On Politics: House Democrats vow to subpoena White House

2019年10月3日星期四

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Good Thursday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today.

The White House had thus far ignored voluntary requests submitted by the House Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Committees for documents related to President Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating a leading political rival. If they don't comply by Friday, House Democrats said they planned to subpoena the White House.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo once accused the Obama administration of obstructing a House inquiry and letting politics override national interests. He now faces similar charges.
Days before filing a whistle-blower complaint, a C.I.A. officer brought a vague version of his accusations to an aide on the House Intelligence Committee.

Senator Bernie Sanders was hospitalized and treated for blockage of an artery, forcing him to cancel his events in the coming days, and casting uncertainty over his candidacy. Although he has raised a great amount this quarter, he is slipping in the polls.

Mr. Trump's political advisers have concluded a monthslong effort to tighten the rules for choosing delegates to the Republican National Convention, all but ensuring there are no dissenting speeches at the gathering of party officials in Charlotte next year.

The 2020 Democratic presidential candidates on Wednesday expressed their collective support for sweeping new gun control measures, appearing at a forum held in Las Vegas, a city still grieving after a gunman massacred 58 concertgoers in 2017.

Is Arizona shifting on gun control? Mark Kelly's Senate campaign in Arizona, a state with some of the least restrictive gun laws in the nation, could be a test of the enduring potency of the gun control debate.
The Trump administration is moving to begin collecting DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of immigrants in federal detention facilities for entry into a national criminal database.

The World Trade Organization granted the United States permission to tax as much as $7.5 billion of European exports annually. The Trump administration decided that it would impose those tariffs on European aircraft, French wine and cheese, Spanish olive oil and other goods starting Oct. 18.

Today's On Politics briefing was compiled by Isabella Grullón Paz in New York.

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