Monday, Nov. 6
á A new Post-ABC poll shows voters favor Democrats over Republicans in 2018 House midterms by widest margin in years. http://wapo.st/2Ac5JsZ
á Bloomburg reported that
a
Russian lawyer who met with President Donald TrumpŐs oldest son last year says
he indicated that a law targeting Russia could be re-examined if his father won
the election. Trump Jr. reportedly asked her for written evidence that illegal
proceeds went to Hillary Clinton's campaign, evidence she says she doesnŐt have.
https://bloom.bg/2y94Lxb
á Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 32, ordered
the arrests of four ministers and 11 princes, following a weekend roundup that
arrested dozens, including 11 of his royal cousins. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/world/middleeast/saudi-crown-prince-purge.html?emc=edit_nn_20171106&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=81621366&te=1&_r=0
Tuesday, Nov. 7
á Democrats won
the governorŐs mansions in New Jersey and Virginia and won multiple seats in
the Virginia House, with recounts expected to determine the ultimate control of
the House. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/republicans-seek-new-path-after-failure-of-gillespies-trumpism-without-trump/2017/11/07/3afb9144-c3e7-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html?utm_term=.daee6c427b12&wpisrc=al_trending_now__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1,
http://bit.ly/2zqYX5r
á Maine became the first state to approve Medicaid expansion by popular
vote, with the measure passing by a 59 percent vote. http://bit.ly/2hkLx4o
á The Air Force
says it failed to follow policies for alerting federal law enforcement about Texas
shooter Devin P. KelleyŐs violent past, which allowed the former service
member, who killed at least 26 churchgoers Sunday in Sutherland Springs, Tex.,
to obtain firearms. http://wapo.st/2lYgvkl
á Elections result
in Democrats now controlling all branches of state government along the three West
Coast states. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-now-control-all-branches-of-government-along-the-west-coast/2017/11/09/09b99d78-c406-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html?utm_term=.cc7fea8ae188&wpisrc=al_politics__alert-politics&wpmk=1
Wednesday, Nov. 8
á Politico reported that Obamacare sign-ups during
the first week of open enrollment is about double the pace of last year,
despite Trump cuts to advertising and to the length of the sign-up period. http://politi.co/2zpsuKN
á The Washington
Post reported that Devin Kelley, the gunman who killed 26 people in a small church
outside San Antonio on Sunday, had escaped from a mental health facility in
2012 after he was caught sneaking guns onto an Air Force base Ňattempting to
carry out death threatsÓ against military superiors. http://wapo.st/2j8JvoB
á The Trump
administration announced new restrictions on American travel and trade with
Cuba, reversing policy changes President Trump announced five months ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/white-house-implements-new-cuba-policy-restricting-travel-and-trade/2017/11/08/a5597dee-c49b-11e7-aae0-cb18a8c29c65_story.html?utm_term=.6965c7007456&wpisrc=al_news__alert-world--alert-national&wpmk=1
á EPA
Administrator Scott Pruitt said a newly released government report that lays
most of the blame for the rise of global temperatures to human activity won't
deter him from continuing to roll back the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, a major
rule aimed at combating climate change. 'We're taking the very necessary step
to evaluate our authority under the Clean Air Act and we'll take steps that are
required to issue a subsequent rule. That's our focus,' Pruitt said in an
interview with USA TODAY Tuesday. 'Does this report have any bearing on that?
No it doesn't. It doesn't impact the withdrawal and it doesn't impact the
replacement.'" https://usat.ly/2j9MzAW
Thursday, Nov. 9
á More than 1,200
former Capitol Hill staffers signed a letter asking congressional leaders to
overhaul the sexual harassment policies on Capitol Hill. http://politi.co/2iIetA9
á Senate
Republicans announced a tax plan that would preserve deductions like the
mortgage interest deduction and medical expenses, and postpone a corporate rate
cut to 2019, but it would eliminate the state and local tax deduction
entirely. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/us/politics/facing-math-trouble-house-panel-races-to-adjust-tax-bill.html?emc=edit_nn_20171110&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=81621366&te=1
á Leigh Corfman said Alabama Senatorial candidate Roy Moore
initiated sexual contact with her when she was 14 years old and he was a
32-year-old assistant district attorney.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/woman-says-roy-moore-initiated-sexual-encounter-when-she-was-14-he-was-32/2017/11/09/1f495878-c293-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?utm_term=.92a69b11c7ea
á Matthew Dunlap,
Maine Secretary of State and a Democratic member of the Presidential Advisory
Commission on Election Integrity filed suit in federal court in Washington, DC,
alleging that the CommissionŐs Republican leadership has intentionally excluded
him from deliberations and violated federal transparency laws.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/42559-trump-voter-fraud-commission-is-sued-by-one-of-its-own-commissioners
Friday, Nov. 10
á The Wall Street Journal reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is
investigating an alleged plan involving former White House National Security
Adviser Mike Flynn to forcibly remove a Muslim cleric living in the U.S. and
deliver him to Turkey in return for millions of dollars. http://on.wsj.com/2ArSGnv
á A military jury
sentenced a former Marine drill instructor to 10 years in prison and a
dishonorable discharge for subjecting Muslim recruits to verbal and physical
abuse, including one young man who committed suicide after an especially
troubling encounter.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/11/09/military-jury-convicts-marine-drill-instructor-who-targeted-muslims/?utm_term=.d1a86a8e6f98&wpisrc=al_news__alert-national&wpmk=1
á Two Republican
senators — Steve Daines (Mont.) and Mike Lee
(Utah) — withdrew their endorsements of Roy Moore after an interview with
Sean Hannity, in which Moore did not rule out the
possibility he dated teenage girls while he was in his 30s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/national-republican-senatorial-committee-ends-joint-fundraising-agreement-with-roy-moore-campaign/2017/11/10/f393278c-c62e-11e7-84bc-5e285c7f4512_story.html?utm_term=.490e5f6ed711&wpisrc=al_politics__alert-politics&wpmk=1
Saturday, Nov. 11
á Rolling Stone reported that Saudi Arabia
threatened military conflict with Iran following a missile strike into the
country from neighboring Yemen, where for the past several years the Saudis
have been engaged in a brutal war against tribal forces allegedly aligned with
Iran.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/46797-does-trump-want-a-new-middle-east-war
Sunday, Nov. 12
á Former CIA director John Brennan on CNN said Trump
was being either na•ve, ignorant or fearful when he said he believed Russian
President Vladimir Putin when he said that Russia did not interfere in the 2016
election. http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/46826-focus-former-cia-director-trump-is-afraid-of-putin-kompromat