TECH STOCKS PLUNGE Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple saw their stocks plummet as fear spread on Wall Street that the big tech companies would come under federal investigation. READ |
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JUDGE WON’T BLOCK TRUMP ORDER A federal judge in Washington, DC, rejected Democrats’ efforts to block President Trump’s use of emergency powers to use military funds for border wall construction. READ |
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WEAR DOWN PELOSI? Several House Democrats are convinced that they can convince House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to move on impeachment in June. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-CA, said, “The temperature’s rising, the plot is thickening. It’s hard for me to imagine Congress certainly leaving for the August recess without some closure on this.” READ |
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LEADING DEM: IMPEACHMENT WILL HAPPEN CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Rep. Jim Clyburn, the third highest ranking Democrat in the House, if he believed that President Donald Trump would eventually be impeached “or at least proceedings will begin.” Clyburn responded: “Yes, that’s exactly what I feel.” READ |
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McCONNELL TOUTS JUDGES At the pro-life gala for the Susan B. Anthony List, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took a victory lap for the Senate’s record-setting pace for judicial confirmations. He vowed to fill every opening and that he would leave “no vacancy behind.” READ |
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JUSTICE THOMAS IS NOT RETIRING Justice Clarence Thomas scoffed at rumors that he might be retiring at the end of the Supreme Court’s term at the end of June. “I have no idea where this stuff comes from,” he told the New York Times. “I really don’t have a lot of stress,” Justice Thomas said cheerfully. “I cause stress.” READ |