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In the news today: Deals and pomp as Trump welcomes the Saudi crown prince to the White House; Trump's congressional gerrymandering push gets complicated for the GOP; and the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the Education Department. Also, Labubu and "KPop Demon Hunters" score spots in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. |
President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House, Tuesday, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) |
Deals and pomp as Trump welcomes Saudi crown prince to White House |
A jovial President Donald Trump held a warm and friendly meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House, in which he brushed aside questions about Saudi Arabia's human rights record, praised the prince for his statesmanship and announced hundreds of billions of dollars in new Saudi investment in the U.S. Read more. |
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- Tuesday's meeting was the first White House visit for the crown prince since journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2018. U.S. intelligence said Prince Mohammad likely approved the slaying. Prince Mohammad was asked about Khashoggi's slaying along with the role that Saudi citizens played in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the U.S. Trump, however, lashed out at the reporter for the line of questioning. Prince Mohammad, who has denied involvement in Khashoggi's killing, replied that his government had taken action.
At the dinner Tuesday night, the tuxedo-clad president and first lady Melania Trump welcomed the crown prince on the red carpet again before feting him at a dinner attended by tech titans such as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Tesla founder Elon Musk and Apple CEO Tim Cook, along with golfer Bryson DeChambeau and soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Trump's congressional gerrymandering push is getting complicated for the GOP |
Trump broke with more than a century of political tradition in directing the Texas GOP to redraw maps in the middle of the decade to avoid losing control of Congress in next year's midterms. After a federal court panel struck down Republicans' new map in Texas on Tuesday, the exercise holds the potential to net Democrats more winnable seats in the House instead. Read more. |
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"Trump may have let the genie out of the bottle," UCLA law professor Rick Hasen said, "but he may not get the wish he'd hoped for."
When one party moves aggressively to draw lines to help itself win elections, also known as gerrymandering, it runs the risk of pushing its rival party to do the same. That is what Trump ended up doing, spurring California voters to replace their map drawn by a nonpartisan commission with one drawn by Democrats to gain five seats. If a Republican lawsuit fails to block it, that map giving Democrats more winnable seats will remain in effect even if Texas' effort remains stalled.
- Trump's push has faltered elsewhere. Republicans in Kansas balked at trying to eliminate the state's lone swing seat, which is held by a Democratic congresswoman. Indiana Republicans also refused to redraw the state map to eliminate two Democratic-leaning congressional seats.
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Trump is dismantling the Education Department. Here's what that means |
The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department. Read more. |
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Offices serving the nation's schools and colleges would go to departments ranging from Labor to Interior. Education officials say the moves won't affect the money Congress gives states, schools and colleges.
Since taking office, Trump has called for the dismantling of the Education Department, saying it was overrun by liberal thinking. Agency leaders have made plans to parcel out its operations to other departments and in July the Supreme Court upheld mass layoffs that halved the department's staff.
- Opponents have urged against such a shake-up, saying it could disrupt programs supporting some of the nation's most vulnerable student populations.
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A new Thanksgiving Day float featuring Pop Mart's Labubu, right, and Mokoko are displayed during a press preview of the new floats at Macy's Parade Studio in Moonachie, N.J., Tuesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) |
Labubu and 'KPop Demon Hunters' to dazzle at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Two things that made massive cultural splashes this year — Labubu and "KPop Demon Hunters" — will fill the sky and streets of New York when the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off this year. The Nov. 27 parade will feature 34 balloons, four mini-balloons, 28 floats, 33 clown groups and 11 marching bands, all leading the way for Santa Claus. |
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