
OMB, State Department officials subpoenaed in impeachment inquiry
Read full article: OMB, State Department officials subpoenaed in impeachment inquiryJack Taylor/Getty Images(CNN) - House Democratic impeachment investigators have issued subpoenas to three Trump administration officials whose testimony was previously scheduled, in a sign the Democrats are trying to compel testimony from Trump officials who are apparently reluctant to appear. The subpoenas call for Duffey to appear on November 5 and Vought and Brechbuhl to testify on November 6. The committees leading the Democratic impeachment inquiry Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight have issued subpoenas to current State Department and Pentagon officials the morning of their testimony, in an effort to combat the Trump administration directing officials not to participate. It's not clear whether the subpoenas will prompt any of the three officials to participate. Both OMB and the State Department in addition to other federal agencies and the White House have already failed to comply with House subpoenas from the impeachment inquiry for documents.

New York Times: Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs
Read full article: New York Times: Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legsJack Taylor/Getty Images(CNN) - President Donald Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs in order to slow them down after they crossed the southern border during a March meeting in which he called for a shut down of the entire US-Mexico border, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Trump shouted during the meeting, adding in a profanity, multiple officials in the room told the Times. Kushner and other West Wing officials emailed Trump about Mexico's increased apprehensions of migrants before they could reach the US, according to the paper. Miller told Trump that advisers continually citing legal constraints, such as Nielsen, were part of the problem and that the administration should instead focus on rejecting migrants at the border, The Times reported. By the middle of the week, Trump appeared to have abandoned the idea and floated to Nielsen the option of imposing tariffs, the paper reported.

NY federal judge grants brief stay in dispute over Trump's tax returns
Read full article: NY federal judge grants brief stay in dispute over Trump's tax returnsJack Taylor/Getty Images(CNN) - A New York federal judge granted a one-day stay until Thursday in a dispute over a subpoena from the Manhattan district attorney's office for President Donald Trump's tax returns. Trump sued the Manhattan district attorney's office last week after it sent his longtime accounting firm Mazars USA a grand jury subpoena seeking tax returns and related documents going back to 2011. The lawsuit was filed in federal court, not state court, which prosecutors argued was the improper forum to hear a challenge to a state grand jury subpoena. "Important separation of powers and federalism concerns prohibit federal litigation of a state court subpoena," they wrote. Trump's attorneys said they filed the case in federal court because it involves "the Constitution and laws of the United States."

Autistic Londoners issued with 'autism alert' cards by police
Read full article: Autistic Londoners issued with 'autism alert' cards by policeJack Taylor/Getty ImagesLONDON - Police in London have launched an autism card program aimed at improving interactions between officers and people with autism. The autism cards will be handed out via autism partnership boards and police throughout the UK capital, Scotland Yard said, and will provide information about how the condition manifests itself as well as personal information about the cardholder. Police said they had produced the cards after consultations with charities and other agencies that work with autistic people. Autism is a developmental disability that can cause social, communication and behavioral challenges. There are about 700,000 people on the autism spectrum in the UK, according to the National Autistic Society (NAS).
