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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING:
Judge Rebecca Dallet greets supporters at her victory party last night at Good City Brewing in Milwaukee. (Rick Wood/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel/AP)
-- Another big wake-up call for Republicans: Liberal judge Rebecca Dallet won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, defeating Michael Screnock by 11 points. “Both candidates and their supporters turned the race, which is technically nonpartisan, into a political referendum,” Dave Weigel reports. “Dallet ran early ads that accused President Trump of ‘attack[ing] our civil rights and our values,’ while Screnock portrayed himself as a ‘rule of law’ conservative endorsed by the National Rifle Association. By election day, more than $2.5 million had been spent on TV ads.” Democrats had not won an open Supreme Court seat election in the Badger State since 1995.
Her win is more proof that Democrats are riled up: Remember, Democrats won a shocking upset in January in a special election for a Wisconsin state House seat. Trump had carried the district by 17 points in 2016, which was key to his narrow statewide victory.
Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who is seeking a third term this year, is sounding the alarm and trying to galvanize conservatives. In a tweetstorm overnight, he repeatedly warned of a potential “blue wave” and asked volunteers and donors to step up:
Outgoing national security adviser H.R. McMaster talks yesterday with others at the White House. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
-- H.R. McMaster used his last public remarks as national security adviser to denounce Russia and call for more action against Vladimir Putin. “Russia has used old and new forms of aggression to undermine our open societies and the foundations of international peace and stability,” he said last night at the Atlantic Council. “Some nations have looked the other way in the face of these threats. Russia brazenly, and implausibly denies its actions, and we have failed to impose sufficient costs.” His comments came just hours after Trump asserted “nobody has been tougher on Russia than I have,” but McMaster argued: “We must recognize the need for all of us to do more to respond to and deter Russian aggression.” (Ellen Nakashima and John Hudson)
-- Nasim Aghdam, a prolific YouTube user, was identified as the suspect who killed herself and injured three others in a shooting at the company's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif. Hayley Tsukayama, Eli Rosenberg and Devlin Barrett report: “The violence began about 12:45 p.m. in a courtyard outside the company’s headquarters, just south of San Francisco. Witnesses described seeing a woman shooting a gun in the courtyard as others ran for their lives. … San Francisco General Hospital spokesman Brent Andrew said a 36-year-old man was in critical condition, while two women were being treated for injuries. One of the women was in critical condition, while the other was in fair condition ...”
-- Aghdam’s family said they told the police their daughter was missing and warned the authorities about her anger at YouTube. ABC10 News’s Anthony Pura and Marie Estrada report: “[Her brother] said his family began worrying about Nasim over the weekend. She was staying at her grandmother's home in 4-S Ranch, but she stopped answering her phone — and they reported her missing to police. Their concerns grew worse when police told them that her car was found in Mountain View. ‘I googled mountain view and it was close to Youtube headquarters. And she had a problem with Youtube,’ her brother said. ‘So I called that cop again and told him there’s a reason she went all the way from San Diego to there, so she might do something.’ He says police told the family they would keep an eye on her … but 12 hours later, the shooting happened.”
GET SMART FAST:
THE LATEST ON IMMIGRATION:
-- Two of Trump’s senior advisers publicly broke with his stance on withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria. From the Daily Beast’s Spencer Ackerman: “‘We are in Syria to fight ISIS. That is our mission. That mission isn’t over. And we’re going to complete that mission,’ Brett McGurk, the State Department’s special envoy for coordinating the war against ISIS, said during a Tuesday afternoon forum at the U.S. Institute of Peace … Seated beside McGurk was Gen. Joe Votel, commander of U.S. troops in the Middle East. … Votel indicated his agreement with McGurk that the war remains incomplete.”
-- Meanwhile, the president threatened to deploy the military to secure the southern border following his broadside against immigrant “caravans.” Seung Min Kim reports: “It was not immediately clear why the U.S. Border Patrol would need help from the Pentagon at this time. The number of people crossing illegally into the country has plummeted over the past decade and is at the lowest level since 1971. … Later Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed that the administration’s plans include mobilizing the National Guard.”
-- The “caravan” of immigrants is currently making its way through Mexico, causing that country political headaches and stalling the Central American refugees at a soccer field. Joshua Partlow reports: “On Tuesday, several Mexican immigration officials began taking a census at the migrant encampment in the town of Matias Romero, in the southern state of Oaxaca. The migrants crowded around the officials and thrust out their IDs and documents. Several hours later, the officials returned and started calling people’s names over megaphones. The authorities handed those individuals temporary legal permits, giving them 20 days to leave Mexico. Several migrants said they would use that time to travel toward the United States. Others could receive 30-day permits to apply for asylum in Mexico."
-- Trump continued his recent anti-immigrant tweets this morning:
THE TRADE WAR IS ON:
-- China just announced tariffs on 106 U.S. products, including soybeans, airplanes and automobiles, in retaliation for Trump’s taxes on that country's imports. Emily Rauhala reports: “The plan, which was announced Wednesday, would see China slap 25 percent levies on a range of U.S. goods worth about $50 billion. Though China said the timing depends on U.S. moves, the news had an immediate impact on markets, including the soybean market. … Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index dropped 2.2 percent and South Korea’s main exchange was down more than 1 percent. In Europe, all major markets opened lower, pointing to another expected slump when Wall Street opens. … Though a response from Beijing was widely expected, the speed of the announcement came as a surprise, deepening fears of a rapid escalation.”
-- The White House announced yesterday it would slap $50 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese electronics, aerospace and machinery products. From David J. Lynch: “Trump’s latest protectionist move threatens to upend global supply chains for corporations such as Apple and Dell, raise prices for American consumers who have grown accustomed to inexpensive electronics and aggravate tensions between the world’s two largest economies. … [I]f China responds to this latest tariff action on a dollar-for-dollar basis, it could damage more than one-third of total U.S. exports to China and Hong Kong, [a former Obama White House economist said].”
-- The increasing trade tensions could pose a political risk for the GOP. Michael Scherer writes: “Republicans have a new reason to worry as they struggle to hold their House majority in November’s midterm elections: The price in China of U.S. sweet cherries, raw almonds and frozen pig forelegs. President Trump’s emerging trade war with China is already shaking up U.S. politics, threatening local economies in parts of Washington state, California and Iowa and putting Republican seats in jeopardy. … Democratic candidates have blamed Republicans for the growing trade dispute’s impact on local farmers, and Republican leaders have been publicly pleading with Trump to pull back from the brinkmanship.”
-- Trump seems to believe the United States has already lost a trade war with China, according to his morning tweet:
THE REST OF TRUMP'S AGENDA:
-- Seventeen states and the District sued the Trump administration to block a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. Tara Bahrampour reports: “The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, also includes six cities and the bipartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors and comes a week after California sued the administration over the same issue. … The suit names the Census Bureau and its acting director as well as the [Commerce Department], which oversees it, and [Commerce Secretary Wilbur] Ross. In announcing it, New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman accused the administration of being ‘out to destroy’ the constitutionally mandated count. He said it would depress turnout in immigrant-heavy states and mocked [Jeff Sessions] for saying the question was necessary to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act, noting that Sessions has called the act ‘an intrusive piece of legislation.’”
-- One reason Latinos are afraid: Census data was used to target Japanese Americans for internment during World War II. Lori Aratani notes the history of abuse: “In 2000, [historian Margo J. Anderson of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and statistician William Seltzer of Fordham University] found documents that showed officials with the Census Bureau had provided block-level information of where those of Japanese ancestry were living in California, Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Arkansas. … [Anderson and Seltzer] suspected that despite the bureau’s denials, it had also released ‘microdata’ — information about individuals, including names and addresses. In 2007, they found proof, uncovering documents that showed Census Bureau officials provided names and addresses of individuals of Japanese ancestry in Washington, D.C.”
-- Trump and congressional Republicans are considering cutting billions from the giant spending they just passed. Politico’s John Bresnahan and Burgess Everett report: “White House officials are working closely with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on the rescission package, said the sources. It’s not clear which programs could be targeted or when the House would vote … Under the 1974 Budget Act, a rescission resolution could pass the Senate on a simple majority vote. … But some Senate Republicans could balk at such cuts after they recently supported the omnibus spending bill.”
-- Obamacare enrollment did not dramatically plummet during the latest signup period, per new numbers. Amy Goldstein reports: “A total of 11.8 million Americans signed up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2018, a drop of just 400,000 from the previous year … In an uncharacteristic move, CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced the fifth-year tally in a series of tweets shortly before the report was issued late Tuesday afternoon. The tweets were a blend of praise for what she called ‘the most cost-effective and successful open enrollment to date’ and the Trump administration’s characteristic naysaying about the marketplaces that were created by the sprawling 2010 health-care law it has been seeking to dismantle.”
-- Senate Republicans aren't likely to heed Trump's demand to abolish the legislative filibuster because it won't accomplish much. Paul Kane makes a good point: “Their reluctance is not just some longing for the better, bygone days of bipartisanship, but also a recognition that Republicans have passed just about all they can on a simple majority. Senate Republicans are too divided to pass party-line legislation, whether on a border wall or the repeal of the [ACA], and instead need Democratic support to get just about anything done. All of that makes the ‘nuclear option,’ as the heavily partisan way of changing Senate rules is known, pretty pointless. There’s nothing that they can’t pass with 60 votes that they can pass with 51 votes.”
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a news conference on his decision to scrap Obama administration fuel standards. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
SCOTT PRUITT IN THE HOT SEAT:
-- Trump does not appear ready to fire his embattled EPA administrator. From Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis and Josh Dawsey: “Trump appeared to stand by his EPA chief, voicing support for a man who has also proven adept at delivering on the president’s campaign promise to aggressively roll back environmental regulations. ‘I hope he’s going to be great,’ Trump replied, when asked by reporters whether he still supports Pruitt. Monday night, according to senior administration officials, Trump had called and told him, ‘Keep your head up, keep fighting. We have your back.’ Other Cabinet members have lost their jobs over controversies like Pruitt now faces, and history suggests that Trump’s support for him could change any day. Some close to the president say Pruitt is unpopular among senior White House aides and many of Trump’s friends.”
Two House GOPers added their voices to those calling for Pruitt’s resignation: “Two moderate Republicans in Democratic-leaning House districts — Florida Reps. Carlos Curbelo and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen — called on Pruitt to step down. Curbelo tweeted that Pruitt’s ‘corruption scandals are an embarrassment to the Administration, and his conduct is grossly disrespectful to American taxpayers.’ Others came to his defense, including Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.), a longtime supporter."
-- More bad headlines: Pruitt used an obscure water-safety provision to hire at least two former lobbyists. (he used the same provision to circumvent the White House and offer raises to two close aides.) Dino Grandoni reports: “[E]thics experts say hiring lobbyists through the provision breaks with some of Trump’s ethics rules, even if it’s not technically illegal. As part of his commitment to ‘drain the swamp’ in Washington, one of the first things Trump signed after his inauguration was a far-reaching ethics directive, requiring those who join the government to sign an ethics pledge. Under the pledge, former lobbyists are banned for two years from working on any issue on which they lobbied. But EPA employees hired through the water-safety law do not have to sign the ethics pledge.”
-- Pruitt brushed aside the controversies in an interview with the Washington Examiner, blaming the fallout on Washington’s “toxic” culture. “There are people that have long in this town done business a different way and this agency has been the poster child of it. And so do I think that because we are leading on this agenda that there are some who want to keep that from happening? Absolutely. And do I think that they will resort to anything to achieve that? Yes,” Pruitt said. “It’s toxic here in that regard.”
-- The EPA tried to limit press access to Pruitt’s news conference about his decision to rollback Obama-era fuel efficiency standards. CNN’s Clare Foran reports: “[M]ost reporters who cover the agency weren't in the room, and cameras were nearly non-existent. … EPA had attempted to allow television camera access to Fox News without informing the other four networks: CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS. Fox alerted the networks and a pool was established allowing networks equal access to the event. … [Pruitt] did not address the controversy or take any questions from reporters."
Kellyanne Conway and her husband, George, speak with members of the media as they arrive for a dinner the day before Trump's inauguration. (Matt Rourke/AP)
PERSONNEL IS POLICY:
-- George Conway, who is married to senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, is engaged in a counter-narrative to his wife’s pro-Trump spin on his Twitter feed. From Karen Tumulty: "George Conway mostly retweets things that others have posted, with occasional commentary. After Trump horrified fiscal conservatives by signing a $1.3 trillion spending bill, Conway twice retweeted the growing national debt total. His feed frequently includes things that are being said on television about the president’s mounting legal troubles and the chaos in his White House. … Is the message that Conway is sending here aimed at his wife — or her boss? Is this his way of trying to sabotage her job — or rescue her from it?”
-- A Trump appointee at the Pentagon resigned after reports showed he posted birther conspiracies about Obama. CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski and Nathan McDermott report: “Todd Johnson is a former Trump campaign state director in New Mexico who joined the Department of Defense in 2017 as an advance officer, a Pentagon employee with the sensitive task of providing logistical support related to the secretary's events and appearances domestically and abroad. … [A review] of his social media found that Johnson posted birther conspiracies about [Obama] and shared a video that claimed Obama was the Antichrist.”
-- Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards writes in her new memoir that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump offered the organization increased federal funding if it stopped providing abortions. She writes in “Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead,” “If it wasn’t crystal clear before, it was now. Jared and Ivanka were there for one reason: to deliver a political win. … In their eyes, if they could stop Planned Parenthood from providing abortions, it would confirm their reputation as savvy dealmakers. It was surreal, essentially being asked to barter away women’s rights for more money.” (People)
-- A longtime opponent of the Endangered Species Act was selected to help oversee the Interior Department’s wildlife policy. From Darryl Fears: “Susan Combs, a former Texas state official[,] … compared proposed endangered species listings to ‘incoming Scud missiles’ and continued to fight the Endangered Species Act after she left government … Combs was selected by Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke as acting secretary for fish, wildlife and parks. Zinke made the move after his bid to make her an assistant secretary for policy, management and budget stalled in the Senate.”
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) arrives on Capitol Hill in November. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP, File)
THE MIDTERMS:
-- Uncertainty around John McCain’s health has Republicans preparing for the possibility of defending two Senate seats in Arizona, “something they are already doing in Mississippi as they seek to improve on their 51-49 advantage in the midterm elections,” Sean Sullivan notes. “McCain’s health has been shrouded in secrecy, leading many Republicans to privately wonder if he will remain in office beyond May 30. If he doesn’t, there would probably be a special election for his seat in the fall. … In public, influential Republicans have been reluctant to speculate about McCain’s future in the context of electoral politics out of respect to the Senate titan, who is beloved by many in the party. But privately, they have engaged in talks about who might replace him or run for his seat.
“From those conversations, which have occurred among strategists, officials and donors in Arizona and Washington, a long list of names has emerged of possible interim or long-term successors, including McCain’s wife, Cindy, and former senator Jon Kyl. … While some close observers contend there is gray area in the way the election laws are written, most agree that if May 30 comes and goes without any vacancy, there would be no election this year and the [Arizona governor's] appointment, should there eventually be one, would serve through 2020.”
-- Nancy Pelosi is coming to a TV screen near you. Bloomberg’s John McCormick and Arit John report: “[Pelosi] has been pictured or mentioned more than three times as often in broadcast television campaign spots for federal office when compared to the same point in the last midterm campaign four years ago. That’s roughly 7,000 TV ads so far this year, according to data from Kantar Media’s CMAG, which tracks political advertising. … She even figures in Republican primary fights. A challenger running for the party’s nomination against 12-term Republican Representative Walter Jones of North Carolina has also used Pelosi in his ads, as he’s tried to suggest the incumbent is too liberal for the district.”
-- Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), who is challenging Sen. Ted Cruz, raised a remarkable $6.7 million last quarter. The Texas Tribune’s Patrick Svitek reports: “Cruz has not released his first-quarter fundraising numbers yet, but O'Rourke's $6.7 million total is on a different level than his previous hauls, which ranged from $1.7 million to $2.4 million. Those alone were good enough to outraise Cruz for three of the last four reporting periods. Furthermore, the $6.7 million total came from more than 141,000 contributions — another record-busting number for O'Rourke. … O'Rourke said about 70 percent of his first-quarter haul was raised within Texas and that the average donation was ‘a little over $40.’”
-- Hillary Clinton’s loss has powered a surge of Democratic women seeking office – and, notably, helped spark a wave of female campaign managers. From the New York Times’s Michael Tackett: “This year, 40 percent of the campaign managers for Democratic congressional candidates are women, according to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. In contrast, Kelly Dittmar, a political scientist at Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics, recalled excising data on female campaign consultants from a book she wrote in 2010 because the numbers were too small to be statistically reliable.”
Front page of The Washington Post, April 5, 1968 during the riots following Dr. King's assassination.
50 YEARS WITHOUT DR. KING:
-- Today marks 50 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. The Post’s front page on April 5, 1968: “Dr. King Is Slain in Memphis.” From The Post’s report: “The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by a sniper today when he strolled alone onto the balcony of his hotel. Gov. Buford Ellington ordered 4,000 National Guard troops into the city and a curfew was imposed. Unrest immediately broke out in the Negro district."
-- The Post team is looking back at the unrest King’s death sparked in Washington and across the country. As Ann Gerhart, Danielle Rindler and Michael E. Ruane write, “His assassination ignited an explosion of rioting, looting and burning that stunned Washington and would leave many neighborhoods in ruins for 30 years.” Ann, Danielle and Michael analyzed over 200 pages of reports from Secret Service and Justice Department officials to track the damage wrought by the chaos.
“By 2 a.m. Friday, hundreds of police had begun to regain control, but fires ignited again by noon and the riots intensified. The city’s mayor asked for federal troops to move in. … Stores were smashed and looted; hundreds of fires finished the job. Many never reopened.” One Secret Service report from April 5 reads, “Fire department is leaving the scene of a large fire because being shot at.”
In the aftermath of the rioting, one District resident compared the city to a “war zone.” “The damage was staggering — at least $175 million in today’s dollars. More than 900 businesses were damaged, including half of the city’s 383 liquor stores. Nearly 700 dwellings were destroyed, most because they were above or next to merchants. Police arrested 7,600 adults and juveniles on riot-related charges. Bustling blocks were reduced to rubble.”
-- 13 deaths were attributed to the rioting. Two black teenagers who died in separate fires were never identified. Two other black men – 15-year-old Thomas Stacy Williams and 20-year-old Ernest McIntyre – were shot to death by police. Most of the nine other deaths were attributed to the widespread fires that broke out. (Michael E. Ruane)
-- “The city did eventually recover from the destruction of 1968,” Ann, Danielle and Michael write. “Most of the riot corridors now brim with prosperity. But in many places, … redevelopment took more than 30 years.In the end, many black Washingtonians found that the rejuvenation did not include them.”
-- DeNeen L. Brown examines Washington’s modern divides through one street: MLK Avenue. “Near the corner where Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue meets Malcolm X Avenue in Southeast Washington, a local artist has painted a mural of King on the brick wall of a convenience store. … But the “I Have a Dream” mural … has been marred with graffiti. … In some ways, the defaced mural captures all the promise and pain of MLK Avenue, which stretches 4.3 miles from Congress Heights to Anacostia, where the street ends near Good Hope Road. … Most of the District has recovered from 1968’s destruction. But much of MLK Avenue remains plagued by poverty, crime and a hunger for change that many residents say has been too slow to arrive.”
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
An alumna of George W. Bush's White House and State Department reacted to the latest revelation by CNN of a birther in a senior Pentagon job:
Tech leaders offered sympathy to the YouTube employees affected by yesterday's shooting. From the YouTube CEO:
Twitter's CEO apologized for misinformation about the shooting on his platform:
The shooting hit particularly close to home for one congresswoman:
A CNN anchor talked to a Trump voter about the tariffs:
There was lots of buzz overnight about the results in Wisconsin:
A funny observation from a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A reporter for the Madison Capital Times added this:
A correspondent for One America News posted an email in which Roger Stone bragged to Sam Nunberg about dining with Julian Assange:
A writer for The Atlantic pointed this out:
The president's daughter promoted physical activity for schoolchildren:
But an MSNBC anchor refocused Ivanka's argument on recent teacher protests:
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) offered a word of support to protesting teachers:
Trump once again went after Amazon:
From the director of The Post's fact-checking unit:
Trump had dinner with a tech executive, per a Bloomberg News reporter:
From an editor for Bloomberg News:
A CNN reporter responded to the president's accusation of the network being “anti-Trump”:
An MSNBC anchor took over the network's Instagram:
The former FBI director went to the theater:
And a writer for the "Daily Show" received a reimbursement check from the Treasury:
GOOD READS FROM ELSEWHERE:
-- Vanity Fair, “‘Journalism is not About Creating Safe Spaces’: Inside the Woke Civil War at the New York Times,” by Joe Pompeo: “Late in the evening on November 8, 2016, The New York Times newsroom was being whipsawed. Donald Trump, to the utter shock and horror of the coastal establishment, was winning. … From a journalistic perspective, that wasn’t exactly a bad thing. The new story, after all, was more fascinating, more chaotic — utterly unprecedented. And Trump’s election was the kind of Earth-shattering event that only comes around once or twice in a newsperson’s career. So for someone like Dean Baquet, the Times’s then 60-year-old executive editor, the dominant emotion was exhilaration about this new national epic. But it didn’t go unnoticed that, for some in the newsroom, the journalistic mission was not exactly front of mind. … [A source said,] ‘That was the first indication that a unified newsroom in the age of Trump was going to be a very difficult thing to achieve or maintain.’”
-- Bloomberg News, “Sinclair Employees Say Their Contracts Make It Too Expensive to Quit,” by Jordyn Holman, Rebecca Greenfield and Gerry Smith: “After Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. drew widespread criticism for having anchors read a statement taking aim at the integrity of other U.S. media outlets, many wondered why some of the company’s journalists didn’t just quit. The short answer is the cost may be too steep. According to copies of two employment contracts reviewed by Bloomberg, some Sinclair employees were subject to a liquidated damages clause for leaving before the term of their agreement was up: one that requires they pay as much as 40 percent of their annual compensation to the company.”
-- New York magazine, “It’s a Theyby! Is it possible to raise your child entirely without gender from birth? Some parents are trying,” by Alex Morris: “For a small but growing cohort of parents — ones who see gender as a spectrum rather than a binary — the unisex movement of the ’60s and the ‘gender neutral’ parenting trends that have followed have come up woefully short. For them, society’s gender troubles cannot be solved by giving all children dolls and trucks to play with or dressing them all in the color beige; the gender binary must not simply be smudged but wholly eradicated from the moment that socialization begins, clearing the way both for their child’s future gender exploration and for wholesale cultural change.”
DAYBOOK:
Trump will have a private dinner with supporters tonight. He has no other events on his schedule.
NEWS YOU CAN USE IF YOU LIVE IN D.C.:
-- Washington will get a taste of spring today, but the city could see wet snow by the weekend. The Capital Weather Gang forecasts: “Could see a broken line of showers, and perhaps a gusty thundershower, move through from west to east this morning into early afternoon. That means some spots could get briefly soaked while others stay dry as a cold front tracks across the area. Temperatures start out on the mild side this morning, near 60 to the mid-60s, but then drop back into the 50s during the afternoon, as winds gust from the west-northwest around 40-50 mph.”
-- The Nationals lost to the Braves 13-6, ending their short-lived perfect season. (Chelsea Janes)
-- The Wizards lost to the Rockets 120-104. (Candace Buckner)
-- DHS has detected possible cellphone surveillance technology in the Washington area. Matt Zapotosky reports: “[DHS] has not been able to pinpoint who or what is causing it, the department revealed in a letter released Tuesday. The technology, a cell-tower simulator commonly known as a StingRay, has been deployed for years by federal and local law enforcement to pinpoint suspects’ locations, though its unauthorized use in the Washington area raises fears that foreign adversaries might also be taking advantage of it to spy on U.S. citizens.”
-- Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors barred federal immigration officials from participating in a discussion on arrests of undocumented immigrants. Antonio Olivo reports: “Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials — already frustrated by Fairfax Sheriff Stacey Ann Kincaid’s recent cancellation of an interagency agreement that kept people wanted for deportation in jail past their release dates — sat fuming in the audience of what was supposed to be a routine discussion about law enforcement coordination.”
-- Howard University’s president is facing a “no confidence” vote from faculty, Joe Heim reports. “The referendum, which is not binding, comes at a critical time for Howard’s leadership, with the [student] takeover of the administration building stretching to nearly a week.”
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Seth Meyers hosted a debate on Trump's staff shake-ups:
Jimmy Kimmel explained private arbitration to his viewers:
Rep. Todd Rokita, who is running in Indiana’s Senate GOP primary, donned a MAGA hat in his latest campaign ad to show his loyalty to the president:
( I wrote last week about how support for Trump has become a theme of Republican primary ads.)
The Post's video team had a satirical take on the Sinclair marketing promo:
And a black bear in Montana awoke from a long slumber:
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