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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 505 days 11 hours 9 minutes
Day 301: Bring it on.
1/ House Republicans passed their tax bill, which would cut taxes by $1.5 trillion over 10 years in a rewrite of the tax code. 2/ The Senate tax bill would raise taxes on the middle class while giving large cuts to millionaires. 3/ A radio newsc...
Day 300: No plans.
1/ The author of the Trump dossier believes his report is 70-90% accurate. 2/ Nearly 1.5 million people have signed up for an Affordable Care Act health care plan. 3/ The Trump administration rejected 4,000 "late" DACA renewals despite some appl...
Day 299: Do not recall.
1/ Jeff Sessions told the House Judiciary Committee he didn't lie under oath, but he has "no clear recollection" of the proposed Trump-Putin meeting. 2/ Sessions: There is "not enough basis" for assigning a new special counsel to investigate Hill...
Day 298: Step aside.
1/ Trump asked Putin if Russia meddled in the election. Putin said they didn't. Trump believed him. 2/ Trump called US intelligence leaders "political hacks." 3/ The former CIA director said Trump is being "played" by Putin regarding election me...
Day 295: If true.
1/ Trump cast doubt on the accusations that Roy Moore initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old when he was 32. 2/ Roy Moore called the allegations against him "completely false and misleading." 3/ The Republican Party's Senate campaign commit...
Day 294: Great credit.
1/ Trump: "I don't blame China" for taking "advantage" of the US with its "very one-sided and unfair" trade deal. 2/ Affordable Care Act signups are outpacing last year's. 3/ John Kelly pressured the acting Homeland Security secretary, Elaine Du...
Day 293: Refreshed.
1/ Trump told 12 Senate Democrats that he would "get killed" financially by the GOP tax bill. 2/ Trump warned North Korea that developing nuclear weapons was putting the country in "grave danger." 3/ Corey Lewandowski's "memory has been refreshe...
Day 292: Incredible insights.
1/ Carter Page testified that he received permission from Corey Lewandowski to visit Moscow. 2/ Trump told CIA director Mike Pompeo to meet with a former intelligence officer who claimed the DNC emails were "leaked" – not hacked. 3/ The White Ho...
Day 291: Bad conduct.
1/ Trump: The Texas church shooting isn't a guns issue, it's a mental health issue. 2/ Robert Mueller has enough evidence to charge Michael Flynn and his son as part of the Russia probe. 3/ A Russian lawyer said Trump Jr. offered to have an anti...
Day 288: The only one that matters.
Current Status: Trump and Jeff Sessions have denied knowing about the Trump campaign's contacts with Russia. 1/ Trump does not "remember much" from the meeting with George Papadopoulos. 2/ Carter Page testified that he told Jeff Sessions about h...