![]() ![]() The NYT’s Eric Lipton, Maggie Haberman and Ben Protess put Trump’s foreign business entanglements front and center once again: “The Trump family has struck a deal with a Saudi-based real estate company to license its name to a housing and golf complex that will be built in Oman, renewing a swirl of questions about … Trump’s mixing of politics and business just as he appears poised to announce a third presidential candidacy.” House Oversight chair CAROLYN MALONEY (D-N.Y.) released new documents showing six nations spent $750,000 at the Trump Hotel: “These documents sharply call into question the extent to which President Trump was guided by his personal financial interest while in office rather than the best interests of the American people.” Former Trump Chief of Staff JOHN KELLY tells the NYT’s Mike Schmidt that, while president, Trump “wanted a number of his perceived political enemies to be investigated by the Internal Revenue Service” - including former FBI Director JAMES COMEY and deputy ANDREW McCABE. The governing dramas of the last Trump administration were suddenly back in the headlines … (But, then again, it wasn’t very strong back then.)ġ. The big takeaway is that the movement on the right to abandon Trump is the strongest it’s been since the days after Jan. ![]() The best way to understand the context of this announcement is to take a spin through the last 24 hours of Trump news. (More on McCarthy below.)Īnd then tonight at 9 p.m., Trump is scheduled to announce his third campaign for president. ![]() He should easily pass that test, but the margin will tell us how much trouble he’s in. McCarthy faces a vote of House Republicans on whether he will be their nominee for speaker in January. ADAM FRISCH).Ī NEW GOP? - As the Republican Party wrestles with whether it should stick with its three current leaders - DONALD TRUMP, KEVIN McCARTHY and MITCH McCONNELL - today is crucial, especially for the first two. Republican candidates lead in four more races: CA-03 ( KEVIN KILEY vs. KEN CALVERT), CA-45 ( MICHELLE STEEL) and NY-22 ( BRANDON WILLIAMS) went on the board at 11 p.m., giving the GOP 217 seats. GOP ON THE CUSP - “Democrats’ slim hopes to retain the House majority were just about extinguished Monday,” Zach Montellaro and David Cohen write, after three late-night AP calls put Republicans ONE SEAT AWAY from securing a House majority. MILESTONE - “World population to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022,” per the U.N. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo DRIVING THE DAY Former President Donald Trump looks out at the audience as he speaks at Mar-a-lago on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. ![]()
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