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☆ Extreme heat is holding the economy back. Don't expect federal legislation to help any time soon.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

There are no federal regulations protecting workers in extreme heat. Biden announced plans to protect workers last week with more enforcement of heat-safety violations. "I urge the administration to move quickly to create this national heat standard to protect workers on the job. Last year, business groups sued Oregon over extreme heat worker protection rules, arguing the state overstepped its statutory authority in requiring employers to pay workers during breaks. However, some experts believe that investments to protect workers, such as rearranging shifts or changing uniform colors, pay off since workers can be more productive in the longer run.

Persons: Biden, Marc Freedman, Algernon Austin, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, haven't, Austin Organizations: Service, United States Chamber of Commerce, New York Times, OSHA, Center for Economic, Policy Research, Research, Labor Department, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Department of, Democratic, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, Safety, UPS, Asuncion Valdivia Heat, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Demolition Association Locations: Wall, Silicon, California , Colorado, Washington, America, Oregon, Texas, California , Michigan, Georgia, Asuncion Valdivia

☆ Richard O. Simpson, First U.S. Product Safety Czar, Dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Sam Roberts | More About Sam Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Richard O. Simpson, a self-made Republican businessman who as the first chairman of the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission aggressively protected the American public from buying millions of risky goods, died on July 21 in DeLand, Fla., north of Orlando. His death, in a hospital near his home, was confirmed by his daughter Karen Simpson Tweedie. Mr. Simpson was appointed to the commission by President Richard M. Nixon in 1973, shortly after it was created by a Democratic Congress. Still, during his three-year tenure, the commission declared some 25 million items unsafe and demanded that they be recalled, repaired or replaced. They included flammable mattresses, TV antennas that could lead to electrocution and pill bottles without child-resistant caps.

Persons: Richard O, Simpson, Karen Simpson Tweedie, Richard M, Nixon Organizations: federal, Product Safety, Democratic Locations: DeLand, Fla, Orlando

☆ Trump’s Jury Pool for Jan. 6 Trial: A City That Remembers the Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Amy Qin | More About Amy Qin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

All of this could add up to an enormous challenge for Mr. Trump and his lawyers. Lawyers for several Jan. 6 rioters have petitioned to have their trials transferred out of D.C., without success. Selecting a jury will mean sifting through a jury pool in a city where many residents have some type of connection to politics. The jury selection process to find the 12 district residents who will ultimately decide whether Mr. Trump is guilty could be lengthy. Finding people who don’t have a strong opinion of Mr. Trump or haven’t followed the Jan. 6 case could prove difficult.

Persons: Ms, Henderson, Trump, Ron DeSantis, Steve Bannon, Claire McCaskill, Bannon, haven’t Organizations: Twitter, Mr, Republican, Boston Marathon, Democratic Locations: Washington, West Virginia, Florida, Boston

☆ House Democrats shelve effort to censure George Santos — for now
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

House Democrats are punting an effort to force a vote on censuring Rep. George Santos. It could now be weeks before that happens — lawmakers won't return after this week until September 12. The Democratic trio — which also includes Rep. Robert Garcia of California and Rep. Dan Goldman of New York — had pitched their effort as a backstop against an ongoing House Ethics Committee inquiry into Santos' misdeeds. If the censure effort eventually succeeds, Santos would become the 26th member of Congress in American history to be formally censured by the House. Those other censure efforts include:But unlike those efforts, the Santos censure effort enjoys bipartisan support, and would likely pass when it's eventually brought to the floor.

Persons: George Santos, That's, —, Ritchie Torres, Torres, Robert Garcia of, Dan Goldman, New York —, Santos, Garcia, New York Republicans —, Nick LaLota, Axios, Kevin McCarthy, Adam Schiff of, it's Organizations: censuring Rep, Service, Republicans, Democratic, New York Republican, New, Robert Garcia of California, New York Republicans, Democrats, Democratic Rep, Adam Schiff of California, Trump Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Washington, masse, Santos, Russia

☆ US lawmakers are calling for a Department of Labor investigation into $12B HR startup Deel over its use of independent contractors, citing Insider's investigation
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Democratic lawmakers are demanding a Department of Labor investigation into HR startup Deel. In March, Insider reported on internal concerns at Deel over its use of independent contractors. A group of Democratic congresspeople led by California representative Adam Schiff are calling for a federal investigation into the $12 billion HR startup Deel for allegedly misclassifying employees as independent contractors. Insider's March 2023 story found the startup, which helps large organizations hire and manage workers around the world, classified at least half of its workers as independent contractors. Deel workers who are hired as independent contractors do not receive certain employment rights that they would otherwise be entitled to if they were full-time employees.

Persons: Adam Schiff, Democratic congresspeople, Julie Su, Deel, Alex Bouaziz, Bouaziz, Schiff, Bill Pascrell, Raúl, André Carson, John Garamendi of, Haley Stevens of, Red Bull, Stephen Padilla Organizations: Department of Labor, Morning, Democratic, Labor, United States Department of Labor, Bloomberg, Insider's, Haley Stevens of Michigan, Nike, state's Labor, Workforce Development Agency Locations: California, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Greece, Brazil, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Nigeria, New Jersey, Arizona, André Carson of Indiana, John Garamendi of California

☆ A conservative PAC is committing $20 million to back Lauren Boebert and GOP representatives who voted against Kevin McCarthy for speaker: Politico
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A conservative PAC is pledging $20 million to back representatives who voted against Kevin McCarthy for House Speaker. A memo from the group published by Politico explains how the PAC plans to spend its money. It says the PAC will defend its members from "moderate donors and candidates" in the primary. Once the general election comes around, McIntosh promised to financially support any of the "Patriot 20" whose seats have been targeted as vulnerable by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. These representatives include Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, and Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, David McIntosh, McIntosh, Scott Perry, Anna Paulina Luna of, Lauren Boebert, Adam Frisch, Boebert's Organizations: House, Politico, Service, Republican, Growth, Club, Growth's, Democratic Congressional, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Federal Elections Commission Locations: Wall, Silicon, Scott Perry of, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, Colorado

Long before moving into the White House, President Biden compared the relationship between the United States and Israel to that of close friends. For months, Mr. Biden refused to invite Mr. Netanyahu to Washington, which prevented at least some meetings between lower-level officials. Despite recognizing Israel, Mr. Truman refused to sell the new state offensive arms, as did his two successors. Mr. Biden urged Mr. Netanyahu “not to rush” his changes and “to seek the broadest possible consensus here.”Aides insist Mr. Biden is not trying to engineer a specific outcome in an ally’s internal politics. “I don’t think the Jewish American community needs to be overly involved in this,” she said.

Persons: Long, Biden, “, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu, Nathan J, Diament, Isaac Herzog, Robert B, Harry S, Truman, —, Israel —, Israel, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, George H.W, Bush, State James A, Baker, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Donald J, Trump, Mr, “ Bibi, Biden’s, Netanyahu’s, Kamala Harris, ” —, Eli Cohen, Yair Lapid, Netanyahu “, Satloff, Thomas L, Friedman, . Biden, Jake Sullivan, “ It’s, ” Mr, Sullivan, Chris Coons, James E, Diana Fersko, Rabbi Fersko Organizations: Israel, Orthodox Union, American Orthodox, Democratic, Washington Institute for Near East, State, State Department, Mr, New York Times, Aspen Security, Republican, Foreign Relations, Jewish, American Jewish, American Locations: United States, Israel, Washington, American, U.S, Egypt, Suez, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Manhattan

Long before moving into the White House, President Biden compared the relationship between the United States and Israel to that of close friends. For months, Mr. Biden refused to invite Mr. Netanyahu to Washington, which prevented at least some meetings between lower-level officials. Despite recognizing Israel, Mr. Truman refused to sell the new state offensive arms, as did his two successors. Mr. Biden’s relationship with Mr. Netanyahu has been scratchy going back years. “I don’t think the Jewish American community needs to be overly involved in this,” she said.

Persons: Long, Biden, “, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Netanyahu, Nathan J, Diament, Isaac Herzog, Robert B, Harry S, Truman, —, Israel —, Israel, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, George H.W, Bush, State James A, Baker, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Donald J, Trump, Mr, “ Bibi, Biden’s, Netanyahu’s, Kamala Harris, ” —, Eli Cohen, Yair Lapid, Netanyahu “, Satloff, Thomas L, Friedman, Jake Sullivan, “ It’s, ” Mr, Sullivan, Chris Coons, James E, Diana Fersko, Rabbi Fersko Organizations: Israel, Orthodox Union, American Orthodox, Democratic, Washington Institute for Near East, State, State Department, Mr, New York Times, Aspen Security, Republican, Foreign Relations, Jewish, American Jewish, American Locations: United States, Israel, Washington, American, U.S, Egypt, Suez, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Manhattan

☆ Congressman Pat Ryan tells Verizon, AT&T to 'clean up their mess' following toxic lead cable report
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

One such cable hangs bordering a playground in Wappingers Falls, New York, and lead in nearby soil measured more than 1,000 parts per million, the Journal reported. AT&T shares earlier this week hit a three-decade low following a flurry of downgrades from analysts on concerns that the potential of toxic lead cables could create long-term headwinds for the companies in question. Shares of Verizon, also mentioned in the Journal’s investigation, fell to their lowest closing level since 2010 on Monday. Shares of telecom companies pared back their losses Wednesday, buoyed by a broader market rally fueled by strong second-quarter earnings reports. Raymond James analysts wrote in a note Wednesday that they estimate AT&T could spend between $264 million and $1.2 billion to remove lead-covered cables.

Persons: Pat Ryan, ” Ryan, USTelecom, Raymond James Organizations: New, New York CNN — New, New York CNN — New York Democratic, Verizon, AT, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Bell, Environmental, Agency, Wall, & $ Locations: New York, New York CNN — New York, United States, Wappingers Falls , New York

☆ Vulnerable Republicans Take a Political Risk With Abortion Vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Annie Karni | More About Annie Karni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The policy reimburses travel costs for personnel who must travel out of state to obtain an abortion or related services. Democrats pointed to the vote as a prime example of Republicans taking votes that could ultimately cost them their House majority. Strategists in both parties have suggested that the Supreme Court’s abortion decision, and Democrats’ subsequent efforts to spotlight Republican opposition to abortion rights, weakened the G.O.P. “It wouldn’t be the way I would run the place, but at the end of the day as long as we pass N.D.A.A. Mr. Gonzales, who voted for the abortion amendment and others barring transgender health services and limiting diversity training for military personnel, voted against amendments that sought to cut funding for Ukraine.

Persons: “ I’m, ”, “, ’, Courtney Rice, Tony Gonzales, Gonzales Organizations: Republican, Department, “, Democratic Congressional, Republicans, Democrat, Ukraine Locations: Texas

☆ Democrats are more likely to take back the House after a recent New York court decision
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A recent appeals court decision out of New York may be what pushes Democrats to win the House in 2024. The appeals court ordered the Independent Redistricting Commission to redraw the state's congressional map. The congressional map used in 2022 led four Republicans to flip previously Democratic-held seats. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries echoed DelBene, attacking the judge who appointed the special master to draw up the current congressional map of New York. "The Appellate Division decision confirms that the New York State Constitution requires congressional district lines be drawn by an independent redistricting commission.

Persons: George Santos, —, Suzan DelBene, DelBene, Hakeem Jeffries, Jeffries Organizations: Independent, Republicans, Service, New York Times, Division, Democratic, Times, Democratic Party, Republican, Republican Party, Democratic Congressional, New, New York Locations: New York, Wall, Silicon, York, Albany, —, North Carolina

☆ Opinion | Pro-Vaccine Views Are Winning. Don’t Fear the Skeptics.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

With Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, vaccine skepticism has been back in the headlines. (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine outweigh the risk — the same percentage that Pew found in 2016 and 2019. When you look at rates of vaccination among young children for potentially dangerous infectious diseases, the data is encouraging. According to a study published in January in the C.D.C.’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report:Vaccination coverage among young children has remained high and stable for most vaccines, although disparities persist. Per the C.D.C., for children born in 2018 and 2019, coverage was over 90 percent for the polio, M.M.R., hepatitis B and varicella (chickenpox) vaccines.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy Jr, ’, Kennedy, Dennis Kucinich, Kennedy “, ” Kennedy, He’s, I’d, Pew, Per, there’s, ” Organizations: Democratic, Pew Research, Centers for Disease Control

☆ How Jeffrey Epstein turned the US Virgin Islands into a pedophile's playground and helped elect a sitting member of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Court filings show how Jeffrey Epstein exerted power in the US Virgin Islands, two of which he owned. A financier worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Epstein owned two islands in the US Virgin Islands (there are roughly 50 islands overall). He had donated generously to Democratic politicians from the US Virgin Islands for years. With the assistance of the US Virgin Islands' first lady, Epstein navigated the territory's political waters unscathed. The court records show that, at least in the US Virgin Islands, he exerted influence with little friction.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Stacey Plaskett, —, Plaskett, Epstein, James, Lesley Groff, Scott Applewhite, Stacey, Thomas, didn't, Groff, maxed, Shawn, Michael Malone, Gabriel Lopez Albarran, Cecile de Jongh, John de Jongh Jr, de Jongh, Malone, De Jongh, Darren Indyke, Richard Kahn, Kahn, Groff didn't, Stuart McPhail, McPhail, Jeffrey Epstein's, Erika Kellerhals, Hi Jeffrey, Rick Friedman, Corbis, de, JPMorgan Chase, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's, Maxwell, She's, Mary Erdoes, Jamie Dimon's, Jes Staley, Epstein's thrall, Jongh, Denise George, Albert Bryan Jr, Bryan, Jed Rakoff, Emily Michot, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Prince Andrew, Trump's, De, Epstein doled, John de Jongh's, Kenneth Mapp, John de Jongh, John, wasn't Organizations: Virgin Islands, Service, Democratic, US, Islands, Democratic Congressional, AP, Federal, Commission, Democratic Party, Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority, Southern Trust Co, de, Indyke, Democrat, Getty Images JPMorgan, US Virgin Islands, JPMorgan, Virgin, Hyperion, Barclays, Authorities, United States Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Senate, Gov, New York Times, US Virgin, Deutsche Bank, U.S ., Miami Herald, Tribune, Getty, Federal Government, Mapp's PAC Locations: Virgin, Washington, Puerto Rico, Little St, Palm Beach , Florida, St, Croix, Manhattan, Islands, US Virgin, New York, U.S, U.S . Virgin Islands, Jongh, Tortola

☆ Exclusive: CNN obtains the tape of Trump’s 2021 conversation about classified documents
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —CNN has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify. Hear the conversation Listen to audio exclusively obtained by CNN of a July 2021 conversation during which former President Donald Trump acknowledges he held on to a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran. “These are the papers,” Trump says in the audio recording, while he’s discussing the Pentagon attack plans, a quote that was not included in the indictment. The audio recording comes from a July 2021 interview Trump gave at his Bedminster resort for people working on the memoir of Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff. While that’s the last line included in the indictment, the audio recording obtained by CNN includes several additional lines from the conversation:Trump: “It’s so cool.

Persons: Donald Trump, “ Anderson Cooper, Jack Smith’s, Trump, ” Trump, Hillary Clinton’s, ” “ Hillary, ” Trump’s, “, Anthony Weiner, Bret Baier, Mark, –, Mark Milley, Milley, ”, ’, Weiner, ‘, ’ ” Trump Organizations: CNN, Pentagon, Democratic, Fox News, Fox, Yorker, Joint Chiefs, Trump, Defense Department, FBI Locations: Bedminster , New Jersey, Iran, Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, Bedminster, Mark Meadows

☆ A Democratic congressman is pushing to allow reporters — and eventually lawmakers — to wear sneakers in the ornate and historic Speaker's Lobby
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Jared Moskowitz wants to end the ban on sneakers in the historic Speaker's Lobby, per Politico. Moskowitz is pushing to curb the rule for reporters — and ultimately lawmakers — who enter the room. A reporter told Politico that the ability to wear sneakers could help many reporters who are constantly on the run. And Moskowitz — a 42-year-old sneakerhead with a penchant for Air Jordans — is looking to relax the rules governing footwear in the speaker's lobby. "Obviously, there is tradition here," Moskowitz told Politico in an interview.

Persons: Jared Moskowitz, Moskowitz, —, Nike Dunks, Moskowitz —, Kevin McCarthy, Thomas Jefferson Organizations: Politico, Service, Democratic, Nike, Jordans, California Republican, Capitol Hill Locations: Florida, California

☆ How Sam Altman Stormed Washington to Set the A.I. Agenda
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Cecilia Kang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Weeks after OpenAI released its ChatGPT chatbot last year, Sam Altman, the chief executive of the artificial intelligence start-up, launched a lobbying blitz in Washington. He demonstrated ChatGPT at a breakfast with more than 20 lawmakers in the Capitol. “It’s so refreshing,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut and the chair of a panel that held an A.I. hearing last month featuring Mr. Altman. “He was willing, able and eager.”Technology chief executives have typically avoided the spotlight of government regulators and lawmakers.

Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Altman, Kamala Harris, Biden, “, ”, Richard Blumenthal, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai Organizations: Capitol, Republican, Democratic, White, Technology, Google Locations: Washington, Connecticut

☆ She Attacked Israel and the N.Y.P.D. It Made Her Law School a Target.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Each year, the law school graduates elect a member of their class to deliver a speech, and this year they chose Ms. Mohammed, an activist devoted to the Palestinian cause. Although her remarks would later be presented as a lightning bolt of antisemitism, she began uncontroversially, talking about the pain and loss of Covid and how it shaped her cohort’s first semesters in law school. “Let us remember that Gaza, just this week, has been bombed with the world watching,” she said at one point. But it was the fierceness she brought to her denunciation of “Israeli settler colonialism” and CUNY’s collaboration with “the fascist N.Y.P.D.” that especially inflamed the political class, even if her own audience, including the law school dean, seemed receptive. (“Imagine being so crazed by hatred for Israel as a Jewish State that you make it the subject of your commencement speech,” Mr. Torres wrote on Twitter last week.

Persons: Mohammed, ”, “, —, Mohammed’s, “ Stark, Ritchie Torres, Ted Cruz, Mr, Torres, Israel derangement Organizations: CUNY, New York Post, Fox, Democratic, Bronx, Republican, Jewish, Twitter Locations: Gaza, Rikers, Israel, Jewish State

☆ Millennials Are Not an Exception. They’ve Moved to the Right.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Nate Cohn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

And last fall, the young voters of ’08 — by then 32 to 43 — preferred Democratic congressional candidates by just 10 points in Times/Siena polling. The Financial Times, for instance, wrote that “millennials are shattering the oldest rule in politics” by not moving to the right as they age. Similarly, the Democratic data firm Catalist found that Democrats essentially haven’t lost ground among millennials and Gen Z over the last decade. The millennials of 2008 are not the same as those of 2016, for instance: Six additional years of even more heavily Democratic millennials became eligible to vote after the 2008 election, canceling out the slight Republican shift among older millennials. The shift to the right appears largest among the oldest “young” voters — the older millennials who came of age in a very different political era from today.

Persons: —, Obama, It’s, Catalist, Democratic millennials Organizations: Democratic, Times, Roper, Financial Times Locations: Siena, Iraq

☆ The District Gained Republicans. Could a Liberal Democrat Take It Back?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Tracey Tully | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last year, redistricting shored up the odds of victory for the incumbent party in 11 of New Jersey’s 12 congressional districts. With a year and a half before the election, it is likely that additional Democratic challengers to Mr. Kean will emerge. But Ms. Altman’s early entry and name recognition gives her a clear edge in a race that even the state’s Democratic Party chairman, LeRoy J. Jones Jr., acknowledges will be an uphill fight. “Sue Altman is a formidable candidate — and so far the only candidate,” Mr. Jones said. “Without hearing from anyone else, Sue is in a position to make her case to ultimately be the Democratic nominee.”

Persons: Tom Malinowski, Tom Kean Jr, Malinowski, Kevin McCarthy’s, Mr, Kean, Donald J, Altman’s, LeRoy J, Jones, “ Sue Altman, ” Mr, Sue, ” Organizations: New, Seventh Congressional District, Republican, Democratic Congressional, Trump, Democratic, state’s Democratic Party Locations: New Jersey, Washington

☆ Quite a few Republican representatives are not happy with the debt ceiling deal, and one vowed not to 'bankrupt our country'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a tentative agreement on the debt ceiling. At least two Republican representatives say they will not vote for the agreement. Several Republican representatives say they're unhappy with the debt ceiling deal after the White House and House Speaker reached a tentative agreement Saturday night. Norman, of South Carolina, called the deal "insanity" in a tweet and said a debt ceiling increase with "virtually no cuts" was not what had been agreed. Ralph Norman (@RepRalphNorman) May 28, 2023Buck, of Colorado, said he's "appalled" by the "surrender" to raise the debt ceiling.

☆ Taking on the F.B.I., Trump Allies Single Out a Former Agent
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Adam Goldman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

agent, Timothy R. Thibault reeled in big names while investigating public corruption, sending two Democratic congressmen to prison and overseeing sensitive inquiries into the Clinton Foundation and the former governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, another Democrat. In their casting, Mr. Thibault, who retired last year, is the face of bias and misconduct at the bureau. Powerful Republican lawmakers, including Representative Jim Jordan and Senator Charles R. Grassley, demanded that Mr. Thibault testify before their committees. official, Mr. Jordan’s panel in a news release last year denounced Mr. Thibault as “public enemy No. 1.”But his story is more complicated than Republicans have made it out to be.

☆ A woman who threatened to bomb staffers at a Democratic campaign office for 'being on the wrong team' vomited when FBI agents approached her
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Azmi Haroun | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Georgia woman pled guilty to threatening to bomb a local Democratic party building. Jessica Higginbotham planned to bomb the Athens Democratic Senatorial Committee Campaign building during the 2022 elections. When FBI agents confronted her about it, she vomited and lied at first, according to the DOJ. Local police and the FBI sprung into action after being alerted about the text, prosecutors said. "When she saw the agents approach her, she vomited," prosecutors said in a press release, adding that she first denied sending the message, but later admitted to it.

On top of the GOP gubernatorial primary in Kentucky, there are other contests taking place on Tuesday that could provide some clues about 2024 — even though it’s hard to draw too many lessons from individual races. Voters are also heading to the polls in Pennsylvania, which is hosting a crowded Democratic primary for Philadelphia mayor. Two races will also provide some insight into voter attitudes in two key counties in two crucial battlegrounds. In other Pence news, he will attend Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst’s “Roast and Ride” event next month, per Fox News (former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is also attending). Jumping in: Former state Rep. Leslie Love jumped into the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan on Monday.

CNN —Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly said two staffers were injured Monday by a man wielding a bat who came into his district office in Fairfax. Connolly told CNN that the assailant who entered his office and attacked two of his aides did so with a metal bat. “He was filled with out of control rage,” Connolly told CNN in a phone interview. Connolly told CNN he was at a ribbon cutting at the time for a food bank when the assailant drove to his office and entered the building. In October, a man attacked Paul Pelosi, the husband of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, hospitalizing him after hitting Paul Pelosi with a hammer in the couple’s home in San Francisco.

☆ Ghana's main opposition party picks Mahama as 2024 presidential candidate
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

ACCRA, May 14 (Reuters) - Ghana’s main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to retain former president, John Mahama, as its leader for the 2024 presidential election. This is the third time Mahama will run for the top job in Ghana, one of Africa's most stable democracies. The upcoming presidential vote is expected to be keenly contested. Mahama, 64, secured 297,603 votes, representing 98.9% of votes cast, the electoral commission said early on Sunday. "I am humbled by the overwhelming vote of confidence reposed in me by the party," Mahama said shortly after the declaration.

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