When former President Barack Obama said on the campaign trail last week that Trump had redesigned the White House to look “like Sadaam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory,” he obviously hit a nerve. Trump and his aggrieved supporters have spent the time since deliberately distorting what Obama said to suggest that he was attacking the restaurant and the people who eat there and not Trump himself.
To be clear, this fight is about more than the recently gilded cherubs in the Oval Office or Oreo Dream Extreme Cheesecake at the restaurant conservatives are defending.
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is already staking out jurisdiction over Jared Kushner investigations if Democrats take back the House. Read more from Adam Hudacek.
There’s plenty to be concerned about regarding reports of so-called “ballot stacking” in Alaska. None of it is the Justice Department’s business, argues Hayes Brown. Read more.
Veterans in the state expressed deference to President Donald Trump’s decision to start the war with Iran, but military family members said the president had gone back on his word. Read more from Alex Tabet and Cameron Brock.
The world’s richest person is opening his deep pockets to bolster Republican candidates in the midterms after seeing his wealth surge since befriending Donald Trump. Read more from Akayla Garner and Soorin Kim.
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