The Trump administration reconsiders abrupt denials of deportation exemptions for health care https://t.co/0tfAiOGspC?amp=1
Author: Matt C.
‘It’s a mafia, a garbage gang, criminals’
‘It’s a mafia, a garbage gang, criminals’ https://t.co/tV2e19oa3I?amp=1
Another hit for Texas Republicans:
Bill Flores announces he will not seek reelection.
“When I originally announced that I was running for Congress in 2009, I was firm in my commitment that I would run for 6 or fewer terms. After much prayer over the past few days and following conversations with my wife, Gina…I have decided that my current term will be my last.” https://t.co/37ZmRK22f2?amp=1
YouTube
YouTube fine is beginning to illustrate the schisms at the FTC between three GOPers and two Dems over a) settlement concessions, and what the starting pt for negotiations should be, and b) the agency’s existing power, and how much is needed to be tougher https://t.co/f8UJklSLcP?amp=1
US State Department
US State Department sounds like it’s in fine, fine shape https://t.co/wuaIXnHHqV?amp=1
Netanyahu
Who needs a cabinet? Netanyahu appoints himself welfare minister, the fourth cabinet ministry position he now holds in addition to prime minister. https://t.co/H8wiQmUYdP?amp=1
Brexit
After Boris Johnson’s stinging defeat in his first parliamentary vote on Brexit, U.K. lawmakers promised to complicate his plan for a swift general election https://t.co/FMVbWjFQ8K?amp=1
ICYMI
ICYMI: Here was the 10-page John Doe letter arguing against unsealing of non-parties in the Jeffrey Epstein litigation. https://t.co/z44Vm4wFxF?amp=1
BeltandRoad
As China expands its interests along the BeltandRoad, the need for military protection arises https://nbr.org/…/securing-the-belt-and-road…/
Check out the new NBR Special Report to see just how China is securing its overseas interests and what that means for the United States and its allies
Pence
Pence officials said on the record that the president suggested Pence stay at his hotel. Later in the day Pence’s office called stories quoting those statements false and blamed the press. https://t.co/pH35wOoScn?amp=1
NEW: Trump, Pence, & aides have repeatedly invoked the Secret Service when explaining why they stay in Trump resorts, arguing that it’s easier for law enforcement to secure them. But Secret Service vets say that’s not true, and can actually make it harder. https://t.co/BXVpUyycZj?amp=1