Today’s Agenda: Three Things To Watch Today

By Kate Riga, John Light and Caitlin MacNeal

May 10, 2019 8:32 a.m.

Happy Friday, May 10. In a moment of rare bipartisan harmony, members of the House Intelligence Committee are united in their desire to see the unredacted Mueller report and underlying evidence. Here’s more on that and other stories we’re following.

Three Things We’re Watching

Harmony in the House Intelligence Committee

Democrats and Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are united, at least for now, in their desire to see special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings. We’ll be watching if this moment of peace forces the Justice Department to make good on the committee’s demands, without the usual cover from Republicans.

Trump has announced a new prospective Cabinet member

Trump’s Cabinet has long been riddled with holes, but the President moved to fill one of them Thursday by announcing his intention to make Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan’s status permanent. Shanahan is now headed into the confirmation process, already saddled with some Boeing-related baggage. We’ll see how lawmakers react to the nominee.

Trump’s allies seethe over Trump Jr. subpoena

President Trump himself weighed in on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s subpoena of Donald Trump Jr. The President said he was “surprised” and launched into a lengthy defense of his son. Despite the displeasure of Trump and some other Republicans, Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) is full steam ahead.

Today’s Rundown

The Senate is out.

9:00 a.m. ET House gavels in.

4:15 p.m. ET Trump holds a “Celebration of Military Mothers” in the East Room.

Yesterday’s Top Story

GOPers Fume At Republican Colleagues On Senate Intel Over Don Jr Subpoena — Nicole Lafond

Reading List

Chelsea Manning Has Been Released From Jail — Dell Cameron, Gizmodo

Alabama bill would criminalize false rape accusations — Abbey Crain, AL.com

Listen to TurboTax Lie to Get Out of Refunding Overcharged Customers — Justin Elliot, Meg Marco, ProPublica

Viktor Orbán’s War on Intellect — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic

Kate Riga (@Kate_Riga24) Kate Riga is a news writer for Talking Points Memo based in New York City. Before joining TPM, Kate was the political reporter for The Southampton Press. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and a native of Philadelphia.

John Light (@LightTweeting) John is TPM's editor for Prime & Special Projects. His work has also appeared at The Atlantic, Reuters, Mother Jones, Salon, Slate, UN Dispatch, Vox, Worth, City & State and Al Jazeera, and has been broadcast on Public Radio International. Before joining TPM, John was a producer for Bill Moyers and WNYC, and worked as a news writer for Grist. He grew up in New Jersey, studied history and film at Oberlin College, and got his master‘s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

Caitlin MacNeal (@caitlinmacneal) Caitlin MacNeal is an assistant editor based in Washington, D.C. Before joining TPM, Caitlin interned and wrote for the Huffington Post, the Sunlight Foundation and Slate. She is a graduate of Georgetown University.

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