Cabbage News Network Week #158

Monday 2/3

• DJT widens travel ban to include Nigeria, Eritrea, Sudan, Tanzania, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar (source).

Tuesday 2/4

• DJT makes a State of the Union address full of lies and essentially a campaign rally (fact check, analysis).
  
• DJT awards Rush Limbaugh the Medal of Freedom (source).

Wednesday 2/5

• Senate acquits DJT along party lines, with only Mitt Romney breaking ranks and voting to convict (source).
  
• DJT signs NAFTA 2.0 (source).
  
• DHS expands "remain in Mexico" policy to apply to Brazilians (source).
  
• U.S. travelers from China being quarantined over virus fears (source).
  

Thursday 2/6

• DHS bans New Yorkers from federal travel programs in retaliation for New York protecting immigrants (source).
  
• Administration finalizes plans to shrink national monuments, I honestly had thought this was already a done deal, but apparently it is still tied up in the courts (source).
  
• DJT plans a new round of tariffs (source).

Friday 2/7

• Attorney General Barr puts himself in charge of any future investigations of politicians (source).
  
• DJT charging the Secret Service exorbitant rates to stay at his properties (source).

Legislative update

• Legislation signed into law
  
  
  
• Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
  
  • 6 minor bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
  
  • 18 minor bills
    
  • 391 total pending bills
  
  
• Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
  
  • 114 total pending bills