WHITE HOUSE WATCH: WALLS OF WORRY AND SEEDS OF POLITICAL CRISIS
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – When the Dow industrials can close down Wednesday almost 500 points and that only erases a month’s worth of gains, how bad can that be? And to continue the Panglossian view of the day’s markets and tangled political recriminations, what’s not to like about those walls of […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: OF ISM, FALLING MICE AND THE NEW DONGFENGS
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – Here at the center of the action Tuesday, about 150 feet from the Oval Office , there is …. no action. When you watch the evening news, it will seem that a lot is going on. But take it from one of the “pool” reporters who rotated […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: DARKNESS, LIGHT AND MORE DARKNESS IN THE HALLS OF POWER
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – Day by day the wall gets longer, with two long sections in place Monday. That would be the new 13-foot wall along what used to be Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House, a physical metaphor for the less visible but substantial barriers being erected inside […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: DON’T WASTE TIME FINDING NON-IMPEACHMENT NEWS
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – Did you hear? No government shutdown! It’s hardly news worth talking about, of course, as the impeachment inquiry crowds out everything else. At least, there’s no government shutdown next Tuesday. The short-term extension to the budget passed by the Senate, already passed by the House and being […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH: SCENARIOS KEEP SHIFTING BUT TRUMP TEAM FOCUSES
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – The lightning-like upgrade to impeachment inquiry status caught the Trump team off guard, during a Manhattan foray for the president that lasted nearly a week, but now the White House’s chief resident is back, signaling Thursday that the fight is on. What one Capitol Hill newspaper counted […]
TRANSCRIPT CONFIRMS TRUMP ASKS UKRAINE PM TO PROBE BIDENS
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is the transcript of President Donald Trump’s telephone conversation July 25 with then newly elected Ukraine Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky, released by the White House Wednesday: UNCLASSIFIED Declassified by order of the President’ September 24, 2019 Telephone Conversation with President Zelensky of Ukraine Notetakers: The White House Situation·Room July 25, […]
US HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI: ‘THE PRESIDENT MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE’
By Denny Gulino CAPITOL HILL (MaceNews) – U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, in a late afternoon announcement carried nationwide and beyond on several TV channels, declared, “I’m announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry.” She added, “The President must be held accountable. No one is above the […]
AT THE UN, TRUMP APPEARS TO DARE CHINA TO SUSPEND TALKS
NEW YORK (MaceNews) – Speaking to a worldwide audience, President Donald Trump Tuesday resurrected every accusation he’s ever voiced against China, appearing to almost dare that country to suspend negotiations set to include the vice premier in the days ahead. In the flat monotone that has come be known as “Teleprompter Trump,” the president spent […]
WHITE HOUSE WATCH ANALYSIS: ‘PLENTY OF TIME’ RE IRAN; WHAT ABOUT CHINA?
By Denny Gulino THE WHITE HOUSE (MaceNews) – A snapshot in time: It’s Friday afternoon and once again, market equanimity evaporates as happens so often these days. Not a tweet this time, but a bank shot from the Montana Farm Bureau Federation. A side trip by the China delegation of lower level officials has been […]
FRIDAY WHITE HOUSE SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Friday’s public schedule for the White House: 7:30 AM In-House Pool Call Time 9:00 AM The President and the First Lady participate in the arrival ceremony of the Prime Minister of Australia and Mrs. Morrison – South Lawn – pre-credentialed media 9:30 AM The President and the First Lady […]