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12 Nov 2021, 3:00 am
MSN – Josh Dawsey, Isaac Stanley-Becker, and Michael Scherer (Washington Post) | Published: 11/9/2021 One day after rioters ransacked the Capitol in a bid to overturn the 2020 election, Republican lobbyist Geoff Verhoff sent an email to top GOP officials. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 3:00 am
How the Republican National Convention Came Undone MSN – Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey, and Annie Linskey (Washington Post) | Published: 7/24/2020 The chaotic unraveling of the Republican presidential nomination convention bears many of the hallmarks of the tumultuous Trump presidency: the public dismissal of scientific expertise, allegations of political conspiracy, and advisers run ragged to carry out a task that was next to impossible from the start. [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal America’s Governors Get Tested for a Virus That Is Testing Them New York Times – Manny Fernandez, Rick Rojas, Shawn Huber, and Mike Baker | Published: 7/13/2020 Governors have always been judged on their disaster responses, but the coronavirus wreaking havoc across the country these days does not recede like floodwaters and cannot be tamed by calling out the National Guard. [read post]
23 Jun 2023, 4:00 am
National/Federal Capitol Rioter Who Shocked Police Officer with Stun Gun Is Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison Associated Press News – Michael Kunzelman | Published: 6/21/2023 Daniel Rodriguez, who drove a stun gun into a police officer’s neck during one of the most violent clashes of the U.S. [read post]
18 Mar 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal Biden Doles Out Ethics Waivers at Greater Clip Than Trump, Watchdog Reports Washington Examiner – Andrew Kerr | Published: 3/16/2022 President Biden pledged to lead “the most ethically rigorous administration in history,” but his administration has excused top officials from federal ethics regulations at a greater rate than Donald Trump, a watchdog group reported. [read post]
5 Mar 2021, 3:00 am
‘It’s Donald Trump’s Party’: How the former president is building a political operation to cement his hold on the GOP MSN – Josh Dawsey and Michael Scherer (Washington Post) | Published: 2/27/2021 Any doubts about Donald Trump’s primacy in the Republican Party have been settled in recent weeks by the parade of petitioners he has welcomed to his Florida club. [read post]
2 Jul 2021, 4:00 am
Trump’s Endorsements: Revenge against enemies, rewards for friends and purveyors of election falsehoods MSN – Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) | Published: 6/26/2021 How aggressively former President Trump should involve himself in the 2022 midterm elections is a question gripping his orbit as he positions himself for a potential run in 2024. [read post]
16 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal Asian American Super PAC Launches Operation to Improve Understanding of Fastest-Growing Electorate MSN – Colby Itkowitz and Amy Wang (Washington Post) | Published: 4/11/2021 The AAPI Victory Fund super PAC, the top political organization representing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, announced the creation of a new nonprofit group aimed at developing a greater understanding of the nuanced population that has long been excluded from conversations about issues such… [read post]
30 Jun 2023, 4:00 am
National/Federal How Judges Navigate Offers of Free Lunch, Trips and NBA Tickets Bloomberg Law – Zoe Tillman (Bloomberg News) | Published: 6/25/2023 Recent controversies over perks accepted by Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have raised questions not only about the justices’ conduct off the bench and what they disclose to the public, but also about how the judiciary broadly enforces ethics. [read post]
28 May 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal Biden Justice Department Fights Release of Legal Memo on Prosecuting Trump Politico – Josh Gerstein | Published: 5/24/2021 The Department of Justice released more of a key memorandum concluding former President Trump did not commit obstruction of justice through his alleged attempts to thwart federal investigations, including special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia. [read post]
13 Aug 2021, 4:00 am
National/Federal DeJoy Maintains Financial Ties to Former Company as USPS Awards It New $120 Million Contract MSN – Jacob Bogage (Washington Post) | Published: 8/6/2021 The U.S. [read post]
16 Jul 2021, 12:00 am
California – California Supreme Court Will Be Asked to Grant Extra Time for State’s Redistricting Panel Yahoo News – John Myers (Los Angeles Times) | Published: 7/14/2021 California’s redistricting commission will ask the state Supreme Court to give the panel two extra weeks to draw political maps this fall and winter, saying a delay from the federal government in providing new census data will oth [read post]
24 Jun 2022, 4:00 am
Liberal Groups Devote Millions to Blocking GOP Election Deniers MSN – Michael Scherer (Washington Post) | Published: 6/22/2022 Pouring liberal donors’ money into the midterms to elect Democrats is hardly novel. [read post]
13 Jan 2023, 3:00 am
How Kevin McCarthy Survived the GOP Revolt to Become House Speaker MSN – Isaac Arnsdorf, Mariana Sotomayor, Michael Scherer, and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) | Published: 1/8/2023 Months of posturing and saber-rattling at last gave way to serious talks on changing how the new House would operate, which eventually led to Kevin McCarthy winning the speakership. [read post]
18 Feb 2022, 3:00 am
National/Federal Arizona GOP Rep. [read post]
5 Apr 2024, 6:00 am
National/Federal From Pizzagate to the 2020 Election: Forcing liars to pay or apologize Las Vegas Sun – Elizabeth Williamson (New York Times) | Published: 4/2/2024 Michael Gottlieb, a partner at the firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher and a former associate counsel in the Obama White House, is at the forefront of a small but growing cadre of lawyers deploying defamation, one of the oldest areas of the law, as a weapon against a tide of political disinformation. [read post]
26 Apr 2024, 3:00 am
Chief Justice John Roberts was among at least five members of the court who did not appear to embrace the claim of absolute immunity that would stop special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump on charges he conspired to overturn his 2020 election loss. [read post]
22 Nov 2019, 3:00 am
” RNC to Hold Winter Meetings at Trump Resort That Was Considered for G-7 Summit MSN – David Fahrenthold and Michael Scherer (Washington Post) | Published: 11/18/2019 The Republican National Committee will hold its winter meetings at President Trump’s Doral golf course in’Florida next year, awarding another of the party’s most lucrative events to the president’s private business. [read post]
17 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm
Potential Family Conflicts Arise for Joe Biden and Aides as His Administration Drafts New Ethics Rules MSN – Michael Scherer (Washington Post) | Published: 12/14/2020 Joe Biden is preparing to step back into the Oval Office with different expectations from his time as vice present about how to handle the relationship between his official power and his family’s private interests. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 3:00 am
Three Republican senators – Ted Cruz and John Cornyn of Texas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina – got more money than the rest of the Judiciary Committee combined. [read post]
