Tag: Gabby Morrongiello

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump joined thousands of service members and families of 9/11 victims at the Pentagon, where hundreds of military personnel were killed after a hijacked plane crashed into the western side of the complex on Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump pays tribute to 9/11 victims, vows to protect Americans from ‘savage killers’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 11, 2017 2:13 pm

Sarah Sanders told reporters, adding that the U.S. "is a government that is always going to pay its debts." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

White House casts debt ceiling repeal as a way to reduce ‘partisan bickering’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 8, 2017 6:39 pm

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has encouraged more than half a million residents of the state's coastline to evacuate their homes before Irma hits the continental U.S. late Saturday night. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Trump signs Hurricane Irma disaster declaration for Georgia

Gabby Morrongiello · September 8, 2017 5:49 pm

President Trump "has asked [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell to kill the filibuster. I don't know how anyone could think the president has some 'secret desire' to help Democrats hold onto their seats" in 2018," a White House aide said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republicans brace for a 2018 election with an uncertain friend in the White House

Gabby Morrongiello · September 8, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump on Thursday declined to say if U.S. military action against North Korea is inevitable if the isolated nation continues to pursue nuclear energy and weapon development. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump: Military action against North Korea not yet ‘inevitable’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 7, 2017 7:02 pm

President Trump promised Wednesday that Republicans will take another stab at overhauling the U.S. healthcare system, an effort that collapsed when Senate GOP leaders failed to attract the support they needed to repeal and replace Obamacare. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump promises another try on healthcare: ‘We haven’t given up’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 6, 2017 9:40 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders put congressional Republicans on notice Tuesday, warning them a permanent solution for young illegal immigrants living in the U.S. rests solely on the legislative branch. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House pressures Congress on DACA: Find a solution or ‘get out of the way’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 5, 2017 6:53 pm

President Trump defended his decision on Tuesday to give Congress six months to determine how to address the problem of illegal immigrants who arrived as minors. The DACA program will be completely phased out by March 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump vows to work with Congress to tackle DACA issue ‘with heart and compassion’

Gabby Morrongiello · September 5, 2017 4:38 pm

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's reported involvement in the Justice Department's ongoing Russia probe could give new ammunition to critics of special counsel Robert Mueller, who is aggressively investigating former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

National Security

Why a Mueller-Schneiderman team on Russia could be good news for Trump

Gabby Morrongiello · September 3, 2017 4:01 am

"We're going to build four prototypes for concrete and then we're going to build four prototypes with other materials and then we're going to make a decision about which is best appropriate," U.S. Border Patrol Chief Ronald Vitiello said. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

DHS taps four vendors to construct border wall prototypes

Gabby Morrongiello · August 31, 2017 8:41 pm

Trump first floated the idea of taxing or halting person-to-person wire transfers, known as remittances, during his bid for the White House.

White House weighing a tax on remittances to Mexico to fund border wall

Gabby Morrongiello · August 31, 2017 5:12 pm

National Economic Council director Gary Cohn was noticeably absent from a long list of "thank-you's" when President Trump put an event on hold Wednesday to thank aides and lawmakers who have been instrumental in his administration's push for tax reform. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Trump doesn’t mention Gary Cohn when thanking top tax reform advisors

Gabby Morrongiello · August 30, 2017 7:55 pm