Daily Update | October 26, 2018
Roshaan Wasim // 10/26/18 //
President Trump’s allies say FBI officials should be investigated over Russia probe. At the Supreme Court, the DOJ argues in favor of businesses being able to discriminate against transgender employees. President Trump to order 800 army troops to help secure the border with Mexico. CIA Director Gina Haspel has listened to audio of Jamal Khashoggi’s killing. Manhattan judge questions Trump Foundation over campaign ties. President Trump proposes to lower drug prices by basing them on other countries’ costs. A federal judge orders Georgia to give voters the chance to fix absentee ballots. Typhoon Yutu destroys U.S. territories in the Western Pacific.
TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION
President Trump’s allies say FBI officials should be investigated over Russia probe (Washington Post).
IMMIGRATION
Migrant caravan from Central America, its numbers thinning, slowly moves north in Mexico (LA Times).
President Trump to order 800 army troops to help secure the border with Mexico (NYT).
U.S. admission of North Korean defectors has slowed to a trickle (NYT).
More Latinos have serious concerns about their place in America under President Trump (Immigration Prof Blog).
President Trump isn’t breaking immigration arrest records (CATO Institute).
CIVIL RIGHTS
A federal judge orders Georgia to give voters the chance to fix absentee ballots (WSJ).
L.A. County sheriff launches two reviews of unit that stopped thousands of innocent Latino drivers on 5 Freeway (LA Times).
DEMOCRACY
President Trump abandons calls for unity and resumes attacks on the media (NYT).
JUSTICE AND SAFETY
President Trump dismisses a report on his intercepted phone calls as “boring” and “wrong” (NYT).
Saudi Arabia, in reversal, suggests Jamal Khashoggi’s killing was premeditated (NYT).
CIA Director Gina Haspel has listened to audio of Jamal Khashoggi’s killing (LA Times).
Investigation into pipe bombs turns toward Florida as more Trump critics are targeted (NYT).
U.S. won’t resume trade talks without firm proposal from a wary China (WSJ).
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Manhattan judge questions Trump Foundation over campaign ties (WSJ).
REGULATION
President Trump proposes to lower drug prices by basing them on other countries’ costs (NYT).
East Island, remote Hawaiian sliver of sand, is largely wiped out by a hurricane (NYT).
Typhoon Yutu destroys U.S. territories in the Western Pacific (WSJ).
DEA Chief Uttam Dhillon vetted candidates but then took the job himself (WSJ).
Three California volcanoes are at the top of a federal volcano threat list (LA Times).
Democratic lawmaker urges NLRB to withdraw new labor rule (The Hill).
RULE OF LAW
At the Supreme Court, the DOJ argues in favor of businesses being able to discriminate against transgender employees, writes Emily Birnbaum at The Hill.
The DOJ is undermining President Trump’s prison reform agenda, writes Justin George at The Marshall Project.
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