California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) says he’s under investigation by the Justice Department. Is that a political gift or a political problem? Vice President Vance is leading the U.S. talks with Iran. Is that a political opportunity or roadblock? Plus, Democrats gather in Chicago to celebrate former President Obama’s legacy and the recent dedication of…
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The Supreme Court is set to deliver opinions Tuesday morning as it looks to clear its docket before summer recess. Rulings in several high-profile cases are expected to be announced before July. New York, Maryland and Utah are holding primary elections Tuesday, and South Carolina will host its primary runoffs. All eyes are on New…
Vice President JD Vance had no qualms about releasing all mention of Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files when he convened a Situation Room “war room” with other members of the president’s inner circle.According to New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, during an appearance on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” White House chief of staff Susie Wiles had to forcefully tell the veep that there was no way that everything was going to be released, including an “unsubstantiated” accusation that Vance insisted should be included.Appearing on MS NOW to promote their “Regime Change” Trump administration tell-all being released on Tuesday, the pair of White House reporters were asked about the use of the Situation Room and why the secretive meetings were convened there.“So this meeting comes to try to figure out how to deal with something they cannot get away with, and that Donald Trump keeps getting asked about it,” Haberman explained. “The problem for them is the President doesn't want to hear Epstein, he would say, he would snap at anybody who would bring it up, and so they have several meetings in the Situation Room.”“We capture just a few of them and the ones that we capture were almost exclusively about how to handle this in a way that deals with their boss, that protects him, that doesn't stoke further conspiracies, that doesn't hurt themselves, frankly, politically, so we describe,” she elaborated. “You know, this is a huge meeting. The first one that we describe it's the vice president, it is the White House chief of staff, it is the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, White House counsel, comms officials. I mean. The list is long and they are talking about what to do now.”“Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair, says something to the effect of, with all due respect, it's the comms strategy of this group that got us into this, and you know there needs to be an actual plan here on how to how to get out of this,” she added."JD Vance, the whole time, wanted to release everything, including unsubstantiated Information, including unsubstantiated information about Donald Trump,” she continued to explain as co-host Joe Scarborough interrupted and pointed out, “Which was abusing a woman.”“There was a second-hand allegation that was, I want to be clear, was already public,” Haberman replied. “And I want to be clear that I'm not saying he abused a woman,” Scarborough pointed out. “What I'm saying is, what shocked me was that JD Vance had this unsubstantiated charge of Donald Trump abusing a minor and told Susie Wiles in the group, in your book, told Susan Wiles, ‘Oh, we need to release it all, he'll be fine releasing it,’ and Susie was, ‘No, he won't.'”“Yeah, and that's just one of the moments of many where JD Vance seems to be strangely disconnected from Donald Trump inside this book,” Scarborough observed. - YouTube youtu.be
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An invitation to Donald Trump to sit down with Republican members of the Senate for a luncheon on Wednesday came with warnings from a handful of attendees that they have no intention of being bullied into proceeding with his GOP election bill known as the SAVE America Act.According to Politico reporting by Jordain Carney, several outgoing GOP senators who have clashed with Trump are planning to attend the closed-door lunch—convened by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)—to deliver "a reality check" to the president about the futility of his elections bill crusade.Senate Republicans have grown increasingly frustrated with Trump's fixation on the elections bill and are openly questioning aspects of his Iran deal and, according to the report, are well aware of his habit of blindsiding them with sudden policy reversals which are undermining their ability to preserve their Senate majority in November.Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who recently lost his bid for a fifth term to a Trump-endorsed challenger, is signaling he'll be there to make clear that things are not going well for the bill and the party, telling reporters this week "I'm going to be there front and center. It will be important if it actually is a constructive exchange of different opinions, and hopefully we can all get on the same page. Right now, we're not in a great place.""I've been around here long enough and been through enough battles and counted enough votes to know that it doesn't just magically occur, no matter how much you wish it would happen," he warned.He won't be alone. Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA)—both departing the Senate in part due to Trump-backed primary opponents—said Monday they will also attend and urge Trump to "move on.""I'm a co-sponsor, but it doesn't have the votes, and so it's time to talk about something else," Cassidy bluntly suggested.Tillis agreed and added, "We need to be honest with the president. So why don't we spend more time being productive about how we communicate, when we communicate, and get some of these very pressing issues done?"According to Politico's Carney, the vote math is brutal and unforgiving. Test votes on the SAVE America Act have failed to attract more than 48 supporters, though a narrower voter ID bill managed 50 votes—still far short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a certain Democratic filibuster. Several GOP senators, including Mitch McConnell (R-KY ) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), have objected to "the precedent the bill would set by nationalizing election procedures."When asked about eliminating the filibuster to pass the bill, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) acknowledged it's a non-starter. "It does always come back to the math. And there just aren't the votes to do it," he said.
Voters in Maryland are weighing in on a slate of House primary elections Tuesday. Rep. Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) retirement has opened the seat representing the 5th Congressional District for the first time since 1981. Expected to stay in Democratic hands this fall, state delegate Adrian Boafo and former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker lead…
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, is circulating a plan among Senate Republicans to avoid another government shutdown later this year so that they can discuss it when President Trump meets with GOP senators Wednesday. Scott, who invited Trump to lunch in the Capitol, says Democrats are unlikely to help…