The slur, directed at four women of color, is an established racist trope used to single out the perceived foreignness of nonwhite people.
| | | July 15, 2019 | Morning Edition | | | | Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. | |
| _____________________ | | • President Trump said on Sunday that a group of four minority congresswomen should “go back” to the countries they came from. (Only one of the women, Ilhan Omar, is from another country.) Mr. Trump’s slur, an established racist trope, is commonly used to single out the perceived foreignness of nonwhite, non-Christian people. | | • In a news analysis, Peter Baker argues that no president in the last century has fanned the flames of white resentment more than Mr. Trump. “He appears to be drawing a deep line between the white, native-born America of his memory and the ethnically diverse, increasingly foreign-born country he is presiding over, challenging voters in 2020 to declare which side of that line they are on.” | | • Pete Buttigieg struggled for a decade after leaving Harvard to overcome the fear that being gay was “a career death sentence.” Here’s his journey to come out of the closet. | | • Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders dueled over health care this weekend, with Mr. Biden claiming Medicare for all would “raise taxes on the middle class” and Mr. Sanders accusing his rival of saying “exactly what the Republicans are saying.” | | | | • House Democrats postponed two hearings with Robert S. Mueller III, which had been scheduled to take place this week, until July 24 to allow for expanded questioning of the former special counsel. | | • Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin informed congressional leaders that the government could run out of money in early September, pleading with lawmakers to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling or risk a potentially catastrophic default. | | • A number of prominent conservative have amplified an inaccurate talking point that former President Barack Obama had eliminated the citizenship question from the census that Mr. Trump wanted to add. Our fact check shows that’s false. | | • The House approved legislation to replenish a depleted federal fund to compensate emergency workers and others who became ill as a result of their work in the ruins of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, extending it for the lifetime of those who were at Sept. 11’s ground zero. | | | | • When Mr. Sanders brought his presidential campaign to Pittsburgh earlier this year, he quietly added a poignant stop: the Tree of Life synagogue, where 11 congregants were killed last fall. But his appearance came with explicit instructions for his staff not to tell the news media about the visit. | | _____________________ | | Were you forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox. | | Is there anything you think we’re missing? Anything you want to see more of? We’d love to hear from you. Email us at onpolitics@nytimes.com. | | |
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