VA fires more than 500 feds under Trump
The VA posted its first public list of adverse actions showing 525 employees fired, suspended, demoted or removed from Jan to July 3 under President Trump. Leaders say the data promote transparency while critics call it intimidation and question the focus on firings as a measure of performance.
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Trump
Department of Veterans Affairs
Capitol Hill
David Shulkin
Merit Systems Protection Board
Ment
Shulkin
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee
MSPB
Veterans’ Organizations
James Hutton
David Cox Sr
American Federation of Government Employees
Bob McDonald
Bill Valdez
Senior Executives Association
Valdez
Governors Press GOP Senators To Preserve Health Coverage
Nevada governor Sandoval and Arizona governor Ducey urge GOP senators to avoid deep Medicaid cuts and preserve subsidies as McConnell leads a health care reform push. Portman voices concern over Ohio's low income access and opioid treatment funding. Heller opposes measures reducing coverage for Nevadans.
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Nev
Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Mitch McConnell
Ohio
John Kasich
U.S
Rob Portman
Cincinnati
McConnell
Nevada
Brian Sandoval
Associated Press
Sandoval
Dean Heller
Heller
Obama Returns to Political Fray for Democratic Fundraiser
Former President Barack Obama reenters politics with a Washington fundraiser for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. The event signals a push to rebuild party strength through state and federal redistricting while Obama aims to avoid a broad shadow and help “build the bench.” ERIC HOLDER and Nancy Pelosi due to appear. Kelly Ward notes the effort to centralize a redistricting strategy amid GOP competition.
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Barack Obama
Democratic Party
Washington, D.C
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Democratic National Committee
Tom Perez
Donald Trump
Perez
Illinois
NDRC
Kelly Ward
Ward
Eric Holder
House
Nancy Pelosi
D-Calif
Corry Bliss
Congres
Sional Leadership Fund
Paul Ryan
Bliss
America
Trump Jr says Russian meeting offered dirt on Clinton
Donald Trump Jr said a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Natalia Veselnitskaya included Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. He says the lawyer offered information about Russia funding the Democratic Party and Clinton, but no details were provided and the matter was a pretext for the meeting.
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Hillary Clinton
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New York
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Jared Kushner
Paul Manafort
Democratic National Committee
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Donald Jr
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U.S
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Manafort
Kushner
Jamie Gorelick
Veselnitskaya
Gorelick
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