Wednesday, April 25, 2018

President Trump, Macron Honor 'Joint History' Between US, France at White House State Dinner

 

President Trump, Macron Honor 'Joint History' Between US, France at White House State Dinner

"President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron toasted the Franco-American alliance at the White House Tuesday evening to mark the first state dinner of the Trump administration," Samuel Chamberlain reports for Fox News. In President Trump's pre-dinner toast, he expressed hope that "our friendship grow even deeper . . . our kinship grow even stronger and . . . [and] our sacred liberty never die."


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Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) writes in The Kansas City-Star that "Central Intelligence Agency Director and fellow Kansan Mike Pompeo is the man our country needs to lead the State Department as the next secretary of state." Sen. Roberts explains that "many of my colleagues across the aisle are making Pompeo's nomination about politics, instead of his fitness to serve our country."

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In The Wall Street Journal, Senior Adviser to the President Jared Kushner writes that "by reforming federal prisons, Congress has the opportunity to help give former inmates a second chance to become successful, contributing members of society." Kushner notes that this policy ties into the President's agenda: "President Trump promised to fight for the forgotten men and women of this country—and that includes those in prison."

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"The Trump administration wants taxpayers to check their paychecks for the tax cuts," Joseph Lawler of the Washington Examiner reports. He writes that the Treasury Department issued an appeal to workers to double-check the amount withheld from their paychecks using the IRS' updated calculator. "This is a pivotal and exciting time for American workers," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.


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