President Trump and the director, Dan Coats, were often at odds over Russia, North Korea and the president's own attacks on the intelligence community.
| | | July 29, 2019 | Morning Edition | | | | Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. | |
| _____________________ | | • President Trump announced on Sunday that Dan Coats would step down as the director of national intelligence. The two were often at odds over Russia, North Korea and the president’s own attacks on the intelligence community. (Here’s a look at the turnover in the Trump administration.) | | • Democratic voters have thrilled to Senator Kamala Harris as a messenger. But there’s an unsettled question around her campaign: What does she really believe? | | • Democrats seem to agree that step one is beating Mr. Trump in 2020. But they can’t agree on step two: Should they return to a pre-Trump ethos in Washington, or fight for a fundamental reshaping of the nation’s economic, political and health care systems? | | • Mr. Trump attacked Representative Elijah E. Cummings over the weekend, calling the African-American congressman “racist” without any explanation. It was a familiar strategy: Mr. Trump often alleges that his enemies are actually whatever he is being called — whether that’s racist, mentally unbalanced or losing a step through age. | | | | • The House Judiciary Committee asked a federal judge to unseal grand jury secrets related to Robert Mueller’s investigation, using the court filing to declare that lawmakers have already in effect begun an impeachment investigation of Mr. Trump. | | • The chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Representative Jerrold Nadler, said on Sunday that he believed Mr. Trump “richly deserves” to be impeached. It was the most forceful public comments yet from the leader of the panel that would open the proceedings. | | • Support among Democratic voters for opening an impeachment inquiry is growing. But even in the aftermath of Mr. Mueller’s congressional testimony, voters bring it up far less than they do policy issues, and few of the 2020 hopefuls make it central, or mention it at all, in their appeals. | | • Riding the bus to Canada with Senator Bernie Sanders, in search of more affordable prescription drugs. | | | | • With their legislative agenda on track but stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate, and with internal divisions complicating their efforts, House Democrats left Washington for the summer with a decidedly mixed record. | | • Marianne Williamson, a spiritual adviser and long-shot presidential candidate, stood by her claim that antidepressants are overprescribed, which experts say stigmatizes mental illness. | | • Federal prosecutors looking at foreign influence over Mr. Trump’s campaign, his transition and the early stages of his administration have interviewed Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a top campaign fund-raiser and close friend of Mr. Trump. | | • A man. A banjo. A campaign that, somehow, is still going. Inside John Hickenlooper’s quietly flailing presidential run. | | _____________________ | | 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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