Two days after the Republican National Committee (RNC) moved to not update the GOP’s platform from the 2016 convention, President Trump tweeted that he prefers “a new and updated Platform.”
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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s forthcoming memoir claims President Trump’s “transgressions” went well beyond the Ukraine saga that led to his impeachment and alleges that “reelection calculations” drove the president’s major decisions, according to a press release for the book.
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Judges on a D.C. appeals court Friday seemed skeptical of arguments that they should force a federal judge to dismiss a case against President Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as sought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) — after Flynn’s lawyer said the case was “concocted” and slammed previous “government misconduct” against him.
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People attending President Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Okla., next Friday – the president’s first since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the country three months ago – must agree not to sue the Trump re-election campaign if they contract the virus.
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A Democratic congressional candidate shrugged off the looting that marred the George Floyd protests in some cities, pushing back against the use of military tactics by police and suggesting it was worth it if it would help “fix our nation.”
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President Trump, in an extensive interview with Fox News, said he’s “fine” with Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley’s move to express regret for accompanying the president during a photo op last week at Lafayette Square — while defending his own actions that day.
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, says reforming the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is paramount to protecting U.S. citizens’ right to privacy, warning that if a president of the United States can fall victim to misconduct, so can the average American.
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Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson said he’s “never seen” anything like the backlash he’s facing from some students and staff at his school, who are calling for him to be fired for a blog post he wrote that fact-checked and criticized elements of the George Floyd-related protests.
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Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., on Thursday said that he is sending oversight letters to a number of Democratic governors who sent coronavirus patients into nursing homes and asked Democrats to join him in getting to the bottom of the issue.
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Top Democrats who cheered on “Black Lives Matter” crowds across the U.S. are now criticizing President Trump for planning to restart his campaign rallies, saying the events — which are scheduled to kick off June 19 in Tulsa, Okla. — could help spread the coronavirus.
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