Tag: Walled In

The Washington Post reports that President Trump is privately pushing for the U.S. military to fund the construction of his proposed border wall. Former Michigan State University Dean William Strampel, who supervised ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, was charged with four counts, including fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the Trump administration on Monday. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly decided to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 10. Today on The Atlantic The Last Straw: For years, Russian President Vladimir Putin has tested the limits of the West’s patience. Snapshot What We’re Reading Throwback Strategy: After recent losses in Alabama and Pennsylvania, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has unveiled a new ad campaign targeting someone familiar: Hillary Clinton. ‘My City Is Scared of Police’: The family of Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed black man who was fatally shot by police earlier this month, is tired of having to defend Clark’s character. (The New York Times) Testing, Testing Hi readers, Elaine here. Starting next week, we’ll be testing an additional way for you to receive the Politics & Policy Daily newsletter using Amazon’s Alexa. We’ll highlight the day’s news and The Atlantic pieces making sense of it all.