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White House moves to halt Times, Post subscriptions Photo Credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump speaks at the 9th annual Shale Insight Conference at the David L.Lawrence Convention Center, Wednesday, Oct.23, 2019, in Pittsburgh.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) White House moves to halt Times, Post subscriptions By: The Associated Press October 24 2019 2:35 PM Updated:…

imageWhite House moves to halt Times, Post subscriptions Photo Credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump speaks at the 9th annual Shale Insight Conference at the David L.Lawrence Convention Center, Wednesday, Oct.23, 2019, in Pittsburgh.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) White House moves to halt Times, Post subscriptions By: The Associated Press October 24 2019 2:35 PM Updated: October 24 2019 2:35 PM Photo Credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has had it with The New York Times and The Washington Post.The White House is preparing to instruct federal agencies not to renew their subscriptions to the newspapers.
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is describing the move as a cost-saving measure.
Grisham said that “not renewing subscriptions across all federal agencies will be a significant cost saving for taxpayers — hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
Trump is often critical of the two newspapers and said in a Fox News interview on Monday that “we don’t want” the Times in the White House anymore, and “we’re going to probably terminate that and The Washington Post.”
White House aides say the print editions of the newspaper are no longer coming into the White House, though online access continues.
Jonathan Karl, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, said on Thursday, “I have no doubt the hardworking reporters of The New York Times and Washington Post will continue to do quality journalism, regardless of whether the president acknowledges he reads them.Pretending to ignore the work of a free press won’t make the news go away or stop reporters from informing the public and holding those in power accountable.”
Representatives from the Times and Post declined to comment.
The White House plan for the agencies was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
It’s unclear when the instructions will go out to agencies.

Read More Federal jury convicts Tulsa woman for role in meth operation Federal prosecutors say Amy Lee Davis was a “top-tier drug trafficker” who stored drugs at multiple locations around Tulsa.A federal jury found Davis guilty Wednesday of conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and maintaining a drug involved premises.

U.S.Attorney Trent Shores says Davis was the primary source of supply in the Tulsa methamphetamine distribution operation.“Amy Davis was charged with moving more than 20 pounds of methamphetamine,” said U.S.Attorney Shores.Davis is one of nine people arrested by the Tulsa Police Special Investigations Division last year.“Ms.

Davis spread addiction on the streets of Tulsa.

I am proud of the prosecution and investigative teams for their hard work to pursue justice for our community.” Investigators believe Davis routinely traveled to Oklahoma City in order to re-up her supply of the drug.Sentencing is schedules for January 30.As depositions continue, Republicans demand House impeachment vote A day after several dozen GOP lawmakers in the House invaded a secure hearing room at the U.S.Capitol and disrupted the impeachment testimony of a Pentagon official, Republican Senators unveiled a resolution demanding that House Democrats vote first to officially authorize any such investigation.’I consider it to be out of bounds with what we have done in the past,’ said Sen.

Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who has been one of the main defenders of President Donald Trump.’It’s unfair to the President and dangerous to the Presidency,’ Graham told reporters at a Senate news conference.“There’s a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it,” Graham added, as he was part of the impeachment effort twenty years ago involving President Bill Clinton.’It is a hyper-partisan process completely void of due process,’ said Sen.

Kevin Cramer (R-ND).’It is a disservice to the American people.’ House Democrats have said there is no rule which forces them to take a vote to authorize an impeachment investigation – even as they acknowledge that was done in the past for Presidents Nixon and Clinton.While GOP lawmakers disrupted a deposition on Wednesday, the three committees involved in this process are expected to work this weekend, with testimony from a former staffer on the White House’s National Security Council.Democrats say Republicans are just trying to do everything they can to steer the debate away from the details of the Ukraine investigation, and the possible impeachment process.It wasn’t immediately clear if GOP leaders would try to force a vote on the resolution in the Senate.Graham said some Republicans have urged him to force Rep.

Adam Schiff (D-CA) to testify – as Schiff has led the impeachment effort for House Democrats.But Graham told reporters that would probably not work.

Tesla’s stock soars after company posts surprising 3Q profit Tesla posted a surprising profit of $143 million in its latest quarter, raising hopes the electric car pioneer may finally be turning the corner after posting mostly losses during its first decade as a publicly held company.The positive results announced Wednesday came after Tesla lost $1.1 billion during the first half of the year.That had caused many investors to lose faith in the company even as it boosted sales of its vehicles.Doubts about Tesla led its stock to fall by 23% so far this year, while the bellwether Standard & Poor’s 500 index has climbed 20%.

But Tesla’s shares recovered a big chunk of those losses after its third-quarter numbers came out, soaring 20% to $306 in extended trading.The rally stemmed largely from investors’ surprise given the widespread expectation on Wall Street that Tesla would register yet another significant loss for the July-September period.Analysts surveyed by FactSet had projected Tesla would lose about $253 million during the third quarter.Instead, Tesla delivered a “jaw dropper,” said Wedbush Securities analyst Daniel Ives.

“The Street wanted profitability and Tesla delivered in big fashion.” Rep.Tim Ryan drops out of Democratic race for President The size of the Democratic field for 2020 shrank on Thursday as Rep.

Tim Ryan of Ohio announced that he was giving up his bid for the White House, one of a number of candidates who never were able to break out from the lower tier of a large primary field.In a video message released by his campaign, Ryan thanked his supporters, and said he had decided to run for re-election to his seat in the U.S.

House.’I wanted to give voice to the forgotten communities that have been left behind,’ Ryan said, acknowledging with a smile that his race for President ‘didn’t work out the way we had planned.’ Ryan has argued that the Democratic Party needs to slow down a big shift to the more liberal side, arguing economic issues in the Rust Belt cannot be ignored by his party.Ryan had missed the last two debates because of a lack of fund raising and little strength in the polls – which led to him having little impact on the overall race.“I honestly didn’t realize he was still in the race,” tweeted Frank Luntz, a GOP polling expert.There are several other Democratic candidates in much the same situation as Ryan – who are not qualifying for the upcoming debates, and are far behind in the polls, like Marianne Williamson, Michael Bennet, John Delaney, and others.

CRAZY VIDEO: Driver runs into Jeep to stop it from hitting family crossing road Police in Arizona are calling the driver of a Chevrolet Cruz a hero for plowing into a driver who nearly hit a couple pushing a stroller across the street.>> Read more trending news The Phoenix Police Department posted video of the incident from last week on its Facebook page.The video shows the family crossing the street when a Jeep runs the light with the family directly in its path.The driver of the Chevrolet Cruz then speeds up and hits the Jeep just seconds before it hit the family.The 23-year-old driver of the Jeep, Ernesto Otanez Oveso, and a woman then took off running after the accident, police said.Police later caught Oveso, who has been charged with DUI and aggravated assault.Police also found a gun in the Jeep and charged him with prohibited possession.

Investigators said they have not been able to find the woman who was with Oveso.As for the driver of the Cruz, police only identified her as a 27-year-old woman.They said she ended up with some injuries from the wreck but none of them was considered to be life-threatening.As depositions continue, Republicans demand House impeachment vote A day after several dozen GOP lawmakers in the House invaded a secure hearing room at the U.S.

Capitol and disrupted the impeachment testimony of a Pentagon official, Republican Senators unveiled a resolution demanding that House Democrats vote first to officially authorize any such investigation.’I consider it to be out of bounds with what we have done in the past,’ said Sen.Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who has been one of the main defenders of President Donald Trump.’It’s unfair to the President and dangerous to the Presidency,’ Graham told reporters at a Senate news conference.“There’s a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it,” Graham added, as he was part of the impeachment effort twenty years ago involving President Bill Clinton.

‘It is a hyper-partisan process completely void of due process,’ said Sen.Kevin Cramer (R-ND).’It is a disservice to the American people.’ House Democrats have said there is no rule which forces them to take a vote to authorize an impeachment investigation – even as they acknowledge that was done in the past for Presidents Nixon and Clinton.

While GOP lawmakers disrupted a deposition on Wednesday, the three committees involved in this process are expected to work this weekend, with testimony from a former staffer on the White House’s National Security Council.Democrats say Republicans are just trying to do everything they can to steer the debate away from the details of the Ukraine investigation, and the possible impeachment process.

It wasn’t immediately clear if GOP leaders would try to force a vote on the resolution in the Senate.Graham said some Republicans have urged him to force Rep.

Adam Schiff (D-CA) to testify – as Schiff has led the impeachment effort for House Democrats.But Graham told reporters that would probably not work.Rep.Tim Ryan drops out of Democratic race for President The size of the Democratic field for 2020 shrank on Thursday as Rep.Tim Ryan of Ohio announced that he was giving up his bid for the White House, one of a number of candidates who never were able to break out from the lower tier of a large primary field.In a video message released by his campaign, Ryan thanked his supporters, and said he had decided to run for re-election to his seat in the U.S.

House.’I wanted to give voice to the forgotten communities that have been left behind,’ Ryan said, acknowledging with a smile that his race for President ‘didn’t work out the way we had planned.’ Ryan has argued that the Democratic Party needs to slow down a big shift to the more liberal side, arguing economic issues in the Rust Belt cannot be ignored by his party.Ryan had missed the last two debates because of a lack of fund raising and little strength in the polls – which led to him having little impact on the overall race.“I honestly didn’t realize he was still in the race,” tweeted Frank Luntz, a GOP polling expert.There are several other Democratic candidates in much the same situation as Ryan – who are not qualifying for the upcoming debates, and are far behind in the polls, like Marianne Williamson, Michael Bennet, John Delaney, and others.Trump lawyers: The President cannot be investigated, even for murder In arguments before a federal appeals court on Wednesday, lawyers for President Donald Trump argued he has sweeping immunity from any law enforcement investigation while he is office – even for something as serious as murder.

The back and forth came in a case about President Trump’s tax returns, as a judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals panel asked about the President’s famous line in the 2016 campaign – where he said if he killed someone on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan – he wouldn’t lose any political support.At one point, appellate judge Denny Chin pressed Mr.Trump’s lawyer, William Consovoy on that murder hypothetical.’I’m talking about while in office,’ Judge Chin said about possible investigations while Mr.

Trump is President.’Nothing could be done – that is your position?’ ‘That is correct,’ said Consovoy, who cast it as a temporary protection from investigation while Mr.Trump is President.

‘This is not a permanent immunity,” Consovoy added.

This was not the first time that lawyers for the President had made this type of argument, as his attorneys – and top officials in his administration – have said that Congress has no power to investigate Mr.Trump, either.’Article I grants Congress no express power to investigate,’ Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said back in April, as the Trump Administration refused to give Congress the President’s tax returns.’Congress’s investigative power is not unlimited,’ Mnuchin added.

The legal arguments on Wednesday in a tax return case came as another federal court ordered the State Department to give Congress a series of records related to Ukraine by late November.That came as three committees in the House sent a letter to the State Department, reminding officials of a request for documents related to the Ukraine investigation.

‘The Department has not produced any documents,’ the Democrats wrote, ‘in response to the subpoena issued…on September 27, 2019.’ So far, the State Department and White House have not complied with a variety of subpoenas, along with multiple requests by Democrats in Congress for documents and other materials.’President Trump has tried to obstruct the impeachment investigation by refusing to comply with doc requests, subpoenas & demanding administration officials not appear before Congress,’ tweeted Rep.

Ed Perlmutter (D-CO).The lack of cooperation by the White House and State Department has been undermined by a series of individual officials who have testified in recent weeks in closed door depositions.Wednesday was another example, as a Pentagon official ignored orders not to testify, and cooperated with the investigation.A series of State Department officials also ignored similar orders in order to give their testimony to lawmakers.

GOP lawmakers invade hearing room, delay impeachment testimony Denouncing the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump undertaken by Democrats in the House, several dozen GOP lawmakers stormed into a secure hearing room in the bowels of the Capitol on Wednesday, demanding that the proceedings be made public, and delaying a scheduled deposition involving a Pentagon official for a little over five hours.’We’re going to go, and see if we can get inside,’ said Rep.Matt Gaetz (R-FL), as a group of several dozen Republicans pushed their way into the room, unhappy with how Democrats are handling this investigation.’This is very unfair to the President,’ said Rep.

Debbie Lesko (R-AZ).’The American people deserve a public and open process,’ said Rep.Mo Brooks (R-AL), as Republicans prevented three different committees from moving ahead with Wednesday’s hearing.Those interrupting the proceedings included Republican lawmakers who are allowed into the secure hearing room – because they are on one of the three committees involved in these closed door depositions – Intelligence, Oversight, and Foreign Affairs.

Democrats labeled the sit-in a political stunt that smacked of desperation.’Trump wanted a foreign government to investigate his political opponent,’ said Rep.Tim Ryan (D-OH).’That is a crime.’ “Today’s circus-like stunt will delay but it will not prevent our search for the truth about the president’s stunning misconduct,” said Rep.Val Demings (D-FL).’GOP ‘storming’ a classified deposition was a ridiculous stunt,’ said Rep.Carolyn Maloney (D-NY).

Democrats also criticized the GOP effort for violating rules on security, as a number of Republican lawmakers brought cell phones into the secure facility, which is prohibited.

It resulted in officials having to conduct a sweep of the rooms, to make sure no electronic devices had been left behind.’You may wonder why is it happening now?” asked Rep.Ted Lieu (D-CA).“Because Bill Taylor gave a devastating opening statement yesterday.They’re freaked out.

They’re trying to stop this investigation.” Taylor is the top U.S.diplomat in Ukraine – he testified Tuesday before investigators, making the case that President Trump was withholding military aid for Ukraine in a bid to get the Ukraine government to publicly announce investigations which might help Mr.Trump’s re-election bid.In a tweet on Wednesday afternoon, the President took direct aim at Taylor.Reports indicated the President may have been told by allies in the U.S.

House of their Wednesday plans.“This looks awfully like obstruction,” said Rep.Don Beyer (D-VA).After ordering some pizza and refusing to leave the room known as a SCIF – Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility – GOP lawmakers moved on after about five hours, as Laura Cooper, a deputy assistant Secretary of Defense began her testimony around 3:15 pm.Facebook chief grilled over political ads, cryptocurrency plan Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tangled with lawmakers at a House hearing on Wednesday, as Democrats pressed the Facebook chief to block false political advertising on his site, while Republicans urged him not to censor ads from President Donald Trump and the GOP.’Our policy is that we do not fact check politician’s speech,’ Zuckerberg told the House Financial Services Committee, as Democrats pressed him to crack down on false advertising carried by the social media giant.

‘Your claim to promote freedom of speech does not ring true, Mr.Zuckerberg,’ said panel chair Rep.

Maxine Waters (D-CA).’You announced a new ad policy that gives politicians a license to lie so you can earn more money off this division, I suppose,’ Waters added.

Democrats argued the refusal of Facebook to fact check political ads will make into a hotbed of misleading and false attacks, which could skew future elections.“Could I run ads targeting Republicans in primaries saying that they voted for the Green New Deal?” asked Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), pressing Zuckerberg to see where he would draw the line on false advertising on Facebook.“I don’t know the answer to that off the top of my head,” Zuckerberg said, as Ocasio-Cortez pressed him for an answer.

“So you don’t know if I will be able to do that,” Ocasio-Cortez continued.“I think, probably,” Zuckerberg answered.While Democrats complained about a lack of fact checking on political ads, most Republicans said there should be no limits on the freedom of speech through Facebook.’I don’t want you to be bullied by politicians who want to censor politically incorrect speech,’ Rep.

Andy Barr (R-KY) told Zuckerberg at one point.At the hearing – which stretched over six hours – Zuckerberg also took flak again over Facebook’s plan to develop a new cryptocurrency, known as Libra.

As in previous appearances before Congress, Zuckerberg said his company will go ahead with the Libra cryptocurrency plan only after U.S.regulators give it a green light.So far, that has not happened.’Is it a currency? Are you a bank?’ asked Rep.Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), as both parties questioned why Zuckerberg was going to base his Libra currency in Switzerland – and not in the United States.’Do you consider Libra to be money? Perlmutter asked.

‘I consider Libra to be a payment system,’ Zuckerberg replied, as lawmakers expressed concern that it could be used for money laundering and by terrorist groups.’We have to regulate this,’ Perlmutter concluded..

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