Graham Lanktree

What Trump's Twitter says about his first 100 days as president

Analysis of social media use speaks volumes about time in office.

Apr 28, 2017

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Environmentalists ready to fight as Trump signs order to decimate Obama's Clean Power Policy

Trump administration waging war on protections laid out to protect Earth from catastrophe, experts say.

Mar 28, 2017

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Kremlin says Jared Kushner contact with Russian VEB bank under US sanctions was 'ordinary business'

Top Russian officials deny they knew that state-backed bank's leader met with Donald Trump's son-in-law.

Mar 28, 2017

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Dick Cheney warns Russian meddling in US election akin to 'an act of war'

Former vice president says Americans should not 'underestimate the weight' of Putin's attempts to influence politics.

Mar 28, 2017

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US House Intelligence chair suddenly cancels open hearing on 'Russia links'

There has been a "strong pushback from the White House" on the investigation.

Mar 24, 2017

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Grabher? Canadian man told he can no longer have family name on his licence plate

Province says family's name is misogynistic and promotes violence against women when you put it on a car.

Mar 24, 2017

Freedom Caucus and Tuesday Group: Who are the Republicans opposing Trumpcare?

As the president attempts to pass landmark health care bill, more than a few Republicans stand in his way.

Mar 24, 2017

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Trump approves TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline

Controversial pipeline was approved by Trump in reversal of Obama policy to combat climate change.

Mar 24, 2017

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FBI says judge Derrick Watson who ruled against Trump's travel ban is being threatened

FBI ready to protect Watson after president says ruling against his executive order is 'judicial overreach'.

Mar 24, 2017

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Still a chance Trump won't snub Paris climate agreement, says Al Gore

Gore says chat with president over climate change at Trump Tower was 'extremely interesting'.

Mar 23, 2017

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Barack Obama defends Affordable Care Act as House prepares to repeal it

Obamacare has saved 100,000 lives in seven years former president claims as it faces Republican threat.

Mar 23, 2017

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Trump rewriting health care bill with Republicans on day of key vote

Republicans scramble to appease party's right wing and make deeper cuts to bill that would leave 24m without insurance

Mar 23, 2017

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Trump defends allegedly unverified claims: 'I'm the president and you're not'

Fact-check list counts 14 false Trump statements during a Time magazine interview.

Mar 23, 2017

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Donald Trump retweets conspiracy theory website to support his claims of Obama wiretap

President retweeted a conspiracy theory website and right-wing pundit backing his allegations.

Mar 23, 2017

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Joe Biden calls out Trump's healthcare plan as a $1tn tax break, not healthcare for Americans

Former vice president says if you lined up all the millionaires in America and said ''is this fair?'' they'd say ''no''.

Mar 22, 2017

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Sesame Street's Elmo 'fired' due to Trump's PBS budget cuts in parody video

Proposals to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting create worries for iconic shows.

Mar 22, 2017

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Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort secretly influenced US politics to benefit Vladimir Putin

In 2006 Manafort signed $10m contract with Putin ally to 'greatly benefit the Putin government'.

Mar 22, 2017

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Trump's Rex Tillerson did not want to be Secretary of State: 'my wife told me I'm supposed to do this'

Former ExxonMobile CEO was supposed to retire this month but was convinced to join Trump administration.

Mar 22, 2017

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Trump tells Republicans 'you will lose your seats' if healthcare bill doesn't pass vote

Freedom Caucus unshaken as Trump says GOP opposition to Obamacare replacement threatens his agenda.

Mar 21, 2017

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FBI investigating how Russia bombarded internet with RT, InfoWars and Breitbart articles

Law enforcement agency looking at millions of Twitter and Facebook posts with links that mixed fact and fiction.

Mar 21, 2017

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Articles by Graham Lanktree