President at the White House signs executive order that he says will hurt Iran´s economy - follow the latest liveSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 7.15pm BST Henry Kerner, the chief of the White House´s Office of Special Counsel, who recommended Conway be removed for what the office said was repeated violations of the a law barring federal employees from politicizing their posts.`Her conduct hurts both federal employees, who may believe that senior officials can act with complete disregard for the Hatch Act, and the American people, who may question the nonpartisan operation of their government,` Kerner will tell a congressional panel, according to his testimony obtained by the The Daily Beast . .@woodruffbets obtained OSC chief Henry Kerner´s prepared testimony for Wednesday´s hearing on Kellyanne Conway´s Hatch Act violations https://t.co/teGEVClJSB 7.00pm BST Interesting figures on the changing racial make up of state legislatures: From 2015 to 2017, the number of women of color in state legislatures increased by only 4%. From 2017 to 2019, it increased by *33%.*The pipeline *exploded* in the last two years & will pay dividends for decades. https://t.co/OeakxgZTHv 6.57pm BST E Jean Carroll, the celebrated advice columnist who has accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s, has said she is considering bringing a complaint to the New York police department, the Guardian´s Ed Pilkington writes. In a lengthy interview with CNN on Monday, Carroll said she would be open to working with the NYPD in a criminal investigation into the attack she alleges happened in the Manhattan store of Bergdorf Goodman in late 1995 or early 1996. Related: Trump sexual assault accuser E Jean Carroll considers police complaint 6.46pm BST A House panel will vote on a subpoena to compel White House counselor Kellyanne Conway to testify about Office of Special Counsel recommendation that she be removed from her posting after repeated violatio ...
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