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Biden wants to get out more, seething that his standing is now worse than Trump’s By Jonathan Lemire POLITICO June 6, 2022 President Joe Biden and his aides have grown increasingly frustrated by their inability to turn the tide against a cascade of challenges threatening to overwhelm the administration. Soaring global inflation. Rising fuel prices. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A Supreme Court poised to take away a constitutional right. A potentially resurgent pandemic. A Congress too deadlocked to tackle sweeping gun safety legislation even amid an onslaught of mass shootings. Continue Reading…..
Donald Trump endorses Kevin McCarthy for another term in Congress By Sarah Fortinsky and Chandelis Duster CNN June 5, 2022 (CNN)Former President Donald Trump endorsed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for another term in Congress on Saturday, calling him “an outstanding Representative for the people of California, and a strong and fearless Leader of the House Republican Conference.” The endorsement comes nearly two months after the release of tapes featuring McCarthy privately bashing Trump in the immediate aftermath of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The two have maintained a good relationship since that controversy first…
Schiff: DoJ decision not to indict Trump ex-aides Meadows and Scavino a ‘grave disappointment’ By Ramon Antonio Vargas the Guardian June 5, 2022 California congressman Adam Schiff — a member of the select House committee investigating the deadly Capitol riots — said Sunday it was “a grave disappointment” that federal prosecutors opted against charging two former Trump White House officials who ignored subpoenas seeking information on the January 6 attack. Schiff said on CBS’s Face the Nation that he couldn’t see why the federal justice department would treat Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows and communications…
After emailing employees about job cuts at Tesla, Elon Musk says the total headcount at the company will increase Yahoo News June 5, 2022 After sending an email about job cuts for salaried staff, Tesla CEO Elon Musk seemed to retract his statements in a tweet reply Saturday, writing that the number of salaried staff may not change drastically. Twitter account @WholeMarsBlog tweeted that Tesla’s headcount would increase over the next 12 months. Musk replied and said that the total number of Tesla employees hired would increase, but that salaried staff “should be fairly flat.” Continue Reading…..
DOJ declines to charge Meadows, Scavino with contempt of Congress for defying Jan. 6 committee By Josh Gerstein, Kyle Cheney, Nicholas Wu POLITICO June 5, 2022 The Justice Department has declined to prosecute two of Donald Trump’s closest White House advisers — former chief of staff Mark Meadows and social media director Dan Scavino — for refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 select committee, rejecting the House’s recommendation that the pair be charged with contempt of Congress. Matthew Graves, the U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C., delivered the news to House Counsel Douglas Letter earlier Friday, according to…
New York Post June 4, 2022 A California Chevron station in the coastal village of Mendocino about 175 miles north of San Francisco was charging $9.60 a gallon for regular on Friday afternoon. That’s more than $3 a gallon above the state average of $6.30, and $4.78 higher than the national average of $4.82, according to AAA. But individual stations throughout the country are charging more than the average, including one LA station that topped $8 on Friday. Continue Reading…..
Why it’s time for Tiger Woods to say ‘goodbye’ to golf New York Post June 4, 2022 the question shouldn’t be whether Woods should risk playing the US Open — it’s whether he should ever play again. It’s now nearly 16 months since Woods was involved in a single-car accident in Rancho Palos, Calif., a crash that resulted in injuries so serious surgeons reportedly considered amputating his right leg. Remarkably, though, Woods returned to action at the Masters in April, and while he made the halfway cut, his weekend rounds of two 78s were his worst in over…
Pressure builds for Durham to ditch Russia probe By Josh Gerstein POLITICO June 4, 2022 The acquittal of the defendant in the highest-profile case brought by special counsel John Durham intensified calls for him to wrap up his investigation into the origins of the FBI’s probe into Donald Trump’s Russia ties, but there are few signs that the Justice Department is pressuring Durham to pull the plug. Durham’s semi-annual budget report released Friday showed that his office spent almost $2 million in the six-month period ending in March, down from about $2.36 million in the prior half year,…
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Grand jury indicts former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress By Evan Perez, Paula Reid, Tierney Sneed, Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand CNN June 3, 2022 (CNN)A federal grand jury has indicted former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate in the House January 6 committee’s investigation. During a court appearance in Washington, DC, on Friday, Navarro said that he still wants to represent himself without a lawyer and accused prosecutors of using “hardball” tactics by arresting him at an airport and not allowing him to make a…