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Showing posts with label meeting. Show all posts

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Trump talks with Democrats fail to yield breakthrough as US shutdown nears

The party has refused to support the GOP funding proposal unless it includes an extension of subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health plans, which expire at the end of the year. They also want the undoing of cuts to Medicaid – the program providing healthcare to poor and disabled Americans – and public media, which Republicans approved earlier in the year. 

Schumer signaled that the Democrats may be willing to compromise. Outside the White House, he said Trump was "the decision-maker, and if he will accept some of the things we ask, which we think the American people are for, on healthcare and on rescissions, he can avoid a shutdown, but there are still large differences between us".

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/trump-meeting-democrats-republicans-shutdown-tensions

 

Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy - The Washington Post

 "There's a concern that it's just not very well thought out," one former official said of the strategy. 

The document's tone is also far more partisan than past strategies, saying the Biden administration caused an erosion of America's military in rhetoric similar to Hegseth's speeches, two people familiar with the plan said… 

That interim document also hinted at the emerging strategy to use military personnel in a more assertive role at home and abroad. The Pentagon was directed by Hegseth to "prioritize efforts to seal our borders, repel forms of invasion including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities, and deport illegal aliens in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security," according to the document…


 

Trump, Hegseth lecture military leaders at politically charged summit - The Washington Post

The unusual, hastily organized event became a forum for the president to tout his political agenda while his defense secretary lectured the brass on standards...

‘Could have been an email’: Officials balk at Hegseth's generals meeting - POLITICO

The last-minute gathering featured hundreds of senior military officials, who swear an oath to the Constitution, attending something more akin to a campaign rally...

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Senator Dick Durbin demands to meet with Ice amid clashes at immigration facility

The Trump administration has called the protesters "rioters", accusing them of inciting violence. On Saturday afternoon, Ice posted on X: "Rioters will not deter Ice from its law enforcement mission. All those assaulting or obstructing will be held accountable. Full stop." In another post on Sunday morning, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said 11 people were arrested outside the Ice facility – and that officials had confiscated two guns during the arrests. 

In response, the Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, decried the force used by federal officials at the site. He also called on protesters and bystanders to "document what you see with your phones and cameras". "The suggestion that chemical agents like tear gas or pepper spray could be used indiscriminately against peaceful demonstrators, or even first responders, is unacceptable and not normal," Pritzker posted on X. 

"By observing and recording peacefully, we can ensure that any violations of the law are brought to light and those responsible are held accountable."… 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/28/dick-durbin-illinois-ice-immigration-meeting


 

 

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Off the Rails: Inside the craziest meeting of the Trump presidency - Axios

… It was remarkable that the presidency had deteriorated to such an extent that this fight in the Oval Office between senior White House officials and radical conspiracists was even taking place. 
"How exactly are you going to do this?" an exasperated Herschmann asked again, later in the conversation. Newman again cited the 2018 executive order, which prompted Herschmann to question out loud whether she was even a lawyer. 
Then Byrne chimed in: "There are guys with big guns and badges who can get these things." Herschmann couldn't believe it. "What are you, three years old?" he asked…


Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Pharmaceutical companies have no idea what ‘meeting’ Trump is talking about them attending – Raw Story

President Donald Trump either forgot or made up an upcoming meeting with the pharmaceutical industry that he announced would happen “this week.” Before leaving for his trip to Kenosha, Wisconsin, Trump said that the drug companies would be at the White House to broker a deal that would “substantially” reduce drug prices. When asked who would be attending the meeting and when it was scheduled, the White House refused to comment. It’s now becoming clear that the reason was they were just as clueless about it as the drug companies, Bloomberg News reported. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/pharmaceutical-companies-have-no-idea-what-meeting-trump-is-talking-about-them-attending/








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