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5m ago 23:03 From across an ocean, Trump announces controversial new plans and policies

As the impeachment managers carry on, presenting their case against Donald Trump .. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump , the president has announced all sorts of new plans, policies, and programs that on any other day, may have dominated the news cycle.

Speaking with reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump announced that he intends to expand his controversial travel ban. “We’re adding a couple of countries to it. We have to be safe,” he said. “You see what’s going on in the world. Our country has to be safe.” According to the AP .. https://apnews.com/58d2c3d50e9c7656529b3d8cdd5e4c09 , anonymous officials familiar with the matter said seven countries were added to a draft of the proposed restrictions: Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania. “It’s going to be announced very shortly. Okay?” the president teased.

In an interview with CNBC .. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/22/davos-2020-cnbcs-full-interview-with-president-trump.html , Trump actively reached for what has long been the third rail of politics, indicating a willingness to revamp Social Security and Medicare. Trump said that entitlement programs are “ the easiest of all things” to tackle.

The president also revealed plans to speak at an anti-abortion demonstration on Friday, organized by the group March for Life. He will be the first president to attend a March for Life event — though this isn’t the first time he’s endorsed the group. He addressed anti-abortion demonstrators via telecast in 2018.

43m ago 22:21 Donald Trump put out 132 tweets and retweets as of 4:45 pm ET today, setting a record for the most of any single day since he became president.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/jan/22/donald-trump-impeachment-trial-news-today-senate-live