- The latest budget passed to keep the government open.
- No funding for The Wall
- Continued funding for Planned Parenthood
- Does not block funds for sanctuary cities
- Continued funding for Obamacare
- Pell Grand funding restored
- Increase in the National Institute of Health (NIH) budget
- The National Endowments for the Humanities and for the Arts received an increase
- Only about ½ of Trump's military budget increase request was funded
- Again had to postpone a vote on the Trumpcare health bill
- Got the circumstances and timeline all wrong about the American Civil War and President Andrew Jackson
- Two Secretary of the Army and one Secretary of the Navy nominees withdraw. Two of them over financial and conflicts of interest concerns. The last because he is a homophobic science denier.
- The new revised, more draconian, health care bill did squeak by in the House. Major revisions coming in the Senate. That makes it at best a ⅓ victory. Trumpers shouldn't be celebrating too much in the 3rd inning or 2nd quarter.
- Major and apparently unexpected blowback from the awkward firing of FBI Director James Comey. Further exacerbated by a confused White House communication department and Trump surrogates.
- Trump reveals classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador to US.
- The Justice Department appoints a Special Counsel to investigate Russian interference in our 2016 elections and the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with the Russians.
- The fourth circuit court of appeals upholds a lower court's hold on Trump's travel ban executive order. The vote was 10-3.
- Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, and senior White House advisor, is under FBI scrutiny in regards to the Russia investigation.
- Trump reveals the location of two US nuclear submarines to Philippine President and nut job Rodrigo Duterte.
- Trump's Communication Director, Michael Dubke, resigns.
More "WINS" coming soon.
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