The Washington Post has checked this statement. This is our first Cabinet meeting with the entire Cabinet present. The confirmation process has been record-setting long […]
Donald Trump: Claims to be the most productive president in history, with a few exceptions
This claim has been fact-checked by the Washington Post, NBC, AP, and others. Politifact analyzed a previous Trump claim about historic levels of productivity. Never […]
Sen. Michael Bennet: Using the Marshall Plan to critique Trump’s foreign policy
As the recent terrorist attack unfolded in London, President Trump took to Twitter to promote his political agenda and sow fear in the wake of […]
Talking Points Watch: Team Trump’s repeated claims that first foreign trip “historic”
A collection of statements by Rex Tillerson and Sean Spicer characterizing President Trump’s recent trip, especially to Saudi Arabia, as “historic.”
Tillerson: “America First” means bringing foreign relations “back into balance”
But as we have progressed over the last 20 years – and some of you could tie it back to the post-Cold War era as the world has changed, some of you can tie it back to the evolution of China since the post-Nixon era and China’s rise as an economic power, and now as a growing military power – that as we participated in those changes, we were promoting relations, we were promoting economic activity, we were promoting trade with a lot of these emerging economies, and we just kind of lost track of how we were doing.
Rep. Linda Sánchez: Historical precedent for demanding Trump’s tax returns
Whereas, according to the Tax History Project, every President since Gerald Ford has disclosed their tax return information to the public; … Whereas, Congress gave […]
Rep. Anna Eshoo: Giving Highly Classified Intel to Russians “Unprecedented”
Holding the meeting itself raised many questions. But in the meeting, the President revealed highly classified, code-word information to the Russians. I believe that this […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin: Trump Campaigned Like William Jennings Bryan but Has Richest Cabinet in US History
America needs to know that all of the protests and the popular participation is working. The Women’s March set the whole context for discussion about […]
Rep. Brad Sherman: Not Since Galileo “Have Science Deniers Had Such Powerful Friends”
Last Saturday was Earth Day, and tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people across this country had to march in favor of science […]
Rep. Andy Biggs: Trump’s First 100 Days Most Productive Since Truman
In his first 100 days, President Trump has enacted more pieces of legislation than any other President since Truman, facilitated the earliest Supreme Court confirmation […]