NEW: Why the Justice Department is backing this small Virginia church in the country’s reopening debate time.com/5839009/virgin…
I spoke to Pastor Kevin Wilson, who is in legal trouble for a 16-person service. He ministers to people who have struggled with addiction, prostitution and mental health: “If we don’t reach out to these people, then they’ll go back to areas in their life that they came out of”
Apr 21, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
My latest: When Trump began running for re-election on the slogan "Keep America Great," the country looked very different than it does now. How coronavirus is forcing the campaign to readjust: time.com/5824389/trump-…
One key idea in the campaign and White House is that voters won't fault Trump for the current economic trouble, but will give him credit for the previous highs. “He built it to incredible heights once, and he will do it a second time," says campaign comms director Tim Murtaugh
Mar 4, 2020 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
Leaving oral arguments now. Kavanaugh asked 2 qs, both on the same idea: if in theory there was an admitting privileges law where all docs could get privileges and there was no effect, would that still be unconstitutional?
Put another way, kavanaugh was interested in how much the facts on the ground in each state matter when assessing admitting privileges laws, versus a blanket they’re always unconstitutional or always constitutional
Jun 28, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: I've spent months reporting this story to take you inside Brett Kavanaugh's first term on the Supreme Court, and to explore how he is wielding the power he was granted after such a wrenching confirmation process. I hope you'll give it a read. time.com/longform/brett…
Deep analysis of Kavanaugh's judging in here, with some surprising statistics from @AdamSFeldman: Kavanaugh voted with Kagan and Breyer as much as he voted with Gorsuch. And there were as many 5-4s with liberals + 1 conservative in the majority as there were traditional splits
Mar 29, 2019 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
New details in latest letter from AG Barr: Mueller's report is almost 400 pages long, and "everyone will soon be able to read it on their own" (!!)
He says he expects the report will be ready to release with redactions by mid-April, if not sooner
Mar 28, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Barr's youngest daughter's wedding was the day after Trump announced him as AG.
He gave a funny toast at the wedding, recounted to me by someone who was there:
"I’m the only guy in Washington who would upstage his daughter’s wedding by being announced for the second time as Attorney General by the president," Barr said
Sep 24, 2018 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Just spoke to a source involved in Kavanaugh's confirmation process. Some insights:
"When the hearing was scheduled for Thursday, [Kavanaugh] and everybody involved in this process knew that that would basically be an invitation for open season," source says
Source calls the new allegation in the New Yorker "outlandish" and says, "It would have been a much more effective strategy for them to just stick to the original allegation and do the best they can with it."
Jul 13, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
My dispatch from quite the 24 hours in the UK: How Donald Trump's "America First" attitude put Great Britain second ti.me/2zBQT3I?utm_so…
A remarkable moment as Trump and May tried to show unity: Trump publicly revealed a quip May made to him this morning about the press. She looked utterly stricken, laughed uncomfortably and ended the press conference soon after.
Feb 21, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Just announced by WH officials: Ivanka Trump will lead the presidential delegation to the #Olympics closing ceremonies
Official said President Trump asked her to go, and she “eagerly accepted the opportunity”
Apr 26, 2017 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Some fun political nuggets from last night's #TIME100 gala:
Preet Bharara addresses why he's still figuring out his next career move ti.me/2q8tptm
Apr 13, 2017 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Some fun nuggets from Alec Baldwin's Smithsonian Associates talk at GW tonight:
1. Baldwin said he didn't get a call until Thursday to do the Trump/O'Reilly SNL sketch last week
Apr 3, 2017 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Leahy cites "concerns about [Gorsuch's] views and a concern about whether he’d bring a partisan agenda to the court"
Says Gorsuch was "excruciatingly evasive" in his answers
Apr 3, 2017 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Feinstein talking about Trans Am trucking as one of the key cases she considered making her decision. She's going to be a No.
Says the other case that stuck out for her was Luke P. SCOTUS overturned Gorsuch's decision during his hearing: time.com/4709234/neil-g…
Mar 23, 2017 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
.@SenSchumer announces he will vote NO on Gorsuch and that he will have to earn 60 votes
Says he's urging colleagues to vote no as well
