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Friday 3/22

Mueller submits his report to the Attorney General, William Barr. Barr releases a summary, all we get from the 300+ page report is the sentence "while this report does not conclude that the President committed any crime, it also does not exonerate him." Barr states that his office is not seeking any further indictments and is not pursuing obstruction of justice charges. DJT celebrates, Dems call for release of the full report (source).
Summery of other investigations of DJT that are still ongoing (source) also a reminder that Mueller farmed out a lot of stuff to State offices.

Monday 3/25

DJT follows through on last weeks tweet and officially recognizes Golen Heights as part of Israel (source).
Dept. of Energy bails out 2 nuclear reactors under construction (source).
Puerto Rico still struggling to recover from hurricane Maria, exacerbated by lapses in Federal aid, and DJT wants to cut off aid entirely (source).
House unanimously passed a resolution calling for the public release of Mueller's report, McConnell blocks it in the Senate (source).
Felix Sater, financier of the proposed Trump Tower-Moscow charged with money laundering (source).

Tuesday 3/26

Justice Dept. asks Court to kill Obamacare (source).
Pentagon proceeds with transferring $1 billion from other projects to wall construction (source).
U.S. cuts funding to the Organization of American States over abortion gag rule (source).
Supreme Court upholds "bump stock" ban (source).

Wednesday 3/27

Pentagon compiles a list of bases threatened by climate change (source).
DeVos wants to cut funding for the Special Olympics because fuck those kids (source).
Census recruits tech companies to help fight right-wing disinformation campaign (source).
McConnell blocks release of the Mueller report a 2nd time (source).
Judge blocks Medicaid state imposed work requirements (source).

Thursday 3/28

DHS requests authority to deport children (source).
Judge strikes down association health plans that don't meet Obamacare standards (source).
EPA's new "science" panel argues that air pollution is not a health hazard (source).
Customs and Border Patrol reports on the overcrowding at their immigration detention facilities (source).
Rick Perry approves nuclear tech for Saudi Arabia (source).
DJT overrules DeVos on Special Olympics funding (source).
McConnell tells DJT that if he wants an Obamacare replacement he's going to have to write it himself (source).
House Dems investigate voter suppression in Kansas and Texas (source).

Friday 3/29

DJT's NAFTA 2 deal going nowhere in Congress (source).
Justice Dept. nominee withdrawn from consideration due to evidence that she might care about people (source).
Oil lobbyist and Dept. of Interior nominee likely to sail through nomination despite swamp thing appearance at hearings (source).

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Cabbage News Network Week #113