Gop Civil War Rages As Mccarthy Falls

“The special counsel, Jack Smith, has asked a federal judge to make public a substantial amount of the evidence that he and his deputies have collected during nearly two years of investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election,” the New York Times reports. “In the filing, Mr.

CBS News said that the vice presidential candidates’ microphones will not be muted, but later clarified in a press release that it “reserves the right to turn off candidate microphones.”

“With the 213th federal judge of the Biden era confirmed by the Senate this week, Democrats are now hoping to take advantage of a post-election lame duck session to finish putting their own stamp on the judiciary and match the number of judges appointed during the Trump administration,” the New York Times reports. “As they left town until after the election, top Democrats said they intended to pursue as many confirmations as possible in November and December.

“The Supreme Court said on Friday that it would not restore Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the ballot in New York after a state court judge ruled that he had used a sham address on his nominating petition,” the New York Times reports. “The court’s brief order gave no reasons, which is typical when it rules on emergency applications.

“Vice President Kamala Harris plans to announce Friday that not only would she keep in place President Joe Biden’s sweeping asylum crackdown if she wins the White House, but that she would take it even further,” Politico reports. “During her border visit in Douglas, Arizona, the vice president will propose toughening the president’s policy that suspends asylum claims in between ports of entry when border crossings reach a certain threshold.”

“The top election official in a northern Nevada county key to winning the presidential battleground state is taking a stress-related leave of absence with just over a month to go before Election Day, creating a sense of uncertainty about election operations in a county that has been under near constant attack from election conspiracy theorists,” the AP reports.