Will be interesting to see how frequently this happens tomorrow: “The agents were rejected by people at the residences because they didn’t have warrants”
The U.S. Army is monitoring Vindman’s security and is prepared to move him and his family to a local military base if necessary following his impeachment testimony.
The fact that the House impeachment was completely partisan was a vital WH talking point. Romney removing Trump's ability to say the same in the Senate is huge, and now very eager to see/read Trump's reaction.
Roche says its test has proven 100% accurate at detecting Covid-19 antibodies in the blood, and 99.8% accurate at ruling out the presence of those antibodies.
“Eight former students who attended the prestigious school during Mr. Epstein’s short tenure there said that his conduct with teenage girls had left an impression that had lingered for decades.”
A lot of the "Beto lost because he did X wrong" stories seem predicated on the notion that a generic D might've done better, or that the race was close more because of Cruz's weakness than O'Rourke's strength. I don't agree. Generic Dems have a terrible recent track record in TX.
"A newly uncovered video shows Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg in 2019 describing transgender people as an 'he, she, or it' and 'some guy in a dress' who enters girls’ locker rooms"
President Trump would need sweeping legal victories for any chance at contesting Joe Biden’s election victory. Many of the lawsuits they have filed so far are limited in scope, making them unlikely to produce large vote swings even if successful.
The White House just sent out the text of the executive order. It creates a task force to recommend how and where to create this new garden. And it specifies the statues that should be in the park (including Antonin Scalia):
Inbox: Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly will hold a series of live events in Florida and Texas in December, dubbed "The History Tour," where Trump will "provide a never before heard inside view of his administration."
NEW: Some officials at the Pentagon said they would be willing to meet off site with members of the Biden team should the standoff extend into December. “January is too late,” one defense official said.
At WaPo event, John Bolton says Trump “may well have withdrawn from NATO” in a second term, and that Putin “was waiting for that.” Bolton says he, Pompeo and Esper were “appalled” by Trump’s policies in Ukraine.
Geoffrey S. Berman, who headed the Manhattan office, says in a book the Justice Department pushed cases, against John Kerry and others, to help Mr. Trump.
A-Rod just said on the Yankees-Nats broadcast: “Dr. Anthony Fauci, a former point guard from New York, a hero to so many, he’s been playing point guard for the nation.”
“It’s like Covid-19 theater,” one scientist says. The plexiglass barriers installed at the vice-presidential debate to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus probably won’t help, according to experts.
NEWS: Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Rudy Giuliani stood to personally profit from a Ukrainian natural-gas business pushed by two associates
NEWS: President Trump in a July phone call repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden ’s son, urging Volodymyr Zelensky about eight times to work with Rudy Giuliani.
This week, a group of policy experts assigned to every major government agency will begin laying plans to implement Mr. Biden’s agenda, according to a Biden transition official.
Kyrsten Sinema tells
@elizacollins1
why she won't budge on scrapping or even changing the filibuster rule: “When you have a place that’s broken and not working, and many would say that’s the Senate today, I don’t think the solution is to erode the rules.”
Whether you're for or against calling witnesses, it's worth noting that this principle described by Rubio was not followed during the Clinton impeachment. The Senate took videotaped testimony from Lewinsky, Jordan and Blumenthal, none of whom testified to the House.
Just asked Sen Rubio if he‘d vote to subpoena Bolton. “I wouldn’t because..I believe you should be constrained by the information that those articles are based on..if the House wants to start a new impeachment inquiry or..add additional elements to it that’s their choice to make”
Time for some **personal news**:
After 5 wonderful years at
@nationaljournal
I'm very excited to be joining
@WSJ
as Politics Editor in the Washington Bureau.
“Those who have had at least one shot of a coronavirus vaccine, a significant majority of likely voters, support McAuliffe by 14 points. Those who have not received even one vaccine dose back Youngkin by 77 points.”
NEW: Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her husband, New York Stock Exchange Chairman Jeffrey Sprecher, purchased and sold about $1.4 million in stocks in the midst of the coronavirus market panic.
In Missouri, Georgia, Ohio and now Nebraska, Republican men running for high office face significant allegations of domestic violence, stalking, even sexual assault — accusations that once would have derailed any run for office.
“Well, somebody is lying." A Michigan Republican spent eight months searching for evidence of election fraud, but all he found was lies,
@TimAlberta
reports.
GOP election lawyer Ben Ginsberg says on CNN that there's no way for Trump to do what he just claimed he would do — go to the Supreme Court and ask for it to stop the counting of ballots.
A private security company is recruiting a “large contingent” of former U.S. military Special Operations personnel to guard polling sites in Minn. on Election Day as part of an effort “to make sure that the Antifas don’t try to destroy the election sites”
Just to recap, this person allegedly: 1) Plagiarized in her novel; 2) Plagiarized in her confessional essay about plagiarizing her novel; and 3) Specifically plagiarized a guy who writes about plagiarism (the author of the website Plagiarism Today)
“Mr. Trump’s behavior led to such mistrust within intelligence agencies that officials who gave him classified briefings occasionally erred on the side of withholding some sensitive details from him.”
"Hours before she was set to speak at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, Mary Ann Mendoza took to Twitter and urged her followers to investigate a supposed Jewish plot to enslave the world."
People who know/cover Ryan always thought he’d win re-election back home and then resign in November or December. What changed? Maybe the fact that he faced an expensive, possibly tough race in Wisconsin. Not worth that effort if he’s quitting anyway.
Kodak "shared information about an agreement between the company and the Trump administration with media outlets before the public announcement. Some media companies then published that information before deleting it after a request from the company."
Both things can be true:
1) The idea of the summit has merit and everyone should root for its success.
2) If Obama were having this meeting (particularly w/ these photos) Republicans would be flipping out about it.
Colby College poll shows Sara Gideon essentially tied with Susan Collins (43-42), and Gideon leads among women (49-36). And 39% of independents said they're less likely to voter for Collins because of her Trump acquittal vote, compared to 13% who are more likely to vote for her.
When Mr. Giuliani went to the bathroom at one point, one of his confidants turned to Mr. Kiriakou and suggested Mr. Giuliani could help. But “it’s going to cost $2 million — he’s going to want two million bucks”
The irony here is that France isn’t supposed to “pay for NATO” (that’s not how NATO works)—it’s supposed to spend more of its own $$ on defense. Which is basically what Macron is saying Europe should do. And that’s making Trump mad.
Emmanuel Macron suggests building its own army to protect Europe against the U.S., China and Russia. But it was Germany in World Wars One & Two - How did that work out for France? They were starting to learn German in Paris before the U.S. came along. Pay for NATO or not!
Watch:
@FoxNews
host asks
@marcorubio
if he wants to “clarify” his remarks calling Kim Jong Un a weirdo who starved his own people, Rubio: There is nothing to clarify.
NEWS: The rally in Washington’s Ellipse that preceded the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was arranged and funded by a small group, including a top Trump campaign fundraiser and donor, and facilitated by far-right show host Alex Jones.
In 20 years in DC, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen so many sources apparently eager to embarrass one prominent official as with Scott Pruitt. It’s impossible to keep up.
NEW: Americans by a 2-to-1 margin are more troubled by the actions of police in the killing of George Floyd than by violence at some protests, poll finds
WH officials were worried Australian PM Scott Morrison would bring his controversial pastor and "mentor," Brian Houston, with him on his US visit,
@vmsalama
reports. Morrison eventually agreed not to.
Tales from quarantine: My WiFi cut out completely during an important work call this morning because ... the kids unplugged the router so they could plug in a toy train. Worth it?
“Government power was used to spy on American citizens,” Mr. Barr told The Wall Street Journal, in his first interview since taking office in February. “I can’t imagine any world where we wouldn’t take a look and make sure that was done properly.”