Schumer demands briefing on secret Trump flight from Turkey
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Tuesday demanded the Trump administration brief lawmakers on Secret Service's recent move to fly President Trump back from the NATO summit in Turkey last month using a decoy plane. “The Senate should be immediately briefed on the Iranian threats against the President, the extraordinary measures taken to get...
Democrats are demanding a congressional briefing following a controversial move involving Donald Trump and Air Force One. The secretive swap of Trump's flight sparked questions about the lack of transparency and the potential use of staff and media as decoys. The incident occurred when Trump was secretly transferred from a larger plane to a smaller one via an airport catering truck.
The Guardian has broken down the footage from the day, revealing the sequence of events. Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota's lieutenant governor, secured her Democratic primary for US Senate in a race focused on immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, in South Carolina, Darline Graham, appointed to fill her late brother Lindsey's Senate term, will face off against Ralph Norman in a runoff on August 25.
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