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New: President Trump reacts to UK police arresting five men on suspicion of terror offenses near air base used by US forces.
“The arrest in the UK was fantastic. Working with Britain, it was an amazing job. We had them under investigation. They were looking to do big damage to our fort and working with the British worked out great...We had them under view for a long time and we got em.”
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President Trump didn’t take questions from reporters as he departed for Illinois, but he did deliver brief remarks and had this to say about Iran: “Oil will come dropping down as soon as Iran gives up. As soon as the war is over, which will be soon.”
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More signs of a Republican divide heading into November..,
Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress’s Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.
Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress’s appropriations powers. OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
Community note
Senator Collins voted to confirm OMB Director Vought, despite Vought’s known support for the President’s efforts to impound Congressionally-approved funds.
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Sam Marks retweeted
A drastically diminished DOJ workforce is struggling to keep up with caseloads, according to docs obtained by @NewsNation & @thehill
Charts, apparently shared then recalled, show sharp drop in Civil Division attorneys under the Trump Admin
Via @SamMarksReports, @RebeccaBeitsch
SCOOP w @SamMarksReports: Internal DOJ docs obtained by @thehill and @NewsNation show the department is bleeding staff as a much diminished workforce is left with surging caseloads.
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As far as what topics came up during the three-day summit between Trump and Xi, a senior U.S. official tells me @NewsNation "President Trump and President Xi discussed the economy, trade, Super Intelligence, and cooperation on numerous issues of shared importance.”
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Phenominal piece from @RebeccaBeitsch in @thehill on how dwindling DOJ staffing numbers is escalating workload demands on attorneys. Thrilled help contribute from @NewsNation!
SCOOP w @SamMarksReports: Internal DOJ docs obtained by @thehill and @NewsNation show the department is bleeding staff as a much diminished workforce is left with surging caseloads.
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SCOOP w @SamMarksReports: Internal DOJ docs obtained by @thehill and @NewsNation show the department is bleeding staff as a much diminished workforce is left with surging caseloads.
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International interest in this White House media story —
I’ll join the main RTÉ One evening news to discuss it, sometime between 6:30pm and 7pm Irish time.
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PANDA DIPLOMACY! The U.S. is getting two new pandas according to China's President Xi.
They'll be sent to Atlanta's Zoo.
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More signs that the U.S. sees a real and impending threat from Russia against Europe/NATO countries.
🇱🇹🇺🇸 US troops are returning to Lithuania.
A US heavy battalion with Abrams tanks and an engineer battalion will deploy to Lithuania.
A strong US presence strengthens deterrence, Lithuania’s defence and NATO’s Eastern Flank.
Thank you 🇺🇸!
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RT @KellieMeyerNews: CNN and MSNOW reporters are now back inside the White House grounds. I just saw them come in.
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RT @KellieMeyerNews: As China’s President Xi Jinping lands on American soil and meets with a U.S. President at the White House for the firs…
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This news comes as President Trump met with Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodriguez last night
Just got this message: 🚨#Urgent
During the last 24 hours, María Corina Machado has been denied entry into Venezuela three times. She has attempted to enter the country by air and sea but has been turned away each time.
David Smolansky
Senior Advisor to María Corina Machado
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RT @KellieMeyerNews: Per the White House: from White House print pool reporter @elinashirazi
Pull Aside Meeting with Acting President Del…
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New on the UKRAINE/RUSSIA negotiations:
Tonight, it is expected there will be a meeting between the American and Ukrainian delegations with representatives of Germany, France, and the UK as well, a source familiar with the meeting tells me.
The Ukrainian delegation includes Rustem Umerov (Head of Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine), General Kyrylo Budanov (Head of the Office of the President), and David Arakhamia (member of Ukraine's Parliament).
@axios/@BarakRavid was first to report
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RT @HannahBrandt_TV: TODAY: President Trump says he Kushner and Witkoff met with Iranian leaders on the sidelines of the UNGA for about 3 h…
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President Trump wrapped at 11:05am ET.
He spoke for just a little over 30 minutes.
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Trump says he wants to change the name of artificial intelligence to "super" intelligence.
He says artificial makes it sound "fake."
"Welcome to the new world of "super intelligence" "S-I."
"Let's see if I have any power, maybe I do, maybe I don't," as he seems to go off prompter there.
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THIS HOUR: President Trump will return to the UN General Assembly stage to deliver remarks at 9:55am ET.
A White House official tells @NewsNation that the President "will lay out a clear case for how he is using American Power to confront longstanding challenges and reshape the world to America’s benefit."
Topics he is expected to cover: Iran, immigration, and Greenland.
The official said the President "will also discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to prevent the U.N. and other globalist institutions from infringing on American sovereignty or imposing a radical-left wing agenda on the American People."
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