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CNN
6 days ago
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- CNN
Sources: Deputy FBI Director Considering Resigning - Anderson Cooper 360 - Podcast on CNN Podcasts
Sources: Deputy FBI Director Considering Resigning Anderson Cooper 360 47 mins Multiple sources say the FBI's number two was a no show at work today. Dan Bongino, the Deputy Director of the FBI, has told people he is considering resigning amid a major clash between the FBI and Justice Department over the continued fallout from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein memo, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. Plus, a week after people in Texas Hill Country woke up to the worst of the flooding, President Trump tours the area and questions continue over FEMA's delayed response. Anderson speaks to Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who is calling for a formal investigation into FEMA's response to the flooding.
The Independent
7 days ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Trump praises Noem's disaster response – because he saw her on TV
President Donald Trump has defended Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over criticism of the federal response to the deadly flash flooding in Texas by saying she has done a 'great job' because he saw her get out on TV quickly to reassure the public. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are visiting Kerr County on Friday to survey the devastation in the Lone Star State that left 121 people dead and 173 missing. However, their arrival coincides with reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s response to the disaster was delayed by three days due to a new rule instigated by Secretary Noem. The secretary's order, intended to rein in excessive spending, dictated that she must personally sign off on contracts and grants worth more than $100,000, something she only did in relation to the Texas disaster on Monday, leading to delays to the relief effort that may have cost lives as rescue workers battled flood waters that had laid waste to local housing and a children's summer camp. Florida Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz has already called on the House committees on Homeland Security and Transportation and Infrastructure to investigate whether Noem's order held up proceedings. NBC's Kristen Welker interviewed the president on Thursday night and said: 'There are these reports that have come out that Secretary Noem, I guess, had to have sign-off on FEMA expenditures, and they may have delayed some of the response.' Trump answered: 'I don't know anything about it. We were right on time. We were there. In fact, she was the first one I saw on television. 'She was there right from the beginning, and she would not have needed anything. She had the right to do it, but she was literally the first person I saw on television.' He continued: 'That morning, when we all woke up and saw this tragedy that took place during the evening. And she was right on the ball. She's done a great job.' Noem, whose Department of Homeland Security (DHS) oversees FEMA, reacted angrily to CNN's reporting on her handling of the disaster, calling it 'fake news' and the network itself 'absolute trash' during an interview on Fox and Friends. Before that, she responded to criticism of the agency on Wednesday for sending a fraction of the personnel to Texas that the state itself has deployed to address the crisis – 70, compared to 1,750 – by insisting that the federal government does not manage natural disasters, but rather that they are the responsibility of individual states. 'We come in and support them, and that's exactly what we did here in this situation,' she said. Completing a bad week for Noem and FEMA, the agency's acting administrator, David Richardson, has been reported as missing in action, having failed to visit Texas, sparking concern about how his agency is run and whether he has effectively handed over responsibility to the secretary. FEMA was created to 'prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate against the risk of natural disasters' and its leader would ordinarily be expected to play a prominent organisational role and be out in front of the cameras to give regular updates. The Independent has contacted FEMA and DHS for comment. Last year, Trump threatened to shut the agency down altogether, commenting at a campaign event in June: 'We want to wean off of FEMA, and we want to bring it down to the state level. 'A governor should be able to handle it, and frankly, if they can't handle it, the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn't be governor.' Asked earlier this week whether he is still sharpening the axe for FEMA, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was evasive and said only: 'The president wants to ensure American citizens always have what they need during times of need. Whether that assistance comes from states or the federal government, that is a policy discussion that will continue.'
South China Morning Post
06-07-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
US politician claims China is spreading antisemitism. Really
China has been accused of doing many nefarious things in the United States, but deliberately spreading antisemitism? That's the claim made by Democrat Congressman Jared Moskowitz in an official hearing. You have to admit facts-free China criticism in the US gets more inventive by the day. Beijing has been criticised for allowing antisemitic content without online censorship within China, and TikTok has been accused – the big reason it faces being banned – of platforming antisemitic criticism of Israel in the US. But equating the two explicitly is pretty new. 'This is not going well for Jews right now, and it isn't getting better. We have not yet peaked,' Moskowitz said. 'We are losing the youth of this country. We are losing them on TikTok, which is owned by a foreign country that the president has now extended beyond what the law has allowed.' He was referring to Donald Trump's repeated extension of the deadline for a total ban or a forced sale of TikTok required by US law.
Miami Herald
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Republicans believe they can flip this seat in a Florida blue bastion. Here's why
Here's an email that a few years ago wouldn't have landed in a journalist's inbox: 'Over the weekend, chaos erupted in the streets of Los Angeles... While law enforcement struggled to restore order, out of touch Democrat Jared Moskowitz remained silent.' What makes it notable isn't the topic of the email, or the fact that Moskowitz isn't from California. It's who sent it: the National Republican Congressional Committee, an organization dedicated to electing Republicans to the House. The NRCC has put Moskowitz, a two-term Democratic congressman from Parkland, on its target list of seats Republicans want to flip in 2026. Moskowitz represents District 23, covering Fort Lauderdale and northern Broward County as well as a swath of southern Palm Beach County, an area that's traditionally been represented by Democrats. Moskowitz didn't face a strong Republican opponent in the last two elections and national Republicans didn't pay much attention to him until now. But the GOP believes it can win this congressional seat, potentially attracting national attention and money next year. Whether Republicans can actually pull this off remains to be seen, but, more importantly, the focus on Moskowitz's district signals the changing political landscape of Florida and how emboldened the GOP feels. While Miami-Dade County flipped red last year in the presidential election, flipping Broward still seems unlikely given Democrats' 240,000-plus voter-registration advantage over Republicans in the county. But President Donald Trump made inroads there in 2024, making local elections closer than they would have been in the past. Picking up individual seats in Broward no longer looks like a far-fetched proposition for the GOP. Still, defeating Moskowitz wouldn't be easy. He's seen as a pragmatic moderate — he served as Florida's director of emergency management in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration. He's a good fundraiser. In a district with a large Jewish constituency, Moskowitz, who's Jewish himself, has been a staunch defender of Israel and spoken up against antisemitism. At the same time, there are signs that he might have angered some of the Democratic Party base. As WLRN reported, Moskowitz's name was booed by a crowd of about 450 activists when it was announced that he wouldn't be attending an April town hall hosted by the activist group Hope and Action Indivisible. Moskowitz's victories in 2022 and 2024 had the smallest margins of any congressional races in Florida. He defeated Republican Joe Kaufman by less than 5 percentage points last year. His district leans Democratic but not by as large of a margin — about 6% as of October 2024 — as other nearby districts. While Joe Biden carried District 23 by a 13.2-percentage-point margin, Kamala Harris barely won it with a margin of 1.9 points, according to an analysis by The Downballot. Moskowitz's own campaign has called his 2026 reelection bid 'one of the most competitive in the country' in fundraising emails, the Sun Sentinel reported. The Herald Editorial Board reached out to his office but did not hear back. The NRCC has sent out news releases and has run digital ads attacking Moskowitz, but will the organization actually spend money to defeat him? The answer to that question will probably rest on whether his GOP opponent is able to raise money and show they are credible. So far, George Moraitis, a Broward County attorney and former state representative, is considered to be the Republican front-runner in the race. In his first four weeks as a candidate, he raised $152,369, almost as much as Moskowitz did in the first three months of the year, the Sentinel reported. But Moraitis still has a long way to go given that competitive congressional races can cost millions. And there's the Trump factor. With the party in the White House normally losing House seats in midterms, the results of next year's elections will also depend on how the president is doing. Will his tariff war cause a recession, or will his popularity bounce back ahead of next November? There are many unknowns in the race for District 23, but this much seems clear: The repercussions of Florida's the rightward shift will likely continue, and even Democratic strongholds might not get spared. Click here to send the letter.
New York Post
04-06-2025
- Business
- New York Post
Rep. Jared Moskowitz floats bill to exempt Israel, Ukraine from Trump tariffs
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) introduced a bill Wednesday to spare Israeli and Ukrainian imports from reciprocal tariffs that President Trump has set to take effect next month — if the executive action doesn't get paused further by federal courts. The Supporting American Allies Act would shield Israel from a US-imposed 17% tariff and Ukraine from a 10% tariff that will be implemented July 8 without any more court interventions. 'At a time when American families are rightfully demanding action to lower costs, the Trump Administration instituted the largest tax increase since 1968,' Moskowitz said in a statement. 'That's what their tariffs are — a tax on American families that makes goods inaccessible, threatens retirement accounts, and takes a sledgehammer to US economic growth.' 4 Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) introduced a bill Wednesday to exempt Israel and Ukraine imports from reciprocal tariffs that President Trump has set to take effect next month. TNS 'I support efforts to increase domestic manufacturing, but those efforts shouldn't come at the expense of our global standing, our national security, and the strength of our economy,' he added. 'Congress has to stand up to the destruction these tariffs are threatening against American families and our allies Israel and Ukraine, and I'm leading the charge to do it.' A federal trade court initially paused Trump's global tariffs last week, but was overruled shortly after by an 11-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 4 'Congress has to stand up to the destruction these tariffs are threatening against American families and our allies Israel and Ukraine, and I'm leading the charge to do it,' Moskowitz said. AP States and small businesses that brought the legal challenge have until Thursday to respond to that ruling. Senior White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has claimed that the additional revenue from the reciprocal tariffs alone would top $3 trillion over the next decade, but independent analysts like the Penn Wharton Budget Model have projected $3.4 trillion in revenue as the total received from the entire Trump tariff regime. Other sources like the Yale Budget Lab have forecast tariffs costing each American household $2,200 annually. 4 Israel dropped all duties on the US in April after Trump first announced his global tariffs plan. AP The bill, which is backed by Reps. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Dan Goldman (D-NY), is likely a last resort for tariff opponents in Congress should the Trump administration prevail in court challenges over the reciprocal duties. A companion version introduced in the Senate by Nevada Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto was voted down by Republicans shortly after Trump's global tariffs were announced. Israel dropped all duties on the US in April. That same month, Ukrainian officials expressed openness to zeroing out their tariffs as well before the president delayed them from taking effect. 4 Russia was never hit with the reciprocal tariffs due to previous economic sanctions preventing 'any meaningful trade' with the US, according to the White House. AP Russia was never hit with the reciprocal tariffs due to previous economic sanctions preventing 'any meaningful trade' with the US, according to the White House. House and Senate Republicans over the past wek have been calling for tougher sanctions to help wind down Moscow's more than three-year war with Ukraine.
