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| Top Democrat: 'inevitable' Mueller will testify before Congress – live | Top Democrat: 'inevitable' Mueller will testify before Congress – live |
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| Former Vice President Joe Biden says he will “be more mindful about respecting personal space” in the future. | |
| Social norms are changing. I understand that, and I’ve heard what these women are saying. Politics to me has always been about making connections, but I will be more mindful about respecting personal space in the future. That’s my responsibility and I will meet it. pic.twitter.com/Ya2mf5ODts | |
| “I’ve always tried to make a human connection,” Biden said in a video posted on Twitter. “I shake hands, I hug people, I grab men and women by the shoulder and say, ‘You can do this.’” | |
| But Biden said he would be more careful in the future, after several women said his touching made them uncomfortable. | |
| “Social norms have begun to change. They have shifted, and the boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset, and I get it,” he said. “I’ll be much more mindful. That’s my responsibility.” | |
| In the video, Biden also said he expected to be talking to Americans about a host of issues in the coming weeks, a hint he does in fact intend to jump into the race for president. | |
| Senator Lindsey Graham defended former Vice President Joe Biden amid accusations of inappropriate touching. | |
| The South Carolina Republican said Biden is a a “glad-handing politician” who meant no harm, according to the Huffington Post. | |
| “Maybe at times he’s done some things that make people feel uncomfortable, but it matters to me that what his intent is,” he said. “I just think he’s a good guy. I think he means nothing bad by this.” | |
| The Secret Service will brief leaders of the House Oversight Committee Thursday on the recent security breach at Mar-a-Lago, chairman Elijah Cummings tells the Washington Post. | The Secret Service will brief leaders of the House Oversight Committee Thursday on the recent security breach at Mar-a-Lago, chairman Elijah Cummings tells the Washington Post. |
| .@RepCummings says the Secret Service will brief the leaders of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday morning about the security breach in Mar-a-Lago | .@RepCummings says the Secret Service will brief the leaders of the House Oversight Committee on Thursday morning about the security breach in Mar-a-Lago |
| A Chinese woman was arrested after gaining access to the reception area at Donald Trump’s Florida club carrying multiple cellphones and a computer thumb drive bearing malware. | A Chinese woman was arrested after gaining access to the reception area at Donald Trump’s Florida club carrying multiple cellphones and a computer thumb drive bearing malware. |
| Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has refused a request to testify before a House committee at a hearing on his department’s budget. | Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has refused a request to testify before a House committee at a hearing on his department’s budget. |
| JUST IN: @SecretaryRoss is refusing to testify on @CommerceGov’s budget, writing: “My appearance...would unfortunately distract from the Department’s important business before the subcommittee.”Mr. Secretary, government funding IS the business of the Appropriations Committee. pic.twitter.com/OACWJxdE5w | JUST IN: @SecretaryRoss is refusing to testify on @CommerceGov’s budget, writing: “My appearance...would unfortunately distract from the Department’s important business before the subcommittee.”Mr. Secretary, government funding IS the business of the Appropriations Committee. pic.twitter.com/OACWJxdE5w |
| So an empty chair has been left for him at the hearing. | So an empty chair has been left for him at the hearing. |
| #WheresWilbur pic.twitter.com/pCzGsFI9BN | #WheresWilbur pic.twitter.com/pCzGsFI9BN |
| White House adviser and first daughter Ivanka Trump is planning a trip to Africa to promote a global women’s initiative she’s leading. From the Associated Press: | White House adviser and first daughter Ivanka Trump is planning a trip to Africa to promote a global women’s initiative she’s leading. From the Associated Press: |
| President Donald Trump’s daughter will visit Ethiopia and Ivory Coast over four days this month. The White House says her schedule includes a women’s economic empowerment summit in Ivory Coast, as well as site visits and meetings with political leaders, executives and female entrepreneurs in both countries. | President Donald Trump’s daughter will visit Ethiopia and Ivory Coast over four days this month. The White House says her schedule includes a women’s economic empowerment summit in Ivory Coast, as well as site visits and meetings with political leaders, executives and female entrepreneurs in both countries. |
| Joining her on the trip will be Mark Green, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. | Joining her on the trip will be Mark Green, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. |
| It will be her first visit to the region since the White House launched the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative in February. | It will be her first visit to the region since the White House launched the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative in February. |
| Beto O’Rourke raised $9.4 million for his presidential bid in the first three months of the year. | Beto O’Rourke raised $9.4 million for his presidential bid in the first three months of the year. |
| NEW: .@BetoORourke has raised $9.4 million from 218,000 contributions since launching his campaign 2.5 weeks ago. His campaign says 98% are donations under $200 and 99% came from online fundraising and that a “majority” of donors did not give to his senate race in 2018 | NEW: .@BetoORourke has raised $9.4 million from 218,000 contributions since launching his campaign 2.5 weeks ago. His campaign says 98% are donations under $200 and 99% came from online fundraising and that a “majority” of donors did not give to his senate race in 2018 |
| Lots of dramatic language in an email sent to Department of Homeland Security staffers last night by Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen looking for volunteers to go to the southern border, obtained by BuzzFeed. | Lots of dramatic language in an email sent to Department of Homeland Security staffers last night by Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen looking for volunteers to go to the southern border, obtained by BuzzFeed. |
| "If you haven't already done so, please consider volunteering to support our frontline agencies -- Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE -- during this critical time,' the email continues. | "If you haven't already done so, please consider volunteering to support our frontline agencies -- Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE -- during this critical time,' the email continues. |
| Two more women have said former Vice President Joe Biden touched them in a way that made them feel uncomfortable. | Two more women have said former Vice President Joe Biden touched them in a way that made them feel uncomfortable. |
| From the New York Times in a story published Tuesday night: | From the New York Times in a story published Tuesday night: |
| Caitlyn Caruso, a former college student and sexual assault survivor, said Mr. Biden rested his hand on her thigh — even as she squirmed in her seat to show her discomfort — and hugged her “just a little bit too long” at an event on sexual assault at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She was 19. | Caitlyn Caruso, a former college student and sexual assault survivor, said Mr. Biden rested his hand on her thigh — even as she squirmed in her seat to show her discomfort — and hugged her “just a little bit too long” at an event on sexual assault at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She was 19. |
| Ms. Caruso, now 22, said she chalked up the encounter at the time to how men act, and did not say anything publicly. But she said it was particularly uncomfortable because she had just shared her own story of sexual assault and had expected Mr. Biden — an architect of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act — to understand the importance of physical boundaries. | Ms. Caruso, now 22, said she chalked up the encounter at the time to how men act, and did not say anything publicly. But she said it was particularly uncomfortable because she had just shared her own story of sexual assault and had expected Mr. Biden — an architect of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act — to understand the importance of physical boundaries. |
| “It doesn’t even really cross your mind that such a person would dare perpetuate harm like that,” she said. “These are supposed to be people you can trust.” | “It doesn’t even really cross your mind that such a person would dare perpetuate harm like that,” she said. “These are supposed to be people you can trust.” |
| D. J. Hill, 59, a writer who recalled meeting Mr. Biden in 2012 at a fund-raising event in Minneapolis, said that when she and her husband, Robert, stepped up to take their photograph with the vice president, he put his hand on her shoulder and then started dropping it down her back, which made her “very uncomfortable.” | D. J. Hill, 59, a writer who recalled meeting Mr. Biden in 2012 at a fund-raising event in Minneapolis, said that when she and her husband, Robert, stepped up to take their photograph with the vice president, he put his hand on her shoulder and then started dropping it down her back, which made her “very uncomfortable.” |
| Her husband, seeing the movement, put his hand on Mr. Biden’s shoulder and interrupted with a joke. Ms. Hill did not say anything at the time and acknowledged that she does not know what Mr. Biden’s intention was or whether he was aware of her discomfit. | Her husband, seeing the movement, put his hand on Mr. Biden’s shoulder and interrupted with a joke. Ms. Hill did not say anything at the time and acknowledged that she does not know what Mr. Biden’s intention was or whether he was aware of her discomfit. |
| Tech billionaire Mark Cuban calls current US immigration policy “really, really, really stupid.” | Tech billionaire Mark Cuban calls current US immigration policy “really, really, really stupid.” |
| “Right now, we’re being really, really, really stupid by taking really, really, really educated people who could do a lot for our really, really important economy and sending them home,” he said at Dallas Startup Week, the Dallas Morning News reports. | “Right now, we’re being really, really, really stupid by taking really, really, really educated people who could do a lot for our really, really important economy and sending them home,” he said at Dallas Startup Week, the Dallas Morning News reports. |
| Republican state lawmakers in Georgia are proposing to create a journalism “ethics board,” and force news organizations to give copies of photographs and audio and video recordings to subjects who request them, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. | Republican state lawmakers in Georgia are proposing to create a journalism “ethics board,” and force news organizations to give copies of photographs and audio and video recordings to subjects who request them, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. |
| Media outlets could be fined for not turning over the documents. | Media outlets could be fined for not turning over the documents. |
| The proposal by Rep. Andy Welch appears to be motivated by his grudge against a TV reporter who asked him questions about legislation recently, per AJC. | The proposal by Rep. Andy Welch appears to be motivated by his grudge against a TV reporter who asked him questions about legislation recently, per AJC. |
| “First I thought this was an April Fools joke, but this is clearly an effort to rein in those who have been scrutinizing what’s been happening at the Legislature. In this country there is a First Amendment which reads, in part: Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. This applies even to the Georgia Legislature,” said Richard T. Griffiths, president of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation. | “First I thought this was an April Fools joke, but this is clearly an effort to rein in those who have been scrutinizing what’s been happening at the Legislature. In this country there is a First Amendment which reads, in part: Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. This applies even to the Georgia Legislature,” said Richard T. Griffiths, president of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation. |
| The White House has not explained why Donald Trump has falsely and repeatedly claimed his father was born in Germany. | The White House has not explained why Donald Trump has falsely and repeatedly claimed his father was born in Germany. |
| But a Trump adviser suggested to CNN he was just confused. “Obama thought we had 57 states. Sometimes mistakes happen,” the person said. | But a Trump adviser suggested to CNN he was just confused. “Obama thought we had 57 states. Sometimes mistakes happen,” the person said. |
| President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Wednesday to rein in what the administration calls the “Wild West” of online trafficking in counterfeit goods. From the Associated Press: | President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Wednesday to rein in what the administration calls the “Wild West” of online trafficking in counterfeit goods. From the Associated Press: |
| The memorandum is aimed at stopping the sale of counterfeit products on sites like Amazon, Ebay and China’s e-commerce leader, Alibaba. | The memorandum is aimed at stopping the sale of counterfeit products on sites like Amazon, Ebay and China’s e-commerce leader, Alibaba. |
| “This president has decided that it’s time to clean up this Wild West of counterfeiting and trafficking,” said Peter Navarro, director of the White House National Trade Council. | “This president has decided that it’s time to clean up this Wild West of counterfeiting and trafficking,” said Peter Navarro, director of the White House National Trade Council. |
| “The central core of the problem is that right now, third-party online marketplaces ... have zero liability when it comes to trafficking in these counterfeit goods. That simply has to stop. We are going to attack that on numerous fronts.” | “The central core of the problem is that right now, third-party online marketplaces ... have zero liability when it comes to trafficking in these counterfeit goods. That simply has to stop. We are going to attack that on numerous fronts.” |
| But Navarro said discussion of possible actions the administration will take to deter online trafficking in counterfeit merchandise is premature. He says the directive orders the Department of Homeland Security to work with other agencies on a report identifying the scope of the problem. The report also is to identify the origin of the fake goods and recommend administrative, regulatory, legislative or policy changes to stem the problem. | But Navarro said discussion of possible actions the administration will take to deter online trafficking in counterfeit merchandise is premature. He says the directive orders the Department of Homeland Security to work with other agencies on a report identifying the scope of the problem. The report also is to identify the origin of the fake goods and recommend administrative, regulatory, legislative or policy changes to stem the problem. |
| Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax released the results of polygraph tests Wednesday which he says support his denials of sexual assault allegations by two women. | Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax released the results of polygraph tests Wednesday which he says support his denials of sexual assault allegations by two women. |
| “I knew that the allegations made against me were false from the moment I first heard them,” he said, according to Politico. “That is why I denied them.” | “I knew that the allegations made against me were false from the moment I first heard them,” he said, according to Politico. “That is why I denied them.” |
| He said he passed both polygraph exams “on the first try.” | He said he passed both polygraph exams “on the first try.” |
| He asked prosecutors in Boston and North Carolina, where the alleged incidents took place, to investigate the charges. | He asked prosecutors in Boston and North Carolina, where the alleged incidents took place, to investigate the charges. |