On Politics A.M.: Bolton Is Called to Testify (With Editors’ Note)

2019年10月31日星期四

On Politics A.M.: Bolton Is Called to Testify (With Editors’ Note)

October 31, 2019

Editors' Note: Oct. 31, 2019

An earlier version of this newsletter included an item not intended for publication. The information about Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman's closed-door testimony has not been verified by The Times.

Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today:

House impeachment investigators on Wednesday summoned John R. Bolton, President Trump's former national security adviser, and two top White House lawyers to testify next week in their inquiry into Mr. Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine.
The deputy secretary of state said on Wednesday that the president's personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani was involved in a smear campaign to oust the ambassador to Ukraine, publicly confirming a key part of the saga behind the impeachment inquiry.
House Democrats, who for weeks resisted a formal floor vote on their impeachment inquiry into Mr. Trump, have united decisively behind the idea, a striking shift that reflects their growing confidence in the public's support.
Digressions. Mix-ups. Mistakes. Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has a choppy speaking style that could undermine his message at a time when he needs to attract more voters and donors.
Senator Kamala Harris took her most drastic action yet to salvage her once-promising presidential bid: laying off an undisclosed number of staff members at the campaign's headquarters and redeploying others to Iowa, where she hopes to slingshot her campaign.
A coming purge of Georgia's voter rolls has raised alarms among advocacy groups, many of whom see the issue of who gets to cast a ballot as re-emerging, particularly in battleground states in next year's election.
In a stark contrast to Facebook, which has faced blowback for taking a hands-off approach to political advertising, Jack Dorsey, Twitter's chief executive, said that the social media service plans to ban political ads on its platform.
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday for the third time in 2019, reversing nearly all of last year's rate increases as uncertainty from Mr. Trump's trade war and slowing global growth continue to influence the central bank's decision-making.
While waves of American troops are pulling out of Syria under Mr. Trump's order earlier this month that paved the way for a Turkish offensive against Kurds there, a separate wave of American troops from the opposite direction is pouring back in.