State Department explicitly mentions "blacklists" and "McCarthy-era investigations" as effective tools at destroying the radical left.
Full story: https://t.co/Bexn6D7gpz
BREAKING: Remains found for the missing US service member, verification ongoing. A separate soldier was killed in Iraq handling unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone; 4 US troops have died this last week - CENTCOM
Politico: Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Maine Senate Democratic nomination
Troy Jackson has won the support of a majority of the state delegates on Sunday who will officially nominate a candidate next weekend.
https://t.co/3ZEEtNHNVD
There’s already minimal appetite for the war with Iran, but now with bodies coming home in caskets with American flags draped over them, anti-war sentiment grows further and pressure increases on Trump to end hostilities (and open the Strait of Hormuz), as Iranian leverage grows.
Video shows Iranian ballistic missiles striking Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan overnight, killing two American servicemembers and injuring several others
This is really incredible. Docs released by Trump tonight confirm RUSSIA tried to spread claims Biden was engaged in criminal activity vis-a-vis Burisma and that it advanced those narratives "with US officials" and planed a "high-profile corruption scandal... at the peak of the 2020 US presidential campaign."
CNN's Kaitlan Collins: "We'll be monitoring what the president says tonight, as we always do, but aren't taking it live, given the president has a well documented history of saying blatantly false things about elections."
one of the documents that Trump has disclosed tonight has a section noting that China targeted the BIDEN campaign and does "not currently intend to covertly interfere to try and sway the outcome of the election."
Longtime Trump aide Gabe Perez won’t be operating the prompter tonight and has been put on “unpaid” administrative leave while he’s under investigation for insider trading, Karoline Leavitt says.
Zohran Mamdani’s advice to Democrats on what it will take to unseat Mike Lawler in NY-17:
“I think Mike Lawler’s record speaks for itself, and the more focus there is on that record, the easier the choice is for voters in the district.”
Wow: After voting to cut U.S. aid to Israel, New York Rep. Pat Ryan — who serves in a competitive district — says he does not want AIPAC's endorsement and is returning their funds
Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar urging colleagues to vote YES on Massie & Khanna's amendment cutting aid to Israel.
"The American people are crying out for an end to US tax dollars subsidizing Israel's military."
Comes as party leadership announces opposition.
Some closer-in photos of the Reflecting Pool. The blue liner is still there but it's covered in dirt and debris. There's a lot of glare from some angles. Note the fence and security cameras
Wow. "ICE agents have been directed to largely suspend vehicle stops until further notice, according to a source familiar with the guidance, marking a major reversal in recent tactics following two ICE-involved fatal shootings over the last week," @priscialva reports.
https://t.co/Qxl4h2p1L0