
News from the note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
NEW: Talks between special counsel Robert Mueller and former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort have grown increasingly tense over Manafort’s apparent lack of cooperation with the investigation, multiple sources tell @ABC. https://t.co/68wy6ax5LP pic.twitter.com/YFKIhxjdKH
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 9, 2018
WATCH: Fox News host presses Graham on 2017 comments that there’d be "holy hell to pay" if Trump fired Sessions https://t.co/a3m8TF7ENa pic.twitter.com/DEfygqj4UE
— The Hill (@thehill) November 9, 2018
Senate Democrats demanded information concerning what they said were possible ethics violations by Wilbur Ross, asking the department’s top ethics official to provide details on meetings Ross had with officials in whose companies he had investmentshttps://t.co/4GiE3Ttwrw
— POLITICO (@politico) November 9, 2018
BREAKING: The American Civil Liberties Union files a legal challenge to President Trump's order denying asylum to migrants if they cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. https://t.co/yLo7ePGI9w
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2018
Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will not be able to afford a Washington, DC, apartment until her salary kicks in when she assumes office in January, The New York Times reports https://t.co/hpAgQc0gHM pic.twitter.com/q3v53NQipb
— CNN (@CNN) November 9, 2018
#BREAKING: Florida law enforcement agency says it found no credible allegations of voter fraud https://t.co/v6kNWFZAqS pic.twitter.com/cYSlr8OELz
— The Hill (@thehill) November 9, 2018
What it takes to win (and lose) the Househttps://t.co/EWMyUhUMAe
— POLITICO (@politico) November 9, 2018
Three wildfires in California are destroying thousands of structures and forcing emergency evacuations. Two of the fires are just miles from the bar where 12 people were killed in a mass shooting Wednesday night.
Follow live updates: https://t.co/i6RQmBLCaG pic.twitter.com/NixSf8lDsg
— CNN (@CNN) November 9, 2018
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Germany's main Jewish leader warn against tolerating modern-day anti-Semitism and racism as they mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazis' anti-Jewish Kristallnacht, or "Night of Broken Glass," pogrom. https://t.co/mNhvETxZrt @HerschaftAP
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2018