Dave Boyer
Articles by Dave Boyer
Donald Trump praises trade deals at American Farm Bureau Federation convention
President Trump praised America's farmers on Sunday night for sticking with him during tariff wars that led to last week's hard-fought trade deals with China, Mexico and Canada, and he joked that his reward was to be impeached by Democratic "lunatics." Published January 19, 2020
White House response calls impeachment case ‘dangerous attack’ on American electorate
The White House said Saturday in a formal response to Democrats' impeachment case that the articles of impeachment "must be rejected" by the Senate because they fail to allege any actual crimes by President Trump and they represent a "dangerous attack" on Americans' right to vote. Published January 18, 2020
John Dowd, former Trump lawyer, says president’s defense team will perform ‘beautifully’
President Trump has assembled a gifted team of defense lawyers who will earn the Senate's trust in his impeachment trial, former Trump lawyer John Dowd told The Washington Times in an exclusive interview. Published January 17, 2020
Ken Starr, Alan Dershowitz to join Trump’s defense team for impeachment trial
President Trump's impeachment defense team will include former independent counsel Ken Starr, whose investigation led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, and Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz. Published January 17, 2020
Trump says GAO is part of ‘the Swamp’ after watchdog finds he broke law on Ukraine aid
President Trump said Friday the Government Accountability Office, which found that he broke the law by withholding military aid from Ukraine after Congress approved it, is part of Washington's "swamp." Published January 17, 2020
Trump: Impeachment case in Senate ‘not going anywhere’
As senators were sworn in to hear his impeachment trial Thursday, President Trump declared the case against him "is not going anywhere." Published January 16, 2020
Adam Schiff formally reads impeachment articles, kicks off process in Senate
Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager, read aloud Thursday the articles of impeachment against President Trump as the senators all sat quietly in their seats, a formality that officially kicked off the process in the upper chamber. Published January 16, 2020
Donald Trump issues new rule ensuring prayer in schools is protected
President Trump issued updated rules on Thursday to ensure that public school students are allowed to engage in constitutionally protected prayer, calling his action "the Right to Pray." Published January 16, 2020
White House memo aims to protect faith-based groups from bias in grants
The White House has issued a memo directing federal agencies to detail how they will comply with President Trump's executive order to prevent discrimination against faith-based organizations in distributing federal grants. Published January 15, 2020
Donald Trump signs landmark trade deal with China to fix ‘wrongs of the past’
President Trump and Chinese negotiators signed a hard-fought trade agreement on Wednesday that provides big wins for U.S. farmers and financial-services firms, a historic breakthrough in the lopsided business dealings between the world's two biggest economies that Mr. Trump achieved through his unconventional use of tariffs. Published January 15, 2020
Democrats demand briefings on alleged surveillance of Marie Yovanovitch
Top Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are demanding more information on potential threats against former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Wednesday after new evidence suggests she was potentially under surveillance during her time in Ukraine. Published January 15, 2020
Robert Hyde, GOP figure in Ukraine documents, says he was ‘playing’ with Giuliani associate
Robert F. Hyde, the Republican congressional candidate linked in new House Intelligence Committee documents to indicted Ukraine native Lev Parnas, said Democrats are taking out of context tweets he exchanged with "some dweeb we were playing with." Published January 15, 2020
U.S., China to sign ‘phase one’ trade agreement
The U.S. and China are set to sign a phase 1 trade agreement Wednesday at the White House, giving President Trump another election-year boost on the economy even as he prepares for his impeachment trial in the Senate. Published January 14, 2020
Donald Trump, Melania Trump cheered at National Championship game
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump were greeted with chants of "four more years" and "U.S.A.!" from a Superdome crowd of 75,000 on Monday night before the start of the college national championship football game between Clemson and Louisiana State University in New Orleans. Published January 13, 2020
Donald Trump to remove China currency-manipulator tag ahead of trade deal
The Trump administration on Monday dropped its designation of China as a currency manipulator on the eve of signing the first phase of a long-awaited trade agreement with Beijing. Published January 13, 2020
Benghazi attack, Obama weak response behind Trump Soleimani strike
President Trump calls his military clash with Iran over a besieged U.S. Embassy "the opposite of Benghazi," and people close to him say it's impossible to overstate how deeply Mr. Trump was influenced by the fatal 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. facilities in Libya, and by President Barack Obama's weak response. Published January 12, 2020
Trump tweets that impeachment ‘going nowhere’ as Senate trial looms
With the Republican-majority Senate preparing to take up his impeachment trial next week, President Trump said Saturday that Americans want Congress to "move on to other things." Published January 11, 2020
Iran condemned around the world after Tehran admits downing of passenger plane
Condemnation of Iran poured in from around the globe Saturday after Tehran finally admitted that its military shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 aboard, and President Trump tweeted a message of support for outraged Iranian anti-government demonstrators in their own language. Published January 11, 2020
Donald Trump sent back-channel message to Iran urging not to escalate fighting: Report
The Trump administration sent a back-channel message to Iran not to escalate hostilities after the U.S. killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, according to a report Friday night. Published January 10, 2020
Pompeo verifies reports that Iranian missile brought down passenger plane
Secretary of State Mike Pomepo verified Friday that U.S. officials have evidence Iranians shot down a Ukrainian airliner shortly after takeoff in Tehran this week, killing all 176 people aboard. Published January 10, 2020