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Friday, January 20 |
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Saturday, January 21 |
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Sunday, January 22 |
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Week 2
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Monday, January 23 |
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Tuesday, January 24 | - President Trump signs Executive Order 13766, which expedites environmental reviews and approvals for future infrastructure projects.[42]
- President Trump signs four memoranda. Two of them reverse the Obama administration's halt on the Keystone XL[43] and Dakota Access[44] oil pipelines, the latter of which has been the subject of protests by the Standing Rock tribe. President Trump says these projects will recover 28,000 jobs. Another memorandum requires that the pipelines use domestic steel[45] (a directive shortly overturned by the White House in respect of Keystone),[46] and the last calls for "expedited reviews of and approvals for" manufacturing facilities and "reductions in regulatory burdens" affecting domestic manufacturing.[47]
- President Trump speaks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[48]
- Michael Flynn is interviewed by the FBI about prior conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.[49] Flynn pleads guilty on December 1, 2017, to lying during the interview.[50] [51]
- The Senate confirms Nikki Haley as the Ambassador to the United Nations in a vote of 96–4.[52]
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Wednesday, January 25 |
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Thursday, January 26 |
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Friday, January 27 | - President Trump speaks with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on the phone to discuss Mexico–United States relations in lieu of their canceled meeting.[65]
- President Trump holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May at the White House, where they discuss sanctions on Russia, NATO, U.S. torture policy. May is the first foreign leader to visit Trump since his inauguration.[66] [67]
- During a visit to the Pentagon, President Trump signs Executive Order 13769, suspending the Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days and denying entry to citizens of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen for 90 days.[68]
- President Trump signs a memorandum calling for budget negotiations about the expansion and strengthening of the U.S. military.
- Vice President Pence speaks at the March for Life in Washington D.C.[69] [70]
- President Trump has a one-on-one dinner with FBI Director James Comey. Later news reports state that Trump asks Comey to pledge loyalty to Trump, and Comey demurs. The White House denies this version of events.[71]
- Trump advisor George Papadopoulos is interviewed by the FBI concerning Russian meetings in 2016. He pleads guilty in October 2017 to making omissions and false statements during the interview.[72] [73]
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Saturday, January 28 |
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Sunday, January 29 |
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Week 3
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Monday, January 30 |
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Tuesday, January 31 |
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Week 3
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Wednesday, February 1 |
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Thursday, February 2 |
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Friday, February 3 |
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Saturday, February 4 |
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Sunday, February 5 |
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Week 4
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Monday, February 6 |
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Tuesday, February 7 |
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Wednesday, February 8 |
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Thursday, February 9 |
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Friday, February 10 |
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Saturday, February 11 | - President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe play golf together at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida and reportedly discuss the "future of the world, future of the region, and future of Japan and the United States," as well as a North Korean Pukkuksong-2 missile which was test-launched during the meeting.[155] [156]
- President Trump claims without evidence that three million votes were cast illegally for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election which he won.[157]
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Sunday, February 12 |
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Week 5
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Monday, February 13 |
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Tuesday, February 14 |
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Wednesday, February 15 |
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Thursday, February 16 | - Alexander Acosta is nominated to be Secretary of Labor,[183] and Mick Mulvaney is sworn in as the director of the Office of Management and Budget in a vote of 51–49.[184]
- President Trump holds his first press conference, defending his administration, criticizing "dishonest" press coverage thereof, denying Russian connections, and questioning Hillary Clinton's conduct towards Russia.[185] [186]
- Robert Harward, a former Vice Admiral, declines President Trump's offer to replace Mike Flynn as National Security Advisor.[187]
- President Trump signs legislation nullifying the Stream Protection Rule, a midnight regulation by the Obama administration regulating coal mining.[188]
- The United States Department of Agriculture is instructed to replace the term 'climate change' with 'weather extremes' and 'reduce greenhouse gases' with 'build soil organic matter, increase nutrient use efficiency' and noting to staff that climate change should no longer be a priority.[189]
- Secretary of State Tillerson meets with foreign ministers of G20 countries in Bonn, Germany.[190]
- Secretary of Defense Mattis says that the United States is not currently prepared to collaborate with Russia on military matters, including future anti-ISIL U.S. operations.[191]
- George Papadopoulos is interviewed for a second time by the FBI. In the following days, he deletes his Facebook account which he had run since 2005 (containing correspondence concerning Russia), opens a new Facebook account and changes his telephone number.[192] [193]
- Day Without Immigrants 2017 protests are held throughout the United States to demonstrate the importance of immigration.[194]
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Friday, February 17 |
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Saturday, February 18 | - President Trump holds a rally in Melbourne, Florida, attended by an estimated 9,000 supporters, where he defends his actions and criticizes the media.[199]
- Vice President Pence speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, touching upon the issues of terrorism and defense spending.[200]
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Sunday, February 19 |
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Week 6
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Monday, February 20 |
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Tuesday, February 21 |
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Wednesday, | - The Trump International Hotel in Washington D.C. received 40-$60,000 from an event paid for by the Embassy of Kuwait, which has been argued to break the Domestic Emoluments Clause because the President has not divested from his companies.[208]
- The Trump administration rescinds a bathroom policy for transgender students that had been instated by the Obama administration.[209]
- Secretary of State Tillerson meets with Australian minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop.[210]
- Secretary of State Tillerson and Secretary of Homeland Security Kelly arrive in Mexico for bilateral talks with the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto.[211]
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Thursday, February 23 | - President Trump meets with 24 manufacturing CEOs at the White House.[212]
- It is confirmed that six White House staff members, including Chief Digital Officer Gerrit Lansing, were removed from their positions earlier in the month after failing FBI background checks.[213]
- Press Secretary Spicer tells reporters that the administration plans on increasing enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act against recreational cannabis use.[214]
- Attorney General Sessions rescinds a memorandum signed by former President Obama meant to phase out private federal U.S. prisons.[215]
- Secretary of State Tillerson and Secretary of Homeland Security Kelly meet Mexican Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong.[216]
- The Department of the Treasury sanctions Al-Nusra Front leaders.[217]
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Friday, February 24 | - President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski at the White House.[218]
- President Trump gives a speech in Oxon Hill, Maryland to the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference. In the speech, he addresses numerous themes including immigration, ISIS and coal mining, and media reliability, suggesting limits on the use of anonymous sources by news agencies.[219]
- The New York Times is barred from the White House press briefing along with the BBC, CNN, Politico, The Huffington Post, The Los Angeles Times and BuzzFeed News, prompting criticism from the White House Correspondents' Association.[220]
- President Trump signs Executive Order 13777, requiring all federal agencies to create task forces to determine which regulations hurt the U.S. economy.[221]
- Secretary of State Tillerson meets with Iraqi National Intelligence Service Chief Mustafa Kadhimi.[222]
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Saturday, February 25 |
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Sunday, February 26 |
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Week 7
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Monday, February 27 |
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Tuesday, February 28 | - Wilbur Ross is sworn in as the 39th U.S. Secretary of Commerce.[233]
- Ahead of his Congress speech, President Trump meets privately with national news anchors, signaling his willingness to enact an immigration reform bill that could grant legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants.[234]
- President Trump delivers his first address before a joint session of the members of Congress, addressing a wide range of matters including drug abuse, gang crime, immigration, terrorism, the Mexico–United States barrier, infrastructure, foreign trade and the stock market.[235] [236]
- President Trump signs Executive Orders 13778 and 13779. The first initiates a review of the Clean Water Rule, and the second is meant to "Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities".[237] [238]
- President Trump signs a bill removing restrictions on the purchase of guns by persons with mental illnesses.[239]
- Secretary of State Tillerson meets with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi.[240]
- To stop leaks, the White House approves a rule allowing the staff's cell phones to be searched.[241]
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Week 7
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Wednesday, March 1 |
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Thursday, March 2 |
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Friday, March 3 | - The White House hires three former lobbyists in agencies they had lobbied against, in violation of President Trump's own ethics rules.[259]
- An ethics course for new White House staff is eliminated.[260]
- It is revealed that a personal email Vice President Mike Pence had used as Governor of Indiana was hacked.[261]
- President Trump and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visit Saint Andrew Catholic School in Orlando, Florida.[262]
- President Trump attends a Republican fundraising event at the Four Seasons hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.[263]
- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.[264]
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Saturday, March 4 | - In a series of tweets, President Trump publicly accuses former President Obama of intercepting communications at his offices in New York City's Trump Tower in October 2016; Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis denies the claim.[265]
- The White House proposes to cut the budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by 17 percent.[266]
- President Trump squabbles with Arnold Schwarzenegger on Twitter over the ratings of The Apprentice, which both have hosted.[267]
- March 4 Trump rallies are held throughout the United States in support of President Trump.[268]
- Mexico opens legal aid centers in its 50 U.S. consulates to defend its citizens' rights amid the United States "crackdown" on illegal immigration.[269] Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says Canada will not tighten its border because more migrants, reacting to the United States immigration crackdown, are illegally crossing into Canada from the U.S.[270]
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Sunday, March 5 |
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Week 8
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Monday, March 6 |
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Tuesday, March 7 |
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Wednesday, March 8 |
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Thursday, March 9 | - President Trump pledges to remove certain regulations pertaining to the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act at a White House meeting with community bankers.[288] [289]
- Trump-appointed EPA administrator Scott Pruitt says he does not believe that carbon dioxide was a primary contributor to global warming.[290]
- The states of Washington, New York, Oregon and Massachusetts join Minnesota and Hawaii's legal challenge to President Trump's forthcoming travel ban.[291] [292]
- Office of Government Ethics demands reprimands for Kellyanne Conway for advertising Ivanka Trump's products on television, but the White House refuses.[293]
- In an interview with Fox News, Vice President Pence states that he learns from the day's news reports that Michael Flynn was acting as an unregistered foreign agent of the Turkish government during the campaign.[294]
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Friday, March 10 |
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Saturday, March 11 | - President Trump meets with Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin at the Trump National Golf Club, where they discuss healthcare and the economy.[302]
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Week 9
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Monday, March 13 | - President Trump signs Executive Order 13781, to reduce operating costs of the federal government.[303] [304]
- President Trump expands the power of the Central Intelligence Agency to make drone strikes.[305]
- Press Secretary Spicer states that Trump's wiretapping tweet was misinterpreted by the media, saying that Trump meant that the Obama administration was responsible, not Obama personally.[306]
- Secretary of State Tillerson meets with the Foreign Ministers of Tunisia, Greece, and Saudi Arabia.[307]
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Tuesday, March 14 | - President Trump hosts Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House.[308]
- Rachel Maddow discloses a portion of Trump's 2005 tax returns (both sides of his Form 1040), mailed to David Cay Johnston by an unnamed source.[309] The form shows a payment of $38.4 million on a $49.5 million adjusted gross income, accounting for $103.2 million in losses that year, with an effective tax rate of 25%.[310] [311] The White House verifies the cited figures and condemns the public release as "totally illegal".[312]
- Vice President Pence swears in Seema Verma as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Verma and Secretary of Health and Human Services Price reemphasize their commitment to states' roles in Medicaid programs.[313]
- Secretary of State Tillerson meets with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.[314]
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Wednesday, March 15 |
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Thursday, March 16 | - The Trump Administration releases a preliminary draft of its 2018 budget request. The budget's largest relative increases in spending include the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs, while the largest cuts apply to the EPA, Foreign Aid, and the Departments of Labor and Agriculture, as well as a 20 percent cut to National Institutes of Health.[323] [324] Trump also signs a memorandum directed at Speaker of the House Paul Ryan requesting additional funds for the departments of Defense and Homeland Security.[325]
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Carson responds to President Trump's proposed budget cuts to his department, saying it "recognizes a greater role for State and local governments, and the private sector to address community and economic development needs".[326]
- President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the White House and announces his intention to visit the Republic of Ireland during his presidency.[327]
- Press Secretary Spicer repeats claims made by Andrew Napolitano that Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) conducted espionage against Donald Trump.[328] [329]
- Executive Order 13780 is scheduled to be put into effect. A second U.S. federal judge, Theodore D. Chuang of Maryland, grants that state's motion for a temporary restraining order on President Trump's revised travel ban.[330]
- Secretary of Homeland Security Kelly meets with Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís.[331]
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Friday, March 17 | - President Trump holds a bilateral meeting and joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House.[332]
- GCHQ denies all involvement in the alleged wiretapping of Trump Tower,[333] [334] prompting the Trump administration to issue a formal apology to the United Kingdom with assurances that the allegation will not be repeated.[335] [336]
- Secretary of State Tillerson visits South Korea to discuss international threats and indicates the possibility of military action against North Korea.[337]
- The White House announces that it will appeal the Hawaii ruling against the revised travel ban.[338]
- Vice President Pence meets with Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis.[339]
- President Trump proclaims March 19 as the start of National Poison Prevention Week.[340]
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Saturday, March 18 |
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Sunday, March 19 | - German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen rejects a statement by President Trump on 18 March that Germany owes a financial debt to NATO.[345]
- Secretary of State Tillerson completes his diplomatic tour of eastern Asia with a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.[346]
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Week 10
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Monday, March 20 |
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Tuesday, March 21 | - President Trump signs a bill which defines the budget and objectives of NASA, including a crewed mission to Mars as early as 2033.[357] [358] The draft 2018 budget expands support of public-private partnerships for deep-space habitation, revives a supersonic flight research program, strengthens NASA's cybersecurity, increases focus on planetary science and robotic exploration, cancels the Europa lander and Asteroid Redirect Mission, terminates four Earth science missions, and eliminates the NASA Office of Education, resulting in an overall 0.8% budget decrease.
- Congressman Devin Nunes, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, secretly visits the White House grounds to observe classified information concerning Trump's allegations of wiretapping.[359]
- Secretary of State Tillerson meets with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez.
- President Trump proclaims March 21 as National Agriculture Day.[360]
- The Department of Labor pushes back the effective date of the Occupational Exposure to Beryllium rule by one month.[361]
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Wednesday, | - President Trump is briefed by Devin Nunes, who also holds a news conference at the White House, on the evidence concerning Trump's wiretapping allegations which he was shown on the White House grounds on the previous day.[362]
- President Trump offers British Prime Minister Theresa May the United States' full support, following a briefing by National Security Advisor McMaster on a fatal terrorist attack carried out near the Palace of Westminster in London.[363] [364]
- Secretary of State Tillerson hosts a summit of 68 nations in Washington to discuss anti-ISIS strategy.[365]
- Secretary of Homeland Security Kelly meets with President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez.[366]
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Thursday, March 23 | - The first major Congressional vote on President Trump's planned repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act is postponed until March 24.[367] [368]
- President Trump signs a memorandum and a presidential notice to "continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13664 with respect to South Sudan".[369] [370]
- Secretary of State Tillerson orders U.S. diplomatic missions to identify "populations warranting increased scrutiny".[371]
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Friday, March 24 | - With the consent of President Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan indefinitely postpones the first major Congressional vote on the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, due to lack of support from both sides of Congress.[372] [373]
- President Trump and Secretary of Defense Mattis host a group of prior medal recipients at the White House on the eve of National Medal of Honor Day.[374]
- Under Secretary of State Shannon issues a presidential permit to allow the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline by TransCanada Corporation.[375]
- President Trump proclaims March 25 as Greek Independence Day and hosts a celebration in the East Room.[376] [377]
- Secretary of State Tillerson meets with the Foreign Minister of Bahrain, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.[378]
- During a visit to the Osceola County, Florida campus of Valencia College, Secretary of Education DeVos says she is considering the extension of federal financial aid for students that were year-round and interested in placing more focus on community colleges.[379]
- The Department of Labor pushes back the Examinations of Working Places in Metal and Nonmetal Mines rule by two months.[380]
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Sunday, March 26 | - Vice President Pence delivers an evening speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) at Washington D.C.'s Verizon Center, reaffirming the United States' commitments to Israeli defense, and to prevent Iran's nuclear program from producing a weapon.[381]
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Week 11
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Monday, March 27 | - President Trump signs a memorandum creating the White House Office of American Innovation, consisting of 2 senior advisors and 8 assistants to the president, to be headed by Jared Kushner.[382] [383]
- President Trump signs Executive Order 13782, which revokes Executive Order 13673, section 3 of Executive Order 13683, and Executive Order 13738.[384]
- At the daily White House press briefing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions outlines plans to withhold funds and grants from sanctuary cities which refuse to fully enforce federal immigration laws.[385]
- President Trump signs four Congressional Review Act disapproval resolutions into law, eliminating regulations from the Obama administration. One repeals the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The second removes regulations on teacher preparedness. The third deregulates resource management planning, and the fourth nullifies the rule Federal Acquisition Regulation and Fair Pay and Safe Workspaces.[386] [387] [388] [389]
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Tuesday, March 28 | - President Trump signs Executive Order 13783, which removes a directive to consider climate change during deliberations under the National Environmental Policy Act, removes restrictions on fracking, and directs the Environmental Protection Agency to suspend, revise or abolish the Clean Power Plan.[390] [391]
- President Trump suggests cuts of 18 billion dollars to mental health, foreign aid, public housing and others, including the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.[392]
- President Trump signs a bill ending the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces regulation.[393]
- Press Secretary Spicer denies allegations that the White House attempted to prevent former acting Attorney General Sally Yates from testifying to the House Intelligence Committee.[394]
- In a lawsuit regarding The Apprentice, President Trump invokes the Supremacy Clause.[395]
- Secretary of State Tillerson meets with the foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.[396]
- Secretary of the Interior Zinke hosts media call about lifting the coal moratorium and American energy independence.[397]
- The Trump administration announced it would remove "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" as proposed subjects for possible inclusion on the Decennial Census and/or American Community Survey in the future.
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Wednesday, March 29 |
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Thursday, March 30 | - President Trump calls FBI Director James Comey, asserts that he wasn't involved with Russian hookers and asks Comey to "lift the cloud" of the Russia investigation.
- President Trump meets with Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen at the White House.[406]
- The U.S. Department of Justice issues a statement that it disagrees with Federal Judge Watson's March 29 ruling against the revised travel ban and that it will continue its legal contest to reactivate the ban.[407]
- Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn seeks immunity from the FBI in exchange for testimony on White House links to Russia.[408]
- Vice President Pence casts his second tie-breaking vote, voting to advance a bill to defund Planned Parenthood.[409]
- Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley states that the priority of the United States policy concerning Syrian President Bashar Assad is no longer to force him out of power.[410]
- Attorney General Jeff Sessions meets with Attorneys General of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.[411]
- Katie Walsh resigns as Deputy Chief of Staff.[412]
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Friday, March 31 | - Tom Price, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, purchases 90,000 dollars worth of pharmaceutical stocks a month before the signing of a bill which benefits them.[413]
- President Trump issues a tweet describing as a "witch hunt" allegations of links between Russia and his associates, and recommending that Michael Flynn requests immunity in return for testimony to the intelligence authorities.[414]
- President Trump signs two executive orders aimed at preventing foreign trade abuses. The signing occurs behind closed doors after Trump leaves the public ceremony without signing the orders.[415]
- President Trump signs Executive Order 13775, which provides an order of succession within the Department of Justice.[416]
- President Trump and Vice President Pence meet with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the White House.[417]
- The Department of the Treasury announces new sanctions against North Korea in response to Kim Jong Un's continuing nuclear missile program.[418]
- District Judge David J. Hale rules against a freedom of speech defense by President Trump's lawyers, permitting to proceed a lawsuit in which three plaintiffs allege that Trump incited violence at a presidential campaign rally in 2016.[419] [420]
- President Trump proclaims April as the Month of Cancer Control, Child Abuse Prevention, Sexual Assault Awareness, Financial Capability, and Donate Life. Trump also proclaims April 2 as Autism Awareness Day.[421] [422] [423] [424] [425] [426]
- President Trump nullifies a rule that limits drug testing of state unemployment insurance holders.[427]
- Secretary of Transportation Chao announces $10 million for emergency repairs to Atlanta's collapsed I-85 overpass.[428]
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