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As I feared, the developing story on the Trump DOJ targeting actual ballots in Los Angeles County is creating some confusion. I tried in yesterday’s Morning Memo to make clear that this was different in kind and degree from the Trump administration’s previous efforts to purge voter rolls in advance of the election.
The US president provided few details in his post on social media, but it comes after he criticised Ukraine for targeting Russian energy sites.
The Department of Justice publicly searching the home of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar yesterday seems to be a clear violation of the DOJ norm not to take action so close to an election (now just three weeks away) unless absolutely necessary
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Donald Trump gets brutal new nickname as he's completely zonked out on live TV
Donald Trump seemed to be fast asleep as he held a meeting to announce a planned liquefied natural gas pipeline in Alaska, with Jimmy Kimmel mocking the president's nap
The Labor Department suspended Microsoft from the federal program it uses to help foreign workers stay in the U.S. permanently, and won't process the company's pending applications. The announcement came hours before President Trump was scheduled to give Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michele Tafoya received President Donald Trump’s endorsement, even as her new advertisements aim to create distance from him.
The scheduled execution of former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who murdered 13 people at a military site in 2009, is set to be highly unusual.
Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley beat top- and bottom-line estimates this morning, posting equities trading revenue numbers that topped analysts' expectations by more than $900 million. Bank of America's Moynihan and Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick will both join CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" today. Watch live on CNBC or CNBC+.
Wealthy donors and companies can donate individual stocks to the new investment accounts for millions of children. That has raised legal questions.
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Trump Appoints Another Blond Fox News Guest as Press Secretary
The White House has chosen its new press secretary: MAGA communications adviser Katie Zacharia. The 42-year-old was previously the senior communications adviser at Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social.