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Donald Trump has been attacking former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao with racist rhetoric, baselessly suggesting she was involved in classified documents found in President Biden's home. Chao has broken her silence to condemn Trump's comments, and the White House has denounced them as well. Chao was the first Asian American woman to serve in a President's Cabinet in U.S. history and is married to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Representative Adam Schiff announced his candidacy for the California Senate seat currently held by Senator Dianne Feinstein, joining a crowded Democratic primary race. Feinstein has yet to announce her intentions for the upcoming election, and Schiff is the third prominent Democrat to join the race. Schiff is the current Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and is well-known for his role in the impeachment inquiry against former President Donald Trump. Other potential candidates include California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.
Ronna McDaniel and Harmeet Dhillon are vying for the role of RNC chairperson, a decision that will reflect the current divisions within the GOP and provide insight into the party's direction for the 2024 election cycle. The election results will be announced on Friday.
At a closed-door briefing Wednesday, National Intelligence Director Avril Haines declined to show the Senate Intelligence Committee copies of classified documents discovered at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort and Joe Biden's office and Delaware home. Committee Chairman Mark Warner and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio expressed their disappointment, while Sen. Tom Cotton threatened to block presidential nominees or funding for some federal agencies until the Biden administration shows the documents. The Biden administration has yet to comment on the issue, and it is unclear when the documents will be made available to the committee.
Meta, the tech giant, announced Wednesday that former President Donald Trump will be reinstated on Facebook and Instagram "in the coming weeks" with new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses. Nick Clegg, the company's president of global affairs, said the suspension was a product of "extreme and highly unusual circumstances" and that Trump now faces heightened penalties for repeat offenses. Meta has not yet provided any further details on the reinstated accounts or the new guardrails.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced that former President Donald Trump's accounts will be reinstated in the coming weeks with "new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses." These guardrails will include penalties for repeat offenses and content removal for policy violations. The decision to reinstate the accounts follows a period of intense debate over the power of social media companies to regulate public figures' speech.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has formed a new House subcommittee, led by Rep. Jim Jordan, to investigate the Justice Department, FBI, and other "Deep State" players. This move has been met with criticism from both sides of the aisle, and McCarthy has also threatened to deny Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. It remains to be seen whether McCarthy will be successful in his efforts, and how the subcommittee's investigations will unfold in the coming months.