The Treasury Department and other federal agencies did not reveal specific timelines for when stimulus checks, small business aid, and unemployment benefits would be released.
Donald Trump
Posted inTimes Record
Trump capsizes two bills with BIW perks
President Trump rejected two major bills that authorize COVID-19 relief and defense funding, before leaving to spend the holiday weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Hidden upside to pardon spree
President Trump could give congressional investigators an opening if he follows through on his threat.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump’s veto of the defense bill is a Republican loyalty test
Over 75% of the Republicans who voted in each chamber supported the NDAA because they thought Trump’s complaints didn’t outweigh the benefits the bill will deliver.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
White House virus coordinator Deborah Birx says she will retire
Her comments came just days after The Associated Press reported that she traveled out of state for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
Posted inNation & World
Trump considering legal immunity for Saudi crown prince accused in assassination plot
A State Department recommendation could also lead to the dismissal of the prince as a defendant in other cases, including ones accusing him of directing the death and dismemberment of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
Posted inNation & World
China criticizes Trump’s suggestion it, not Russia, is behind cyber spying
Trump on Saturday scoffed at assertions by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other officials that the Kremlin was behind attempts to spy on federal agencies.
Posted inNation & World, News
With Trump silent on likely Russian hacks of U.S. agencies, reprisals may fall to Biden
All fingers are pointing to Russia as the source of a punishing hack of U.S. government agencies, but the president has not responded.
Posted inNation & World
Supreme Court rules challenge to Trump census plan is premature
The court’s decision Friday is not a final ruling on the matter and it’s not clear whether Trump will receive final numbers from the Census Bureau before he leaves office next month.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: No, Jan. 6 isn’t another chance for Trump to reverse the election
Congress will count the electoral votes. And the president will probably try to pretend the outcome is in doubt.