WTF Just Happened Today

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

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1/ Robert Mueller charged an attorney with making a false statement to federal authorities.

2/ Trump endorsed Mitt Romney's run for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah.

3/ The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to California's 10-day waiting period for firearms purchases.

4/ Trump recommended that Jeff Sessions declare so-called bump stocks illegal.

5/ The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Trump's decision to end transgender military service "was unexpected" and that he was "not consulted."

6/ More than twice as many women are running for Congress in 2018 compared to 2016.

7/ The Trump administration proposed regulations that would allow health insurers to sell so-called "short-term" policies that could last up to 12 months.

poll/ 62% of Americans blame Trump and Congress for not doing enough to prevent mass shootings.

poll/ 66% of Americans support stricter gun laws.

poll/ The Presidential Greatness Survey ranked Trump as the worst president ever.

NOTABLES.

• Scott Pruitt's EPA is facing legal challenges to his rollback of Obama-era environmental protections and laws.

• Trump's infrastructure plan no longer includes the requirement that energy companies use American-made steel to build their pipelines.

• Pennsylvania's new congressional district map will give Democrats a better chance of winning back the House this fall.

• Fox News is launching a new subscription-based streaming service for Fox super fans. It's called "Fox Nation."

• A Texas couple is suing the Department of Health and Human Services.

• A dating site for Trump supporters featured a man who was convicted for having sex with a minor on its homepage.

• Trump denied a woman's accusation that he forcibly kissed her when she worked at Trump Tower in 2006.

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