If you really want to understand how the Abraham Accords really happened you need to look back to the 2016 election, when some of the current cast entered Trumpworld. Three men opened a backchannel between the Trump campaign and the Gulf. https://t.co/t1tJBQEQ8N
⚡️ In a 226–195 vote, the House passed the Ukraine Support Act. (D - 207, R - 18, I - 1). The bill provides military aid to Ukraine via loans and imposes new Russia sanctions - the most significant Ukraine legislation since Trump's election. It now heads to a tough Senate battle.
Pentagon likely to cancel planned Tomahawk cruise missile sale to Germany, Politico reports, citing U.S. fears of provoking Russia, though the headline downplays the other elephant in the room: bigly depleted stockpiles (attributed to Iran, not Ukraine or Israel).
Sen. Fetterman, sometimes the only Democratic YES vote on a Trump policy or nominee, tells me he’ll be a no on Todd Blanche.
Fetterman also says he can’t imagine someone less qualified for the job of DNI than Bill Pulte.
Clearly, the Scott Pelley situation is a litmus test. Whether or not you agree with him, Scott stood up for principles at great personal peril in a time when self-preservation & self-dealing are en vogue.
New:
The NSC’s Europe chief is out a few weeks before the NATO summit
Sources tell us a broader shakeup is on the way as Mike Needham, Rubio’s top deputy, moves to leave his mark on the White House natsec body
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Forgot to mention this during today's @thepressboxpod but it was on my mind: CBS News has become a patronage program for Bari's friends and flunkies. Another transfer of wealth away from an institution that could desperately use all available resources.
@cpgrabow Fun Jones Act Waiver fact of the day: a Chinese government owned COSCO tanker delivered asphalt from Louisiana to Connecticut, even though the waiver is only supposed to allow for the movement of petroleum and fertilizer.
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