Aug 29, 2018 - Politics & Policy

Grassley tweets Trump on McGahn departure: "U can't let that happen"

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Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, replied to President Trump's Twitter confirmation of Axios' report that White House counsel Don McGahn would leave the West Wing: "I hope it's not true....U can't let that happen."

The big picture: Grassley's office told Axios that he "has admired" McGahn's work at the White House and believes "there’s not been any White House Counsel who has worked so well and so efficiently with the chairman’s office and the Senate Judiciary Committee on judges."

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Fadel Allassan

4 mins ago - Technology

Trump claims TikTok will be banned if not sold by Sept. 15

President Trump said Monday that TikTok will be shut down in the U.S. if it hasn't been bought by Microsoft or another company by Sept. 15.

Why it matters: Trump appears to have backed off his threat to immediately ban TikTok after speaking with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who said Sunday that the company will pursue discussions with TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to purchase the app in the U.S.

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Coronavirus dashboard

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

Global: Total confirmed cases as of 2 p.m. ET: 18,147,574 — Total deaths: 690,573 — Total recoveries — 10,753,815 — Map.
U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 2 p.m. ET: 4,687,828 — Total deaths: 155,062 — Total recoveries: 1,468,689 — Total tests: 56,812,162 — Map.
Politics: White House will require staff to undergo randomized coronavirus testing — Pelosi says Birx "enabled" Trump on misinformation.
Business: Virtual school is another setback for retail — The pandemic hasn't hampered health care.
Public health: Former FDA chief says MLB outbreaks should be warning sign for schools.

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Fadel Allassan

55 mins ago - Politics & Policy

Filing suggests Manhattan DA is investigating Trump for possible fraud

Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP

The Manhattan District Attorney's office suggested for the first time Monday that it's investigating President Trump and his company for "alleged bank and insurance fraud," the New York Times first reported.

The state of play: The disclosure was made in a filing in federal court that seeks to force accounting firm Mazars USA to comply with a subpoena for eight years of Trump's personal and corporate tax returns.