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At this sprawling steel mill on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the workers have one number in mind. Not how many tons of steel roll off the line, or how many hours they work, but where they fall on the plant’s seniority list.

In September, ArcelorMittal, which owns the mill, announced that it would lay off 150 of the plant’s 207 workers next year. While the cuts will start with the most junior employees, they will go so deep that even workers with decades of experience will be cast out.

“I told my son, ‘Christmas is going to be kind of scarce, because mommy’s going to lose her job soon,’” said Kimberly Allen, a steelworker and single parent who has worked at the plant for more than 22 years. On the seniority list, she’s 72nd.

The layoffs have stunned these steelworkers who, just a year ago, greeted President Trump’s election as a new dawn for their industry. Mr. Trump pledged to build roads and bridges, strengthen “Buy America” provisions, protect factories from unfair imports and revive industry, especially steel.

But after a year in office, Mr. Trump has not enacted these policies. And when it comes to steel, his failure to follow through on a promise has actually done more harm than good.

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More than 700 people have left the Environmental Protection Agency since President Trump took office, a wave of departures that puts the administration nearly a quarter of the way toward its goal of shrinking the agency to levels last seen during the Reagan administration.

Of the employees who have quit, retired or taken a buyout package since the beginning of the year, more than 200 are scientists. An additional 96 are environmental protection specialists, a broad category that includes scientists as well as others experienced in investigating and analyzing pollution levels. Nine department directors have departed the agency as well as dozens of attorneys and program managers. Most of the employees who have left are not being replaced.

The departures reflect poor morale and a sense of grievance at the agency, which has been criticized by President Trump and top Republicans in Congress as bloated and guilty of regulatory overreach. That unease is likely to deepen following revelations that Republican campaign operatives were using the Freedom of Information Act to request copies of emails from E.P.A. officials suspected of opposing Mr. Trump and his agenda.

The cuts deepen a downward trend at the agency that began under the Obama administration in response to Republican-led budget constraints that left the agency with about 15,000 employees at the end of his term. The reductions have accelerated under President Trump, who campaigned on a promise to dramatically scale back the E.P.A., leaving only what he called “little tidbits” in place. Current and former employees say unlike during the Obama years, the agency has no plans to replace workers, and they expect deeper cuts to come.

“The reason E.P.A. went down to 15,000 employees under Obama is because of pressure from Republicans. This is the effort of the Republicans under the Obama administration on steroids,” said John J. O’Grady, president of American Federation of Government Employees Council 238, a union representing E.P.A. employees.

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President Donald Trump suggested Friday that Republicans and Democrats who have been at odds over nearly every major policy issue this year might soon come together on an infrastructure plan “for the good of the country.”

“At some point, and for the good of the country, I predict we will start working with the Democrats in a Bipartisan fashion,” the president wrote on Twitter Friday morning. “Infrastructure would be a perfect place to start. After having foolishly spent $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is time to start rebuilding our country!”

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President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon and his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski have been asked to testify to House lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Both men were sent letters this week by the House Intelligence Committee asking them to testify in early January, according to an official familiar with the panel’s schedule.

The committee hasn’t yet received a response from either Bannon or Lewandowski. The invitation, which didn’t come in the form of a subpoena compelling them to testify, was for a "voluntary interview" in the committee’s offices, which means it would be held behind closed doors, the official said.

The letter doesn’t lay out specific reasons the committee wants to interview them, or the questions the panel wants to pose, but it makes clear that the interviews are part of the Russia investigation.

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Op vrijdag 22 december 2017 21:15 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Lijstje met wat gespeculeer over democratic kandidaten in 2020: https://www.washingtonpos(...)tes-for-2020-ranked/

15. Dwayne "The Rock" Johsnon
14. Terry McAuliffe (Governor van Virginia)
13. Howard Schultz (voormalig Starbucks CEO)
12. Deval Patrick (voormalig Governor van Massachesetts)
11. Oprah Winfrey
10. Andrew M. Cuomo (Governor van New York)
9. Sherrod Brown (Senator van Ohio)
8. Jerry Brown (Governor van California)
7. Chris Murphy (Senator van Connecticut)
6. Cory Booker (Senator van New Jersey)
5. Kamal D. Harris (Senator van California)
4. Kirsten Gillibrand (Senator van New York)
3. Elizabeth Warren (Senator van Massachusetts)
2. Joe Biden (voormalig VP onder Obama)
1. Bernie Sanders (Senator van Vermont)

Voor mij zouden qua leeftijd afvallen (60+ dan): Sanders, Biden, Warren, Jerry Brown, Sherrod Brown, Andrew Cuomo, Oprah Winfrey, Deval Patrick, Howard Schultz, Terry McCauliffe.

Dan hou je over: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Murphy, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gilibrand. Mja,... Dwayne Johnson zie ik niet als politicus, Booker als gemankeerd, Gilibrand als op een heksenjacht voor eigen gewin... dus dan blijven er twee over: Kamala Harris of Chris Murphy?