AG William Barr Appoints US Attorney to Look Into Origins of FBI Probe
Barr has appointed John Durham for the assignment, according to the New York Times.
Five things we learned from the NYT’s investigation into Trump’s taxes - The Boston Globe
Since the 2016 presidential campaign, journalists at The New York Times and elsewhere have been trying to piece together Donald J. Trump’s complex and concealed finances. Now The Times has obtained 10 years of previously unrevealed figures from the president’s federal income tax returns.
House Judiciary Committee votes to hold Barr in contempt - The Boston Globe
WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the Democrats’ extraordinary legal battle with the Trump administration over access to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia report.
The vote capped a day of ever-deepening dispute between congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump, who for the first time invoked the principle of executive privilege, claiming the right to block lawmakers from the full report on Mueller’s probe of Russian interference to help Trump in the 2016 el
Democrats pull Mashpee Wampanoag bill after Trump tweets opposition - The Boston Globe
President Trump weighed in against the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s plan to build a $1 billion casino in Taunton on Wednesday, and shortly afterward Democrats pulled a bill from the House floor that would have allowed the controversial project to move forward.
The legislation would protect the federal designation of Wampanoag parcels held in trust by the US government as reservation land, which is required for opening a tribal casino.
Trump aims to temper concern over China tariffs: 'We are right where we need to be' | TheHill
MORE insisted Sunday that the U.S. is “right where we need to be” regarding trade with China after the administration imposed a new round of tariffs last week.
“Remember, they broke the deal with us & tried to renegotiate. We will be taking in Tens of Billions of Dollars in Tariffs from China.
Kudlow contradicts Trump, says China isn't paying tariffs on goods going into US | TheHill
White House economic adviser MORE, saying he didn't disagree with the characterization that China is not paying the tariffs on goods coming into the U.S.
Kudlow made the comments after Fox News anchor Trump tweeted.
New tariffs are not paid by the Chinese government but rather U.S. importers of impacted Chinese goods.
Trump boxed in on trade | TheHill
MORE is in a trade mess.
His new trade deal to replace the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is bogged down in Congress with little chance of passing, while the China deal he promised more than a year ago is quickly unraveling.
The administration on Friday increased tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, raising the prospect of retaliatory measures from China, and Trump is due to make a decision Saturday on whether to place tariffs on automobile imports.
Congressional Republicans are frustrated that the new NAFTA deal, known as the United States-Mexi
Trump lashes out at Dem talk of 'constitutional crisis' | TheHill
MORE (N.Y.), last week made the assertion that the country is experiencing a constitutional crisis.
Nadler made his comments after his panel voted to hold Attorney General MORE in contempt for failing to turn over an unredacted version of Mueller's final report.
"We’ve talked for a long time about approaching a constitutional crisis.
A more disciplined Biden learns not to take the bait | TheHill
When a woman screamed “You can hug and kiss me anytime!” to MORE at a campaign rally in Las Vegas this week, the candidate looked like had more to say.
A laughing Biden, caught off guard, paused and looked down at his lectern. A few seconds later, he simply responded with the sign of the cross.
“That’s very nice, thank you,” he finally offered, still chuckling.