Analysis: Julian Assange’s arrest is another aftershock of the 2016 election
-- Nancy Pelosi said she is “very concerned” about Barr’s handling of Mueller’s report.
-- Despite all of the president’s crackdowns on immigration, the administration remains silent about the Trump Organization’s longtime reliance on unauthorized labor.: “Democrats in Congress have been stymied in their efforts to find out whether federal authorities are investigating the Trump Organization over its reliance for years on workers without legal status. … The latest rebuff to Democratic lawmakers came this week.
-- Senate Republicans are pressuring Trump not to fire any more Homeland Security officials, saying the department can’t function properly if key members keep getting ousted.: “Sen. Ron Johnson , chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said he is worried that [DHS general counsel John] Mitnick could be dismissed. Johnson is preparing a letter to the administration advising ‘against even considering getting rid of the counsel.’ … Another GOP senator, Sen. Charles E.
Trump’s comments follow reports that Republican senators have been urging the president to reconsider his intent to nominate Cain. “I like Herman Cain, and Herman will make that determination,” Trump told reporters. “He’s just somebody I like a lot. As to how he’s doing in the process, that I don’t know. … Herman’s a great guy and I hope he does well.”
-- The Trump administration is pushing to dismantle the Office of Personnel Management, a plan that would make OPM the first major federal agency to be eliminated since World War II.: “The agency would be pulled apart and its functions divided among three other departments. An executive order directing parts of the transition by the fall is in the final stages of review, administration officials said, with an announcement by [Trump] likely by summer.
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