Trump Blows Up His Own Nominee’s Hearing Over Conspiracy Theory (opens in new tab)

The president just scrambled the last week of negotiations in Congress to abet his dead voter ID bill.Donald Trump cancelled the Senate confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton via a Truth Social post Wednesday, just hours before it was set to take place. Trump had tapped Clayton earlier this month to run the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, in place of acting Director Bill Pulte. Democrats had argued that even temporarily appointing Pulte, a housing regulator, was illegal, since ...