Source: Business Insider Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, paid little to no federal income taxes from 2009 to 2016, according to a report from The New York Times. Filings by the Kushner Companies reviewed by The Times show massive losses listed as depreciation, a real estate tax law allowance that allows for a deduction to …
Category: Trump Tracker
Articles that highlight events involving President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Administration.
Impatient for wall, Trump wants US military to secure border
Source: MSN Frustrated by slow action on a major campaign promise, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built. Trump told reporters he’s been discussing the idea with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. “We’re going to be doing things militarily. Until …
Impatient for wall, Trump wants US military to secure border
Source: MSN Frustrated by slow action on a major campaign promise, President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built. Trump told reporters he’s been discussing the idea with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. “We’re going to be doing things militarily. Until …
Trump backs arming educators in meeting with school shooting survivors
Source: MSN President Donald Trump embraced arming educators to stop mass shootings as students and parents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., pleaded with him to make America’s schools safer. The suggestion, along with others calling for a ban on assault-type weapons and instituting airport-like security perimeters at schools, dominated an emotionally …
Trump urges ban on gun devices like bump stocks
Source: MSN President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has signed a memo directing the Justice Department to propose regulations to “ban all devices” like the rapid-fire bump stocks involved in last year’s Las Vegas massacre. Seeking to show action days after a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Trump spoke during a White House …
White House says Trump son-in-law Kushner can do job without security clearance
Source: MSN President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, can continue in his role as a senior White House adviser even if he does not obtain a security clearance, the White House said on Tuesday. Kushner has been operating under a temporary clearance for the past year while the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducts a background …
Pence’s bid to isolate North Korea at Olympics falls flat
Source: MSN For all of Vice President Mike Pence’s efforts to keep North Korea from stealing the show at the Winter Olympics, the images of the two Koreas marching together — and their officials shaking hands — at a time of heightened tensions on the peninsula proved impossible to counteract. Pence spent the days leading up …
Trump triggers IRS cut of 298 tax regulations
Source: Fox The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on Tuesday that it intends to eliminate 298 tax regulations that it has deemed unnecessary in an effort to meet President Donald Trump’s demand to reduce the regulatory burden. The action by the IRS follows a pair of executive orders issued by Trump last year. One directed each …
Trump’s plan to rebuild US roads relies on local dollars
Source: MSN President Donald Trump on Monday launched what he calls a “big week” for his infrastructure plan, which envisions $1.5 trillion in spending over a decade to rebuild roads and highways. The plan would fulfill a key campaign goal but rely heavily on state and local government budgets to become a reality. The president …
Trump Administration Is Weighing Emergency Aid for Some Coal Plants
Source: MSN News After failing to win a bailout for cash-strapped coal plants, the Trump administration is considering emergency orders that could keep at least some coal generators online, people familiar with the discussions said. Rick Perry may use his authority as U.S. energy secretary to spur emergency compensation for coal plants run by FirstEnergy Solutions …