Source: MSN President Trump announced on Sunday that Dan Coats would step down as the director of national intelligence after a fraught tenure marked by tension with the Oval Office, and he tapped one of his staunch defenders, Representative John Ratcliffe, to take over the country’s expansive network of spy agencies. Mr. Coats, a former …
Category: Trump Tracker
Articles that highlight events involving President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Administration.
Trump Warns China to Act on U.S. Trade Deal or Face Worse Terms
Source: MSN President Donald Trump said it would be wise for China to “act now” to finish a trade deal with the U.S., warning that “far worse” terms would be on offer for them after what he predicted would be his certain re-election in 2020. “I think that China felt they were beaten so badly …
Trump suggests China wants Dem elected in 2020 to secure better trade terms
Source: MSN President Trump shared his take on the stalled U.S. trade talks with China on Saturday, suggesting Beijing may be waiting until the 2020 presidential election to see if a Democrat gets elected to secure more favorable terms. “I think that China felt they were being beaten so badly in the recent negotiation that they …
Trump says US will purchase crops to offset China losses
Source: MSN Money President Donald Trump said that the U.S. will boost its purchases of domestic farm products for humanitarian aid in an effort to offset lost demand from China as trade tensions flare between the nations. Trump said on Twitter on Friday that the U.S. will use its money from the tariffs to buy …
President Trump grants pardon to Oklahoma man who killed Iraqi prisoner
Source: MSN The White House says President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to a former first lieutenant in the U.S. Army convicted in 2009 of killing an Iraqi prisoner. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says Trump granted clemency to Michael Behenna of Oklahoma. “I cannot thank President Trump enough for his act of mercy,” Behenna …
Trump orders asylum overhaul, including new fee for applicants and faster adjudications, amid ‘severe’ border crisis
Source: MSN President Trump called Monday night for a sweeping overhaul to an asylum system he has long said is rife with fraud — including a new fee to process asylum applicants, and the capacity to rapidly adjudicate applicants’ claims while also barring them from working in the U.S. in the meantime. In a presidential memorandum, Trump specifically told Attorney …
Trump orders staff to prepare arms-control push with Russia and China
Source: MSN President Trump has ordered his administration to prepare a push for new arms-control agreements with Russia and China after bristling at the cost of a 21st-century nuclear arms race, according to administration officials. The aim of the nascent effort, a senior administration official said, is to bring Russian nuclear weapons unregulated by treaties …
Trump administration cracks down on zero-down home loans
Source: MSN Money The Trump administration is cracking down on national affordable housing programs because of concern over growing risk to the government’s almost $1.3 trillion portfolio of federally insured mortgages. The effort targets providers of money for borrowers who can’t afford the 3.5 percent down payment typically required on Federal Housing Administration loans. Such …
US to allow lawsuits over Cuba property confiscation: Official
Source: Al Jazeera In an effort to increase pressure on Cuba, the US plans to open the way for lawsuits over property confiscated by Cuba. Stepping up pressure on Cuba, United States President Donald Trump is poised to allow lawsuits against foreign companies that have benefited from Cuba’s seizure of American companies after the 1959 …
‘Our country is full’: Trump says migrants straining system
Source: MSN Declaring “our country is full,” President Donald Trump on Friday insisted the U.S. immigration system was overburdened and illegal crossings must be stopped as he inspected a refurbished section of fencing at the Mexican border. Trump, making a renewed push for border security as a central campaign issue for his 2020 re-election, participated …