Monday 8/13
Tuesday 8/14
Wednesday 8/15
Thursday 8/16
Friday 8/17
Map of the week
Legislative action this week - Congress in recess
Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
- FBI agent fired over anti-DJT texts (source).
- Administration is doing much of its industry deregulation by refusing to enforce regulations rather than going through the effort of officially repealing them (source).
- Speaking of which, CFPB to relax enforcement of the Military Lending Act which protects service members from financial fraud (source).
- State investigation of immigrant children detention center in Virginia found they strapped kids down and put bags over their heads, but that totally isn't abuse (source).
- DJT's trade wars are undermining the authority of the WTO (source).
- DJT regularly uses non-disclosure agreements to try and silence ex-employees (source).
- DJT signs Defense spending bill (source).
- Archives refuses Dems requests for Kavanaugh's records (source).
- Administration to use California wildfires as an excuse to expand logging (source).
Tuesday 8/14
- DJT's signing statement on yesterday's defense bill outlines which provisions he's planning on disobeying or ignoring (source).
- China now buying their soybeans from Brazil instead of U.S. (source).
- Pentagon is still taking climate change seriously (source).
Wednesday 8/15
Thursday 8/16
- DJT strips former CIA director Brennan's security clearance because of Russia investigation, threatens more that are involved with the investigation (source).
Friday 8/17
- DJT cancels military parade (source).
Map of the week
The eruption in Hawaii looks like it has finally slowed down, take a look at how much land it added:
Legislative action this week - Congress in recess
- Legislation signed into law
- Defense spending bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr5515
- 4 minor bills
- Defense spending bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr5515
- 2 minor bills
- 662 total pending bills
- 122 total pending bills