Monday, Jan. 21
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According to the Washington PostÕs fact checker,
President Donald Trump has made 8,158 false or misleading claims in the two years since
he took the oath of office, 6,000 of these in the second year of his
presidency.
Tuesday, Jan. 22
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The Supreme Court said it would review New York
CityÕs ban on transporting licensed and unloaded handguns outside the city
limits.
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The Supreme Court allowed Trumps restrictions on
transgendered military members to take effect while the legal battle over the
restrictions continues in the lower courts.
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The Supreme Court declined to take action on
TrumpÕs request to review his termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals program. TrumpÕs termination has been found by lower courts to be
based on faulty legal reasoning and lacking in a solid rationale.
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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to bypass its
normal procedures and decide quickly whether a question about citizenship can
be placed on the 2020 Census after a New York judge last week ordered the
administration to stop its plans to include the question.
Wednesday, Jan. 23
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Trump sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a letter
saying he plans to deliver the State of the Union speech as originally planned,
despite her letter last week asking him to postpone it until the government
shutdown is over.
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Pelosi formally revoked her invitation to Trump
to give the State of the Union address on Jan. 29. Later he said it was her
prerogative and said he would give the address after the shutdown is ended.
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An attorney for former Trump attorney Michael
Cohen said that his client would not testify before the House Oversight
Committee on Feb. 7 Òdue to ongoing threats against his family from President Trump
and Mr. [Rudolph W.] Giuliani, as recently as this weekend, as well as Mr.
CohenÕs continued cooperation with ongoing investigations.Ó
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The House Oversight and Reform Committee
launched an investigation into the Trump administrationÕs use of security
clearances and temporary or ÒinterimÓ security clearances.
Thursday, Jan. 24
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An attorney for former Trump attorney Michael
Cohen said his client was subpoened by the Senate
Intelligence Committee and is scheduled to testify in a closed-door hearing on
Feb. 12.
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The Washington Post reported that civil
penalties for polluters issued by the EPA have dropped, under the Trump
administration, to the lowest level since 1994. From a 20-year average of $500
million per year (adjusted for inflation), penalties dropped last year by 85
percent, to $72 million.
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The Senate rejected two competing plans for
ending the shutdown — one favored by Trump and one by Democrats —
although six Republican senators voted for the Democratic proposal.
Friday, Jan. 25
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In a move that is predicted to face court
challenges, the Trump administration began sending some asylum applicants back
to Mexico to wait while their cases are processed.
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Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III unveiled criminal charges
against Roger Stone, a longtime friend of President TrumpÕs, accusing him of
lying, obstruction and witness tampering. Stone was arrested in a pre-dawn raid
at his home.
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The Federal Aviation Administration delayed
flights at New YorkÕs LaGuardia Airport, citing staffing shortages due to the
government shutdown.
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Trump signed a bill to end the government shutdown
for three weeks, while
also creating a bipartisan, bicameral committee charged with negotiating an
agreement on border security as part of a new spending bill for the Homeland
Security Department. The bill contained no money for TrumpÕs border
wall, and Trump said without wall funding, the country may face another
shutdown at the end of three weeks or an emergency declaration to circumvent
Congress.
Saturday,
Jan. 26
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ABC
reported that according to a new ABC/Washington Post poll, 60 percent of
Americans want the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives to
obtain and publicly release TrumpÕs tax returns. Between 57 and 61 percent back
investigations into possible collusion between TrumpÕs 2016 presidential campaign and
Russia, TrumpÕs relationship and communications with Russian President Vladimir
Putin and possible financial ties between Trump and foreign governments.
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Six days
of negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban ended, with the chief U.S.
negotiator calling them Òmore productive than they have been in the past.Ó
Sunday, Jan.
27
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Sen.
Marco Rubio said on ÒMeet the Press,Ó that he does not think Trump should
declare a national emergency to get funding for the wall and that he would
fight him on it in the Senate.
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