1+2. President & Melania Trump 3. Bill Stepien, Trump campaign mgr 4. Hope Hicks 5. Kellyanne Conway 6. Sen. Mike Lee 7. Sen. Thom Tillis 8. Ronna McDaniel 9. Notre Dame Pres. Jenkins
10-12. Three WH reporters
13-23. Eleven staffers frm Cleveland debate
NOW 25 POSITIVE COVID TESTS:
1+2. Pres & Melania Trump 3. Bill Stepien 4. *Chris Christie* 5. Hope Hicks 6. Kellyanne Conway 7. Sen. Mike Lee 8. Sen. Thom Tillis 9. *Sen Ron Johnson* 10. Ronna McDaniel 11. Notre Dame Pres. Jenkins
12-14 WH reporters
15-25 Cleveland debate staff
NOW 26 POSITIVE COVID TESTS:
1+2. POTUS + FLOTUS 3. New: Nick Luna, POTUS bodyman 4. Bill Stepien 5. Chris Christie 6. Hope Hicks 7. Kellyanne Conway 8. Sen. Lee 9. Sen. Tillis 10. Sen. Johnson 11. Ronna McDaniel
12 Notre Dame Pres. Jenkins
13-15 WH reporters
16-26 Debate staff
NOW *27* POSITIVE COVID TESTS:
1+2. POTUS, FLOTUS 3. *New: @PressSec* 4. Bill Stepien 5. Chris Christie 6. Hope Hicks 7. Kellyanne Conway 8. Sen. Lee 9. Sen. Tillis 10. Sen. Johnson 11. Ronna McDaniel
12 Rev. John Jenkins 13. Nick Luna
14-16 WH reporters
17-27 Debate staff
FAST. NOW *29* POSITIVES:
1+2 POTUS, FLOTUS 3-4 *New* Asst Press Secs Chad Gilmartin, Karoline Leavitt
5 @PressSec
6 Stepien
7 Christie
8 Hicks
9 Conway
10 Sen. Lee
11 Sen. Tillis
12 Sen. Johnson
13 R McDaniel
14 Rev. Jenkins
15 Nick Luna
16-18 WH reporters
19-29 Debate staff
NOW *30*:
1+2 POTUS, FLOTUS
3 *New* Pastor Greg Laurie (was at Rose Garden) 4-5 Press aides Gilmartin, Leavitt
6 @PressSec
7 Stepien
8 Christie
9 Hicks
10 Conway
11 Sen Lee
12 Sen Tillis
13 Sen Johnson
14 McDaniel
15 Rev. Jenkins
16 Nick Luna
17-19 WH press
20-30 Debate staff
*31* WH-related cases:
1+2 POTUS, FLOTUS
3 Greg Laurie 4-6 Press aides Gilmartin, Leavitt, *Drummond* (h/t Bberg)
7 @PressSec
8 Stepien
9 Christie
10 Hicks
11 Conway
12 Sen Lee
13 Sen Tillis
14 Sen Johnson
15 McDaniel
16 Rev. Jenkins
17 Luna
18-20 WH press
21-31 Debate staff
NOW *32* WH-related cases:
1+2 POTUS, FLOTUS
3 *NEW* Stephen Miller (h/t many ppl)
4 Greg Laurie 5-7 Press aides
8 @PressSec
9 Stepien
10 Christie
11 Hicks
12 Conway
13 Sen Lee
14 Sen Tillis
15 Sen Johnson
16 McDaniel
17 Rev. Jenkins
18 Luna
19-21 WH press
22-32 Debate staff
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BREAKING: MN Gov. Tim Walz confirms state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in what he said appears to be politcally motivated assassination.
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Officials confirm Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot and have not finished surgery. They are optimistic, but both are in difficult situations.
The area where this happened is under a "shelter at home" order, as law enforcement searches for the perpetrator.
Finally have a chance to look through the Trump proposal. Here's what's in it.
Overall: $9.4 billion in approved spending that Trump wants clawed back, or rescinded.
Foreign aid: $8.3 billion
Public broadcasting: $1.1 billion
Foreign aid highlights. Trump would like to cut:
- $203 million from U.S. contribs to UN, World Health Org and other intl orgs.
- $361 million from intl peacekeeping activities
- $900 million from global health, incl. HIV/AIDs treatment
- $1.7 billion from econ. support fund
More Trump proposed rescissions:
- $2.5 billion for development assistance
- $460 million for Europe + Central Asia
- $496 million for disaster assistance
- $125 million for USAID operating expenses
- $64 milllion for Instte. for Peace, African Devel Fndtn, Inter-American Fndtn
A thread on new directives for federal workers and hiring from OPM ... as Musk exits and the Trump administration enters next phase for federal workforce.
I'll write this as I read...
NEW today. The Trump administration posted its final federal hiring plan.
It is a 30 page memo.
Title: Merit Hiring Plan
To: Agency + department heads and acting heads
The Trump hiring plan begins w DEI programs, which it calls "immoral".
Agencies must:
- Cease using statistics on race, sex, ethnicity or national origin, or the broader concept of “underrepresentation” in hiring
- Cease sharing info about agency's composition in those areas
NEW. Statement from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (which is a @NewsHour funder) on Lawsuit to Block Firing of CPB Board Members:
“The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is not a government entity, and its board members are not government officers. …
… Because CPB is not a federal agency subject to the President’s authority, but rather a private corporation, we have filed a lawsuit to block these firings.“
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“In creating CPB, Congress expressly forbade ‘any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over educational television or radio broadcasting, or over [CPB] or any of its grantees or contractors…’.”
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BREAKING here - U.S. team in quake zone told they are fired, per source.
The 3-person disaster assessment team sent to Myanmar for the U.S. received termination notices while staying/sleeping outside — US AID workers were told on an all hands call today, per a source familiar.
I am told these are PSC’s - personal service contractors.
They are still on the ground in Myanmar now. I do not know the date their termination takes effect. But they have been told they are being fired.
I have asked the State Dept for comment.
Also told by this source that the State Dept has begun cancelling awards/aid programs in disaster zones that can be life and death, including food aid. Some programs have been cancelled in *Yemen, Syria, Gaza*. The source said this is contrary to State's waiver policy.