Beto O'Rourke doesn't think his midterm election opponent Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife, Heidi, should have been heckled out of a restaurant in Washington on Monday.
Why it matters: O'Rourke is taking a stance on the so-called civility debate, which erupted when White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant in Virginia over the summer. At a time when politics has gone crazy, O'Rourke's defense of the senator he's attempting to replace stands out.
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By any standard, no matter how you look at it, the U.S. is losing its war against the coronavirus.
Why it matters: The pandemic is not an abstraction, and it is not something that’s simmering in the background. It is an ongoing emergency ravaging nearly the entire country, with a loss of life equivalent to a Sept. 11 every three days — for four months and counting.
Roger Stone arriving at his sentencing hearing on Feb. 20. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
President Trump on Friday evening commuted the sentence of his longtime associate Roger Stone, according to two senior administration officials. Stone in February was sentenced to 40 months in prison for crimes including obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements to Congress.
Why it matters: The controversial move brings an abrupt end to the possibility of Stone spending time behind bars. He had been scheduled to report to prison on July 14.