In the first two days of the trial over President Trump's attempt to deploy the National Guard in Portland, one figure cropped up repeatedly: an out-of-control federal officer delighted with tear gas.
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The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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Trump's Justice Department took control Thursday afternoon, shifting questioning to federal witnesses. They began with the director of the Federal Protective Service trying to establish that federal officers were overwhelmed by the protests. They plan to interview additional witnesses, including the former acting chief of the National Guard and the director of ICE in Seattle.
— Kate Riga
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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The National Guard remains unable to deploy to Portland under Immergut's temporary restraining order.
Trump's Justice Department took control Thursday afternoon, shifting questioning to federal witnesses. They began with the director of the Federal Protective Service trying to establish that federal officers were overwhelmed by the protests. They plan to interview additional witnesses, including the former acting chief of the National Guard and the director of ICE in Seattle.
— Kate Riga
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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The city and state's position is clear: local law enforcement can competently handle fairly modest crowds, while federal law enforcement intervention has only fueled the protests.
The National Guard remains unable to deploy to Portland under Immergut's temporary restraining order.
Trump's Justice Department took control Thursday afternoon, shifting questioning to federal witnesses. They began with the director of the Federal Protective Service trying to establish that federal officers were overwhelmed by the protests. They plan to interview additional witnesses, including the former acting chief of the National Guard and the director of ICE in Seattle.
— Kate Riga
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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Portland Police Chief Franz Schoening on Wednesday described officers throwing ammunition at a crowd during an Oct. 18 protest that was catalyzed by another federal officer accidentally firing tear gas on the roof of an ICE facility. Elsewhere, he said it was “astonishing” to watch officers' treatment of the crowd of elderly people and that some previously cordial relationships between local police and protest organizers had broken down after the brutality.
The city and state's position is clear: local law enforcement can competently handle fairly modest crowds, while federal law enforcement intervention has only fueled the protests.
The National Guard remains unable to deploy to Portland under Immergut's temporary restraining order.
Trump's Justice Department took control Thursday afternoon, shifting questioning to federal witnesses. They began with the director of the Federal Protective Service trying to establish that federal officers were overwhelmed by the protests. They plan to interview additional witnesses, including the former acting chief of the National Guard and the director of ICE in Seattle.
— Kate Riga
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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The conversation focused on the topic of testimony from Portland and Oregon and ended Thursday afternoon. Local police spoke of out-of-control federal officers who endangered both protesters and law enforcement with their indiscriminate and unpredictable use of force.
Portland Police Chief Franz Schoening on Wednesday described officers throwing ammunition at a crowd during an Oct. 18 protest that was catalyzed by another federal officer accidentally firing tear gas on the roof of an ICE facility. Elsewhere, he said it was “astonishing” to watch officers' treatment of the crowd of elderly people and that some previously cordial relationships between local police and protest organizers had broken down after the brutality.
The city and state's position is clear: local law enforcement can competently handle fairly modest crowds, while federal law enforcement intervention has only fueled the protests.
The National Guard remains unable to deploy to Portland under Immergut's temporary restraining order.
Trump's Justice Department took control Thursday afternoon, shifting questioning to federal witnesses. They began with the director of the Federal Protective Service trying to establish that federal officers were overwhelmed by the protests. They plan to interview additional witnesses, including the former acting chief of the National Guard and the director of ICE in Seattle.
— Kate Riga
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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“My officers had to leave, as did the state police,” Dobson said. “I saw how they had to leave because they didn’t have gas masks with them.”
The conversation focused on the topic of testimony from Portland and Oregon and ended Thursday afternoon. Local police spoke of out-of-control federal officers who endangered both protesters and law enforcement with their indiscriminate and unpredictable use of force.
Portland Police Chief Franz Schoening on Wednesday described officers throwing ammunition at a crowd during an Oct. 18 protest that was catalyzed by another federal officer accidentally firing tear gas on the roof of an ICE facility. Elsewhere, he said it was “astonishing” to watch officers' treatment of the crowd of elderly people and that some previously cordial relationships between local police and protest organizers had broken down after the brutality.
The city and state's position is clear: local law enforcement can competently handle fairly modest crowds, while federal law enforcement intervention has only fueled the protests.
The National Guard remains unable to deploy to Portland under Immergut's temporary restraining order.
Trump's Justice Department took control Thursday afternoon, shifting questioning to federal witnesses. They began with the director of the Federal Protective Service trying to establish that federal officers were overwhelmed by the protests. They plan to interview additional witnesses, including the former acting chief of the National Guard and the director of ICE in Seattle.
— Kate Riga
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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Judge Karin Immergut intervened to ask what happened next.
“My officers had to leave, as did the state police,” Dobson said. “I saw how they had to leave because they didn’t have gas masks with them.”
The conversation focused on the topic of testimony from Portland and Oregon and ended Thursday afternoon. Local police spoke of out-of-control federal officers who endangered both protesters and law enforcement with their indiscriminate and unpredictable use of force.
Portland Police Chief Franz Schoening on Wednesday described officers throwing ammunition at a crowd during an Oct. 18 protest that was catalyzed by another federal officer accidentally firing tear gas on the roof of an ICE facility. Elsewhere, he said it was “astonishing” to watch officers' treatment of the crowd of elderly people and that some previously cordial relationships between local police and protest organizers had broken down after the brutality.
The city and state's position is clear: local law enforcement can competently handle fairly modest crowds, while federal law enforcement intervention has only fueled the protests.
The National Guard remains unable to deploy to Portland under Immergut's temporary restraining order.
Trump's Justice Department took control Thursday afternoon, shifting questioning to federal witnesses. They began with the director of the Federal Protective Service trying to establish that federal officers were overwhelmed by the protests. They plan to interview additional witnesses, including the former acting chief of the National Guard and the director of ICE in Seattle.
— Kate Riga
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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“I have not seen any indicators indicating that we [the Portland Police Bureau] will be able to use ammunition in this crowd,” he replied.
Judge Karin Immergut intervened to ask what happened next.
“My officers had to leave, as did the state police,” Dobson said. “I saw how they had to leave because they didn’t have gas masks with them.”
The conversation focused on the topic of testimony from Portland and Oregon and ended Thursday afternoon. Local police spoke of out-of-control federal officers who endangered both protesters and law enforcement with their indiscriminate and unpredictable use of force.
Portland Police Chief Franz Schoening on Wednesday described officers throwing ammunition at a crowd during an Oct. 18 protest that was catalyzed by another federal officer accidentally firing tear gas on the roof of an ICE facility. Elsewhere, he said it was “astonishing” to watch officers' treatment of the crowd of elderly people and that some previously cordial relationships between local police and protest organizers had broken down after the brutality.
The city and state's position is clear: local law enforcement can competently handle fairly modest crowds, while federal law enforcement intervention has only fueled the protests.
The National Guard remains unable to deploy to Portland under Immergut's temporary restraining order.
Trump's Justice Department took control Thursday afternoon, shifting questioning to federal witnesses. They began with the director of the Federal Protective Service trying to establish that federal officers were overwhelmed by the protests. They plan to interview additional witnesses, including the former acting chief of the National Guard and the director of ICE in Seattle.
— Kate Riga
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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She asked whether “the behavior of the crowd” “justified” the use of force.
“I have not seen any indicators indicating that we [the Portland Police Bureau] will be able to use ammunition in this crowd,” he replied.
Judge Karin Immergut intervened to ask what happened next.
“My officers had to leave, as did the state police,” Dobson said. “I saw how they had to leave because they didn’t have gas masks with them.”
The conversation focused on the topic of testimony from Portland and Oregon and ended Thursday afternoon. Local police spoke of out-of-control federal officers who endangered both protesters and law enforcement with their indiscriminate and unpredictable use of force.
Portland Police Chief Franz Schoening on Wednesday described officers throwing ammunition at a crowd during an Oct. 18 protest that was catalyzed by another federal officer accidentally firing tear gas on the roof of an ICE facility. Elsewhere, he said it was “astonishing” to watch officers' treatment of the crowd of elderly people and that some previously cordial relationships between local police and protest organizers had broken down after the brutality.
The city and state's position is clear: local law enforcement can competently handle fairly modest crowds, while federal law enforcement intervention has only fueled the protests.
The National Guard remains unable to deploy to Portland under Immergut's temporary restraining order.
Trump's Justice Department took control Thursday afternoon, shifting questioning to federal witnesses. They began with the director of the Federal Protective Service trying to establish that federal officers were overwhelmed by the protests. They plan to interview additional witnesses, including the former acting chief of the National Guard and the director of ICE in Seattle.
— Kate Riga
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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On Thursday, Caroline Turco of Portland showed a witness, Portland Assistant Police Chief Craig Dobson, video of federal officers firing what appeared to be tear gas into a crowd of protesters.
She asked whether “the behavior of the crowd” “justified” the use of force.
“I have not seen any indicators indicating that we [the Portland Police Bureau] will be able to use ammunition in this crowd,” he replied.
Judge Karin Immergut intervened to ask what happened next.
“My officers had to leave, as did the state police,” Dobson said. “I saw how they had to leave because they didn’t have gas masks with them.”
The conversation focused on the topic of testimony from Portland and Oregon and ended Thursday afternoon. Local police spoke of out-of-control federal officers who endangered both protesters and law enforcement with their indiscriminate and unpredictable use of force.
Portland Police Chief Franz Schoening on Wednesday described officers throwing ammunition at a crowd during an Oct. 18 protest that was catalyzed by another federal officer accidentally firing tear gas on the roof of an ICE facility. Elsewhere, he said it was “astonishing” to watch officers' treatment of the crowd of elderly people and that some previously cordial relationships between local police and protest organizers had broken down after the brutality.
The city and state's position is clear: local law enforcement can competently handle fairly modest crowds, while federal law enforcement intervention has only fueled the protests.
The National Guard remains unable to deploy to Portland under Immergut's temporary restraining order.
Trump's Justice Department took control Thursday afternoon, shifting questioning to federal witnesses. They began with the director of the Federal Protective Service trying to establish that federal officers were overwhelmed by the protests. They plan to interview additional witnesses, including the former acting chief of the National Guard and the director of ICE in Seattle.
— Kate Riga
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
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On Thursday, Caroline Turco of Portland showed a witness, Portland Assistant Police Chief Craig Dobson, video of federal officers firing what appeared to be tear gas into a crowd of protesters.
She asked whether “the behavior of the crowd” “justified” the use of force.
“I have not seen any indicators indicating that we [the Portland Police Bureau] will be able to use ammunition in this crowd,” he replied.
Judge Karin Immergut intervened to ask what happened next.
“My officers had to leave, as did the state police,” Dobson said. “I saw how they had to leave because they didn’t have gas masks with them.”
The conversation focused on the topic of testimony from Portland and Oregon and ended Thursday afternoon. Local police spoke of out-of-control federal officers who endangered both protesters and law enforcement with their indiscriminate and unpredictable use of force.
Portland Police Chief Franz Schoening on Wednesday described officers throwing ammunition at a crowd during an Oct. 18 protest that was catalyzed by another federal officer accidentally firing tear gas on the roof of an ICE facility. Elsewhere, he said it was “astonishing” to watch officers' treatment of the crowd of elderly people and that some previously cordial relationships between local police and protest organizers had broken down after the brutality.
The city and state's position is clear: local law enforcement can competently handle fairly modest crowds, while federal law enforcement intervention has only fueled the protests.
The National Guard remains unable to deploy to Portland under Immergut's temporary restraining order.
Trump's Justice Department took control Thursday afternoon, shifting questioning to federal witnesses. They began with the director of the Federal Protective Service trying to establish that federal officers were overwhelmed by the protests. They plan to interview additional witnesses, including the former acting chief of the National Guard and the director of ICE in Seattle.
— Kate Riga
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced this week that California will send state observers to monitor federal observers at polling places across the state.
This comes after the Justice Department announced last week that it would send election observers to polling places in California and New Jersey in an effort to, in the Justice Department's words, “protect the votes of eligible American citizens.” The announcement was made in response to requests from state Republican parties. While federal election observers are commonplace, the Justice Department's announcement raised alarms among some election experts. Both California and New Jersey are facing closely watched elections with high stakes for President Trump and his allies.
“They will not be allowed to interfere in ways that are prohibited by law,” Bonta said during press conference this week. “We can't be naive. The Republican Party asked to invite the US Department of Justice.”
David Becker, a former Justice Department lawyer and executive director and founder of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research, however, downplayed concerns during a press briefing on Thursday, saying election observers are “pretty routine as long as there is a reason for observation related to the federal laws that the Department of Justice enforces.”
He added that transparency for both the state and federal governments is a good thing as long as all “observers and observers representing a state or federal government or a campaign or a candidate or a political party are authorized by law and understand that their role is to be a fly on the wall.”
It is unclear who exactly will monitor.
— Chaya Himmelman
It has now been 30 days since the government shutdown with minimal signs of movement on either side in the direction they are heading. Democratic leadership continues to push for measures that would protect expiring Obamacare subsidies among other health care measures in exchange for their votes. The Republican leadership says it will not negotiate until the government reopens.
Amid the standoff, there have been reports that rank-and-file senators have been holding private, bipartisan conversations over the past month to see if the two sides can come together to find a way out of the shutdown.
On Thursday, Sen. Kathy Britt (R-Ala.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, confirmed that she had spoken with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) about “wanting to lay the groundwork so that we can get our work done on appropriations,” according to the report. Politician.
Britt also met with Schumer on Tuesday and with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) before speaking with Schumer on Thursday to discuss appropriators' interest in moving forward with a minivan with three funding bills along with a new continuing resolution that would fund the government through mid-December.
The current GOP CR expires in three weeks.
— Emine Yucel
Morning reminder: The MAGA disinformation machine is targeting Jack Smith again.
Latest from the TPM 25th Anniversary Essay Series: Anti-vaccine Facebook groups started our current MAHA nightmare
Chipotle and Shake Shack warn of problems among young consumers
Interview Killer: Why Isaac Chotiner doesn't mind the “gotcha” label.
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