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| Manafort faces New York prosecution that could bypass any Trump pardon – live | Manafort faces New York prosecution that could bypass any Trump pardon – live |
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| Virginia House Republicans have announced plans to hold a public hearing where Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and the two women who have recently accused him of sexual assault can testify, the Associated Press reports: | |
| Republican Del. Rob Bell said Friday that the House Courts of Justice Committee will invite Vanessa Tyson, Meredith Watson and Fairfax at an unnamed future hearing date. | |
| “This will give all parties a chance to be heard,” Bell said in brief remarks on the House floor. | |
| He added that Republicans believe they have a duty to investigate the allegations made against the lieutenant governor, who is first in line to replace the governor in the event of a vacancy. | |
| Democratic House members have said they don’t believe the General Assembly is the best place to investigate the allegations at this time and said they don’t want to impede possible criminal investigations. | |
| More stories of mistreatment by staffers of Senator Amy Klobuchar are featured in a new story from the New York Times. | |
| In once incident, a staffer forgot to bring a fork with a salad he brought her on a flight. She berated him, then used a comb from her purse to eat the salad, and ordered him to clean it. | |
| Klobuchar wrote in one email seen by the Times, “In 20 years in politics I have never seen worse prep.” Another said, “This is the worst press staff I ever had.” In another email, she told an aide, “How can you treat me like this time and time again?” | |
| Her office also had an unusually punitive parental leave policy. Aides who took paid leave were required to remain employed for the office for three times as long as they had been on leave. If they did not, the policy called for them to pay back the money they were paid while on leave. Klobuchar’s office told the Times they never actually required any staffer to repay the money. | |
| In a new court filing, special counsel Robert Mueller formally denied Roger Stone’s claims that the special counsel tipped off CNN about his coming arrest. | |
| A CNN crew was outside Stone’s home to capture his arrest, but have said they were staking out the location and got lucky. | |
| Special Counsel refutes Roger Stone accusation that CNN was given advance notice of his arrest and a draft of the indictment. pic.twitter.com/pMnuajckMM | |
| Vice President Mike Pence promised the nation’s governors that Congress will pass an infrastructure bill next year. | |
| “I’ll make you a promise. And we’ll ask for your help. That in this Congress we’re going to pass historic infrastructure legislation,” Pence said Friday at a governors’ event at his residence, the Washington Post reports. | |
| Democrats have said they support an infrastructure package, but that it must include measures to combat climate change. | |
| With a new election called in a disputed House race in North Carolina, Democrat Dan McReady confirmed he is in. | With a new election called in a disputed House race in North Carolina, Democrat Dan McReady confirmed he is in. |
| “I am running in the special election to represent the people of the 9th district,” he told supporters at a brewery in Waxhaw Friday, according to the Associated Press. | “I am running in the special election to represent the people of the 9th district,” he told supporters at a brewery in Waxhaw Friday, according to the Associated Press. |
| The state ordered a new election Thursday after investigating absentee ballot fraud by an operative working for Republican Mark Harris, who had led the race by a small margin. | The state ordered a new election Thursday after investigating absentee ballot fraud by an operative working for Republican Mark Harris, who had led the race by a small margin. |
| The Trump administration issued a rule Friday banning groups that give referrals for abortions from receiving federal family planning funding. | The Trump administration issued a rule Friday banning groups that give referrals for abortions from receiving federal family planning funding. |
| The rule would cut groups like Planned Parenthood off from the $286 million family planning program known as Title X, the Washington Post reports. | The rule would cut groups like Planned Parenthood off from the $286 million family planning program known as Title X, the Washington Post reports. |
| The rules bar providers from making any abortion referrals or performing abortions at the same facilities where they provide Title X services like birth control, mammograms and cancer screenings, according to Politico. | The rules bar providers from making any abortion referrals or performing abortions at the same facilities where they provide Title X services like birth control, mammograms and cancer screenings, according to Politico. |
| It’s expected to be challenged in court. | It’s expected to be challenged in court. |
| New York Attorney General Letitia James said: “These new rules are dangerous and unnecessary, and will prevent millions of Americans from obtaining the care they need and deserve. New York will not stand by as this Administration puts New Yorkers’ health at risk for politics, and we will take legal action.” | New York Attorney General Letitia James said: “These new rules are dangerous and unnecessary, and will prevent millions of Americans from obtaining the care they need and deserve. New York will not stand by as this Administration puts New Yorkers’ health at risk for politics, and we will take legal action.” |
| South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Friday that Donald Trump’s trade policies have “devastated” her state, Politico reports. | South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Friday that Donald Trump’s trade policies have “devastated” her state, Politico reports. |
| “South Dakota has been devastated by the trade wars that are going on,” she said. | “South Dakota has been devastated by the trade wars that are going on,” she said. |
| Trump has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, prompting China to put retaliatory tariffs on US agricultural products like soybeans and wheat. | Trump has imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, prompting China to put retaliatory tariffs on US agricultural products like soybeans and wheat. |
| Noem said the woes of the agricultural industry have hit “every main street business, everybody that has another entity out there that relies on a successful ag industry.” | Noem said the woes of the agricultural industry have hit “every main street business, everybody that has another entity out there that relies on a successful ag industry.” |
| With New York prosecutors preparing charges against Paul Manafort, they’ll face the question of whether the case violates constitutional protections against double jeopardy. | With New York prosecutors preparing charges against Paul Manafort, they’ll face the question of whether the case violates constitutional protections against double jeopardy. |
| There’s a bill pending in the state legislature that would explicitly allow state prosecution of offenses if the target has been pardoned for those offenses on the federal level. | There’s a bill pending in the state legislature that would explicitly allow state prosecution of offenses if the target has been pardoned for those offenses on the federal level. |
| “It’s imperative that New York clarify its double jeopardy law to ensure the State can pursue and deliver justice in these cases,” Senator Todd Kaminsky, the sponsor of the bill, said Friday. | “It’s imperative that New York clarify its double jeopardy law to ensure the State can pursue and deliver justice in these cases,” Senator Todd Kaminsky, the sponsor of the bill, said Friday. |
| Senator Lindsey Graham says he expects “a handful” of Republicans in the Senate to vote with Democrats to block Donald Trump’s emergency declaration at the border. | Senator Lindsey Graham says he expects “a handful” of Republicans in the Senate to vote with Democrats to block Donald Trump’s emergency declaration at the border. |
| The resolution was introduced Friday in the House, and would terminate the emergency Trump is using to get money to build a border wall without Congressional approval. | The resolution was introduced Friday in the House, and would terminate the emergency Trump is using to get money to build a border wall without Congressional approval. |
| Graham, speaking on Fox News, said he was “100% with the president” on the issue. | Graham, speaking on Fox News, said he was “100% with the president” on the issue. |
| “Trump sent troops to the border. Obama sent troops to the border. Bush sent troops to the border. What’s the difference of deploying forces to the border to secure is vs. having them build a barrier while they’re there?” the South Carolina Republican said. “I think he has all the power under statute and as commander in chief to send troops to the border to actually erect barriers.” | “Trump sent troops to the border. Obama sent troops to the border. Bush sent troops to the border. What’s the difference of deploying forces to the border to secure is vs. having them build a barrier while they’re there?” the South Carolina Republican said. “I think he has all the power under statute and as commander in chief to send troops to the border to actually erect barriers.” |
| The last in a row of Manhattan apartment buildings bearing Donald Trump’s name will remove the moniker, the Washington Post reports. | The last in a row of Manhattan apartment buildings bearing Donald Trump’s name will remove the moniker, the Washington Post reports. |
| The last building with the name “Trump Place,” at 220 Riverside Boulevard, said Friday it would remove the president’s name. | The last building with the name “Trump Place,” at 220 Riverside Boulevard, said Friday it would remove the president’s name. |
| In a vote among apartment owners, 74.7% voted to remove the name while 25.3% voted to keep it, according to an email obtained by the Post. | In a vote among apartment owners, 74.7% voted to remove the name while 25.3% voted to keep it, according to an email obtained by the Post. |
| There had been six Trump Place buildings, and the rest have already voted to get rid of the name. | There had been six Trump Place buildings, and the rest have already voted to get rid of the name. |
| Senator and presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar will meet with former president Jimmy Carter and Democrat Stacey Abrams Friday on a campaign stop in Georgia, the Associated Press reports: | Senator and presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar will meet with former president Jimmy Carter and Democrat Stacey Abrams Friday on a campaign stop in Georgia, the Associated Press reports: |
| Klobuchar spokeswoman Carlie Waibel says the Minnesota Democrat will meet privately with Abrams, who lost a bid for governor last year and delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address earlier this month. | Klobuchar spokeswoman Carlie Waibel says the Minnesota Democrat will meet privately with Abrams, who lost a bid for governor last year and delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address earlier this month. |
| Klobuchar and Carter will speak about her campaign during their meeting, which is also private. Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, also represented Minnesota in the Senate and has been one of Klobuchar’s political mentors. | Klobuchar and Carter will speak about her campaign during their meeting, which is also private. Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, also represented Minnesota in the Senate and has been one of Klobuchar’s political mentors. |
| Klobuchar also will attend a roundtable discussion on voting rights with local leaders and activists before a fundraiser Friday night in Atlanta. | Klobuchar also will attend a roundtable discussion on voting rights with local leaders and activists before a fundraiser Friday night in Atlanta. |
| Klobuchar also will campaign this weekend in South Carolina and New Hampshire. | Klobuchar also will campaign this weekend in South Carolina and New Hampshire. |
| A federal appeals court panel appeared skeptical of Donald Trump’s termination of protections for young immigrants at arguments today, CNN reports. | A federal appeals court panel appeared skeptical of Donald Trump’s termination of protections for young immigrants at arguments today, CNN reports. |
| Trump ordered an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allowed young people brought to the US illegally as children to remain in the country and work legally. The move has been caught up in court ever since. | Trump ordered an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allowed young people brought to the US illegally as children to remain in the country and work legally. The move has been caught up in court ever since. |
| “Your starting premise here is respectively wrong,” Judge Harry Edwards told a Justice Department lawyer, according to CNN. | “Your starting premise here is respectively wrong,” Judge Harry Edwards told a Justice Department lawyer, according to CNN. |
| And Judge Thomas Griffith repeatedly said he was “frustrated” with the government’s argument on the rationale for terminating the Obama-era program. | And Judge Thomas Griffith repeatedly said he was “frustrated” with the government’s argument on the rationale for terminating the Obama-era program. |