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

á           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

á           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

á           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 $200million 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