Daily Update | October 23, 2018
Ian Eppler, Abigail DeHart // 10/23/18 //
The Special Counsel has acquired audio recordings related to Roger Stone’s contacts with Wikileaks and the Trump campaign. In an unusual move, Paul Manafort has allegedly retained a joint defense agreement with President Trump, despite pleading guilty and cooperating with the Special Counsel investigation. The Department of Health and Human Services announced new regulations that would allow states to opt out of many Affordable Care Act insurance requirements. Brian Johnson, a longtime Republican political operative and critic of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has played a leading role in reshaping the agency as acting deputy director.
TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS & LITIGATION
The Special Counsel has acquired audio recordings related to Roger Stone’s contacts with Wikileaks and the Trump campaign, reports Sara Murray at CNN.
In an unusual move, Paul Manafort has allegedly retained a joint defense agreement with President Trump, despite pleading guilty and cooperating with the Special Counsel investigation (Reuters).
IMMIGRATION
President Trump’s statement that the Central American migrants traveling via caravan should seek asylum in Mexico because they will be turned away at the U.S. border is illegal, contends Maya Rhodan with Time.
The Trump administration’s plans to deter migrants could amount to voluntary family separations, write Miriam Jordan, Caitlin Dickerson and Michael D. Shear of the New York Times.
REGULATION
The Department of Health and Human Services announced new regulations that would allow states to opt out of many Affordable Care Act insurance requirements (HuffPo, Politico).
Steel producers have been inordinately successful at securing tariff exemptions from the Trump administration, report Inti Pacheco and Josh Zumbrun in the Wall Street Journal.
Brian Johnson, a longtime Republican political operative and critic of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has played a leading role in reshaping the agency as acting deputy director, writes Yuka Hayashi in the Wall Street Journal.
CHECKS & BALANCES
If the Democratic Party takes control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, many House committees will play a significant role in oversight of the Trump administration’s national security policy, writes Andy Wright at Just Security.
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