Jan 4, 2019 - Politics & Policy

Sen. Pat Roberts won't seek re-election in 2020

Sen. Pat Robers (R-Kan.). Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) announced Friday he will not be seeking re-election in 2020.

Why it matters: Roberts is the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and recently helped pass an $867 billion farm bill approved by every Senate Democrat — a significant bipartisan achievement, per the Washington Post. He will retire in 2020 alongside Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), another long-serving Republican senator who has announced he will not seek re-election.

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Jonathan Swan

Updated 3 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Trump's Tucker mind-meld

Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images and BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

If you want to understand the rhetorical roots of Trump's Independence Day speech at Mount Rushmore, go back and watch Tucker Carlson's monologues for the past six weeks.

Between the lines: Trump — or rather his speechwriter Stephen Miller — framed the president's opposition to the Black Lives Matter protest movement using the same imagery Carlson has been laying out night after night on Fox.

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Coronavirus dashboard

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios

Global: Total confirmed cases as of 6 p.m. ET: 11,366,145 — Total deaths: 532,644 — Total recoveries — 6,154,138 — Map.
U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 6 p.m. ET: 2,874,396 — Total deaths: 129,870 — Total recoveries: 906,763 — Total tested: 35,512,916 — Map.
States: Photos of America's pandemic July 4 — ICU beds in Arizona hot spot near capacity — Houston mayor warns about hospitals
Public health: U.S. coronavirus infections hit record highs for 3 straight days.
Politics: Former Trump official Tom Bossert says face masks “are not enough”
World: Mexican leaders call for tighter border control as infections rise in U.S.
Sports: Sports return stalked by coronavirus
1 📽 thing: Drive-in movie theaters are making a comeback.

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Jonathan Swan

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Bolton's hidden aftershocks

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The news media has largely moved on, but foreign government officials remain fixated on John Bolton's memoir, "The Room Where It Happened."

Why it matters: Bolton's detailed inside-the-Oval revelations have raised the blood pressure of allies who were already stressed about President Trump's unreliability.