Recent Articles from Eli Watkins
NYT: Trump asked Whitaker if he could put prosecutor in charge of Cohen probe
CNN.COM – President Donald Trump asked then-acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker if a US attorney he appointed could oversee an investigation tied to himself after...
Potential GOP challenger: Trump ‘showed contempt for the American people’
CNN.COM – A potential GOP primary challenger to President Donald Trump explained further on Monday why he was stepping in and why he was concerned...
Cory Booker says he won’t comment further on Smollett case until more information comes out
CNN.COM – New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker declined on Sunday to comment directly on reports that police believe actor Jussie Smollett paid two men...
Brown defends Medicare buy-in proposal: ‘Medicare for all will take a while’
CNN.COM – Many announced and potential candidates for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination have called for establishing a “Medicare for all” — a national, government-run...
First Native American women elected to Congress: Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland
CNN.COM – Davids identifies as a lesbian, making her the first openly LGBT member of Congress from Kansas. She will enter Congress as a lawyer...
Buttigieg: Green New Deal resolution ‘the right beginning’
CNN.COM – The recently released joint resolution set out a framework for what a “Green New Deal” would include in order to reframe the US...
El Paso mayor says Trump is ‘wrong’ to connect city’s crime drop and border barrier
CNN.COM – El Paso, Texas, Mayor Dee Margo said hours before President Donald Trump is due to visit his city that Trump was wrong to...
Trump Jr. makes light of Native American genocide while rooting for father’s attack on Warren
CNN.COM – President Donald Trump’s eldest son made light over the weekend of the US government’s history of genocide against Native Americans as part of...
Border security talks have not progressed through weekend, growing concern deal won’t come together
CNN.COM – Border security negotiations, for days considered on the path to a weekend agreement, have not progressed, and members on both sides have started...
Washington Post: Trump Organization fires at least 18 undocumented workers from golf courses
CNN.COM – The Trump Organization has fired at least 18 undocumented workers over the past two months, The Washington Post reported Monday. The purge of...
Father of slain Parkland student approaches Kavanaugh at hearing
CNN.COM – Fred Guttenberg, the father of a slain Parkland student, said on Twitter that he tried to approach Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh only...
Virginia speaker says there’s ‘rightful hesitation’ about impeaching Northam
CNN.COM – Virginia GOP Speaker Kirk Cox expressed skepticism on Monday that the legislature should try to force Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam out of office,...