Monday 11/12
Tuesday 11/13
Wednesday 11/14
Thursday 11/15
Friday 11/16
Map of the week
Legislative update
Legislation passed in the House, awaiting Senate
Legislation passed in the Senate, awaiting House
- List of likely investigation targets once the Dem-controlled House takes office in January.
- ICE holding record number of detainees (source).
- Dept. of Interior police supplementing U.S. Border Patrol in detaining immigrants (source).
- Justice Dept. deploying additional personnel to watch for the non-existent voter fraud (source).
- (Analysis on how Congress has become dysfunctional).
Tuesday 11/13
- Hate crimes increased for third year in a row (source).
- U.S. putting up barbed wire at Tijuana border crossing (source).
- Maryland to challenge DJT's appointment of Whitaker as acting AG as illegal (source).
- CNN is suing the White House over Acosta's banning (source).
- U.S. budget deficit breaks $100 billion (source).
Wednesday 11/14
- DJT again making claims of voter fraud out of nothing (source).
Thursday 11/15
- Migrant caravan arrives at border, requests asylum interviews (source).
- Troop levels at the border have peaked, now that the election is over they can start going home (source).
- White House issues sanctions against the Saudi's that the Saudi government says are responsible for Khashoggi's death (source).
- White House proposes turning over Turkish dissident to Turkey to get Turkey to ease up on the Saudi's for their murder of journalist Khashoggi (source).
- Whitaker defends former company from fraud allegations (source).
Friday 11/16
- Judge orders White House to restore Acosta's access (source).
- Julian Assange indicted, maybe (source).
- Pentagon fails audit (source).
- DeVos proposes new school guidelines protecting students accused of sexual harassment (source).
Map of the week
Fun collection of homemade Dungeons & Dragons maps.
Legislative update
- Legislation signed into law
- Legislation awaiting DJT's signature
- Water infrastructure bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s3021 (I reported this as signed earlier, but it has not been)
- 20 minor bills
- Water infrastructure bill https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s3021 (I reported this as signed earlier, but it has not been)
- 11 new minor bills
- 744 total pending bills
- 9 new minor bills
- 142 total pending bills