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GOP Sens. John Cornyn (Texas) and Thom Tillis (North Carolina) are blocking Todd Blanche's nomination to become attorney general.
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President Trump said Thursday he may temporarily withdraw his nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general after two Republican senators, John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, said they would not vote to advance Blanche's nomination until they received written assurances that he would limit some of the terms in the controversial deal reached between the Department of Justice and President Trump to settle his personal lawsuit against the IRS.
Blanche, currently acting attorney general, is "refusing to make a clear commitment that American tax dollars aren't going to go to the rioters of January 6th," says Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna. "He's refusing to make a clear commitment that Trump's family could still be held liable for violating financial laws."
Khanna also speaks about his ongoing efforts to bring justice for survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, about which he says Blanche "has been the biggest obstacle to justice," his recent trip to the occupied West Bank where he was detained by armed Israeli settlers and more.
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Democrats are calling for an ethics investigation into Republican Congressmember Max Miller of Ohio, who is facing allegations of domestic abuse as he runs for reelection. Miller's ex-wife Emily Moreno, daughter of Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, claims that Miller burned her by throwing hot water at her, held a gun to her head and fractured their 2-year-old daughter's collarbone. Miller is also accused of abuse by former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, who was in a relationship with Miller prior to his marriage to Moreno.
Mother Jones obtained around 2,000 pages of court filings and police reports pertaining to Miller, which include allegations dating back to high school. "There is an established pattern of multiple women claiming that they were abused by Congressman Max Miller," says Abby Vesoulis, national politics reporter for Mother Jones.
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In standing in the way of Todd Blanche, President Trump's choice for attorney general, a liberated Senator John Cornyn is wielding his leverage.
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The bipartisan bill is a long way from becoming law, but it represents the strongest opposition yet from Congress to the administration's agenda.
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In theory, the War Powers Act gives Congress the power to end a war. But our chief White House correspondent, Peter Baker, describes how President Trump is the latest president to find ways to engage in war without congressional approval.
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Even after winning approval of a measure calling on President Trump to end the war, they continue to call votes to force Republicans to answer for it.
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There was no immediate comment from Hamas or Israel, though the Board of Peace said Hamas had agreed to a "road map" to give up its weapons.
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The rulings deepen a split across the judiciary, making it more likely that the Supreme Court will consider the legality of detaining undocumented immigrants indefinitely.
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Declassified evidence points to Beijing seeking personal data for espionage, not election interference.
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John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the nominee for attorney general of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump's suit against the agency.
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A bipartisan bill in the Senate would allow President Trump to impose tariffs on the biggest importers of Russian energy.
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The president pressed the GOP to embrace his latest allegations, but many candidates kept their focus on issues they see as more salient to voters.
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 Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersThis is the week Donald Trump's fitness for office finally became an issue.
It wasn't, as we all have been shocked to discover, the treason or the rape or the 34 felony counts or the impeachments that did it though. In fact, the moment Trump crossed the line from extremist maniac to extremist maniac who appears to need round-the-clock care, soft foods and an early bedtime, was not caused by any of his traditional acts of recklessness or mayhem.
Perversely, in fact, what ultimately did him in may turn out to have been the fact that most Americans didn't think he could get any worse as a dancer than he has been all his adult life…and then he did.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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