That doesn't mean the party is backing off its agenda.
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School districts nationwide are backing off rules that forbade hoodies.
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Instead, try backing off a little and ceding some control.
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Oil prices were backing off those lofty levels this morning.
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If they are backing off that, we ought to know.
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"We are not backing off our investment in China," he said.
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Nevertheless, Trump is showing no signs of backing off his claim.
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"We have to stop backing off from this issue," Eastman said.
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By late Wednesday night, Perez was furiously backing off the comments.
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That's a big ask, but one they aren't backing off of.
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No, that doesn't mean backing off your own values and convictions.
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Bush ended up backing off and the program was temporarily suspended.
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On Wednesday, the developer, Related Companies, announced it was backing off.
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"The president is not backing off a border wall," he said.
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And I don't think they have any intention of backing off.
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On Thursday, SADC backing off from earlier calls for a recount.
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Congressional Democrats have attacked Trump for backing off his initial promise.
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The Muslim ban, although he seems to be backing off of that.
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SOAKING MEN STRIPPED Eventually the lighter succeeded in backing off the rock.
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Game of Thrones keeps tiptoeing up to examining her, then backing off.
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I see people who promised to do this for years backing off.
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As AP relates, Trump started by reiterating the message of backing off.
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The dollar index and bond yields were both backing off recent strength.
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Here's what else is happening: The heat is backing off a little.
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Even companies that previously agreed to recalls are backing off their commitments.
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When the entity comes, there's no backing off; it's really coming for you.
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After the interview, Giuliani told us that he's not backing off Trump's claims.
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She noted the agency appeared to be backing off issues involving tribal sovereignty.
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There are no signs so far of Republican leaders backing off that position.
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"We've done all we can do with backing off the Fed," he said.
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Thom Tillis is backing off legislation he once supported to do just that.
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WE'RE NOT SEEING CONSUMERS BACKING OFF OF REALLY INNOVATIVE PRODUCT, GAME CHANGING PRODUCT.
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Anyone familiar with him, however, knows he has no intention of backing off.
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He may be backing off and admitting there are some viable environmental concerns.
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The next day, Trump sowed more confusion by backing off his earlier statement.
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But this year, the central bank has signaled that it was backing off.
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The administration carried out the family separation policy for a while before backing off.
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U.S. stock futures were backing off strong gains after last night's first presidential debate.
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That threat appears to have worked, with the Academy backing off the proposed cuts.
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We certainly aren't backing off what we think we can get done this season.
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Hensarling is backing off of one provision though in the face of Republican division.
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The S&P closed up on Tuesday, backing off record highs after Trump's speech.
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Commodities guru Dennis Gartman is not backing off his dramatically bearish stance on bitcoin.
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But businesses are not backing off investment spending because of the cost of capital.
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Recognizing that he couldn't keep that promise by backing off was a statesmanlike act.
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The White House may be backing off its plan to freeze fuel-efficiency standards.
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President Trump isn't backing off of his tough talk about negotiating prescription drug prices.
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But there were no signs he is backing off his demands during Tuesday's speech.
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Activision and MLG won't be backing off of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare in 2000.
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Right now, where he's at, we're going to go with just backing off of him.
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Shouldn't he be backing off stocks and rebalancing his portfolio at the age of 70?
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Some shrimpers favor backing off on the shrimp to see if they can bounce back.
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Flashback: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has hinted at the prospect of backing off the freeze.
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" But Stivers is now backing off of that harsh assessment, saying it was "a mistake.
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Instead of backing off or conceding any ground, he added more words to his original words.
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Still, Washington has shown no sign of backing off, and has also stepped up its rhetoric.
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Trump is showing no signs of backing off even as he remains surrounded by Sessions loyalists.
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Giuliani released a statement on Monday backing off that statement and said his comments were hypothetical.
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Mr. Thiel has given no indication he is backing off from his support for Mr. Trump.
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But European Union officials have shown no signs of backing off their insistence on the plan.
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In the meantime, Mr. Trump has been escalating his threats, and shows no sign of backing off.
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"We're not seeing consumers backing off of really innovative products ... that's what we're all about," he said.
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But with the release of the app today, Google is backing off on some of those features.
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She's now backing off the death wish, but she's clinging to the religious part of her rant.
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Republicans routinely accused Democrats of backing off this stance to satisfy their base's most zealous impeachment supporters.
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We got a Congressional Black Caucus Chair, Cedric Richman, he&aposs not backing off on this at all.
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Approaching to say hello then backing off shows a person is respectful of my time and my autonomy.
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Worse, Foxconn, which is struggling with weak global sales of smartphones, is backing off its first bold promises.
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While he's given no indication of backing off in the trade war, struggling farmers appear to remain loyal.
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Rubio suggested he's considering backing off his pledge to support the Republican nominee if Trump wins the nomination.
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Chevron recently said it would be backing off its operations in Kurdistan, and Total backed off last year.
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But instead of backing off, Motohashi cranked up the crazy meter and returned with a huge yellow python.
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A recent speech he gave at the Hudson Institute has Chinese officials considering further backing off trade talks.
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It offers numerous points of interest: Delacroix backing off, for once, to let us decide where to look.
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As we reported, Kim is backing off social media when it comes to displaying opulence in her life.
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"Not a full deal, because that doesn't do me much good for backing off a bit," Kahne said.
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For most athletes, it requires backing off training to such an extent that top performance is not possible.
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Faulkner floated the possibility of a lawsuit in an interview with POLITICO before backing off of the idea.
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In Michigan, lawmakers are backing off from a similar exemption after it was criticized for its racial inequality.
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Democratic presidential contenders, meanwhile, are hammering Trump for backing off his 2016 pledge to support negotiating lower prices.
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Federal regulators for now are backing off enforcement of an Obama-era rule intended to protect retirement savers.
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Trump has shown no signs of backing off his tariff plan, despite pushback from lawmakers and key allies.
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"If she's backing off that commitment, then there is a problem, because that's a poison pill," he said.
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Priebus said Trump was not backing off his view that the tax reform bill needed a border tax.
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After all, he's already backing off threats to prosecute Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server.
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Vicary said Hallmark, which is already working on its 2020 productions, had no intention of backing off anytime soon.
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A video from a surprise 80th birthday party in March shows him tearful and backing off from assembled staff.
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China seems to be backing off its hardline stance against cryptocurrencies, a serial internet entrepreneur told CNBC on Monday.
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President Trump on Wednesday flipped to new positions on four different policy issues, backing off of several campaign promises.
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But Democrats worry Trump is backing off the ban after facing backlash from pro-vaping advocates and conservative groups.
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"If they are not backing off, then the sanctions -- and the punishments -- have to be more severe," Romney said.
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"So some investors are backing off their bet, slightly, that the Fed will raise rates in December," he said.
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Trump made shifts after the primary in anticipation of the general, backing off and modifying some of his promises.
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Democratic leaders are backing off of their demand that "Dreamer" protections be a part of the 2018 budget negotiations.
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U.S. light crude futures ended Tuesday's session up 26 cents at $74.11, backing off the day's high of $74.70.
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Big banks have lately been looking to do battle on several regulatory fronts after backing off for a while.
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Perhaps that it is a good sign brands are backing off from the holiday, considering the deadly, frightening pandemic.
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Over his career, Romney's had a history of taking principled stands and then backing off when things get tough.
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Only slightly less dangerously, he could weaken the nation's standing by backing off from a threat to use force.
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Mr. Trump appears to be backing off his threat to abandon Nafta, the North American pact he once derided.
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But in an interview with the Daily Caller on Tuesday, Trump was quoted as backing off on that threat.
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The naysayers were already backing off and it was clear that the gavel would be back in her hands.
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For some lawmakers, backing off on Huawei shows the questionable compromises Trump's willing to make to reach a trade agreement.
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The union has accused Lightfoot of holding up the negotiations and backing off promises she made on the campaign trail.
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Reid described the women as often physically "trapped" and said "that's a crime," before backing off that term when pressed.
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Yet if he stands by Trump, he'll be accused of backing off his decision to avoid defending the GOP nominee.
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He's not backing off his demand for Lisa Marie to kick in for his lawyers to the tune of $450k.
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But the US also had to make some trade-offs, including backing off from the possibility of the death penalty.
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But the Freedom Caucus isn't backing off its support for a showdown on the wall so much as postponing it.
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But within a day of reaction ricocheting across the web, AMC released a statement unequivocally backing off from the idea.
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Trump's move doesn't mean the administration is backing off its push to expand hunting rights nationally and internationally, sources said.
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Avenatti has been openly critical of Trump and tried to become involved in Cohen's criminal case before backing off Wednesday.
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The company is also backing off from its crackdown on some third-party apps that was broadly viewed as anticompetitive.
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Gold prices inched higher after backing off an almost seven-year high on Monday, when risk-adverse investors drove demand.
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The demonstration blast, Israeli officials believed, would intimidate Egypt and surrounding Arab states — Syria, Iraq and Jordan — into backing off.
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But if past years are an indication ... the month of June should see prices backing off some of those highs.
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When the Fed signaled that it was backing off further rate increases, that slowed the upward momentum of the dollar.
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The accuser is clearly not backing off the allegations -- and has now sued Baylor for Title IX violations and negligence.
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Matt Gaetz, who sent a tweet construed as threatening to Cohen that implied extramarital affairs before later backing off his claim.
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Even the handful of House Democrats who supported impeachment before their party took control of the House have been backing off.
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To get the device to be transparent, JerryRigEverything pries the glass backing off the phone using heat and a special tool.
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The Fed has signaled it will raise rates at least once this year, after backing off earlier expectations for four increases.
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And now that she's gone there, it doesn't look like Graham is backing off from posing au naturale any time soon.
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"That's got people backing off the idea that there's such a lockstep relationship between the real economy and inflation," Bullard said.
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"I think they're concerned that maybe the fed might be backing off," said Art Cashin, director of floor operations at UBS.
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I don't take Trump's lack of discussion about health care as a sign that Republicans are backing off of Obamacare repeal.
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"Since the Fed statement, gold's been backing off the highs," said Phillip Streible, senior commodities broker at R.J. O'Brien in Chicago.
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It is unclear if Trump truly wants a shutdown, as he has often taken extreme positions on issues before backing off.
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Now we see that he's already backing off on immigration and Obamacare and other things, so was it a big fake?
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Republicans are showing some signs they are backing off the push for repeal, although some lawmakers are keeping up the effort.
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The person he phoned had contacted Mr. Ailes, whose public relations representative called Mr. Sherman to browbeat him into backing off.
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The Treasury yield initially jumped to 2.60 percent before backing off, and the 2.73-year briefly edged up to 3 percent.
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"The videos backed the students, so I'm sure they would be backing off of that now," he said of the threat.
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Facebook is backing off on plans to stick ads inside WhatsApp — raising questions about its vision for monetizing the messaging app.
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That formulation has been a nonstarter for Israel, which itself has shown no sign of backing off its own fixed positions.
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"But if he thinks he can bully Nancy Pelosi into backing off, he's with the wrong customer," he adds. https://t.
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President Donald Trump is not backing off his defiant response to violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia last month.
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A White House spokeswoman did not immediately respond when asked if Trump was backing off the rumored executive order. http://bit.
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Backing off his public criticism of Sessions and keeping him in the cabinet would be the best way to prove that.
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These lawmakers see backing off on Huawei as a questionable compromise Trump is willing to make to reach a trade agreement.
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But a groin injury meant backing off her training until just three and a half weeks before the trials on July 2.
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I am not pursuing Donald Trump because he is president, but neither am I backing off just because he got elected president.
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Few expected the Saudis to make good on that threat, but the new remarks are further evidence of backing off that idea.
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Traders brushed off comments from U.S. President Donald Trump signaling he is not backing off on escalating his trade war with Beijing.
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Fed officials, who had indicated in December hopes to raise rates four times in 2016, have been backing off amid the turmoil.
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But he seems to be backing off of the summons threat and offers to accept testimony from Zuckerberg through a video call.
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The dollar index, which pits the greenback against a basket of other currencies, initially rose above 94 before backing off to 93.57.
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Earlier on Thursday, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) eased pressure on Congolese authorities by backing off earlier calls for a recount.
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Brent crude, the international benchmark, also reached three-year highs well above $73-per-barrel before also backing off slightly at midday.
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Traders brushed off comments from U.S. President Donald Trump signalling he is not backing off on escalating his trade war with Beijing.
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Over the summer, Mr. Trump threatened "tremendous retribution" against Europe in the form of car tariffs, before backing off ahead of negotiations.
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So they kept backing off, to an extent back to their old mechanism, thus becoming more like a threat to the West.
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But Mr. LeGrier's family did not receive a settlement — in fact, the city briefly tried to sue his estate before backing off.
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"At times that has meant moving in Taipei's direction; at other times it has meant backing off demonstrations of support," he said.
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The Trump administration is backing off a plan to house some coronavirus patients in Alabama after state officials objected to the move.
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Target on Tuesday said it's not backing off plans to invest $403 billion back into its business over the next two years.
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It was thus a momentary relief when Mr. Trump said, "We strongly support NATO," backing off his earlier ambivalence toward the alliance.
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North Korea is backing off a threat to fire missiles at the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, according to a new report.
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" • "With the Federal Reserve backing off plans to aggressively hike interest rates, more investors view the market's downturn last year as overdone.
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With the Federal Reserve backing off plans to aggressively hike interest rates, more investors view the market's downturn last year as overdone.
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Spreads for the first few months of 2017 rallied consistently and sharply since the middle of January before backing off in recent days.
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"I'm not backing off asking questions even though there is an effort that nobody talk about Seth Rich," he said on Friday night.
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Last year, Trump proclaimed a huge new trade deal with the European Union after backing off his threats to impose new automobile tariffs.
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From there I'm usually pushing a little further, step by step, seeing how she reacts, backing off a bit if she seems uncomfortable.
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"The last thing I would want is people to get the impression that we are backing off of our core services," Wen said.
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Meanwhile, the 10-year Treasury yield, which has soared to seven-year highs in recent days, was backing off those levels this morning.
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Trump, while backing off his Muslim ban, has still not rescinded his pledge for surveillance of Muslim Americans simply because of their faith.
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At one point Friday morning, markets put the chance of a hike later this month as high as 30 percent before backing off.
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But they said they got a letter from the government last week backing off from its commitment to making the committee's finding public.
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"We are excited about the innovation for the summer, and it hurt us, but that doesn't mean we are backing off," he said.
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He is currently executing one of the greatest flip flops and retreats in presidential history, backing off his charge and reversing his policy.
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Oil prices slipped, backing off from earlier gains spurred by tension around northern Iraq following the Kurdistan region's vote in favor of independence.
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The first thing that will happen is not an overturning of Roe v Wade but just a backing off of Whole Woman's Health.
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And Mr. Trump declined to commit to being interviewed by the special counsel on Russia, backing off a promise he made last year.
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A senior official of another television news network based in Karachi said his channel was backing off from any coverage of Geo's blockage.
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The U.S. has said nothing about backing off its earlier threat to impose far higher tariffs on Chinese goods set for Dec. 15.
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The House Judiciary Committee began its public impeachment hearings Wednesday, piggy-backing off the explosive hearings and report by the House Intelligence Committee.
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"Nobody at this point is seriously thinking he's even remotely considering backing off anytime soon," Hungarian journalist Mate Halmos told me in an email.
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"The Fed themselves will be talking about backing off on those rate hikes because the data will tell them to do it," Bianco said.
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But when we started backing off, taking away treatments so she wasn't on so many meds, she started getting better all on her own.
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Washington (CNN)New York, New Jersey and Connecticut aren't backing off from a legal fight with the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service.
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The truth is, everyone does what they need to do to get by, whether that means backing off or stepping up to the plate.
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According to Bloomberg, Senator Mark Warner also said on Tuesday that Pichai had told him that Google was backing off from its Chinese ambitions.
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"The trigger was the Fed backing off from an aggressive rate hike cycle this year," Boockvar told "Worldwide Exchange" in a separate interview Thursday.
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But Nicholson says he isn't backing off his provocative comment -- in part because it was shaped by his own experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Shares of Chevron were up more than half a percent shortly after the U.S. stock market opening, backing off stronger gains before the bell.
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Now you were backing off of that and demanding instead that I publish a handpicked expert, and that's just not the way this works.
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Now Tillerson is out, and Trump is backing off that position, though he did suggest that he'd be inclined to believe the U.K. assessment.
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"People are backing off of optimism that a trade deal will get done and it'll probably drag out longer into the year," Nauman said.
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The group calling itself Nation of Change is claiming that Trump is now backing off his campaign pledge to penalize companies that outsource jobs.
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A year during which the market exceeded all expectations ends not with investors backing off but rather with them throwing caution to the wind.
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Reports last night confirm that the administration is backing off plans to freeze vehicle emissions and mileage rules and will instead require modest increases.
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The staff sergeant said he grabbed the bleeding Jordanian's rifle and threw it away before backing off into the desert with his arms raised.
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"If they're backing off it because of pressure from the hard right, America ought to know, and we ought to know," he told reporters.
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But Trump — eager for a win on drug prices amid the impeachment inquiry and heading into 2020 — is showing no signs of backing off.
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Oscar makes it clear he's not backing off his "Trump Is a Cheater" golf stance ... and has a huge problem with his taco salad.
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Yet the Obama administration has shown no signs of backing off its requirement that automakers nearly double the fuel economy of their vehicles by 2025.
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The administration's chaotic approach to trade conflicts — threatening deeper tariffs, then backing off for negotiations, then threatening again — has deepened uncertainty about the economic outlook.
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When Musk finally announced he was backing off the plan late Friday evening, it was less a surprise than another affirmation of his declining credibility.
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Democrats aren't backing off their demands, saying if the stall tactics come into play, Republicans will "own it," per No. 3 Senate Democrat Patty Murray.
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"The last thing I would want is people to get the impression that we are backing off of our core services," she told BuzzFeed News.
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This approach seems to already be bearing fruit: Erdogan has agreed to a tentative ceasefire in exchange for the U.S. backing off of further sanctions.
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He's backing off on his promises faster than Lena Dunham's boyfriend and if I were a Trump supporter, I would be pretty displeased right now.
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Rather than simply backing off and joining Americans in honoring Gold Star mothers and fathers, Trump repeated and doubled down on his insults of them.
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He said the company is now backing off its previous expansion plans and is undertaking a "complete reevaluation" of its participation in the ObamaCare marketplace.
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The 30-year JGB yield rose 3.5 basis points to 0.535 percent, backing off from two-year low of 0.490 percent in the previous session.
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There had been some talk about impeaching him, but Democrats in the Virginia legislature are backing off the impeachment drive for now (The Associated Press).
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"This is really a byproduct of the same source of better sentiment, which is government backing off," said Maris Ogg, president at Tower Bridge Advisors.
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Senate Republican leaders are backing off their pledge to deficit hawks to shrink the size of the tax package by $350 billion to $400 billion.
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Oil prices slipped on Thursday, backing off from earlier gains spurred by tension around northern Iraq following the Kurdistan region's vote in favor of independence.
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Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign is an obvious manifestation, as is Hillary Clinton's backing off from her support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
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"This year, Amazon's private brands showed enough success stories to guarantee that Amazon won't be backing off any time soon," Millerberg explained at the time.
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Most of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants won't be summarily deported, he said, backing off a line from stump speeches earlier in the campaign.
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If Comcast can convince Disney to give up on Sky, it can throw Disney a bone by backing off on the rest of Fox's assets.
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Separately, tweets from Mr. Trump and the N.R.A.'s top lobbyist hint that the White House may be backing off earlier support for gun control.
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Legislative leaders emphasized that they were not backing off from taxing the wealthy, a fact that did appease supporters of the pied-à-terre tax.
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She got in huge trouble for saying WWE was trying to court Hulk Hogan for WrestleMania ... but Brooke Hogan ain't exactly backing off her claim.
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Even Starbucks — once a champion of compassionate capitalism — recently began experimenting with pitiless automated scheduling software to assign shifts, before backing off after public outcry.
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The decision could have significant implications on the markets because the Republican Party seems to be "backing off the idea" of a "clean" debt ceiling.
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But Trump wants a win on drug prices amid the impeachment inquiry and heading into 2020, and he is showing no signs of backing off.
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The State Department is backing off from its decision to close the book on an investigation into an edited video of a 2013 press briefing.
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Experts say that the Trump administration is not backing off from value-based payments entirely; that train has, in some ways, already left the station.
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"The dollar may be backing off recent highs on Tuesday, but overall we think its trend remains," said City Index research director Kathleen Brooks, in London.
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The president also engaged in some saber rattling over Mexico tariffs before backing off, saying the two sides had reached an agreement over stemming illegal immigration.
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And the bendy body was fun to play with by adding more pressure when I wanted an intense vibration and backing off when I wanted less.
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Don't Breathe comes awfully close, toeing the line of good taste in the name of shock value before backing off in just the nick of time.
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"There is this feeling that Japan may not have that much left up their sleeve and the Fed does seem to be backing off," said O'Byrne.
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"There is this feeling that Japan may not have that much left up its sleeve and the Fed does seem to be backing off," said O'Byrne.
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North Korean state media reports that Kim Jong Un is backing off from his threat to launch missiles at Guam, a U.S. territory, per the WSJ.
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Although China is building dozens of emission-free nuclear plants and investing heavily in wind and solar power, backing off of coal is a gargantuan task.
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I'm sure people are trying to read into his terminology … It sounded to me as if he was backing off a little bit on healthcare reform.
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Though the proposed extradition bill was suspended, it has not yet been withdrawn, a key issue for protesters – who have shown no signs of backing off.
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Corker: Senate Republican leaders are backing off their pledge to deficit hawks to shrink the size of the tax package by $350-$400 billion. http://bit.
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The dollar lost 0.14 percent at 90.02 against a basket of six major currencies, backing off from a one-week high of 90.178 set last Thursday.
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President Trump visited a portion of the border wall in California on Friday, a day after backing off a threat to close the border with Mexico.
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Russia's Rosneft became the largest intermediary for Venezuelan oil last year, when few were willing to trade it, and has shown no signs of backing off.
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Russia's Rosneft became the largest intermediary for Venezuelan oil last year, when few were willing to trade it, and has shown no signs of backing off.
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Katie Ledecky breezed to her third gold medal of the world championships, backing off a bit on her most grueling night of the meet in Budapest.
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At least then they can deny him the chance to claim that, in backing off, House Democrats proved they were never serious in the first place.
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Administration officials tell CNN the US is considering backing off a previous demand that the Kim regime fully account for its nuclear arsenal and missile programs.
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Warren later fired another salvo, tweeting that the CFPB under Mulvaney was giving the "middle finger" to consumers by backing off the bureau's investigation into Equifax.
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So credit the commission, a typically opaque body with a history of mission creep, for backing off from the plan, instead promising hearings and an expedited review.
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They marched in the street, talked about the outrage of this agency, but now all of a sudden they are kind of backing off the whole thing.
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Democrats consider backing off big battle over Trump's Supreme Court pick Pelosi was speaker from 2007 until the GOP took the House majority in the 2010 wave.
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A surprisingly close finish might scare more vulnerable House Republicans into backing off the unpopular drive to repeal and replace Obamacare with House Speaker Paul Ryan's plan.
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"It looks like they're going to be backing off on that," John Kilduff, founding partner at energy hedge fund Again Capital, told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday.
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The central bank has held rates steady, backing off a plan to steadily raise them this year but taking a cautious approach to avoid setting off inflation.
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"No, it was never meant to be -- I mean that's why it was temporary," he said, when asked if he would consider backing off the controversial ban.
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Spooked by a weaker-than-expected survey of U.S. factory activity, investors rushed to the safety of bonds while backing off expectations for more Fed rate hikes.
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Sprint shares fell 9 percent following a report from the Nikkei that Softbank might be backing off from a potential agreement; T-Mobile shares fell 5 percent.
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Caught red-handed, the company is backing off from the opt-out data collection program, giving users a choice up front instead of buried in the options.
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"He is backing off, and his policy is now designed to achieve one goal: Make China great again," said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, of New York.
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DETROIT — Despite federal safety investigations of Tesla's self-driving cars, the company's chief executive, Elon Musk, is hardly backing off on his grand plans for autonomous vehicles.
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Lloyd conceded, too, that there is an unusual amount of acrimony surrounding U.S. Soccer right now, but she said the women have no intention of backing off.
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He writes in a vaguely aphoristic style, making clear suggestions and then immediately backing off, and is prone to answering pointed questions with a smiley face emoji.
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Trump became sensitive to the criticism that he was backing off his promise to build a wall, people familiar with the matter told CNN at the time.
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President Trump made a positive gesture by backing off his threat to shut down the government if lawmakers do not fund a wall along the Mexican border.
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Trump supporters, noting the recent troop deployments to Saudi Arabia, say he has shown no serious signs of backing off on his "maximum pressure campaign" against Iran.
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"There's no signs that [Trump is] backing off at this point and they've signaled so strongly to producers that they're serious about enforcing the sanctions," she said.
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She eventually talked to one of Bull's producers about her concerns, and on his advice, she went to Weatherly and tried to flatter him into backing off.
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Some were backing off due to intense pressures, while others simply were pursuing other career interests, another study by an association of private enterprises in the mainland showed.
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Backing off from the current course of policy normalization for a short-term bounce in equity markets would erode Powell's credibility, cloud Fed transparency and raise inflation expectations.
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Perhaps the backing off from the two-state solution policy from the Trump team is the first step toward real progress in this peace effort in many years.
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Backing off from supporting a nominee and demanding a fair investigation are not exactly the same thing, and women want Ivanka to make it clear where she stands.
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Robert De Niro isn't backing off on his Donald Trump comments just days after saying he'd like to "punch him in the face" in a now viral video.
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Earlier this year, Harris found the fate of private health insurance too hot to handle – appearing to embrace the prospect of abolishing the industry, then subsequently backing off.
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Those orders changed as Trump was upset by news reports suggesting he was backing off his campaign promise to build a border wall, a senior administration official said.
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The SEC meeting comes about a month after the Labor Department said it was backing off enforcement of its own investor protection rule due to a court ruling.
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"I don't think that the members are backing off on this," a committee staffer said of the so-called space corps suggested by some Republicans in recent months.
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"This year, Amazon's private brands showed enough success stories to guarantee that Amazon won't be backing off any time soon," OneClickRetail CEO Spencer Millerberg said in the report.
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Mr. Trump and Republican officials have shown no signs of backing off their approach to stoking fears about the caravan in the final days of the election season.
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Trump's announcement cited a recent statement by a top North Korean official calling Vice President Mike Pence a "political dummy" as one reason for backing off the summit.
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The first one called for weakening constraints on banks, including loosening restrictions on their traders and backing off how much loss-absorbing capital banks are required to hold.
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Indeed, Lutsenko would end up backing off some of his claims that Giuliani worked to amplify, including that his office was reopening its investigation into Burisma and Biden.
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Piggy-backing off of Blue's earlier point, sex parties let us witness the real diversity of sex and sexual preferences that don't always come across in porn, Play adds.
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We're told Colony Capital, which was on the road to acquiring the company, is backing off after getting a read on the finances and the chaos within the company.
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According to Reuters, Facebook will at least be backing off of the bad optics of sending staff members to a campaign's headquarters to give them one-on-one help.
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Musk stunned investors last month with tweets saying he had "secured" funding to take his electric car company private in a buyout valued at $72 billion, before backing off.
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"All the indications we've received suggest that they're backing off on necessary protections for workers," Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz, a staff attorney at the environmental group Earthjustice, told BuzzFeed News.
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Liebman (whose tweet ignited the firestorm) now seems to be backing off her accusations, saying it may have been possible Amy wrote similar jokes without hearing her material first.
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Angle isn't backing off of the idea that Roomba data could be used to enhance smart homes, which is what he originally thought the data would be sold for.
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Behind the scenes: A source familiar with the situation told me that the Chinese had been backing off of agreements the U.S. negotiating team believed they had already made.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is backing off from changes it floated to biofuels policy after significant pushback from Midwestern GOP senators and a direct intervention from President Trump.
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Jesse Hunt, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), kept up the criticism of the health-care law when asked if Republicans are backing off the issue.
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While these might have been standard arrangements, that both airlines are backing off helps show the considerable controversy that the NRA has attracted in the days since the attacks.
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The SEC's move comes about a month after the Labor Department said it was backing off enforcement of its existing so-called fiduciary rule due to a court ruling.
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"They started backing off early, saying, `We can't let 26 (Brown) run up and down the field, and that opened things up for us (the running game)," Bell said.
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Massachusetts, still designing regulations for the legal sale and distribution of marijuana as demanded by a 2016 voter referendum, has shown few signs of backing off since Sessions's announcement.
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This year, he threatened to shut down the entire southwestern border, backing off only after aides showed him evidence that Mexican authorities were taking aggressive action to stop migrants.
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Leaked versions of the Trump administration's latest proposal show a 1.5% annual increase, backing off from its initial proposal simply to stop mandating increases in fuel efficiency after 2020.
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At the time that Amazon announced it would be backing off from the HQ2 plans, anti-Amazon leaders including Alexandria Ocacio-Cortez were painted as "villains" for killing jobs.
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The Fed is backing off that easy money policy, aiming to raise rates very gradually to more normal levels and reduce the amount of its bond holdings over time.
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Trump, for instance, has gone through multiple rounds of threatening a heavy hand with countries before backing off once he gets at least lip service paid to his demands.
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The company has opted not to implement some of the same features as Facebook's other apps, backing off from a plan to sell ads in the app, for example.
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We broke the story ... Khloe's family is the opposite of thrilled about her getting back together with Tristan, but they're backing off pressuring her to dump him for good.
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Trump seemed frustrated by the idea that he was backing off: He Tweeted an attack on the media and suggested that there had been no change on his position.
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Trump's June 1 decision to leave the Paris climate accord also suggests that the federal government is backing off the plan Obama negotiated with automakers a few years ago.
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So reinstating Spencer would seem to be a backing-off of that claim — that is, if we assume that espousing racism is why Spencer was banned to begin with.
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Behind the scenes: A source familiar with the situation tells Axios' Jonathan Swan the Chinese have been backing off of agreements the U.S. negotiating team believed they had already made.
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It was little surprise to see sterling backing off 5-month highs on Monday after "super-Saturday" failed to live up to its billing, ensuring more Brexit drama to come.
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" To that end, it's backing off its plan to be cash flow positive in 2016, saying that "investing to meet that demand is the best long-term decision for Tesla.
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McCain earlier in the week signaled that he was backing off of a push to establish a select committee to investigate the matter, citing a lack of support from leadership.
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A group led by mid-sized refiners recently bought ads on Fox & Friends knocking Trump for backing off changes to the RFS, although CVR Energy was not among the buyers.
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And instead of backing off, instead of letting me breathe, he turned the full attention of his mouth to it, holding tight onto me, following the movement of my hips.
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HK/SIN, the offshore yuan traded at 7.0518 against the dollar, weakening again after the yuan rebounded overnight on Tuesday — with U.S. President Donald Trump backing off on China tariffs.
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One explanation for the Cubans backing off is the concern that Cubana's planes could be seized to satisfy millions of dollars in civil judgments against the Cuban government, Kavulich said.
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There has been speculation in recent days that the president is backing off the age requirement proposal, which is opposed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) and some conservative lawmakers.
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"You are seeing commentary about prices backing off year-on-year on a 5 to 10 percent basis so I think that it's in that sort of order," he added.
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In late trading, the dollar was down 0.1 percent at 90.043 against a basket of six major currencies, backing off from a one-week high of 90.178 set last Thursday.
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"It's a game of revving up the excitement and making people afraid and then backing off on the fear in order to declare that he's resolved the situation," D'Antonio said.
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He's not backing off ... but Ric Flair is certainly trying to make nice with Halle Berry after pissing the actress off by claiming he banged her back in the '90s.
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Is he protectionist, as he appeared to be when starting a trade spat with Canada on Tuesday, or a globalist, as he appeared when backing off his criticism of China?
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"Well, he's obviously under a great deal of duress, but if he thinks he can bully Nancy Pelosi into backing off, he's with the wrong customer," Schumer responded on CNN.
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But once you start using public money from the executive branch to bully law enforcement into backing off its investigations of thug life, then you've made me a co-conspirator.
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TARGETING CUSTOMERS, STS TRANSFERS Russia's Rosneft became the largest intermediary for Venezuelan oil last year, when few were willing to trade it, and has shown no signs of backing off.
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"What's even more frustrating than President Trump's intransigence is the way he seems amenable to these compromises before completely switching positions and backing off," he said on the Senate floor.
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If Kim Jong Un persists in backing off from a strong nuclear disarmament pledge, President Trump must channel his inner Ronald Reagan , get up from the negotiating table and walk out.
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On backing off of Assad and Syria: Spicer said we have to accept the "reality" that Assad will stay, and blamed the Obama administration for missing the opportunity to oust him.
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Defeated, Hiram tells Archie he'll have to let Martin and Kowalski in on the prison deal because Hiram doesn't have a chance of them backing off, but Archie has an idea.
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Draisaitl penetrated deep into the Anaheim zone, and with the Ducks backing off, he fed Larsson, who was left alone in the slot for a one-timer that cleanly beat Gibson.
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"We've had some weak inflation numbers that actually lead to the Fed backing off from hiking rates," said Ethan Harris, head of global economic research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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Yes, but: In remarks to reporters after the event, Chatterjee said he was not backing off his effort to find agreement on some kind of "lifeline" while FERC weighs Perry's proposal.
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BACKING OFF: The Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court's decision on a controversial law that protected websites from being sued over the content of their users' posts, reports Reuters.
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"Laurie Pritchett shows backing off the use of force can be directed to any police force, at any time," says the Reverend Kristin Stoneking, executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
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"I've heard no one talking about backing off an inch" from commitments to the NATO alliance, Goldfein told reporters at the Royal International Air Tattoo, the world's largest military airs how.
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The rouble was 13.543 percent weaker against the dollar at 79.80, while the Australian dollar was down 0.3 percent to $0.6982, backing off a nine-day high of $0.7046 on Friday.
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While Trump may have initially resisted the sanctions pressure, he ultimately ended up caving — backing off from what would have been a major fight with both Congress and his own deputies.
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Trump declared Wednesday that Iran appeared to be "standing down" in the wake of the missile strikes, announcing that he would impose fresh economic sanctions while backing off further military escalation.
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Jeffery DonaldsonLas Vegas To the Editor: I am thankful that at least for now, President Trump seems to be backing off from engaging in further provocation of our implacable foe, Iran.
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Not only is the Fed on pause and considering an end to its balance sheet winddown, but the uber dovish European Central Bank is backing off plans to hike interest rates.
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From Iran to immigration policy and North Korea to trade wars, Trump's tactic of escalating confrontations before backing off from the brink is leaving everyone unsure of where the US government stands.
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Recent reports have some Democrats backing off the threat in order to preserve use of the tactic for other legislative actions later in the year or for a future Supreme Court pick.
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Backing off of the Junos alone would only send the message that they don't need to do the appropriate amount of work to be an accurate representation of all music in Canada.
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In essence, once players make a commitment to a particular role that they see as narratively afforded, it becomes easier to continue the commitment instead of backing off and exploring other options.
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The website questions why Trump is "backing off his earlier promises to release his tax returns," citing Trump's remarks in 2012 that it was a "positive" for Romney to release his returns.
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Trump said last week that he plans to raise the vaping age to 21 "or so" but also suggested that the administration may be backing off plans to ban flavored e-cigarettes.
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"No, it was never meant to be -- I mean that's why it was temporary," he told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren, when asked if he would consider backing off the controversial ban.
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"I want to salute my former colleague Dan Coats, my former Republican Senate colleague, for standing up and not backing off after the president made these outrageous statements at Helsinki," Durbin said.
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Masvidal's jab vexed Cerrone and blinded him each time the two came close enough and it meant that Cerrone often had to choose between backing off or attempting to throw strikes blind.
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The Hill's Julian Hattem has the story: The State Department is backing off from its decision to close the book on an investigation into an edited video of a 2013 press briefing.
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MSCI's all-country world index and shares on Wall Street set intra-day highs before backing off a bit as investors said the long-awaited trade deal was priced into the market.
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Gold prices inched higher after earlier backing off an almost seven-year high on Monday, when risk-adverse investors drove demand, while stocks in Europe and on Wall Street were little changed.
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Backing off, her longtime aides and allies say, is not how Ms. Pelosi has retained the trust and control of her caucus for 17 years, longer than any other recent party leader.
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By 2006, the network's biggest DCOM to date had been 22's Cadet Kelly, a "poor little rich girl" romp piggy-backing off the success of its star, Lizzie McGuire's Hilary Duff.
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There is no evidence at this point of the Trump administration backing off from this ACO program, which has taken hold in the American health care system over the past few years.
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The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield hit its highest in more than four years at 2.998 percent on Monday before backing off that level and standing at 2.962 percent in Tuesday's Asian trade.
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Considering Blassie approaches hitting maybe one roughly melodic note somewhere in the first chorus before thinking better of it and backing off, it's still a triumph of a lead vocal off timing alone.
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Trump has changed his tune over the months, backing off his claim about who would pay, and on Thursday he said he never meant that Mexico would literally pay for the wall's construction.
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The man who accused Ray Allen of making violent threats against him after their alleged relationship went sour is backing off -- he's dropped his case against the NBA star, TMZ Sports has learned.
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Trump said China appeared to be backing off on a pledge to buy U.S. agricultural products, which officials in Washington have said could be a goodwill gesture and part of any final pact.
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U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News on Thursday there was much more he could do that would hurt China's economy, suggesting no signs of backing off a growing trade war with Beijing.
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But Pai and his team have expressed a great openness in the document in backing off from regulation — or, potentially, even allowing the telecom industry to play a greater role in policing itself.
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Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said after a meeting with Liu that he doubted the Chinese would agree to steps that would warrant backing off the tariff threat.
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Trump, Jr. had been engaged in talks with the committee since last December and had agreed to be voluntarily interviewed on two occasions before backing off, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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President Donald Trump said Friday the administration plans to raise the vaping age to 21 "or so" but also suggested that the administration may be backing off plans to ban flavored e-cigarettes.
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The Trump-Xi personal rapport may afford some essential face-saving for the kinds of concessions and backing-off that Xi will need to undertake if a catastrophic showdown is to be avoided.
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In backing off on China tariffs Tuesday, President Donald Trump showed just how much pain the U.S. could tolerate — and China may use that to its advantage, key voices on Wall Street say.
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I would be interested if you could explain to me the double standard of people who criticize the police for being too aggressive but also criticize police backing off that kind of policing.
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One person familiar with the president's thinking said that Mr. Trump believed that Mr. Vitiello did not favor closing the border, as the president had proposed before backing off that threat this week.
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The cocktails rotate seasonally and generally go down easy, but the bar's nonalcoholic options, homemade citrus and hibiscus sodas, really hit the spot on a summer night when you're backing off from booze.
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WASHINGTON — Facing a bipartisan backlash led by Republican lawmakers, the Trump administration is backing off a bookkeeping change that would have drastically cut federal funds for rural schools — at least for a year.
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The Interior Department is backing off from substantially raising the entrance fee for national parks after more than 100,85033 Americans wrote to complain about the proposed hikes, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
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And it threatened to severely undercut the compassionate photo-op, which was already competing with her husband's insistence on Thursday that he's not backing off his administration's "zero tolerance" policy toward illegal immigration.
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Petrobras announced on Thursday afternoon it would raise diesel prices by 5.7 percent to the highest level since October, effective on Friday, then disclosed it was backing off in an early-morning securities filing.
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The Trump administration has no intention of backing off of its controversial proposal to change the way Medicare pays for some prescription drugs, and lawmakers are starting to respond with their own modified versions.
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While Mildred's campaign makes regional news and stirs up the town, Dixon goes on a warpath of sorts, trying to bully the billboard company into getting the signs removed and Mildred into backing off.
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Reuters reported in June that Credit Suisse and China Merchants were among the suitors for the Greek operation but Britain's vote to leave the European Union had partly led to potential buyers backing off.
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U.S. President Donald Trump accused China of backing off on a pledge to buy more U.S. agricultural products, warning on Tuesday that the outcome for China could be worse if it continues to stall.
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The ruling Social Democrats have gone backwards and forwards on their tax intentions this year, often announcing measures without assessing their impact and then backing off, stirring uncertainty among investors and weighing on assets.
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In a sign the administration and its supporters are not backing off support for Mohammed, a group of evangelical leaders -- some closely associated with Trump -- met in Riyadh this week with the crown prince.
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Trump's administration has moved to undercut Obamacare, slashing its advertising budget by 90 percent and backing off enforcement of the so-called individual mandate, the requirement that everyone purchase insurance or pay a fine.
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Hannity's intransigence is Trumpian in its effectiveness: By backing off on reporting on Fox News about Rich, but maintaining his contention that there "is something going on," he is effectively having it both ways.
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If Mr. Ponti hoped to shame them, it didn't work: He says he was forced to resign from the panel and the Benettons later threatened him with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit before backing off.
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President Trump said earlier this month the cure for the virus "can't be worse than the problem itself," a line of argument he initially adopted but appears to be backing off from for now.
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But a change of mood appears to have taken place at the Bank of Japan, however, which is backing off initial attempts to signal an imminent shift away from its ultra-easy monetary policy.
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For its part, the bond market has certainly not been waiting for the Fed, with traders recently pushing the yield on the 10-year Treasury to four-year highs before backing off a bit.
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Activist investor Nelson Peltz had taken a stake in the Pepsi and pushed for a split of the two businesses before backing off and exiting the company in 2016 after a multi-year battle.
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SAO PAULO, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Brazil's electric energy research company EPE, which sets policy for the sector, will support the installation of hydroelectric dam projects with reservoirs within reason, backing off the previous administration's policy.
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L said it was nominating its founder William Ackman and two others to the board of Automatic Data Processing Inc, backing off from its previous demand of five seats on the 10-person board. on.wsj.
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It has been paying a fee to Cellcom and piggy-backing off its infrastructure, while the government, looking to keep as many players in the game, wants to ensure that it builds its own network.
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Macau, May 18 (Reuters) - Casinos in Macau face a growing volume of bad debt provisions, further hitting earnings in the world's largest gambling hub at a time when high-roller VIP punters are backing off.
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Investors will be monitoring trade developments between the world's two largest economies, after a reprieve from the U.S. temporarily backing off its blacklisting of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei caused European markets to rebound slightly Tuesday.
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CNN's Jim Acosta has become known for not backing off tough questions during Sanders' press briefings, and he's the only journalist from a major news organization who temporarily had his White House press credentials revoked.
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"The US economy continues to remain an island of relative prosperity however, and with the Federal Reserve backing off its gradual pace of rate hikes, the outlook for growth this year is a positive one."
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The Post reported that Sondland's testimony would also shed light on Trump's backing off from his efforts when the public learned of his withholding military aid and reluctance to meet with Zelensky one-on-one.
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Gracie was able to fight off the leg attacks and take top position inside Almeida's half guard, attempting to flatten Almeida out and remove his knee shield before backing off and attempting to pass again.
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"People are backing off of optimism that a trade deal will get done and it'll probably drag out longer into the year," said Ryan Nauman, market strategist at Informa Financial Intelligence in Zephyr Cove, Nevada.
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But by the weekend, Mr. Booker was backing off — praising the former vice president — and his campaign manager was forcefully yanking him away from reporters who were pressing him on his critique of Mr. Biden.
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Dr. Alec Hochstein, who worked with Dr. Braunstein in the late 1990s, said the podiatrist had recalled over dinner with their wives how the Trumps had treated him well, including backing off from rent increases.
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That prompted a slew of criticism from lawmakers that he was backing off his tougher promises on trade and letting a Chinese telecom company that did business with Iran and North Korea off the hook.
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At the same time, specialists said Mr. Trump's comment backing off "maximum pressure" would be seen as a sign that the United States will not vigorously enforce sanctions against countries that trade with North Korea.
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In return, the Turks appear to be backing off their efforts to unseat President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, who, with Russian help, is strengthening his hold on the country's major cities to the south.
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The website questions why Trump is "backing off his earlier promises to release his tax returns," citing Trump's remarks in 2012 that it was a "positive" for Romney to release his taxes: http://bit.ly/1VTzOG85003.
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The U.S. would consider backing off on the China trade war once the world's second-largest economy "begins acting like a developed nation," a top economic advisor to President Donald Trump told CNBC on Monday.
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Democrats have accused Trump of failing to follow through on his promises to address the issue, in particular attacking him for backing off a 2016 campaign pledge to support allowing Medicare to negotiate lower prices.
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While Ms. Cantil-Sakauye says she does not think of herself as political, she has not shown any signs of backing off from her criticisms of President Trump, calling his comments about the judiciary damaging.
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In a video shot in UM's special drone testing habitat, the craft flies up, approaches its bit of roof, and gingerly applies the nail gun before backing off and doing it a couple more times.
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In the press more broadly, we have a responsibility to try and minimize that trauma by reporting with sensitivity and backing off those close to the attack who don't want to engage with the media.
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Far from backing off on his Glossip dissent, it is, instead, Glossip 2.0 — a sign that Breyer plans to continue pressing ahead, perhaps with the goal of convincing Roberts — or Kennedy's eventual successor — of his position.
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Shorting pressure on the yuan, reflected in the offshore CNH options market through one-month risk reversals, has evaporated since February, and some hedge fund investors told Reuters they were backing off from their depreciation bets.
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" The Democratic congressional leaders criticized President Donald Trump in their joint statement, calling him a "prisoner to the gun lobby and the NRA" and accusing him of backing off a "call for stronger background check legislation.
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That skepticism grew after Warren released a plan in November to implement "Medicare for All" through multiple pieces of legislation rather than a single bill, backing off her alignment with Sanders on the health-care overhaul.
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" Schultz went a step further, rhetorically, first by calling any plan to wipe out public insurers "not American," then -- backing off that term -- describing Medicare for all an interview with CNN's Poppy Harlow as simply "unaffordable.
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The administration is also grappling with where to send Americans evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship who tested positive for the virus after backing off plans to quarantine them in a federal facility in Alabama.
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Not even the most centrist Democrats — senators like Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota — have shown the slightest sign of backing off from the key elements of the Affordable Care Act.
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In September, the Post, citing a House Democrat who met with Trump and a White House official, reported that Trump was backing off the idea of having private investors play a major role in infrastructure financing.
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The Patriots left their safeties deep for much of the game but kept switching the positions of their cornerbacks, keeping them in the Rams' wide receivers' faces on one series, and then backing off the next.
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Last year, it apparently wanted to place its logo on the cover of a forthcoming National Portrait Gallery book; an email reveals one employee backing off after some back-and-forth with the museum's director of communications.
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And while he made it clear Friday that he was not backing off that claim, Trump appeared cautiously optimistic that the FBI's latest announcement might finally yield the result he and his supporters have been clamoring for.
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Rio de Janeiro-based Petrobras has gone back and forth on plans to spin off or list BR Distribuidora over the past two years, backing off in part due to legal and operational challenges and investor skepticism.
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"We've already seen free trade as nearly dead in the United States with our candidates all backing off of any kind of free trade agreements," Diane Swonk, founder and chief economist of DS Economics, said on CNN.
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But former administration officials involved in the response to the story, speaking on the condition of anonymity, cited one reason above all others for backing off: the vice president's shaky emotional state over Beau's illness and death.
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His death and the subsequent murder of his top associate, Paolo Borsellino, were ordered by Mr. Riina and the five-member Cupola, the commission of mob bosses, which included Mr. Provenzano, to pressure prosecutors into backing off.
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But after prior mass shootings, like the deadly February 2018 shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas high school in Florida, Trump had promised to "fight" the NRA on gun restrictions before eventually backing off and dropping the issue.
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"Right now there is no indication whatsoever that officers are backing off in any way or not responding to calls or not dealing with people because of this issue," LAPD spokesman Josh Rubenstein told the LA Times.
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The CFPB's dismantling of the case against NDG is the latest example of the bureau backing off of payday loan companies accused of defrauding consumers — an industry that donated more than $60,000 to Mulvaney's past congressional campaigns.
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Pyongyang also launched a missile over Japanese airspace last week, in a signal to the U.S. that the country was not backing off of its aggressive behavior despite renewed economic sanctions by the United Nations Security Council.
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American Airlines is backing off of one of its stingiest rules for its cheapest seats: requiring passengers traveling basic economy to check their carry-on bags, and pay the $25 to $50 fees that come with it.
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He said in May he is open to raising taxes on the rich, backing off prior proposals to reduce taxes on all Americans and corporations by slashing rates even more deeply than Ryan and House Republicans would.
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In an escalating trade war between China and the United States, Trump warned there was much more he could do that would hurt China's economy further, showing no signs of backing off an escalating trade war with Beijing.
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Dlamini-Zuma says accusations that she is piggy-backing off Zuma are "insulting" given her career, first as a doctor to ANC leaders fighting apartheid and then as a cabinet minister under every South African president since 1994.
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"Short sellers have returned to U.S. gun makers after backing off last year, as surging sales driven by threats of tighter gun control saw Smith and Wesson shares rise 132 percent in 2015," the report released Friday said.
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"Given the Fed, the backing off of the concerns from Catalonia and the upcoming ECB meeting, the euro should already be higher today," said John Marley, head of FX strategy at Infinity international, a currency risk management firm.
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Gold edged lower on Friday, backing off the two week high struck in the previous session as the dollar stayed firm, but the yellow metal was still on track for its biggest weekly gain in nearly two months.
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Azar is trying to show that Trump is not backing off from his campaign promises to take on the drug industry, even though the plan no longer includes those big ideas, which Azar says would not work anyway.
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He doesn't think through his positions before he opens his mouth — instead, he makes comments seemingly at random, backs off if he gets criticized, then backs off on his backing off if he happens to hear some praise.
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A Grassley aide cited the reason as Flake not backing off his threat to vote against all pending nominees until he gets a floor vote on a bill to protect special counsels like Robert Mueller from political interference.
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In less than two weeks Trump will have to decide whether to waive economic sanctions as they relate to the the 2015 nuclear deal, which eased the sanctions in exchange for Iran backing off its nuclear weapons aspirations.
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Donald Trump is driving a wedge through the House GOP, showing no signs of backing off his now daily attacks on Paul Ryan, even as the Republican nominee's top congressional supporters urge him to stop the intraparty war.
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Violet makes a show of backing off, but only because she has spotted a new avenue to the Bagshaw manse, and it runs straight through Tom Branson, whose mild gaze and unclouded brow have somehow bewitched Miss Smith.
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While investors may be relieved over the easing trade tensions, many U.S. government and industry officials view President Donald Trump is backing off from his tough stance against what they see as China's unfair trade and market access practices.
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"Since the (Rio) Games and backing off the training and racing load I've found my arthritis has been 100 percent better and I've been able to get off all meds as well," he told the Adelaide Advertiser on Wednesday.
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Trump's comments Friday suggest the administration may be backing off those plans amid intense pressure from vaping advocates who say flavors help adults stop smoking cigarettes and that removing flavors would force vape shops around the country to close.
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GOP leaders seem to be backing off repeal-and-replace plans for the ACA after failing to do so in 2017, and Trump paid little attention to ACA and reproductive issues in last night's State of the Union address.
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At the time, Mr. Morales declared Mr. Velásquez a persona non grata and fired his foreign minister for refusing to carry out the order to expel him, before later backing off and saying he would obey the court's decision.
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A deepening inversion of the U.S. yield curve, considered a classic recession signal, raised fears of global economic downturn as the United States and China showed little signs of backing off their trade war that has roiled financial markets.
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The shift angered some progressives, who believed she was backing off her position, and emboldened moderates, who continued to rail against the program's cost and question whether it was a promise anyone could deliver on in a divided Congress.
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The main indexes were set to open slightly below record levels hit on Thursday, encouraged by signs the United States and Iran backing off further military actions in a conflict following the U.S. killing of a prominent Iranian general.
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Under Obamacare, people must buy insurance or pay a penalty enforced by the I.R.S. By backing off, the I.R.S. will encourage people to forgo insurance and take a chance that it will not seek more information or penalize them.
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Iran does not appear to be backing off and continues to engage in provocative behavior, according to a US official, who told CNN on Friday that Iranian small boats are preventing tug boats from towing away one of the damaged tankers.
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Trump said in May that he is open to raising taxes on the rich, backing off his prior proposals to reduce taxes on all Americans and breaking with Republican presidential nominees who have staunchly opposed tax hikes for almost three decades.
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The U.S. 2108.87-year Treasury yield hit its highest in more than four years at 20.3 percent on Monday before backing off that level and standing at 20.7129 percent in Tuesday's Asian trade and near a psychological 3 percent mark.
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Worth noting: Democrat Ron Wyden, a huge critic of the surveillance appartus, castigated Coats for backing off a pledge at his confirmation hearing to pursue data on how many Americans are caught up in the dragnet created by Section 702.
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The Institute of Medicine and the European equivalent of the American Heart Association (AHA), in the face of data that sodium restriction may in fact be harmful, have issued statements calling for backing off sodium restriction until we have better research.
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However, comments from the president Friday suggested officials may be backing off those plans, under pressure from vaping advocates who argue that flavors help adults stop smoking cigarettes and that removing flavors would force vape shops around the country to close.
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Bits A gentle reminder: The Justice Department backing off demands that Apple help it break the security of an iPhone six months ago does not mean law enforcement isn't still very interested in the information gathered and protected by tech companies.
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Backing off those claims has not been quick or easy, but it offers the chance to propose a head of government candidate less polarizing than either Di Maio or Salvini, though it's not yet clear who that person will be.
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Not to be confused with the lawn-maintenance term that also bears its name, edging is a technique for bringing yourself (or others, or all of you together!) to the brink of orgasm—the edge, if you will—then backing off.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue signaled on Tuesday that the Trump administration was backing off efforts to make major changes to the nation's biofuels program and may leave it to lawmakers to settle the divisive issue instead.
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Reports that the Trump administration was backing off its plans to enforce changes to the program caused ethanol credit prices to rise by 3 cents, coming off a one-year low of 38 cents earlier in the day, traders said.
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In the future, machines may adjust to a user's behavior — say, by showing its work when a person is trusting its advice too much, or by backing off if the user seems tried or stressed, which can make them less critical.
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But Mr. Trump is hardly backing off on his vow to scrap Nafta, and has found an unlikely ally in the powerful United Automobile Workers union, which represents hourly employees at G.M., Ford and Fiat Chrysler in the United States.
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The effect was instantaneous: the dog dropped my arm and let out a yelp, backing off to hover at the edge of the lawn and eye me warily, as if now, all at once, the rules of the game had changed.
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The Doral — which Mr. Trump proposed as the site of next year's Group of 7 meeting before backing off amid intense criticism — is emblematic of the financial pressure on Mr. Trump since he won the White House three years ago.
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Former Guatemalan vice president Eduardo Stein recalled that in the mid-1990s, Guatemala also said it would move its embassy to Jerusalem - before backing off amid threats from Arab nations not to import cardamom, which is used in Arabic coffee.
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F.D.A. Accuses Juul and Altria of Backing Off Plan to Stop Youth Vaping Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says the terms of the new partnership between the two companies appear to undermine pledges they made to keep flavored nicotine pods off store shelves.
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Many in the U.S. government and in industry are dismayed that Trump appears to be backing off his tough stance on forcing China to open its markets more and tackle what they see as China's unfair trade and market access practices.
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Interior Department will hike fees at the most popular national parks to $35 a vehicle, backing off a plan that would have cost visitors $70 a vehicle to visit Yellowstone and other well-known parks, the agency said on Thursday.
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Although all the evidence points to Siegel as the person in possession of the steroids, the D.A. is not backing off the drug charge against Desiigner, who was in the backseat and claims he had no idea drugs were in the vehicle.
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G7 walk back The President did defuse one potential political nightmare over the weekend -- backing off plans to hold next year's G7 summit at one of his Florida resorts, after his initial announcement caused outrage and claims of blatant self-dealing and corruption.
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US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday he was open to raising taxes on the rich, backing off his prior proposal to reduce taxes on all Americans and breaking with one of his party's core policies dating back to the 1990s.
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Trump eventually settled on threatening to impose tariffs on all Mexican goods as a way to pressure Mexico to step up its immigration enforcement efforts before ultimately backing off — but the solutions he proposed to his advisers in private were much more extreme.
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In an interview, Renner CFO and investor relations officer Laurence Gomes said the company was not backing off its plan to invest 620 million reais this year to open 70 new stores, even though it had only opened four in the first quarter.
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Travis Barker ain't backing off the bet he made with a TMZ photog over the big Brock Lesnar vs Mark Hunt fight at UFC 200 ... saying he's even picked out the spot where our poor bastard will have to get his tat.
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Beginning today, a group led by mid-sized oil refiners is running ads on Fox & Friends — a show the president is known to watch — that knock the administration for backing off changes to the national biofuels mandate called the Renewable Fuel Standard.
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The euro is now at $1.15135, backing off a tad from Tuesday's $1.1583, its highest level since May 2016 but still maintaining gains of 3.0 percent since ECB President Mario Draghi's Sintra speech and comfortably holding above the 1.15 line breached on Tuesday.
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Instead of backing off Prince Mohammed, the US hopes to capitalize on what it regards as new leverage with Saudi Arabia to end the brutal civil war in Yemen and ease a regional standoff with Qatar, according to multiple US and diplomatic officials.
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The diplomatic gamble did not pay off for Singapore, with the Trump administration retreating somewhat from President Barack Obama's more muscular pivot to Asia, and even the Philippines, which originally brought the case against China at the Hague, backing off from its claims.
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Still, Mr. Bannon showed no signs of backing off, appearing at a fund-raiser the next night for a challenger to Mr. Flake as Breitbart News, the website he runs, featured stories on his efforts to line up donors for other primary challengers.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. derivatives regulator on Monday proposed maintaining the existing cutoff for U.S. firms to register as swaps dealers, backing off an earlier plan that would have subjected more firms to stricter oversight under the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
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Mr. McMonagle sought to use Mr. Cosby's police interview to suggest that the entertainer had described a romantic, consensual relationship, one in which Mr. Cosby acknowledged backing off at one point when, the entertainer said, Ms. Constand balked at his sexual advance.
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Then on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration is backing off its plans to freeze fuel economy standards at 22017 levels and would instead consider a rule that mandates a small annual increase in fuel economy from carmakers.
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He endorsed Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanEmbattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway Latina leaders: 'It's a women's world more than anything' MORE's (R-Wisc.) primary opponent Paul Nehlen before backing off and offering a tepid endorsement of Ryan.
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Yang has succeeded so far by throwing out as many new ideas as possible: not just basic income, but federal marriage counseling, campaigning by hologram, backing off on medical circumcision, implementing new nuclear launch fail-safes, seemingly anything he decides is a good idea.
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According to three people familiar with the developments, Trump had previously emphasized a diplomatic solution to the crisis with Tehran, backing off a planned strike on Iranian positions last month, out of concern about civilian casualties and that US retaliation could escalate regional tensions.
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And the thing that I read, which may or may not be true overall, but I saw a piece where they were talking about the Nazi content in the first song and it felt like they were really backing off from saying it's about Nazism.
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In addition to backing off and pivoting off line to draw Canelo onto stiff jabs after exchanges, Golovkin started to meet Canelo head-on-head in a classical infight position, one which Canelo hasn't shown himself to be tremendously comfortable with in the past.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The British pound touched its lowest level in over two years against the dollar after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a hard divorce from the EU was in the cards, while stocks dipped globally with Wall Street backing off record highs.
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And now we see that he's already backing off of immigration and Obamacare and other things, so was it a big fake, which makes you feel it's even more disgusting and cynical that somebody would use that to get the base that fired up.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A surprisingly weak run of U.S. inflation data has investors backing off bets the Federal Reserve will meet its three targeted interest rate hikes this year, and has breathed fresh life into the bond market after a rough start to the year.
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Separately, shares of smaller miner Aurelia Metals gained 23 percent after it said on Thursday that it was no longer in talks about a possible acquisition of the CSA mine in New South Wales, backing off from plans to buy the Glencore Plcowned copper mine.
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One present-day soldier fighting coronavirus applies a World War II analogy to Trump's behavior: backing off social distancing now, while health care professionals struggle with existing cases, would be like withdrawing air cover for D-Day troops moving toward enemy fire at Normandy.
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Studies indicate that piracy can often act as a form of "invisible competition," prompting everyone from the cable TV sector to the video game industry to try a little harder, be it offering better streaming TV services, or backing off obnoxious DRM or monetized DLC.
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Ammann didn't indicate that GM was getting all of it major decisions out of the way before the year is in the history books, but he did agree that the carmaker isn't backing off from the urgency that it's shown since its bankruptcy in 2010.
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The big picture: A source with knowledge of the situation told Axios' Jonathan Swan that the Chinese had been backing off of agreements the U.S. negotiating team believed they had already made, injecting heightened uncertainty into what was supposed to be the last stretch of trade talks.
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In retrospect, Moscow's tactics appeared orchestrated: first threatening to match the explosions announced by the Obama administration the previous day, then, in seeking to appear magnanimous -- even extending an invitation to the children of American diplomats in Washington to a Christmas party at the Kremlin -- backing off.
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News reports that Trump tried to cajole former FBI Director James Comey into backing off an investigation into Flynn's ties with Russia have raised partisan ire in Washington and increased expectations that Trump, barely 27 days into his first term, won't make it through his four years.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar fell against the euro and yen on Wednesday, backing off a 14-year high against a basket of currencies with investors cautious about increasing bets on the greenback without fresh clues on the U.S. economy and the timing of interest rate increases.
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If Trump plays that game of agreeing to something and then backing off, she has the talent to unify her caucus so that they have a unified message to take to the American people — because in cases like that, only the American people can set matters straight.
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"That's why we always look so good at the end, because we're still getting stronger, or at least maintaining, where other teams are not lifting, possibly, or they're backing off because they want to stay fresh for the tournament," said Kimball, the strength and conditioning coach.
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The president, who is eager for a win on drug prices ahead of his reelection bid, shows no signs of backing off (The Hill) > Tax returns: Here are the latest developments in various lawsuits over the release of Trump's tax filings and financial records (The Hill).
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Chinese yuan held its earlier gains in offshore markets on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News there was much more he could do that would hurt China's economy further, suggesting no signs of backing off a growing trade war with Beijing.
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At the time when a Gallup poll found that 63 percent of Americans worry "a great deal" about the safety of their drinking water, the EPA is also backing off an Obama-era rule that extends federal protection to water sources such as wetlands and major river tributaries.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has become increasingly sensitive to criticism that he's backing off his signature promise to build a wall along the US-Mexico border, three sources familiar with his concern tell CNN, as aides fear the administration's chances for securing funding for it have sunset.
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But if the crown prince's power appears unchallenged inside the kingdom, Mr. Erdogan also made clear Tuesday that he has no intention of backing off what appears to be an escalating campaign to discredit the crown prince in the eyes of much of the rest of the world.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump declined on Wednesday to commit to being interviewed by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating whether his campaign colluded with Russia to sway the 2016 election, backing off his statement last year that he would be willing to talk to Mr. Mueller under oath.
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PHILADELPHIA — The Trump administration has brought a man suspected of belonging to Al Qaeda to the United States to face trial in federal court, backing off its hard-line position that terrorism suspects should be sent to the naval prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, rather than to civilian courtrooms.
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Pompeo is not backing off conspiracy theory Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who as CIA director presumably had access to the intelligence community assessment that it was Russia that interfered in the 2016 US election, again cast doubt on that idea Tuesday, following an emerging pattern among Trump's defenders.
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Gingrich, whose husband, Newt, has been a top supporter of Trump, said Tuesday in her testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Trump wants to maintain "our clean air and our clean water" and that "we aren't backing off of that" commitment, according to The Associated Press.
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Meanwhile, President Donald Trump, who last week had been insistent on making bigger bore changes to the nation's gun laws -- universal background checks, raising the age to buy a rifle from 18 to 21 - now seems to be backing off slightly amid public opposition from the National Rifle Association.
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It's been a real journey for President Donald Trump and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon in recent years, and this week, the billionaires' back-and-forth continued, with the bank executive initially declaring he thinks he could beat the president in the 22020 election and then later backing off.
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Al Green forced a floor vote to move toward impeaching President Trump, House Democrats who pushed for and supported impeachment now say they have other avenues to build a case against the president, and are backing off of their former initiatives now that they will be the majority party in January.
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It was a relief to hear that Democrats are backing off from delaying a full House vote on articles of impeachment until after Thanksgiving because that would be game time for Trump, who will argue that voters will decide at the ballot box rather than circumvent an election year impeachment.
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Trump had said on Twitter that China appeared to be backing off on a pledge to buy U.S. farm goods, and he warned that if China stalled in the hope that he wouldn't win re-election in the November 2020 U.S. presidential contest, the outcome will be worse for China.
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Just a couple minutes in, speedy Kunlun winger Oleg Yashin rushed the puck through the neutral zone, backing off the Admiral Vladivostok defenders, creating a surge in the crowd... and he dumped it in, which was exactly the right thing to do because the Red Star were on the penalty kill.
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The issue could be a political win for the former New York City mayor, who is preparing to launch a bid for the Democratic nomination for president: He has long invested his personal fortune to fight tobacco use, while President Trump is backing off his promised ban on flavored e-cigarettes.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump insisted on Tuesday that he remained committed to his hotly disputed plan to build a wall along the Mexican border, despite backing off a demand that the project be funded in a short-term spending measure that must be passed by Friday to avoid a government shutdown.
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The presidents of Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi congratulated Tshisekedi in a series of Tweets on Sunday, echoing the Southern African Development Community (SADC) - a bloc that includes South Africa and Angola - which also called for the transition of power to remain peaceful, backing off from earlier calls for a recount.
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There are essentially two hypothesized versions of the Ferguson effect: One is that Black Lives Matter protests have scared law enforcement officers from doing the proactive policing necessary to prevent crime, while at the same time criminals have been emboldened because they now know police are backing off from aggressive tactics.
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There are essentially two hypothesized versions of the Ferguson effect: One is that Black Lives Matter protests have scared cops from doing the proactive police work necessary to prevent crime, while at the same time criminals have been emboldened because they now know police are backing off from aggressive tactics.
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Photo: GettyIn a move that is surely in no way related to Mark Zuckerberg getting grilled by Congress for two days over the company's flippant approach to user privacy, Facebook is backing off its opposition to a piece of legislation in California that would strengthen privacy protections for citizens of the state.
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"USCIS and the Pentagon ending expedited naturalization at BCT locations is very, very disappointing because the Army used this incentive as a recruiting tool and are now backing off their promise," said Harminder Saini, a 24-year-old US Army recruit who immigrated from India and was recruited for his fluency in Punjabi.
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When asked about President Donald Trump, he spoke with emotion about how he hoped everyone could agree a "pathological liar" should not be president; in his closing statement, he practically begged for more comity in the country, without backing off his insistence that the rich need to do more to provide for working families.
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Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, who signed off on the subpoena to Trump Jr., told his colleagues that the panel has been engaged in talks with Trump Jr. since last December, and that he had agreed to voluntarily be interviewed on two separate occasions before backing off, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Chris MurphyChristopher (Chris) Scott MurphyGOP signals unease with Barr's gun plan Trump administration floats background check proposal to Senate GOP Senate confirms two Treasury nominees over Democratic objections MORE (D-Conn.) — that he wants to look at expanded background checks but then backing off and arguing that mental illness is the main issue to tackle.
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I mean I think this is a real be careful what you wish for a moment for Republicans who have spent decades being able to campaign against abortion but are reading the same polls that we&aposre reading, which is why you have Leonard Leo backing off, which is, most Americans actually really support this rule (ph).
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As talks were just beginning on Tuesday, Trump said on Twitter that China appeared to be backing off on a pledge to buy U.S. farm goods, and he warned that if China stalled negotiations in the hope that he wouldn't win re-election in the November 2020 U.S. presidential contest, the outcome would be worse for China.
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He said the Queen catalog has made him a better singer and inspired him to take better care of his voice — while he felt comfortable backing off a high note in one of his own songs when necessary, he doesn't like to disappoint Queen fans who expect to hear a song the way they know it from the radio.
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The fact that Google took the rare step of backing off Pentagon contracts worth, executives hoped, potentially up to $250 million due in large part to employee revolt makes it even more striking that the company had an unspecified number of gig workers tasked with building the drone AI program who did not and could not know what they were building.
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Kissinger could negotiate three disengagement agreements between Israel, Egypt and Syria by backing off of a pro-Israel script and the urgency of the war; Carter could broker an Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty by clearly meeting Sadat's needs, but only because Egyptian leaders were ready to cut a separate deal and jettison the Palestinians and Syrians, thus playing to Israel's requirements, too.
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Specifically, as pitched in the bureau's written report released last week, the proposed changes would: The wish list comes on the heels of a variety of other moves the Trump-appointed director has made since taking over in November, including: delaying implementation of a rule affecting so-called payday lenders and backing off various lawsuits against companies accused of wronging consumers.
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Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiDemocrats request testimony from Trump's former Russia adviser Trey Gowdy joins Trump's legal team Tillis says impeachment is 'a waste of resources' MORE (D-Calif.) is hoping that Trump will endorse her plan introduced last month to allow the secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower drug prices, something Trump supported in his 2016 campaign before backing off.
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"This is admittedly a step in the right direction, I'm happy that EA is backing off of at least paid progression through loot boxes — I'm only sorry that it took such a large backlash from all parties involved to get them to do something positive for the gaming community, giving us what we suggested in the first place," Vargas wrote in an email.
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"The fact that he's now backing off so quickly, within a matter of weeks, indicates the insincerity in which the first statement was made," Duke University corporate governance and securities law expert James Cox told the AP."Tesla investors must realize that they have a panicky, erratic, possibly self-destructive CEO at the helm," Yale School of Management professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld told the Times.
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Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisHarry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Warren offers plan to repeal 1994 crime law authored by Biden Sanders leads Democratic field in Colorado poll MORE, a Democratic presidential candidate, "Medicare for All" legislation could completely eliminate all private forms of coverage (though she seems to be backing off this provision in recent comments).
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Abbas told the Democratic delegation, which was brought to Ramallah by progressive U.S. lobbying group J Street, that in order to renew the dialogue with the Palestinians, the Trump administration must announce it is accepting a two-state solution and backing off Trump's declaration that Jerusalem is "off the table" — a statement that was understood by the Palestinians to be a sign that the U.S. doesn't support their aspirations for a capital in East Jerusalem.
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The equity market is a highly liquid market and one can expect wheels to fall off sometime in 2019 in response to QT. A downdraft of 15 percent or more in equity prices may be necessary before Fed officials will consider backing off QT. In April 2007, then-Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that subprime housing issues would be limited at a time when the Fed was running a tight monetary policy.
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Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoAfghan president vows to take revenge after Islamic State attack on wedding The Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters Latest pro-democracy rally draws tens of thousands in Hong Kong MORE said Sunday that the Trump administration has no intent of backing off its aggressive trade policies toward China, saying the administration is "going to win" a trade war between the two nations.
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Pelosi's office hopes support from President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump conversation with foreign leader part of complaint that led to standoff between intel chief, Congress: report Pelosi: Lewandowski should have been held in contempt 'right then and there' Trump to withdraw FEMA chief nominee: report MORE, who previously touted drug price negotiation before backing off the idea, will help get the measure through Republicans in Congress, who traditionally oppose allowing the government to negotiate drug prices.
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Beto O'RourkeBeto O'RourkeO'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession 28503 Democrats feel more emboldened to label Trump a racist Hillicon Valley: O'Rourke proposal targets tech's legal shield | Dem wants public review of FCC agreement with T-Mobile, Sprint | Voters zero in on cybersecurity | Instagram to let users flag misinformation MORE has offered conflicting messages on 'Medicare for all,' drawing fire from progressive activists who accuse him of backing off an idea they say he once supported.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpDem lawmaker says Nunes threatened to sue him over criticism Parnas: U.S. ambassador to Ukraine removed to clear path for investigations into Bidens Five takeaways from Parnas's Maddow interview MORE indicated in an address from the White House on Wednesday that Iran and his administration may be backing off from military conflict, though in recent days he has warned the Iranian government against the killing of demonstrators as well as the development of nuclear weapons.
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Trump said he would aim to cut regulations by as much as 75% -- including by slashing environmental protections -- which would streamline the process for companies to build new factories in the US. Trump's warning to business leaders came several hours before he was set to sign an executive order withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, making good on a signature campaign promise that also sent signals around the world that Trump is not backing off his protectionist trade rhetoric.
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During the past two weeks of the mass Chelsea Clinton hysteria, Donald Trump is deporting people (including DREAMers who were allegedly not going to bed deported), still saying the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border get built despite backing off of funding demands, playing chicken with Canada, looking at legalize drilling and mining at U.S. national monuments, potentially sparking a bigger conflict with North Korea and facing increased scrutiny that he or his team colluded with Russia during the election.
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Well-known TV figure Bill Nye "the Science Guy" is not backing off plans to attend President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE's first State of the Union address Tuesday night, but his appearance is not meant to be an endorsement, his company says.
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Even as the nation faces a coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration isn't backing off its threat to deport any unauthorized immigrants anywhere in the US. Under pressure from lawmakers and advocates, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement had initially announced major changes to its enforcement priorities effective Wednesday night for as long as the coronavirus pandemic persists: The agency said it will only target immigrants who pose a public safety risk and who have committed serious crimes and would not carry out enforcement actions at health care facilities.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpOvernight Defense: Ex-Navy secretary slams Trump in new op-ed | Impeachment tests Pompeo's ties with Trump | Mexican president rules out US 'intervention' against cartels EXCLUSIVE: 2020 Dem Andrew Yang releases tax returns Giuliani calls Trump to say he was joking about 'insurance policy' MORE is backing off his 2016 campaign pledge to negotiate drug prices for Medicare with pharmaceutical companies, drawing fire from Democrats after months of talks on the issue with Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiOvernight Energy: Protesters plan Black Friday climate strike | 'Father of EPA' dies | Democrats push EPA to abandon methane rollback Youth protesters plan Black Friday climate strike GOP lawmaker boasts 'overwhelming bipartisan support' for USMCA trade deal MORE (D-Calif.).
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellThe Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' Tensions between McConnell and Schumer run high as trial gains momentum No. 2 GOP leader eyes Wednesday of next week for possible votes on witnesses MORE (R-Ky.), in the face of strong criticism from Democrats, is backing off his proposed requirement that House impeachment managers and President TrumpDonald John TrumpMnuchin knocks Greta Thunberg's activism: Study economics and then 'come back' to us The Hill's Morning Report - House prosecutes Trump as 'lawless,' 'corrupt' What to watch for on Day 3 of Senate impeachment trial MORE's lawyers each fit their opening arguments into two-day windows.
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White House counselor Kellyanne ConwayKellyanne Elizabeth ConwayIllinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Trump health chief: Officials actively 'working on' ObamaCare replacement plan Campaign aide: Trump asking questions shared by 'millions of Americans' with Epstein conspiracy theory MORE on Wednesday said that President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE would "take a look" at a short-term funding measure to keep the government open, but insisted that the administration was not backing off its demands for funding for a wall along the southern border.
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