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Daily News Brief: Monday March 26, 2018   6 things you need to know for Monday March 26, 2018. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest news and information you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. National News Round Up: FOX NEWS – Republicans push to end Dems’ stranglehold on key ambassadorial nominee: Senate Republicans fed up with the Democrats’ refusal to allow confirmation votes on a slew of critical appointments… – https://fxn.ws/2pGYiqT.   THE HILL – Poll: Trump’s approval rating highest in nearly a year: President Trump’s approval rating jumped to its highest point in roughly… Read More

Daily News Brief: Friday March 23, 2018   5 things you need to know for Friday March 23, 2018. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest news and information you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. National News Round Up: Power Line – REAL TRADE WAR OR ART OF THE DEAL? A trade war with China? As it happens, I spent some time early in the week with Steve Moore of the Heritage Foundation… – http://bit.ly/2FZky9D.   FOX NEWS – Ex-CIA chief John Brennan’s ‘unhinged,’ partisan attacks on Trump raise eyebrows: Former CIA director John Brennan raised… Read More

Daily News Brief: Thursday March 22, 2018   6 things you need to know for Thursday March 22, 2018. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest news and information you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. National News Round Up: The White House – President Donald J. Trump is Standing Up for American Innovation: President Donald J. Trump is taking action to address Chinese policies and practices that are harming American innovation. – http://bit.ly/2Gee321.   Power Line – THE PROBLEM WITH TRUMP’S CALL TO PUTIN: I’m less concerned that President Trump called Vladimir Putin and congratulated him… Read More

Daily News Brief: Wednesday March 21, 2018   4 things you need to know for Wednesday March 21, 2018. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest news and information you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. National News Round Up:   MPRNEWS – Senators hold election security hearing after releasing recommendations for 2018: Senators are grilling top intelligence and election officials Wednesday on Capitol Hill, as they continue to investigate how to better secure voting systems in the U.S. – http://bit.ly/2pvcZ06.   THE HILL – White House backs omnibus spending bill: President Trump on Wednesday threw his… Read More

Daily News Brief: Tuesday March 20, 2018   7 things you need to know for Tuesday March 20, 2018. Follow us on facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest news and information you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. National News Round Up: NEWSMAX – Report: McCabe Fired for Misleading Investigators: Andrew McCabe might not have been completely truthful with FBI investigators who grilled him the same day the agency’s director James Comey was fired, The Washington Post reports. – http://nws.mx/2HQb1hI.   MINNPOST – Spending bill caught in partisan fight ahead of Friday deadline: Congressional negotiators delayed the release of… Read More

Daily News Brief: Monday March 19, 2018   8 things you need to know for Monday March 19, 2018. Follow us on facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest news and information you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. National News Round Up: The Daily Caller – REPORT: Trump Hires Joe DiGenova To Serve On Legal Team: President Donald Trump has reportedly hired Joe diGenova, former United States attorney for the District of Columbia, to serve on his personal legal team. – http://bit.ly/2ppHTpX.   ZeroHedge – Government Shutdown Odds Hit 25% As GOP Unveils $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill: After passing… Read More

Daily News Brief: Friday March 16, 2018   8 things you need to know for Friday March 16, 2018. Follow us on facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest news and information you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. National News Round Up: THE HILL – Republicans insist tax law will help in midterms: Republicans are brushing off questions about their plan to run on tax cuts in November after the issue failed to gain traction in the Pennsylvania special election…. – http://bit.ly/2tPI6bi.   The White House – Determining Trade Balances: Measurement of trade flows is usually an uncontroversial topic… Read More

Daily News Brief: Thursday March 15, 2018   7 things you need to know for Thursday March 15, 2018. Follow us on facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest news and information you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.   National News Round Up:   Breitbart – Chicago GOP to File Lawsuit Against Chicago Public Schools: Student Walkout ‘Political Indoctrination, Pure and Simple’: The Chicago Republican Party plans to file a lawsuit against the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) over its decision to organize students to participate in Wednesday’s student walkouts that promoted gun control. – http://bit.ly/2HCZEK5.   THE HILL –… Read More

Daily News Brief: Wednesday March 14, 2018   7 things you need to know for Wednesday March 14, 2018. Follow us on facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest news and information you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.   National News Round Up: THE HILL – The VA has a bounty hunt on cancer care: There is no better way to say it — the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a mess. – http://bit.ly/2FU0rsx.   FOX NEWS – Sessions mulling firing FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe before he retires: Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering firing top… Read More

Daily News Brief: Tuesday March 13, 2018   7 things you need to know for Tuesday March 13, 2018. Follow us on facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest news and information you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. National News Round Up: THE HILL – Trump: U.S. is going to Mars ‘very soon’: President Trump told troops in California on Tuesday that the U.S. would be going to Mars in the very near future.  – http://bit.ly/2FAs1vR.   FOX NEWS – Three men arrested, charged in Minnesota mosque bombing: Three Illinois men have been arrested and charged in connection with… Read More