Monday,
Oct. 29
á
Homeland Security and Pentagon officials said they will
send 5,200 troops, military helicopters and spools of razor wire to the Mexican
border in the coming days in anticipation of the arrival of Central American
migrants President Trump is calling Òan invasion.Ó https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/white-house-prepares-large-troop-deployment-to-deter-migrant-caravan/2018/10/29/e13a360e-db84-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html?utm_term=.f04cbd561b3d&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1
Tuesday, Oct. 30
á
In a television clip, Trump said he will
sign an executive order that would seek to end the right to U.S. citizenship
for children born in the United States to noncitizens. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-eyeing-executive-order-to-end-citizenship-for-children-of-noncitizens-born-on-us-soil/2018/10/30/66892050-dc29-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html?utm_term=.284d0c203782&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á
The Washington Post reported that congressional leaders
from both parties — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis.,
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader
Nancy Pelosi, D.-Calif. —
have all declined invitations to join Trump on a visit to Pittsburgh, where he
arrived shortly after funerals for the 11 people killed in SaturdayÕs shooting
at the Tree of Life Synagogue.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/30/despite-calls-stay-away-trump-heads-pittsburgh-after-synagogue-massacre/?utm_term=.6cd2525d87ea&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1
á
The Wall Street Journal reported that Special counsel Robert
MuellerÕs investigators are examining comments by Roger Stone — a
longtime Trump adviser — about WikiLeaks during
a series of conference calls he hosted in 2016, according to a witness in the
probe and another person familiar with the matter. https://www.wsj.com/articles/mueller-investigators-probe-roger-stone-conference-calls-1540899120?mod=hp_lead_pos4
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Interior Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall has
referred a probe into Interior Secretary Ryan ZinkeÕs
conduct to the Justice Department. https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/10/30/zinkes-own-agency-watchdog-just-referred-him-justice-department/?utm_term=.a06b0d3fcab1
á
House Speaker Paul Ryan, in a radio interview,
rejected TrumpÕs idea of ending birthright citizenship by executive order. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-eyeing-executive-order-to-end-citizenship-for-children-of-noncitizens-born-on-us-soil/2018/10/30/66892050-dc29-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html?utm_term=.aec0ba7833bf
Wednesday, Oct. 31
á
In a tweet, Trump said Ryan, the House speaker, Òshould
be focusing on holding the Majority rather than giving his opinions on
Birthright Citizenship, something he knows nothing about!Ó https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-presses-on-with-case-to-end-birthright-citizenship-one-way-or-the-other/2018/10/31/bcd69dc2-dd12-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html?utm_term=.662a100c5496&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1
á
Trump told reporters he may
send between 10,000 and 15,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexican border to keep
migrants out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/ahead-of-midterm-elections-trump-says-he-may-send-15000-troops-to-us-mexico-border/2018/10/31/9e7740ec-dd4a-11e8-aa33-53bad9a881e8_story.html?utm_term=.3de65e4120c9
Thursday, Nov. 1
á
The Justice Department announced a broad new initiative
to combat what it says is mounting criminal economic activity by China,
announcing the plan as U.S. officials unsealed charges against several
individuals and Chinese and Taiwanese companies for trade-secret theft. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/with-new-indictments-us-launches-aggressive-campaign-to-thwart-chinas-economic-attacks/2018/11/01/70dc5572-dd78-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html?utm_term=.9484ae7b4d90&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1
Friday, Nov. 2
á
The U.S. Treasury Department lifted sanctions on two Turkish officials
targeted in retaliation for the countryÕs detention of an American pastor
released last month. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-02/u-s-lifts-sanctions-on-turkish-officials-after-pastor-s-release?srnd=politics-vp
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The Supreme Court refused to delay an upcoming trial in
which a number of states and civil rights organizations allege there was an
improper political motive in Commerce Secretary Wilbur RossÕs decision to add a
citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Although all justices did not publish
their decisions, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch
would have granted the delay. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-allows-trial-on-census-citizenship-question-to-go-forward/2018/11/02/48fed12e-ddfa-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html?utm_term=.8f28643048a4
á
The Supreme Court refused to halt a lawsuit filed by 21 young
Americans that attempts to force the federal government to take action on
climate change, turning down a request from the Trump administration to stop it
before trial. Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch
would have stopped the suit. The other justices did not indicate how they
voted. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-refuses-to-block-kids-climate-lawsuit-against-us-government/2018/11/02/34bd7ee6-d7af-11e8-83a2-d1c3da28d6b6_story.html?utm_term=.806db8b9d83d
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U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte
denied TrumpÕs request to stay a lawsuit alleging he is violating the
Constitution by doing business with foreign governments, a decision that paves
the way for plaintiffs to seek information about customers at his hotel in the
District. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/judge-denies-trumps-request-for-stay-in-emoluments-case/2018/11/02/aa87611c-dec8-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html?utm_term=.394520eb02e9
á
U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross ruled Friday GeorgiaÕs
Òexact matchÓ voting procedures were likely to result in the violation of
voting rights for over 3,000 people and needed to be halted immediately. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/03/judge-rules-against-brian-kemp-over-georgia-voting-restrictions-days-before-gubernatorial-election/?utm_term=.4d9193f7622a&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Saturday,
Nov. 3
á
The Washington Post reported that the total price of
TrumpÕs military deployment to the border, including the cost of National Guard
forces that have been there since April, could climb above $200 million by the end of 2018.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trumps-border-deployments-could-cost-200-million-by-year-end/2018/11/02/9798d7b6-deeb-11e8-aa33-53bad9a881e8_story.html?utm_term=.687b4e959667&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Sunday, Nov. 4
á
The New York Times reported that internal government documents
produced in a lawsuit about a citizenship question on the next census, show
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross pressured the Justice Department to request the
question, not the other way around, as Ross testified to congress in
March. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/us/wilbur-ross-commerce-secretary.html