Category Archives: TenCount

Iran to the rescue! For days, President Trump has sought to move the spotlight off the Helsinki press conference and onto – well, anything. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, complied, warning that the U.S. would see the “mother of all wars” if it pursued conflict with Iran. Trump tweeted a response – in all caps – warning… Continue reading →

Whatever you do, don’t call it a summit: The meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, currently underway, is just a meeting. But as the White House tried to play down the importance of the meeting on Sunday, President Trump said he will ask about Russian “meddling” in the election. Which, if it happened, he… Continue reading →

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! President Trump is expected to use a prime-time television address on Monday to announce whom he will nominate as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The president was reported on Sunday to be giving another look at Judge Thomas Hardiman, a colleague of Mr. Trump’s sister on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals… Continue reading →

Good morning, and Happy Independence Day week! Congress is on vacation, the president will travel to West Virginia and Montana, and the Supreme Court is wherever Supreme Court justices go for the summer. The most exciting action in town this week will be at Nationals Park, where the Boston Red Sox are visiting for a three-game… Continue reading →

Good morning! It’s officially summer, which means that the Supreme Court is in the final week of its term, and with six cases remaining to be announced, there was plenty of midnight oil burning throughout the weekend in the justices’ chambers. Among the issues awaiting a decision are President’s Trump’s ban on people from five majority-Muslim countries… Continue reading →