Apparently, Gates is also going to plead guilty.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-secu ... obe-report
Two sources tell The New York Times that Gates’s guilty plea, which has been rumored for several days, could come as soon as Friday afternoon.
A plea could signal that Gates, who served as a top aide to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, is ready to provide Mueller with information.
Though, to be honest, I'm not following most of this closely. Once Mueller finishes his work, we'll know. Otherwise, it seems like a cast of thousands and mostly speculation.
But I thought this was interesting
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... nce-report
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia's election interference is holding up White House adviser Jared Kushner’s security clearance, CNN reported Thursday.
Sources told CNN that the process to complete the security clearance can’t be finished until Mueller’s team wraps up its probe into ties between Kushner and Russians and other foreign contacts.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-enviro ... rd-keeping
A pair of environmental groups representing public employees sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, claiming officials failed to adequately take and maintain public records in violation of federal law.
...The groups charge that the Trump administration operated in "secrecy" to avoid creating a paper trail of notes that would be considered public records under the FRA. Those notes would also be open to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by the public and journalists.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-enviro ... -resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt said his desire to use the Earth’s resources like oil and coal is grounded in the Bible.
In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network published Thursday, Pruitt spoke about how his Christian views inform his views on the environment and environmental policy.“The biblical world view with respect to these issues is that we have a responsibility to manage and cultivate, harvest the natural resources that we've been blessed with to truly bless our fellow mankind,”
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-enviro ... els-policy
President Trump is organizing White House meetings with Cabinet officials about a federal biofuel mandate that a major refiner [Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES)] blamed for its bankruptcy, Bloomberg and Reuters report.[though Reuters apparently suggests the bankruptcy had other causes]
The first meeting on potential changes to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) will be Friday with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Bloomberg said. Trump will then meet Tuesday with those Cabinet officials and a handful of senators from both oil- and corn-heavy states who care about the policy, both news outlets report.
...Trump’s meetings may focus on changes tailored to PES or may look at larger tweaks.
Trump is considering new tariffs on steel. An opinion piece on how it backfired when Bush tried it:
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/ ... riff-redux
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.): “I hope you will look carefully at what President George W. Bush did in 2002 when he imposed 30 percent steel tariffs… according to the auto manufacturers, they lost more jobs than exist in the steel industry.”
President Donald Trump: “Lamar, it didn’t work for Bush, but nothing worked for Bush (Laughter). It didn’t work for Bush but it worked for others.” (Feb. 13, 2018)
http://thehill.com/regulation/court-bat ... om-dossier
A federal judge who was appointed by President Trump and who donated to Trump’s presidential campaign says he won’t recuse himself from a court case involving Fusion GPS, the research firm behind the controversial Trump-Russia dossier.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features ... ready-dead
Trump Takes Credit for Killing Hundreds of Regulations That Were Already Dead
Overblown claims of sweeping deregulation.
(You might also find some things in this article that you'd like to keep, but Trump doesn't)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... days-after
One of President Trump’s ambassador nominees reportedly committed thousands of dollars to fund a gala at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, just two weeks after he was tapped for the administration post.
The outcry over Trump Jr. giving foreign policy speeches while promoting his luxury apartment seems to have done some good.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ws-critics
Donald Trump Jr. dodged controversy during a speech in New Delhi alongside India’s prime minister by switching his topic from what was originally touted as a foreign policy address to less contentious topics such as family and business.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-enviro ... d-by-bears
A group of paleontologists exploring land around Utah's Bears Ears last year say they have found a rare cache of prehistoric fossils on an "extensive" site that as of this month is no longer protected as a national monument.
...The crocodile-like phytosaur dinosaur fossils were found in what the group of paleontologists said, "may be the densest area of Triassic period fossils in the nation, maybe the world."
Edit to add:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... day-report
President Trump has reportedly directed the Pentagon to plan his proposed military parade to travel from the White House to the Capitol on Nov. 11, Veterans Day. National security adviser H.R. McMaster gave the president's instructions in an unclassified memo to the Department of Defense
...White House budget director Mick Mulvaney told lawmakers last week that the event could cost between $10 million and $30 million.
...A poll released Tuesday found that a majority of Americans, 61 percent, disapprove of the idea of a military parade, compared to only 26 percent who support it. Three-quarters of respondents said the parade would not be a good use of government funds.
From what I've read on a political discussion board, even a poll in a military news source found that most military members think it's a dumb idea - logistically dreadful, expensive (and for what useful purpose?), etc.
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/37 ... or-courage
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai received the National Rifle Association's (NRA) “Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award” at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.
The NRA-sponsored award was given to Pai in recognition of months of heavy criticism over his successful push to repeal the agency’s net neutrality rules. Pai led the push to repeal the rules, which were overwhelmingly supported by the public, in December.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-secu ... ller-probe
Former Trump campaign adviser Richard Gates pleaded guilty on Friday afternoon as part of a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation into Russian interference in the election.
Gates pleaded guilty to two charges brought against him by Mueller’s team in federal court in Washington, D.C.: one count of conspiracy against the United States and one count of making a false a statement to the FBI agents investigating Russian interference. He has also agreed to cooperate with Mueller's investigation.