter
Khashoggi kerfuffle↵↵As he and the crown prince held court with the press in the Oval Office, Trump snapped at an ABC News reporter who asked MBS about Khashoggi's murder, calling her network "fake news
Opinion · 117th Congress
The year that the last congressional week has been
“The Fake charges made by the highly partisan Unselect Committee of January 6th have already been submitted, prosecuted, and tried in the form of Impeachment Hoax # 2,” he wrote in one post.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden’s non-gaffe on Putin suggests a foreign policy-steeped president resisting his instincts
‘Moral outrage’ His scripted remarks were among the toughest of his term, repeatedly calling out Putin — a man he recently called “a butcher” — for a series of atrocities and acting under the fake
Politics · 117th Congress
‘Harsh’ exchanges: Dismissive Biden press strategy undermines lofty campaign vows
spokesman Ned Price suggested the same day that veteran AP reporter Matt Lee was siding with the Kremlin after asking if the administration would produce evidence of its claims Russia was producing a fake
Campaigns · 117th Congress
‘Huge trouble’: Voters punish Democrats for blind spots on kitchen table issues
But as Air Force One ferried home the climate warrior in chief, voters in the Old Dominion and Garden State were delivering bad news to Biden and his party, who already were facing grim forecasts