Republicans Got a Photographer Thrown Out of the Impeachment Hearings. He Didn’t Break Any Rule.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Capitol.Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Wire A video of a photographer snapping a couple of quick photos of Representatives’ belongings inside the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing room quickly went viral on conservative Twitter on Thursday afternoon. Republicans, including elected Representatives, tweeted videos of…
What’s Wrong With the Repo Market? A Followup.
Back in September I passed along the news that there had been a peculiar spike in the overnight repo rate, the interest rate that banks charge each other for overnight loans of cash. On September 16, right at the end of the trading day, there was suddenly a huge unfilled demand that produced a massive…
Why Can’t the Top White House Lawyer Get His Financial Disclosure Approved?
Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Since taking over as White House counsel last December, Pat Cipollone has repeatedly revised his personal financial disclosure—indicating the information he previously provided was incomplete or incorrect—yet the Office of Government Ethics has still not signed off on the document. It’s an unusual situation for the…
House Judiciary Committee Approves Articles of Impeachment
Alex Brandon/AP The House Judiciary Committee has approved two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. In a 23-17 vote split along party lines, the panel advanced the articles to the full House, which is expected to vote on them next week. One article accuses Trump of abusing his powers by soliciting interference from a…
Who’s the FBI Agent in “Richard Jewell”?
Sure, Jon Hamm looks like a lecherous FBI agent who might trade information for sex. But whose part is he really playing?Starmax/Newscom via ZUMA Clint Eastwood’s new movie, Richard Jewell, about the man who was falsely accused of planting a bomb at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, has gotten generally good reviews from critics but…
Too Bad About the Brits, But What Does It Mean For Us?
Rob Pinney/London News Pictures via ZUMA British exit polls are virtually never wrong by more than a dozen seats or so, which means it’s almost certain that Labour suffered a crushing defeat today. Naturally, since everything is about us us us, the question is: what does this mean for us? In particular, what does it…