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That Bolton’s manuscript continues to be held by the White House on claims that it includes highly classified information is itself news. And it’s an issue of genuine concern. Of all the mistakes that Bolton might make, mishandling classified information seems highly unlikely. That the pages have been parked somewhere in a White House sub-basement for this long…

As USA Today reports, the politically independent Federal Judges Association has called for an “emergency meeting” to address issues generated by Barr’s interference and Donald Trump’s continued threats to the judiciary. The president of the group, a federal judge appointed by George W. Bush, said that the judges could not wait for their normal spring meeting.…

Bloomberg’s careful avoidance of anything resembling an unscripted moment doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be a debate pushover. In 2009, The New York Times reported that in his last mayoral debate, Bloomberg showed “the ferocity of a bulldog” and “turned almost every question put to him into an attack on his rival” (via Tom Watson). This time around, Bloomberg will…

So the sharp increase in overall deaths on Wednesday, the exact thing that made the huge spike in total reported cases look like it was more than just a reclassification of existing cases? That never happened. And that’s not the only confusion this morning. When the information from China’s Hubei province rolled out for Feb.…

The Washington Post is one of … possibly all … newspapers in the nation this morning running with the line that Barr’s statements represent some kind of declaration of independence of the judiciary. But this “remarkable public rebuke” of Trump is nothing of the sort. Barr has already admitted that he personally intervened to soften the sentencing…

Campaign Action Issa’s ad once again argues that DeMaio is on the wrong side of Donald Trump when it comes to immigration. It begins with a clip of Donald Trump at the State of the Union proclaiming, “Tragically, radical politicians provide sanctuary for these criminal illegal aliens.” The narrator then declares that DeMaio said that…

Because undocumented students are ineligible for federal financial aid, changes to in-state tuition policies could make all the difference to the estimated 2,000 undocumented teens who graduate from high schools in Virginia annually, and who face additionally uncertainty depending on the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. “In my neck of the woods, I’ve…

The Vindman brothers did not try to “get together and decide what the policy is.” One of them testified before Congress, under subpoena. That’s it. But while some Senate Republicans are very concerned about the firing of Gordon Sondland from the post as ambassador to the European Union that he bought with $1 million in…

This is a big change to state law, which had allowed local governments to add new war monuments, but not to remove, alter, or move existing ones. They can’t add placards describing them, explaining why they were erected, or putting them in the context of Virginia’s history. New legislation in the House would give latitude to…

Donald Trump has already demonstrated an extraordinary willingness to use his pardon powers to excuse his allies of any wrongdoing. He has pardoned racist former Sheriff Joe Arpaio for charges of contempt of court. He dipped back into a former round of Republican wrongdoing to pardon Scooter Libby on multiple counts of perjury. He pardoned far-right propagandist…