Friday 29 March 2019

Politics A.M.: How Trump dodged a Mueller interview — and a subpoena fight

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A Mueller mystery: How Trump dodged a special counsel interview — and a subpoena fight
The president's legal team conducted an extensive pressure campaign to keep him from coming face-to-face with federal investigators — fearful he would perjure himself.
'The Russia hoax is finally dead': At Michigan rally, Trump declares victory in Mueller investigation
The president attacked Democrats and the news media for "a sinister effort" to sabotage his 2016 election.
 
Federal judge strikes down Trump administration rule allowing 'skimpy' health insurance plans
The decision by Judge John Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia called the Labor Department regulation an 'end-run' around the Affordable Care Act.
Trump administration authorized nuclear energy companies to share technological information with Saudi Arabia
The authorizations occurred even though Saudi Arabia has not agreed to anti-proliferation rules.
 
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Swamp creatures silently protest at confirmation hearing of Trump Interior pick
As David Bernhardt testified Thursday, a green, unblinking swamp creature was watching attentively from the second row, visible just over his right shoulder.
 
'AOC sucks!': Donald Trump Jr. points his father's followers to a new villain, and a new rallying cry
The audience in Grand Rapids, Mich., broke into the crude chant as the president's eldest son, who declined this week to rule out a political bid of his own, assailed the 29-year-old freshman congresswoman.
 
Trump says GOP senators are working on an Obamacare replacement and it will be 'spectacular'
The issue was resurrected this week when the president said Republicans would be the "party of health care."
Analysis
Power Up: It's not just Special Olympics. Trump's budget cuts other disabilities programs
Democratic lawmakers and disabilities advocates are concerned it's part of a pattern.
 
 
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Analysis
The Trailer: Democrats look to be cooling on litmus tests
In this edition: Democratic pledge fatigue, the Kavanaugh wars return in Wisconsin, and the DCCC gets tough.
 
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Kamala Harris's careful answer on jailing parents whose kids missed school
No parents were jailed while she was San Francisco's district attorney. But what happened when she was California's attorney general?
 
Supreme Court stops execution because of religious concerns, a contrast to last month
Justices say Texas can't execute an inmate without his Buddhist spiritual adviser.
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The murder of an alleged gangster on Staten Island loops in an unexpected figure: QAnon
The Post spoke with the murder suspect's attorney.
 
 
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