Winning - May 2018

• California sues Trump administration over car emission standards.
• Two of Scott Pruitt's cronies, Albert “Kell” Kelly and Pasquale “Nino” Perrotta, resign from EPA because of swampy behavior. 
• Has and had do have different meanings. Words and tense matter especially when dealing with nuclear issues.
• Trump lawyer Ty Cobb resigns.
• Rudy Giuliani, another Trump lawyer, says Donnie repaid Michael Cohen, in installments, for the $130K payoff to Stormy Daniels. Trump has denied any knowledge of the payoff and Cohen has said he was never repaid. Several different stories. Are any true? 
• Now Trump agrees that Cohen was reimbursed for the Stormy Daniels hush payment. 
• The next day Trump says Giuliani has facts wrong but gives no details or clarification. 
• 5/16 - Trump discloses a reimbursement to Michael Cohen of more than $100K for payment to a third party.
• A New York judge has ruled that the condo board may remove the name Trump Place from the building. 
• 5/8 - Trump withdraws the US from the Iranian nuclear deal. 
• The Senate Intelligence Committee concludes that the Russian interference in the 2016 election favored Trump. 
• 5/17 - A New York appeals court denies Trump's request for a stay in the Summer Zervos defamation case.
• 5/18 - GOP House fails to pass Farm Bill.
• 5/18 - Another school shooting. This time in Santa Fe, Texas. Eight students, two teachers killed.
• Michael Cohen’s business partner, Evgeny A. Freidman, a Russian immigrant, agrees to cooperate with prosecutors.
• A federal judge ruled that Trump can not block Twitter users who are critical of him.
• 5/24 - Trump cancels the nuclear summit with Kim Jong-un. Maybe.
• The Justice Department and Homeland Security policies require illegal immigrant's children be separated from their parents. This is a Trump policy, not a law.
• Trump decides to save Chinese telecom company ZTE over objections of Congress, the Defense Department, and the intelligence community. Why? ZTE violated US sanctions multiple times.
• Trump imposes metal tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and Europe. All will retaliate with tariffs on US goods. Can you say trade war?
• The American Federation of Government Employees sues the Trump administration over recent executive orders.

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