Monday,
Nov. 5
á
The Washington Post reported that youth turnout rates in the
midterm early vote are up by 125 percent compared to 2014. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/powerup/2018/11/05/powerup-will-there-be-a-youth-wave-early-voting-points-to-yes/5bdf5c391b326b39290545bd/?utm_term=.6ce4200d08c0&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á
Politico reported that Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is running for House Republican
Conference chair no matter what happens in TuesdayÕs election.
Tuesday,
Nov. 6
á
By Tuesday night, it was known that Democrats
won control of the House of Representatives and flipped at least 7
governorships, but Republicans retained control of the Senate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/midterm-elections-voters-head-to-the-polls-with-control-of-congress-at-stake/2018/11/06/26931840-e14a-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html?utm_term=.5bde2baae147&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1
Wednesday,
Nov. 7
á
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy launched a bid for minority
leader. He already faces a challenge from his right from Rep. Jim Jordan
(R-Ohio), one of the founders of the House Freedom Caucus. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/07/jordan-challenge-mccarthy-minority-leader-971042?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=00000158-890d-dfd4-ad7b-c96fadf30001&nlid=964328
á
President Donald Trump threatened to retaliate with a Òwarlike
postureÓ should the new Democratic House majority use its subpoena power to
launch investigations into possible corruption in his administration or
investigate his personal finances or conduct in office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attempts-to-take-victory-lap-despite-republicans-losing-house/2018/11/07/8cec8226-e2a7-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html?utm_term=.23943c951bd0&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1
á
The White House suspended the press credentials of CNN
reporter Jim Acosta after Trump took issue with questions Acosta asked at a
news conference. The move is believed to be a first for any White House. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/08/white-house-suspends-press-pass-cnns-jim-acosta-after-testy-exchange-with-trump/?utm_term=.1ea27d114865&wpisrc=al_trending_now__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1
á
Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned, reportedly at TrumpÕs
request. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-resigns-at-trumps-request/2018/11/07/d1b7a214-e144-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html?utm_term=.df9dde814b98
á
The Miami New Times reported that Matthew Whitaker, Jeff SessionsÕ
chief of staff whom Trump said is taking over as acting Attorney General, was involved in a Miami-based
invention-marketing company the Federal Trade Commission shut down last year
after calling it a scam. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/trumps-acting-attorney-general-matthew-whitaker-was-part-of-world-patent-marketing-a-miami-based-invention-scam-company-10893091
Thursday, Nov. 8
á
Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District Court in Montana
temporarily blocked construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline,
ruling that the State Department ignored crucial issues of climate change to
further the presidentÕs goal of letting the pipeline be built. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/09/keystone-xl-pipeline-blocked-by-federal-judge-major-blow-trump-administration/?utm_term=.c725f63b8a5c&wpisrc=al_news__alert-national&wpmk=1
á
The Trump administration introduced new measures to deny
asylum to migrants who enter the country illegally, invoking national security
powers. Immigrant advocacy groups say U.S. laws clearly extend asylum
protections to anyone who reaches the United States and expresses a fear of
persecution, no matter how they enter the country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-to-tighten-asylum-rules-as-caravans-approach/2018/11/08/69a06a08-e2a7-11e8-a1c9-6afe99dddd92_story.html?utm_term=.8e7626fe63ee
á
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
9th Circuit ruled that Trump cannot immediately end
the DACA program, because the reasoning given for ending the program was based
on an erroneous view of what the law required. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-cant-end-daca-appeals-court-says-setting-up-supreme-court-fight/2018/11/08/4a76f928-e386-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html?utm_term=.b10a42b93b10
á
The Washington Post reported that Acting Attorney
General Matthew G. Whitaker has no intention of recusing
himself from overseeing the special-counsel probe of Russian interference in
the 2016 election, in spite of the fact that he has written opinion pieces
about the investigation and is a friend and political ally of a grand jury
witness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trumps-acting-attorney-general-matt-whitaker-has-no-intention-of-recusing-from-russia-probe-associates-say/2018/11/08/a5bc8d90-e370-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html?utm_term=.d04f51b01dd7
á
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized for three
broken ribs she experienced in a fall in her office the night before. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/08/ruth-bader-ginsburg-fall-974096?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=00000158-890d-dfd4-ad7b-c96fadf30001&nlid=964328
á
CNN accused White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee
Sanders of posting an altered video to suggest CNN White House correspondent
Jim Acosta inappropriately made contact with a White House intern over control
of a microphone. The video was used as justification for revoking AcostaÕs
press pass to the White House. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/08/cnn-white-house-altered-video-975080?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=00000158-890d-dfd4-ad7b-c96fadf30001&nlid=964328
Friday, Nov. 9
á
The Associated Press reported that in 2007, the
political career of Matt McCoy, IowaÕs first openly gay senator, was derailed
by a politically motivated federal prosecution brought by then U.S. Attorney
Matthew Whitaker, who on Wednesday was named acting attorney general by Trump. https://apnews.com/1daee7a9392c4938be4545a00f78fc61
á
A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit ordered Robert Mueller, as well as attorneys trying to shut
his investigation down, to file new legal briefs that explain how this weekÕs changes
at the Justice Department could influence their case. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/09/mueller-sessions-whitaker-doj-shakeup-979657?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=00000158-890d-dfd4-ad7b-c96fadf30001&nlid=964328
á
Border Patrol agents arrested 23,121 migrant family
members in October, the highest one-month total on record. In total, Customs
and Border Protection arrested or deemed inadmissible nearly 61,000 along the
Mexico border in October, far more than any other month since President Trump
took office. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/border-arrests-surged-to-highest-levels-of-trump-presidency-in-october/2018/11/09/60b76082-e46d-11e8-a1c9-6afe99dddd92_story.html?utm_term=.7ead701c2f30&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1
Saturday, Nov. 10
á
Trump distanced himself Friday from Acting Attorney
General Matthew Whitaker amid intensifying scrutiny of WhitakerÕs controversial
legal views and business entanglements, saying he had not spoken with Whitaker
about the Mueller investigation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-distances-himself-from-whitaker-amid-scrutiny-over-past-comments-and-business-ties/2018/11/09/c77b7388-e44c-11e8-8f5f-a55347f48762_story.html?utm_term=.d76420e52817&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á
The White House announced Trump and the first lady, in
Paris for ceremonies to honor those who fought in World War I, had scuttled
plans, due to bad weather, for their first stop in the weekendÕs remembrance
activities — a visit to the Aisne Marne American Cemetery, marking the
Battle of Belleau Wood. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/trump-and-macron-meet-whats-left-to-talk-about/2018/11/10/680a014c-e1ec-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html?utm_term=.b4c9ccfb5c09&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
á
The close Senate race in Florida, which is expected to
trigger a recount, prompted Republicans, including Trump and Senate candidate
Rick Scott, to allege election fraud was tilting the outcome against them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/prospect-of-another-recount-in-florida-provokes-partisan-battle/2018/11/09/b513aa12-e447-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html?utm_term=.dad70e5317db&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
Sunday, Nov. 11
á
French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a rebuke of TrumpÕs ÒAmerica
firstÓ approach to international affairs at a ceremony commemorating the 100th
anniversary of the end of World War I, saying ÒNationalism is a betrayal of
patriotism.Ó https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/macron-warns-against-nationalism-apparent-rebuke-trump-wwi-commemoration-n934906