Category Archives: TenCount

Good morning! This much is certain: President Trump either does or doesn’t support a compromise immigration bill that has taken weeks for members of Congress to negotiate. After several confusing tweets last week, the White House said Friday night that the president would sign a bill if it came to his desk. He is scheduled to travel… Continue reading →

Good morning, Singapore! Well, actually, it’s nighttime there, but in just a few hours, President Trump will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in what could be one of the most significant summits ever between an American president and a foreign leader. The key will be what is accomplished, and whether President Trump… Continue reading →

The summit before the summit(s): President Trump is scheduled to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House on Wednesday, and Topic A on the agenda is likely to be the president’s (for now) on-again June 12 meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Though the White House said Japan and the U.S.… Continue reading →

Good morning! The big news today is that the Justice Department asked its Inspector General to probe whether the FBI investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia was politically motivated. That followed by a few hours a tweetstorm from President Trump in which he vowed to demand that the Justice Department take such a step. Also,… Continue reading →

Good morning! It’s rarely a surprise when President Trump brags about how many jobs he has brought back. But he nevertheless puzzled many observers on Sunday, when he tweeted that he was working to bring jobs back to a big phone maker that announced last week it was shutting down. What’s so unusual about that? The phone manufacturer, ZTE, is… Continue reading →