Partisan gridlock prevents the FEC from making decisions critical to regulating campaign finance, leaving American elections more vulnerable to foreign meddling. We propose simple reforms to stop the deadlocks and create accountability in the FEC. https://t.co/O4ftTTx77n
[....] The states identified by America First are Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina and Georgia, none of which has fewer than 15 electoral votes. The group’s leaders believe a Trump victory is virtually guaranteed in 2020 if he wins all six.
[....] Trump became the first Republican to win Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in decades, in part on the strength of his performance among a handful of voters who had backed former President Obama in 2012.
Two-thirds of those Obama-Trump voters say they see Trump favorably heading into his reelection campaign — but that number has fallen by 19 percentage points since 2016, according to a new survey by the Voter Study Group.
Trump dissatisfaction has crystallized around Bolton & interventionist stance at odds w/Trump view US should stay out of foreign quagmires https://t.co/3D2EuZpw6J
Today @Reuters published my story on one aspect of how corruption has crippled Venezuela's development. We look at how a Chinese state firm allegedly bribed its way into a multi-billion dollar contract and left millions of intended recipients hungry: 1/10 https://t.co/Cc2eboD0hW
RICHMOND, Va. –Tensions ran high Tuesday in the Fourth Circuit as a government attorney argued for immunity in a case that aims to hold the FBI accountable for its failure to prevent Dylann Roof from purchasing the gun he used to kill nine black churchgoers in South Carolina four years ago.
A federal judge ordered Michael Avenatti on Tuesday to either find an attorney to defend him against federal bank and wire fraud charges or open up his finances to show why he’s entitled to a public defender. https://t.co/W80jAi5qOt@mxm_chipic.twitter.com/4MXTMhEPo2
JUST POSTED: The New York Times has obtained 10 years of previously unrevealed figures from Donald Trump's federal income-tax returns - from 1985 to 1994. Trump ran up $1.2 billion in core business losses in the decade we examined. LOTS here https://t.co/Yc23kj9HEa
The Pentagon recently asked me what I think about Putin, his regime, and his strategic intentions vis-a-vis the US, NATO, and the West -- and What It All Means.
DoD paper's been released to the public now -- here's my portion, for those interested.https://t.co/wMbgorBblG
@ CNN.com, May 7 with Video; reason for surprise release unknown--
Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar under the country's Official Secrets Act for reporting on a massacre of Rohingya civilians have been freed after more than 500 days. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo walked free Tuesday, amid a gaggle of reporters, just weeks after their final appeal was quashed.
KHAR: After a nine-day hiatus, another person associated with polio vaccination work fell victim to the renewed wave of targeted attacks on those involved in protecting children against the crippling disease. Abdullah Jan, 35, was going home on a motorbike when unidentified assailants shot him dead in the Thani area, some 20 kilometres from Khar, the headquarters of Bajaur tribal district, officials and locals said on Sunday.
