Speaking to Senate Republicans over lunch, Mitch McConnelldryly mimicked Gerald Ford's inaugural address after the disgrace of Richard Nixon.
Details: It was the afternoon in March when the conference had to take a divisive vote on whether to renounce President Trump's circumvention of Congress to fund the wall. “Well, colleagues," McConnell said, according to two sources in the room, "all I can say is our long national nightmare is over."
The JFK Library Foundation announced Sunday that it will award House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the 2019 Profile in Courage Award, in part "for putting the national interest above her party's interest to expand access to health care for all Americans."
Buzz: Honorary President Caroline Kennedy, who will present the award on May 19, described Pelosi as "the most important woman in American political history." Winners of the Profile in Courage award are chosen annually by a bipartisan committee of political, academic, and business leaders.
Andrew Yang is a former tech executive who founded Venture for America, a nonprofit young entrepreneur fellowship program. His central issue, a proposal for universal basic income, is grounded in the belief that millions of jobs will be wiped away due to automation.
