New: In rural Louisiana, Speaker Mike Johnson’s constituents fear potential cuts to Medicaid & food stamps.
My dispatch w/ @suekroll from on the ground in the Bayou State >>
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Speaker Johnson's constituents are speaking out about potential cuts to critical programs such as Medicaid.
@MZanona and @ryanobles have more reporting. @paynedc joins @ChrisJansing to discuss.
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BREAKING: The Department of Justice has directed federal prosecutors at SDNY to dismiss all charges against Mayor Eric Adams without prejudice, according to a Justice Department official.
The case has not yet been formally dismissed but it is expected to be. Reported by @KenDilanianNBC
NEW from me @JuliaEAinsley:
A source familiar with President Trump’s thinking said the president is getting “angry” that more people are not being deported.
Arrests and deportations of undocumented people are lower than what the president has promised, and that is “driving him nuts,” one source told @NBCNews.
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Since getting on AF1 to fly to Palm Beach, President Trump has:
- Dissolved the Kennedy Center board and named himself chair.
- Revoked former President Biden’s access to classified intel & briefings
- Fired the national archivist, announced in a post by personnel director
The #FBI is seeking witnesses who saw Shamsud-Din Jabbar when he visited New Orleans in October & November 2024. Surveillance from October 31st, shows him riding a bike in the French Quarter. Call 1-800-CALL-FBI or https://t.co/SWwuje4pFQ https://t.co/VM6DsmIv07
The death toll from the vehicle ramming attack has risen to as many as 15 we are told, according to a senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation. @Tom_Winter@NBCNews
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