Comey at an event honoring First Responders earlier today. He spoke with the media as well before he and Vice President mike pence swore in white house staff. As the Donald Trump Administration is beginning to take shape, so are his meetings with leaders abroad. Prime minister may will be coming over to the United States shortly, were also meeting with the Prime Minister of canada and we will be meeting with the president of mexico. President trump will also receive a call from the president of russia in the coming days, so says the kremlin, but his chief of staff says trump will continue to followthrough an the reversal of more of obamas executive orders by signing more of his own. I think were going to talk about trade, i think were going to talk about that a little bit more tomorrow. Were going to talk about immigration this week, and were going to have a time of National Security, a conversation about that, obviously with general mattis. Will he undo some of the obama executive ord
Messages. The New York Times reports that some wins and near losses have raised questions about whose vision of the Democratic Party will emerge victorious in 2020. And it raises questions about whether democrats can deliver a consistent message to voters. Among the crew of possibly familiar contenders, a Politico Morning Consult poll taken in the days following the midterm found joe biden as the early leader. 2016s runner. Up, vermont senator Bernie Sanders came in second. But to underscore the desire for new faces, beto orourke, fresh off his loss in the Texas Senate Race came in third. Senators Elizabeth Warren of massachusetts, Kamala Harris in california, corey brook in new jersey followed closely behind. None of the other 14 possible candidates mentioned earned as much as 3 . None of these big name candidates declared the stump, but many seem to be previewing their own 2020 pitches. Democrats choose hope over fear. Democrats choose unity over division. Ed whys were perceived to b
Only four republicans broke ranks and supported the resolution. In the meantime, whatever efforts most republicans or the white house are making to change the subject to pivot in washington speak, they are not getting much help from the president himself or frankly from one of his key advisors Kellyanne Conway. Here is what the president tweeted this morning. Those tweets were not racist he wrote. I dont have a racist bone in my body. The socalled vote to be taken is a democrat conconn game. The president may know a lot about conn games but its not clear how in touch with his body he is. The man without a racist bone in his body allegedly again told the four nonwhite congresswomen, three of whom were born in america to leave. Mr. President , the Democratic Congresswomen should leave if they are not happy, where should they go . Its up to them. Go wherever they want or they can stay, but they should love our country. They shouldnt hate our country. If you look at what they have said, i
U.S.-Russian arms control is in a state of extreme distress. The U.S. withdrawal from the foundational Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty in 2002 undid the functional and theoretical premise of mutually assured destruction (MAD) that provided.
there are some things we experience in life that we can never prepare for, no matter how hard we try. embarking on a life with the person you love is one, having, raising, and loving a child is another, and then there s this one today. i ve bean here 48 i ve been here 48 years. perhaps to the dismay of hundreds of distinguished presiding officers, i ve delivered more floor statements. some were more eloquent than others, some less, but i ve never delivered a speech like this, and i so appreciate all of you indulging me. my friends and colleagues, marcelle and i have such warm and lasting memories of so many who served in this chamber, now and through many years. including mentors. from the first day i arrived here like republican senator bob stafford. he was our state s senior senator when i arrived here, and i watched him in awe, but he was a person who looked me in the eye and say to this 34-year-old freshman, patrick, you re not my junior senator. from here on, you re my