Why Donald Trump Won’t Hold Press Conferences

The last time he had one, he did something unthinkable

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Trump Stands by Embattled Medicare and Medicaid Chief
Seema Verma is under fire for seeking taxpayer reimbursement for stolen property, part of a series of unflattering reports about her and the president’s other top health official, Alex M. Azar II. ... read more
The New York Times2019-12-10
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Donald Trump Jr. Shares Bonkers Meme Of His Dad And It Could Terrify The President
Donald Trump is shirtless and carrying a shark in the doctored image. ... read more
The Huffington Post2019-12-10
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Trump hits point of no return as Democrats ready impeachment articles
House Democrats are hours from crossing a somber point of no political return as they get set to roll out articles of impeachment Tuesday accusing President Donald Trump of abusing power and obstructing Congress. ... read more
CNN2019-12-10
4 hours ago
Trump’s NATO parade of falsehoods and misstatements
At the recent NATO summit, the president once again showed he does not understand the basics of NATO financing. ... read more
The Washington Post2019-12-10
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U.S. lawmakers reach deal on massive defense bill, eye Russia, Turkey, China
U.S. lawmakers announced an agreement on Monday on a $738-billion bill setting policy for the Department of Defense, including new measures for competing with Russia and China, family leave for federal workers and the creation of President Donald Trump's long-desired Space Force. ... read more
Reuters2019-12-09
8 hours ago
Republicans Turn Up Heat on Gordon Sondland in Impeachment Hearing
Congressional Republicans on Monday continued their attack against Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump – and this time, it involved one of their own. At multiple points in Monday’s judiciary hearing, Republicans took pains to build skepticism around the testimony of European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland, a Trump political appointee and a key actor in Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani’s attempts to convince Ukraine to open an investigation into Trump’s chief political rival. The nearly ten-hour hearing was billed by Democrats as a vehicle for both parties to make their case about whether or not the President should be ... read more
TIME Magazine2019-12-09
8 hours ago
Horowitz Report Won’t Deter Trumpworld’s Conspiratorial Frothing
President Donald Trump and his allies spent almost three years denouncing the Russia investigation as a sham. They claimed it was part of a political vendetta by angry Democrats and disaffected bureaucrats. They accused the FBI agents who conducted the initial inquiry of committing treason and organizing a coup. Fox News and other Trump-aligned outlets hyped up nefarious allegations night after night after night, and top Republican lawmakers devoted untold amounts of energy towards investigating them.Some in Trumpworld hoped that Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general, would give credence to their conspiracy theories on Monday, when he released his ... read more
The New Republic2019-12-09
9 hours ago
Democrats Set to Unveil Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald Trump
House Democrats will unveil articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning, multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to TIME. The articles are expected to be announced at a 9 a.m. press conference on Tuesday, one day after a nearly ten-hour long hearing during which Republicans and Democrats made their case to the House Judiciary Committee about whether President Trump’s decision to withhold millions of dollars in aid to Ukraine in exchange for an investigation into a top political rival amounted to an impeachable offense. Speaker Pelosi’s office only advised the press conference as “the next steps” ... read more
TIME Magazine2019-12-09
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Democrats to lay out articles of impeachment Tuesday following contentious hearing
House Democrats plan to announce their articles of impeachment into President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning, pushing forward with their impeachment inquiry following a contention hearing on Monday. ... read more
CNN2019-12-09
10 hours ago
Vox Sentences: The investigation into the investigation
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Claims of bias in FBI probe into Russian interference are debunked; New Zealand suffers deadly volcanic eruption. Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the Vox Sentences archive for past editions. The FBI’s watchdog growls A long-awaited report is out by the Department of Justice’s internal watchdog into the 2016 investigation of ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. The report criticizes “inaccuracies and omissions” in warrant applications but found no ... read more
Vox2019-12-09
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