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Trump Says Transgender Ban Is a ‘Great Favor’ for the Military - The New York Times

posted onAugust 11, 2017
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WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Thursday that he is doing the United States military a “great favor” by barring transgender people from serving in its ranks — even though the Pentagon has made no move to expel personnel since the commander in chief first tweeted the policy about-face two weeks ago. The White House has yet to make public any formal guidance on how the Defense Department is supposed to turn Mr. Trump’s Twitter posts into policy.

Trump Plans to Declare Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency - The New York Times

posted onAugust 11, 2017
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WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Thursday that he was preparing to officially declare the United States’ worsening epidemic of opioid overdoses as a national emergency, accepting an urgent recommendation from a national commission that he appointed. “The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I’m saying officially right now it is an emergency,” Mr. Trump told reporters before a security briefing at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J.

Trump’s Twitter Fury at McConnell Risks Alienating a Key Ally - The New York Times

posted onAugust 11, 2017
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WASHINGTON — By preventing President Barack Obama from filling a Supreme Court vacancy, Senator Donald J. Trump the signature accomplishment of his young presidency: the confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch. But any gratitude President Trump felt for Mr. McConnell’s first-of-its-kind maneuver appears to be exhausted as the president, upset at the failed health care repeal, has turned his Twitter fire and fury on Mr.