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| CNN sues Trump administration after White House bans reporter – live | |
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| Trump’s private schedule doesn’t just have “executive time” any more. Apparently, “policy time” has been added as well. | |
| A new thing on Trump’s private schedule that I haven’t seen before: in addition to some “executive time” today, he has two blocks of “policy time.” | |
| Olivier Knox, the president of the White House Correspondents Association, has issued a statement on the lawsuit. | |
| The White House Correspondents’ Association strongly supports CNN’s goal of seeing their correspondent regain a US Secret Service security credential that the White House should not have taken away in the first place. Revoking access to the White House complex amounted to disproportionate reaction to the events of last Wednesday. We continue to urge the Administration to reverse course and fully reinstate CNN’s correspondent. | |
| The President of the United States should not be in the business of arbitrarily picking the men and women who cover him. | |
| The lawsuit filed by CNN and Jim Acosta is now posted online. You can read it here. | |
| A new poll of potential Democratic candidates in 2020 shows a splintered field with no candidate getting more than a quarter of the vote. | |
| The poll from Morning Consult and Politico shows Joe Biden leading the pack at 26%, Bernie Sanders second at 19% and Beto O’Rourke in third place at 8%. The poll shows how divided Democrats are nationally without any clear frontrunner. | |
| CNN is suing the Trump administration over the revocation of reporter Jim Acosta’s White House pass. | |
| The lawsuit comes a week after Acosta was banned and the White House used a doctored video to justify this. | |
| On Monday night, Amy Totenberg, a federal judge in the northern district of Georgia, ruled that the state’s election results cannot be certified before Friday. | On Monday night, Amy Totenberg, a federal judge in the northern district of Georgia, ruled that the state’s election results cannot be certified before Friday. |
| The order was prompted by a lawsuit brought by the non-profit Common Cause to ensure that provisional ballots would be counted in the Peach state. Georgia election officials had been preparing to certify the results of the race as early as Wednesday, six days before the deadline to do so. | The order was prompted by a lawsuit brought by the non-profit Common Cause to ensure that provisional ballots would be counted in the Peach state. Georgia election officials had been preparing to certify the results of the race as early as Wednesday, six days before the deadline to do so. |
| There may be another shakeup in the Trump administration. | There may be another shakeup in the Trump administration. |
| The Washington Post reports that Trump is preparing to fire Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary. | The Washington Post reports that Trump is preparing to fire Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary. |
| Trump has long been unhappy with Nielsen, a close ally of the White House chief of staff, John Kelly, who was her predecessor at DHS. However, dismissing her now would force confirmation battles for two key law enforcement positions in the next Senate with the attorney general vacancy as well. | Trump has long been unhappy with Nielsen, a close ally of the White House chief of staff, John Kelly, who was her predecessor at DHS. However, dismissing her now would force confirmation battles for two key law enforcement positions in the next Senate with the attorney general vacancy as well. |
| Monday night, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema was declared the winner in Arizona’s Senate race. Sinema bested Republican Martha McSally in a tight race between two female members of Congress. Her win also is the second Senate seat picked up by Democrats in the 2018 midterms after Jacky Rosen bested incumbent Republican Dean Heller in Nevada. | Monday night, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema was declared the winner in Arizona’s Senate race. Sinema bested Republican Martha McSally in a tight race between two female members of Congress. Her win also is the second Senate seat picked up by Democrats in the 2018 midterms after Jacky Rosen bested incumbent Republican Dean Heller in Nevada. |
| So far, Republicans have picked up three Senate seats in Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota and are leading in Florida. | So far, Republicans have picked up three Senate seats in Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota and are leading in Florida. |
| Good morning. Arizona has a new senator, Florida still is in the middle of a recount and Donald Trump is angry at France. It’s Tuesday in American politics. | Good morning. Arizona has a new senator, Florida still is in the middle of a recount and Donald Trump is angry at France. It’s Tuesday in American politics. |