Today’s Agenda: As Trump Traverses Europe, Tariffs And Impeachment Dominate Back Home

By Kate Riga, Caitlin MacNeal and John Light

June 6, 2019 8:47 a.m.

Happy Thursday, June 6. While President Donald Trump and his retinue are still bouncing around Europe, both the Democrats and Republicans are trying to put out fires at home. Here are the stories we’re watching today.

Three Things We’re Watching Today:

Pelosi says she wants the President “in prison,” not impeached

At what sounds like a heated meeting of Democratic heavy-hitters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pushed back at Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler’s (D-NY) request to begin an impeachment inquiry saying that she doesn’t want to see the President impeached, she wants to see him in prison. You can pretty much bet the house that Trump and his favorite news network will have a field day with that one.

Trump jabs Republican senators from across the pond

Trump is bristling at the mild level of newfound defiance from some congressional Republicans who have been speaking out about his Mexico tariffs, scoffing that they have “no idea what they’re talking about.” Some Republicans have been threatening a veto-proof vote to nullify the national emergency declaration, but Trump seems (s0 far) unswayed.

Census hearing was a mixed bag

The judge in Wednesday’s hearing is taking accusations about the added census question seriously — but slowly. TPM’s Matt Shuham covered the lightning-fast session and we’ll be watching the developments from here.

Today’s Rundown

The House and Senate are out.

The President is in Ireland after meeting with the President of France.

Yesterday’s Most-Read Story

5 Key Exchanges From Trump’s Interview With Piers Morgan — Caitlin MacNeal

Reading List

How Payday Lenders Spent $1 Million at a Trump Resort — and Cashed In — Anjali Tsui and Alice Wilder, ProPublica and WNYC

‘It is horrid’: India roasts under heat wave with temperatures above 120 degrees — Joanna Slater, The Washington Post

Sen. Chuck Grassley announces he’s running … 3 miles a day, 4 days a week — Kathryn Lyons, Roll Call

High-flying ladybug swarm shows up on National Weather Service radar — Jaclyn Cosgrove, LA Times

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.

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.

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.

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