Paul Manafort is suing the Department of Justice. The suit challenges the authority of Special Counsel Robert Mueller and alleges the Justice Department violated the law in appointing Mueller. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) reacts to the breaking news.
Cohen called the lawsuit rather novel and unique. "I think its an unusual attack and I think it probably shows Manafort knows the facts are against him," said Cohen.
"I think we are going to find out this is one of the most awful and disgusting periods in the history of American government," said Cohen.
On Wednesday bipartisan congressional leaders gathered at the White House to meet with OMB Director Mick Mulvaney to discuss the budget deal ahead of the January 19 deadline. Cohen says he expects a deal to be reached, and a government shutdown will be avoided.
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The new proposal, an effort to reverse regulations put in place under President Obama, would — if enacted — eliminate requirements that oil and gas producers inspect for, and repair, methane leaks from their wells, pipelines, and manufacturing facilities.
U.S. markets extended a rally after dovish comments from a top Chinese official indicated that it would not retaliate with tariffs, at least for now.
Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, admitted Wednesday that a poll showing a statistical dead heat between Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren, was an outlier among polls.
The British pound sterling fell sharply after British PM Boris Johnson announced he was asking for Parliament to be suspended from mid-September until mid-October ー a highly controversial move that critics say is intended to keep MPs from avoiding a no-deal Brexit and plunged the British government into crisis once again, two months before a looming deadline.
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