FBI’s quest to seize Internet searches; bold threats from Syria’s Assad; and new NATO games
A daily round-up of top foreign policy and defense headlines.
American Bridge 21st Century: ‘Rob Portman: Trump’s Man in Ohio’ | Campaign 2016
American Bridge 21st Century releases an add on May 17 attacking Senator Rob Portman (R – OH) for his support of Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.
Ryan: Trump’s judge remark ‘textbook definition of a racist comment’
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) criticized Donald Trump June 7, for remarks Trump made about a Latino federal judge. However, Ryan said Trump is still a better alternative to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Ryan says Trump’s attacks on judge fit ‘the textbook definition of a racist comment’
But Ryan said he would continue to back the presumptive Republican nominee in the presidential race.
A definitive guide to Donald Trump’s uses of group suspicion
Why do people keep referring to Donald Trump as a demagogue? Here are a few examples.
It’s time for GOP leaders to choose sides on Donald Trump
The time for choosing is here.
Paul Ryan can’t avoid the issue of Donald Trump — and his office isn’t happy about it
The speaker’s office is shaming the media for asking about Trump at a poverty news conference.
Bosses in hot water after sacking government worker once forced to sandbag his house
In an action rare in government, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service disciplined three managers for retaliating against a maintenance worker who exposed their wrongdoing.
Trump supporters’ false claim that Trump U judge is a member of a pro-immigrant group
It’s been thoroughly debunked, and it’s time to drop this false claim.
Many Trump supporters don’t believe his wildest promises — and they don’t care
Voters often say they don’t expect him to actually build a wall or deport millions.
108-year-old grandson of a slave shakes hands with President Obama
President Obama shook hands with 108-year-old Lester Townsend, the grandson of a slave, before a speech in Indiana June 1.
Ryan to unveil anti-poverty proposal as part of election-year policy agenda
The lack of specific policy prescriptions may open Ryan up to criticism from the left, but it also reduces the risk that any of the proposals could be rejected by Donald Trump who has said very little about specific anti-poverty measures.
Hunt for terror suspect stymied by DHS confusion
Imagine five cops anxious to take down a terrorist waiting in the lobby for permission to go further into the building before they could search for him.
Will there be enough white voters to elect Donald Trump?
It’s the most important question of 2016.
There is no “Trump Bump” in the polls – just a growing lead for the Democrats
Here’s how we screen out the noise.
Ways and Means Chairman Brady: Our plan to reduce poverty and expand opportunity
“Our report departs from the flawed approach of the last several decades and provides a different perspective on how to help our fellow Americans rise up out of poverty,” Brady writes.
How Hillary Clinton went from a loser in 2008 to a winner in 2016
She won. Let’s look at how
How the California primary has already changed California politics
A Q and A with California Democratic consultant Bill Carrick.
The Republican Party comes to the defense of the Democrats (for trolling purposes)
Why the RNC wants the media to ignore superdelegates.
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