First, Melania Trump said Wednesday that after a negative initial test, Barron Trump, 14, tested positive for COVID-19.
“My concern came true when it was retested and turned out to be positive,” he said. “Fortunately, he is a strong teenager and had no symptoms. In a way, I was satisfied that all three of us experienced this at the same time so that we could take care of each other and spend time together.
Barron is the ultimate result recently revealed by the White House.
Meanwhile, given that the Miami mayoral debate was canceled after President Donald Trump virtually refused to participate, Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will participate in solo duels Thursday night.
NBC News announced Wednesday that it will host a city corridor with Trump in Miami. Biden had already scheduled an ABC News city runner.
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On Capitol Hill, Amy Coney Barrett answered the senators’ questions for 11 hours on Tuesday, and did the same on Wednesday on the third day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Trump’s Supreme Court nominee eluded questions about abortion and voting rights and under pressure that it would be independent justice, not who would make the conservatives’ political demand.
There were also times, such as when she explained how she knows a little French and plays the piano, and when she softened her blank notebook, inspiring internet memes, she also explained how she cried with her 17-year-old daughter after the murder. by George Floyd.
Barrett agreed to swear that no one is above the law, not even President Donald Trump.
When asked through Senator Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, the federal appeals court issued a ruling that took a similar position to other Supreme Court justices that Trump is not above the law.
“I would agree, first of all, that no one is above the law. Neither the president, nor you, nor I. Leahy asked almost through a video conference.
“I agree, no one is above the law, ” said Barrett.
She refused to interfere when asked through Leahy, the president had “the absolute right to forgive himself for a crime. “
Barrett explained that the matter had never come to her in court and “is a consultation that requires a legal investigation into the extent of the pardon’s strength” and that she would like to go through “the judicial proceedings. “
Leahy, unhappy with his explanation, said he discovered the two consecutive “somewhat inconsistent. “
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote an earlier report this year on his behalf and on behalf of Neil Gorsuch, in which he made it clear that Trump is not immune to the law. The case involved the president’s tax returns, the Superior Court’s ruling that Trump may simply not prevent prosecutors from accessing his finances.
Christal Hayes
Bruce Ohr, a former assistant attorney general, withdrew from the Department of Justice after learning that a resolution was close to an internal disciplinary review he was facing.
Late last year, the Inspector General of Justice, in a chilling account of the government’s handling of the Russia investigation, highlighted Ohr for his extensive contacts with Christopher Steele, the case of a now notorious case alleging a lascive habit involving Trump in Russia.
– Kevin Johnson
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that adopting the COVID-19 stimulus package before the election would be “difficult. “
“I would say that right now, doing so before the election and running them would be difficult, given where we are,” he said at the Milken Institute’s global conference.
The Republican-controlled Senate is expected to act on a $500 billion stimulus package next week, an amount rejected by Congressional Democrats for being unsuitable to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The White House’s most recent bid of about $1. 8 trillion is also rejected by House Democrats who clinged tightly to its $2. 2 trillion proposal.
Mnuchin met Wednesday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat for California, from ongoing stimulus negotiations, and the two will meet again on Thursday.
– Nicolas Wu
COVID boost: Mnuchin says more COVID-19 stimulus before elections would be ‘difficult’ as negotiations continue
Rep. Bill Huizenga, Republican for Michigan, announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 in a quick review Wednesday, before a scheduled appearance with Vice President Mike Pence.
“Earlier in the day, I scheduled an appointment with the vice president. While participating in off-site verification protocols, I passed a quick check that tested positive for COVID-19. I’m inginging myself until I’ve shown the effects, ” tweeted Huizenga.
The congressman planned to appear at a Trump crusade rally in Grand Rapids, Michig, wednesday morning, where Pence spoke, who climbed to the level dressed in a mask and got rid of him before speaking at the rally, which took place at Lacks Enterprises.
Huizenga’s quick review ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned rally in his district saturday, who tested positive for the virus just two weeks ago and has since returned to public events, appearing in Muskegon, Michigan.
– Jeanine Santucci
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will not debate thursday, but they will appear on the cover of town halls competing on television networks.
With a gap in the crusade schedule, NBC announced Wednesday that it would hold a city corridor with President Donald Trump at 8 p. m. EDT thursday in Miami, which will be the venue for the debate.
He will compete with Biden in the last mayor announced on ABC.
In Miami, Trump will meet with “a Florida electorate organization on critical issues that have an effect on his vote less than 3 weeks before Election Day,” NBC said in delivering the event.
The network added that, two weeks after Trump conducted the COVID-19 test, “the occasion will be held outdoors at the Perez Art Museum Miami in accordance with the rules set forth through fitness officials and complying with all government regulations. “
Trump, moderator Savannah Guthrie and the crowd will be socially estbarred.
The Presidential Debate Commission, faced with the risk of contagion following Trump’s diagnosis, has called for a virtual video debate. Trump refused to participate and the parties may not agree on the format.
– David Jackson
A record 16. 9 million Texas people are registered to vote in the November 3 election, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s new knowledge on Monday.
This represents an accumulation of about 1. 8 million voters since the 2016 presidential election, when 15. 1 million, or about 78% of the state’s voting-age population, registered to vote.
The most recent figure, published Monday, also accounted for about 78% of the state’s eligible voters, not the maximum number of state registrations before the November 3 election. The official recount is expected in the coming days, according to officials of the secretary of state. .
Texas Democratic Party officials say there are promising signs that Texas could elect the first Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter in 1976, pointing to an investigation tuesday by TargetSmart, a Democratic knowledge firm, which revealed that 60% of the new registered electorate were minor. 25 or other people of color.
– Nicole Cobler (American statesman from Austin)