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— Scott Baio (@ScottBaio) April 19, 2020
House Intelligence Committee Republicans are “laser-focused” on investigating information the CIA gave to the FBI in 2016, according to ranking member Devin Nunes.
For the first time, the California congressman described in great detail the next steps of a broad congressional inquiry into possible misconduct during the Russia investigation, which he said includes scrutiny of three “dossiers” and questions about three Russian Americans. All of this follows the declassification of key documents over the past couple of weeks, including footnotes showing the FBI was warned that British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s anti-Trump dossier was likely influenced by Russian disinformation and yet continued to use it and Nunes’s pledge to send more criminal referrals to the Justice Department. [Read More]
Maryland and Virginia residents frustrated over the economic fallout of stay-at-home orders and nonessential business closures plan more protests this week to call for governors to reopen the economy, even as leaders say the coronavirus health crisis is not contained.
The leaders of Maryland and Virginia have each said while progress has been made, the greater capital region isn’t ready. [Read More]
Oil crashes 305% to -$36.73 a barrel (FOX Businesses)
U.S. oil prices plummeted in historic fashion Monday, crashing below zero as traders unloaded positions ahead of the May contract’s Tuesday expiration.
West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures for May delivery cratered by 305 percent to -$36.73 a barrel. At a price below zero, buyers would be paid to take delivery as there are costs associated with transportation and storage. The selling had WTI on track to close at its lowest level since recordkeeping began in March 1983, according to Dow Jones Market Data. [Read More]
Freshman New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cheered the destruction of jobs in the energy industry in a since-deleted tweet on Monday.
“You absolutely love to see it,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in response to a tweet reporting on oil prices dropping below zero. “This along with record low interest rates means it’s the right time for a worker-led, mass investment in green infrastructure to save our planet. *cough*” [Read More]
