Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined Wednesday to explicitly rule out deploying federal agents to polling places, saying only that he would "follow the law." Why it matters: Lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's use of federal agents near polling places are setting up a legal fight over whether those deployments violate federal protections against voter intimidation . What they're saying: When Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) asked whether Blanche would "commit to following clear federal law" by not deploying armed federal agents to polling places, Blanche replied that he would "commit to following the law … no matter what it includes." - Klobuchar also asked if he understood why federal agents are a concern to voters,…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined Wednesday to explicitly rule out deploying federal agents to polling places, saying only that he would "follow the law." Why it matters: Lawsuits challenging the Trump administration's use of federal agents near polling places are setting up a legal fight over whether those deployments violate federal protections against voter intimidation . What they're saying: When Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) asked whether Blanche would "commit to following clear federal law" by not deploying armed federal agents to polling places, Blanche replied that he would "commit to following the law … no matter what it includes." - Klobuchar also asked if he understood why federal agents are a concern to voters,…Open
A measure to prevent any State Department funding from going to Israel failed by a decisive margin in a House vote on Wednesday. Why it matters: The vote exposed deep divisions among House Democrats, with even the party's top two leaders taking divergent positions. - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and 97 other Democrats voted against the amendment, along with 215 Republicans. - But Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) — along with 102 other Democrats and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the measure's sponsor — voted for it. By the numbers: The amendment to the State Department funding bill ultimately failed in a 104-314 vote, with 10 members voting "present." Catch up quick: At issue for many Democrats was that the…
A measure to prevent any State Department funding from going to Israel failed by a decisive margin in a House vote on Wednesday. Why it matters: The vote exposed deep divisions among House Democrats, with even the party's top two leaders taking divergent positions. - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and 97 other Democrats voted against the amendment, along with 215 Republicans. - But Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) — along with 102 other Democrats and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the measure's sponsor — voted for it. By the numbers: The amendment to the State Department funding bill ultimately failed in a 104-314 vote, with 10 members voting "present." Catch up quick: At issue for many Democrats was that the…Open
No Bird Left Behind: Firefighters in Oakland, California, administered oxygen to a pigeon after noticing the bird was struggling to breathe due to smoke inhalation from a nearby car fire. After clearing out its lungs, the bird flew away shortly after.
The U.S. has reinstated its blockade of Iranian ports through the Strait of Hormuz as Iran threatens to disrupt additional energy routes across the region.
Brand-new data from Decision Desk HQ projects Democrats have a 62% chance of winning control of the House, picking up 12 seats in the lower chamber. The desk projects Republicans have a 57% chance of maintaining control in the Senate, though there's a chance there could be a 50-50 split between the parties there. NewsNation's Tom Dempsey reports. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Rick de la Torre says it is impossible to know how many victims were involved in the MKUltra program because former CIA Director Richard Helms destroyed many documents back in 1973. Watch this full episode of "The Truth of the Matter": https://youtu.be/XSPWIX9p9VA #CIA #MKUltra #experiments
